Rob Miller | Creator Essentials

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[Rob Miller | Creator Essentials @creatoressent]

what's the hardest part about being a YouTuber? #youtube #youtuber #justcreate

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The most important part about starting a YouTube channel is, well, starting.

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@seancannell Start out. If they don't start out no other advice matters.

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@thedankoe @robertoblake Awesome breakdown

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@rukkycreates @natecurtiss_yt Super valuable!

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@seancannell Grind

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@tiktokcreators Mental health first 🙏

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@ike_design Love it!

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@robertoblake Noticed this a lot lately

[Andrew Kirby @IAmAndrewKirby]

Monetize off platform

[Pat Flynn @PatFlynn]

On YouTube, you gotta be cringe before they binge.

Putting yourself out there and watching your own videos can feel so embarrassing, but you gotta do it before you can see any results at all.

[Judah Lee @itsjudahlee]

The hardest part about being a new YouTuber is practicing in public.

You know you aren't amazing (yet)
You know the edits are amateur (for now)
You know you could do better (in the future)

But you have to show up weak to become strong.

It's so damn embarrassing (but post)

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Is time management the hardest part about being a creator? If not, what is?

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It’s almost 2024. If you could give one piece of advice to a new YouTuber, what would it be?

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Who was the creator that inspired you to start creating video content?

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@jayclouse Great points! Awesome kpis to track.

I honestly look forward to the beginning of each month because of reporting. It’s such a cool thing to see where I have improved and where I need to focus in the coming month

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The recipe for a successful YouTube channel: keep making lit content, learning, and being your awesome self.

[Daniel Batal ▶️ @Daniel_Batal]

Dear @TeamYouTube,
We understand that you're dealing with Invalid Traffic from a variety of sources, and we realize it's no small problem for you, the advertisers you do business with and the greater Creator economy.

We understand that we may often become frustrated and often don't always ask the right questions when problems arise.

We also understand that YouTube is a place we think of as home because of all the wonderful things you've provided us over the years and continue to provide.

We further understand the reason why you might be limiting ads on content when your systems detect invalid traffic on the platform.

We even understand why you're being so tight-lipped about what you're doing behind the scenes to mitigate Invalid Traffic issues because we know you're trying to maintain the integrity of your Invalid Activity Detection System in attempts to prevent people from circumventing the system.

What we don't understand is why you've left us seemingly in the dark.
We don't understand why, without notice, you would twist the spigot and shut off Ad placement even on legitimate, organic views and diminish a Creator's total revenue by 80% with no clear answers as to how long Creators will have to survive on a fraction of our typical earnings.

Links to your support pages that don't give us any real answers to our questions are not enough.

We are real people, with real families, real employees, real mortgages and real financial commitments.
We are Creators with communities we've worked hard to build on YouTube in order to provide the very revenue that sustains these things.
Communities who spend time on the YouTube platform, enjoying our content & engaging with your advertisers.

We are the very people who have made YouTube the success that it is right alongside you.
We are, by your own word choice, your YouTube Partners and we are in crisis.

Imagine you, @YouTube, suddenly finding that 80% of your entire platform revenue was instantly & indefinitely removed with no clear answers as to how and when it would ever come back, if at all.

Wouldn't that put you into crisis mode as well...?

We have been as patient as possible up to this point but this issue dates back years for Creators we all know personally, and from our standpoint, it only seems to be escalating.
Suddenly, we see many more Creators who've had access to their AdSense accounts suspended (and subsequently YPP monetization removed entirely) through no fault of their own.

There is a simple answer here.

We need transparency.

We want to know what the endgame is.

We want to know that there are changes currently being made that will put an end to this plight for well-intentioned Creators who have been hit with Invalid Traffic notifications due to external forces and no misdeeds of their own.

We want to know that strategies, tools and support are being built to protect your YouTube partners as well as your advertisers.

We want to know what those changes might be and when they will take effect.

We want to know that you're developing a well-trained support team specifically to help Creators who've had their AdSense accounts and monetization suspended or impacted.

It only works when we're all in this together.

We await your reply. 

With heartfelt respect,
-Your YouTube Partners ☮️

[Rob Miller | Creator Essentials @creatoressent]

Real growth takes time and work. Study your niche. Make videos specifically for your dream audience.

[Rob Miller | Creator Essentials @creatoressent]

When you buy views and your video has 10K bot likes but two comments, YouTube's no dummy - they'll see right through it.

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Analyzing successful titles used by top YouTubers can provide valuable insights into what works and what doesn't.