The more I work one on one with a lot of you guys
as YouTube creators, the more I hear how much you guys-- like,
your goal is just to be a full time YouTube
creator, which is great.
It's awesome when you have a community
of people who will support your content,
and allow you to do that.
But I also think that there's some misconceptions about being
a full time YouTube creator that maybe you should know about,
as well as some definitely, some perks, and some bonuses that
go along with it.
I asked a few of my friends who are full time YouTube
creators--
I asked them to share with you guys
what are some of most common misconceptions,
and what are some of the perks?
What's that really like being a full time YouTube creator?
Here's their responses.
One of the big misconceptions people
have about being a full time YouTube creator is
that you need to have 100,000 subscribers in order
to be full time.
You have to treat YouTube and creating
videos like a full time job, even if it isn't your full time
job.
It's not easy.
It really is full time.
People think it's going to be so easy to set up a YouTube
channel.
You see people having a lot of success.
You see role models that you look up to,
and say, I want to be like that person.
It can take, and probably will take a whole lot
more of your life.
So you have to learn to set boundaries.
You have to figure out when to have time.
That is your full time job, your creation job, and when
to have a life outside of it.
Do not underestimate the impact that vlogging
will have on your everyday life, and other relationships
in your family.
Another big misconception is that you need to be lucky.
It's going to be so easy.
I have the talent, and I could do it just like them.
Somehow when you hit like, 1,000,000 million subscribers,
or you get that viral video with 5,000,000 views,
that somehow, money is just going to fall from the sky.
And if your goal is only to be YouTube famous,
because that's why you're doing it,
then you're not going to have a lot of success
on this platform.
Why would you want one viral video?
That's the best way to get a bunch of subscribers that
don't give a crap about you.
And you realize how hard it is to get
five people to view your video, and one person
to leave a comment.
I have found that us growing organically
for the first year to two years was the best.
It's a marathon, it's not a sprint.
If you build good content, your viewers will come.
So I think one of the biggest misconceptions about being
a full time creator is that we spend
all of our time creating video, and that is not the case.
Everything increases when you go full time, the amount of email
that you get, the amount of correspondence,
the amount of comments, the amount of interaction,
everything goes up.
So you have to be prepared for everything to go up,
not just the income.
I always approach this with a business mentality.
You need to spend the time on making sure that you're making
the best product possible.
What you need is a business model.
I looked at, and I tried to identify what worked.
And then I tried to repeat it.
Creating the video is just the beginning.
Thank goodness, I'm full time, because every video
is like its own little product.
Approach things with a business mindset.
Approach it, when you see victory, when you see a win,
systemize it.
There is so much more that has to go into marketing,
in addition to the actual creation of the video.
I think one of the biggest benefits of being a full time
creator is we're truly coming up with videos
that serve an audience.
I'm on my own schedule, and that works really, really well
for someone who is super-devoted to their family,
and wants to be a part of all the little things that kids do.
I think for you to have success in any field,
you have to do work that you love.
And I love this.
It has forced us to get out of our comfort zone.
Yes.
And to do things that we normally would never do.
I am fully in charge of what I get to create.
I am my own boss.
So for me, the freedom, and being
able to do what I love to do, inspire people.
I don't have to bounce it off of anybody.
I'm able to do stuff that I really like to do.
I really get to decide what I want
to create, when I want to create it, how I want to go about it.
And I get to decide whether to release it to the world or not.
Seeing the reaction of people to the content I'm making
makes me feel really good.
It makes you want to keep going.
It makes you want to get better.
I have no managers above me telling me
what I can and can't do.
I make all my own hours.
I get to spend my time on what I love doing.
I'm allowed to experiment at my own pace,
and put things out to the world as I want them to go out.
What we're able to do is create a life we love,
make a difference to our family, and make a difference
to those that watch.
And that's being a full time creator.
For me, personally, I have been full time on YouTube
for four years now.
And one of the main misconceptions I went into this
was just like--
when you work for an employer, you have a steady paycheck.
Like, every two weeks, you're getting a predictable amount
of money just coming in all the time.
When I went and started working for myself,
the revenue goes up, it goes down.
Sometimes it goes way up.
Sometimes it goes like, down to nothing.
And that was really stressful for me.
And it took me a few years to kind of figure
out how to manage finances in a way that made that not quite as
stressful.
But it still is stressful, at least for me,
because I've got a wife and six little kids to feed.
So that's a lot to keep up with.
But one of the main benefits I've
gained that I wouldn't trade for anything
is the freedom over my time, over my schedule,
over my creative outlets, over just
knowing that I get to serve an awesome community of you guys.
And just pouring into your channels,
and working every day, just to help
you guys the best that I can grow your channels,
and reach people, and impact lives.
And hearing stories of how it's impacting and changed
your life.
And how you're then using that, and impacting and changing
other people's lives.
That fuels me.
I love it.
I get so passionate about that.
And I wouldn't trade that for anything.
I know a lot of you guys are pursuing
full time status on YouTube.
Knowing what some of the stressors are going to be,
but also knowing what some of the advantages are going to be.
And if that is you, and you want to turn this
into your full time career, I have a brand-new course
just released.
It's called Turn YouTube Into Your Career,
which is an appropriate title, because that's
exactly what is designed to do.
A lot of creators think it's just about getting more views,
and getting more subscribers, and looking for those brand
deals.
And those are certainly important things to do.
But I went full time on this channel earning about $10,000
a month with a YouTube subscriber
base of about 3,000 people.
And you can do it too.
You totally can, regardless of whatever niche or industry
you're in.
And this course is going to show you guys step by step how
to do that.
[INAUDIBLE] plenty of action steps.
At the end, we're going to wrap it all up,
and give you guys-- here's your game plan.
Here's how you're going to move forward, and turn this
into your full time career, even with a generally, relatively
small audience.
If you're interested in learning more about it,
there's a link in the description below,
or an interactive card will pop up around here.
You just click, and go check it out.
But in the meantime, I want to hear from you
guys in the comments below.
If you are a full time creator, what misconceptions have you
found to be true about it?
But also, what are some of the rewards and the benefits of it?
And if you are looking to go full time on YouTube,
read some of the comments down there.
You'll learn a lot from them as well.
And also share how you went full time.
That would be great to hear from you guys too.
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