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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1136310" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1136310" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1136310">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What if you had a separate channel that was in English? How easy is it to change the subtitles/captions underneath to be in English? I know it&#039;s more work, but are you potentially doubling the reach of each video you create when you&#039;ve two versions?<br /> <br /> Part of me thinks you&#039;re better sticking to one language though, and figuring out how to make each video better and better, and putting all your focus behind one. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I actually already tried to have a second channel in English and published those two videos but they hardly attracted just a few views so I stopped it and decided to focus on the channel in French since I couldn&#039;t handle both at the same time. Adding some English version is actually quite easy on YouTube for the subtitles and captions. I apply it for all of the videos.<br /> <br /> If I had to start something else (and that most likely will happen in the future) I&#039;d definitely choose to start right away in English now but I didn&#039;t have that in mind and I just wanted to start doing videos in French at that time. But I&#039;m pretty sure it has potential to go faster in English (unless my french accent ruins the quality xD)</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1136330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1136330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1136330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> unless my french accent ruins the quality </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>The French accent is great. Don&#039;t let that stop you!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Here is the update for the last month:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1727118762242-webp.58800/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/55/55416-8fd4edef0a31af15e72448647192339d.jpg?hash=LHsRv0R_XN" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1727118762242.webp" title="1727118762242.webp" width="412" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Not so much to say. I&#039;ve released only one video (about how to use an API from Apps Script) but I am actually quite disapointed with the results so far ... The start wasn&#039;t crazy (only 3rd best of the 10 last videos after 1 day) and only after a few days it started to perform better and reached the first place ... And only 230 views after one week, not so bad but I expected a bit more after working so much on it:<br /> <br /> - I recorded completely a second time the video to have a less long video and have more rythm<br /> - I spent a lot of time including new features in the editing: 2D to 3D, smoother transitions, more effects<br /> - I proposed an exercice in the video to make it more interactive<br /> - I included a call to click at the end of the video but so far the click rate on the end-screen video is only around 5%<br /> <br /> That&#039;s a lot of &quot;I&quot; ... looks like I missed the most important: what do viewers want to see. I really thought I had a good / interesting topic this time and presented in a good way so this is why I am quite disapointed right now. For now I need to find another topic and I&#039;ll make a shorter video around 5-6 min for the next video. Let&#039;s try to improve that!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1140369" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140369" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140369">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Here is the update for the last month:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/58800/" target="_blank">View attachment 58800</a><br /> <br /> Not so much to say. I&#039;ve released only one video (about how to use an API from Apps Script) but I am actually quite disapointed with the results so far ... The start wasn&#039;t crazy (only 3rd best of the 10 last videos after 1 day) and only after a few days it started to perform better and reached the first place ... And only 230 views after one week, not so bad but I expected a bit more after working so much on it:<br /> <br /> - I recorded completely a second time the video to have a less long video and have more rythm<br /> - I spent a lot of time including new features in the editing: 2D to 3D, smoother transitions, more effects<br /> - I proposed an exercice in the video to make it more interactive<br /> - I included a call to click at the end of the video but so far the click rate on the end-screen video is only around 5%<br /> <br /> That&#039;s a lot of &quot;I&quot; ... looks like I missed the most important: what do viewers want to see. I really thought I had a good / interesting topic this time and presented in a good way so this is why I am quite disapointed right now. For now I need to find another topic and I&#039;ll make a shorter video around 5-6 min for the next video. Let&#039;s try to improve that! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Your audience doesn&#039;t know or care how much effort you put into a video. All they care about is what they get out of the video.<br /> <br /> Over the past few months, I released several videos I had spent a lot of time working on. After two weeks, I was lucky if a video hit 1k views, which happened to every video. Even though I knew that I shouldn&#039;t take this personally, it was hard. I then rushed out a quick filler video with little thought, and it flew. 10k views in the first few days. I keep asking myself why this video did so well, but I don&#039;t have an answer.<br /> <br /> The point is that YouTube is like gold mining. You do everything you can to dig in the right place with the right tools, but there&#039;s an element of luck in finding gold. Like gold mining, consistency and long-term effort will pay off.<br /> <br /> Stick with your plan, and good luck.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 99525" data-quote="Cameraman" data-source="post: 1140405" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140405" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140405">Cameraman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Your audience doesn&#039;t know or care how much effort you put into a video. All they care about is what they get out of the video.