The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube

Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by movedx on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:31PM (#32785172)

I'm a creator too. I'm small on YouTube (3,880 subs; 6.4k views and about 293 hours watched in the last 28 days), but have a (relatively speaking) large Discord with 3,800 members. I have a mailing list of about 1,600. My goal and focus is to sell, but it's to sell a big package around the idea of IT education. I want to sell to people who want the interaction and community, not just the knowledge dump.

And I'm the same. I won't do the over-the-top, hyped up character who uses the latest trends to grab your attention, like some sort of hollowed out clown that has no real joy in the middle.

Instead, I just focus on writing my online courses, mentoring people, and building a community. If you're interested in the same thing, and I can help, reach out :-)

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by InCityDreams on Saturday September 10, 2022 @12:11AM (#32787742)

Reach out? How? Looking up movedx i found a channel with 40 and a channel with 441 subs. Having integrity in 2022 seems pretty cool, but am i missing something...like a link?

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by vouaobrasil on Friday September 09, 2022 @06:16PM (#32785554)

Hey 3880 subs is pretty good. I'm still on 241. haha. It actually takes a lot of effort to get past 1000 subs/5000 watch hours, which is the minimum for monetization.

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by Scoundreller on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:03PM (#32796483)

The minimum for you to monetize it. Google will gladly sell ads and keep 100% until then.

I wouldn’t have built what became a $2000/month revenue website if I didn’t start making $2/month, then more work to get to $20/month, then 200, then 2000 over ~5 years.

YouTube is shooting itself in the foot with its monetization cutoffs.

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by vouaobrasil on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:14AM (#32809644)

I agree, I wish they would let me monetize my channel now :(

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by arjvik on Friday September 09, 2022 @06:33PM (#32785710)

Wow, nearly 100% of your subs participate in your community? That's amazing.

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by movedx on Friday September 09, 2022 @07:07PM (#32785955)

What /u/kyleee said :-)

I developed the Discord community via the channel plus other ways.

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Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube by kyleee on Friday September 09, 2022 @06:55PM (#32785865)

that's not necessarily implied, the sets may overlap minimally

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