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video hey everybody how you doing it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce how
you doing today today I thought I would do a video about why I became a YouTube
creator why am I putting videos on YouTube and the reason I'm doing it is I
don't know if it's interesting story but people ask me all the time why are you
doing that or how did you become that especially the relatives as any of you
know those of you whose relatives and that means everybody you tell somebody
you you know you're related to about an idea you have and get ready for the most
interesting responses sometimes the most encouraging responses but sometimes not
so encouraging type responses more like what are you moron
who are you to think that you can do you know these kinds of responses so I mean
the brutal honest truth will come out from relatives and sometimes very close
friends so it runs the gamut anyway in my case my relatives ask me all the time
oh geez how did that how did that become how you know that's sudden you know just
out of the blue you're a video creator your YouTube creator wow that must have
been something well it isn't in my case it wasn't something in my case those of
you who've seen some of my videos I've mentioned it but a lot of you haven't
because I have only got about 8,000 views as a channel at this point so I'm
unknown that's why I'm not nervous by the way I'm talking to a camera and
nobody's watching anyway I I am 62 years old I am NOT
28:18 wish I was wish I was 22 and know what I know oh my
god but anyway I'm 62 feel great great health but I'm not a kid and so
at this age you know why would you do it but it was a decision I've been
grappling with for over a year it took me a year to really decide whether or
not I wanted to do it I decided I would investigate the idea I would really look
into it analyze it watch of course
existing youtubers because I I am a YouTube follower myself I follow a
number of people on YouTube and I thought to myself could you be like any
of these people could you do what they do I find it fascinating when a youtuber
talks about whatever their passion is and and then once in a while you'll
you'll find that individual just kind of look at the camera and and talk to their
viewers their subscribers and their followers and and really and really tell
them you know what their life is really like and you know what they are going
through to to make a youtube hat especially youtubers that have trolls I
really I really feel for them and I'm sure I'm sure
if I'm successful I'll have trolls so okay fair enough but in any event I
follow I follow what they say and how much the how hard they work and some
some of the youtubers I follow the number of hours they put into their
craft is obvious and the behind the scenes and the after camera time work is
is it's phenomenal I am I'm overwhelmed by by how much work
some of these people put into their product it is really something you'll
note that if you watch any of my videos and I hope you do if you watch my videos
you'll find that they are low-quality simple straightforward not very
difficult and certainly not cinematic in any way whatsoever
I mean I'll bring the camera in on my face from time to time I'm talking to my
my iPhone right now and what a great invention thank you mr.
jobs and all of your engineers for this piece of technology oh my god has to
change the world my life included but anyway watching for over a year and
studying other youtubers and asking myself whether I could do any of this
type of thing and could I dedicate myself to really go ahead and go for it
there are people out there who certain youtubers out there who have really
inspired me and I'm to mention them right now I'm also going
to link their their channels on the description below after this video is
over when I post it and it'll start right off the get-go with a young man
out of New York named Casey nice debt he's a young man because I'm older than
he is so 35 years old I believe now congratulations Casey on all your
success I've been following you for about a year and a half I have your
videos to friends and relatives of mine saying you gotta see this and some of
them are actually subscribe to his channel number them look at me and go
what are you doing following a 35 year old guy in here you know to each his own
but mr. nice that has really started me off thinking wow gee you know that is a
really interesting world in which he lives I'm really impressed with his
daily vlogs that he was doing there for quite some time and impressed by that
amount of work and also surprised at how open he is how he shares his his family
and his highs is lows and those accomplishments and you know and any and
then how generous he was and has been and always is to other YouTube creators
god bless you for that there was one gal I saw who did a parody
of him I don't remember her name I'm sorry but in in in a couple of days
her subscriber count went ballistic she was she was out of Nashville she had I
forget the number fifteen twenty thousand subscribers doing okay and the
next thing you know she's at forty seven thousand subscribers and sixty thousand
subscribers and she's done very well and mr. nice that was kind enough to to
acknowledge her that's a wife found her and then and since then she's she's done
phenomenally well obviously her talent was there before she did this take off a
parody of Casey and and it's evident even today and I congratulate her on her
all of her success and I congratulate Casey for for acknowledging her
existence and and others big and small so that's number one I have to I have to
right off the get-go say Casey if it wasn't for you it would never have
entered my mind to even think about it you put me on to I'm looking at notes
here by the way so forgive me you put me on to garyvee I'd have found him
eventually on YouTube but you put me on the garyvee and I started watching some
of Gary's videos oh man that man can inspire I was a really I've
been impressed with with his work and and the amount of volume he puts out on
YouTube is phenomenal but I have to now go to the number my really number two
guy and this this gentleman really made it happen for me hehehe his work really
inspired me to go for it and and his name is Eric Jacobs his channel is
called nomadic fanatic and he is and his cat jacks are on the road in his in his
Class C motorhome he posts every two or three days and he tells it like it is as
far as I'm concerned he tells it like it is in his life he has ups he has downs
he has all arounds and Eric travels all the time pursuing 70 degree weather
where every dad this summer not too successful my god 80s and 90s and 100's
poor Eric was trying to try to find it he eventually made it back to his home
state of Washington and he found the weather he was looking for perfect man
and what a summer we all had this year about Eric Eric Jacobs thank you for
being yourself being true to your to your message you've really you've really