<br /> <br /> Over the past few months, I released several videos I had spent a lot of time working on. After two weeks, I was lucky if a video hit 1k views, which happened to every video. Even though I knew that I shouldn&#039;t take this personally, it was hard. I then rushed out a quick filler video with little thought, and it flew. 10k views in the first few days. I keep asking myself why this video did so well, but I don&#039;t have an answer.<br /> <br /> The point is that YouTube is like gold mining. You do everything you can to dig in the right place with the right tools, but there&#039;s an element of luck in finding gold. Like gold mining, consistency and long-term effort will pay off.<br /> <br /> Stick with your plan, and good luck. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>As Blaise Brosnan says: &quot;You can&#039;t invoice for input.&quot;</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 99525" data-quote="Cameraman" data-source="post: 1140405" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140405" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140405">Cameraman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Your audience doesn&#039;t know or care how much effort you put into a video. All they care about is what they get out of the video.<br /> <br /> Over the past few months, I released several videos I had spent a lot of time working on. After two weeks, I was lucky if a video hit 1k views, which happened to every video. Even though I knew that I shouldn&#039;t take this personally, it was hard. I then rushed out a quick filler video with little thought, and it flew. 10k views in the first few days. I keep asking myself why this video did so well, but I don&#039;t have an answer.<br /> <br /> The point is that YouTube is like gold mining. You do everything you can to dig in the right place with the right tools, but there&#039;s an element of luck in finding gold. Like gold mining, consistency and long-term effort will pay off.<br /> <br /> Stick with your plan, and good luck. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yes 100% true.<br /> <br /> It feels like I can never catch the right topic ... some kind of disconnection between what viewers are looking for and what I think.<br /> The only positive point for the last weeks is the number of views that seems to be back on a increasing slope, it looks like making less videos (currently only once per month) instead of lots of videos (2 / week) is somehow better perceived by the algorithm (with of course more quality in editing etc).<br /> <br /> Thank you!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1140837" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140837" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140837">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yes 100% true.<br /> <br /> It feels like I can never catch the right topic ... some kind of disconnection between what viewers are looking for and what I think.<br /> The only positive point for the last weeks is the number of views that seems to be back on a increasing slope, it looks like making less videos (currently only once per month) instead of lots of videos (2 / week) is somehow better perceived by the algorithm (with of course more quality in editing etc).<br /> <br /> Thank you! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Do you have &quot;competitors&quot; you watch and keep track of how quickly they get views after say a week of releasing similar videos? I ask because I am wondering how much of this is just a small audience size in general. A lot of tech videos that are tutorials are more long term plays (as more and more people overtime need the same content but not a lot all at once for instance only so many people will be looking in one week on &quot;how to export my linkedin feed to a google sheet&quot; in any given week but over a few years sure you may get a bunch).<br /> <br /> I think it can be hard to hit the sweet spot of evergreen content in tech but there are obviously channels that do but they seem more related to higher level languages and not a specific API. Though Google Sheets is big enough that maybe it could work but unlike other language based channels or concept based (full stack web app tutorials, video game tutorials) the people seeking most likely want the specific task at hand rather than to watch assorted content on the topic weekly.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1042378" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1042378" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1042378">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hello,<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve read a few threads on the forum from different people starting a YouTube channel and documenting the evolution so I&#039;ve figured that I could also start a thread on my humble channel. I am also in a phase where the results are quite marginal compared to all the time I spend on it so I would not mind getting some other feedbacks / returns of experience.<br /> <br /> So in short, I have started to publish videos 4 months ago after wondering what was the first thing I could do to stop faking action. I am aware a YouTube channel is not reallly following the control law of CENTS but that seemed to be a good first step for me. I am publishing 2 videos / week for these 4 months, in my native language (french) and mainly about the use of Google sheets / Google Apps Script. Why this topic? I think that was just one of the easiest topics to put in place at that time (just need to buy a microphone and make a video from my screen).<br /> <br /> So after 4 months, I am getting a few results but not as much as I hoped. The views are increasing but I am still struggling getting people to subscribe with only 29 subscribers so far (15 in the last 30 days):<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/46850/" target="_blank">View attachment 46850</a><br /> <br /> <b>Rate of clicks:</b><br /> The rate of clicks does not look so bad, the channel is on 3.3% on average and although it is not an impressive result, I think this is still fair from what I could read on that topic. I am also using TubeBuddy to optimize titles.