My YouTube channel is heading for 25,000 subscribers in the near future, touch wood. And it will be an achievement that I never thought I would see. In fact, I never even thought about setting such a target in 2010 or 2011 when I uploaded my first video to YouTube. The journey to this point,… Continue reading Heading for 25,000 subscribers on YouTube
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Improving my videos in 2024
I have an idea about growing my YouTube channel in 2024. It is rooted in the idea of improving the videos by better editing with a view to gaining more viewers and holding their attention for longer periods of time. The content of the video will not change a great deal, or at all. But… Continue reading Improving my videos in 2024
Growing my YouTube channel in 2024
The feedback and votes in my YouTube poll about what type of new content subscribers and viewers would like to see more of in 2024 has been tremendously helpful. It was always my intention to carry out such a poll but it was a comment on one of my videos that prompted some soul searching… Continue reading Growing my YouTube channel in 2024
Being wary and mindful of vanity metrics on YouTube
As the votes continue to come in on my poll on YouTube as to the type of content people want to see more of there is a clear pattern developing: I must admit that the figures surprise me. Not the preference for law topics but the small demand for vlogs and a greater interest in… Continue reading Being wary and mindful of vanity metrics on YouTube
My YouTube poll for content direction Part 2
The latest figures in my YouTube poll are as follows: Videos about law: 53% Videos about small business: 17% Vlogs: 10% Commentary/topical/political: 20% I will continue to monitor the poll results but there appears to be a clear, consistent trend to which I will have to pay close attention. Let’s wait and see for now,… Continue reading My YouTube poll for content direction Part 2
My YouTube poll about content for 2024
I’m running a poll at the moment on my YouTube channel. I am asking people what type of content they would like to see more of in 2024. The poll is running around the following figures: The figures have fluctuated since I first put up the poll, just yesterday. So, I will let it run… Continue reading My YouTube poll about content for 2024
A video experiment on YouTube
I am publishing what is probably the longest video I have ever published on my YouTube channel, save for Livestreams, this morning. It is a day in the life type video made on the 19th November 2023. It shows me going for my morning run on a wet November morning and then heading to Dublin,… Continue reading A video experiment on YouTube
Small business marketing is about making choices about your time
When you are a small business owner and you are doing your own marketing your time is valuable and limited. Therefore, you must make decisions as to where to allocate your time in the most efficient and effective way. This involves choosing one social media site over another-for example, are you better off making posts/tweets… Continue reading Small business marketing is about making choices about your time
The key to successful content marketing-this bird photographer gets it
I started following a guy-Simon d’Entremont- on YouTube recently, whose channel deals with photography and bird photography. The quality of his videos is of such high quality that it did not surprise me to find that he has built a community of 155,000 YouTube subscribers in a relatively short period of time. If you check… Continue reading The key to successful content marketing-this bird photographer gets it
My long form video experiment on YouTube seeks to exploit the ‘binge watch’ phenomenon
I am trying something new on my YouTube channel today. I am going to upload an extra-long video-up to 1 hour or thereabouts-to see how it performs. And the great thing about this particular tactic is I do not have to make any new content, or only an extremely small piece of new content. What… Continue reading My long form video experiment on YouTube seeks to exploit the ‘binge watch’ phenomenon