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0:00This is a beginner that has never made a
0:02YouTube video before. And I am going to
0:04change that. So in this video, I'm going
0:06to help us start a YouTube channel from
0:08scratch and make it go viral in just 7
0:10days. And the idea here is that you can
0:12follow the same process and get similar
0:14results. But for this to happen, we need
0:16to start today selecting the niche.
0:20Earlier this year, we did create this
0:22channel here named Isa and Jack. Our
0:25first upload got over 150,000 views,
0:28which was a great first attempt. I got
0:30this channel idea from this one here
0:32named Jasmine and James. And on the
0:34surface, this channel looks quite
0:36simple, but in fact, it makes over
0:38$250,000
0:40per month.
0:41>> It's insane to me that a YouTube channel
0:43can make that much money. So, it was
0:45pretty easy for Jack to convince me to
0:46get on board for this channel. But
0:48today, I want a channel for myself.
0:50>> We will get into that. But looking back
0:52at our attempt of just one upload, there
0:55were some challenges.
0:56>> It was insanely timeconuming for just
0:58one video. While it was only 47 seconds
1:01in length, it took us about 1 hour to
1:02film.
1:03>> And to that point, the channel was not
1:05beginner friendly. If you did not have
1:06me, you wouldn't have access to the
1:08filming equipment or even the idea to
1:10begin with. And as a third challenge, we
1:12did have high competition as we were
1:14technically competing with Jasmine and
1:16James, which is someone you do not want
1:19to compete with because they upload
1:21every 30 minutes. Now, while all of
1:24these were challenges that did hold us
1:26back going forward, these will become
1:28our selection criteria for deciding what
1:30niche we are going to enter today. And
1:32what I think we can do is download
1:34existing viral videos on YouTube, then
1:37transform them by doing something called
1:38[music] value ad editing, which allows
1:40us to monetize the videos under
1:42YouTube's terms of service. This
1:44approach here does satisfy our criteria
1:46of beginnerfriendly content as we are
1:48using existing viral videos. And of
1:51course, it's extremely timeefficient
1:53because we are not recording videos
1:55ourselves. But we are left with one
1:57challenge. We need to decide what
1:59content we are going to download. So
2:01Isa, what content are you interested in
2:04[music] creating?
2:05>> I really don't mind what content we
2:07make. I'm more just here for the
2:08results.
2:08>> Okay, let's get stuck into some broad
2:10research [music] then. So there we went
2:12into a phase of niche research and we
2:14were looking for two different things.
2:16Number one being channels with high
2:18average view counts per video and two no
2:21one re-uploading their content. And
2:23after 16 minutes of researching, we
2:25found our channel. So do you want to
2:28explain yourself what we found?
2:30>> Mhm. So, we found this channel called
2:32Nile Blue. And as Jack's helped me
2:34understand, there's extremely high
2:35viewership per video. So, we've taken
2:37the titles of these videos, put them
2:39into the search bar, and as you can see,
2:41it's just the original video, meaning
2:43we've satisfied the last criteria of low
2:46competition.
2:46>> So, this means our niche is locked in.
2:48We download now Blue's videos, apply
2:51value ad editing, and make Isla go viral
2:54on her own channel. Now, this does look
2:56easy on paper, but we need to remember
2:58that Isa is a complete beginner. [music]
3:00So, we need to take this one step at a
3:03time. Channel creation.
3:06This is Isa's personal YouTube channel
3:08that she uses to watch videos on. And
3:11today, we will be uploading videos from
3:13it. But, as you can see, it does need
3:15some changes. So, Isla, press customize
3:17channel. Scroll down slightly. And let's
3:19start with the channel handle. Any
3:21[music] ideas?
3:23>> No. [laughter]
3:25Okay, let's open a new tab and go to
3:27chatbt and type out a channel
3:29description of the idea that we came up
3:31with. Okay, now ask it to give you some
3:33channel name ideas. The results are in.
3:37Are there any that stick out to you?
3:40>> Um, I don't mind this one. Tested
3:43improved.
