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Your quote @1:00:26 from Jesus is spot on. And to be connected to God! 👍All I want to do with my current channel and hopefully others to come is to simply give people a reason to smile and be blessed to provide for whom I care for until that time that I get called back to the Lord.
Thank you Sean for being willing to speak from your heart, share your faith and convictions, and ask the questions that need to be asked. Appreciate you, Nolan, and the entire Think Media team soooooo much! Love you guys!!!❤
To be honest with you I started to pay more attention to your videos and specially to you as a person when i found out you have the same faith as me and my family. Thank you
What’s crazy about Shawn is he is willing and able to maintain a certain state of mind. His ability to look beyond his anxieties or disbelief in himself and put that to the side. So he can keep on showing up for his team. I agree with you. It truly is inspiring.
James Jani is different from most RU-vidrs, his work is immensely well made but not every documentary film will be massive because of the subject matter. Subject matter will drive views a lot more on James videos, whereas Mr. Beast, it's his personality that drives the views on his videos. People watch Mr. Beast because it's him as well as his videos are entertaining. James's videos are very much subject driven, so one film will be bigger than another because of the documentary topic.
I agree recently hit my 100 video mark and my channel is growing rapidly! I will say the growth I’m most grateful for is mindset. RU-vid creation is a highly spiritual journey if you want to grow with integrity
This video, is 100!!! I feel so empowered!!! Thank you for this!!! Last 3 days felt so discouraged because i decided to start from scratch after a 7 year failed youtube but GOD IS GOOD and he knows what he is doing!!!!
Regarding your comment about coming to Nashville… That is only three hours from me, and I would like to be able to help in anyway possible. I think just being around the team would allow me to gain knowledge just by osmosis. Not asking for anything from you guys other than the opportunity to be around a group of people I respect and emulate on RU-vid
I think that, though warped by his huge success, his first tweet means lots of sense. Think of it as "it's easier to become a one hit wonder than to have a consistent good run over a long stretch". Virality is usually a strike of luck, while success has to be sustained.
Great podcast, Sean and Nolan!! So many great points. A lot of food for thought...both around business and around life. I have found this YT journey to be quite lonely, at times. When out of balance, I've felt overworked and disconnected. Would love to create a full-time team. People to collaborate with. Bounce ideas off of. People to both celebrate & commiserate with (be connected on the journey). Last year, I committed to meeting up with friends once a week. We do a 3-5 mile run through the forest. No phones, no traffic...just panting/sweating. And we BS for a bit afterwards. It's been great to see friends on a regular basis. Also nice to run again...something I used to do competitively. But the running in it of itself isn't that fun (to me) anymore. I no longer care about winning races. It's the friends that make the run enjoyable. Thanks again, guys. -Robert (fellow content creator)(on a mission to empower people)
That whole, "turning vitality into a checklist" segment can get very confusing, so props to you boys for offering some insight on this! Always good to communicate and be open to new ideas!
Damn, I love yall conversations 👏🏾 This just unlocked a realization around why I had to let my virtual assistant go. I'm working on being a better leader and there were tons of gems in here 💎 Thanks much guys!
As a new creator, I understandI have so much to work on to even be good, let alone great. But this podcast helps to inspire and motivate me so much. Thank you all.
One of the few longform podcasts I listen to from start to finish & this episode demonstrates why ❤. @SeanCannell is becoming fluent in speaking in Epigram 😂.
2:21 - 6:09 This. This right here. All this time I thought I was alone in this line of thinking. I'm so glad you all said this about Mr. Beast's philosophy. Even if we were to play devil's advocate and say Mr. Beast is NOT saying spend $100,000+ dollars on a video and spend obscene amounts of time planning a video and filming it, it still would fail for 99.9999% of new creators, even experienced ones like myself. You have no following. You have no momentum. Knowing what people want to watch, what is a viral concept, what's a solid thumbnail, what's a good title, what's the proper video structure, what's the proper hook to the video, what's the proper climax to a video, etc., comes with the training and experience through failures. To suggest someone should start off this way is nonsensical. You need to get in there and get your hands dirty and LEARN. Otherwise, you'll just end up with analysis paralysis after your first 3 videos flop and 6 months of wasted time. What Mr. Beast's philosophy REALLY should say (and what I think he's meaning): Quality over Quantity when you know what you're doing.
Thank you for the encouragement about being authentic. As a creator with a niche in healing after abortion, I’ve struggled with ‘how much faith’ to bring into my videos. Based on my personal experience, full healing is not possible without Jesus. I wouldn’t be giving my best help if I excluded that from my videos to avoid offending people. At the same time, the primary goal of the videos is not discipleship. Subtle difference? Yes, but an important distinction I’m trying to navigate.
You can niche! 🙌🏼 'Post Abortion Healing For Christian Women' Not only does it allow your messaging to be more authentic to you, but *most importantly*, it will immediately hit/resonate with the women you're trying to reach
Mr beast first video got 20k views. If he would have made an video that took months in preparation and resources as he started it would have gone nowhere. This is the reality. Topics with a lot of reach is how you expand. That or algorithms lottery, because that is a real thing. Mr initial push was Minecraft. Sadly, you can’t move up with just artistic vision and quality alone at the beguiling. After that is another story.
