1:23 Side hustle. 2:16 new courses and products 4:40 Multiple revenue streams 6:28 milestones 9:23 Stop following others 11:43 free content 16:24 build email list
Just started a few weeks ago. I was really down and depressed and doing CZcams really helped my happiness with creating. It’s hard and a lot of work but I’m really up for putting the effort and dedication in. It’s all about the grind and persistence!
I can resignate with his hard CZcams is, I’ve been creating for 7 years but I can tell you now that even if you don’t get loads of views, the things you will learn and the confidence you will gain aswell as the purpose you’ll feel creating videos is so worth it!
Oh my!! Did I NEED. THIS. TODAY!! I'm new & busting my butt and keep looking at my 25 subs as I'm not doing enough. My 25 are MIGHTY!! Everything resonates...Frankenstein in FULL effect! I love this message. Thank you. I'm making you my new bestie! 😂❤
yup. been on this for a year now.. i'm at $5-$10K a month with only 18k subscribers on yt. i have an email list. free community, paid masterclass, one on one coaching and a pro group. only a 1/4 of that amount comes from YT. I started building a community around my content when I had 900 subscribers. Started with merch. Now i have 6 businesses.
@@justinuriahphoto sometimes on their website off of CZcams they have a landing page which asks for their email. Or they offer a free item when you put in your email.
You have a calm, straightforward demeanor. I'm over here with58 subscribers already feeling like maybe I need to curate content for the algorithm. This video inspired me to keep making the content I want! Thank you ma'am and have a wonderful day
I agree that email is so important! As a viewer, I used to use the YT email notifications to keep up with creators I follow. Well, YT stopped sending those and now I can only get notifications from YT even though I have email turn on. So, as a viewer, I started looking gif those emails directly from the creators so I didn’t miss their content. I’m in the process of getting back up and running in my own channel again and I thank you for your content!
The silver ply button is cheap aluminum, not plastic 😂 I’m in the process of pivoting away from making more “entertainment” content toward more educational content and I’ve really enjoyed your videos. I’ve got over 200k subs on my channel, but it’s hard to know if pivoting that channel will make sense since the content will be markedly different. But that’s where I get caught up in the weeds. I appreciate your sharing these lessons. It’s very helpful to have them as reference points.
@@meredithmarsh I've been trying to do it for 2 years now and zi keep getting stuck doing the same content I've been making to make ends meet and not making progress toward changing anything. Very frustrating.
Hi Meredith. I agree wholeheartedly about the pursuit of that Silver Play button. I have 164K subs on my own channel and don't have one. Know why? Because I can't spend it and can't feed it to my family. Pursuing those other goals makes so much more sense. Good for you, and thanks for sharing your wisdom with the business community.
Thanks for the insights. It definitely makes sense to switch from side hustle mentality and go all in in order to unlock the next level of business success!
Great lessons outlined here Meredith! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's especially helpful for small-time youtubers like me who may be susceptible to some of the mistakes you made early on in the journey. I certainly learnt a lot.
Really great, useful video. I am in the very early stages of my YT channel (1800 subs- 4 months in) and this is perfect timing for me as I’ve been grappling on which direction to go at this point! Thank you.
What a wonderful video. I’m at 54k and and super focused on 100k silver play. As I’m listening to you I’m realizing that my revenue hasn’t really increased much from 20K to 54k. You’ve opened on my eyes maybe I am focused on the wrong thing ❤
Well done, Meredith. Great video. CZcams recommendations are pushing this one hard for me! It's so easy to default to what other people do, but it's so much more authentic to do your own thing. It connects to others better!
Saw ur video for the first time and halfway through couldn’t resist to tap on subscribe button🥰it was like u were talking about all of my pain points. On top of that u really have a gift of articulation of ideas and describing that with smooth flow and ease, and that’s a deadly combo👏u went straight into the points but it didn’t seem like u were hurrying or piling on too much information at once although it is a lot of information but it didn’t feel like a pressure but a combination of so many ahaa moments for me. Thanks again for such valuable advice and keep up the good work ❤
This was really great thanks so much for doing it. I’m coming up on almost 5,000 subscribers and this is exactly what I’ve been thinking about- what am I building and am I even focused on the right thing? I’m an art channel, so I make art. Art though is a funny thing- you need it or you don’t. You can like what I do, but still not need it. So, I’ve begun to research the business side a little more while still making my art as well as uploading regularly. I think you’ve helped me confirm I’m on the right path and need to focus on the business I want, not the channel I have. 🙂
Good video, thanks for the info! Currently close to 2k subs. The income streams I currently have are Adsense, affiliates and digital products. Thanks for the email list tips, going to start working on that!
the thing about capturing emails is that we can always communicate with those people - we're not reliant on a third party platform like youtube that can change its rules at any time
Really great video. I really like number 6. I started realizing that so much info contradicts each other. No one is right or wrong. It's just a different approach. People look for free stuff from everyone instead of investing in one method and going in on that.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I just found you by accident! I’ve just started my third CZcams channel after 7 years of trying to build up a channel and getting nowhere.
