Yes yes yes. Girl I am so happy someone finally said that “niching” down is not a thing anymore. I never felt connected to that especially as someone who is multi passionate and felt like I was putting myself in a box to get followers and then what, I can’t ever be anything else? So thank you for sharing this. Love watching your videos and you inspire me to get back on RU-vid 💗
In my opinion, the concept of having to niche down sometimes comes across as "limiting" yourself. In reality it's just focusing on one thing that your audience can rely on you to always bring to the table. I think of MKBHD (a tech reviewer). If I want to know if something is worth buying, I know he is going to cover the aspects that are important to me. This is all because of the way he has focused his channel. Although choosing a niche has really helped me, this is just my opinion.😀 I wish everyone here success on their RU-vid channel! 💪🏾
this is soo true lol. It feels so much better and less draining when you decide to film who you actually are instead of what you're trying to be. I used to get so mentally tired after filming, but it was because I was constantly exerting so much energy. I think I forgot that people wanna see chill personalities too lol.
I feel this! I have been making videos for a while now but only since a few weeks ago I started seeing this as a spiritual journey without focussing on the results so much!
@@JiannisJourney yes, i used to think that "chill" was boring. i always felt like i had to be one of those loud and super confident creators or people wouldn't watch my video. i was soooo drained. now I'm teaching myself how to just chill and i feel so much better mentally/emotionally.
You wrote perfectly what I had been feeling, when I'm editing my videos sometimes I think that I should be speaking "more upbeat" like some of the creators I watch. But then I have to remind myself that how I talk normally is the best reflection of me
I love the concept of content creating. There's a human need to have entertainment but a lot of people do not like TV, the news is dying, Netflix and Hulu are too expensive for never offering good selections. People are starting to care about entertainment that makes them a better person rather than wasting time. AND SO WE EVOLVE to be our own entertainers while bringing a lot of enrichment to people's lives. I've been so inspired and learned SO much from RU-vid.
most content creators aren't being themselves either. alot of "influencers" are pushing narratives, products, & lifestyle just for money. let's be real.
So beautiful. I thought content creation was more of *presenting* yourself but now I'm realizing it's really just *being* yourself. There's no need to "find" that niche or position yourself properly. Be yourself... there's no better positioning than that.
The more I watch content creators on RU-vid, the more I realize the importance of being your authentic self is one of the main reasons their page is successful. It draws people to your RU-vid channel. New subscriber 😊
I wish I had this video back when I was starting. I was so mad because I had great content but wasn't getting any attention. 1k was mission impossible. I was lucky when I found out I can boost my channel with initial subs just enough to start getting noticed. I got myself first couple of hundred subs for very low price (I have personally used a bit of Famester). After that my main channel gained a ton of organic traffic.
Love this! I’ve noticed that sometimes I’m afraid of being my authentic self online but I’m realizing God has a plan for me and I’m starting to focus on being a better me when I get back to posting youtube videos soon!
It took me 5 months of overthink ING before I started my channel. I was scared people wouldn't watch because I'm an introvert and wanted to do silent vlogs and I'm not outgoing. I thought I would bore people to death, that I had to be upbeat and extroverted. I regret not starting earlier. I actually love what I'm doing and I'm happy I went for it. ❤️❤️❤️
The moment I started putting my authentic self out there and sharing my story, I gained over 1k subscribers in less than a month. Doing this also allowed me make deeper connections and grow my ideal audience ❤️
Finally somebody said it!🧡 Ever since I started building my online presence, I felt like niching was incredibly counter productive. I had so many things I was interested in, and it felt unnatural to pick ONE topic, and making that your entire identity. Thank you for making these kind of videos!🧡
this is so true. i wanted to clean up my life and figure out how to get organized cuz i was so overwhelmed all the time. started documenting it with my iphone just for fun never with the thought to turn it into a career but now it is my full time thing just one year later which is crazy. i literally get paid to live my messy life and improve it. it's a dream!!!
I have been scared that my content wont be perfect or entertaining... im scared of failure... but i will be taking the leap very soon to create a online presence from scratch with no friends outside of family. as for my negative thoughts, i am working on them. I do not want to create content i am not myself in and i dont want content i make to be something i dont feel strongly about, or over something i enjoy like art or anime and mental health.
