Today, we're going to talk about how
you can use other social networks to grow your YouTube
channel as these guys have.
They'll share your story.
And that's coming up right after this.
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Hey guys.
My name is Tim Shmoyer and this is Cullen and this is Katie
from YouTube.com/bamachick1101.
span Quickly tell us what your channel is,
what you guys do there, and what it's all about.
We do daily blogs and weekly pregnancy updates now.
Biweekly now. [LAUGHING]
That's about it.
The link to them is in the description below.
Go check that out.
But one of the things that Cullen has kind of come up
with-- I don't know how he came up with it,
but we'll hear that I guess in a second-- is
hashtag Target balling.
Tell us what it is real quick.
It's basically taking a selfie with the big red balls
outside of Target every day for a year.
It's with a creative theme, so it's not like your just
taking a selfie.
You get creative and do different stuff with.
And they're pretty good, all of them.
Mostly on Instagram, I'm guessing?
Yes.
So I linked to his Instagram down there too.
Go check him out.
But I wanted to hear from you guys
how the whole using Instagram and Twitter,
you know, the whole Target balling thing, how has that
affected your channel's growth as you
use other social platforms that still center
around your YouTube content?
It's helped a lot.
People love coming back to see the pictures every day.
I get notifications every day, saying
I can't wait to see what's next.
This is the best one yet.
I talked in a really high voice.
And you also incorporate-- like we set up the camera
and vlogged the set up of the Target balls.
So people like to come watch the videos to see,
how did you set up the Target balls?
Like, there's somewhere you're jumping,
and they'll come to see, oh, it was just the first take.
Or how many times did you have to take that picture?
And was that photoshopped And you can tell from the vlog that
it wasn't.
So it kind of brings people from both areas.
I think one of the things that really works well
with Target balling is that you've picked a fun
activity that other people can join you in and participate in
with you.
So even me and my wife, we've done
Target balling hashtag videos, and then I
took it a different direction and went Walmart poling once.
So it really has a community feel where other people are
watching your vlogs and interact with you
through this whole different platform other than just
YouTube comments and things like that.
But if you're going to go back and do it all over again,
is there anything you would do differently, or you're like,
no, we pretty much just nailed it.
It's kind of hard.
It just happened so naturally.
We went to Target every day, and so it just kind of--
We really did go a lot.
We went a lot anyway, so--
It just kind of happens.
I don't know.
It's one of those things that I don't
think I could plan if I went back and tried to.
Yeah, it definitely wasn't planned.
It was one of those things that just happened.
Cullen was like, I'm going to take a selfie
with the Target balls every day.
So the first couple were just literally--
You're like, why?
Yeah.
This is kind of strange.
And then he got to, like, I've got to make this more creative.
I think the only thing I would change
is for you to have not said that you're going to do it
every day for a year.
It's getting hard.
That's a really long time.
It's getting hard.
That would be the only thing.
We're on Day 80 right now.
Maybe like, once a week for a year, or, you know--
You've got a baby coming.
Yeah.
So what advice would you guys have
for creators who are looking for different ways
to utilize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
and other social platforms for interacting
with their audience.
Part of it, too, is like, when people go to Target,
also they think of our channel.
And they're like, oh, Cullen and Katie.
People were going to Target anyway.
That was part of it for us too, is we were going anyway.
So if you try to find something that isn't something
you're already doing, or you are already
kind of passionate about-- we're passionate about Target
I guess-- then it would make it a little harder.
But since we're going there all the time anyway,
it's a little easier and still is kind of fun.
It's a kind of good way to hitch your brand to someone else's
brand and just ride that in.
Yeah.
So I'd love to hear from you guys in the comments
below about any other creative, unique ideas that you guys have
for how you have used other social platforms to engage
and interact with your audience.
Please comment down there below.
And if this is something you're kind of trying to figure out
right now, if you have some ideas,
you can post those down there below,
and maybe some other people here can help give you some feedback
into your idea as well.
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