Category: YouTube

  • YouTube Improvement Checklist

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    Note: this is a personal post. A self-review of my own channel. I’m posting this in the spirit of building in the open, and to show my process. I hope it may be helpful to others. That being said, this isn’t a tutorial, and isn’t meant to apply to everyone. Leave me a comment if…

  • Present a Slideshow with Streamlabs OBS

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    When recording a course lesson or presenting a live video, I often want to include a slideshow as part of my presentation. I use Streamlabs OBS for recording my videos, so recently I did a deep dive on options for presenting slide presentations with OBS. Note: The standard version of OBS should follow a very…

  • How Much do YouTubers Make in 2021: 100+ Channel Study + Calculator


    “How much money can I actually make on YouTube???”  Jump straight to the YouTube Income Calculator! If you’re thinking about starting a channel, or if you are working hard to grow your channel, chances are you’ve asked this question at some point! I watched over 110 YouTuber’s income reports, and compiled the data to give…

  • VidIQ vs. TubeBuddy 2020 | Which is Better & Why? A Full Comparison!

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    If you are serious about YouTube SEO, you’re certainly familiar with TubeBuddy and VidIQ. Both tools add special functionality and data to YouTube and make many SEO tasks significantly easier. Both TubeBuddy and VidIQ offer free browser extensions and free account levels, and both tools have various premium levels and features. But which of the…

  • Unique Music for YouTube Videos for Cheap or Free


    As we think about improving the production quality of our videos on YouTube, we have been on a hunt for high quality music that we can use in our videos. There are plenty of popular options out there, but the more digging I did, the more interesting options I found. I’ll include some of the…

  • Best Ways to Get 100 Subscribers on YouTube


    Getting traction on YouTube is HARD. I’m not sure why exactly, but getting people to subscribe is like pulling teeth. This is true even if your content doesn’t suck. For the rest of this post, let’s just assume you are putting out awesome content. When you started, getting to 100 or 1,000 subs seemed easy…