hey guys it's Adrian here the Canadian in a t-shirt and today
i have a huge announcement to make on the one year anniversary of my channel
i have just launched something totally new to my channel an exclusive loyalty
membership program right off the bat i want to
reassure you this will not affect my regular youtube videos that you guys
know and love those videos will always be totally free
and i'll still do my best to release a new video every week which will be
available and free for everyone but in addition to
my regular free content i'm also going to be making exclusive
videos just for my members so why should you become a loyalty
member well you'll get access to exclusive videos
showing a more personal side of me like revealing my entire investment portfolio
you'll also get priority response to your questions and comments
you'll get some fun silly perks like badges next to your name and emojis that
you can use in the comments you'll get to interact with me more in
the community tab through polls and q a sessions and finally you'll be helping
to support my channel i literally started this channel one
year ago and you can see in my oldest videos
i never expected anyone other than my friends to watch them
i started this purely as a hobby because i love teaching and i'm passionate about
personal finances and taxes and investing and growing in
every sense of the word and i think that really resonated with
you guys and i love engaging with you and answering your questions
that's always been the most rewarding part of this whole journey
i remember the first discussions i ever had in the comments of my oldest credit
card videos and now i know hundreds maybe even
thousands of you guys by name i've never met you but every time you
ask a question in the comments i remember your name
i remember the questions you've asked in the past and i remember your financial
goals that we've talked about for the future
and when i'm able to answer your questions and help clear something up in
your mind and then i read such kind and thoughtful
and supportive comments from you guys i can't tell you how proud and fulfilled
that makes me feel really you guys are the best and in just
12 months you guys have helped me grow to almost
30,000 subscribers which is just mind-boggling
this whole journey has been a total blast so far but it's also been a ton of
work and so recently i actually quit my
full-time job. A job which i absolutely loved
but i'm committed and i'm devoting 100% of my time and energy
into this channel and this community i know it's a risk but i love doing this
and that's why i started this loyalty membership program of course
i don't expect everyone to sign up for this membership if you only want to
watch my regular free youtube videos that's totally fine and i'm still
incredibly thankful but if a hundred of you guys
or a thousand of you guys become members that will help support me and my channel
enormously since this is now my full-time job so if
you'd like to join and become a loyal member
hit the new join button down below right next to the subscribe button
becoming a member will cost you five dollars a month charged to your credit
card for my international fans it'll depend
on which country you live in but for the canadians out there
it'll be five dollars a month that's about one dollar a week which i hope is
reasonable and for that you'll be getting exclusive
videos just for members on a weekly basis these exclusive
members only videos will be a chance to look behind the
camera and see a more personal side of me
first of all i'm making a whole series of videos where i reveal my entire
investing portfolio in fact my first portfolio reveal video
will be out by the end of this week for members i'll show you all of my
investments in my TFSA RRSP and margin or non-registered
accounts across all of my platforms including Questrade
TD direct investing and WealthSimple you'll definitely
recognize the stocks and ETFs which i've talked about in my previous stock pick
videos but there are many others i would never recommend a stock or ETF
in those videos unless i stood behind it and i was personally invested in it as
well i'll also be making a video every single time i buy or sell a stock
or ETF and i'll walk you through my thought process and why i'm making this
investment don't just blindly copy the investments
i make in these videos everyone has different investment goals so what works
best for me might not work best for you but i hope
these videos will help beginners out there gain a bit of confidence and learn
how to diversify your portfolio and learn what you should look for when
you make an investment i'll also be making more personal videos where i'll
talk about my financial journey my real estate ventures my long-term
goals and i'll make more interactive q a sessions
a lot of you guys have been asking for videos like this but i don't want to
clutter my main channel with fluff or things that only a few people actually
care about that's why i'm making these exclusive
videos only for the members who actually want it
since the beginning my mentality on youtube has always been quality over
quantity i am very proud of every single video
i've made so far and the fact that i design
each video as a self-contained lesson you can scroll through my channel and
you'll see that every video is organized and even color coded so you
know that the silver videos are about taxes
the blue videos are stock picks and so on and i truly believe that each of
these videos will be helpful and continue to provide value for years
down the road i don't want to clutter my channel with fluff or things that will
be totally irrelevant a year from now three years from now nobody is going to
care about what stocks adrian decided to buy
in september of 2020. that's why videos like those are only going to be reserved
for members i want to keep my main flagship channel
clean and concise the second main benefit of becoming a
loyalty member is that i would prioritize questions and comments from
members i've said it before but answering
questions is my favorite part of this whole youtube gig
back when i only had a thousand subscribers i was able to respond to and
answer every single question and comment i
received every single day now i have almost 30 000 subscribers so
that's just not possible i still spend at least one or two hours
every single day responding to questions on youtube comments
direct messages through instagram or facebook and emails as well
but i simply cannot get to everyone but if you become a member you'll get a
badge right next to your name so i'll know that you are a paying member
and so i'll make sure to get to your question first
don't worry i'm still gonna do my best to answer as many questions as i can
even for non-members of course but if you have an urgent question
and you really need to get my attention becoming a member is the best way to do
that thanks again you guys for sticking with
me and celebrating my first year on youtube
i never thought that i would have such a loyal loving and supportive community
behind me and i definitely never thought that i'd
be making a career out of this so if you'd like to support me and gain
access to my exclusive videos hit the join button down below to join my
loyalty membership program for five dollars a month but if not that's
totally fine for my new members stay tuned this
weekend for part one of my investment portfolio reveal
where i'll go over every single stock in etf i own in my tfsa
with questrade and for everyone tune in to next week's video where i'll be
breaking down everything you need to know about REITs
thanks everyone for a truly amazing year and i'll see you guys on the next
episode of the canadian in a t-shirt bye guys