I BLEW UP a YouTube Channel in 7 Days to Prove it's NOT Luck — Transcript
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- 0:00this is my shorts channel that went
- 0:01viral in just 7 days and I'm here to
- 0:04prove that it was not luck so in this
- 0:05video I'm opening a brand new channel
- 0:08and I will make it go viral in just 7
- 0:10days so you can start doing the same but
- 0:12for this to work we need to start at the
- 0:14beginning selecting a niche I already
- 0:18have decided on my Niche which is about
- 0:20SpongeBob I know you might think that
- 0:22SpongeBob is just for children but I
- 0:24have found this channel called shower
- 0:26with SpongeBob and you can see how many
- 0:28views their recent shorts have gotten
- 0:30but we aren't just going to copy their
- 0:31content because there's already so many
- 0:33other channels doing this from just
- 0:35doing some research on Tik Tok I noticed
- 0:37this trend about SpongeBob fan theories
- 0:39and their views are insane another check
- 0:42I've done is come across to YouTube and
- 0:44you can see that there is similar demand
- 0:45across long form and shorts so with this
- 0:48information I think we can create our
- 0:50own Niche which is taking the existing
- 0:52viral fan theories and then using AI
- 0:55voiceovers of SpongeBob to create our
- 0:57own mini episodes and this is all an
- 1:00efforts to entertain fans to make us go
- 1:02viral I have had success before using AI
- 1:05voiceovers over on my ultra Channel
- 1:08which was focused on AI voiceovers of
- 1:10football players so I don't see why this
- 1:12topic of fan theories would perform any
- 1:15different opening a channel the YouTube
- 1:18channel that I will be using is an old
- 1:20account that was active in the past
- 1:22having an age YouTube channel that is at
- 1:24least 1 week old is essential to get
- 1:27views since my account is old we need to
- 1:29do some updates firstly the name I like
- 1:31to name my channnel something relevant
- 1:33to my Niche so I'm going to call this
- 1:35Bikini Bottom stories because SpongeBob
- 1:38lives at the bikini bottom okay now our
- 1:40username is updated we need to create
- 1:42channel assets to give a brand to our
- 1:44Channel I recommend only dedicating 15
- 1:47minutes to creating these assets okay
- 1:49the 18 minutes is done we went slightly
- 1:51over time but the banner looks like this
- 1:54and the profile picture looks like this
- 1:56coming to my channel though it's always
- 1:57a very humbling experience starting from
- 2:00basically zero and I want to get this
- 2:02message across to you every single time
- 2:04I start a new channel it's from a point
- 2:07like this don't think I have some
- 2:08special tricks that I don't tell you
- 2:10about this whole thing of making money
- 2:13from YouTube shorts is on a fair playing
- 2:15Ground it's just whether you have the
- 2:17experience and knowledge to grow your
- 2:19channel and you can only gain this by
- 2:22trying different experiments just like
- 2:24this so I really recommend that you do
- 2:25something like this where you select a
- 2:27niche and try and make it work because
- 2:30eventually it will short creation it's
- 2:34time to get serious now it's now time to
- 2:36create our first short and this is the
- 2:38most important step because it's
- 2:39actually how we go viral and I'm going
- 2:41to try speedrun this I wrote my script
- 2:44by downloading a script from a fan
- 2:46theory that I found on Tik Tok and this
- 2:48formed the basis of my script I had to
- 2:50be creative though because it had to be
- 2:52written in SpongeBob's perspective
- 2:54following that we moved into video
- 2:56editing which started off by generating
- 2:58a SpongeBob voiceover then I went to Tik
- 3:00Tok to find Clips using Tik Tok to find
- 3:03Clips is so underrated for faceless
- 3:05content because all the content is
- 3:07already edited for you I then cut up all
- 3:09the clips together and then added a
- 3:11SpongeBob style like for example these
- 3:13cool transitions finally I finish off
- 3:16the short with sound effects and then
- 3:18captions and that whole process took me
- 3:20just under 2 hours I know that it's a
- 3:22long time but when you're creating your
- 3:24first short in a new Niche the entire
- 3:27process is still new to you I know this
- 3:29time will pay off though because I'm
- 3:31creating high quality content but it is
- 3:33time to put my money where my mouth is
- 3:36it's upload time I already have named my
- 3:39title something relevant to my video for
- 3:41descriptions we're just going to reword
- 3:42our title and then add a # shorts next I
- 3:46need to select that this content is not
- 3:48made for kids so I don't end up on
- 3:50YouTube kids now tags these are
- 3:52important if you're uploading your first
- 3:54shot so I'm just going to add some that
- 3:56are relevant to SpongeBob and now we
- 3:59just wa it's Day 2 and we actually got
- 4:02some good results we got just over
- 4:0412,000 views which is the best case
- 4:06scenario for the first 24 hours on your
- 4:08first sh we still can't see our
- 4:10retention though because they come in
- 4:11after being live for 24 hours but more
- 4:14importantly we got over 100 subscribers
- 4:16from just 12,000 views which is actually
- 4:19average I know you might think that this
- 4:21is high but when you're creating unique
