From Zero to HERO: 7 Keys to Winning on YouTube 

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One of the things that I like about you Daniel, you choose your words accurately. I've been here for two years now :) Keep going my friend, another amazing video.

Your "tailoring a suit for a specific individual " analogy is brilliant . Side note ...The pay phone in the background ....wow ! ..it brought me back in time ...for a few seconds in my head ,I was young again . Thank you .

Great analogy with the tailor!

I'm going to be doing a devlog (development log, in my case documenting a game I'm making) -- So it's very focused -- doesn't need a "topic" per-se as it's it's own topic. Most of these "how to make RU-vid videos" videos are focused on someone coming up with individual topics, creating a narrative for the individual video, how to create questions in the watcher's mind to compel them to watch, having a beginning middle and end, etc... Mine is just documenting my process of this one project. Honestly don't want to target developers specifically (although they're welcome to watch as well) but just anyone that wants to know what goes on behind the scenes, like people who like listening to movie audio commentaries or really like watching the bonus behind the scenes stuff, or maybe someone that likes to watch others play a game, rather than play it themselves. So it's tough to follow most of the existing advice.

Awesome advice, my baby channel has hit almost 1500 subscribers and I am constantly looking to improve. Watch your videos and every time and I learn something that makes me a little better!

Good morning!

Great video as usual! The challenge for me is my intro and keeping people from clicking away after 30 seconds. Plus, the structure to keep them watching. Thanks for your advice.

Awesome advice as always Daniel,now I just need to put it into practice in my very small channel, I think I struggle more with execution than anything else. Thanks for sharing.

Another rockstar video! Sound advice all around. I really like how you mentioned the auto play preview. I admit I use this heavily to see if a video delivers what it promises.

Nice one! Thanks for breaking it down 👍

When I started watching your channel a couple of years ago, I would have taken this info and made sure I checked all these boxes. Seeing it today, I have most boxes checked off because it has become my formula for editing. I've learned so much from watching you! Thank you for that ❤️ Love that shirt, too, btw 😊

Great video, Daniel. You do such a great job explaining things.

Excellent well thought out video! Working on Part II of a video that is performing well because of your suggestion to follow this formula! Grazie Mille !

The one thing that immediately strikes me is that you recommend not making videos that have a lot of competition, or that people haven't seen already in different variations and from different creators. While I agree with everything you said and watched the entire video, all the information in it can be found in other videos on similar channels. I have to say that you present it very well however. It's much harder to make successful videos that address all your points than it seems. I'm taking away that being more intentional on who to target might be the most important one of them all. Thanks for a good video.

Great advice and much appreciated. 😍

Lots of great ENCOURAGING material here....from beginning to end, but your final words and delivery "keep creating" was so encouraging and warm 😊❤️. Thanks again!

Really enjoying your content. Easy to understand, right to the point, not going around. Excellent 👍

Great video my friend. Lighting looks on point!

Thanks for this video - was just looking for content on this exact topic last night!

Thank you Daniel! Your videos always have value.

Another fine bit of information. Cheers.

Some factors are more or less irrelevant to the content that I create, but others will definitely help me. Nicely explained!

Fantastic advice as ever. The thing I always struggle with is, on a podcast channel I'm working on, doing the thumbnail and titles. We review stupid movies so it is much easier if you are doing videos about practical stuff such as photography to think of a useful title or images to use. But finding out what makes people click on a review of a dumb shark movie, for example, now that's tricky.

Great video! Thank you for posting. I'll have to check out your other videos too.

Super helpful video, Daniel.Thank you! Hope you are well! Finally having Spring in New England! For now, lol! 😉 Wondering if making shorts on a few topics is ok, or does it mess up the analytics to drive sustainability on a channel? We want to add more music via shorts. Our Ozzy/Lita short has been doing well! Definitely do not want to attempt 2 different channels while trying to figure this all out! 😊

Such a good video and breakdown on what makes a "GOOD" video a "GOOD" video. I was shocked at some of the key points, as I listen to a TON of these types of videos, and I think Daniel had some really good different points or takes. I am not affraid to try something new, however I am terrible at following up with those results and comparing the analytics to see if it was a good test or not. Additionally, I struggle A LOT with making the "SAME" content as other creators in my niche, unintentionally. The topics are limited and HOT when they are relevant, so it happens a lot. I need to try and think about how I can mix it up or change the way I present the content so its not so similar. And lastly, Packaging. My thumbnails are "GOOD" but they could better represent the video at hand, and the title and image combo needs to work together. For me I send to sturggle with giving TOO MUCH information, instead of triggering curiousity or emotion. Which I see compeitors ARE doing and its working.

