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I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their advice. It really improved my CTR and channel performance and helped me break 1k when I only had a few hundred subscribers when I allowed for your help. Cheers! And thanks again!

Okay, here is an attempt at applying your suggestion @Beanie Draws. I'll monitor CTR and see how the new format does. ::crosses fingers::

Thinking maybe I can hide the stove and clarify the text of the banner if I can find a license free diner style chalkboard picture to "put" in the middle of my kitchen? I already went down that theme with my secondary font.... but it was very difficult to find one that didn't want a fee - anyone...

@Beanie Draws I'll give some of your ideas a shot. I'm broke, so I use gimp instead of photoshop, but the same concept applies. I have color coded templates based on the type of dish (blue for main course, pink for sauces, etc.) and only the text and food layers get modified each time. So if I...

@olittleboy this still doesn't answer my question. I understand why you guys use 4k thumbnails, but why don't you produce videos in 4k. This is in fact a real question from a new 4k camera owner that hasn't used it in post production yet.

Agree, don't be dissuaded if you are doing something that you love doing. Just don't be afraid to approach things from a different angle. I'm sure there are video game ideas that haven't been explored yet. I'm just not qualified to give a specific example of what those might be. The best...

@Its Jonny Keeley. Off topic, but curious as to why you edit in 1080p? I very recently got a 4k camera but haven't edited my first video with it, yet. Is there an advantage to keeping 1080?

This is an area where I'd personally recommend an external tool. Even doing this "live" on YouTube might not give you great comparative results in a short period of time. What would accomplish your goal though, is Google ads via clicking the promotion button in studio. You can set up a...

I'll take the text overlay suggestion to heart. A subscriber informed me early on to post the ingredient list in the description for the same reason, but it's become my understanding that viewers won't necessarily expand the description. CTRs vary by video but never exceed 2.5%, nor do they...

Usually I include the " how to make _______ from scratch" and "homemade ________" at least I have with the newer videos. I'll need to go back and check the older ones now that you mention it. Skrach is just a cutesy way of saying scratch, but I doubt anyone searches for that. I'm assuming the...

I'll take that into consideration. Now to come up with a mission statement I can explain in five words or less? "Helping you cook from skrach" is on brand but might be a little too gimmicky. I'll think about it over the weekend. Thank you for the input. I really appreciate you taking the time to...

First, none of this meant to be mean or to discourage you. I'm just going to point out some of the harsh realities of trying to reach your target audience. The first issue is this is a let's play video. This is a high competition space with a lot of established streamers. Second, this is...

User name: skrach Title of thread: Am I headed in the right direction? Self review: First, the areas where I already know my channel could improve. I know my audio is awful, I recently got a microphone to fix that (second microphone I should say, the first one was less than helpful). Also, I...

A lot of people have already given you some good advice, and from watching your hacked video, it looks like you already understand that at some point you may need to separate your themes into different channels. One thing I noticed though is that you rely on YouTube's automated captions...

I haven't used the feature nor do I have any videos with multiple comments from the same person to test it, so I'll defer to someone else if they say otherwise... but my understanding is that it picks a random comment. This suggests to me that someone that places more comments on the video...

This would be difficult since only people that set their subscriptions to public even flow through YouTube to your own analytics page. For instance I have 162 subscribers, but because not everyone makes their subscriptions public, I can only see who 24 of them even are. I guess you could copy...

I'm a cheapskate. So I'm gonna go with things you probably already have lying around and my not have thought of. 1. Don't underestimate natural light. It's free and can help set moods depending on the time of day and favorable weather conditions. 2. A floor lamp. Take off the shade, use a...

For desktop I'm currently using filmora 9 for video and gimp for my thumbnails and graphics. I started using windows movie maker but quickly decided I needed something better that was still cheap. Filmora costs money but is affordable and allows me to take an initial snapshot for my thumbnail...

I recently tried two different wireless lavelier mics if you are interested in Barry's suggestion. One wifi and one that used traditional UHF frequencies. The wifi one was a less than satisfying experience. It didn't work half the time due to interference and I had no ability to change the...

In addition to what others have said. Start thinking about channel organization now. I see you've created playlists but haven't organized them into shelves on your channel page. It's not a huge issue right now because you only have seven videos... but as you post more, keeping the default...