Soo so SOO true. This is so valuable for me hearing that, because as a multi passionate person the "just focus on a niche" phrase always makes me feel so caged and paralyzied because this is not who I am. I like multi dimensional personalities and people need to understand that this is the new norm.
You’re the first influencer that I’ve heard the advice about not being so concerned about the niche and I love that. For so long I’ve been struggling with figuring out how to be more niche on my content but it never felt good because it was only pieces of me and I want to share ALL of me. Thank you for this!
Shout out to the RU-vid algorithm for showing me this video, I truly truly appreciate you and talking about this. I have been struggling with this specifically and now feel so much more confident in moving forward with starting my channel! Thank you Lynette!
wow. great to see another beautiful person inspired by Lynette. Awesome. Come back with your success testimony my dear girl. look forward to your story.
I remember watching you when you were working your 9-5 and I was so happy and surprised that we worked at the same place. I was so thrilled to see someone understand what I was feeling. I finally left mine last week and I felt a huge weight of my shoulders. I am working on getting my story out there 😄
Thank you… Thank You. You have no idea how grateful I am. We had lunch with new acquaintances today and one made suggestions that “you should do this, you should do that” instead of what I am doing right now because I will grow faster instead of just being stagnant. But I enjoy how I am doing things right now and I am being myself. I don’t want to be trapped in super technical / scripted way of doing things. So on our way home I was feeling so discouraged like I am not good enough for people to actually watch me and my journey so why am I even doing this. Then somehow I come home just now and the universe immediately just wanted to make me recover and move on fast and sent your video on my YT home page. Just tearing up a bit as a write this. Your message means a lot to me.
You’re incredibly inspiring!! Seeing how much you’ve grown both as a person and a creator over the past couple years is crazy. It’s so motivating to see how drastically and quickly things can change, you move with such powerful energy now!! I’d love to see you talk more about things you’ve learned about being a creator 💕💕
literally watching this at work, nearly in tears. With just now getting serious about my channel (having clear direction and aspiring to grow and create an organic community) and wanting to do this while working as a Nurse to continue to help people, so that I can broaden my reach of fulfilling my goals to help/entertain, exercise my inner creativity that's been WAITING to come out, and eventually bring in additional stream(s) of income; this video's message is right on time and speaking to me. Thank you, Lynette
She so right! When I first started my channel I was doing things just because other RU-vidrs was doing them and it wasn’t working for me. Now that I be my authentic self on my channel and actually sharing my journey I’m helping others and Im not even at a thousand subscribers yet!❤️ I’m almost monetized without no promotion simply sharing my experiences & being me!
I'm in awe over this bc I decided to share my story/experiences via my channel to help ppl...but to hear someone who's been doing this longer than I have, say all of this is simply confirmation!
When I started being my authentic self, sharing my journey and truly wanting to encourage my audience, is when I started seeing growth on my channel. I agree with you. Just be yourself and build a community. This video was very encouraging and a blessing. New subscriber.
I needed to watch this right now. I have a channel and I didn't know what I should share only yesterday I decided that I will start to share myself, so go wake up this morning and see this video I feel like the universe is saying go for it. Thank you and I've subscribed 🥰. I was thinking that no one wants to watch a girl living in the Caribbean and I do plan to move to the US but as you said, start where I am. Thank you so much for doing this video.
Whew hunny!! You speaking to my soul. I simply want to be me. The fullest, most vibrant version of myself and share that with folx who are committed to doing the same no matter what. I’m just getting started but when I say there’s nothing I desire more. Thank you for being exactly who you are. I’m encouraged and can only hope to be the same for others 🧡
Yes. This video is everything. I’ve been documenting my journal on my RU-vid channel for the last year. It’s been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve been healing myself through creating vlogs and I love being able to be so self reflective while creating. Becoming self aware and learning who I am 💜
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! So, so, so, so much!! I have never watched any of your videos before, I honestly have never heard of you, but as I was lying g down preparing to fall asleep, I was scrolling and kinda dosing off, and and saw your video title, and clicked... and oh my goodness!! Thank you for this video!! Now if I could just stop being afraid and just go ahead & "start again!!" For the third time... 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I am just about to begin the journey of showing up as myself, 've been meaning to for a while, but as you said the core/ limiting beliefs have been holding me back, now I'm realizing I've had this dream for almost 5 years, the limiting beliefs are still there and no one is coming to save me. Thank you so much, I've heard exactly what I needed to hear in this video. "The world needs more people who show up authentically as themselves not the perfectly polished version of people, so we can learn and grow together".
