- There are some dangers of being a Youtuber.
We're gonna talk about what those are,
we're gonna talk about how you can protect yourself.
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Okay, so I experienced something recently,
that, to be honest with you,
it made me a little bit uncomfortable.
I won't go into the full details, but in a nutshell
basically I had somebody keep trying to contact me
over and over and over again.
They finally got through, and the whole thing
was completely uncomfortable and inappropriate.
Because of that, I wanted to put this video together
just in case you have to deal with something similar.
And I'm also gonna tell you how to protect yourself,
so as you're influence grows here on Youtube,
on social media in general,
you can have a few things in place,
that you might be overlooking right now,
so that you might not have to deal
with something like this in the future.
And if you are already dealing with stuff like this,
let me know any additional tips that you have,
down in the comments below.
Number one, is you can use an alias.
If you have a username of any kind, use that name,
and never ever, under any circumstance, say your real name.
If you're trying to build a personal brand,
or you're trying to do something professionally,
and you have to use your real name,
well you might end up getting some of these people,
because the actual limits that you can create around that
are gonna be a lot less.
But some of these other tips
that I'm gonna tell you here in a minute,
are also gonna help you protect you
a little bit more than you may be right now.
Number two, if you have a website
that is something that you reference a lot
in your Youtube videos, or something
that is directly connected to your Youtube channel,
like it's your username or something like that,
then it's a really good idea to use something called,
Who Is Guard protection, on your domain name.
Who Is Guard protection protects your phone number,
it protects your address, and it protects your real name
form the outside world.
If you are not using Who Is protection on the other hand,
your phone number is displayed, your address is displayed,
or your company address,
depending on what it is that you're going on Youtube,
and your real name, or your company name, is displayed.
In that case, if you do get somebody
that can't take no for an answer,
then they're gonna have all this information
to where they can send you stuff,
they can call you on the phone,
or they can hunt you down by your real name,
or whatever the situation is.
So make sure if you wanna
keep everything private and separated,
make sure that you're using a Who Is Guard on your URL.
Number three, once you start getting some fans,
because having fans is awesome,
but once you start getting some fans, and you think,
some people are actually not respecting boundaries
as much as I would like them to.
At that moment,
it's time to go through your Facebook profile
and start locking everything down.
More importantly than you,
so that people don't have access to your friends,
so people don't have access to your family,
and so people can't see what it is
that you're doing all the time,
that you don't want them to see.
Think about that for a second, now let's say
that you have somebody that doesn't respect boundaries,
and you have to block them for some reason.
But they've already got your friends
and your family and all that stuff, bookmarked,
and then they go and they start harassing them
trying to get to you, or trying to irritate you,
or something like at.
That is why it's important to start locking that stuff down,
when you get the chance to, when you think,
you know what, I'm starting to get some people
that aren't respecting my boundaries anymore,
it's due time that I start locking some of this stuff down.
Number four, on your social media apps,
and all of the apps that you're using on your phone,
make sure that you have your location access
turned off when you can.
The reason for this is lets say
that you go to another state,
and you're just going there to visit a friend
or something like that,
and then you have some fans that are trying to hit you up,
and they get offended
because you're not gonna meet up with them
or something like that.
Whatever, I'm just talking worst case scenarios here.
But in reality things like that do happen,
so it's just good to be mindful of this stuff.
Number five, on your Youtube channel,
make sure that on your About Me page,
on your business inquiry email,
make sure that you set up an email account
that is specific just for that.
And I would even use that
across all your social media outlets,
so that if anybody tries to contact you,
that's a catchall for that.
And then you can keep your personal stuff separate
from what's going on with your Youtube channel.
Because as everything grows,
and more people are trying to contact you,
it just makes everything a little bit more manageable.
Again, I want to make it clear
that I'm not trying to fear-monger
in any way, shape, or form,
I just had that and a couple of other things
that have happened to me via email,
that have brought this whole thing to my attention,
so I wanted to make sure
that I had this discussion with you.
I have another video that's not as scary,
about other things that all Youtubers need to know.
If you haven't watched that yet,
you can check it out in the card up here.
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