#1348 - Q&A: What should I know before I start a Twitch channel?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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A listener has a cooking show on YouTube, and she wants to branch out to another platform. Is there a way to do this without working twice as hard—and what does she need to know?
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| 0:00.0 | It's a good thing platforms like Twitch weren't around 20 years ago when I was in my |
| 0:09.1 | younger 20s. |
| 0:10.5 | The idea of playing online video games all day and getting paid for it, in some cases |
| 0:15.0 | lots of money, was a complete fantasy scenario at the time. |
| 0:19.4 | If that was a thing at all, in my teenage years or even as I said into my 20s, I would have |
| 0:24.1 | been all over it. |
| 0:25.1 | So, maybe I missed my calling, but in a lot of ways I'm actually glad that this didn't |
| 0:29.0 | become a thing until relatively recently. |
| 0:31.2 | Now, it's not just gaming that's big on Twitch and other streaming channels like YouTube |
| 0:35.3 | and Mixer. |
| 0:36.6 | Other genres such as cooking shows are also popular. |
| 0:39.2 | That's what we'll look at today, and listener has an existing show on YouTube and they |
| 0:43.4 | want to branch out to another platform. |
| 0:45.7 | Might there be a way to do this without working twice as hard? |
| 0:48.6 | And either way, what do they need to know? |
| 0:51.5 | What should I know before I start a Twitch channel? |
| 0:53.3 | That is today's topic. |
| 0:54.3 | We're going to dive into it after this message from our sponsor. |
| 0:57.7 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:58.8 | Hey Chris, this is Kristen from Santa Cruz and I recently found the show through a friend. |
| 1:09.6 | I have a cooking show where I demonstrate baking techniques from around the world. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm trying to reach younger viewers who have been learning about baking during quarantine. |
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