Well explained, thank you!

Thank you Daniel. I'm a brand new creator and this has to be the best tip yet. I've struggled to get a good story laid out. I think any story can be a great story. Title first, I'm going to implement that tonight.

That was really amazing and very helpful Dan! Those tips would definitely help. Learning from mistakes and more practice is a default for sure.😎👍

Excellent video as always Daniel! One of my biggest issues I've struggled with over the years is topic. As many people, I like a great many things, and would love to make videos about all of it. Unfortunately, variety channels just don't perform well.

Great advice 👍thanks for sharing

Thank you for another great and helpful video. I feel that with each one weather it's a new video or creating or one of your older filmora videos, you are helping me emensly

Ya... Doing that on a very unpopular topic means you can't grow much. This year I am planning on doing a lot of topics and see what sticks.

Great video, Daniel!

Great vid, thanks for sharing Daniel 👍👍

Great tips. Have to rewatch this one before filming my next video.

I appreciate you saying how making the thumbnail ahead of time is not always right. I hear all over that you should make the title and make the thumbnail before you ever film anything. I am hoping to film a few projects this spring and post a handful of videos but when your thumbnail would include your final completed project it is impossible to make the thumbnail before any filming happens. I plan to try and post 4-5 videos at launch all with similar topics (woodworking) to give the algorithm something to serve up my target audience to but all with a slightly different style. Then see what style seems to resonate with the target audience and replicate that in future videos.

Thanks for share with us, you are the best almost giving up on You tube, you make it fun and I can learn so much from your channel...Thanks for taking your time and share with us...

Great video. Another factor for me is using chapters. I know chapters might decrease actual watch time, but as a viewer they help me get to the information I'm looking for. I easily click away from videos if I don't know if the watch time will be worth it.

I've learned to alternate between the topics I cover on my channel. I do explained videos on my favourite books, offer writing advice, or talk about reading in general. All of my topics relate loosely, but I've found my Twilight videos do the best. Now, if I only talked about Twilight, I'd get bored. My writing advice videos or Harry Potter videos don't do as well, but my audience in those areas is growing slowly but surely. As long as I post a Twilight video every third video or so, that seems to be a good balance both for myself creatively and channel wise. Timing definitely plays a role too, as I just happened to start my channel during "the Twilight Renaissance," so no doubt that's helped. Twilight videos also have less competition than Harry Potter videos. All of your points have been accurate for my channel so far.

I HAVE THAT SHIRT! LOL

This was a great video. Thanks. 😎

Nailed it.

Great video... hope you expand on the last point in a future video.

Great like always. Really good advice. I still have too many topics but I already eliminated some. Thanks for the good laugh with the "Hypocrite".

As always, some solid information.

Thank you!

Great video Daniel love the shirt brother hope everything is going well

Ngl, there's a lot addressed here that I've had questions about for a while. Tho not too in depth (an impossible task cuz everyone's content is different), I think you've actually managed to lay down a checklist I can use before, during and after creating and sculpting my content!

I been watching a lot of your videos and I learn from them to make my videos better.

I faild in almost all 7 factors 😢, about “niche” the most

Good words about topic. Settling into a niche and growing within that takes a lot of commitment and most assures success, and seems the most difficult part. Also about thumbnails - I am looking at doing a 30 to 40 video long series on the history of my country; do you think thumbnails should be similar for an entire series, or do you think this will make folks think they have seen it all before?

Hello great video information Daniel

This is a perfectly simple road map to give yourself the absolute best opportunity for a successful video. Even though I follow this road map it's easy to let one or two of these steps slip a bit when your in the process, so this is a great video to bring it all back into focus. Thank's brother!

This was some very helpful information. I have a podcast that is toward a very specific niche/group and that is my goal and focus to be able to make videos about also. My struggles are feeling comfortable being on video.

Brilliant video as always. Any tips on audio processing, I've upgraded my mic but still have far too many breath sounds

going to try your suggestion of mixing it up , tonight I also purchased a wireless mic, yesterday I custom made an extendable mast for my gopro , by welding fixtures to my new used toolbox. the remote I got for my 11 is going to be a great help as well. I am picking up some views the last few videos , and had a couple that made a bunch of hours of watch time in the last week 🙂Things are looking up for my channel

I can understand how an idea like topic could be applied to an educational/instructional or review channel. How might it be applied to an animation channel that tries to tell creative stories through animation? Do you think that there is much hope for an animation channel to do well on youtube seeing how long it can take to create one video, realistically 3 or 4 weeks? I know there are a few that do well but they usually seem to be more like animated vlogs describing everyday life anecdotes which I don't personally find interesting.

