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I BLEW UP a YouTube Channel in 7 Days to Prove it's NOT Luck — Transcript

by Jack Craig · 2,728 words · 372 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

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  1. 0:00this is my shorts channel that went
  2. 0:01viral in just 7 days and I'm here to
  3. 0:04prove that it was not luck so in this
  4. 0:05video I'm opening a brand new channel
  5. 0:08and I will make it go viral in just 7
  6. 0:10days so you can start doing the same but
  7. 0:12for this to work we need to start at the
  8. 0:14beginning selecting a niche I already
  9. 0:18have decided on my Niche which is about
  10. 0:20SpongeBob I know you might think that
  11. 0:22SpongeBob is just for children but I
  12. 0:24have found this channel called shower
  13. 0:26with SpongeBob and you can see how many
  14. 0:28views their recent shorts have gotten
  15. 0:30but we aren't just going to copy their
  16. 0:31content because there's already so many
  17. 0:33other channels doing this from just
  18. 0:35doing some research on Tik Tok I noticed
  19. 0:37this trend about SpongeBob fan theories
  20. 0:39and their views are insane another check
  21. 0:42I've done is come across to YouTube and
  22. 0:44you can see that there is similar demand
  23. 0:45across long form and shorts so with this
  24. 0:48information I think we can create our
  25. 0:50own Niche which is taking the existing
  26. 0:52viral fan theories and then using AI
  27. 0:55voiceovers of SpongeBob to create our
  28. 0:57own mini episodes and this is all an
  29. 1:00efforts to entertain fans to make us go
  30. 1:02viral I have had success before using AI
  31. 1:05voiceovers over on my ultra Channel
  32. 1:08which was focused on AI voiceovers of
  33. 1:10football players so I don't see why this
  34. 1:12topic of fan theories would perform any
  35. 1:15different opening a channel the YouTube
  36. 1:18channel that I will be using is an old
  37. 1:20account that was active in the past
  38. 1:22having an age YouTube channel that is at
  39. 1:24least 1 week old is essential to get
  40. 1:27views since my account is old we need to
  41. 1:29do some updates firstly the name I like
  42. 1:31to name my channnel something relevant
  43. 1:33to my Niche so I'm going to call this
  44. 1:35Bikini Bottom stories because SpongeBob
  45. 1:38lives at the bikini bottom okay now our
  46. 1:40username is updated we need to create
  47. 1:42channel assets to give a brand to our
  48. 1:44Channel I recommend only dedicating 15
  49. 1:47minutes to creating these assets okay
  50. 1:49the 18 minutes is done we went slightly
  51. 1:51over time but the banner looks like this
  52. 1:54and the profile picture looks like this
  53. 1:56coming to my channel though it's always
  54. 1:57a very humbling experience starting from
  55. 2:00basically zero and I want to get this
  56. 2:02message across to you every single time
  57. 2:04I start a new channel it's from a point
  58. 2:07like this don't think I have some
  59. 2:08special tricks that I don't tell you
  60. 2:10about this whole thing of making money
  61. 2:13from YouTube shorts is on a fair playing
  62. 2:15Ground it's just whether you have the
  63. 2:17experience and knowledge to grow your
  64. 2:19channel and you can only gain this by
  65. 2:22trying different experiments just like
  66. 2:24this so I really recommend that you do
  67. 2:25something like this where you select a
  68. 2:27niche and try and make it work because
  69. 2:30eventually it will short creation it's
  70. 2:34time to get serious now it's now time to
  71. 2:36create our first short and this is the
  72. 2:38most important step because it's
  73. 2:39actually how we go viral and I'm going
  74. 2:41to try speedrun this I wrote my script
  75. 2:44by downloading a script from a fan
  76. 2:46theory that I found on Tik Tok and this
  77. 2:48formed the basis of my script I had to
  78. 2:50be creative though because it had to be
  79. 2:52written in SpongeBob's perspective
  80. 2:54following that we moved into video
  81. 2:56editing which started off by generating
  82. 2:58a SpongeBob voiceover then I went to Tik
  83. 3:00Tok to find Clips using Tik Tok to find
  84. 3:03Clips is so underrated for faceless
  85. 3:05content because all the content is
  86. 3:07already edited for you I then cut up all
  87. 3:09the clips together and then added a
  88. 3:11SpongeBob style like for example these
