YouTube Tips
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Starting a Second YouTube Channel: Pros, Cons, & Considerations
If you look at some of the top creators on YouTube, something you might not immediately realize is that many have more than one channel to their name. As it turns out, there are several reasons for this — many of which might impact you as a creator as well. But, like with most things,…
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Your First YouTube Video: 5 Things You’ll Need
When YouTube first started, it set off a revolution. Suddenly, anyone could create a piece of content, make it available to the world almost instantly, and do it all for free. Despite that simplicity, the platform can still manage to intimidate some people and prevent them from uploading their videos. But do you really need…
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Rebranding a YouTube Channel: Pros, Cons, and How-Tos
As of January 2024, my Money@30 YouTube channel is no more. Okay, so the channel I’ve worked for years to build up and make profitable hasn’t really gone away — it just has a new name. Earlier this year, I decided to rebrand it from Money@30 (matching this site, of course) to Fioney, corresponding to…
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What I Learned From Making YouTube Shorts for 30 Days in a Row
Last fall, I wrote about my experience making my very first YouTube Short. After crafting those initial few Shorts, I largely gave up on the format for whatever reason. But, when fellow creator Jeff Rose suggested a 30 Day Shorts Challenge, I decided to take him up on the idea. So, from May 22nd through…
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A Look at the YouTube Creator Music Platform for Song Licensing
Have you ever posted a YouTube video and then looked at your dashboard to discover that your content had been claimed due to a song you used? In some cases, these situations could mean that the copyright holder of a song you used would suddenly get part (or all) of your ad revenue — or…
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Envato Elements Review: How Does the Stock Asset Option Stack Up?
A few years ago, I discovered that incorporating stock footage into my YouTube videos made my job as video editor much easier while also adding more energy to my finished product. When I first started with stock video, I had a subscription to what was then known as Videoblocks and then Storyblocks Video. Unfortunately, when…
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YouTube Shorts: Creating My First Short and What I Learned
Over the course of the five years that I’ve been publishing content on YouTube, the platform has seen a number of changes. Yet, what is perhaps the biggest update to the site arrived stateside last year with the introduction of YouTube Shorts. Even more recently, the offering made headlines (including on this site) as YouTube…
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Stock Video Footage: Pros, Cons, and Options for YouTube Creators
This may shock you, but not everything you see on YouTube is 100% produced by the creator uploading the video 😉 Instead, in some cases, they may be using what’s called “stock footage” to accompany their talking head clips or voiceover. So where do these creators find such clips — and how much does it…
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4 Tools That Could Help “Level Up” Your YouTube Game
Amazingly, it’s now been just over five years since I uploaded my first YouTube video. What’s more, as I just learned by happenstance, I’ve apparently uploaded 200 videos to my channel. As you can probably imagine, since that first video, a lot has changed. Beyond changes to my scripting, structure, and skills, the past few…
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How I Create My Video Reviews for YouTube
Let me cut to the chase: this week, my YouTube channel officially surpassed 10,000 subscribers. This is something I never really expected when I launched my channel a few years back and, while I’m not one to wrap my self-worth up in such metrics, I am incredibly proud of this milestone. So, to celebrate, I’ve…
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YouTuber Brand Deals: My First Sponsored Video Experience
A couple of months ago, I reached what I think is a YouTuber milestone: I completed my first brand deal. Okay, “brand deal” sounds very influencer-y, but I did make my first sponsored video. Previously, I’d made a handful of videos about products or services I’d received for free (but with no promise of a…
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Cameras for YouTube (2021): What I Bought and Why
It’s hard to believe that I’ve now been creating YouTube videos for more than four years. What’s even crazier is that my channel has garnered more than 1.6 million views in that time! I share this not to brag but because I honestly just learned this information. Since starting my channel, a lot has changed.…