<br /> <br /> <b>Retention of the audience:</b><br /> I think this is my main issue, videos are usually around 25% (or even lower) and the best is only going up to 50%. I think I should focus more on this part for the upcoming videos and I am trying to put a plan in place to improve this side:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Improving my speaking: it is actually also a reason why I started a YouTube channel and I can hear that I am already improving but I still need to learn more to better keep the focus of the viewers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Improve my video editing and especially the creation of animations / specials effects to compensate for the lack of transitions from this type of video</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make shorter and more impacting introduction</li> </ul><br /> I have also recently tried to make a slightly different type of video talking about HTML. I thought this topic was quite similar but considering the small success of this video, it seems it is already too different from the original topic of my channel so I&#039;ll keep that on the side for now.<br /> <br /> I will make an update of the status of my channel every month on this thread.<br /> In the meantime, I&#039;d be happy to read your comments and thoughts. If some of you have already tried to start a similar channel, I&#039;d also be happy to read from your experience / results.<br /> <br /> Thanks for reading me! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Hi cybom, great to see a fellow youtuber in this forum <br /> <br /> in this forum i started a post youtube progress thread for 120 days <br /> <br /> and unfortunately i still have 4 subscribers and failed at it <br /> <br /> i left youtube now and currently doing freelance youtube script writing <br /> <br /> and got some clients too. <br /> <br /> my opinion : google sheets have a small target audience and if we go a bit boarder you can make videos on notion and obsidian and other managing tools targeting students. <br /> <br /> that could later turn into an a fanbase</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 138294" data-quote="goldminer" data-source="post: 1140871" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140871" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140871">goldminer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hi cybom, great to see a fellow youtuber in this forum<br /> <br /> in this forum i started a post youtube progress thread for 120 days<br /> <br /> and unfortunately i still have 4 subscribers and failed at it<br /> <br /> i left youtube now and currently doing freelance youtube script writing<br /> <br /> and got some clients too.<br /> <br /> my opinion : google sheets have a small target audience and if we go a bit boarder you can make videos on notion and obsidian and other managing tools targeting students.<br /> <br /> that could later turn into an a fanbase </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Google sheets has 900 million users. <br /> <br /> The audience is there.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 62811" data-quote="StrikingViper69" data-source="post: 1140875" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140875" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140875">StrikingViper69 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Google sheets has 900 million users.<br /> <br /> The audience is there. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>my mistake - i didn&#039;t knew that <br /> <br /> currently for me as a student/learner, from my perspective google sheets is like an old dude who was good back in the days old skool type of vibes <br /> <br /> personally i watch more videos related to notion and obsidian because of thier ui, features and easy to use and i am attracted to these software&#039;s more than sheets <br /> <br /> there is a woman - marie poulin - she sells notion templates and made good money through that</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1727381682738-webp.58859/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/55/55475-bb50bd452adce62ee43873294f003138.jpg?hash=QTXoxJUkFa" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1727381682738.webp" title="1727381682738.webp" width="200" height="359" loading="lazy" /></a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 135951" data-quote="Bounce Back" data-source="post: 1140846" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140846" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140846">Bounce Back said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Do you have &quot;competitors&quot; you watch and keep track of how quickly they get views after say a week of releasing similar videos? I ask because I am wondering how much of this is just a small audience size in general. A lot of tech videos that are tutorials are more long term plays (as more and more people overtime need the same content but not a lot all at once for instance only so many people will be looking in one week on &quot;how to export my linkedin feed to a google sheet&quot; in any given week but over a few years sure you may get a bunch).<br /> <br /> I think it can be hard to hit the sweet spot of evergreen content in tech but there are obviously channels that do but they seem more related to higher level languages and not a specific API. Though Google Sheets is big enough that maybe it could work but unlike other language based channels or concept based (full stack web app tutorials, video game tutorials) the people seeking most likely want the specific task at hand rather than to watch assorted content on the topic weekly. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> It&#039;s difficult to say, it seems it&#039;s possible to grow relatively big with Google Sheets or the Google Suite (I had talks with a &quot;competitor&quot; who has 25K subs also in French so it&#039;s not impossible). However I also had in mind to try a couple of videos with different tools ... for example I see SAP can attract an interesting community too but I&#039;d like to keep some links to spreadsheets at first (for example how to extract report from SAP).