- This video is all about how you can be successful
on YouTube even if you're just starting out.
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All right so I'm out here wandering out in the desert,
in Yuca, it's kind of near Joshua Tree.
My parents actually just built a container house out here,
and I'll do a video all about building a container house
out in the middle of nowhere.
It's actually a really cool place that they're at.
It's pretty amazing.
You're probably wondering why I'm wearing a Arctic jacket
out here and part of that is it's freezing,
because it's high desert, it's cold,
but it's beautiful, still sunny.
Okay, so we're talking about how you can be successful
on YouTube and even in 2019,
you know, how you do this even if you're a beginner.
So the first thing that you got to realize is that
it's not too late to start your YouTube channel.
Definitely if you wanna start a YouTube channel,
get after it and start producing content.
Number two is that it's a marathon, not a sprint.
It takes time to build your channel.
It takes a lot of just creating content
and it's not gonna happen overnight.
So, two very important things that you have to think about
if you're gonna be getting started into this world
of creating content on YouTube.
Okay so I have seven tips on how you can be successful
on YouTube starting right now.
So tip number one is super important,
and that is just start creating
and create with what you have.
So if you just have your smart phone
or if you just have a GoPro,
then just start creating content using that camera.
You don't need the latest and greatest.
You don't need the newest camera,
you don't need the newest pieces of equipment,
you just need something to create the content with,
and over time you'll start building more of a following.
You'll start being able to purchase better gear,
but you don't need to spend a ton of money to start.
You just need to start,
and that's kind of one of the most important things,
is just start creating content right now.
If it's something that you've wanted to do for a long time,
go out tomorrow, go out today,
and produce your first piece of content,
and upload it as soon as possible.
That is the most important part is just to start creating.
Right now I'm just shooting on my GoPro Hero7,
with an external mic,
because at the end of the day the gear isn't
the most important thing.
I don't need a Cannon 1DX Mark II or any of that,
I just need something that I can create content with
and right now this is the perfect piece of gear
that I can create a video with out here, in the desert.
So tip number two, is find your niche.
So you need to do the,
so you need to figure out what kind of content
you wanna produce before you start producing content.
You can't just create anything.
You have to kind of put yourself in a category so
for me I shoot filmmaking tutorials,
I shoot adventure films,
and I shoot kind of vlogs from when I'm traveling
around the world, so.
You can put me in like adventure filmmaking category.
It's kind of the niche but a lot of tutorials as well.
So you need to figure out what kind of content
that you're gonna create
and what you're gonna like creating.
And so this comes to tip number three,
which is do your research.
So nothing is created in a vacuum,
you can't just start producing content,
and gonna have the best content in the world,
and get a ton of people to see it.
You need to see what's being produced out there.
You need to do your research.
So you need to see what other YouTubers are creating
in the niche that you wanna create.
How weird is this, this is a Joshua Tree.
And with that you also need to do keyword research.
I'll put some links down below in the description
to some of my other videos where I go more in depth to some
of these topics and one of them specifically is all
about keyword research, super important.
It makes it super easy to create videos
that will get a ton of views.
So I highly suggest checking out that video
after you finish watching this one.
Okay number four, is force yourself to create
and put yourself on a schedule.
So this is important,
you can't just put a video out every month
or every other month and expect that your following to grow
and just to build your entire YouTube presence.
You need to give yourself a schedule.
I highly suggest at least once a week,
and when you put a schedule onto what
it is that you're doing,
it's gonna force yourself to keep creating
and when you have the schedule,
you actually get content out and that's one of
the most important things with YouTube,
is that you need to just keep producing,
and you need to keep uploading.
If you're always sitting on projects,
if you're sitting around waiting to post something
for months then you'll never actually do it.
If you keep saying I'm gonna post a new video tomorrow,
I'm gonna post a new video the next day,
I'm gonna post,
you know you never actually do it.
You actually have to put in action
what you're gonna do.
So you need to produce content and you need to give yourself
a schedule so I highly suggest once a week,
just put a video up and over time,
you're gonna learn what works and what doesn't work,
and so that's kind of one of the most important things,
is just producing content,
and then you learn from your mistakes,
and you continue to produce content moving forward.
