- In this video, we're talking about YouTube
and some of the hardest things about being a YouTuber.
And guys, I teamed up with an awesome group of creators,
and we're using our collective knowledge
to go through some of the things that make
being on the platform so difficult.
But why it's also so awesome to be a YouTuber and a creator,
and some of the most rewarding things
about working in this space.
All right let's get into it.
(dramatic music)
Now I'm here at Sony Camera Camp,
I'm actually up in Glacier National Park,
just doing some exploring,
but this is a great opportunity to hear
from some awesome creators that are here at the camp,
and just get some insight into the things
that make being on the platform so difficult.
But also some reasons why we all keep doing it,
and why it is such an awesome place to create content,
and why this awesome group and community is amazing.
- Hi, my name is Faruk, I'm the creator and owner
of the channel called iPhonedo, I review technology.
The most difficult part about YouTube
is being one man band.
You gotta prepare your own script,
you gotta prepare your, well I prepare my own music,
I don't have to but I do that as well.
And you shoot by yourself, you edit by yourself,
you prepare the thumbnail by yourself (laughing),
and then you take the hate
coming from (laughing) by yourself.
But the most rewarding part is when people get what you do
when they support what you do, when they understand
when you're not feeling well.
Sometimes it resonates, people can tell from the video,
and then the sweetest comment,
you get the sweetest comments.
They're like yeah, you sound like you have a cold,
are you okay?
So we're a big crazy family all on YouTube,
and I cannot be more happy.
- What's up guys, my name is Kyler Holland.
I mainly do tutorials here on YouTube.
And I think the hardest thing on YouTube for me
is like coming up with the creative ideas.
And now YouTube as a whole is a creative platform.
You can share your creative ideas with anyone,
and that's the best thing about it,
because it's creative freedom.
You can do anything you want,
and now you're gonna get some people
who like don't really like what you do,
but that doesn't matter.
Haters are gonna hate, but as long as you love what you do,
it's amazing, so the thing I always say
is go out and create because you want to,
no because you have to.
- Yo, this is Darious Brett,
I run a YouTube channel D4Darious.
The hardest thing about YouTube I would say
is mixing it up and continuing to try new things
to keep your content fresh, because sometimes
you can kind of fall into a rut,
if you do the same thing over and over and over again.
But I tell you the most rewarding thing
is just the connectivity you get with your fans,
like being able to see the things that you're doing
actually affecting someone else's life,
and being able to exchange value in a way
that kinda touches others, I would say, yeah.
- My name's Nadine, my channel is Hey Nadine,
and I do travel videos.
I'd say the hardest thing about being a YouTuber
is constantly comparing yourself to others,
when it's so easy to compare.
So it's stopping yourself from comparing,
when all the metrics are available in public.
The most rewarding is probably being able to create
the life you always wanted.
Like the sky is your limit,
you can do whatever you want, real joyster.
- My name's Roberto Blake, and I'm a creative entrepreneur
on YouTube, I teach a lot of people
about how to turn their creativity into a career,
and how to market themselves online.
What's the hardest thing about being a YouTuber?
I think the hardest thing about being a YouTuber
is the fact that when you make a piece of content,
and you really care about it,
the thing is you have to accept the fact
that nobody else might, or not as many people as you expect
care about that thing.
Sometimes you're trying to make something
a little bit different than what you normally would,
and you have to accept that, well maybe people
didn't sign on for you, and whatever you wanna do,
they signed on for this thing
that you've gotten them used to, you set an expectation,
and so when you don't deliver on that,
you can't expect the same kind of support.
And I think it discourages a lot of creators.
I know that even on occasion it's gotten to me
that I wanted to do something that I felt was meaningful,
and there wasn't as much of an audience for that.
That's something that maybe was useful
to a larger group of people.
But weighed against all of that,
the most rewarding thing, at least for me,
is the fact that you have almost this unlimited freedom
to express yourself, to be able to communicate,
and find that audience of like-minded people.
And if you really are thinking about
what makes you different, and you're embracing that,
you will find the rewards that come with it,
if you have the courage to put yourself out there,
because maybe you're going to inspire somebody else
to do exactly the same thing.
And if you can do that even one time,
then it's all worthwhile.
- What's up guys, my name is Armando Ferreira,
I have a channel called Mondobytes.
The most difficult thing about being a YouTuber,
or a creator, is staying motivated.
