@robertoblake I know that you have had health problems like everyone else. How do you hold your channel together and other stuff if you had to take time out ? Maybe a video on this topic how creators can keep going when sickness strikes ??
My advice to anyone in their 20s that is struggling financially and feels overwhelmed and like they can’t claw their way out.
Prioritize your health and fitness. Because I had been a student athlete I had an advantage in my stamina and energy levels and when I was done working I still had the energy to work on myself.
Because if that I learned skills that let me leave retail and start my career in design and advertising.
Use your free time to learn high income skills and start a strong career that doesn’t require a degree, mostly just a portfolio or skill assessment.
These fields include, graphic design, marketing, content creation and media production, and possibly coding and web development.
Despite what people might tell you, most of my peers who run 6-7 figure or more businesses don’t hire on degrees, we hire on portfolios and on referrals… we aren’t impressed with degrees that much…
Make money s priority in your 20s rather than fun. It sucks but you’ll thank yourself later.
Don’t spend money you don’t have to. If you can avoid spending money, be frugal AF, just don’t take it to some level of absurdity.
But I’ll be real, if you’re broke you have no business owning a current console.
Learn to make at least $200-$500 a month online. It may not seem like a lot but it can build your energy fund or get you the resources to earn your way to $1000 a month online.
$500 a month can be life changing money if used properly.
Most and situations could be prevented from getting worse with just $500 or less.
Don’t stop self improving.
Something I realized is my situation improved because I never stopped improving. You should assume life will have an increased level of difficulty over time and act accordingly.
Lastly I would say don’t lose hope and don’t emotionally invest in anything outside of your control.
Anything outside of your control is a waste of your emotional labor.
Focus your energy on what serves you.
HARSH LESSON CREATORS NEED TO HERE.
MrBeast has an email list and a customer list.
He sells products other than merchandise.
He has his own website.
He Monetizes across all of the 7 Major Creator Income Streams.
Once he has 100M on Each Platform it wouldn't shock me if he ends up just building his own entertainment platform.
Just because you do entertainment content is no reason to hide behind "I just want to be a YouTuber" to avoid building your Creator Business.
You need to consider that if this is a CAREER, go multiplatform and be platform agnostic and not just loyal to a platform or a slave to consolidating big numbers.
If this is a CAREER, sell directly to your audience, and don't be BEHOLDEN to platforms. Have DIRECT ACCESS to your audience in case the goal post moves or policy changes or you don't benefit from algorithms at some point.
Own your website and email list, control your reputation and narrative and always have access to your people.
Use these platforms for FREE traffic, and to build a reputation but don't LEASE your reputation and brands from these platforms. For it to be a partnership you need LEVERAGE.
And if you don't OWN anything, because you're scared to think like a business person, you're waiting to be "fired" since you're in the frame of an employee, with none of the legal protections...
@robertoblake I'd much rather drop evergreen and authentic content than constantly chase going viral.
Although I do believe it's okay to try to reach new audiences by throwing out something different than what you usually make.
VIRAL VIDEOS ARE OUTLIERS.
Videos that get 100,000 Views are Outliers.
But because so many people watch BIG YOUTUBERS there is a reality distortion bubble around YouTube Success that robs anyone not at that level of all confidence and the ability to celebrate their success.
It's estimated that 90% of YouTube videos never get 1000 views. And, of those that do get 1000 views, only about 10% get more than 10,000 views.
So, it's safe to say that the vast majority of YouTube videos never reach a large audience.
But if you put it into perspective, you don't have to reach a large audience to be relatively successful.
You also might be the biggest person in your niche even if you only have 50K subscribers if you're catering to a very unique group of people or a particular hobby, career, or game.
Those people still matter even if they aren't a large enough community to pull millions of views.