How to Jumpstart Your YouTube Channel & Get Your First 1,000 Subscribers
with Rob Balasabas
Episode Overview
Did you know that EVERY DAY, people watch 1 BILLION hours of video on YouTube? What?! Yep! Now, the million dollar question…are YOU there?
The best part about YouTube is that it’s a search engine and 70% of what people watch on YouTube is determined by its recommendation algorithm. This means that YOU, with some a few smart strategies, can be found on YouTube.
Join me, and our special guest, @Rob Balasabas, as we dig into why YouTube, why now and most importantly, how you can get your first 1,000 subscribers!
Episode Sneak Peek
0:00 Welcome to MTGYB!
4:22 Introduction: Rob Balasabas
7:10 You've transitioned from Thinkific to TubeBuddy. How did you start your YouTube channel?
10:50 Why Youtube and why now?
12:18 Repurposing the Youtube video content to other social media platforms
13:40 70% of the content seen on Youtube is found via search. Is that true?
16:17 Repurposing content: explained further
19:32 Do you create the snippets of your videos the same time you create the content?
20:14 Have a video creation checklist
21:27 Is Youtube for every type of business?
24:24 Is there significance to the 1000 number of subscribers?
25:48 What are your top strategies that helped get you to that 1000 subscribers mark?
26:12 Strategy 1: Collaborations
27:02 Strategy 2: Consistency
27:50 Strategy 3: Keyword Research
28:29 Strategy 4: Community Building
29:06 Strategy 5: Always be a student
31:26 What do you use to edit with?
33:12 What are good types of content people are searching on Youtube?
36:22 How do you come up with content?
38:04 Is searching for keywords best done with a tool or some other way?
38:44 TubeBuddy
40:46 Does Youtube recommend your content on similar audiences?
45:33 Niche the content
46:15 Where to find Rob Balasabas
Who is Rob Balasabas?
Rob Balasabas is the Brand Evangelist at TubeBuddy.com, and speaks at various conferences, summits, podcasts and live stream interviews.
He creates a lot of content on his own channels, primarily on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
Rob shares a lot of video marketing & creation strategies, live-streaming tips, as well as tools & software reviews. Basically, videos to help you, the content creator.
When he’s not working, Rob is a husband and a dad. He loves to travel, drink coffee, and explore new places with his family.
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Where Can You Find Rob?
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/TubeBuddy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/tubebuddy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tubebuddy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TubeBuddy
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tubebuddy-com
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