3:43>> Okay, so let's copy that. Now, let's go
3:46back over to YouTube and paste it as the
3:48channel handle. Okay, so it is not
3:50available. That's usually the case with
3:52YouTube. Let's highlight and and just
3:54put an [music] N. Cool. So that is
3:56available. Now for the channel name,
3:58let's just highlight that and paste in
4:00what we had which is tested improved. We
4:02now need to do our channel assets. We
4:05began by opening Photoshop. And for our
4:07profile picture, we decided to have our
4:09channel handle stacked vertically and
4:11Isa decided to put a green tick at the
4:13bottom. And for the channel banner, it
4:15was the same design. Once the channel
4:17assets were exported, they were uploaded
4:19to the channel. And after 8 minutes, the
4:22channel was ready. So that is the
4:24channel now set up, ready to go. Let me
4:26give you a quick look on how it looks
4:28like. We didn't spend too much time on
4:30this because it doesn't actually affect
4:32how many views you get. And the next
4:33step that we're moving on to is the most
4:36important yet. Video ideiation. To
4:39create any successful video on YouTube,
4:42you always go through a phase called
4:43ideiation. And the beauty of our
4:45approach so far is that we are using
4:47existing viral videos. So most of the
4:50work is already done for us. Out of the
4:53videos on the channel though, which one
4:55do you think we should use for our first
4:57upload? And as you're watching this
4:59back, try to decide for yourself, too.
5:05>> This is a trick question.
5:07>> No,
5:07>> surely it's just the one with 21 million
5:09views, right?
5:11>> I would not say that would be the best
5:13choice for our first upload. And to make
5:16things a bit more clearer with this
5:19ideation [music] phase, let's follow a
5:21three criteria approach. Starting off
5:23with criteria one, which is universal
5:26relatability. As you'd probably guess,
5:29this means that the video concept
5:30requires no specific knowledge to
5:32understand it. And right now, if we were
5:35to pick your video and score it against
5:37this criteria, it would score quite low.
5:40Because while your pick is the highest
5:42performer on this Science Space channel
5:44if we did push it to a broader audience,
5:46most people wouldn't know what a beaker
5:48is or care about it. Same with the
5:51second video here. I have no idea what a
5:53bismouth knife is, do you? So, we cannot
5:56expect other people to either. So, what
5:58we're going to do is take this Red Bull
6:00video as our video one, which currently
6:02has 10 million views, which does fulfill
6:05our first criteria because food is as
6:08about as relatable it gets. And Red Bull
6:10is the most marketed drink of all time.
6:12Now moving on to criteria 2, it is
6:15called completion compulsion. Most
6:17beginners when they create a video, it
6:19usually looks like this, where there is
6:21a hook, a rising action, and then some
6:24type of payoff. But the issue with this
6:26approach is that it's very predictable.
6:28To avoid this from happening, I like to
6:30use an approach called a looped arc,
6:33which adds both a conflict and a
6:35comeback to the original structure,
6:36which in turn makes the video less
6:39predictable and keeps people watching
6:41until the end. Now, I do know that was a
6:43lot of information to throw at you.
6:45Let's actually put this structure into
6:47action. We began by watching back the
6:49Red Bull video and noted down any
6:51timestamps that could be applied to our
6:53structure. For example, halfway through
6:55the video, Nile miscalculated the weight
6:57of the Red Bull he was concentrating,
6:59which became our conflict, and him
7:01retrying to get the correct weight
7:03became our comeback. Finally, he did end
7:05up trying the Red Bull and had a funny
7:07reaction, which was obviously going to
7:09be our payoff. After the watch through
7:11was completed, we moved into script
7:13writing. The looped arc and the
7:15timestamps acted as our structure. We
7:18then just filled in the blanks by
7:19describing what happened in the [music]
7:21video and it was all straightforward
7:23until we hit the hook. This needs
7:26[music] some work and it is actually our
7:29last criteria which is going to be
7:30called open loop. Currently, your hook
7:33would score quite low on this criteria.
7:36And read it out for me.
7:37>> This YouTuber turned 100 cans of Red
7:39Bull into powder using a special drying
7:41machine.
7:42>> It's currently accurate and clear, but
7:45it answers the question for them.
7:46there's no reason for them to actually
7:48watch the video. A good hook doesn't
7:50answer what happens in the video. It
7:52usually plants a question. So, let's try
7:55this. What would happen if you
7:58compressed
8:00100 cans of Red Bull into one drink?
