WHAT'S UP GUYS TODAY I AM IN ABU DHABI IN THE UAE AND I'M GOING TO BRING YOU ALONG
TO VIDCON ABU DHABI VIDCON IS A MASSIVE EVENT FOR CREATORS AND ONLINE DIGITAL VIDEO PEOPLE
IT'S IN CALIFORNIA BUT THEY'RE ALSO BRINGING IT TO THE MIDDLE EAST SO TODAY I'M GOING TO BRING
YOU TO THAT I ALSO GET TO MODERATE TWO PANELS WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED TO DO I'M CURRENTLY AT
THE RITZ CARLTON IN ABU DHABI BUT I GOTTA CHECK OUT AND HEAD TO THE EVENT SO LET'S GO THANK YOU
SO THE INTENSITY FOR KOVIT IS QUITE REAL UM THEY'RE ABOUT TO CHECK OUR HEALTH PASS
SO I MADE IT INTO VIDCON IT'S ABOUT 11 52. A LOT OF SECURITY CHECKS
I FEATURE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRIES IN MY VIDEOS SO THIS NEXT EPISODE SYRIA I HAVE
FOUR SYRIAN PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE VIDEOS UH AND THEY ALL RIGHT SO THIS
IS THE YOUTUBE LOUNGE IT'S FOR SPEAKERS AND CREATORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND SO THERE'S A
TICK TOCK LOUNGE AND THERE'S A YOUTUBE LOUNGE FIRST I WANT TO CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE LOUNGE
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF HUGE YOUTUBERS HERE TICK TALKERS AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL THAT TICK TOCK
IS TRYING TO IMPRESS CREATORS YOUTUBE IS TRYING TO IMPRESS CREATORS AND TO GET A LOT OF MORE
PEOPLE HERE THEY'RE BRINGING OUT NICK JONAS I THINK THAT'S TONIGHT AND THEN THEY HAVE OZZIE
LAND WHO I'M GONNA BE INTERVIEWING ON MY PANEL IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN ALL THESE PEOPLE AND THEN
THEY GOT SOME GAMES AND STUFF OUTSIDE LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT DO NOT DO SOME KIND OF WORK
BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO JUST JUST CONSTANTLY DO IT LIKE JUST ATTENDED THIS PANEL IT WAS CALLED
HOBBIES TO JOBS PREVENTING BURNOUT AND DRIVING CREATIVITY IAN WHO CO-FOUNDER OF SMOSH ONE OF THE
BIGGEST YOUTUBE CHANNELS I'VE EVER SEEN DOING COMEDY VIDEOS AND UH THAT WAS PRETTY COOL OH
ACTUALLY I WANT TO TAKE YOU GUYS TO THE TICK TOCK CREATOR LOUNGE BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN THE YOUTUBER ONE IT'S UM AND DARKER WHAT'S UP BRO HI ARE YOU UPTON FROM NOT TODAY NOT TODAY
WE'RE GOING TO THE TICK-TOCK LOUNGE LET'S DO THIS SO THIS IS HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBE YOURSELF I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF AS A PERSON WHO MED SCHOOL DROPOUT EXACTLY FAILURE
BASICALLY AND NOW A VIRAL STAR ON FACEBOOK TICK TOCK AND NOW SNAPCHAT YEAH WELL WE'RE TRYING
SNAPCHAT YEAH YEAH BUT I LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM NO DUDE NO I LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM YOU
WELCOME TO THE TICK TOCK CREATORS LOUNGE UM IT IS PRETTY COOL BUT IT'S QUITE EMPTY
AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIKE COOL PLACES TO SIT AND YOU HAVE POOL TABLE
ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING OR JUST WALKING AROUND CHECKING IT OUT
ARE YOU ENJOYING IT HAVE YOU BEEN TO UAE BEFORE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I LITERALLY
GOT HERE I WANTED YEAH I KNOW IT JUST LIKE OH MAN OH NO NOT AT ALL NO NO NOT YET NO
YEAH IT'S GONNA HIT IT I DON'T WANT MY LUGGAGE AT ALL SO I REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM
ALL I HAVE IS MY CARRY-ON THERE'S JUST CAMERAS IN HERE I'VE BEEN IN THESE CLOTHES FOR TWO DAYS
THAT'S SICK THAT'S AWESOME TO YOU BUT YEAH NICE TO MEET YOU YEAH YOU SHOULD COME CHECK
US OUT LIKE THE NASA ACADEMY BOOTH WE ARE OH WHERE'S THE WORK WITH CREATORS WE'RE THE MAIN
THE SECRET TO UM YOUTUBE ONE MILLION ON YOUTUBE THAT QUESTION THE SECRET TO ONE MILLION ON YOUTUBE
IS TO UPLOAD CONSTANTLY LIKE I I THINK THREE VIDEOS A WEEK AT LEAST IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HIT
THAT ONE MILLION BE CONSISTENT AND DEVELOP LIKE HAVE YOUR NICHE THEN YOU HAVE YOUR CONTENT KEEP UP
DOING THE WORK YOU DO FOR YOUR CONTENT AND DEVELOP IT LITTLE BY LITTLE AND STAY CONSISTENT AND FOR
SURE IN ONE TWO YEARS I THINK IT'S I THIS IS WHAT I THINK IF YOU'RE CONSISTENT YOU DEVELOP
THE WHOLE TIME AND UH AND UH WHAT IS YOUR GOAL OVERALL TO INSPIRE TO EDUCATE WHAT'S YOUR GOAL
MY GOAL MY GOAL IS I STARTED WITH MY CHANNEL TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL IS NOT ONLY FOR THE RICH
YOU CAN TRAVEL FOR A SUPER CHEAP AND LOW BUDGET UH PRICES AND STILL LEARN SO MUCH MUCH MORE THAN
