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Mysterionaut OP t1_j8cocc8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in I am 61 years old and just launched my first YouTube channel. AMA by Mysterionaut

I think I will be fine regardless of the level of success that I achieve.
Ideally, I would love to create content earned enough subscribers to make some extra money but if it all amounts to nothing I will of had some fun and learned a lot during the process.

I don't ever embark on adventures expecting failure but rather jump in with both feet and try to achieve a good result. If I fail to achieve that I typically will try again with another approach or idea.

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Mysterionaut OP t1_j8cknlq wrote

Reply to comment by strongdad in I am 61 years old and just launched my first YouTube channel. AMA by Mysterionaut

Wow 19k subs! That is quite impressive.
I appreciate the advice.
To answer your question I am actually from New Zealand and to be honest I still have not put much thought into receiving money from YouTube, I hear you have to be quite large for it to be any meaningful and will cross that bridge if I ever get there. As far as SS, it's not an issue on my end.

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Mysterionaut OP t1_j8cj4uh wrote

Reply to comment by joyofsovietcooking in I am 61 years old and just launched my first YouTube channel. AMA by Mysterionaut

Thanks very much!

I am actually located in Koh Samui.

A general overview of the creation process (which is something I am new at and hope I will improve on) is as follows.

Lots of initial research before launching.
So I made sure to step into the ring with my best foot forward and viewed a lot of content teaching best practices for YouTube in 2023. It really seems as though you are battling algorithms more than anything else.

Branding.
I wanted to make sure that I could build a consistent brand across all platforms so I came up with a name for my channel that allowed me to capture the .com as well as all potential social media with a single word.
Using a tool like https://www.namecheckr.com/ can help to check all platforms at once.

More research.
I would search the web and try to find similar content to what I wanted to create and research their channels, both the good and the bad. I would then come up with a list of videos that I wanted to create and would begin researching many sources of information.

Writing.
I would write the script for both the short and the long version at the same time and would also generate a list of suggested titles and hashtags using online tools.

Voiceover.
I bought a Rode USB Mini mic for about $100 that I can plug into my laptop and record the voiceover. I will just repeat a section if I make a mistake and the editor can just fix it in post production.

Production.
I hand the voiceover and the script as well as links to pictures and other relevant information over to my friend who is a video editor and then he puts all of the pieces together.

Thumbnail.
I will research what similar videos used for their thumbnails and then try to come up with a similar idea. I use you.com image search, midjourney, and photoshop as my tools.

Uploading.
I make sure that all of my metadata is properly filled out with SEO based terms, so even the thumbnail and video file names are packed with appropriate SEO terms.

Timeline.
I am trying to produce a long and a short video every day but I think it might be more realistic to release either a short or a long every other day.

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