I love this! Thank you. I've been overthinking starting a youtube for years. Something I'm realizing more and more is just being authentic and being yourself that's what's missing with this social media Era, it's like if your not mindful you can get caught up in making everything perfect and that's just not real.
You bout right... I was trying to fit a round peg (me) into a square hole (company) ... The dysfunctional part of my psyche just kept saying to work hard.. never realizing I was just being a hamster on the wheel.. I came here from RU-vid search because I'm transitioning from traditional print and digital photography to the Content Creator - Digital Marketing age. I found your content from my search because in knowing what I need to do for my transition into my personal content creation phase I was searching for workflows for making content creation a habit as my content creation journey about myself is a full time job in itself. I'm glad I found your content because you clarified a lot of things for me and made me realize that this adaptation to what I'm doing is more therapy than anything... It almost feels like it can be a part of the healing process of being with a company for 18 years and finding myself separated in the blink of an eye. Thanks for sharing your journey.
“Realizing that again you get to be yourself and show up as you are and that you will be taken care of” This is a confirmation! I’m still working through this and unlearning the bad habits taught to me about money. I’m realizing it all starts with SELF WORTH. Thank you! See now I’m a subscriber because I resonate with this post. Thank you so much! “You have room to fail at this and then get back up” 😭 OMG!! Preach!!! Thank you!!!
can i just say how much i love your content and how much videos like this help me.... even with over 1M followers (everyone's story/experience with social media is different so pls don't doubt your journey if you're trying to grow and reading this), I am still finding it difficult to show up as myself and not focus on numbers because social media is my main income source. Lynette, you are incredible and how you have come to express your authentic self on youtube is so inspiring to me. i will definitely be posting long-form content on my youtube for 2023 because i find that its difficult to show up as my authentic self through short form content. thank you again and ily
Thanks for this Queen. Much needed reminder of my "why". I have spent soooo much time looking at "metrics" trying to please ppl ignoring the calling to just be me and let the chips fall where they may. Keep up the great work!! #Subscribed👍
It's January 1st 2024 - I literally just wrote in my journal (that I dusted off with my last entry in May 2023) that I would like to work on growing my tik tok page. That I need to stop worrying about what others may judge me on. That I think journaling my days daily will help me create content. Then came to youtube and searched "IRL content creation" and this video was the third in my feed. As I was listening, I got so excited because you said pretty much exactly what I just wrote!! Thank you for this video & I look forward to watching more !! Happy New Year into 2024 !!
Needed to hear this🙌🏾I feel like I get into a creative block easily bc I start comparing myself to others. I’m definitely still learning about myself and embracing all aspects of the life I currently have. I’m going to keep going and strive to express my true authentic self through my content.
I am so extremely grateful for this video! I have not seen any other video like this or anyone else talk about content creation like this! 🤯🤯🤯 I am a Mental Health Advocate and for so long I felt like jobs were sucking the life out of me despite feeling like the work I was doing was in my purpose. I feel like God has been pushing me towards creating content and I have literally been paralyzed with fear. I think maybe I was focused on how perfect I had to be and how much of "expert" I had to show up as and everything in me was like ABSOLUTELY NOT! I can't imagine constructing a whole successful life, I'm unhappy with and that's not true to me just to please the world! Yuck! I know that's not even what the world wants or needs anyway. Thank you for the encouragement and clarity to move with. Thanks to everyone in the comments too. I am a brand new subscriber and I love the community here already.