For me, sometimes I just don't wanna do anything,
I don't wanna shoot a video,
and that can be a little difficult.
So a lotta times what I like to do
is just kinda disconnect a little bit,
not watch any videos, or even just, you know,
from social media, and then eventually
just get back into it.
The rewarding part of it is when I get to connect
with other creators and also you guys, the audience.
I like to interact with people,
and also when I come to events like this,
it's just amazing being able to collaborate
with other creators and it's just awesome.
So there is reward, so just gotta get through that hump.
- I'm gonna give you one of the things
that I've come across that is the hardest thing
when it comes to building a YouTube channel,
and that is just playing the mental game.
And what I mean by that is you know,
you get in your head all the time,
like is my thumbnail good, is my title good?
Is my video good, are people gonna care about it?
Is this doing good, is this doing bad?
Like why did this video tank,
why did this video skyrocket?
And you know, with everything, no matter what it is,
when it comes to the content that you're creating,
if you really care about something,
and it's not received like you thought it would be,
you're gonna get really down on yourself.
And this happens to me again and again and again,
and you know, all of us are victims of this.
You know you get in your own head.
And so I think one of the hardest things
is being able to detach yourself from your videos,
and from what's happening,
because there's so many things that could be happening
on YouTube that directly affect your videos,
but you can do nothing about it.
So whether it's an algorithm thing,
or it's something to do with just the way
videos are being viewed at that time,
and something in your title,
or your thumbnail's not working properly,
there are so many things that have to work together
to make your videos just take off.
And so I don't want you to get in your head,
and just worry about every little detail.
What you need to focus on is more about
just making stuff that you wanna make,
and also doing the proper steps,
so that you know that you're creating content
that's gonna get the views, and get the subscribers.
And you know, I've talked about this
in a lot of my different videos about the ways
that you can grow your channel,
or the things that you can do
to basically help get your videos seen,
but all of it comes back to you.
You need to make sure that you have the mindset.
And you need to make sure that you're not so attached
to your content that if one little thing goes wrong,
it's gonna basically topple the entire house of cards.
So when it comes to it, one of the hardest things
about YouTube is just being in your head,
and just thinking about every little thing.
However, one of the most rewarding things about YouTube
and why I continue to do this personally,
you know, I get to create the content
that I wanna create, I get to hang out with creators,
other people that are creating the content
that they wanna create.
We're all on the same playing field.
This is a collaboration, we're all in this together,
it's an awesome, massive community,
and we can all be a part of it.
- What's up guys, I am John Yurei,
and what I do is I explore abandoned places
around the world that are creepy, exciting,
and a little funky weird stuff.
So and one of the hardest things I'd say
about being a YouTuber is,
it depends like where your audience is,
and a lot of my audience is based
on the creepy, asylum, exploring.
Like they like to be spooked out.
So like from other people, some other people
could actually have it where it's like
they're doing different content,
where they're inside of houses,
but for me it's like I always have to travel,
and find crazy weird things, always on the go.
So it's like you'll always have to step out of your comfort,
and you always have to stay consistent with it.
So YouTube, as a platform, is super interesting to be on,
just because it's like one of those things
where you're able to get this creative freedom.
I mean I'm obviously thankful for a lot of things I've done.
I've a 98 day U.S.A. road trip around the whole U.S.,
90 days around Asia, and also was able to meet
my own dad's twin brother, for the first time in my life.
So it was just like one of those things
where it's like you really get this huge freedom
where you could really start challenging yourself
to just do what you really wanna do,
and like what things I inspire you in life.
And it's honestly amazing, and it's also great to meet
other people who are in this community,
who are creators, and you can see what things they do,
and their niches, verses like your niches,
and like hit thoughts off each other,
and ideas and all these different things.
I feel like it's a great new generation
as we're coming upon, and also I can't wait to see
what's further at YouTube, and even generally social media.
- Hey what's up guys, it's Mike from Please Stand By.
So, on my channel I started with gaming stuff,
eight and 1/2 years ago, recently rebranded,
I'm making like travel content videos
where I try new things, and inspire,
hopefully inspire my audience
to try something new in their life as well.
Doing some tutorials and stuff.
So Jeven here asked me to tell you guys
one thing that is probably the hardest thing
about being a YouTuber, and for me, honestly,
I think it's just dealing with the ups and the downs.
