How to Pick YouTube Video Ideas (The SEAS Method)

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You're the ONLY channel that make actual original content in this niche, always coming up with great ways of representing and explaining YouTube concepts like this video. If you look at the other channels all they do is insisting on "go to the point" "simple thumbnails" etc, etc.

The archaeologist in me thought you were going to say, "I have been doing this whole YouTube thing for thousands and thousands of YEARS..." and then you said "HOURS," and all the awkward tension left my brain, lol. ;) Great video! Very helpful. I have a couple of channels. This one (where I'm commenting from) tends to have the more time-consuming-to-edit videos about my research, and another one shows hobby stuff that is much easier for me to make and put out. I love them both for different reasons, but this helps me see a little better what's going on with my own process and interests.

Nate, I absolutely love the way you approach your videos. I've been watching you for over a month and every video has been a hit. I haven't even completed viewing this one, and decided to pause to leave this comment. The combination of your ability to simplify your unique methods in addition to your positive and energetic, personality, Visual graphs and high-quality videos, I am hooked. I am not just one of those viewers who enjoys the content but never implements it either. Due to your suggestion, I have been using click up, which has been great for my organization, the SEAS method. I have over 100,000 subs and I'm looking to triple that this year with your advice. Thanks again for your amazing content!

I genuinely think that this is where I'm going "wrong" and this is such amazing advice, thank you Nate! Only discovered you yesterday. My videos that have done well above all others fit within a certain sub category of my niche, whereas everything else I do never lands as well, despite my excitement about the ideas. It does make sense that potentially I need to use this SEAS method to try and find more in that subcategory to grow myself initially a bit more, before I branch out further. Will give this a go! Thank you!

Nate! Not only is this video incredibly helpful for creating viral videos… It is also a master class in seamless integration of a product promotion into a story! You are the next, Paul Harvey! And now we know… The rest of the story

I should've seen this 7 months ago. I'm taking this to heart now

Thank you, Nate! That helped me a lot to decide which videos I should create first. Hopefully, 2024 will be the year when I finally begin. I don't know if other people had this "problem", but I had a lot of video ideas with very very similar SEAS rating. So I eliminated the 2s and 4s in the ratings. I forced myself to go with 1, 3 or 5 and that created a very clear list of priorities.

The video rating system is extremely helpful! I can see why previous videos did well / not so well, and can also now predict how future videos will do too. Thank you Nate!

So glad this popped up. I've been struggling the past few months 😅 it will definitely help take out a lot of overthinking and analyzing.

Thank you Nate - this helped me come up with my next video idea through your ranking system :)

You are low key my new “go to guy” for these things, loving the personal feeling and great info! Based on your pinned comment, would you recommend your current microphone? Looking to upgrade to mid budget, but dont want to throw 280 bucks at a Shure SM7B (is that right?) microphone 😅

I just want to say I love how YouTube advice has matured over time (and it was you I first saw doing it).

Thanks for the great help throughout your videos! I literally just posted my first video out of curiosity before having watched any content theory like yours but watching your tips and see you put them into practice in your own videos, got me super hyped trying to implement them into my own niche, and I'm very happy about the huge leap of improvements thanks to your advice (from 1st to 2nd video), you'd probably find TONS to roast still! If you feel like it, I'd be more than happy about your roasting because I really enjoy just doing stuff for the fun of it and then learning from the mistakes I've made and then get happy about the growth. I do have a question though about spreadability & audience match: Considering a very specific niche (like me creating 1. beginner guides for a 2. specific Pokemon game), wouldn't I always sacrifice spreadability (1. appealing to non-beginners 2. appealing to players of other games/pokemon fans) for audience match? (1. too complex videos for my beginners 2. they already play the game and dont need to be convinced)?

Your videos blow my mind! They’re too good!!!

Love the YouTube systems managing freebie in Clickup! Thanks! Question: I have several things going on with my channel, all mixed media art related. What are the right questions to ask myself to help me determine if any aspect should be separated into a channel on its own?

had to rewatch the second half to get it completely (more watchtime for you yay!) and honestly, this formula seems like a very simple and easy to follow stepping stones in content creation. I'd love to try it out ^^

I am grateful to have this information for free! Question: when you talk about “simple visuals”. Do you mean: 1. simple to understand for the viewer 2. Simple as minimalistic and un complex 3. simple to craft for the creator Thanks again for spreading such good knowledge

Great video Nate 🎉

You are blowing my mind right now. Wow. Top-quality content!