  89. 3:13cool transitions finally I finish off
  90. 3:16the short with sound effects and then
  91. 3:18captions and that whole process took me
  92. 3:20just under 2 hours I know that it's a
  93. 3:22long time but when you're creating your
  94. 3:24first short in a new Niche the entire
  95. 3:27process is still new to you I know this
  96. 3:29time will pay off though because I'm
  97. 3:31creating high quality content but it is
  98. 3:33time to put my money where my mouth is
  99. 3:36it's upload time I already have named my
  100. 3:39title something relevant to my video for
  101. 3:41descriptions we're just going to reword
  102. 3:42our title and then add a # shorts next I
  103. 3:46need to select that this content is not
  104. 3:48made for kids so I don't end up on
  105. 3:50YouTube kids now tags these are
  106. 3:52important if you're uploading your first
  107. 3:54shot so I'm just going to add some that
  108. 3:56are relevant to SpongeBob and now we
  109. 3:59just wa it's Day 2 and we actually got
  110. 4:02some good results we got just over
  111. 4:0412,000 views which is the best case
  112. 4:06scenario for the first 24 hours on your
  113. 4:08first sh we still can't see our
  114. 4:10retention though because they come in
  115. 4:11after being live for 24 hours but more
  116. 4:14importantly we got over 100 subscribers
  117. 4:16from just 12,000 views which is actually
  118. 4:19average I know you might think that this
  119. 4:21is high but when you're creating unique
  120. 4:23content that can only be found on your
  121. 4:25channel you actually get people wanting
  122. 4:27more of your content what a surprise my
  123. 4:29short is still getting views though so I
  124. 4:31don't want to create or upload my next
  125. 4:33short yet as each time I upload a short
  126. 4:35I want to maximize my Reach For example
  127. 4:38this short could still go on and get
  128. 4:4050,000 views so it's really just a
  129. 4:42waiting game over the next 1 to 2 days
  130. 4:44to see how this short performs and if it
  131. 4:46starts to Flatline of views that is when
  132. 4:48we create our next short this concept of
  133. 4:50giving your short time to breathe is
  134. 4:52something I've been helping members in
  135. 4:54my private shorts coaching understand so
  136. 4:56far the results from my private coaching
  137. 4:58have been insane take Sade for example I
  138. 5:01took him from a creator that was
  139. 5:02struggling to even gain 1,000 views and
  140. 5:05about to give up to now generating over
  141. 5:0720 million views and over $1,000 per
  142. 5:10week I make results possible for my
  143. 5:12coaching members because you get access
  144. 5:14to unreleased niches that will make you
  145. 5:16go viral on literally your second upload
  146. 5:18you also get access to weekly coaching
  147. 5:20calls and private messages with myself
  148. 5:23where I give you Channel Audits and show
  149. 5:25you what to do to start going viral
  150. 5:27there is so much more value that I
  151. 5:28haven't mentioned today in my coaching
  152. 5:30and there's so much more proof that I
  153. 5:32can show you of my expertise actually
  154. 5:34getting results if you are interested my
  155. 5:37website is linked below if you want to
  156. 5:39learn more day three all right the short
  157. 5:42is still getting views we are sitting at
  158. 5:4416,000 and I still haven't started my
  159. 5:46second short yet because this short
  160. 5:48still has not flatlined but what I want
  161. 5:50to draw your attention to is our
  162. 5:52retention stats even the all short is 41
  163. 5:55seconds long we are still getting a very
  164. 5:56high average duration of 36 seconds next
  165. 6:00time I create my short though I do want
  166. 6:01to start creating longer shorts closer
  167. 6:03to the maximum of 59 seconds so I can
  168. 6:06increase this metric even higher as this
  169. 6:08metric alone is the sole reason why any
  170. 6:11YouTube short goes viral day six I know
  171. 6:15we did miss a few days I just got
  172. 6:17sidetracked with a few different
  173. 6:18projects but we are now here to make a
  174. 6:21comeback the good thing is though is our
  175. 6:22first short has now flatlined which
  176. 6:24means it's now time to create our second
  177. 6:27short I got straight into creating a
  178. 6:28short without messing around the script
  179. 6:30took me just over 15 minutes it was much
  180. 6:33faster this time because it was about
