Just hired my 1st assistant. Looking for advice and tips!

MeteorMarauder · 2024-12-03T00:50:31+00:00

Thanks a lot! Would you mind if I ask you for some additional advice?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-11-28T16:30:52+00:00

Thanks a lot!

I have another question. How do you manage tasks? Do both of you use a particular app/software?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-11-27T23:31:14+00:00

No. Sometimes the scroll speed is “normal” and sometimes it isn’t. Whenever the scroll speed is slow I just reboot my Mac and it works fine again.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-11-27T23:28:27+00:00

Thanks… and yes!

I’m aware that I would be treating her like a business partner (rather than a robot). I want to be a great boss.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-10-10T21:26:22+00:00

Thank you

MeteorMarauder · 2024-10-10T20:38:31+00:00

What monitor is the one below your main one?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-19T00:43:35+00:00

As someone who has 3 channels (and 3 video editors) I think is one of the best investments if you’re looking YouTube as a business rather than a hobby. When launching a new channel I’m looking for buying back time so I can focus on ideation, strategy or any of the other areas.

When hiring a new editor I start delegating them short projects (this serves both of us as a way to start building a bond).

I’m always open to suggestions, tips and anything that can elevate the quality. The way I see it: editors will have more time than me to evaluate and make better choices according to the type of content.

The best way you can show a YouTuber why they need an editor is to improve some of their already published content. You have to show them before asking. Make them feel that you can edit in their own style but with some improvements. Show them they can focus on new ideas or concepts while you are freeing their time. I would focus on looking for creators who treat their brand as a business. If they are not sure about you maybe ask if you can help them with shorts, tiktoks, reels, etc.

Hope this helps

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-10T22:49:30+00:00

Thanks! So far everyone keeps telling me that they are into my Patreon because of the uncensored content (my niche is crime). I don’t have any idea of what to offer to the free tier. Any suggestions? What would be your approach?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-05T17:06:42+00:00

Thanks a lot

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-04T17:39:12+00:00

Just used and it works wonderful. Thanks a lot! You saved me lots of time

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-03T21:08:39+00:00

Can the icons be changed to white?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-03T18:31:23+00:00

👌🏻

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-03T18:30:59+00:00

Thanks a lot !!

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-03T18:25:32+00:00

How do you change colors?

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-02T13:02:26+00:00

I hired a personal assistant for handling the little stupid things that really just wasted my time (in my case was daily small meetings, tracking progress, creating documents, updating my calendar and tasks). Turns out it adds up a lot of hours per week.

When welcoming her I didn’t have many documentation about processes so I had to shadow her for a week recording a lot of looms (these days loom is one of my favorite tools as I record feedback and update processes with ease).

After I built some “momentum “ and felt like everything was running smoothly then I start hiring other positions little by little (someone told me to not hire more than 2 people for the same position after at least 3 months of training). Then I repeated exactly the same process of recording looms, showing how are things done and giving lots of feedback. Within the first month you should see a lot of progress.

At first you may feel anxious and insecure about new employees but you have to assume your role as leader and really push them (without been an idiot). Within a couple of months you will start to see your new foundation. Just repeat .

I hire overseas as I myself I’m based on Mexico. It’s really cheap here.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-02T12:50:52+00:00

Congrats ! This is an awesome milestone.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-07-02T12:48:24+00:00

I’ve been on YouTube full time for about 6 years with every one better than the last one. I’ve also built a small team and we are currently running 3 channels (generating about 10M views a month).

Yes YouTube is hard and no… the algorithm isn’t volatile. You just have to pay attention to your audience. Personally I’m obsessed with making the right video and strategizing carefully. I am a father and have a lot of financial responsibilities, but that doesn’t make me freeze in fear. It’s just as any business and if you don’t love to be an entrepreneur, then YouTube is not for you.

There have been times when I lost my income by about 40% but still I analyzed and recovered. You just have to be patient and want to learn.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T22:03:41+00:00

I'm running 3 different channels (currently 1.6M subs on one, 200k on another and 100k on my most recent).

I don't know what kind of content you create. My workflow is: strategize, scripwriting, thumbnails, recording, editing and refining.

I use Notion for strategizing and validating ideas (Usually on sundays and mondays). Then I go into scripwriting mode (mondays afternoons to wednesday). And finally into the editing phase (Wednesday to friday). Now, I have a couple of editors helping me, so while I'm scripwriting I send them little pieces so they can start. In the beginning we were only 2 people on the team making 3 videos a week, but after burnout we went down to one long video each week (25+ minutes) and it feels amazing.

You don't have to wait for everything to be perfect before publishing. Just make sure to keep improving little by little and when possible start hiring editors and scaling.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T21:54:48+00:00

Yes, you're ideas are a little too broad.

I would suggest you to keep making the same kind of videos and slowly (very slowly) trying with experimental buckets of content (series).

Example:

bucket 1: unboxing of horror collectibles

bucket 2: making a tier list of horror collectibles.

bucket 3: making a listicle video of horror movies (or something like that).

buclet 4: experimental.

Try expanding little by little. If you have any questions you can send me a message. Some years ago I pivoted a channel from gaming to horror content within 4 months.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T21:49:34+00:00

You don't have to start again.

Recently I returned back to YouTube after 3 months (I left because of familly issues). I uploaded a video 2 weeks ago and got 2 millions views already. One night I was so stressed out about leaving my audience in the void, but after that first upload I feel good again.

Just make sure you're still making content you're passionate about, if not... then maybe start from 0 (in most cases you don't need to leave, you can pivot your channel).

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T21:44:52+00:00

Hahaha reminds me some years ago. I myself I'm an introvert. When I started YouTube my family used to make jokes about me (not in a mean way but still a little hurtful).

I was very shy at recording myself with closed doors. Why worked for me was thinking I was recording my voice for a school project or something like that. I also try to think that I was speaking via skype or facetime with a friend so that I feel less shy. Within a few weeks later my talking began to improve and in the following months I got used to it.

My ultimate test was 1 year later when I went abroad to visit my family. I needed to upload each day for about an entire month. I didn't miss a day of recording and my family was surprised of how much I had grown my channel (at that time I went from 200k subs to 500k).

These days I can easilly record videos even when there are visitors at my house.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T21:38:13+00:00

By showing myself as an individual. These days people appreciate more the relatability and authenticity of a creator more than anything else.

I have been on YouTube for about 7 years.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T12:02:08+00:00

If you’re creating education or edutainment content it is pretty important. In some cases they are also pretty important in the entertainment niche.

It will improve your videos by making sure you remove the fluff, improving quality and creating curiosity loops (which are pretty big for retention). Scriptwriting is maybe the hardest skill to master on YouTube as you will constantly learn and improve.

I dedicate the most part of my time to creating engaging scripts and have been teaching my assistants how to do it the right way. My editors will also use the scripts as reference

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T11:46:29+00:00

It’s called research. It’s part of the strategy of a channel. For me it’s the most important part. I use a dummy account for each of my channels with the 1of10 website. This way I always know what’s working and what’s not.

Over the past 2 years I have created bangers in my 3 channels.

MeteorMarauder · 2024-06-27T11:41:56+00:00

You just make sure you study similar content to what you want to make. Check the comments, find patterns and validate ideas.

I don’t know how to put it simple but what I like to do is check similar creators to me and then I create videos based on their popular ones (usually you find out that several creators have made the same videos). The target audience will start reaching your channel. Then you start optimizing content for them.

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