<br /> <br /> The API video may actually be &quot;too much in between&quot; beginner and advanced. Going too much into details for a beginner who just want to understand the concept and not quick enough for an advanced user who is jsut looking for a quick answer... realizing it somehow although it&#039;s only out for 2 weeks and not so bad all in all so let&#039;s see later.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 138294" data-quote="goldminer" data-source="post: 1140871" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140871" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140871">goldminer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hi cybom, great to see a fellow youtuber in this forum<br /> <br /> in this forum i started a post youtube progress thread for 120 days<br /> <br /> and unfortunately i still have 4 subscribers and failed at it<br /> <br /> i left youtube now and currently doing freelance youtube script writing<br /> <br /> and got some clients too.<br /> <br /> my opinion : google sheets have a small target audience and if we go a bit boarder you can make videos on notion and obsidian and other managing tools targeting students.<br /> <br /> that could later turn into an a fanbase </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I had only 1 sub after 1 month so I&#039;m not sure 4 subs after 120 days is a failure <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> I also have the feeling that Google Sheets is less popular than Excel but I think it&#039;s mainly valid for the french community as I had a look and it doesn&#039;t seem to have less search volume than Google Sheets overall... so no excuse for me <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-haha.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" /><br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 62811" data-quote="StrikingViper69" data-source="post: 1140875" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140875" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140875">StrikingViper69 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Google sheets has 900 million users.<br /> <br /> The audience is there. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1140898" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1140898" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1140898">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/58859/" target="_blank">View attachment 58859</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I made a similar exercise after the message from <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/138294/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="138294" data-username="@goldminer">@goldminer</a> and got similar trends in Google Trends. As written above, looks like I have no excuse for performing bad <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-haha.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" /><br /> <br /> Thanks for all your messages, that gives me a few new ideas to explore too and helps with motivation <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Have you tried doing short vertical videos showing one tip, trick, formula, use case, etc?<br /> <br /> You could also post them to TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, X.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1141090" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1141090" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1141090">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Have you tried doing short vertical videos showing one tip, trick, formula, use case, etc?<br /> <br /> You could also post them to TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, X. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;ve tried it quite a while ago now but without big success.<br /> For 10 shorts published:<br /> <br /> - Instagram: really bad results, the best video had less then 10 views and the only subscriber found me via YouTube and wanted to get in contact via Instagram to get some help<br /> - TikTok: more potential, 2 shorts made slightly above 250 views and I got 2 subscribers<br /> - YouTube: I didn&#039;t like the experience since it gave quite a big increase of views in one day thansk to the short but affected negatively the views/viewing time the next days<br /> <br /> All in all I think it would be worth trying again on TikTok and LinkedIn but I also think I should lock-up myself a full WE only to record and then try to publish something like 2 shorts per day for 1 full month. From what I heard, this could still be the right way to get audience quickly there (I was told something around 10 000 subs in 1 month with the same topic is feasible ... I should plan to make a trial myself by the end of the year).</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1141091" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1141091" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1141091">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ve tried it quite a while ago now but without big success.<br /> For 10 shorts published:<br /> <br /> - Instagram: really bad results, the best video had less then 10 views and the only subscriber found me via YouTube and wanted to get in contact via Instagram to get some help<br /> - TikTok: more potential, 2 shorts made slightly above 250 views and I got 2 subscribers<br /> - YouTube: I didn&#039;t like the experience since it gave quite a big increase of views in one day thansk to the short but affected negatively the views/viewing time the next days<br /> <br /> All in all I think it would be worth trying again on TikTok and LinkedIn but I also think I should lock-up myself a full WE only to record and then try to publish something like 2 shorts per day for 1 full month. From what I heard, this could still be the right way to get audience quickly there (I was told something around 10 000 subs in 1 month with the same topic is feasible ... I should plan to make a trial myself by the end of the year). </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>LinkedIn is apparently really pushing short video at the moment. It&#039;s one of those attention arbitrage opportunities that don&#039;t last forever.