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love your suit daniel!

New RU-vidr here. Great channel and info! Realistically, what is the ramp up time from 1st video til you think the skill level on Divinci is at a point to feeling comfortable creating a good/decent product? I know that could be different for anyone, but how long does Divinci take to get a good baseline? I watched your Noobs video and I am starting to get the feel for the program capabilities, how to, general understanding. Planning to drop first video in early June on our travels, food, culture, adventures. We are going to be traveling the globe for a few years and will be doing weekly+ type channel. Any inputs would be great.

Great video love the humor I like that kind of humor in my videos but I need to find viewers that also like my humor. The title is now the first step I take. If I have a title first before I start making it, they do better.

Great tips 👍

Hey Daniel. 😀I have been watching your channel since the Filmora issue because I also was pissed off at them! Anyway, I would like you to do a video of your editing solution and the software you use to create your graphics. I am starting my own channel, and I am getting a lot of pointers from you. Thanks so much for doing what you do, and please keep the great videos coming. 😁

Hi Daniel. Please make a video about RU-vid “throttling” a channel, internal P ratings and how THAT effects your video’s success. I have a friend that’s a RU-vidr and she got an email from RU-vid that her channel is being throttled. She wrote them because it became obvious when a vid published and analytics showed strong potential to be viral (high CTR, high watch time, tons of likes and interaction with comments), then a switch-like RU-vid action makes it all stop after 48 hours of posting. In addition, her CPM is $20 but her RPM is $2.68. Last year for videos that performed worse she was also paid $20 CPM but got $11 RPM. RU-vid gives her no explanation. After 12 emails, they just said her channel is being throttled. It’s important for RU-vidrs to understand that you can have great SEO, an amazing video and if YT tags you with a lower rating within your genre, the algorithm, DOES AND WILL suppress your content. It seems once they have channels they are happy with, and are commercial friendly in their first tier of suggestions, additional channels or videos in the same genre are more of an annoyance. There is a definite glass ceiling on RU-vid that I would love you to talk about!

I've been more focused on gaining a following on RU-vid recently, still quite a small channel, I never really took it seriously before, but now that I can create art and stuff I've been able to create far more content and stuff for videos. My predicament is quantity, I'm afraid of sharing Too many videos daily, if that's a problem, and the other one is establishing a variety of different content, but keeping certain things consistent on my channel. I mostly share my artwork as Shorts videos now in a variety, and longer gaming videos, and I also share my music and stuff like that. I'm just unsure if I am upsetting the algorithm by sharing so much of a variety of stuff, or if I should create separate channels for every niche that I come up with.

"The Hook" gets me everytime.

First thing I thought "another tutorial about the same thing told a million times", second thing I thought "but with other words, inspiring on spots I haven't been inspired before" what leads to tought 3: There never can be too much talk about youtube strategies.

Lol love the subscribe button and text below 😂

*Dan the Man With the Master Plan!* 😎

Hey where’s the super dark photography and the mumbling we were promised on Twitter??? 😮 Thanks for the video man! Thanks for clarifying that i can’t kill anyone (party pooper 😝).

Great subject! I have the "mix match" issue where I do astrophotography and Drum covers on the same page. I started a new page dedicated to astrophotography, (Mile High Astrophotography)but have not posted yet. I have 2 questions. I was told to create about 150 videos before posting anything so I can schedule it out and have consistent content. Don't know how I feel about that strategy. Second question is ,can I just re title my existing page for drums only? I was told RU-vid doesn't like when you do that. FYI i barely have 200 subs so I feel I have room to switch stuff up. Both subjects get decent attention, which is why I wanted to separate the channels. Thanks Daniel!

Well Spake.

Thanks Daniel for your great insight, I only have one question, yes, only one! When are you making a Creative Commons playlist for us to use in our videos? 😂

Guilty as charged to several of the mentioned advices! And I think what probably sinks my channel the most is the competition. The actual 306 subscribers, seem to more or less hang on to it, I know some people really like what I am doing, but I just don´t reach any bigger crowds. I start to feel it is meaningless. Lately I believe my videos are slightly more engaging than before. And still, every week it´s declining, and I mean under a hundred views? I learned so much from this. I will probably continue, cause I have that kind of creativity. But I must be realistic. My channel is not gonna take off. So I just have to do it for my own (and my very few fans- my closest friend kind of...) sake.