It's going to happen, no matter what.
You're gonna have times where you're on top of the world,
your numbers are going up, and then you're gonna have times
where those are going down, and I honestly think
that just that roller coaster effect,
it's really hard on your mental health sometimes.
It's hard on your confidence,
and that's really rough.
But in the end, one of the reasons
I love doing YouTube the most is the fact
that at the end of the day,
I get to create exactly what I want to create,
and I get to do it how I wanna do it.
And I get to do it on my terms.
So for me, that's just like the most fun thing
is that having that creative freedom,
I love the process that I've gone through,
I love everything that I've learned,
and, Jeven, thanks for having me on, man.
- What's going on, my name's Henbu, and I create
filmmaking and photography related content on my channel.
And personally what I think one of the most hardest things
about doing YouTube is just getting started,
getting the ball rolling, and kinda taking
that leap of faith, and getting over the fear
of what people might think of you,
for your first couple videos, is very important.
And I think one of the most rewarding things
about doing YouTube is just having that creative freedom,
that creative freedom's just kind of do what you want,
and kind of create what you want.
Because at the end of the day,
I think that's what we're best at, is creating.
- What's going on y'all, my name is Taylor Moore,
my channel is Taylor Moore 4K, I focus on tech reviews,
and tutorials, that's kind of my thing,
so if you're into that, come check it out.
Now if we're talking about YouTube,
the things that are great about it,
the things that are tough,
for me the hardest thing about being on YouTube,
is really balancing this narcissism,
with providing real value to the people who watch my videos,
letting it be about me, verses making it a value
that I drive to other people, and just balancing that
on a day to day basis.
But at the end of the day, the community,
the people you meet through it,
the relationships that come out of it,
man that's really where all the magic comes from YouTube.
- Hey guys, I'm Ben from AuthenTech and I review
all sorts of fun tech gadgets and products
and stuff like that.
And I think one of the hardest things of being a YouTuber
is it's very isolating.
Often it's not as pretty
as what the camera makes it look or seem, right,
so we're alone, in our room,
we're outside shooting a product,
or something and then editing alone,
and so like this camp was awesome,
just being with other content creators, and it's just,
it's really healthy just getting out
and meeting other human beings and stuff.
And then it's also high competition,
so you really gotta grind it out,
and it takes lots of patience, over long periods of time,
just to see some benefits reaped maybe.
But then when you finally get to that point,
it's just so satisfying,
and then on the flip side, one of the greatest things
is from scratch, you're able to piece together
this creative piece of content.
And then you like offer it up to the world,
and you say like hey, here it is, like hit publish,
and then get that direct feedback from your audience,
and say like oh they love this, or tweak this,
or whatever, and you're like all right, awesome, thank you,
and then you restart all over again, it's so sweet.
- What up, Swoop here, my channel is Swoop,
I make films and scripted meets reality content.
And I would say the hardest thing,
one of the hardest things for being a YouTuber,
is managing your expectations, and managing your time,
because you are an entrepreneur at this point,
you are running your own business,
and there will be a lot that comes your way,
not just with making your content,
maintaining a schedule, but also knowing that
that has to stay consistent, and while everyone else
is taking the weekends off from their jobs,
or going on vacations, you're probably going to be working
through most of that, especially when you first get started.
And you also need to manage your expectations,
and not expect everything to just blow up instantly,
and think that you're gonna be the biggest thing ever,
'cause it is a long term game
that you gotta kinda stick through it,
even when things go down.
But that being said, one of the best things about it
is just being able to share your stories,
and your perspective and put your angle, your style,
your spin on things, and reach out to others
who are like you,
and be a voice for them, if they need that voice.
And hopefully inspire people on the way.
- I know when it's starting out, it's super tough
to jump on the platform,
and just expect everything to happen,
you see these people blow up with massive channels,
and then you see people that have been doing it
for a long period of time, and you know here's the thing,
it's not an easy road, but it's so rewarding.
We have the ability to create videos
that can create an impact in the world,
and we can touch people directly.
And that is one of the coolest things about this platform.
So guys, I highly suggest checking out
all of the creators that I featured in this video.
They all have amazing channels,
and they're all just awesome people.
And if you wanna see the biggest mistakes
that YouTubers make, I did another video
here at Camera Camp, and you can check it our right here.
But guys that is it, I'll see ya on the next one.