@Beanie Draws put out a fantastic thread, here it is:
community.tubebuddy.com
But something in that thread caught my eye, What is success to us?
Quite often we are all deeply indulging in our content and focusing so hard on our channel growth that we are forgetting why our channel even exists, we think we know what itΓÇÖs about, but are we providing what it should be about?
Anyways, one part of our channels that a lot of us seem to forget is, what kind of success do we want from our channel, what are we trying to succeed at?
If itΓÇÖs monetization, if itΓÇÖs trying to be like Mr Beast, if itΓÇÖs trying to gain popularity, if itΓÇÖs to accumulate tons of views, then what kind of success is that? Is it unique, or is it just you being a copycat and trying to be like the next Mr Beast or whoever is really big on the platform?
If the success you want is anything like above, or is the above, then you need to go back to the drawing board, especially if your channel is small, like mine.
So youΓÇÖre probably thinking whatΓÇÖs my idea of success then? First of all itΓÇÖs none of the above, because if those were, I wouldΓÇÖve pushed my channel to the death to get it built up faster to achieve the above, but I havenΓÇÖt done such a thing, in fact when I upload, I do very little to promote, and sometimes I donΓÇÖt even post anything about my new video, yet the views still seem to come in, so in a way this can be my idea of success.
Another idea of success for me is changing someoneΓÇÖs life for all the right reasons, sometimes itΓÇÖs big, sometimes itΓÇÖs only small, but no matter what, if it was a positive change, that to me is a form of success, and this happened to me when I ran my first painting class with 10 year olds, a boy didnΓÇÖt want to join in because he felt he would never be good enough for an art class, and heΓÇÖs never had one ever, but his parents said just give it a try, so he did, and after our first painting class, he was overcome with so much joy, he could hardly believe a painting emerged right in front of him which was done by him, he said he got the right guidance to help him overcome is lack of confidence to produce some amazing art, and 4 paintings later, this is what he did:
Remember, this is a boy that never picked up a paint brush until he came to my class.
In short, for me, this is success, and this is something no amount of subscribers or views or Adsense revenue will ever give me, and if something similar did occur from one of my videos, for me, IΓÇÖve already succeeded.
Of course we will all still aim for those big fluffy numbers, myself included, but for me, IΓÇÖd go for monetization mainly to unlock more YouTube features so I can get my ΓÇ£selfishΓÇ¥ content out there more effectively.
Anyways before I close off, we need to put more consideration into what we are really trying to succeed in with our channels.
Feel free to add your thoughts on this.
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Quite often we are all deeply indulging in our content and focusing so hard on our channel growth that we are forgetting why our channel even exists, we think we know what itΓÇÖs about, but are we providing what it should be about?
Anyways, one part of our channels that a lot of us seem to forget is, what kind of success do we want from our channel, what are we trying to succeed at?
If itΓÇÖs monetization, if itΓÇÖs trying to be like Mr Beast, if itΓÇÖs trying to gain popularity, if itΓÇÖs to accumulate tons of views, then what kind of success is that? Is it unique, or is it just you being a copycat and trying to be like the next Mr Beast or whoever is really big on the platform?
If the success you want is anything like above, or is the above, then you need to go back to the drawing board, especially if your channel is small, like mine.
So youΓÇÖre probably thinking whatΓÇÖs my idea of success then? First of all itΓÇÖs none of the above, because if those were, I wouldΓÇÖve pushed my channel to the death to get it built up faster to achieve the above, but I havenΓÇÖt done such a thing, in fact when I upload, I do very little to promote, and sometimes I donΓÇÖt even post anything about my new video, yet the views still seem to come in, so in a way this can be my idea of success.
Another idea of success for me is changing someoneΓÇÖs life for all the right reasons, sometimes itΓÇÖs big, sometimes itΓÇÖs only small, but no matter what, if it was a positive change, that to me is a form of success, and this happened to me when I ran my first painting class with 10 year olds, a boy didnΓÇÖt want to join in because he felt he would never be good enough for an art class, and heΓÇÖs never had one ever, but his parents said just give it a try, so he did, and after our first painting class, he was overcome with so much joy, he could hardly believe a painting emerged right in front of him which was done by him, he said he got the right guidance to help him overcome is lack of confidence to produce some amazing art, and 4 paintings later, this is what he did:
Remember, this is a boy that never picked up a paint brush until he came to my class.
In short, for me, this is success, and this is something no amount of subscribers or views or Adsense revenue will ever give me, and if something similar did occur from one of my videos, for me, IΓÇÖve already succeeded.
Of course we will all still aim for those big fluffy numbers, myself included, but for me, IΓÇÖd go for monetization mainly to unlock more YouTube features so I can get my ΓÇ£selfishΓÇ¥ content out there more effectively.
Anyways before I close off, we need to put more consideration into what we are really trying to succeed in with our channels.
Feel free to add your thoughts on this.