  181. 6:34the Krabby party formula which is a very
  182. 6:37popular topic then it was back into
  183. 6:39editing I created my voiceover opened it
  184. 6:41in Premiere Pro I sourced most of my
  185. 6:43clips from YouTube this time because I
  186. 6:44was now speaking about specific episode
  187. 6:47scenes I did sound effects Transitions
  188. 6:49and captions and then it was done in 1
  189. 6:51hour and 30 minutes it's a great feeling
  190. 6:54finishing this second short because I
  191. 6:56think we have a viral short on our hands
  192. 6:59first ly the hook it is very believable
  193. 7:02and it immediately confirms what the fan
  194. 7:04theory is about and I found the perfect
  195. 7:06clip to match and I will show you it
  196. 7:09right now Mr Krabs I know the secret
  197. 7:12ingredient for the crabby patty you
  198. 7:13better shut your mouth right now and
  199. 7:15come and I will play you the original
  200. 7:17clip right
  201. 7:18now de Krabs I know I put pickles on
  202. 7:22that crabby patty that two bucks is
  203. 7:23coming out of your paycheck wait as you
  204. 7:26can see my Hawk is very engaging to the
  205. 7:28audience they act actually think it
  206. 7:30happened besides from the hook the short
  207. 7:32is much longer now it currently sits at
  208. 7:3449 seconds and this will help us achieve
  209. 7:37a much higher avd compared to our first
  210. 7:40sh and finally the video topic as I
  211. 7:43mentioned we are speaking about the
  212. 7:44Krabby Patty formula which I think will
  213. 7:46appeal to a much wider audience compared
  214. 7:49to our first short which was about
  215. 7:50SpongeBob getting married but there's
  216. 7:52only one way to find out it's time to
  217. 7:55upload our short and I am slightly
  218. 7:57nervous about how this short is is going
  219. 7:59to perform because this entire video
  220. 8:01that you're watching right now is
  221. 8:03dependent on how this single short
  222. 8:05performs like if this short goes on to
  223. 8:07get zero views I'm going to look like
  224. 8:09that I don't know what I'm talking about
  225. 8:11but let's see in the next couple of days
  226. 8:13if I actually know what I'm talking
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  239. 8:42on screen and linked below day
  240. 8:46seven it's been 1 day since uploading
  241. 8:49our second short and I have some results
  242. 8:51to show you as you can see our second
  243. 8:53short is performing better than our
  244. 8:54first but if I go into the analytics you
  245. 8:57will see how positive the chart is
  246. 8:59looking looking we got one push into the
  247. 9:01algorithm just like our first short but
  248. 9:03we are starting to see some great
  249. 9:04movement after the first 24 hours where
  250. 9:06our views are starting to go exponential
  251. 9:09I am familiar with this type of movement
  252. 9:10like every single one of my viral shorts
  253. 9:12in the past has had this breakout
  254. 9:14pattern for example take my last Channel
  255. 9:16Ultras my view chart in the first few
  256. 9:18days looks something like this and it
  257. 9:20went on to get over 10 million views so
  258. 9:22as you could expect I am very excited to
  259. 9:25see where the short is going to take us
  260. 9:27besides our views though our short got
  261. 9:2869 subscribers which is currently less
  262. 9:31than our first short our avd is slightly
  263. 9:33lower than our first short but you need
  264. 9:35to remember that this short is slightly
  265. 9:37longer sitting at just under 50 seconds
  266. 9:39regardless of this though I do hope it
  267. 9:41increases as we start to get more views
  268. 9:43our first short is still flatlined in
  269. 9:45views which is okay but one thing I want
  270. 9:47to show you is the comments on our new
  271. 9:49short you can see how much engagement we
  272. 9:51are getting which is great I'm not
  273. 9:52saying that you should try to get a high
  274. 9:54number of comments because that doesn't
  275. 9:56affect how many views you get it's just
  276. 9:57a good sign that you are engaging with
  277. 9:59the Right audience something else that
  278. 10:01is really positive for when we start
  279. 10:02worrying about monetizing our channel is
  280. 10:05our audience tab if we come down to my
  281. 10:07geographies you can see that United
  282. 10:09States is 50% I have never seen this
  283. 10:11rate on any of my channels and what it