8:04Notice [music] the difference.
8:05>> Yeah. You're basically asking a question
8:07instead of a statement.
8:08>> Exactly. And that would mean that the
8:11third criteria is now fulfilled because
8:14you're putting them into an open loop.
8:16And the only way to close that loop is
8:18for them to actually finish watching the
8:20video. And this meant that the video
8:22ideiation phase was completed, which
8:24took us 45 minutes to complete.
8:31It is now time to bring our structure
8:34and our script to life by creating our
8:36first video. Ever used an editing
8:38software before?
8:39>> Nope.
8:42>> This is going to be a bit of a challenge
8:43then.
8:44>> Yep. Okay, we began by opening Tap Cut,
8:47which is my editor of choice for
8:49beginners, and we downloaded the Red
8:51Bull video and dragged it into our
8:53[music] timeline. And I had Isa cut up
8:55the clips according to our timestamps.
8:57It was then onto the voice over. We
8:59headed over to 11 Labs and generated the
9:01voice over line by line. We then dragged
9:03the voice over into Cap Cut and trimmed
9:06out any dead space. Now, it was not as
9:08straightforward as it looks. Most of the
9:11process was me demonstrating an action
9:13and then getting Isa to attempt the same
9:15action and she was slow to pick things
9:18up, but that is the process to learn as
9:20a beginner. Regardless of this, to
9:22finish off the video, we added graphics
9:24to draw attention to key moments, then
9:26sound effects, captions, and music. And
9:29finally, we did watch it back two times
9:31to make some final adjustments. And
9:33after 51 minutes, the video was
9:35completed. So, that is Isa's first video
9:40completed. How did you find it?
9:41>> Took a lot longer than I expected, but
9:43the um structure
9:45>> loop dark.
9:45>> The loop dark pretty much the blueprint
9:47and then you just fill in the blanks.
9:48>> Yeah. So, what she's referring to is
9:51that I told her to look at the timeline
9:53like this where each section was a phase
9:56of the structure and as we worked from
9:58left to right, we just matched the
10:00visuals to the voice over. really with
10:02editing if you do have good ideation it
10:05is the easy part but let's actually put
10:07this video to the test now upload time
10:11it's now time to put the video to the
10:13test by uploading it to YouTube now
10:16firstly for the video titles let's just
10:18describe what happens so let's go with
10:20he this out compressed 100 red bulls
10:23into one drink so now what I typically
10:25like to do [music] is add two emojis so
10:28hop into another tab and just type out
10:30shockfaced emoji Okay, awesome. Now,
10:32copy that. Then go back to the title and
10:34just paste too. [music] Now, what I'm
10:37going to do is just give some credit to
10:39the original creator by going his
10:41channel handle. Awesome. Now, next step
10:43is the description. For this, again, we
10:46just like to describe what happened in
10:47the video, but a little bit more detail
10:49compared to the title. So, go ahead and
10:51type out what you think.
10:54Slightly longer than we needed, but
10:56leave it. It's fine. Now, I like to just
10:58give some random tags. So, let's just go
11:01with # shorts and # science. And then
11:04perhaps two that you can think of
11:08experiment
11:10and viral
11:12cuz we want to go viral. [laughter]
11:15>> That works. Okay, so that's it for the
11:17description and title. Let's scroll down
11:19and we always want to select that this
11:21content's not made for kids. Scroll down
11:23to show more. And [music] we do not need
11:25to worry about really any of these
11:27settings. So, ignore all of these. Go
11:28back to the top and then press next.
11:30Next again, next. Then public. And then
11:34publish. Your first video is live. How
11:36do [music] you feel?
11:37>> Pretty good.
11:38>> Good. Okay. So, I just want to set an
11:40expectation here. Sometimes your results
11:42don't look the best for maybe your first
11:44or second upload or even your third.
11:46When we check the results tomorrow and
11:48the next days, keep your head down and
11:50we'll keep progressing. Got it. Got it.
11:54Day two. It's been just under 24 hours
11:57since we first uploaded the video, and
11:59it is time to check out the results. I'm
12:03>> nervous.
12:04>> Nervous.