- 4:23content that can only be found on your
- 4:25channel you actually get people wanting
- 4:27more of your content what a surprise my
- 4:29short is still getting views though so I
- 4:31don't want to create or upload my next
- 4:33short yet as each time I upload a short
- 4:35I want to maximize my Reach For example
- 4:38this short could still go on and get
- 4:4050,000 views so it's really just a
- 4:42waiting game over the next 1 to 2 days
- 4:44to see how this short performs and if it
- 4:46starts to Flatline of views that is when
- 4:48we create our next short this concept of
- 4:50giving your short time to breathe is
- 4:52something I've been helping members in
- 4:54my private shorts coaching understand so
- 4:56far the results from my private coaching
- 4:58have been insane take Sade for example I
- 5:01took him from a creator that was
- 5:02struggling to even gain 1,000 views and
- 5:05about to give up to now generating over
- 5:0720 million views and over $1,000 per
- 5:10week I make results possible for my
- 5:12coaching members because you get access
- 5:14to unreleased niches that will make you
- 5:16go viral on literally your second upload
- 5:18you also get access to weekly coaching
- 5:20calls and private messages with myself
- 5:23where I give you Channel Audits and show
- 5:25you what to do to start going viral
- 5:27there is so much more value that I
- 5:28haven't mentioned today in my coaching
- 5:30and there's so much more proof that I
- 5:32can show you of my expertise actually
- 5:34getting results if you are interested my
- 5:37website is linked below if you want to
- 5:39learn more day three all right the short
- 5:42is still getting views we are sitting at
- 5:4416,000 and I still haven't started my
- 5:46second short yet because this short
- 5:48still has not flatlined but what I want
- 5:50to draw your attention to is our
- 5:52retention stats even the all short is 41
- 5:55seconds long we are still getting a very
- 5:56high average duration of 36 seconds next
- 6:00time I create my short though I do want
- 6:01to start creating longer shorts closer
- 6:03to the maximum of 59 seconds so I can
- 6:06increase this metric even higher as this
- 6:08metric alone is the sole reason why any
- 6:11YouTube short goes viral day six I know
- 6:15we did miss a few days I just got
- 6:17sidetracked with a few different
- 6:18projects but we are now here to make a
- 6:21comeback the good thing is though is our
- 6:22first short has now flatlined which
- 6:24means it's now time to create our second
- 6:27short I got straight into creating a
- 6:28short without messing around the script
- 6:30took me just over 15 minutes it was much
- 6:33faster this time because it was about
- 6:34the Krabby party formula which is a very
- 6:37popular topic then it was back into
- 6:39editing I created my voiceover opened it
- 6:41in Premiere Pro I sourced most of my
- 6:43clips from YouTube this time because I
- 6:44was now speaking about specific episode
- 6:47scenes I did sound effects Transitions
- 6:49and captions and then it was done in 1
- 6:51hour and 30 minutes it's a great feeling
- 6:54finishing this second short because I
- 6:56think we have a viral short on our hands
- 6:59first ly the hook it is very believable
- 7:02and it immediately confirms what the fan
- 7:04theory is about and I found the perfect
- 7:06clip to match and I will show you it
- 7:09right now Mr Krabs I know the secret
- 7:12ingredient for the crabby patty you
- 7:13better shut your mouth right now and
- 7:15come and I will play you the original
- 7:17clip right
- 7:18now de Krabs I know I put pickles on
- 7:22that crabby patty that two bucks is
- 7:23coming out of your paycheck wait as you
- 7:26can see my Hawk is very engaging to the
- 7:28audience they act actually think it
- 7:30happened besides from the hook the short
- 7:32is much longer now it currently sits at
- 7:3449 seconds and this will help us achieve
- 7:37a much higher avd compared to our first
- 7:40sh and finally the video topic as I
- 7:43mentioned we are speaking about the
- 7:44Krabby Patty formula which I think will
- 7:46appeal to a much wider audience compared
- 7:49to our first short which was about
- 7:50SpongeBob getting married but there's
- 7:52only one way to find out it's time to
- 7:55upload our short and I am slightly
- 7:57nervous about how this short is is going
- 7:59to perform because this entire video
- 8:01that you're watching right now is
- 8:03dependent on how this single short
- 8:05performs like if this short goes on to
- 8:07get zero views I'm going to look like
- 8:09that I don't know what I'm talking about
- 8:11but let's see in the next couple of days
- 8:13if I actually know what I'm talking
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- 8:42on screen and linked below day
- 8:46seven it's been 1 day since uploading
- 8:49our second short and I have some results
- 8:51to show you as you can see our second
- 8:53short is performing better than our
- 8:54first but if I go into the analytics you
- 8:57will see how positive the chart is
- 8:59looking looking we got one push into the
- 9:01algorithm just like our first short but
- 9:03we are starting to see some great
- 9:04movement after the first 24 hours where
- 9:06our views are starting to go exponential
- 9:09I am familiar with this type of movement
- 9:10like every single one of my viral shorts
- 9:12in the past has had this breakout