inspired me and you you and your work and your ups and your downs convinced me
that it is doable and that that was one individual that helped push me over the
edge to make the decision that yes I'm going to try and do this now even when I
did that even when I decided I'm gonna try it I didn't immediately launch a
YouTube channel I still knew I was going to do it but now I had to figure out how
and what was I gonna do and I needed more examples of other youtubers out
there to really help me decide how to do what I was going to do and and this is
where a number of other youtubers come in that I want to mention I want to
mention a caravan Caroline get a chance to check out these channels
please do so I'm sure most of you will enjoy them Caravan Caroline I first
noticed her channel was sort of a suggested video that came across my
screen and here she is she's a gal who's about 60 62 years old kind of my age
living in a van started off living in a van in Washington State
sold her condo and most of her worldly large possessions and bought a panel van
modified it and moved into it and I believe she moved into the van in the
winter time which it takes guts and takes Drive and dedication others use
other words but I am inspired by this scale and I think she had when I first
found her I think she had less than a thousand subscribers and she started
traveling and the first thing she did after her Sunda went to the army she hid
itself to the warm weather which is something I would do and she ended up I
think in Arizona California and she started meeting other youtubers and she
has credited other youtubers for her success and god bless her for it she met
a number of youtubers including Eric Jacobs pandamonium and others and she's
been posting at least one video a day sometimes two and she now in the span of
what a year-and-a-half sixteen plus thousand subscribers two and a half plus
million views strong following loyal following and it's growing every day and
I really commend her I believe she shoots everything on an on a smartphone
I'm 99% certain that that everything she shoots is basically on a smartphone
she's only just put an intro video together like a little 15-second intro
video and a little 5 or 10 second exit little thing together
I mean she's basic youtubers really basic but it doesn't matter it's the
content it's it's the personality it's the person it's her story it's her
adventures it's or her travels it really captivates me
now obviously captivates many others so I want to thank her too because I
thought boy if Caravan Caroline can do this out of a man
on a smartphone and post daily videos on YouTube III that what's my excuse I live
in a house I'm in Creston British Columbia Canada it's quite comfortable
here nice little town five thousand people
I have internet I have you know cell phone service all the time I have no
excuse to not being online I'm like Carolyn or I'm like Eric who are on the
road constantly so I really commend him from there I want to say hi and and
thank you - gone with the winds so many youtubers have thanked gone with the
winds the young couple from my belief Houston or Dallas Texas they when I
first notice them they were in an RV they were doing RV travels and that's
how I first found them because if again Eric over to them and I followed them
and then they pursued another dream that they had and that was being full-time
Mariners on a sailboat they went ahead and bought a catamaran and had the
catamaran maintained and improved and modified and they have now been at sea
for quite some time it's a year and I've been following
their journey their videos are eye-candy the quality of their work is phenomenal
you get the chance Gone with the Wind WI nns the link is down below you'll find
it you got to go check them out they're fantastic then keep your daydream I came
across the family about a year ago it's a husband and wife and three children
they're fantastic they're out of Phoenix Arizona and they have been traveling
full-time in a trailer pulling it with a with a pickup truck wow what a story
they've gone everywhere in North America now Mexico up to Canada and back quality
work absolutely second to none I will never have quality work like that
drone footage and 4k quality work man they really do they do some fantastic
videos great stories great eye candy as well check out keep your keep keep their
daydream and then I want to say a special hello to motorhome experiment
husband and wife out of Las Vegas Nevada in a class a Motorhome sold their house
all their possessions and hit the road full time thought they'd give it a year
see how it goes they what the first year they're going for a second year to see
how it goes and they're loving it and their viewers are loving them they make
fantastic videos it's light it's fun they are there they're very humorous
fantastic couple I really enjoy them they have a couple of friends that
they've been traveling with lately and oh my gosh Kevin and his beard love it
they did a they did a live broadcast about a month ago I think they've had
over 10,000 viewers within two or three days of that because the viewers just
kept coming in to watch this thing it had been posted live and they were at
about six seven thousand views and about four five thousand more views within the
next week watched it and it was over an hour and a half long if at that
fantastic they've really done they do some good work too but very enjoyable to
watch their Channel and again another reason why I became a youtuber wondering
if there's anyone else I'm missing here I'm quickly looking at my list I think I
got my first batch here yes I have been watching how-to videos on how to become
a youtuber I will talk about that on a subsequent video later I wanna
acknowledge some fantastic how tours out there who are giving out invaluable
advices how to become a youtuber because for me I didn't know how to even upload
a video how do I even shoot a video how do I edit a video how do i you know how
do I get it watched what do I do you know could I actually make money doing
this would make a little bit of money doing this week kind of fun
it is my full-time job the number of hours I put into this are unbelievable
I'm probably in front of my computer 4 to 6 hours a day at least constantly
thinking about subjects to talk about this subject came up again because of
people asking me you know why and how did you do this and I've noticed other
youtubers doing it and I thought you know I'm going to tell my story because
everybody has their own story and I thought you won't everybody loves a good
story so what the heck one and I share mine and so that's why I decided to make
this video today it's already too long we're at oh my gosh I'm up to fifteen
sixteen minutes here thank you for watching this if you stuck through it
god bless you why I had no idea if you like what I do and and if you've watched
any of my other videos I hope you do check them out
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