I am so happy I found this video. I’ve always said I wanted to get paid for just being me and living my life. I feel like RU-vid and TikTok has made that a reality for most people. I’m currently working 9-5 and this morning I told myself that I just want to share everything I like including cooking, mindset shifts, books I’m reading, daily thoughts that keep me going. I appreciate you saying I don’t need a niche I’m feeling confident in just making content of me living.
Started my journey on RU-vid 4 years ago (on and off) and couldn’t be consistent because I was trying to be everything that I’m not in hopes that my channel would grow but now that I’ve started it again and turning up for me first, I’ve actually found that I’ve got more capacity to do, it’s crazy!
Thank you for this 💖 I use to think I failed because I’m only a part time artist and I’m still not able to live off of my art/content full time. I would feel a bit jealous of others whenever I saw them quitting their full time jobs to pursue their passion and I was over here trying to juggle it all. But now I’ve been feeling thankful that I have a job that pays my bills and I don’t have to put so much pressure on myself and art to perform well each month 🙏
Literally right on time! I’ve got my hands in a few things creatively (content creation included) that I put aside because of anxiety and some depressive periods I dealt with. I was and have been feeling somewhat stuck and honestly overwhelmed because I want to do soo much and be soo multidimensional. I’ve been trying to be more conscious of my personal growth through things like journaling whether it’s mentally, emotionally and creatively and it’s an interesting journey to be on that’s also very exciting - I know I can create and be whoever, whatever I want and even if those moments where I don’t feel at my absolute best, I’m making my way and I love that 🤍
a lot of what you said resonated with me sis, especially going through this journey while dealing with anxiety and depression at the same time. Focusing on feeling rewarded from my finished projects vs from people's validation helped me with feeling more positive, but it's an ongoing challenge for sure. But I'm glad you're still motivated, and you're not alone 🤞🏾🤞🏾
I'm not one to comment often, but today was a bad day... I felt so lost, inferior and worthless... I spent the whole morning crying. And then when I decided to stop and take care of myself, to distract myself with something, I opened youtube and this was the first video that was recommended. I took it as a sign and opened it. Believe me, I needed to hear exactly these words at that moment. You reassured me, gave me courage and gave me hope that I can still try and even if I fail the first time, maybe I will succeed the second time. Thank you very much for this! New subscriber ❤
Just found your channel today. Love this! Thank you for the dose of inspo. I only ever post swimming videos or unboxing videos these days. This really made me realize that I hardly ever share pieces of my life with my audience. Might need to change that. 😶 Thanks again for the video, and congrats on unlocking your dream life!! 🖤
Thank you for putting this video out. You've literally cemented into stone in my mind the direction I am going to go - exactly where you have gone and are going now🙏
I’ll admit I’m someone who can be afraid to be themselves because I know I’m different and passionate yet This is really inspiring for me . I’m tired so i was only able to watch half but I needed to see this because at the same time I have a lot to offer and everyone deserves to have their voice heard
This is one of the most helpful videos I have found on my journey so far. The hardest part of figuring out my brand and my voice has been deciding on a "niche." To myself, and apparently many others, it feels disingenuous and limiting to "niche down." I just want to be myself, which is human.
I’m so glad you said this! I have a decent amount of followers as I’m still growing but i literally tell them everything. Like I’ll cry on live 😂 and at first I thought I was doing too much but so many people love how perisonalble and vulnerable I am because the influencer world has become very one lifed -luxury- but there are so many other ways to live and people are just trying to see how to navigate it and get exposed to that by finding someone they relate to so I switched from “Black Girl Luxury” to just being myself “Black girl working who just graduated, working 2 jobs, becoming an influencer, who might go to Grad school, on the journey to having her own business and buying her time back so she can be more active in her community and help people”. There are people can relate to that and there are people who can relate to you just being you! Everyone doesn’t want to live a high luxury life or buy name brand, everyone doesn’t want to work a 9-5, everyone doesn’t want to be a RU-vidr. Maybe you have a small business and instead of having an online store and scaling it they just want a store front or maybe they want to work multiple different jobs because they like the experience. Either way if you choose to share your life be YOU , you’re the only person who can do that 🤍✨
Thank you! I needed this message today! ❤️❤️ I just went back and watched the first video that I uploaded 3 years ago. I took a chance, but fear got in the way, and now it's 3 years later. 2023 will be the year to try again! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
You are literally the best person ever! Your vulnerability and advice really make it easy to feel at ease whilst watching you, your aura radiates a safe and beautiful energy that I can say for sure I really love! Thank you for being an everlasting light in peoples journeys 🦋🦋
Thank you for this. I always wanted to show up as my authentic self. I learned this when I posted videos that I wanted to share. Although people don't usually listen to what I have to say. I felt contented because I shared what I think online. It's going to be a journey but I am getting there.
