1. I made a video about Evan Carmichael (who has around 3 million subscribers),
and he not only commented on the video, he very briefly ran ads to it promoting the video.
2. Jordan Belfort (the real wolf of wall street) and Noah Kagan both paid me $500 each
for creating a youtube video that was under 60 seconds long, as part of a competition.
3. I made a video on 'business lessons from the movie War Dogs',
and the real-life guy the film was based on commented (yes I checked it’s really him), and he
even went on to confirm some of the crazier parts of the film I'd referenced were indeed true.
4. I got my first paying client from YouTube for $1000, when I had LESS THAN
1,000 SUBSCRIBERS! Which I think just proves the importance of quality over quantity.
5.I have had a surprisingly high amount of traffic from colleges and teaching platforms,
indicating there are some teachers who are literally showing my videos to students
in their lessons. Speaking of which,
6. I’ve been told by a student they wrote a university essay on organizational behaviour,
using my video on Michael Scott from The Office as a case study. I hope they passed.
7. Someone re-uploaded one of my youtube videos in its entirety, with no edits,
but somehow managed to mis-spell the title, including the word ‘success’ ironically.
8. This channel has led to me having some amazing phone calls with creators I hugely admire,
like Charlie from charisma on command, James Jani
and honestly lots more - it’s crazy how many doors youtube opens.
9. I've also had many thousands of thankful comments from total strangers,
along with many of them sharing my videos on other sites, like people posting them
on reddit and even one of them getting to the top of r/documentaries. And look I don’t wanna
turn this video into something too cheesy here but honestly some of the heartfelt comments and emails
I’ve received about how much certain videos have helped people in some way is just amazing to hear.
When someone says they got great results from a video of yours, or that it changed
their life or even just inspired them, that’s a pretty special feeling. However,
10. Of course, not all of the emails are just dishing out praise.
One of my favourites was a 14 year old randomly asking out the blue
if I'd buy him a free laptop since I "make all that YouTube money".
11. I've also received comments in many languages I don't speak. I always thank
them even though the comments could be horrendous abuse for all I know.
12. I made a video on a YouTuber I used to watch called Clark Kegley, with 4 YouTube
lessons I learnt from him, back when he was more into business content. He commented on my video
saying "Lesson #5: get your mom to watch all your videos". But again, this idea of creators you feel
you know so well actually watching your videos and commenting on them, is a weird but great feeling.
And by the way, clearly the pattern here is if you want to connect with someone, make a video
on them, they’ll probably check it out. 13. My university wrote an article on me,
which basically encouraged people to start a youtube channel and start considering how to make
passive income. Which considering universities typically are very heavy on pushing people to
graduate schemes and traditional 9-5 jobs, I was really pleased with.
14. The amount of connections YouTube has led me to is unreal. Firstly, people I know who I
haven't spoken to in YEARS have messaged me out the blue saying they liked the videos. In fact,
I even had 2 old friends who didn’t even know I was doing youtube, but one got suggested one
of my videos, and another saw a comment of mine on a totally separate video, and so they found
my channel organically. Small world. But then, there’s also been so many new people I’ve got to
know directly through youtube and this community, many of which I would genuinely consider friends.
Honestly, there’s so many other unexpected opportunities youtube has led to, so many
meetings, deals, connections - even things like big companies reaching our randomly to discuss
sponsorship deals, it’s not something I expected at this stage. YouTube has also
led to me developing a bunch of new skills, and even becoming really fascinated with videography
and cinematography which I had no real interest in before. I mean even though I’m still a total
amatuer with that stuff in the grand scheme of things, making videos has changed how I see things
like films now, I notice details about the way they’re shot I was just so oblivious to before.
But, finally and most notably of all,
#15 of the weirdest things that have happened since starting a youtube channel,
it led to me creating an entire business using YouTube!
Now, to say that YouTube changed my life is probably the craziest part of all of this,
especially because this channel isn’t that big… yet. But it’s true,
I’ve been able to build a business around youtube, that I’m doing full-time.
And so I am incredibly glad I took the step of making that first awkward video.
And truthfully, I never fully bought into the whole 'if you love what you do,
you'll never work a day in your life' thing, but at least so far, this really is a lot of fun.
I’m not saying it’s all sunshine and rainbows but I am very happy with how things are going right
now, and I'm very confident there'll be many more weird and wonderful things along the way.
But wait. There is a point to all of us this.
Because the one thing I haven’t yet mentioned is my biggest regret with youtube…
Which is that I put it off for well over A YEAR before committing to it.
Seriously, I sat there with the idea for a channel for over 365 days, just watching
others be successful, whilst making excuses why I couldn't do it and that the time wasn't right.
And look, If you don't like the idea of doing YouTube that's fair enough,
I’m not saying it’s for everyone. But if you do like the idea,
then please don't do yourself the same disservice I did. YouTube growth is exponential, not linear,
and I have videos I made well over a year ago still bringing in views and ad revenue and clients
even to this day. So the point is, if you’re on the fence about starting or committing more time
to your channel, hopefully this nudges you in the right direction, and soon you’ll be making
a video about all the weird but interesting things that have happened to you along the way.
But, if you are interested in building a business with YouTube, or even growing an existing online
business using youtube, then you may have already heard me mention the YouTube Magnates course - our
YouTube Business Blueprint to help you build over 10 different income streams from scratch,
whilst being able to do something you genuinely enjoy and look forward to, all thanks to youtube.
And if you already have a business, the system works great too, as it can help you not only grow
your brand so you can charge higher prices, but literally start bringing pre-qualified clients
right to you, who already want to work with you.
The reason I know this, is because that's what it did for me,
and so many others who approach YouTube like a magnate and an entrepreneur,
not just a YouTuber. So, if you’re at all intrigued, check out the top link in
the description for all the details, or feel free to drop me an email with any questions.
For now though, all that’s left to say is thank you for your support it really means a lot.
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