Welcome to YouTube 2024: Let Me Show You How to Win

Here's the list: The next most helpful video right now is this (my guide to planning - REALLY planning - your year): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBuZ_erh5UU&t=189s IDEATION & PACKAGING: My SEAS method for picking winning ideas: https://youtu.be/ovHER9A1gQk AI-backed customized-to-channel ideation + Titles: vidiq.com/nateblack/ Thumbnail tool very similar to Photoshop, but a fraction of the price: affinity.serif.com/en-us/ RUNNING A CHANNEL: Here's the custom YouTube template I made for planning an running your channel (free): clickup.pxf.io/c/5015775/1909706/16855 RECORDING: Microphone I used in this video (I didn't do any audio processing, and the room is not sound-dampened): amzn.to/47PBzvz Mic arm for the above: amzn.to/3GjdYYi Lav mic I've used for hundreds of videos: amzn.to/3utYCgV Lighting good for talking head videos: amzn.to/3uBbZw0 PERSONALIZED HELP: Join VIP waitlist so I can let you know FIRST when new spots open up (the last time I opened it to the public on YouTube, it sold out in 2.5 hours): radicalyt.com/ You've got this!

I felt like I just paid $997 for this youtube video

This video was so good I actually took some notes like this was a class 1. Pick your craft. Choose something you want to share that is... -----Something you care about -----Something you want to get better at -----Something to make income or grow your brand 2. Decide if you want to make shorts or long-form videos. You can't do both. 3. Decide how to position yourself -----Hero - you’re going on a journey and the rest of us are watching. ------Performer - You are entertaining the audience by creating something new. Think most video essayists. ------Teacher - You are helping people get better or learn something. ------ Commentator - You are shedding light on something that already exists. This is reactions, discussions/news videos, and documentaries. 4. Rule of 10: Pick 10 videos, publish them, learn from each, adapt going forward, repeat. Make sure every video is either something you're proud of or something that will accomplish your goals 5. Pick ideas with built-in attention - SEAS Method. Spread, Excitement, Audience match, Simple. ---------Every video must fit 1 of 4 categories: Demands attention, Tried & True, Worth Results, or makes you Come alive 6. Make content your audience already wants, then package it (title, thumbnail, first 15 seconds) so they find it. -------------Use the right tools (VidIQ) -------------Be Excited ------------- Describe the thumbnail in a single idea. If you can't redo it. ------------- Test to see what works. Be relentless! 7. Deliver everything in a standout way. Pick between improving your editing (wide appeal, lack of depth) or your presence (Dedicated audience, less generic, but less growth) 8. Find how to build income. More money = more ability to serve people. Build an audience that values what you do. 9. Vision - have additional perspectives to help you see what's working, as well as to keep yourself stable during rocky times. Hope this helped someone!

I think Nate is the real unsung hero that truly helps youtubers without half-ass answers without half-baked ideas, but real helpful strategies and what to focus on. He might not be as big as vidiq or channel makers, but he just gives you the information expecting nothing in return, but your time and attention and the hope that he helped you.

Gone are the days where you could upload anything you have a passion about and grow a large audience. It's now become a strategic game and a highly competitive job. Great video and wonderful tips to help us learn and grow as creators.

Wow, so much content, so coherent, so actionable. And you just get the feeling that Nate is genuinely rooting for you.

This video is why you are the Teacher. I can see exactly where I am at each step and where I need to improve. I’ve watched other Utube experts try to define what you just did so succinctly. I wasn’t left confused or unsure of how to implement this process. High 5s dude! So good!

This was LITTERALLY the most comprehensive and information-, motivation and support-packed video I have seen. It felt like a good talk at the Christmas dinner table with your millionaire uncle on how to succeed in life. Weirdest way to describe the video but honestly how it felt 😂 Thank you for this content! I will be saving the video in a playlist and watching it again and again along my journey ☺

When I started this channel a year ago, I had no idea how life was going to flip upside down. I finally felt like after several failed other channels and learning a few things, that doing a channel about being a creator in several different areas, like AI, KDP and Amazon Merch, that I'd finally found my path. Then life went sideways. Mom had a stroke in Feb and was in the hospital for 12 days. March dad had a seizure, broke his neck was in the hospital for 33 days then went into skilled nursing and died in June. Mom had a second stroke in July and then hubby and I had to move in to take care of her and now I'm basically a full-time caregiver trying to find my bearings. I'm finally at the point where I can start looking again at the channel and HOPE I can get back in the saddle. So the last part I really resonated with. Life usually never goes the way we plan. Thanks Nate. Always great content and I will be watching this one again. :virtualhug:

3 reasons I love this video: 1) Self-deprecating humor 2) Stating the obvious while blowing my mind 3) The game-board-style visuals to help us see the whole journey 4) Incredibly dense actionable advice

You know it's gonna be a good one when Nate uploads a full 20 minute video. Thanks a lot, good sir!

Amen Nate! And a radical year to you too!

Excited for this new direction for you Nate.

That was a mini YouTube Masterclass! Thanks a lot Nate!

Whoa so much amazing information! I'm going to have to rewatch this video and let it sink in. Thank you Nate! Wishing you a radical 2024 year as well!!!

Nate, thank you. You’ve done a version of this type of video for the last few years and they just keep getting better. Love!

Wow! This was a TON of value in a short amount of time. You over delivered as usual, Nate! Thank you for being so generous and sharing your resources with us!

I've been saying for a while now that there are 3 types of content on Youtube, and all content fits into 1 of the 3. You took 1 of those types, and broke it down into 2 different version (performer/commentator). It's brilliant man, I love that you have further defined those roles so people can more accurately pinpoint themselves on youtube. Great stuff Nate.

Thank you for all you do! We continue to learn and grow everyday! All our best everyone!

I've been really frustrated and lost on my YouTube journey over the past 2 years, but I still tune in to hear what you have to say because I know that I can and have done what you're teaching. Thanks Nate!