Questions I have that I'm trying to figure out so I can get started: Did you register a name for your business or create an LLC? How are you paying taxes from all of these streams of income? Are you using an online company to help sell your products? If so, which ones? Squarespace has some options but I'm looking for what the majority use. How are you creating email lists? What program are you using to store them all? Are you sending out a single mass email each time? What are some best practices when sending emails? Frequency of emails? I'm an outdoor channel and use shorts primarily. I've gained 10k subs since January. I've had an account since early 2000's but never posted anything much. Now I see how I can generate an income through this and I want to build on that. Thanks.
Lots of questions! Let’s see if I can answer some. I do have an LLC. I pay taxes like any other self employed person. I host my products on Kajabi. Kajabi does email too but I use ConvertKit for email. I send emails to my list a few times a week. Long form videos are the bread and butter on CZcams. Shorts don’t really do much for my channel so I stopped making them. It’s hard to get watch time with shorts and the CZcams algorithm loves watch time.
@@meredithmarsh Got it. I'm looking over those websites now. I can see this is going to take a ton of research to get a system going. Thanks for the help. I've subbed.
Hello Meredith. You have a gift for capturing the " abstract " . In a nutshell... " Forest for the Trees" ... " Be true to Yourself " .... " Lead don't follow " .... these all apply to your approach... my takeaway from you is " email list ". I have about 20,000 subs at the moment and several products that we ship worldwide. Deeper connection to my audience ... with an email list makes SO much sense ! Duh .. Hello ? Forest for the trees. Thank you . Subscribed. Michael
Did you resolve the invalid traffic issue? My channel has been dealing with it over a year. I’m not sure what to do at this point. It has reduced my revenue to less than 1/3 of what it was.
11:47 🎯"Stopped Frankensteining my biz from free content..." Amen! That's what got me at a cold stop from even getting started. I've got a corner full of video equipment I haven't used yet because I'm still trying to duct tape and gorilla glue a business from free content. 👹
Did I miss the part in the video where she talks about how to build an email list? Where to start? Program or software to use? Best practices? What to include in the emails?
I'm a musician - Jazz saxophonist, and that's what my videos are of .... me playing my saxophone. I'm not doing "how to" videos (any musicians are). How can I make money off of YT? Thanks, great video!
@@meredithmarsh True, far too many actually (most are not qualified). That's not what I'm interested in doing, for many reasons. Taylor Swift doesn't, either. I'm a performer, not a teacher.
I have 33 subscribers haha. I just want to get to 1000 so I can start getting monetized but throughout the journey, I'm more focused on getting good watch time and returning viewers :)
Hey Meredith, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?
Or create a real business not built on a foundation of quick sand. CZcams's business model is to profit off you while coming up with more and more creative ways to make you unprofitable. CZcams's success is inversely proportional to your success. The rise of AI has made the game even more fraught. All CZcams needs is attention. The quality of the content doesn't matter. Many extremely successful channels are just pure nonsense. Apply AI to the formula and you, the "creator" disappears. Notice all the very successful CZcamsrs increasingly leaving the platform? They are successful because they are good at reading tea leaves. That said, if you are realistic, creative, incredibly self-motivated and want to leverage the platform for a quick money hit, go for it. Maybe you can even make enough in a few years to never need to make money again. But be honest with yourself about whether you are capable of being in the top one percent. Or want to pay the personal cost. I'll flip Ed Sheeran's rap "You need me, I don't need you" on its head..."you need CZcams, man, they don't need you." Keep it real.
Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park..I share my CZcams videos on Facebook after I upload and it's helped me big tine! I do Vlogs Daily here in Gatlinburg where we get 16 mil visiting a year 🏞️🌄🐻
1:23 Side hustle. 2:16 new courses and products 4:40 Multiple revenue streams 6:28 milestones 9:23 Stop following others 11:43 free content 16:24 build email list
The hero we all needed!