PEOPLE WHO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO TRAVEL JUST STAY AT A NICE HOTEL IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
LOOK AT THE WAY HE WALKS AND LOOK AT THE WAY HE SMILES WE ARE ON A POLITICAL AGENDA RIGHT NOW
THAT'S AMAZING WHEN'S YOUR MEETING GREAT BRO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
VLOGGING EVERY SECOND OF YOU THIS IS ACTUALLY LIVE I AM SO LIKE NOT USED TO VLOGGING
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HERE BACKSTAGE ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE
ABOUT TO START IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT NAVIGATING BRAND DEALS
UH IT FEELS COOL TO BE MODERATING A PANEL BECAUSE I USED TO DO THIS A LOT
AT CNBC BEFORE COVID LOTS OF CONFERENCES SO THIS IS MY FIRST ONE TO DO IT ON MY OWN
AND POST COVENT SO IT'S LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT LIKE A HUGE ONE UM IT'S STILL VERY EXCITING TO ME
ALL RIGHT ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THIS PANEL YEAH WE'RE SUPER EXCITED IT'S SUPER SUPER SUPER FUN
LIKE WE'RE BETWEEN THE US AND DUBAI OH COOL WE'RE IN MICHIGAN
UH DO MORE HEIGHTS OH OKAY A LOT OF ARABS RIGHT ARAB
CAPITAL OF YEAH I WOULD LOVE TO GO AND I HAVE ONE MORE AFTER THIS OKAY HELLO HELLO HOW ARE YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THEIR CHANNELS HAVE DONE SO WELL NOW THEY'RE STUCK IN THIS CONTRACT FOR LIKE
YEARS RIGHT YEAH UM LET'S LET'S SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO SO CAN EACH OF YOU GIVE US
AN EXAMPLE OF A BRAND THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW
WHY YOU DECIDED TO SAY YES AND THE CONFERENCE WAS REALLY GOOD AND IT WAS REALLY NICE HAD AN AWESOME
PANEL AND FELT GOOD TO BE UP ON STAGE AGAIN ASKING PEOPLE QUESTIONS NOW I WANT TO GO TO A
PANEL ABOUT SNAPCHAT AND THEN TONIGHT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG SHOW RIGHT OVER HERE LOOK
THANK YOU
ON THE EARLIER PANEL THAT VINE USED TO BE SO BIG AND SO MANY
THERE WAS ONE PLATFORM LIKE THAT WAS KIND OF EVERYONE'S LIKE YEAH THIS MIGHT BE THE NEW
BIG ONE SO I REMEMBER BIEBER HAD A PLATFORM GOING ON FOREVER
OKAY SO THIS IS THE MAIN FLOOR AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING YOU HAVE LIKE STANDS FROM NICKELODEON
YOU HAVE PARAMOUNT PLUS AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE MTV AND I PERSONALLY FIND THIS SUPER
INTERESTING BECAUSE MY FIRST JOB WAS ACTUALLY AT MTV IN NEW YORK AND THAT WAS AROUND A TIME
WHERE PEOPLE WERE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME UH THE NETWORK MTV WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE COMING ONTO TWITTER ON INSTAGRAM ON YOUTUBE
AND CONNECTING WITH THEIR FANS DIRECTLY SO IT'S QUITE INTERESTING NOW TO SEE VIACOM
WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT OWNS MTV PARAMOUNT NICKELODEON IT'S QUITE INTERESTING TO SEE THEM
HERE AND SHOWING THEIR LOGOS AND YOU KNOW TRYING TO HAVE THESE ACTIVATIONS WITH FANS BECAUSE THE
QUESTION TRULY IS WHY WOULD YOU WATCH NICKELODEON OR WATCH MTV WHEN YOU CAN CONNECT DIRECTLY
WITH A PERSON A BRAND A SHOW THROUGH YOUTUBE THROUGH DIFFERENT PLATFORMS
SO THIS IS THE BIG WELCOME SHOW APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS AT EVERY VIDCON ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED
VERY EXCITED WHO'S PERFORMING WOMEN AND WHO ELSE NICK JONAS EXCUSE ME
SO IT'S ABOUT TO START THE GREAT WELCOME SHOW I SAW THEM REHEARSING FOR THIS LAST NIGHT
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
SO EVERY FRIDAY I SEE LIKE WHAT THE TOTAL UH FOLLOWER COUNT IS AND APPARENTLY JUST
NOW LIKE TODAY I HIT 600 000 SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOLLOWING IT FEELS SO COOL LITERALLY A YEAR
AGO I HAD LIKE 30 000 LIKE NOT YOU KNOW I HADN'T REALLY STARTED AND SO IN A YEAR TO GO TO ZERO TO
600 IS SO COOL AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M AT VIDCON BECAUSE I'M HERE AND I'M INSPIRED
BY SO MANY PEOPLE WHO STARTED THREE FOUR FIVE SIX YEARS AGO AND THEY TALK ABOUT CONSISTENCY
AND UH YEAH I MEAN MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN ANY OF THE NUMBERS OR ANY OF THAT IT'S JUST MY
LOVE OF STORYTELLING AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT I GET TO CONTINUE TO DO IT BECAUSE
WHEN I HAVE NUMBERS LIKE THIS IT MEANS THAT I CAN GET TO CONTINUE TO DO IT AND I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING SHARING LIKING AND HELPING ME TO GROW SO THANK YOU GUYS