@RoamResearch is a living tool w one of the fastest iteration cycles I've seen.
By the time you read this, these tips might have changed!
(Here's a blog post with these tips + any future changes: bit.ly/3u1fC9A)
Jan 17, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
I wrote a blog post with 3,500+ words about Ali Abdaal's Part-Time YouTuber Academy, 150+ tweets, and filmed a 13-minute video with module-by-module course takeaways.
If you have any desire to check out this course, this is the place to start.😁
This past week, I started a journey & posted my first ever YouTube video.
How'd it go? How long did it take to make?
~Thread~
1. Script (3 hrs)
My 1st video was a book review of a book I love, High Output Management.
First, I wrote 1,827 words. It ended up being a high-level outline, probably equiv to 10-12+ videos - in other words, way too much to fit in any single video and way too detailed!!
Nov 24, 2020 • 21 tweets • 10 min read
A menagerie of @AliAbdaal + team's best thoughts on how to:
- Generate content ideas
- Build a badass recording studio
- Set up your Refinery + Systematic Structuring
(Not sure what the last bullet means? Me neither. Let's find out together! 😁)
👇 1/ This past week, >159 students made YouTube videos (most for the first time).
After many hours of editing and tweaking, we were all forced to confront the terrifying truth:
"The edit is never done. Only abandoned."
Nov 20, 2020 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
How to Generate Infinite Content Ideas
- To go from consumer -> creator
- Turn Twitter from a time-waster into an idea generation factor
- Mine inspiration from your daily life
Notes from live session of @AliAbdaal's PT Youtube Academy
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Most difficulties with starting to produce content online are actually perfectionism by a different name.
You have taste. You KNOW what's good - but you know you're not there yet. So you give in.
Ira Glass has a great quote on how to overcome this.
Nov 18, 2020 • 22 tweets • 9 min read
Miss class today?
Session notes from @AliAbdaal PT Youtube Academy: Fundamentals
How to Find a Niche that Will Succeed (singular niches are overrated, micro-niches are underrated, creator-market fit)
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Finding your niche is a bit of a misnomer, at it implies you can "find" it in one fell swoop.
Your niche is an ongoing process, not a destination. You don't have to hit the target in one shot.
Today is my first day starting @AliAbdaal ’s Part-time YouTuber Academy course. (1st cohort, exec edition!)
Here’s my insights from day 0 - intro material and his recent YT vid reflecting on journey to 1M subs. Psychology, benchmarks, hedonic adaptation
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Ali grew to 1 million subscribers (from 47) in ~2 years. At first, he vlog'd advice to medical students, then pivoted into productivity, tech, books, and more.
4,000 was his "unachievable" number sub target. He had a friend with 50K he considered god tier.
Little did he know...
Nov 15, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Working on a super thread of 100 Roam Tips for #roamcult that I'll start posting incrementally soon.
In the meantime, I'm going to start adding to a thread where I share daily adjustments or learnings in @RoamResearch as an exercise in building in public. 📜
1/ How to improve my writing hub? This is the factory where ideas = raw inputs, then are processed into future content.
Right now, it's an ungainly list of topics and ideation. Will probably look totally different in 30+ days.
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