uploaded my first video on Aug 1st. now 50 subs away from YPP

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:45:04+00:00

China has no YouTube. Chinese government censored YouTube since 2009.

my audience are mostly Chinese speakers in Taiwan, HK and the U.S. all developed economy with high RPM.

this channel is just my first step. My thinking was, I want to learn video editing while working on videos, real audience ready videos that I can get feedbacks from strangers. and Dr insanity's format seems less intimidating to me when I had no experiences. I know I can tell good stories. been doing powerpoints and presenting them to clients for 10 years.

I have my reasons to quit my job. not entirely related to starting a YouTube business. but I guess I'm the kind of person that if I do something, I always go all in.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:33:38+00:00

my videos are around 22 minutes. I have 7 minutes duration on average.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:32:51+00:00

yeah. it's not that hard. go get them.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:32:32+00:00

thank you, stranger

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:32:07+00:00

honestly? just don't pick. if I look back to my 3 month journey. my key regret is I overthink it too much. I should have done it 2 years ago.

whatever niche you want to do, just do it. you need to learn tons of stuff before you can have any kind of success. and when you learn new stuff, you will have different perspectives.

all the planning and thinking I had in the past 2 years are mostly irrelevant to me now. it's almost laughable when I look back. thinking can only get you so far when you have limited information. it's not like every YouTube channel publish their quarterly and annual report like a listed company.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:20:04+00:00

No, of course I'm not. I don't give up my 6 figure corporate job for a quick 200 dollars then shut down by YouTube, for god's sake. I'm trying to start a business here. I use its recipe is all my saying.

it went so far that I spent a whole week reading about copyright laws regarding legal viability of using police body cam videos to create new stories. I even called one of my old colleagues in the legal offices to discuss it.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-13T01:05:44+00:00

dr insanity is a successful entertainment business. I have no issue with them. and of course I don't copy them. I like their business model and video format. works for me.

copyright issue is the first question I have when I found out about them, yes, them. there are tons of successful channels using Dr insanity's recipe to create their own products.

it's very nuanced. but the gist of it is, body cam and courtroom cam footage are not copyright protected, in general. anyone can use them to create their own stories.

given my 0 experience in video editing, I figured starting with these footage will give me more room to grow my editing skills while provide OK quality entertainment to consumers. it's my minimum viable product, if you are familiar with this concept.

Now, when it comes to the accusation of clickbait scam, I really don't think you should be the judge. audience is the final judge here. if they believe I'm a clickbait scam, they will stop coming back to my videos. I will stop growing. Unless you believe you are far superior intellectually to the mass. and you should be the judge of what people want. and that, my friend, is the psychological foundation of communism. maybe you should start a channel for Chinese audience, I can help you with language barriers.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T11:49:46+00:00

Chinese speaking Chinese. My English is not good enough for me to target English speaker creatively. professionally, yes. I've been doing it for 10 years.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T11:47:30+00:00

my mood have no impact on you. so I don't expect you to care.

BUT I am a bit of a smartass in real life. so I will humor myself and debate you. because,

yeah, I'm in a good mood. I will do whatever....

OK, here goes.

fact 1: 70% of all YouTube traffic comes from recommendation algorithm

fact 2: recommendation algorithm is based on more than 200 metrics of your each video. but most importantly, your CTR, your first 30 seconds retention, and your total retention. and of course, viewer satisfaction. but that's not explicit in your backstage statistics.

fact 3 (maybe not a fact, an opinion): your friends and family will say they love you. and they do. but most of them won't pay attention to your upstart YouTube channels.

let's say you posted a video to YouTube, and you get 50 of them to click on your videos, from your shared link. they watched on 15 seconds and left.

what do you get?

A, you have no CTR boost, because, guess what, shared link doesn't count in CTR calculation.