- 9:14pattern for example take my last Channel
- 9:16Ultras my view chart in the first few
- 9:18days looks something like this and it
- 9:20went on to get over 10 million views so
- 9:22as you could expect I am very excited to
- 9:25see where the short is going to take us
- 9:27besides our views though our short got
- 9:2869 subscribers which is currently less
- 9:31than our first short our avd is slightly
- 9:33lower than our first short but you need
- 9:35to remember that this short is slightly
- 9:37longer sitting at just under 50 seconds
- 9:39regardless of this though I do hope it
- 9:41increases as we start to get more views
- 9:43our first short is still flatlined in
- 9:45views which is okay but one thing I want
- 9:47to show you is the comments on our new
- 9:49short you can see how much engagement we
- 9:51are getting which is great I'm not
- 9:52saying that you should try to get a high
- 9:54number of comments because that doesn't
- 9:56affect how many views you get it's just
- 9:57a good sign that you are engaging with
- 9:59the Right audience something else that
- 10:01is really positive for when we start
- 10:02worrying about monetizing our channel is
- 10:05our audience tab if we come down to my
- 10:07geographies you can see that United
- 10:09States is 50% I have never seen this
- 10:11rate on any of my channels and what it
- 10:13means is that we will achieve a very
- 10:15high RPM when we monetize our Channel
- 10:17what's even better though is the top
- 10:19four countries are also typically very
- 10:21high paying RPMs but just like my first
- 10:23short I'm going to let the short breathe
- 10:25and perform it's day 12 now which means
- 10:28we are beyond the first 7-Day period but
- 10:30all of the work for the channel was
- 10:32completed in the first seven so please
- 10:34forgive me regardless though the short
- 10:36has been performing very well we are
- 10:38sitting at 43,000 views and the short
- 10:41has been consistently pushed into the
- 10:42algorithm every hour we have had hours
- 10:45as high as 1,000 all the way down to 80
- 10:48views once again we are seeing this
- 10:50exponential growth on our chart which is
- 10:52a very promising sign as hoped our av
- 10:55has increased as we have gotten more
- 10:57views and overall this performance is
- 10:59very promising and I'm very excited to
- 11:01see how this short is going to perform
- 11:03over the coming days because I think
- 11:05there's only going to be one outcome
- 11:07which is hundreds of thousands of
- 11:09views the following day so our Channel
- 11:13just received the worst notification
- 11:15that you can receive on YouTube besides
- 11:17being completely removed and let me show
- 11:20you our content got an age restriction
- 11:22which means our content can only be
- 11:24found on YouTube Kids now and let me
- 11:26show you the impact that this has had on
- 11:28our views already our short immediately
- 11:30flatlined after getting 50,000 views and
- 11:33our views per hour has basically gone to
- 11:34zero I do have the chance to appeal this
- 11:36decision and I will because I obviously
- 11:39didn't create this content just for
- 11:40children I saw Tik toks shorts and long
- 11:42form videos about the fan theories that
- 11:44weren't just for younger audiences and I
- 11:46am confused about this because our first
- 11:49short was not flagged but I have
- 11:50submitted the appeal and we can only
- 11:52wait and hope now so the appeal got
- 11:55rejected and now you can see where our
- 11:57Short's channel has ended up today our
- 11:59second short ended up getting over
- 12:01200,000 views since it was eventually
- 12:03pushed into the shorts feed after
- 12:05getting that initial age restriction and
- 12:07honestly based on my intuition this was
- 12:09a short that had so much potential like
- 12:11getting that initial movement after the
- 12:13first 24 hours and then pushing on to
- 12:15over 50,000 views to me this channel has
- 12:18been a failure though some might
- 12:20consider 200,000 views in 7 days as a
- 12:23great result but the reality with me is
- 12:26that I always plan to get millions of
- 12:27views within the first week of creating
- 12:30a shorts Channel but whether you're
- 12:31being faced with a situation like this
- 12:33or you're getting zero views there is
- 12:35always a silver lining like if you open
- 12:38a channel and it just flops you still
- 12:40had the experience that you can reflect
- 12:42on and learn was your Niche just too
- 12:44competitive and saturated did you
- 12:46actually use retention techniques to
- 12:48edit your shorts these are the types of
- 12:50questions that you need to reflect on
- 12:52what I learned from this channel was
- 12:54that if you're creating content that
- 12:56could be for whatever reason considered
- 12:58for children you must put this in your
- 13:00channel description it is something that
- 13:02I have been noticing in any large
- 13:04channel that creates content that could
- 13:06be considered for children if you want
- 13:07to get over 200,000 views on your second
- 13:10short uploaded or even over 10 million
- 13:12views like I have done in the past using
- 13:14the link below you can learn about my
- 13:16private shorts coaching and you can see
- 13:18all the results I have achieved for all
- 13:20of my members
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