Is there a point at which it's too soon to promote an affiliate link in a video for someone starting out on YouTube? For example, in your first videos, if there is an Amazon product that makes sense to promote, given the content, would you do it? Or wait until you have a certain number of videos or subscribers to promote something? Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!

Hi Everyone! Thank you all for being part of this journey!! After 6 months of posting 1 long form per week and mostly posting 1 short 4-6x a week (only for the past 3 months with the shorts) I've reached monetization! It's official!!! PINCH ME!!! Super excited!!! 🥳

I’ve gotten a ton of great feedback on this video and I also think it’s the missing piece for a lot of you to growing faster. I don’t usually post my videos here but this is a must watch. 👀

YouTube's new 3-tier viewer metric is a game-changer: ✅ New Viewers = your discoverability is working ⚠️ Casual Viewers = they know you but don't need you yet 🎯 Regular Viewers = your "core" (watched 6+ months consistently) Channels with high Regular % get homepage priority in 2026. Here's the strategic question most creators miss: "What can I create ONCE that viewers want WEEKLY?" Not daily news (burnout). Not random topics (no pattern-building). Try this instead: 1. Pick ONE weekly recurring segment 2. Track Casual → Regular conversion for 8 weeks 3. Double down on what works Examples: - "Friday Founder Updates" (your niche) - "Tuesday Troubleshooting" (help + consistency) - "Weekend Workshop" (hands-on value) Currently testing this with my coaching clients - early results show 2-3x faster Regular Viewer growth vs. random posting. Anyone else adapting to this shift?

Its been a while since I have shared anything but just wanted to share some updates in the hope that it gives others some inspiration. After a few months in a bit of a slump, only reaching a couple of hundred views on each video, I have seemingly turned a corner. How did I get there? Well a few things have happened and I will list here: 1. Obviously continuing to follow Alexa's fabulous advice and teachings on her YouTube videos 2. Working with ChatGPT to get help with ideas for titles, thumbnails, descriptions and loose scripts. 3. Posting consistently - I do two longform videos a week and am in the middle of a daily challenge with shorts, documenting a month of life on a budget (my niche) 4. Listening to my audience, discovering what they want and delivering on that. 5. Being authentic.. most of my viewers say this is what they love 6. Offering free downloads of helpful tools (free for now while I build trust) 7. Manifesting I have been two years on YouTube, monitised in April 25, and am now almost at 2k subs. My videos are now reaching the 5k mark and am getting lots of engagement. Latest stats in image below and I'm due a paycheck of £111.08 in February! If I can do this, so can YOU!! 💪