12:05>> How do you feel like it's gone so far?
12:07>> What do you mean?
12:08>> The amount of views.
12:10>> 100,000 views.
12:13>> What?
12:14>> 100,000.
12:15>> Yeah. I thought it was pretty good.
12:16>> Okay. What happened to those
12:18expectations?
12:19>> Anyway,
12:21>> let's hop into the channel and see how
12:23it's performed.
12:253,000. That That is where you see that
12:27under the thumbnail.
12:29>> That is so bad.
12:30>> That's why I laughed and that's why I
12:32set the expectations. Anyway, let's come
12:34into the chart and get a [music] better
12:36look. So, it does seem we got pushed
12:37initially here to around 300 views in
12:40the first hour. Then we got another push
12:42to 1,000 views just under the third
12:44hour. And then we got this longer push
12:46here at around the 7h hour mark all the
12:48way up to just under 3,000. And since
12:50then, it's been relatively flat. After
12:52seeing this, how do you feel now?
12:55>> Let's just give up. [laughter]
12:57>> Well, this is what I was talking about.
12:59This is pretty standard for a new
13:01YouTube channel. And honestly, to me,
13:03this video is almost perfect. And
13:05there's really not much else what we
13:07could have [music] done. And this is
13:08already reflected in the initial results
13:10we have gotten back. While you were
13:12complaining about 3,000 [music] views, I
13:14was looking at this metric here of
13:16average percentage views, which
13:18represents on average how long someone
13:20watches a video for. It is around 82%
13:23which is very high for our first upload.
13:25So, how do you feel now?
13:28>> I mean, it's 3,000 views.
13:29>> Okay. Seriously though, this is what I
13:31expected for our first upload. What we
13:34should do from here is give it another
13:3624 hours before we comment on this video
13:39anymore. And we should get started with
13:41our second [music] video.
13:42>> Another video. Yes, we did get started
13:45on the second video because if our first
13:48video does not continue [music] like we
13:49expect, we need to keep the channel
13:51moving. And this time around, we were
13:53summarizing Nile Blue's video where he
13:55condensed 20 beers into one drink. And
13:58this video had 6 million views. But the
14:00thing was, Isa was quite deflated and
14:03getting her through a second round of
14:04ideation was a grind. So I had to stop
14:08her for a pep talk. So I just want to
14:12say something. what you're experiencing
14:14now is totally normal. But just
14:16remember, even before I had all this
14:18process of the loop dark, our three
14:20criterias, I was just guessing. And how
14:22many times of just kind of guessing do
14:25you think it took me before I got my
14:26first viral video?
14:29Yes.
14:31Over 50. I've started so many different
14:33channels that look like this. Just kind
14:35of clipping content with no real
14:37structure. And you can see even some of
14:39the views here, they're lower than what
14:41you've already gotten. So try and push
14:43through and let's keep going cuz again
14:45let's not forget to me the first video
14:47is perfect. So just try and keep going.
14:49Okay.
14:51>> Okay. Get ready to ride out.
14:53>> But despite all of that motivational
14:55talk, she decided it was best to take a
14:57break for the evening.
14:59>> You want to give up? All right. Well,
15:01let's leave it there.
15:08>> Early in the morning, we got straight
15:10back into creating video 2. After we
15:12finished watching back the beer video
15:14and had our timestamps finalized, we
15:16then wrote the script just like before,
15:18filling in the blanks and then focusing
15:20on the hook. Isa was moving much faster
15:22this time after sleeping on the fact
15:24that we just need to give the channel
15:26some time. But I did not let her check
15:28the analytics once throughout this
15:30entire second video creation phase
15:33because I did not want to discourage her
15:35again. And after the script was done, we
15:37got back into editing. Finally, we did
15:39finish off by watching the video back a
15:41few times to notice any adjustments. And
15:44after a total of 1 hour and 5 minutes,
15:46the second video was completed. And it
15:49was not until the late evening that I
15:51got set up to check out the analytics.
15:57Isa,
16:00>> come and have a look.
16:04>> It's about your channel.
16:12Are you filming?
16:13>> Yeah. Just It's all right. Don't put on
16:14the mic. Just come.
16:16>> Finally.
16:18>> It's your channel. Have a look. Do you
16:19know where to look?