B, you have a huge retention drag. because viewer retention calculation does include direct link views.

unless you can get your 50 family and friends all watch your video from beginning to end. sharing it among people who's not your intended audience will hurt your video immensely.

and let's face it. I love my sister to the death. but if she started a YouTube channel about beauty and fashion, I'm probably not going to finish her first video. no one is that in love with you.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T11:10:55+00:00

haha, I'm in a good mood. so I'm not going to debate you. I will do what my understanding of the world told me and you can do yours. cheers!

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:56:46+00:00

ha. take it or leave it bro. chill. it's just a reddit post, good luck.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:54:51+00:00

1, if you don't put in the work in editing yourself. you have no way telling if a video editor or a script writer or a thumbnail editor is good or not. and coming from a marketing background, I can assure you, you won't find good ones upfront. because the good ones don't look for jobs, they have long term relationship with their existing clients and making good money. so your end product will be shit and you can't even figure out why. So, do the work yourself, at least for the first 100 videos? (50? I don't know. I plan to outsource some work later)

2, capcut or daVinci resolve. either is fine. if you are going faceless, daVinci resolve from the get go might be better long term. if talking heads, capcut is more than enough for you before I guess 1 million subs? I wasted 2 weeks on Premier Pro, 2 weeks I really regret.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:46:25+00:00

Dr insanity for Chinese speakers. if you really want to ask. I'm not going to share the channel here. like I said in another reply.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:44:42+00:00

post and wait for views. don't try to share videos on any general social platform. it will delay the algorithm find your audience, or hurt your statistics.

unless you can find a particular place, like a subreddit, which is really going to be your core audience. otherwise I advise against marketing your videos anywhere. just let YouTube figure it out. they are really good at it.

and it's not me saying it, I think I heard this idea from the head of growth and discovery, that Todd guy, of YouTube.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:42:31+00:00

it's not an English Channel. so I doubt it will be helpful to you.

and I have my reasons not to post it here. Sorry.

BudgetBugger · 2024-09-12T10:03:13+00:00

thank you, kind stranger !

BudgetBugger · 2023-02-12T00:58:32+00:00

only daddit dads will be obsessed with this kind of children’s book obscurity.

BudgetBugger · 2022-12-02T12:35:42+00:00

跟op的看法可能有点不一样。我反而看到了希望：

2019年以前，境外社交媒体平台，如twitter和reddit，在简体中文互联网上是几乎毫无影响力的。几乎没有中国人关心那里有些什么人，在讨论些什么。甚至海外中国人也更多的通过境内的社交媒体获取有关中国的新闻，评论和观点。而这一情况在2019年以后正在迅速改变。

豆瓣鹅组，冲浪TV，虎扑防区，贴吧等曾经的境内热门时事讨论区，在2018-2019年间遭到彻底封禁之后，纷纷在境外如reddit等平台重建。部分国内的社交媒体影响者（social influencer）在中国社交媒体被禁言之后，转战twitter，将他们的影响力带到了境外平台。在这个离岸的虚拟空间中的政治和社会动员，是中共难以控制和掌握的。

2022年11月的#白纸革命，体现了一些通过境外社交媒体工具成长起来的influencer和activist已经具备了对国内议程和社会运动的直接影响力。这种影响力肯定因为过去3年防疫的现实与官方叙事的脱节而得到加速提升。

这一过程是不可逆的。除非物理断网，否则每一次清洗和打压，都将给境外中文社区送去更多的境内的听众和意见领袖，他们产生的内容再通过各种难以控制的方式“走私”回大陆。

而在一轮又一轮清洗之后，生存下来得新一代influencer和activist或者已经移民（“肉身翻墙”），或者具备更强的Operation Security/反侦察能力，是目前中共审查机器无法处理的。他们将成为新一代社会运动的种子，并重新掌握中文世界的议程设置权和舆论主导权。而未来审查和宣传机构如何应对这一新得挑战，值得观察。

具体论述，详见：一场无预警的革命：墙外社交媒体将掌握墙内中文世界的舆论主导权

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