  284. 10:13means is that we will achieve a very
  285. 10:15high RPM when we monetize our Channel
  286. 10:17what's even better though is the top
  287. 10:19four countries are also typically very
  288. 10:21high paying RPMs but just like my first
  289. 10:23short I'm going to let the short breathe
  290. 10:25and perform it's day 12 now which means
  291. 10:28we are beyond the first 7-Day period but
  292. 10:30all of the work for the channel was
  293. 10:32completed in the first seven so please
  294. 10:34forgive me regardless though the short
  295. 10:36has been performing very well we are
  296. 10:38sitting at 43,000 views and the short
  297. 10:41has been consistently pushed into the
  298. 10:42algorithm every hour we have had hours
  299. 10:45as high as 1,000 all the way down to 80
  300. 10:48views once again we are seeing this
  301. 10:50exponential growth on our chart which is
  302. 10:52a very promising sign as hoped our av
  303. 10:55has increased as we have gotten more
  304. 10:57views and overall this performance is
  305. 10:59very promising and I'm very excited to
  306. 11:01see how this short is going to perform
  307. 11:03over the coming days because I think
  308. 11:05there's only going to be one outcome
  309. 11:07which is hundreds of thousands of
  310. 11:09views the following day so our Channel
  311. 11:13just received the worst notification
  312. 11:15that you can receive on YouTube besides
  313. 11:17being completely removed and let me show
  314. 11:20you our content got an age restriction
  315. 11:22which means our content can only be
  316. 11:24found on YouTube Kids now and let me
  317. 11:26show you the impact that this has had on
  318. 11:28our views already our short immediately
  319. 11:30flatlined after getting 50,000 views and
  320. 11:33our views per hour has basically gone to
  321. 11:34zero I do have the chance to appeal this
  322. 11:36decision and I will because I obviously
  323. 11:39didn't create this content just for
  324. 11:40children I saw Tik toks shorts and long
  325. 11:42form videos about the fan theories that
  326. 11:44weren't just for younger audiences and I
  327. 11:46am confused about this because our first
  328. 11:49short was not flagged but I have
  329. 11:50submitted the appeal and we can only
  330. 11:52wait and hope now so the appeal got
  331. 11:55rejected and now you can see where our
  332. 11:57Short's channel has ended up today our
  333. 11:59second short ended up getting over
  334. 12:01200,000 views since it was eventually
  335. 12:03pushed into the shorts feed after
  336. 12:05getting that initial age restriction and
  337. 12:07honestly based on my intuition this was
  338. 12:09a short that had so much potential like
  339. 12:11getting that initial movement after the
  340. 12:13first 24 hours and then pushing on to
  341. 12:15over 50,000 views to me this channel has
  342. 12:18been a failure though some might
  343. 12:20consider 200,000 views in 7 days as a
  344. 12:23great result but the reality with me is
  345. 12:26that I always plan to get millions of
  346. 12:27views within the first week of creating
  347. 12:30a shorts Channel but whether you're
  348. 12:31being faced with a situation like this
  349. 12:33or you're getting zero views there is
  350. 12:35always a silver lining like if you open
  351. 12:38a channel and it just flops you still
  352. 12:40had the experience that you can reflect
  353. 12:42on and learn was your Niche just too
  354. 12:44competitive and saturated did you
  355. 12:46actually use retention techniques to
  356. 12:48edit your shorts these are the types of
  357. 12:50questions that you need to reflect on
  358. 12:52what I learned from this channel was
  359. 12:54that if you're creating content that
  360. 12:56could be for whatever reason considered
  361. 12:58for children you must put this in your
  362. 13:00channel description it is something that
  363. 13:02I have been noticing in any large
  364. 13:04channel that creates content that could
  365. 13:06be considered for children if you want
  366. 13:07to get over 200,000 views on your second
  367. 13:10short uploaded or even over 10 million
  368. 13:12views like I have done in the past using
  369. 13:14the link below you can learn about my
  370. 13:16private shorts coaching and you can see
  371. 13:18all the results I have achieved for all
  372. 13:20of my members

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