Thread by @AliAbdaal

Starting a YouTube channel was the best decision I’ve ever made.

Let me convince you to do the same... A THREAD 😛

Being a YouTuber comes with so many upsides that outweigh any disadvantages of the gig. You get to:

🧑‍🎨 Tap into the creator economy

🤝 Meet amazing people offline

👥 Build a community of like-minded people

Plus...

💰 Get paid to do the things you genuinely enjoy

📱 Review and get products and services for free

🎟 Collaborate with brands and different creators

Like anything, there are some downsides and hurdles that you’ll have to push through, but making videos in your spare time is mostly good vibes :)

If you’re just starting out or want to give YouTube a go, here are a few things to remember:

🗣 Never worry about other people’s opinions

At first, you might be scared of what your friends, family, and (the worst) strangers online are going to say.

1) It doesn’t matter 2) Believing in your own content is enough.

🎥 Gear doesn’t matter - start with what you have

When I first decided to launch my YouTube channel all I had was my iPhone. My good pal Elizabeth (@lizziefilips) did the same and grew her channel to 1,000 subs with only an iPhone camera.

@lizziefilips 📈 Quantity > Quality

Focus on producing the content library and try to improve along the way. Over time you can get better as you focus on things like lighting and audio, but, for the first year or so, just focus on posting :)

@lizziefilips The next thing you want to do is build a system to make sure you can stay consistent over the long run.

This will help you to achieve your YouTube dreams and this is one of the main spiels in The Part-Time YouTuber Academy ✨

@lizziefilips If you’re interested in learning more about YouTube, check out the next cohort of PTYA

Sound fun? Join today 😃 academy.aliabdaal.com/?utm_source=so…