I love you guys. This conversation is so insightful and helpful. I am a small RU-vidr just trying to figure out how to break out finally. Creating content is my passion and I can't wait to do it full time
Lately I’ve been looking how saturated RU-vid has become. How there is now so many people become influencers and using RU-vid as their platform. I have been discouraged to start even though I’ve been making videos for the past 3 years and not uploading them. Then in the podcast when you guys said it’s deeper that just subscribers or views. I remembered my reason why. It’s because I want to help ppl. There are ppl out there that are probably going through the same thing I’m going to or probably just want a laugh to brighten up their day. I could be that person to help those ppl. I really appreciate everything you guys do on this channel ❤
Excellent breakdown, especially the part about making an epic video vs throwing lots of content against the wall. Smaller creators (like me) can still focus on making better videos over churning out content just to upload something. IMNSHO, the most misunderstood advice about RU-vid is "upload consistently". I think Sean has said before that "consistently" also means making consistently high quality videos, and not uploading because "it's Thursday". Thanks, as always, for the great content. You always help me understand the journey, or give me something to think about that I'll understand later (through experience).
So cool to hear Nolan’s story. Question: Sean, how did you get to hear about Nolan in the first place and what got your interest from him since he was so young at the time. I would to read your reasons for the time I’d need to hire an editor/creator. Thanks mateys! ☮️❤️
It’s so amazing to see Christian’s doing so well 🥲🙏🏽 God has blessed you guys at think media ✝️ Christ is the way! Hopefully one day I can afford to take your class because I wanna be in the think media family❤️
For the quote about it's easier to get 10 million views on one video than 100,000 on a 100 videos, I don't think he really means that it's easy to get 10 million views. He's making a point about quality over quantity. If you listen to how MrBeast talks about RU-vid, he places a great emphasis on coming up with video ideas. Yeah, MrBeast makes really high effort videos now that cost millions of dollars. But didn't he say Logan Paul's name like 100,000 times back in the day? Back when he didn't have the money. In our niches, we have to figure out what is the best video idea and the most high effort way to execute that idea. And don't think I have it all figured out because I don't. I'm right here with you guys. Trying to keep getting better.
Can we just acknowledge one; how strong that hook was in the beginning of the video and two; how deep and thought provoking the statement Sean said in the beginning. If you are lonely at the top, you are doing it wrong, wow. Golden bombshell and the content didn’t even start yet.. dang.
A friend of mine I’ve known for 28 years but haven’t talked to in probably 13 years reached out to me out of the blue a few days ago. We caught up a bit and now I’m going to his wedding next year. Definitely true that you should adjust course and make sure you’re also keeping other aspects of your life in balance
Loved your podcast episode! Making 100 videos and constant improvement is key. Focus on great content, not just metrics. And who wants to be lonely at the top? Your dedication and mastermind sessions paid off big time. Engaging viewers throughout the video is crucial. By the way, I'm up for that nap or museum visit! 😄 Keep sharing secrets. You rock! 🙌
This is the longest RU-vid video that I’ve ever watched. Glad I did. I appreciate both of you sharing your Christian faith, especially applying Solomon and his writings to today.
Great stuff. Two days ago a student asked why I do not have a channel related to chemistry and science as I teach at a University in North Carolina. I have public speaking experiences (Ted Talk, pitches for start-up 3iNano, etc) and, naively thought my public speaking experience would be a major advantage. I am now realizing the breadth of things to learn and master, such as the framing of the title and intro. I love 18:50 as collaboration, "team" effort, and being open to critiques were mentioned. I agree that a team will yield a better end-product or result than a lone individual. And the creation is likely a lot more fun with a team. I would love suggestions on where to find team members for a person who's friends are not interested in RU-vid creation. I don't know if this is appropriate, but since openness to suggestions was mentioned, I will point out that starting around 11:00 got long winded and got "into the weeds" a little bit. The internal alarm that notifies me is "am I having to really concentrate or is the discussion easy to follow?" I noticed it because I had to pay a little more attention then and because I struggle with succinctly staying on a narrow single topic. But thank you both. I got a lot out of this video.
I've never watched a think media video and thought they failed. As a new creator (103 days lol) I'm always trying to get my average view time up. And this vid is a Gem❤
Here’s the thing. You guys have a different audience than MrBeast right? So making those super high-end videos may not give the same return that MrBeast would get. This only matters if you want to retain your current audience. Is that correct. Can you have both your current audience and a more entertainment-based audience, per se? Just a thought.
I love how open you guys are about your Christian faith. Great to see fellow brothers killing it in business and media, but also not losing their souls in the process! God bless and I'm praying that the Lord will continue to bless what you're doing... keep it up!