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> No big update on YouTube side for this month:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1729707956171-webp.59724/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/56/56083-cc5f3fe82f981c1bcb74a36eac2d2979.jpg?hash=gdSSP2JA8x" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1729707956171.webp" title="1729707956171.webp" width="388" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I have a video in preparation about Google Form (still busy editing) but I mostly worked on:<br /> <br /> 1) Improving the website with the articles section. I installed a few add-ons to improve the appearance of the articles with Gutenberg (I find the basic options not really great)<br /> <br /> 2) I wrote an article and finally used the mail list to promote it. I didn&#039;t installed a unsubscription page yet so, as an intermediate solution, I included a link opening a new pre-written email to my mailbox to unsubcsribe<br /> <br /> 3) I&#039;m also preparing 60 shorts (series of 2 shorts per day during 1 month). Right now I still hesitate whether I should go to English or French for this one. I&#039;d really like to try English but I&#039;m afraid people will jsut go away when they realize the YouTube channel and website are mostly in French.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1144234" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144234" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144234">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;m afraid people will jsut go away when they realize the YouTube channel and website are mostly in French. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Why afraid and not curious?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1144248" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144248" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144248">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Why afraid and not curious? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> Good question... right now I can&#039;t find afraid of what since there&#039;s not much to loose <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-haha.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" /><br /> English it is then but I&#039;d like to learn how to make a funny animated character or something like that to avoid just showing a copy of any other short you can find out there. To be continued ...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1144376" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144376" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144376">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Good question... right now I can&#039;t find afraid of what since there&#039;s not much to loose <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-haha.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" /><br /> English it is then but I&#039;d like to learn how to make a funny animated character or something like that to avoid just showing a copy of any other short you can find out there. To be continued ... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I decided not to use Shorts after testing, so I don&#039;t know much about them. Is there any scope to include French subtitles if you decide to make them in English?<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve been watching TechSmith&#039;s videos about their plans for Camtasia and Audiate (which I use). They are working on creating animated avatars and already have automated translations into different languages. My daughter wasn&#039;t that impressed by the French translation from English, but it seems to be improving all the time. It may not be what you are looking for now, but it&#039;s worth watching how it develops.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 99525" data-quote="Cameraman" data-source="post: 1144451" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144451" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144451">Cameraman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ve been watching TechSmith&#039;s videos about their plans for Camtasia and Audiate (which I use). </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Interesting. I&#039;ve been watching those too. I&#039;m using a mixture of Camtasia for my screen recordings, and Descript for my talking head videos.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1144457" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144457" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144457">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Interesting. I&#039;ve been watching those too. I&#039;m using a mixture of Camtasia for my screen recordings, and Descript for my talking head videos. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>They look quite exciting. I think I might experiment with another channel created using the AI features. I tried using the AI scripting, but I couldn&#039;t get it to use my phrases and voice, so a separate channel makes sense. I haven&#039;t tried Descript yet, but I will take a look when I can find some free time.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 99525" data-quote="Cameraman" data-source="post: 1144451" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1144451" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1144451">Cameraman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I decided not to use Shorts after testing, so I don&#039;t know much about them. Is there any scope to include French subtitles if you decide to make them in English?<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve been watching TechSmith&#039;s videos about their plans for Camtasia and Audiate (which I use). They are working on creating animated avatars and already have automated translations into different languages. My daughter wasn&#039;t that impressed by the French translation from English, but it seems to be improving all the time. It may not be what you are looking for now, but it&#039;s worth watching how it develops. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thanks, I haven&#039;t intensively used the full power of AI so far and just randomely searching what could be the best option so I&#039;ll have a look to this one. I&#039;m not 100% sure that language subtitles feasible on all platforms but for sure I&#039;ll take advantage of it where it&#039;s an option.