Could it help to focus the eyes to the camera , if a photo with a face is mounted on it ?

Did you hear about Linus channels being hacked? You should do a segment on security for us

Every content creator should watch this video, it's the definition of "How to succeed on RU-vid in 2023"

Daniel I hope you are doing well my friend. I do sense that something is not right though. Just know my thoughts and prayers are with you. Thank you for doing all you do for us all! Just don't forget about yourself 🙂

Hey i just started my own channel, its just a Best Of channel, its starting to take off a little? in your opinion, when you add cards at the end of your video, do you put your own video in the card or do you allow RU-vid to find the best video? Thanks for your time, i appreciate your videos!

Mr Daniel you will always be successful to me

Secret no 1: actually making the video. I just hate editing so much.

Great information, you earned a subscription from me

Funny thumbnail you got to this video. Regarding what you said about text+photo in the video :-) Yeah, not the full title in the thumbnail, but close to it :-)

Is this the same for podcast? I have topics that would be good all year round and hits at least 3 or 4 different audiences and maybe 1 audience depending if you like the other topics should I make different Playlist for each individual topic or just do a normal 30min podcast or so with all topics?

I don't half struggle for topics as a daily vlogger

Your "subscribe (hypocrite)" lower third made me laugh. If I weren't already subscribed that alone would have gained you a new sub.

Daniel, could you please make a video about how to identify your ideal audience? It’s not clear to me what you mean in this video. Are you talking about race, gender, sexual orientation, age? If so, isn’t that still a bit too general? If not, what do you specifically mean. How can one identify their specific audience? How granular and detailed do you have to be? If you get too detailed, then your audience is one person only. Do you see what I mean? Thank you again for another amazing video! Cheers matey!

What in the holy Slayer's name is that old telephone on the wall !

Got any advice for when the video/series that takes off for you is something you don't really find joy in continuing to do?

I hit the like button and have yet to watch the video! I will....

Hey Daniel, you look a bit like a rock star, where can I hear some of your music, please?

Wow

But, sometimes when a person watches your video and they're expecting some kind of value out of it, like, wanting to become successful on RU-vid and then all of a sudden you find out the creator that created that video if they're charging so much that a person can't afford they lose interest very fast. But, another thing it can affect his mental health. A long time ago I was trying to put two and two together to become successful on RU-vid but they couldn't afford the prices that some of these people charge for their courses caused very bad depression for me. I had to literally get out of creating any kind of videos because I became clinically depressed. So now on my channel I just create what I want when I want and I don't even worry about how the channels doing because years from now I'm going to come back and watch that content for myself. I already know that I'm not going to become successful on RU-vid because the market is so saturated with people that want to become successful on RU-vid that a lot of people don't become successful. And I know RU-vid creator the committed suicide just because their channel was not going anywhere. So, a lot of things that your suggestion are very good and a lot of people get a lot of value out of it but Tim Schmoyer also has a lot of good content look for a smaller RU-vidr they charge way too much for their product. I tried one of his courses just on how to make my RU-vid channel better but it didn't work. So, this is a result of what RU-vid can actually do to people because it is possible to become clinically depressed because of something that you can't control and too many RU-vid creators a lot of the goals cannot be reached. A lot of people look up to RU-vidrs that already are successful and strive to be like that RU-vidr but they can't reach that level of success and it makes you just want to give up. You should do a RU-vid video about something like this because a lot of people look up to these big RU-vidrs and very few can reach their success.

Interesting video. Now a queston: How about making videos WITHOUT your face (ie, no visual personality)... how do you think to approach that? Talking head videos work for some who have a particular appearance, comfort, or visual connection to the audience for whatever reason. For the rest of us truly ugly people, that is not an option. How to approach content making that doesn't feature a person?

Please make more videos on Davinci Resolve. I was following your guides on DR but you stopped after keyframe video. I like you way of explaining but now have to jump to another creator to resume my learning 😢

Where can i get this awsome shirt? 😂😂

Hello :) Rdy to improve :D

Good morning. I have been following you since 2018 & I have incorporated some of the advice you promote on your channel. I feel I might be a little at a little lost. I do live videos for local bands and I want to try to promote them the best way I can. You being a musician yourself, do you have any ideas that could help me do a better job on my end getting their music out to more people? I have upgraded all of my equipment to real GoPros, 4 Blackmagic 4K cinema cameras, a Zoom Qn8 for the house sound, & a Tascam DRll that goes into the board. I am trying to save for a consultation, but I would like to have a few videos up using the new gear. I know you’re a busy man and can only do so much for free, but any help would go a long way. Thanks