Okay, number five is don't do it for the money.
Don't get into this just thinking you're gonna make
a ton of money right away.
It's not gonna happen.
It comes over time.
My first year, entire year of producing content
on YouTube I made 48 dollars.
So it takes time, like I said, it's a marathon,
it's not a sprint but over time you can become
a full time YouTuber and you can make this more of a job
that is your full time career.
And as you grow, you'll get sponsors.
You'll get ad money, you'll get all that good stuff.
For example, this is a 500 dollar jacket
that was sent to me for free so that I could just wear
it when I'm producing content and it's something
that I actually wanted.
The money will come, the sponsorships will come.
The products will come,
but it does take time,
it's a marathon, not a sprint.
You have to go into it wanting to create content,
and you have to go into it enjoying the process
of just being a YouTuber and just making videos
and creating content because that is what this is all about.
It's not about the money,
it's about making content, it's about self producing.
It's about doing some awesome things,
and it's creating the content that you wanna create.
And finding your own community and your own audience.
Okay so number six is important.
It's kind of what I been talking about throughout
this entire video and that is you just don't stop creating.
It's a marathon, it's not a sprint.
It's more like an ultra marathon.
It kind of goes and goes and goes.
And you just have to always be creating.
If after a year of creating content,
you don't have very many followers,
you're not making any money,
you can't stop, you have to just keep going.
And that's the whole thing with YouTube,
it's takes time, it takes research.
It takes figuring out what works,
who your audience is and building your following,
based around that audience.
Now there's a bunch of other videos on my channel
where I talk about some different techniques
to hopefully make this happen faster for you so it's
not three years down the road that you're starting
to finally get subscribers,
but with anything it takes time.
It takes finding your niche.
Finding your group of people that like the content
that you produce,
and it just takes wanting to create content
and continually creating content.
So that's one of the most important things
is never stop creating.
Just keep going after it.
If you love this, you're never gonna stop
and you're gonna always just enjoy this process.
And number seven is collaborate.
Work with other YouTubers,
don't just put yourself in a hole
and only be by yourself.
You need to be part of the community.
You need to be part of the conversation
because we all learn from each other on this platform.
We all work together and that's kind of one of the coolest
things about this,
is that it's a community, there's no competition.
We're not in competition,
we're here to help each other grow,
we're here to help each there create more content.
Like if somebody reaches out to me and asks me for
some help I'm always gonna help them.
I'm never gonna say this is a competition because you have
the same amount of subscribers as me.
Who cares, we all have subscribers.
We all have people that like our content,
and our audience can like different channels.
It's not that big of a deal.
The best thing to do it to work with everyone
in this community and not be in competition
with anyone in this community.
All right guys, I hope these seven tips will help you
in your YouTube journey creating awesome content,
building your fan base,
finding your audience and just making awesome content.
I am gonna enjoy the desert for a little bit longer,
before I head back to Los Angeles,
but this is definitely beautiful out here.
And like I said, you got to just keep creating content.
Even though I'm out here relaxing,
just kind of taking a break from everything,
I still have a schedule,
I still have content that I wanna produce.
So just taking whatever cameras I have with me,
and producing that content,
that's what it's all about.
It's just about staying after it,
being realistic with yourself,
if you can produce one video a week, perfect.
If you can produce seven videos a week, then great.
It all depends on what kind of YouTuber that you are.
What type of time you have.
Be realistic, realize it's a marathon, not a sprint.
And guys I hope you find success on YouTube.
If you have any questions about any of the topics
that I've covered in this video,
please leave those down in the comments down below,
and guys if you're new to this channel,
make sure you hit that subscribe button.
There's a lot of awesome filmmaking tutorials,
YouTube tutorials, camera reviews, adventure films.
I like to do kind of a mix of all of that,
and also if you are looking for more ways
to be successful as a creator,
I have a Creator Film School that's all nuts to bolts.
Everything you need to know to be successful
at doing this or creating your own production company.
Anything and everything with a camera,
and guys that's it.
I'll see you on the next one.