Josh Howard

Found of Six Cents Productions, a YouTube full-service agency.

I don't guarantee views on YouTube. I help give creators and businesses a better chance.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

I studied 10,000+ YouTube Community posts from channels with 200 to 17M subscribers.

What makes a post reach a bigger audience?
What’s the most engaging type of content?
Do community posts even matter?
What’s the point?

Here’s my findings:

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@coreyhainesco @TheCraigHewitt Are we talking about adding in an already staged shot of a person that just needs proper editing and inserted in the right place? The majority of that is solvable. Mostly tuning AI to use ellipses for zones & for where to edit. If consistent everyday thumb styles then it’s easy.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@TheCraigHewitt @coreyhainesco Are we talking AI facial expressions or just editing the face?

If it’s just normal editing and consistent face/angle, then I have the extraction and auto-edit done.

And yes, a granular approach is normally recommended, but you can catch those parts.

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@jayclouse I don’t see the need for it… at all. As a pure luxury spend I’d take it, but 0 temptation.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@hitsman The amount of views on YouTube from Shorts is probably contributing an astonishingly large amount to this. I have watched more social media on my TV and I barely watch them on my phone to begin with.

Also the ability to browse while watching = 👌.

[Jake Thomas @jthomas__]

Anybody here into reading fiction books, like thrillers or fantasy? I’m working on a side project that’s like Goodreads, but nerdier... looking for some feedback

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@amorriscode Inbox app or siderail so when a chat needs a response you can see the inbox in the siderail > respond/dismiss (or click buttons) > reply if necessary, but expand if you need to see more.

Show your original prompt and a bit of metadata. No longer infinite chat switching please 🙏

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@rileybrown They've recently updated a lot of their PWAs, NotebookLM, and going to YouTube is more aggressive with promoting PWA in Chrome.

This was part of the lighter weight YouTube rollout as well. I think there's a lot coming, just waiting to see how they put it all together.

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@kanekallaway This is a really fascinating and unique position. I hope you can find someone you're looking for because they'll have to be right at the top.

If there's ever any type of group session or areas to chat about AI & YouTube and learn from each other, I'd be very eager to connect.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@jayclouse Just trying to keep up with everything feels like a full-time job now. Keep your head above water or start to lag behind...

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@ClaudeDevs Hey I said this a while back. A lot more cool stuff you can do with it! Excited for you all to develop this further and I imagine you already are.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@kevinkern It's been bruuuuuutal the last handful of days. A lot more micromanaging of chats and compacting now compared to last week. Night and day difference.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

Really feels like @YouTube and @GeminiApp are up to something special.

New lightweight (fast) video player launched & they're aggressively pushing the PWA app when you go there now. Same for YouTube Music. Gemini app just launched on Windows.

Seems like we're on the doorstep...

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@Daniel_Batal And if it isn’t already, make your account a Brand Account. Without it I don’t think they can help at all.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@rileybrown I'd be a big fan of treating it like a Windows task bar at the bottom and hovering would bring up a useable bar or you can pin it just like Windows. Either way, I do like more functionality, but it also means more surface areas for QoL controls. I'm for all options.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@MarioJoos There's been a growing community of "clippers" that are meant to help people's content get flooded and a lot of money being put into that. Creators paying for things to be clipped to extend reach was hitting critical mass.

Multiple benefits with this update.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@thsottiaux The ability to mute your mic when moving away from your dot tab.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@kevinkern Usage has been incredible on the Claude $200 plan that I run dual Opus high. Open up a 3rd/4th chat with Sonnet to delegate to, but a dual Opus setup I can’t get to hit the 5h limits running nonstop.

Finally hit 5h limits with multiple repos and about 6-7 active Opus sessions.

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

One of the coolest things I’ve ever done. The amount of talented people here is ridiculous. Excited to see what comes out today! @OpenAI

[Josh Howard @RealJoshHoward]

@TheCraigHewitt @NetworkChuck Yeah, they are awesome! I also like seeing 'regular' folks like you and I because I'm much closer to you as a user than I am the pros. They do well to explain, but hearing someone like yourself giving your perspective is super beneficial imo. Loads of things to pick up on.