16:22>> 380,000.
16:24>> Three.
16:24>> Oh my god.
16:26>> 100,000
16:27views. More importantly though,
16:31186 comments, which is amazing. Have a
16:35seat. Let's look at the
16:38analytics. Good. So,
16:41300,000 views, first video. Let's look
16:44at the chart. Now, I know you're already
16:47looking at this large number here. Just
16:48ignore this for a second. Come over to
16:51the hourly candles here. This represents
16:53how many views the video [music] got
16:55over a 48hour period. All the way up
16:58until 12:00 a.m. It was relatively flat.
17:01We did get pushed to around 4,000 views,
17:05but [music] then we got pushed again to
17:076,000. Things did slow down a little
17:10bit, but we got this massive push here
17:13to 17,000 views. Obviously, these
17:16candles are representing what's
17:18happening in this view chart. But we can
17:20actually look into these three different
17:21tabs. Now, firstly, for our reach tab,
17:24there's not really much in here that we
17:26need to focus on. Coming up to the
17:28engagement tab, there are two important
17:31metrics that we care about. Firstly,
17:33this one here, which says how viewers
17:35engaged. That's a pretty boring name,
17:38and I like to call it the swipe through
17:40rate. We did score 80%, meaning 80% of
17:43the people who've seen this stay beyond
17:45the first 3 seconds, which is relatively
17:48healthy, and I would say for any viral
17:50short, you need at least 80%. Now, there
17:53is another important metric. This one up
17:55here called average view duration. We
17:57did reach 52 seconds. This is quite
18:00strong considering our video length is 1
18:02minute and 1 seconds. Now coming into
18:05the audience tab, this does take a while
18:08to update. That's why it looks a bit
18:09weird. But if we come down to the
18:12audience demographics here, we will
18:14refer to this in a few days to try and
18:16estimate how much your channel makes
18:18per,000 views, which is a metric called
18:21RPM. Let's get out of these nerdy stats
18:24and celebrate the fact that you got
18:27380,000
18:30views on your first upload. Not many
18:33beginners can say that.
18:35>> Crazy.
18:36>> All cuz of my help, by the way.
18:38>> So, when will we upload the new video?
18:40Like, surely while things are popular,
18:42we'd want to upload and jump on it,
18:43[music] right?
18:44>> We do want to wait. How long? That's
18:47anyone's guess. What we can do is
18:49monitor when we do this. So coming to
18:51our video analytics here, these candles,
18:54once these drop, say below 5,000 views
18:57per hour for longer than 24 hours,
18:59that's when we should consider uploading
19:01because the short has slowed down. In
19:04the past, I have rushed to upload and
19:06what it's done is made the video
19:09flatline. Not only this, it's only 48
19:11hours deep. Let's consider how many
19:13views it might have in 7 days. It might
19:15have 50 million. We don't know that.
19:17Hopefully it does, but we could tap into
19:20those 50 million views if we just waited
19:22and got that leg up for our next upload.
19:24>> Okay, makes sense. [music]
19:25>> We will update you with the next key
19:28decision. Day four, a quick check-in on
19:31the results, and I would show you Isa's
19:33first reaction to them, but I have not
19:36been able to get her away from checking
19:38the analytics on her phone every 10
19:41minutes.
19:41>> So guilty. The results are really
19:43addictive.
19:44>> Yeah. And on the topic of results, you
19:46can see that the video has now broken
19:49over 1.2 million [music] views. And the
19:52engagement across both the likes and
19:54comments has been very high. And as a
19:57very large milestone to you, you've
19:59almost broken 1,000 subscribers, which
20:02is something you should be very proud
20:04of.
20:04>> So good. Oh, and speaking of milestones,
20:07pull up the chart.
20:08>> There we go.
20:09>> Cuz I've been checking so often. I've
20:11been keeping an eye on these candles.
20:13And if you scroll through them, some of
20:14these are crazy. Like look at that one.
20:16100,000 views in 1 hour.
20:18>> I was looking at that and you don't know
20:20how impressive that is.
20:22>> Crazy.
20:22>> And let's not gloss over the fact that
20:24not even 48 hours ago, this video only
20:27had 3,000 views and you were down bad.
