I Failed at YouTube Until I Learned These 28 Brutal Lessons

Published: Tue 17th Jun

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Struggling with YouTube growth despite following all the "right" advice? I almost destroyed my own channel by making 28 critical youtube video upload mistakes that kept me stuck until I finally broke through to 20,000 subscribers in just 6 months. In this video, I reveal the brutal mistakes small youtubers make that ruin their growth, from overthinking content creation to chasing every shiny new strategy instead of focusing on what actually works. Whether you're wondering how to grow on youtube or need the best advice for new youtubers, these hard-learned lessons will show you exactly what NOT to do so you can finally start getting the views and subscribers you deserve. Stop wasting time on strategies that don't work and discover how to get 20k subscribers on youtube by avoiding the traps that keep most creators stuck. This isn't feel-good content creation advice - these are the harsh realities about how to get views on youtube that most gurus won't tell you.

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️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 #1 Perfection With Consistency
01:01 #2 Being Too Broad Instead Of Laser-Focused
01:28 #3 Overcomplicating Instead Of Keeping It Simple
02:45 #4 Chasing Every Shiny New Strategy
03:37 #5 Expecting The Algorithm To Promote Anything
03:56 #6 Performing Instead Of Being Me
04:26 #7 Obsessing Over Meaningless Small Sample Sizes
05:16 #8 Creating Isolated Videos Instead Of Building A Catalog
05:42 #9 Overproducing Instead Of Staying Consistent
06:07 #10 Overwhelming Viewers With Too Many Choices
06:37 #11 Assuming Viewers Knew My Previous Content
06:58 #12 Building For Imaginary Future Problems
07:18 #13 Getting Lost In Details And Forgetting Fundamentals
07:52 #14 Assuming Instead Of Asking
08:12 #15 Not Double Checking My Audio Before Recording
08:25 #16 Spending Time On Busy Work Disguised As Productivity
08:56 #17 Trying To Be Someone I'm Not
09:23 #18 Falling Victim To The Sunk Cost Fallacy
09:57 #19 Never Repurposing Content
10:18 #20 Letting Ego Dismiss Opportunities
10:37 #21 Thinking My Perspective Was Automatically Valuable
11:02 #22 Thinking Search Videos Were Still A Viable Strategy For Growth
11:23 #23 Not Asking Viewers To Help Out
11:43 #24 Not Really Understanding What Worked
12:17 #25 Optimizing For Momentum When It Actually Hurt My Motivation
12:45 #26 Reading One Negative Comment And Ignoring All The Positive Feedback
13:19 #27 Trying To Force Creativity On Demand
13:51 #28 Creating Imaginary Pressure
14:12 The Brutal Truths Of Growing On YouTube

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