So it has been a busy stretch between the 2 month mark and now (4 months in). It has been quite a journey to get it all started, but that's also what keeps things interesting. So over the Christmas break I had time to do some deep reflections, which I had initially recorded as a 2nd channel video ---- until I realized yesterday that it makes no sense in pursuing a 2nd channel right now-----there were literally 0 views, so I pretty much took down the 2nd channel for now (more on that later).
These are my take-aways 4 months in
- my goal was 150 watch-hours by January 1st. I hit 250, so that feels good. Next goal will be 300 by March 1st. This will lead to monetization by the end of the year at the latest.
- a weekly video has to be the priority, so my focus will have to be on shorter videos that I can produce in less than one day. And I will have to lean into what works.
- I will have to create a stock-pile of videos in case the yt-day falls through (sickness, vacations, or anything in between).
- for audio the YouTube Audio Library will be my go-to. It's free, and of better quality than I anticipated. I used pexels.com until December, and there were too many "copyright-flags" after uploading. So better to avoid all that for now.
- I will discontinue the 2nd channel for now. Its goal was to answer the question "who is this guy", but it didn't get much views and started taking up too much time. It really clicked yesterday, when I was preparing a 2nd channel video about the book "50th law" when I came across this note: "the public is never wrong. when people don’t respond to what you do, they are telling you something loud and clear."