20:30It goes to show you how much of a roller
20:32coaster YouTube can be. And as for our
20:35engagement tab, what is interesting is
20:38our swipe through rate has increased by
20:39over 1%. [music] Which means that as
20:42YouTube is continuing to push this
20:44video, it is performing even better,
20:46which is a very strong signal to the
20:48algorithm to keep pushing this video
20:50just like it is. So now it begs the same
20:53question as before. When will this video
20:55start to slow down so we can upload our
20:58next video? Day six. It's been 2 days
21:02since we last checked in and the video
21:04is now at 5 million views. But more
21:07importantly, as you can see from our
21:09candles on the right hand side, things
21:11are starting to slow down. We were
21:13averaging around 120,000 views per hour
21:16last night, but since then things have
21:19started to slow down all the way down
21:21till 40,000 [music]
21:22views per hour. Now, ideally, that is
21:25not as low as I would like for our
21:27second upload, but we need to remember
21:29that we only have 7 days here. So, we do
21:32need to keep it moving by uploading our
21:35next video. take control and let's get
21:37this second video uploaded. So, the
21:39second video is now uploaded. I got Isa
21:42to do the upload settings just like
21:43before. And as you can see, it's been
21:46around 12 minutes and we are already
21:49getting views from the shorts feed. Any
21:51predictions, Isa, for the first 24 hours
21:53of this video being live,
21:55>> 100,000 views.
21:59>> What did I teach you?
22:00>> No, I'm joking. I actually don't know.
22:02But surely with the other video going so
22:04well, this one's going to go well.
22:06>> So I think with our first video at 5
22:09million views and also considering our
22:11first video got 3,000 views in the first
22:1424 hours, I think a realistic estimate
22:16for the first 24 hours is around 20,000
22:20views. So let's see what is going to
22:22happen. Jack Craig coaching. Now
22:26obviously Isa does have an advantage so
22:28far in this video. Live direct help from
22:31me. If you want that too, where I help
22:33you map out a channel strategy based on
22:35your skills and interests and then help
22:37you execute on that strategy to monetize
22:39your first YouTube channel, you can get
22:41access to all of that using my website
22:43that is linked down [music] below.
22:45Whether you've never created a video
22:46before or you are stuck with no growth
22:48on your channel, we can work through it
22:50together. And just like you've seen in
22:52this video so far, I am all about
22:54getting results. So on my website, you
22:56can get insight to some of the results
22:58that I have gotten for my existing
23:00members through both written and video
23:03testimonials.
23:04Day seven. I have not had the chance to
23:07look at the results yet, but as per
23:09usual, Isa is checking them every 10
23:11minutes on her phone, and she's going to
23:13run us through what they look like.
23:15>> Mhm. So latest video, we're at [music]
23:1816,000 views.
23:20>> That's below what we expected.
23:22>> Yeah. But to be fair, if you come into
23:24the analytics, we've only really been
23:26pushed in the last two hours. Coming to
23:28our candles, you can see in the last
23:30hour, we did get 6,000 views.
23:32>> Almost all the views within the last
23:34hour. Hopefully that does continue. How
23:36is the video performing beyond just
23:38views? Like swipe through rate.
23:39>> Yeah. So, if we go to our swipe through
23:41rate, we're sitting at about 72%. So,
23:44not the best cuz you said about 80%. Is
23:47good. Yeah. But to be fair, coming into
23:49the chart, we did start at 66%. So, we
23:52are increasing now. We're at about 75%.
23:54>> Yeah. Hopefully, that continues to
23:56increase. So, that's the second video,
23:58right? What about the first one?
23:59>> Yeah, we're still getting pushed. 7
24:01million. [music]
24:02>> All right. Still so strong. Have you had
24:05a chance to look into the earn tab?
24:07>> No, not yet.
24:07>> Okay. So, where the earn tab is, it's
24:10down the bottom here.
24:11>> Mhm.
24:11>> And if I scroll down slightly, you will
24:13see allegibility. [music] And this is
24:15for your channel to start earning
24:17revenue. You can see that you've done
24:19two video uploads over the last 90 days,
24:21which is correct. But you can see for
24:23our views, it's only showing 187,000.
