I have been a subscriber for a long time and have the bell set to alert me to your videos. For quite a while though you fell off the map for so long, I almost forgot about your channel until recently you popped up in my alerts. I enjoy your videos.
Hey there! @gordonb1737 ...yes, I remember chatting with you in the comments. Thanks for your support! And you're right, I haven't published on a steady basis for the past year and half due to my work. If you have any ideas for stuff to talk about, I'm working on a list for future topics. I'm planning to do a new budget video this week. The one I did before was 2022, so a lot of changes 2 years later. 😯🙂
I enjoyed that. That is a good idea to at least strive to put out one video a week. And if you do just a video log of you talking, then it would probably be less to have to edit.
Thanks @steve3416 ... that's true... this video only took a couple hours to record it edit and publish. But, the same viewer results... only 40 views after 2 days and about 30% retention. I think a lot of it is that what seems important and interesting to some, is not necessarily a mass interest. But it's all good, I'll just keep putting up what I want to and let it do what it does. 😃 Btw, I found your channel, I subscribed and watched a couple of your videos. Let's do some collaboration stuff.
I get where you're coming from, there's just not a good return for the time, effort, & resources put into making RU-vid videos. And if you don't make them with extreme consistency, your analytics plummet. Very few creators are able to even generate enough consistent income to justify their time as a hobby. I realized this a while ago and stopped trying to get monetized. I still take videos, but generally don't post anything. When & if I get back into posting, it will be for enjoyment and to share with friends & family, home movies posted online.
Hey there @PhilstoPhx ... I totally agree with you... forget making money, just do it for the enjoyment, and I do enjoy it. So then it just comes down to finding time to make the videos. Last week, and this week, I have so much going on with work, I haven't been able to make a video. Only so many minutes in a day. 😅
my suggestion, not sure if you would want to but involve your kids and wife more into your videos. you alone are great but possibly involving the family more might help. nothing ventured nothing gained.
Hey there @thechanneldaily ... that's a great suggestion, but that's actually the origins of this channel. My wife started the channel in 2012 and it was ALL her, the kids and family stuff, but she got bored with it because it wasn't doing anything. She talked me into doing vlogs, so during the pandemic couple of years, I got into it, and the channel started growing like crazy until it plateaued in 2022 and then began to ramp down in terms of viewership. Then my work took over my day-to-day. Anyway, I agree with you, but we didn't have any success with that type of content. If you go back I have kept some of the original content up.