Just started a few weeks ago. I was really down and depressed and doing CZcams really helped my happiness with creating. It’s hard and a lot of work but I’m really up for putting the effort and dedication in. It’s all about the grind and persistence!
Stick with it! Do more of what’s working 😍
I can resignate with his hard CZcams is, I’ve been creating for 7 years but I can tell you now that even if you don’t get loads of views, the things you will learn and the confidence you will gain aswell as the purpose you’ll feel creating videos is so worth it!
Oh my!! Did I NEED. THIS. TODAY!! I'm new & busting my butt and keep looking at my 25 subs as I'm not doing enough. My 25 are MIGHTY!! Everything resonates...Frankenstein in FULL effect! I love this message. Thank you. I'm making you my new bestie! 😂❤
Haha! We can be BFFs! 😍 thanks for watching!
yup. been on this for a year now.. i'm at $5-$10K a month with only 18k subscribers on yt. i have an email list. free community, paid masterclass, one on one coaching and a pro group. only a 1/4 of that amount comes from YT. I started building a community around my content when I had 900 subscribers. Started with merch. Now i have 6 businesses.
You’re killing it! Wait to go!
How are you building an email list? Where to start? Software? How do you ask people on CZcams for their email?
@@justinuriahphoto look at any one of my video descriptions justin. I use Substack and Kajabi.
Hi steve, can u help me understand how to pick merchandise that can then be turned into a community..... I Love that!!!
@@justinuriahphoto sometimes on their website off of CZcams they have a landing page which asks for their email. Or they offer a free item when you put in your email.
You have a calm, straightforward demeanor. I'm over here with58 subscribers already feeling like maybe I need to curate content for the algorithm. This video inspired me to keep making the content I want! Thank you ma'am and have a wonderful day
I agree that email is so important! As a viewer, I used to use the YT email notifications to keep up with creators I follow. Well, YT stopped sending those and now I can only get notifications from YT even though I have email turn on. So, as a viewer, I started looking gif those emails directly from the creators so I didn’t miss their content.
I’m in the process of getting back up and running in my own channel again and I thank you for your content!
The silver ply button is cheap aluminum, not plastic 😂
I’m in the process of pivoting away from making more “entertainment” content toward more educational content and I’ve really enjoyed your videos. I’ve got over 200k subs on my channel, but it’s hard to know if pivoting that channel will make sense since the content will be markedly different. But that’s where I get caught up in the weeds. I appreciate your sharing these lessons. It’s very helpful to have them as reference points.
See I am obviously unfamiliar with the material 😂😂 thank you for watching! Pivoting is hard (and slow) so I hear ya.
@@meredithmarsh I've been trying to do it for 2 years now and zi keep getting stuck doing the same content I've been making to make ends meet and not making progress toward changing anything. Very frustrating.
Hi Meredith. I agree wholeheartedly about the pursuit of that Silver Play button. I have 164K subs on my own channel and don't have one. Know why? Because I can't spend it and can't feed it to my family. Pursuing those other goals makes so much more sense. Good for you, and thanks for sharing your wisdom with the business community.
Thank you!
If you have over 100k subs, how do you not have the silver play button? 🧐
@cornfedlife probably have to pay for it after you earn it, like music plaques
Thanks for the insights. It definitely makes sense to switch from side hustle mentality and go all in in order to unlock the next level of business success!
Great lessons outlined here Meredith! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's especially helpful for small-time youtubers like me who may be susceptible to some of the mistakes you made early on in the journey. I certainly learnt a lot.
Thanks! 🙏
Awesome video! Loved hearing your tips from your experience 🤩👏🏻
Glad YT recommended this one in my feed - some excellent advise! Thanks for the video!
I’m glad too! Thanks for watching 🙏
Really great, useful video. I am in the very early stages of my YT channel (1800 subs- 4 months in) and this is perfect timing for me as I’ve been grappling on which direction to go at this point! Thank you.
Wow, 1800 subs at 4 months in is awesome! Good work! And thank you for watching 🙏
What a wonderful video. I’m at 54k and and super focused on 100k silver play. As I’m listening to you I’m realizing that my revenue hasn’t really increased much from 20K to 54k. You’ve opened on my eyes maybe I am focused on the wrong thing ❤
❤Hi Girl!! Love this so much… new CZcamsr here and your content has truly helped me!!
Well done, Meredith. Great video. CZcams recommendations are pushing this one hard for me!
It's so easy to default to what other people do, but it's so much more authentic to do your own thing. It connects to others better!