24:25[music]
24:26How many views does your first video
24:27have? 7 million. It usually takes a few
24:29days for YouTube to validate them. So,
24:31it's really just a time thing until you
24:33satisfy this criteria of 3 million
24:35views. Now, as for your video uploads,
24:38we just need to make another upload. And
24:40then after you fulfilled the uploads,
24:42it's then time to send off the channel
24:43to be approved for [music] monetization.
24:46Now, at that point, it's in YouTube's
24:47hands. Potentially, they might come back
24:49to us and say channels that were not
24:51monetized
24:51>> potentially. But as to my knowledge and
24:54all the channels that I've run,
24:56>> we are creating monetizable [music]
24:58content because we're doing value ad
25:00editing, so we should be fine. But it's
25:03out of our hands.
25:04>> We'll see.
25:05>> We just need to wait now.
25:06>> Mhm.
25:07>> Cool.
25:07>> Yeah. Cool.
25:11Isa got straight into creating a third
25:13video so she could meet the three upload
25:15criteria for monetization. And the
25:17elephant in the room is that we are
25:19beyond the initial 7 days. But in our
25:23defense, we did not touch the channel
25:25for two of those days. So please forgive
25:28us. Regardless of this though, Isa did
25:30complete the third video without me
25:32helping even once. And when she showed
25:34me her final video, I had nothing to
25:37say.
25:37>> Pretty good. I don't think that needs
25:38any changes.
25:40>> Which means my job so far has been
25:42successful. Isa is now independently
25:45operating without me. Except I have
25:47decided it's now time to take this
25:49content to the next level. Because as
25:52you know, the issue with our approach so
25:54far is risk of not getting monetized,
25:57which is why we are going to start using
25:59AI in our videos. So go to Google, type
26:02in Higsfield AI. Along the top you can
26:04see that there's a few different options
26:06but for us we want video. So click that.
26:09To create any AI video we do need a
26:11prompt which goes in that box there. And
26:13this is essentially directing the AI
26:16what we want to create. So hop over to
26:18the script that you wrote and I think
26:20from watching the video back. Let's
26:22create an AI scene for the part when
26:24you're talking about the ingredients. So
26:26copy that sentence. Then go over to
26:28trusty chat GPT and paste in the
26:31sentence. And then just ask it for a
26:33video prompt. Copy that. Back over to
26:35Higsfield and paste it into the prompt
26:37box. And there we go. So there's a few
26:39other options we can do, but we don't
26:41need to worry about that. Let's just
26:42click generate. And now the video has
26:44generated for us. What we want to do is
26:46download this clip and go to the
26:48ingredients part so we can replace the
26:50clip. That was pretty straightforward,
26:51wasn't it?
26:51>> Pretty easy. So, we just spent the last
26:5310 minutes going through the video and
26:55replacing most of the clips with AI. And
26:58as you can see from all the highlighted
26:59clips, those are all now AI. It totals
27:03around 28 seconds, which is almost half
27:05our video's length. So, if you do want
27:07to sign up to use Higsfield to transform
27:09your content, you can sign up using my
27:11link in the description. But now, since
27:13the video is completed, we have exported
27:16it and got it ready to upload on
27:18YouTube. And Isa is now going to upload
27:21her first video completely independent
27:24of me.
27:26There we go. Third video is now
27:28uploaded. Which means if you go to our
27:31dashboard and then go down to your earn
27:33tab, you will see that we have three out
27:35of three videos uploaded. And we are now
27:39reading 2.5 million views, which means
27:43tomorrow is shaping up to be the most
27:46important day. Day 10. If I come into
27:49our earn tab, you will see things look
27:52quite different now. That's because
27:54YouTube has verified our channel to hit
27:56the 3 million viewed criteria and we
27:58have uploaded three videos. [music] We
28:00have already completed the first two
28:02steps of reviewing YouTube's base terms
28:04and signing Isa up for an AdSense
28:06account. Obviously, for these two steps,
28:09we did need Isa's personal details. So,
28:11we did not show this on camera. And now
28:13we are just waiting for YouTube to
28:15review her personal details which can
28:17take several days and in some cases 2 to
28:203 weeks. And then finally the channel
28:22will be reviewed for monetization which
28:24can take up to 1 month. But in my
28:27experience, YouTube moves much faster
28:29than the time frame they estimate. But
28:32as for a wider channel update, you can
28:34see that the channel is about to crack
28:3610 million views. And more importantly,
28:38we now have an estimated revenue tab,
28:41which means the money is coming.