I love what you said in the end about needing more people to just put themselves out there authentically, showing their imperfections as well. I completely agree! It's refreshing to watch others work their way through life's, as we are doing as well. Thank you for being you!
I had a huge breakthrough (painful) today n i see this vid pop up in recommendations n im like - yes ssss NOW WE TALKING Universe, now we talking. The amount to which I needed to hear that is impossible to express. Thank you SO much.
you are such a huge inspiration! i remember when you were still working a 9-5 talking about how excited you were to do this full time and you have been successful with it since! it motivates me a lot that i will be able to accomplish this too someday. im glad you point out its important to enjoy this journey and find passion in it bc once money is involved it can become "work" so im glad you point this out!
3:40 I appreciate you SAYING that creating camera-ready xontent is difficult at first. No one else has ever told me that so I thought is wasn't FOR Me, that I shouldnt be on camera because I haven't been able to do it every day. Now I know its okay
Thank you for saying this! Be yourself! I was struggling with what persona I should display online and said, I want to be authentic and not be someone I'm not.
I resonate with this video so much and with where I am rn with content creating. I’m really trying overcome my insecurities and let go of the belief that “I’m not cut out for this”. I’ve seen so many creators grow from 0 and I get so in my head about how I’m not growing after years of trying and making RU-vid videos. Showing up as your authentic self can feel so vulnerable, but I this video has really inspired me. ✨Your personal growth needs to be at the forefront of your mind✨ Thanks you so much for these tips Lynette 💖💖💖
I cannot believe the magnitude of this video. I needed this so badly. And I knew it. But finding it. And hearing it. Wow. Thank you so much. 25yo married man. Subscribed.
This video is great because it's about the foundation of creativity, human consciousness, and how we exist. Which is the unlock for success on RU-vid, and life in general. The problem is the execution. Lynette's ideas are very profound, and very simple. These ideas require simple and direct action, so we don't overthink too much. But it's really hard for people to take action. We can read self-help books forever, but we can't find the energy to get out of bed. If life is too simple we get stuck. If life is too complicated we get stuck. I don't know why life has to be so sticky, but for some reason it does.
I just started creating content and I’ve been recording mainly on things I’ve learned from the books I read (I love to read) but I’m noticing I’m starting to flow more naturally sharing my journey as stories as well…. It feels natural…. I’m very glad I bumped into you and this video …. You’re truly a God send
It’s crazy how hard it is to be vulnerable and be ourselves. Especially when you know how much your life could change if you just let go and embraced it. I’m working on it though. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you so much for this video, I just started a youtube channel and I feel like people will think my channel is boring with how the way I talk, but then watching this video will make me continue being my authentic self.
I appreciate this. I know my shadow work really has to be dealt with. Because there's so much I want to do and say on camera, and then I'm like "who the eff will care about this?"
Really needed this, all of this is so true! I've been wanting to do more talking videos instead of me just showing what I'm doing. I love talking about what's on my heart and although I've done a few talking videos on tik tok, sometimes I get in my head about what I look like and it affects my creativity. I'm currently moving through this and I appreciate the timely reminder!
Love this ❤️ I feel like lately i been holding myself back with fear of failure, but I have to remind myself failure is a MAJOR key 🔑 to the process. We think we gain nothing when we fail, but that's a lie. We gain the lessons of what works and what doesn't and that more valuable than anything 💯🙏🏽
I like how real you are about your journey as a content creator! I also find it true in ways where you don't want to feel pressured to create content that doesn't resonate with yourself. It makes the experience more enjoyable by posting what you enjoy but you also tend to attract people who will also relate and share similar interests as yourself. ☺
I can’t thank you enough for making this video. The timing of it is perfect! I’ve struggled for so long trying to find my “niche” and mimicking other content creators, but the more I do that, the more I realize that showing up as yourself is the key to finding the people who truly resonate with you and building a solid community. 💚
The best vid ever! I just started my RU-vid channel and decided to just be myself and share my life, thoughts and everything that I love. Focusing on a specific niche was just too hard for me but showing up as myself is awesome! I get to share positive messages daily and it also helps me with my spiritual journey. Thanks for this amazing video on encouraging others to just be themselves. We need more people to do that these days!