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s the update of the latest month:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1732372471574-webp.60876/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/56/56784-188f517b83f584fbdddd820abf0cadca.jpg?hash=cDa1pUXniU" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1732372471574.webp" title="1732372471574.webp" width="414" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I have only released one video about Google Form that worked not so badly.<br /> I was mainly busy with learning this past month (and I must admit I also spent 1.5 weeks in the sun to escape the dark Belgian autumn <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> )<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Still gathering info for the creation of shorts with animation (no clear plan so far)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I spent a lot of time figuring out OAuth 2.0 which should be quite useful to develop scripts with calls to API with this type of authorization (I feel like it&#039;s that&#039;s a big lack of knowledge for development or scripts)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had quite many questions either on YouTube or the website this latest month so I was also a bit busy with that ... not whether it&#039;s because winter is coming back and people spend more time on their laptop or anything else</li> </ul>All in all still a lot to learn but I also need to be careful not to slip too much towards full learning.<br /> My targets for next months:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finish figuring out OAuth 2.0 and achieve a call to an API from Apps Script</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create one short with animated characters ... I think just creating one when being a full newbie is ambitious enough</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Release a video on YouTube (still same strategy with around 5 minutes videos focusing on retention and click on the end-screen rate)</li> </ul>Side note: a get more and more comments for one of the 2 videos in English that Iùve released a while ago. I&#039;m not sure why but it looks like YouTube is just figuring out the audience for this one ...<br /> <br /> Thanks!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Appreciate the thread! I have a new YT channel that is at 95 subs after 29 days. I&#039;m averaging 5 new subs a day so feel will hit 100 on day 30 tomorrow. I have one long form that went over 300 and a short over 2500. Interesting seeing videos get pushed a week or more after publishing.<br /> <br /> I have a lot to work on optimization, haven&#039;t even started with custom thumbnails or edits. My niche allows for one shot videos and I can pump out as many as I want but sticking to a long a day setting up my catalogue and for learning what content works best. A short once in awhile as not a fan of them but like to dabble as they bring in a sub or two a video. Have a huge community FB group in my niche that allows my links and easing into it, have seen very positive support and uptick in YT views when link.<br /> <br /> Any tips for newbies? I&#039;m trying not to focus on subs but it motivates me to get to 100. I&#039;m actually really enjoying the process and connecting more with my niche as a content creator so excited to grow the channel and do a YT thread on the forum here soon enough.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 54694" data-quote="Private Witt" data-source="post: 1148265" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148265" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148265">Private Witt said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Appreciate the thread! I have a new YT channel that is at 95 subs after 29 days. I&#039;m averaging 5 new subs a day so feel will hit 100 on day 30 tomorrow. I have one long form that went over 300 and a short over 2500. Interesting seeing videos get pushed a week or more after publishing.<br /> <br /> I have a lot to work on optimization, haven&#039;t even started with custom thumbnails or edits. My niche allows for one shot videos and I can pump out as many as I want but sticking to a long a day setting up my catalogue and for learning what content works best. A short once in awhile as not a fan of them but like to dabble as they bring in a sub or two a video. Have a huge community FB group in my niche that allows my links and easing into it, have seen very positive support and uptick in YT views when link.<br /> <br /> Any tips for newbies? I&#039;m trying not to focus on subs but it motivates me to get to 100. I&#039;m actually really enjoying the process and connecting more with my niche as a content creator so excited to grow the channel and do a YT thread on the forum here soon enough. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thank you mate!<br /> If you are already at 95 subs after 30 days, you already have better progress than me (I think I only had 1) so I&#039;m not sure I&#039;m the best adviser here <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Here&#039;s just a couple of lessons learnt from my channel (doesn&#039;t mean it will behave in the same way for other channels):<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tried a couple of times to maximize the number of videos released with 2 / week for some periods. It was not helping and even worse, it was counter productive in my case. Better to release one good video from time to time than many videos with less quality (it seems it was appreciated by the algorithm a few years ago but that&#039;s not the case anymore</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tried a series of 7-8 videos on a same topic ... in my case this was also not a good idea at all, the number of views decreasing again and again during this period. It&#039;s better to link videos with another way (end-screen suggestion)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I started the channel in French (my native language) but I regret it know, the lever is way bigger (sounds obvious though) with English</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As I have been recommended here many times, better to not focus on the number of subs and only on the views or viewing time. I turned crazy a while ago when the number of subs was not moving for a couple of weeks but this was all controlled by the algorithm</li> </ul><br /> All in all I think you have more potential to grow than I have so good luck! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1148330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thank you mate!<br /> If you are already at 95 subs after 30 days, you already have better progress than me (I think I only had 1) so I&#039;m not sure I&#039;m the best adviser here <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Here&#039;s just a couple of lessons learnt from my channel (doesn&#039;t mean it will behave in the same way for other channels):<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tried a couple of times to maximize the number of videos released with 2 / week for some periods. It was not helping and even worse, it was counter productive in my case. Better to release one good video from time to time than many videos with less quality (it seems it was appreciated by the algorithm a few years ago but that&#039;s not the case anymore</li> </ul> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;ve been dropping like five a week just to stay consistent and find what works. It&#039;s seems to be working as I&#039;m learning what types of videos the algorithm likes best and also picking up a few subs per video. Luckily I&#039;m in niche where it&#039;s easy to produce and so many topics that I don&#039;t seem to get punished for dropping to much and at early stages where doesn&#039;t really piss of subs but down the road I&#039;d love to go to once or twice a week. <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1148330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tried a series of 7-8 videos on a same topic ... in my case this was also not a good idea at all, the number of views decreasing again and again during this period. It&#039;s better to link videos with another way (end-screen suggestion)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I cover geographic areas and found series do well, I just build a playlist around an area. I haven&#039;t tried series on topics other than that, tempted but waiting. <br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1148330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I started the channel in French (my native language) but I regret it know, the lever is way bigger (sounds obvious though) with English</li> </ul> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;ve heard languages other than English have less competition and could get traction easier but yes much fewer viewers to get in front of. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1148330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As I have been recommended here many times, better to not focus on the number of subs and only on the views or viewing time. I turned crazy a while ago when the number of subs was not moving for a couple of weeks but this was all controlled by the algorithm</li> </ul> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I hate sub chasing, I have no idea how to get people to push that button, but do seem to be able to get views with a small channel so focusing on content which I&#039;m seeing is the route to go. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 102258" data-quote="Cybom" data-source="post: 1148330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1148330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1148330">Cybom said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> All in all I think you have more potential to grow than I have so good luck! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thanks, I have a big TAM but yet the big dogs are highly evolved and put way more effort into editing and thumbnails. I also have not shown my face which is needed to go big for my niche. My subs slowed down when hit 100, actually went back and forth for a week once was at 102 and woke up to 94 next day lol. Now at 135 and seeing a few a day but I stopped doing shorts to focus on long form and feel losing that boost as they were bringing in a few subs a day but shorts are like crack and feels like chasing metrics versus any type of process and trying to keep healthy which is one thing I struggle with as I get OCD on metrics in wrong way.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> Here is the update for the month :<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1735121776466-webp.61971/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/57/57480-2e5ceb1fcbabf7f43cb2b4e1f6e57709.jpg?hash=ZYXXatF0LG" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1735121776466.webp" title="1735121776466.webp" width="416" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Nothing changed on the channel since I haven&#039;t published but it still goes quite well considering the inactivity.<br /> I am still working on realizing shorts with animated characters.<br /> <br /> After reviewing channels focusing only on this type of animation and considering several options, I came to the conclusion that I should not try to make too complex animation for now but just basic movements like eye blinking and of course mouth synchronisation. For the rest I&#039;ll play with transition, zoom in/out etc.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the base drawing and the animation of eye blinking or other simple movements, I am using OpenToonz</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the mouth syncing, I will use the free tool from Adobe Express (you have a few sets of mouth that you can use with an audio track) and I will add the mouth on the face at the editing stage (with a green screen)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the editing, I&#039;m considering to switch to CapCut (for regular videos I use DaVinci Resolve) which may be more efficient for shorts from what I could read and test on my side</li> </ul>I may also try later a test with the full version of Adobe for the animation of characters. I tried a few other solutions (easy animation with AI) but couldn&#039;t find anything satysfying (most of the tools propose to create a character which is often too complex / I couldn&#039;t find a lot of tools allowing to animate in a few click a simple custom character as I want it to be).<br /> <br /> That&#039;s it for today, thanks for reading and Merry Christmas !</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> Here is the monthly update.