Thank you for following the algorithms recommendations 🙏 😆
Saw ur video for the first time and halfway through couldn’t resist to tap on subscribe button🥰it was like u were talking about all of my pain points. On top of that u really have a gift of articulation of ideas and describing that with smooth flow and ease, and that’s a deadly combo👏u went straight into the points but it didn’t seem like u were hurrying or piling on too much information at once although it is a lot of information but it didn’t feel like a pressure but a combination of so many ahaa moments for me. Thanks again for such valuable advice and keep up the good work ❤
Thank you 🙏
This was really great thanks so much for doing it. I’m coming up on almost 5,000 subscribers and this is exactly what I’ve been thinking about- what am I building and am I even focused on the right thing?
I’m an art channel, so I make art. Art though is a funny thing- you need it or you don’t. You can like what I do, but still not need it.
So, I’ve begun to research the business side a little more while still making my art as well as uploading regularly.
I think you’ve helped me confirm I’m on the right path and need to focus on the business I want, not the channel I have. 🙂
Thank you for this! I’m trying to grow as well and I’ll keep coming back to this video for the great advice!
Awesome to hear, thanks for watching!
Thankyou Meridith, from David Newton in Sydney, very good points raised.
Thank you ! Im so glad i found your channel
Thanks for the video, I will start pushing my email list a lot more
Great advice! Thanks for sharing.
First time viewer, great info, great perspective from someone that has been on both sides of the fence. New sub🤟🏽Thank you
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words ❤️
Thank you SO much for what you do!!! You're videos have helped me so much! You are an inspiration.
Good video, thanks for the info! Currently close to 2k subs. The income streams I currently have are Adsense, affiliates and digital products. Thanks for the email list tips, going to start working on that!
Awesome!! Welcome 🙏 thanks for watching! Happy list-building!
Thanks for the tips. 👍
the thing about capturing emails is that we can always communicate with those people - we're not reliant on a third party platform like youtube that can change its rules at any time
Really great video. I really like number 6. I started realizing that so much info contradicts each other. No one is right or wrong. It's just a different approach. People look for free stuff from everyone instead of investing in one method and going in on that.
Yessss!! And thanks for watching! 🙏
Thank you Meredith. There is soooooo much to do when you are trying to create an online biz! Yikes!! Thanks for the link.
Yikes is right! 😂 it’s a journey 🥰 thanks for watching!
It’s my first time watching your video. So inspiring ❤ I love what you teach. Subscribed 🎉
Thank you! 🙏 I appreciate your kind words.
Thanks for amazing lessons
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I just found you by accident! I’ve just started my third CZcams channel after 7 years of trying to build up a channel and getting nowhere.
Haha! Glad you stumbled upon me! 🥰 thanks for watching ❤️
Probably one of the best pieces of free content on the internet 🙂thanks for this, super helpful!
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it ❤️
All the top people build an email list that is a must! Everything is about strategy
100% 👍
Questions I have that I'm trying to figure out so I can get started: Did you register a name for your business or create an LLC? How are you paying taxes from all of these streams of income? Are you using an online company to help sell your products? If so, which ones? Squarespace has some options but I'm looking for what the majority use. How are you creating email lists? What program are you using to store them all? Are you sending out a single mass email each time? What are some best practices when sending emails? Frequency of emails? I'm an outdoor channel and use shorts primarily. I've gained 10k subs since January. I've had an account since early 2000's but never posted anything much. Now I see how I can generate an income through this and I want to build on that. Thanks.
Lots of questions! Let’s see if I can answer some. I do have an LLC. I pay taxes like any other self employed person. I host my products on Kajabi. Kajabi does email too but I use ConvertKit for email. I send emails to my list a few times a week. Long form videos are the bread and butter on CZcams. Shorts don’t really do much for my channel so I stopped making them. It’s hard to get watch time with shorts and the CZcams algorithm loves watch time.
@@meredithmarsh Got it. I'm looking over those websites now. I can see this is going to take a ton of research to get a system going. Thanks for the help. I've subbed.
This was so helpful, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video!! I’m a new 68 year old CZcamsr. This was a very helpful video!! Just subscribed. Thank you!! 😁👍🏼
Welcome!! 🙏 thanks for watching!
Thanks Meredith, this really resonated with me.
