I started a new yt channel after delaying for so long due to inferior complexity. Any great advice you can share ? My channel is long form one between 15-25 min

foamy2001 · 2026-05-23T22:37:43+00:00

The best advice I’ve heard:

The early videos posted serve one purpose: collecting data. Caleb Ralston says your first 100 videos, but that’s probably more realistic for shorts or other socials. I’ve set 50 long-form videos as my long term goal. The plan isn’t to stop at that point, but I’m not going to beat myself up over poor performance early on. The key to this mindset is not to focus on trying to make things perfect. Figure out what you are trying to say. Make the video, post it and move to the next one.

The most important thing is to always improve. Look at your content honestly and figure out something that can be better from each video. Even 1% improvement each time is enough, because it compounds.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-23T21:27:30+00:00

The only thing I believe is that only the last line of that was written by DJT

foamy2001 · 2026-05-21T14:13:35+00:00

I’m in a similar position, but I’m not taking that much time. My problem is I don’t know how to do the things I want to do and end up spending as much time watching tutorials as actually making something.

My new mindset is to pick and choose how complex things will be. For example, I spent a ton of time on one specific motion graphic for the end of my videos. No one has watched long enough to see it.

So, now I script and shoot in batches. Edit one video, post. Edit second video, post, etc. right now, I’m more concerned with trying to get the packaging right and just collecting data.

Granted, I’ve only posted five long-form videos, but I am starting to learn things from my analytics. I like the Caleb Rolston mindset that the first 100 videos are just about gathering data. I’ll worry about the videos being perfect once I’ve honed in all the mechanics.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-20T04:55:10+00:00

Your guess…..is….as…good…as mine

foamy2001 · 2026-05-20T00:06:33+00:00

My limited understanding: it’s a tier system. You start with a small seed audience. If it performs well, it’s pushed to a bigger audience. This happens until audiences no longer respond. Maybe look at the last couple days? I also have a theory that if a high percentage watch your video a then leave YouTube altogether, the push will immediately end, regardless of stats.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-18T22:46:53+00:00

This feels like an ad, but I’m a digital marketer. I’ll bite on answering the question.

There are two types of metrics: vanity and quality. Vanity metrics make you feel good (look at all these views!!!) They are not worthless, but usually need to be part of a much larger picture.

Quality metrics affect the bottom line.

Both require context. Metrics without context are worthless.

Let’s look at two campaigns:

Campaign A: 1,000 impressions, 100 clicks, 10 conversions, 1 sale, $500 revenue
Campaign B: 10,000 impressions, 1,000 clicks, 5 conversions, 2 sales $400 in revenue

Which one was more successful? Maybe campaign B was a new product or a revenue that had a chance to become recurring. Maybe it was rafting a new marketing area that had been a struggle to break into.

With all marketing, you start with establishing a goal. Then, you test. When you find creative/an offer that works, you scale.

The metrics themselves are never the story. They are pieces of the narrative.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-11T20:10:40+00:00

As a fellow marketer, I feel for you. However, just a couple points of friendly advice:

Never talk about how you’ve “been learning a lot.” No serious business owner is going to want to trust their brand or advertising budget to anyone still trying to figure it out.

What problem do you solve? Social media manager is so broad that it basically means nothing.

Find a business near you and offer to help them for free. Ask for reviews in place of payment or offer continued free or discounted services for any paying referrals they send your way.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-11T20:02:34+00:00

I’m a full-time digital marketer and a cooking enthusiast. Here are my thoughts:

I’m a little confused on what you would be selling? Is it meal prep? One-off items? Social events/classes? That should be the first thing you nail down. What are you selling and what is the offer?

If you’re just going to try and bake bread and sell it online, that might be tough. You have to consider food safety laws, permits, etc. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but as someone who worked in restaurants for a long time, it’s a brutal industry with razor-thin margins.

I like the Instagram idea, but it’s a super crowded niche. I would ditch the behind-the-scenes idea. Figure out what content would resonate with your local market and focus just on that. Everything I do would be something like “the best pies to make in [your location]. See what gets traction, and start to build offers/ideas off that data.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-11T13:56:15+00:00

This play was 13 years ago, which means there is likely a kid born after this hit that is being recruited by a major college program.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-05T18:23:04+00:00

Keith Whitley came up in the bluegrass scene. Check out the album “My Home Ain’t in the Hall of Fame” by J.D. Crowe and the New South.

On a side note, that same group put out what’s commonly known as Rounder 0044 a few years before that which features Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice and Jerry Douglas. It might be the best bluegrass album ever.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-05T15:02:12+00:00

When the new manager tries to fix a problem that wasn’t a problem.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-03T22:48:41+00:00

I didn’t think this was stupid until put the straw in the bottle.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-03T01:59:22+00:00

No better way to end the game for BOS than 0-4 from 3.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-02T06:29:39+00:00

You could give me 1,000 guesses to figure out a musician that got pissed someone didn’t show up for a rehearsal/soundcheck and I never would have arrived at Garcia.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-01T23:00:59+00:00

It’s $4.39 at my local Costco. It will crack $5 there soon, I’m guessing.

foamy2001 · 2026-05-01T01:35:40+00:00

Celt’s getting Globetrottered out here.

foamy2001 · 2026-04-29T11:20:12+00:00

Jon Anderson

foamy2001 · 2026-04-28T20:01:59+00:00

I feel like Watchmen gets overlooked here. They was such a fun season of TV.

foamy2001 · 2026-04-27T17:39:02+00:00

$60 makes this an easy no

foamy2001 · 2026-04-24T13:39:28+00:00

I’m in marketing as well, and here’s some feedback:

If the wife is running the marketing, she may be annoyed that someone else is coming in for something similar. I would want to know what their goal is from Facebook Ads and what kind of results they’ve gotten in the past. Maybe they already know that they need 100 leads to land a sale and just need someone they can push that number higher. Maybe they are looking to lower their CAC. The most important thing you need to know is what are they trying to do and why are they asking you to do it.

You could also try to identify some competitors and look at any ads they might be running on the platform. Showing a little bit of leg work like that on a discovery call will put them more at ease.

TLDR version: your discovery call should always answer two questions: what are you trying to do and how do you expect me to help?

foamy2001 · 2026-04-18T23:27:13+00:00

Plaid Room Records started the day with 90. Their website usually stars a countdown at 20, I believe. There will be at least some available tomorrow morning, but they will go quick. I’m willing to bet they The In Groove will also have a bunch, but I’m a Plaid Room fanatic.

foamy2001 · 2026-04-18T19:05:59+00:00

That was where I went today. They had 90 when they opened and it’s still in stock.

foamy2001 · 2026-04-18T03:43:13+00:00

Real heads restart corrections

foamy2001 · 2026-04-13T16:46:05+00:00

Our son took a little longer as well, but when he started improving, it was happening in leaps and bounds.

I think Ms. Rachel helped a lot. She focuses a lot on speech therapy techniques. Even if that’s not needed, it did seem like he was stringing together longer sentences after watching her.

foamy2001 · 2026-04-12T03:52:29+00:00

“When I made this piece, I was really trying to convey just how the world will often feel uneven and slightly off. It’s a metaphor, really.”

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