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1737829325030-webp.62759/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/57/57996-854d6d3e535d64e8d93bf0db4230fb1f.jpg?hash=pnh34ZNiLq" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1737829325030.webp" title="1737829325030.webp" width="415" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I haven&#039;t updated anything on YouTube this month ... but it looks like it&#039;s not really impacting the stats. It&#039;s even the opposite, it&#039;s progressing quite well currently. Looks like my channel does better without me, aoutch xD<br /> <br /> On my side I&#039;m still busy with the creation of the series of shorts with &quot;animated&quot; characters.<br /> I have finished around 25% of them and the 25 following % are prepared, just need to edit them in CapCut.<br /> To create the voices of the different characters, I&#039;m using 11labs to change my voice, the results are quite good to me.<br /> <br /> Nothing more to add for this month, I need to finish this preparation and trigger this series of shorts.<br /> <br /> Thanks!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> Quick update for this month.<br /> The shorts are finally ready to start being released (2 per day for 1 month) starting the 5th March ... so we&#039;ll see how it goes, nothing more to add.<br /> <br /> All in all this took me way more time than I initially thought but I could make some good progress the latest month.<br /> <br /> Thank you. <br /> Next month there will be more!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello all,<br /> <br /> I haven&#039;t done my usual monthly update for 2 reasons, the first one being quite disapointed with the results from the series of shorts (2 x per day during one month on YT, IG and TikTok - 62 shorts on each platform) and the second one being a long trip planned for a while from where I am just back.<br /> <br /> Anyway here is the summary of this month of shorts on each platform:<br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: 22px">YouTube:</span></b><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1746773024798-webp.66023/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59928-49d82df10981a1a878c1eebfe51db254.jpg?hash=eXVKhdWDcM" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1746773024798.webp" title="1746773024798.webp" width="397" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> You can see peaks of views of course, the biggest being around 4000 in one day. The main observations are:<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After the peak, the number of views is coming back to normal or even less than it was before (which, I must say, may also be due to the seasonality)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The best short tops at 4000 views, not really impressive after 2.5 years on YouTube</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last but not least, I get an incredible amount of dislikes with shorts (more dislikes than likes overall) ... I struggle a bit to understand but that may come from 3 different reasons:</li> </ul><div style="margin-left: 20px"><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The shorts are in English while most of my videos are in French and that could piss off the subscribers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">With this type of format (characters in an office), people are expecting another type of content (fun content) and are disapointed</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">These videos are really bad and I don&#039;t see it <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-horror.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" /></li> </ol></div><br /> <b><span style="font-size: 22px">Instagram:</span></b><br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ 1 new subscriber</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Best short: 313 views</li> </ul>The least I can say is there wasn&#039;t much success on Instagram and I won&#039;t make any more effort there.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: 22px">TikTok:</span></b><br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ 16 new subscribers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Best short: 525 views</li> </ul>A bit better than Instagram but still far under my expectations (or... hopes).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <i><span style="font-size: 22px"><b>So ...what&#039;s next with Produplification (the channel/brand)?</b></span></i><br /> <br /> There are the few things I will continue/start to do:<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Try to publish the shorts on RedNote &amp; LinkedIn - there is not much effort required and still interesting to see</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Publish some files to sell on dedicated platform - the channel still provides me a tiny bit of income by itself and it&#039;s worth checking whether it is possible to increase it a bit by selling specific files... I don&#039;t have any hope to get it into something bigger anymore but still better than nothing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I will continue publishing videos from time to time but not pushing as much as before</li> </ul><br /> <i><span style="font-size: 22px"><b>This will not be my first priority anymore!</b></span></i><br /> <br /> As said above, I will continue publishing a video on YouTube from time to time but not with as much effort as before as this won&#039;t be my first priority anymore for a few reasons:<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mainly for personal but also professional reasons, I need to speed up with learning a language that is new to me (Dutch)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I&#039;m feeling more and more that I am missing some bigger opportunity with AI ... I&#039;d like to take a step backwards and have a look at which opportunity I could try there (not in the content creation anymore but more the creation of a tool/product)</li> </ul><br /> So that&#039;s it for now, I&#039;ll keep providing updates on this thread as previously, just less regularly (most likely).<br /> Thank you for reading if you arrived here and sorry for the disapointing outcome ... not all YouTube threads can be as successful as the one from James Jani <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> ... and that&#039;s just how it is. Cheers!</div>
 
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