Glad to hear it, thanks for watching 🙏
On the monetization journey. Still have an unbelievably long ways to go.😎🤠😎
Hello Meredith. You have a gift for capturing the " abstract " . In a nutshell... " Forest for the Trees" ... " Be true to Yourself " .... " Lead don't follow " .... these all apply to your approach... my takeaway from you is " email list ". I have about 20,000 subs at the moment and several products that we ship worldwide. Deeper connection to my audience ... with an email list makes SO much sense ! Duh .. Hello ? Forest for the trees. Thank you . Subscribed. Michael
Did you resolve the invalid traffic issue? My channel has been dealing with it over a year. I’m not sure what to do at this point. It has reduced my revenue to less than 1/3 of what it was.
Some great advice, I like number 1
Thank you for wise advice to focus on the content and act as a business to grow revenue, instead of just growing subs.
The invalid traffic issue really has me worried. I heard some real horror stories about that.
Such a great and inspiring video!!!!
Thank you 🙏
11:47 🎯"Stopped Frankensteining my biz from free content..." Amen! That's what got me at a cold stop from even getting started. I've got a corner full of video equipment I haven't used yet because I'm still trying to duct tape and gorilla glue a business from free content. 👹
Haha yesssss!!
I’m just cooking and gardening uploading and see how it goes.
How do you collect emails on CZcams?
Did I miss the part in the video where she talks about how to build an email list? Where to start? Program or software to use? Best practices? What to include in the emails?
No, she didn’t talk about it in this particular video.
I need to find a better way to make money. CZcams is "working" but I will never be able to quit the day job at this rate.
Thanks for the information! Could you recommend a good microphone? I'm currently experiencing issues with mine.
Thanks! I use the Shure SM7db and connect to my computer with the MVx2U. I think there are links in the description!
@@meredithmarsh Thank you!
This is so good..I gotta try that mind map...which one is it? Do you have a link?
Thanks! I used Whimsical in this video but I've been using mindmeister lately too.
I was like #450 first time watching (and subbed)
Love the digital ceo shirt!
It seemed appropriate for the topic of this video!! 😍
I love James William Wedmore! Been following him for years!
What mind map software do you use?
On this, I used whimsical but I’ve been using mindmeister too.
Not subs but need a digital product to sell.... where do I find those? I'm HAVE TO MAKE this work!!! Any help is appreciated
My advice is create your own.
@@meredithmarsh
Good thing I didnt ask for advice, might have gotten help
I'm a musician - Jazz saxophonist, and that's what my videos are of .... me playing my saxophone. I'm not doing "how to" videos (any musicians are). How can I make money off of YT? Thanks, great video!
I believe there are many musicians who generate revenue from teaching their instrument online.
@@meredithmarsh True, far too many actually (most are not qualified). That's not what I'm interested in doing, for many reasons. Taylor Swift doesn't, either. I'm a performer, not a teacher.
@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton performance on or off CZcams is outside of my wheelhouse for sure
@@meredithmarsh Fair enough!
I have 33 subscribers haha. I just want to get to 1000 so I can start getting monetized but throughout the journey, I'm more focused on getting good watch time and returning viewers :)
I feel hopeless, tbh.
Hey Meredith, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?
Please stop pitching your services in my comment section.
Hey Meredith, great video! A few of yours have popped up for me recently, and I’ve enjoyed them. Just wanted to say hello.
@@mrjerrypotter thanks Jerry!!
You said doo doo
Yep. I did.
@@meredithmarsh awesome
hard to believe this channel makes 6 figures.. hmmm..
The channel? It doesn’t. I do.
@@meredithmarsh ok lol
Or create a real business not built on a foundation of quick sand. CZcams's business model is to profit off you while coming up with more and more creative ways to make you unprofitable. CZcams's success is inversely proportional to your success. The rise of AI has made the game even more fraught. All CZcams needs is attention. The quality of the content doesn't matter. Many extremely successful channels are just pure nonsense. Apply AI to the formula and you, the "creator" disappears. Notice all the very successful CZcamsrs increasingly leaving the platform? They are successful because they are good at reading tea leaves.
That said, if you are realistic, creative, incredibly self-motivated and want to leverage the platform for a quick money hit, go for it. Maybe you can even make enough in a few years to never need to make money again. But be honest with yourself about whether you are capable of being in the top one percent. Or want to pay the personal cost.
I'll flip Ed Sheeran's rap "You need me, I don't need you" on its head..."you need CZcams, man, they don't need you." Keep it real.
Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park..I share my CZcams videos on Facebook after I upload and it's helped me big tine! I do Vlogs Daily here in Gatlinburg where we get 16 mil visiting a year 🏞️🌄🐻
i see detail strategy. i subscribed
Thank you ❤️