FACTS - I get home sit on the couch n watch some RU-vid with the wifey. I end up watching movies and shows I purchase through RU-vid as well, plus RU-vid Premium...NO COMMERCIALS and it's so much cooler seeing these videos on a much LARGER screen than my laptop or Phone.
The more i listen to mr beast about making great content the more i realize we are circling bacl to how tv shows used to be made, Production value Hooks Retention Entertainment value A story B story Its all the same just different medium
Hey Guys, you had me at the beginning but I was sold at "being open about your faith" saying. I m not really interested in subscribing to tech channels but now you had me. Thanks for being honest and open people!
Sean, as a far Left agnostic with a general disdain for religion, I don't find you're beliefs to be an issue because you're not weird or off-putting about it. I watched 2 or 3 video's of yours before I even found out you were a dedicated Christian. Instead of being triggered, I smiled because it's nice to see someone walk the walk. For me, you give Christians a better name.
I don’t know about lonely I’m not this big celebrity but I do have 54,000 fans on Facebook sometimes I come across a few fans and people are happy to see me. I would say weird but not lonely
I would love to work for you! I’m also a Vegas local as well. I don’t really know exactly where I would fit in but I have grown a tiktok following to 1.9M followers and been studying RU-vid and content for about 10 years. Even you just need me to clean windows or sorting. I would just love to be around like minded people ❤
Mr- Beast is a real "Content-Beast", but he´s an Entertainer. How do helpcontent-channels get anything out of his knowledge about viral videos and channel-growth? And btw thanks for your awesome content here - it helps a lot!
I am thinking about launching a mental wellness channel and hadn't decided how much I wanted to integrate my faith, if at all. I think some of it was based on fear - appreciate this episode very much!
@45:00 I feel like that we're too rushed to gain this massive following and pumping out videos so often that you burn through 1) Your ideas 2) Tire your audience quicker 3) You become yesterdays news SLOW DOWN, create content thats almost "evergreen" Create quality instead of this crazy rush to create quantity,! I dont believe the volume idea. It might do the algorythm favors but it doesnt do a creator favours. Sometimes it's just the luck of the draw when it comes to these platforms. Prove me wrong :-)
Awesome video! I listened to it while dying a wig I’m working on. I’m with you on so many things. Especially when speaking on if you’re lonely while you become more successful, you’re doing it wrong. We HAVE to stay connected.
I think they were way too hung up on "10 million views" vs the point: quality over quantity. And mrbeasts' point being the idea of the video (even within your niche) is the most important thing and putting out a bunch of videos with low views is not a good use of your energy which is why a lot of larger channels are putting out less and less frequently
Don't know if you will read this as this video is 2 months old. I was a Professor and Dean and 2 start up Christian law schools and testified before Congress federal and multiple states...I was in a bad accident and now have early onset dementia. There is Noone in that youtube/vlogging space...my question how can I do video editing easily ....it's difficult for me to learn new skills?
Biggest takeaway is that RU-vid starts with mental health. Attitude, character, and spirituality are foundational aspects of mental health that need to be dialled in first. We're all going to burnout, it's just a matter of time. Sometimes we burnout before we start. When it happens you need to know who you are and what you want. Only a strong mind with a healthy belief system will save you.
Hey guys. Thanks. I’ve decided to listen and learn while I workout. Time isn’t easy when starting from scratch and on a new path. But education is key if your serious as knowing how is a huge part of the battle. Cheers
I think people who watch RU-vid more than Hulu or Netflix watch RU-vid because it's free and RU-vid knows what they are doing to keep people on the platform and keep people coming back to the platform plus RU-vid has whatever content you want to watch
Three years creating positive Christian channel 40 hours a week work and RU-vid shut down my channel with no warning & no valid reason - this happens a lot to channels that are within community guidelines and making an honest effort to keep guidelines - very in American
Wow 100 videos!! What a challenge? Are Mr. Beast and Mr. Roberto Blake working together? I'm going to try this? Thanks for sharing valuable information. Have a great day. ❤😂🎉274 likes🤪😱
I love this episode Sean! It helped me get a lot of clarity on how to continue. I'm a member of the VRA family and your content has helped me in so many ways! I listen to all your podcasts and always look forward to what's coming next. Thank you for your amazing words of wisdom!!
Totally agree with change and reinvent yourself will be a must. Grow and evolve to keep audience engaged for a financial churn or grow/expand into another area based on individual purposes and creative passion.
Just as a side note, I agree that films are better than ever, but better LOOKING only, the content is lacking, generally the storytelling is far less engaging than ever, it's almost a "if we look cool that's all that matters" attitude and that's possibly what's driving people to RU-vid for maybe lesser quality in terms of visuals but much more engaging content in the specific areas that they are looking for.
Livestream and 1 to 2 videos per week. Shorts do help, although I didn't try it until long after I made the 4K. That said, I should have. This platform isn't that charitable with its watch hours. That's because it calibrated every 12 months.
Love what you said about beliefs. I’ve been toying with throwing in more of them myself. You’ve convinced me to do so. God Bless You for all you do and share!
