492: She Made $13,000 on YouTube Her First Year Starting at 50 — Here’s What It Took
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Think Media
4.9 • 862 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, before we jump into the show, I just wanted to take a second and say, thank you for listening. |
| 0:05.4 | I know that life is busy and you have a lot of options when it comes to the content you consume. |
| 0:10.7 | So whether you're new here or you've been listening to the Think Media podcast for years, |
| 0:15.4 | I just want to say thank you and I appreciate you. |
| 0:18.5 | Okay, let's jump into the show. |
| 0:20.5 | She started YouTube in her 50s. |
| 0:22.6 | She told me she only spent about $100 on her whole tech setup and is about to hit 30,000 |
| 0:27.7 | subscribers and she just started last year. |
| 0:30.0 | I did a 30 day challenge before I ever did my first video, film and edit challenge. |
| 0:35.0 | So every day I would just talk about something, then I would go edit it. |
| 0:39.2 | I started as a side hustle with the intention of making it my full-time gig. |
| 0:45.2 | I want to know about what did YouTube pay her? The video strategy that gained her these |
| 0:48.9 | thousands of subscribers, maybe most importantly an honest take as a midlife creator as someone who started this as a side hustle |
| 0:56.3 | like what does your week look like to do this so if you've ever wondered is youtube worth it |
| 1:02.2 | and especially if you're starting later in life i'm pumped to introduce you to carrie |
| 1:07.3 | carrie welcome to the show how you doing i amazing. Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:12.8 | This is a lot of fun. Yes, I'm so stoked. It's going to be a good conversation. So a couple |
| 1:17.3 | quick questions here because, you know, we've gotten to hang out on a couple coaching calls together, |
| 1:22.5 | but just so our audience, hey, gets a feel for where you're at. What is your channel about? Like, what are you doing with your channel right now? My purpose is to help women over 50 to identify their purpose and live it with passion. That's my main focus. I love it. You're already hitting on one of the points we're going to get to, which is clarity, which is like, I love it. You just know, you know who you're trying to reach, which is awesome. And what's your current upload schedule like right now, like one a week to a week where |
| 1:48.0 | you at? I consistently always hit one a week. If I get time where I can do more, I'd love to do |
| 1:54.9 | twice a week, but right now it's been once a week. Awesome. And has it always been like that? |
| 2:01.4 | Have you always aimed for once a week since you started? |
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