What I did for Week 9:
This week I reaped the rewards of my most recent video. I had 2.4k views on the most recent video. I am pretty excited about that, even though it does not seem like a lot. I added a new title portion to the beginning of the video which looks really cool. I made it using Canva. There are still a few things I hate about my videos. The first part that I hate is the Thumbnails. I have been recycling some old pictures that I have and I am tired of doing that. I need to do a new photo for every new thumbnail. I also hate how I have been placing the photos on the thumbnails. I have the parts to put the Biscayne back together. I hope that I can finally get it to work and finally be able to drive it out of the garage. The reason that I titled the blog this was because I wanted to unlock the secrets of running a successful YouTube channel, so I asked some of the people that I know. I was first taught how to run a YouTube channel by Dan at DD Speed Shop. He taught me that I needed to make content that I wanted to see. He said it didn’t matter what anyone else thought, he said to do what I thought was right, which is something that I have begun to go away from and need to come back to. I have asked one of my favorite YouTubers of all time, Tom’s Refurb, what he would recommend doing. I am also going to ask Polebarn Garage, Dylan McCool, VGG, and Junkyard Digs. I will also ask two of my personal friends HH Wheels, and Cam Racing, to see what they would do. (These two are smaller YouTubers, but they could still have helpful insight.) Conclusion: I am happy with how the latest video turned out. There are still a few things that need to be improved, but it is a solid start. I hope I can learn the way of the YouTubers from these other channels. I also need to start putting up YouTube shorts on a regular basis.
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What I Did For Week 8:
This was a video filming week. I started filming last Sunday night and finished that night. The reason this video was filmed so fast was because I found out I screwed up. There are two different flywheel styles on a small block Chevy. There is a 153-tooth flywheel and a 168-tooth flywheel. Both flywheel styles have a special starter. I forgot that I had both types of starters and switched them around. The 168-tooth flywheel will start a 153-tooth flywheel engine about 3 times before it grinds on the flywheel and makes a terrible noise. I bought the parts to fix the old starter and hopefully make it run again, but they were not going to come in time to finish the video. Then there is the problem of the engine itself. I was recently informed that this engine never ran properly and that was the reason it was pulled out of Dan’s 1971 Nova. This engine needs a rebuild, but I do not have the time or money to fix it so I can probably rig it up to where it can run and drive. On Saturday, I attended a cancer-benefit car show to promote the channel. I am starting to get the name out, but I do not think that anyone has subscribed yet due to promotion, but I am trying. I did promote the most reason video on Instagram and Facebook. I think that this helped me. Conclusion: The latest video has done pretty well so far. It has been up for 26 hours and it has 1.5k views. I know this may not seem like a lot, but just having one thousand views makes me excited. I am not sure if I am going to get the Biscayne running by the end of Genius Hour, but I hope I will. I am only sitting a 2,164 subscribers. I have a few ideas that I am going to attempt to see if I can make that number grow quickly. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy, but I am having fun doing it, and that is what matters. Link to the latest video here What I did for Week 7:
I did some investigative work this week. I was wondering why I was losing so many subscribers since that is part of my Genius Hour goal. I would understand if 1 or 2 people unsubscribed, but when 10 to 20 are “unsubscribing” at a time, I decided something was up. After some research, I found that bots can subscribe to channels, but YouTube finds them and deletes them. I also found that bots only seem to subscribe to channels that are just starting (like mine). The good news is that the bots should be gone for now. The bad news is that I have “lost” subscribers. I am now down to 2,169 subscribers. During class, I have been gathering data on how to make my channel better through a select audience (AJ, Josh, and Gage). AJ has good input on things that could improve the channel, such as camera work, editing, and a hook at the beginning of the video. I have not promoted the newest video as I should have, so I am going to make a reel for Instagram after this. Track season started this week, so I am now getting home later and still trying to do the same amount of stuff after homework as I normally would do. I need to film a video to post next week. I am looking forward to this week's video because hopefully, I will be able to drive the Biscayne down the road for the first time since Canada. Conclusion: I did not do what I should have done to promote the video this week. I did find critical information that helped me to understand more about running a YouTube Channel. For those of you keeping tabs, I had 2.1k views on last week's video. I need to do something really cool (or stupid) a few times to help boost the channel. If you have any ideas on what this could be, please comment or DM me @lucky_jack_racing on Instagram. What I did for Week 6:
This was a video posting week. I decided to video the most-viewed car, the Biscayne. I started filming on Tuesday night, finished on Wednesday morning, and edited on Thursday night. I need to stop editing the night before the video needs to be posted. This week's video was about finally fixing the starter on the Biscayne so that it would run. It still needs to be tuned to be driven, but this was a step in the right direction. I have a list a mile long of things that need to be done before it can be called complete, but I want to get the bare minimum done so that I can drive it. A famous man once said, “Don’t get it right, just get it running” and that is what I have lived my life by. I did follow the rules that I wrote last week about making videos and it worked. I have had more views in the last 24 hours on this week's video than my last video which has been up for two weeks. The plan for next week is to start working on tuning the Biscayne, putting a new driver's seat in it, and finishing out orders. The orders are for handmade Christmas ornaments that I make. Orders are starting to come in and pile up and I only have a few made. I will need to work fast so I can finish orders and make money to fund the channel. Conclusion: It was another successful week of working. I have been trying to expand my channel, but it has not been going as well as I would have liked. I knew it was going to be hard to reach this goal, but I think that if I try hard enough I can come close to achieving it. I was given some advice by my peers, and I may use some of it. The best thing they gave me was that my videos and shorts need a hook at the beginning that will keep people interested enough to watch. This is something that I have struggled with. Link to the week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-Xg8m-M9A |
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