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Now, let's jump into today's show. Let's talk about YouTube jail. Yep, it's a real thing.

If you violate copyright law, get community guidelines strikes, post harmful or misleading

content, YouTube can penalize your channel. You might get demonetized, lose access to features,

and even get your video suppressed. And in some cases, creators are even getting shadow banned. But here's the

truth that no one is talking about. For 99% of creators, YouTube jail isn't caused by the algorithm.

It's caused by confusion, inconsistency, and unclear strategy.

Welcome back to the Think Media podcast. My name is Sean Cannell, your guide to building a profitable YouTube channel. And we're going to be talking about why you might be stuck in

YouTube jail and seven keys to break free. Let's dive in in number one. Number one, rewire your

mindset. The first of our seven

keys starts with resetting your thinking. You might be telling yourself, the algorithm is against me.

You too must be suppressing my content. I'm shadow banned. But the truth is this, for 99% of creators,

they're not shadow banned. Their content just sucks. Can I say that? I mean,

let me put it another way. You might just not have found your thing yet. Like your content

is low effort or it's not aligned with your strengths. For 99% of creators, you're not

shadow banned. Your content just isn't working yet. So let's break this down.

If you are getting limited reach with good content, maybe you're violating some of these things.

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