in this video I interviewed Lily from
Hevesh5 and we talked about how she
grew her YouTube channel to over 1
million subscribers based on her passion
for Domino's how she taught herself the
skills needed for success on YouTube and
why it's so important to share yourself
with your audience coming up hey what's
up guys Sean here with video influencers
help you build your influence income and
impact with online video and i'm super
pumped to be at Clamourcon with Lily
from Hevesh5 how's it going Fine how are
You I'm doing super good now Lily has
an incredible really
Domino channel she's a Domino artist
doing some amazing videos has had a
couple viral videos and over 1 million
subscribers that's amazing thank you and
so talked a little bit about though your
channel and what exactly people see
there so I'm a domino artist which means
I set up thousands of dominoes sometimes
like 8,000 I've had projects with
300,000 dominoes and you knock them down
and people watch the destruction of it
so you can see like portraits of words
and like different images out of
dominoes with really tall structures a
lot of really cool chain reactions
that's awesome and talk about like when
did you channel start at first so I
started in 2009 and that's pretty much
when I first started building dominoes
so right in the beginning you see my
progression until where I am now and if
you're watching this video might notice
that Lily looks pretty young so what how
old were you when you started I was
about 10 and I'm 18 now that is awesome
and so speaking about that talk about
that viral video like what was that
first one that went viral about yeah the
first video that went viral was called
insane Domino tricks that went viral
about 2013 and what happened was it
started on reddit so someone posted my
video there it got a ton of upvotes
and eventually it was on the front page
of Reddit and then YouTube picked it up
it went on a front page of YouTube and
then all of these other like social
media sites they were featuring the page
and after that I got like three million
views within two days which was crazy
and I started getting so many emails to
do like projects for companies
and do just different interviews and
things like that and that opened a lot
of doors to do work for you know I've
done like a Honda commercial I've done
events for Prudential I've done a
Campbell's soup commercial I've done
work for the movie collateral Beauty
which came out in December and that
features Will Smith so in that he's like
the Domino artist and I did that work
for the movie so doing dominoes and that
video definitely led to a lot of
opportunities that's so amazing and
really your story is so inspiring and
kind of proves that you can take like
any passion anything and take it online
or take it on YouTube and really build
your influence yeah and off camera
though we are talking a little bit about
the importance of really work ethic like
if you want to do this sometimes people
see it they might see what you're doing
think that would be awesome to do that
around my passion and it may be you make
it look easy though it make it look like
it's just all kind of fun and games but
what goes in behind the scenes and
what's the importance of work ethic so
work ethic is a really big thing
especially for making videos if you
don't post like frequently it can kind
of like kill your channel a little bit
so what I do I have a really set
schedule I go to the studio every single
day to build dominoes
I'm always building planning filming
whatever I do when I was in school and I
didn't have a lot of time one tip that I
would do instead of doing a sport which
not to say that you can't do a sport
what I did was I treated Domino building
and making videos that's my sport so if
some people have like a two hour
practice every single day you know I
could spend those two hours making
videos whether it be filming building or
just editing something like that so a
little bit every day you can get a lot
of done and it's a really good thing to
have a good work ethic you'll get a lot
done with that it's awesome it's awesome
and super inspiring how like you're
modeling really putting in the work and
all of us as video influencers need to
do that because if you want to get the
results you got to do the work now one
thing that's super interesting is you
are actually anonymous on your YouTube
channel for a long time how long and
when did you kind of like reveal your
identity and what advice do you have
around that so I was anonymous
on YouTube for six and a half years I
never showed my face I never talked and
I was really careful with sharing
personal information which I probably
didn't do any of that at all
until I hit 500,000 subscribers I
finally decided you know I'm going to do
a face reveal I did a draw my life video
where I explained my entire story so the
beginning the beginning of that video is
like a voice reveal and then at the end
I did a face reveal and after that it
opened up a ton of new doors my my
audience could really like actually see
me and connect with me and I got so much
more engagement just from putting myself
out there so if I were to give anyone a
tip who's doing a YouTube channel just
show yourself don't be afraid to talk to
the camera because having that personal
connection is really what drives YouTube
I love that now one of the things that
is so inspiring is that not only did you
build the skills being a Domino artist
but you also figured out how to actually
do YouTube and like shoot and edit
videos and so someone out there might be
thinking well I want to take my art and
put it online or my talent or my skill
and whatever it is but they're like I
don't know how to edit I don't know how
to do that stuff how did you figure that
out and what advice would you give to be
quite honest I just like figured it out
all on my own I used like CyberLink
PowerDirector just played around with a
bunch of features um if you need help I
definitely recommend watching tutorial
videos but really just practice and like
doing it yourself you'll learn so much
from that I love that I love that well
are you ready Lily for the lightning
round
I am ready like that I love it lightning
round lightning round three two one
favorite TV show American Ninja Warrior
cat or dog dog favorite social network
besides YouTube Instagram coffee or tea tea
what is one book about every influencer
watching should read oh I really should
read more but I don't have one right now
I'm sorry what is your favorite
documentary or movie I really like the
terminal the terminal love it what is
one of your hidden talents whoo I can
play piano and I rock climb awesome
what is one of your no miss morning
rituals
Um what?
breakfast I always eat breakfast
in the morning
essential a good way to start yeah if
you could give a TED talk what would it
be about follow your dreams
how has maybe a failure at some point in
your life kind of sets you up for future
success and do you have like a favorite
failure that you learn from I feel like
just building Domino's in general like
you're failing all the time when you
knock it down by accident and when you
learn from that like you can see where
you went wrong and just grow from that
really really encouraging what's like
the worst time that like you got so far
and then like lost something you were
setting up like how much time you had um
so I was willing America's largest
Domino Tower and I was like 10 layers
away from finishing and they're like
maybe three thousand three hundred three
thousand five hundred dominoes and I was
placing the Domino and it started
leaning and eventually it all fell down
to the ground I can picture yeah I can
feel it right now inside and I was also
live streaming the whole thing so people
saw me yeah paralyzed Wow but then you
would you you I'll start it over and we
just like chilled out ate lunch and like
a Q&A yeah cuz people are still watching
yeah sweet yeah it wasn't too bad now
you're only 18 but what if you look back
now saying I know now if I if I knew
then what I know now what advice would
you give your 12 year old self I would
say like don't be afraid to talk to the
viewers and be on camera
don't wait so long I love that and do
you have a quote that you live your life
fire that you like to think about often
one of my quotes that I really love is
do what you love but make it count great
quote and what is one of your favorite
places in the whole wide world and why I
really love my studio awesome yet
lightning round
okay so Lily thanks so much for hanging
out today of course we want to link
everything up but where are your
channels and your social media accounts
so people can go check out your awesome
Domino artistry and videos alright you
can find me at HEVESH5 h e v e s h 5
youtube facebook instagram twitter same
name click me up and subscribe
yes and I just want to really affirm you
and thank you for coming on video
influencers it's so inspiring everything
that you're doing and how you're sharing
your creativity and your art with the
world so thank you so much and could you
share just a final word of encouragement
with the influencers watching just to go
out there and stay consistent and share
their content yeah so if you're making
videos or thinking about making videos
definitely do it
don't let the haters like take you back
if you believe in what you're doing and
you like it then just keep going on with
it and have fun keep going on with it
and have fun and thank you so much for
checking out this video keep building
your influence income and impact with
online video and we will talk soon thank
you very much
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interviews in my brain as much but we're
going to do it awesome