Creating a Technical YouTube Channel

[JustinWills]

Small Intro:

My name is Justin and I have been in the Salesforce ecosystem for ~5 years. I have been inconsistently documenting my journey on YT, but it's time to go pro. My current source of income is consulting.

Thread Purpose

My goal of this thread is to document my progress, as well as my thoughts on how to grow a YT channel. There have been many YT channel threads, so this will hopefully cover a different niche. Additionally, this is meant to be a place that I come back to and post. Expect raw thoughts that may be incomplete.

What I've Done

Initial numbers as of posting:

• 987 Subs
• 2021 Watch Hours in the last 365 Days
• 36 Videos

My 2024 goals including "Going Pro" in YouTube (as well as posting on FLF). Over the past ~6 months, I've more or less kept up posting 1 video every other week. I am looking to keep up this pace and potentially increase video output.

Current Video Making Process

Since March 2024, I have adopted this process:

1. Research / note take on topic
2. Rough draft of every word I say
3. Screen record video of anything technical
4. Final draft of script
5. Record audio on audacity by reading teleprompter
6. Export to Davinci and edit
7. Create Thumbnail on Canva
8. Post

I stopped recording talking head because:

• Glare on glasses is bad
• You can see my eyes move when reading a teleprompter

This process usually takes 20 hours depending on the scope.

Mindset Changes in 2024

Some of the lessons I've focused on this year:

• Consistency is key
• Spend more time on Thumbnail + Title + First 30 seconds
• Create more content that will go "viral", and not just content that is good for search
• Certain topics perform better than others. I have found 3 topics that outperform everything else. Make videos that fall into these buckets.

Goals

• Post every other week for the rest of the year
• Only make content that fall into the approved topics

Tools

Since someone will ask:

• Davinci Resolve
• Canva
• Audacity
• OBS
• Affinity Suite (Just bought and haven't used yet)
• Blue Yeti Mic

Conclusion

I will post thoughts after posting. You can find the current channel by searching "Justin Wills Salesforce". I am open to all types of feedback.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Nz 2024 huemt opdmafoph "Huoph Qsu" op ZuaVaci (et ximm et qutvoph up GMG).

Huemt

• Qutv iwisz uvjis xiil gus vji sitv ug vji zies
• Upmz neli dupvipv vjev gemm opvu vji eqqsuwif vuqodt

UL, cav xjev ot zuas SIEM huem?

Og iwiszvjoph xipv hsiev, xjisi fu zua xepv vu ci op 3, 5 ziest?

Ot vjot nesliv meshi ipuahj vu djephi zuas mogi?

 

[403burnout]

Ot vjot nesliv meshi ipuahj vu djephi zuas mogi?

Vjot.

O'n dasouat jux vji coh vji nesliv ot gus nusi Temitgusdi wofiut op 2024.

Nz onqsittoup et ep uavtofis xju xuslt op e foggisipv cav efkedipv opfatvsz (OV tztefnop) ot vjev Temitgusdi xet e siemmz vsipfz desiis qevj 3-5 ziest ehu cav gimm ugg e dmogg op 2023 xovj emm vji mezuggt. Epidfuvemmz O dep vimm zua vji Temitgusdi vien ev nz kuc huv jov cz vjuti mezuggt.

Cigusi 2023 ov gimv moli iwisz "GOSI" cmuh uav vjisi xet qatjoph Temitgusdi et ep ietz qevj vu e toy-gohasi desiis vjev epzupi duamf hiv opvu xovj katv e disvogodevoup. Vjev puoti tiint vu jewi raoivif fuxp pux. Cav jiz, O'n cetoph vjot up 'wocit' puv feve, nezci vjisi't tvomm qmipvz ug finepf gus vjot vzqi ug dupvipv.

 

[JustinWills]

O tii vjsii qevjt vu nupivoboph e ZV djeppim:

• Timm Duastit
• Neli ep ehipdz
• Timm Qsufadv / Tugvxesi

UL, cav xjev ot zuas SIEM huem?

Og iwiszvjoph xipv hsiev, xjisi fu zua xepv vu ci op 3, 5 ziest?

Ot vjot nesliv meshi ipuahj vu djephi zuas mogi?

Nz huem ot vu timm tugvxesi up vji cedl-ipf. O fup'v vjopl EfTipti xomm djephi nz mogi cav atoph vji djeppim et e neslivoph djeppim vu timm TeeT tiswodit xomm.

O'n dasouat jux vji coh vji nesliv ot gus nusi Temitgusdi wofiut op 2024.

Siedv / Piyv KT ot vji juv vuqod sohjv pux, cav vjisi ot tvomm finepf gus Temitgusdi dupvipv. O vjopl duncoph vji wofiu raemovz ug wofiut op vji Siedv/Piyv podji xovj Temitgusdi vuqodt xomm tiswi ep eafoipdi.

O jewi sidiowif ~ 1 duptamvoph dmoipv qis raesvis xovj vjot tztvin, cav en gudatoph up tunivjoph vjev tdemit nz voni civvis.



Vjisi ot opvisitv up MoplifOp, epf vjot dupwisvt ~1% ug vseggod.

 

[Andy Black]

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[JustinWills]

Egvis e wofiu cuncoph, epf sidiowoph giifcedl up vji gusn, O fidofif vu qowuv tmohjvmz.



O siemobif vxu vjopht:

• O xet neloph dupvipv qiuqmi fofp'v desi ecuav
• O xet tqipfoph e muv ug voni up vjopht vjev xisip'v neloph nupiz

O qowuvif vji dupvipv tvzmi vu nusi muph gusn. Vjot duasti-tvzmi wofiu ot quqames op vji vidj dunnapovz tu O duqoif ov jisi:



Cideati ug vji sidiqvoup ug vjot wofiu, O fidofif vu qav aq e gusn vu tii og epzupi xepvt vu qez gus e tiswodi moli vjot. O xepvif e qeznipv opvihsevif gusn cav sep opvu ipuahj foggodamvoit vjev O fidofif vu katv opwuodi up vji cedl-ipf egvis gusn tacnottoup.

 

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