This is solid, actionable advice! I definitely feel when you say to start where you are now. Looking back, I realize I had so many interesting opportunities to start but always thought I needed to be somewhere else in life. Not the case. Just start!
I truly believe you should show up as yourself . I was discourage from content creation bc ppl said you have to niche down. I just wanna be me lol, and there are so many levels to that . I noticed that many of your videos aren’t over 20 minutes , wow. Thanks for the advice . You have a new subbie. Love your transparency
the older you get the harder it seems to try to be something that you are not or try and follow by something you are not okay with. I believe it's because we become more self aware with age. So anything we want to do in our lives we just want to do it in the way we chose to and not how we are told or think we are supposed to do things.
You're my spirit animal, I've been having difficulties at loving myself and accepting myself, I'm a content creator myself too I stream video games and it's been really hard because my metrics have gone down, but your video has helped me out so much, it's opened my eyes. Shout out from 🇦🇺 australia , thanks for the inspiration ❤
Focusing on/thinking of a "niche" has felt more like a chore than anything else. I want to document my journey, show different parts and aspects of my life (even ones that are new to me), and just as you said, show up as myself
Thank you so much for this video. I literally have the word “Mission” in my channel name because I was guided to create my channel to inspire others. That is my goal above all and I will continue to trust the process so I can reach more people and fulfill my purpose ❤️
Some people can say the message so that it finally sinks in even though others have tried..the way you presented the information authentically and on a cohesive delivery was reaaly impressive and sunk in. Thank you.
You exude so much positivity! I'm so inspired to just be myself unapologetically after watching this. All of us have unique journeys and experiences that we can share even if it seems pointless sometimes.
the niche argument is so so important - I look for personality in people, their life, whatever they're good at, their free time - like people in general are so fascinating!
I've got one question - how did you decide on whether to share your full name or not? Cause you could have totally used a nickname or some brand name but you decided to be fully transparent. I guess I wonder how do you make sure you're safe sharing everything?
Wow, I feel like I was meant to see this video. It came to me at a perfect time. I recently decided that I want to share my journey of becoming my best self here on RU-vid. I’ve been struggling feeling like I don’t know if anyone would be interested, but your video just gave me such hope and I feel so inspired. So, thank you so much for this video! 🥰💖
I was too skeptical sharing my journey and having structured content that most people online would find interesting. Now I realize it's better to start and figure it all out as you go.
I love the message in this video and it’s exactly what I needed to hear rn. The only thing is I guess for me, i get kind of stuck in being authentic because sometimes my life isn’t that glamorous 😭 There are days where I don’t go out and I look a mess and sometimes I feel like ppl don’t want to see that
i struggle with that too but in the beginning she said one of the first steps is to figure out what you need to do to better yourself and then take steps to start doing those things. and then record yourself doing these things. i feel like it doesn’t have to be glamorous, just authentic
the thing that hesitates me being a content creator is like what you said about not having the best looking apartment. I still live at home with family and I don't have the luxury nor privacy to record videos without them getting into my business asking me why I'm making videos, who i'm talking to, etc. I just can't fathom getting online showing the rough/unattractive parts of my personal life until i'm fully ESTABLISHED: own apartment/condo, own car, financially free, clear skin, and a toned/muscular body. I'm also afraid of family members finding my content creation of their personal social accounts because I simply don't want them being nosey on my whereabouts and my passions/hobbies. I also fear getting stalked by men as well!
Somehow this sister was recommended to me, and thank you. I'm working on becoming a life coach and I want all the help I can get. Good luck to everyone on the road to finding themselves again in this crazy 🌎
