Hello to Everyone, I am new to the group and grateful for Alexa allowing me to join. I have just finished editing my channel intro video. I have the thumbnail ready and am ready to upload it and the video to my youtube channel. In my intro video I mention that I will have a new episode every week. I am wondering if I should wait to upload, and take live, the intro video now, or wait until I have a backlog of the weekly videos. I have mixed thoughts on this, and would very much like to hear everyones opinions on how to proceed. TYIA, RJ Also, is it ok to share my thumbnail and video with the group? Being a newbie I would love, and need, as much feedback as I can get. Thank You! RJ

I originally started this channel 8 years ago. I was discouraged so I stopped. 8 months ago, I wanted to continue. My channel is about helping disempowered people empower themselves (while I play games :p) Although I don't have the subs or views that I want- I focused on what I could control- which was my output.

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 set up Buy Me a Coffee a few days ago and mentioned it in my latest video....the first video since setting it up. Within 1.5 hours I had my first $5 tip! Woo Hoo!!

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