28:44You're weird.
28:45>> And as for our first three uploads, this
28:48is where they are sitting individually.
28:50But now everything is in the hands of
28:52YouTube. Firstly, AdSense approval and
28:55then monetization review. The days went
28:58by one by one, checking the results of
29:00the channel and waiting for AdSense
29:02approval. It wasn't until day 18 that
29:05Isa's AdSense account was finally
29:07approved and the channel entered review
29:09for monetization. And day 19 would be
29:12the day that it all came together. I was
29:15just doing a routine check of all my
29:17channels on YouTube. And after a long
29:19wait, we finally have a decision. Ready
29:22to take a look?
29:23>> Mhm.
29:25>> Congrats. You're a YouTube partner.
29:27>> Yep. So this means the channel is now
29:30monetized and we did [music] everything
29:32correct.
29:33>> That is so good. So what happens now?
29:35>> Well, you have a decision to make.
29:38Coming into our computer, you can see
29:40that your channel is in a very strong
29:42position. Almost 7,000 subscribers. Your
29:44most recent video is pushing over
29:46100,000 views. Of course, the YouTube
29:48partner program notification. And
29:50finally, almost 11 million views across
29:53your first three uploads.
29:55>> Where are you going with this? Well,
29:57it's either you continue producing this
29:59content or we pivot.
30:01>> Pivot like change everything.
30:03>> I know you don't want to hear that, but
30:05your niche has one major drawback. We're
30:07completely tied to Nile's channel. He is
30:10your entire supply. So, if he decides to
30:13stop uploading overnight, your channel
30:15dies. And to be clear, I'm not saying
30:17that you can't continue on this channel
30:19and start earning. And to put it into
30:21perspective, if you were monetized from
30:24day one, you would have earned
30:25approximately 4,000 USD based on your
30:28demographics, which is quite impressive
30:31considering this is your first real
30:33channel. So, I'm leaving this choice
30:34with you. This niche works, but with the
30:37skills that you have now, probably time
30:39to spread your wings.
30:41>> Do I decide now?
30:43>> You don't have to. We can give you some
30:45time.
30:45>> Yeah, I need time.
30:47>> Okay. So, I guess we'll update you when
30:49Isa has made a choice.
30:53Final update. It's been a few weeks
30:55since we last checked in, and this is
30:57where Isa's channel currently sits. Her
30:59first upload broke over 10 million
31:01views, and her other two uploads did
31:03flatline at just over 100,000 views.
31:06But, as for this fourth upload here, do
31:08you want to explain what happened?
31:09>> Pretty much, I was just getting
31:10frustrated that I couldn't break that
31:12100,000 view mark. So, to prove it to
31:14myself that I could, I've gone ahead and
31:16uploaded this fourth video. And I did
31:18break it.
31:19>> With only one upload [music] in the last
31:20few weeks, what does that mean? Are you
31:21done?
31:22>> I've come to my decision. I really want
31:23to build a channel with content that I'm
31:25actually interested in. And at the end
31:27of the day, I don't want to have to rely
31:28on Nile's channel or anyone else's
31:30channel for my content.
31:31>> It's good that you've come to that
31:32conclusion. And that is the exact point
31:35of our approach. You learn the
31:37fundamentals of content creation without
31:39a complex process that most beginners
31:41would fail at before they get their
31:43first success. And for a lot of people,
31:45the smart move is to continue running a
31:47channel like this that generates cash
31:49flow while you build an original channel
31:52that you actually care about. If you are
31:54going to follow a similar approach, just
31:56make sure you are fulfilling the value
31:58ad editing part of it because you need
32:01to pass YouTube's reuse content policy.
32:03and we pass it because we are adding
32:05commentary and story line through the
32:08editing which is another reason behind
32:10our loop dark structure and the editing
32:13process. And finally, if you do want the
32:15same help that Isla got in this video,
32:17you can get access to my private
32:19coaching using the link below.

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