He Made a Video for His 90-Year-Old Mom. Now He Makes $100K a Year
YouTube Creators Hub
Dusty Porter
4.7 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty Porter interviews YouTuber Rich Bowlin (over 200,000 subscribers with under 250 uploads), a retired attorney and CEO of a religious nonprofit whose channel began after making iPad tutorial videos for his 90-year-old mother; the episode is dedicated to her after her recent passing. Rich explains how early "wisdom" videos flopped but simple iPhone/iPad how-to content for seniors took off, leading to monetization at 1,000 subscribers/4,000 watch hours and a growing side hustle. He describes focusing on a clear niche, using analytics to refine topics, upgrading from basic iPhone filming to a home studio with multiple Panasonic Lumix cameras, and streamlining production with custom Claude-built apps, Final Cut Pro, and AI help for ideas and thumbnails. He shares revenue sources (ads, sponsorships, Amazon affiliates), lessons on underpricing sponsors, and encouragement that YouTube still offers major opportunity with perseverance and improvement.
About Rich:
Retired attorney. CEO of Religious non-profit.
My YouTube journey began when my siblings and I bought my 90 yr old mother and iPad. She struggled using it so I made a short tutorial for her to watch. That video got quite a few views so I ended up making a few more simple videos for seniors on how to use their iPad and iPhone. Should cross 200k subscribers this month. An amaziing journey.
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| 0:00.0 | and I just thought, well, I don't have any original idea, so I'm just going to copy these dudes that are doing it and doing well. |
| 0:07.5 | So I just copied a bunch of stuff. |
| 0:09.7 | And then, you know, it was kind of threw in my own style. |
| 0:13.6 | But if you're getting started today, man, I'm telling you, YouTube is a great place to be. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's conversation on the Creators Hub podcast. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm joined today by another wonderful guest, as always, Mr. Rich Bolan. |
| 0:29.4 | His name is spelled B-O-W-L-I-N, and his YouTube channel just matches that. |
| 0:34.7 | He's got over 200,000 subscribers, even 250 videos uploaded so you know he's doing |
| 0:40.0 | something right he covers technology a little bit about rich so he's a retired attorney he's a |
| 0:45.7 | CEO of religious non-profit his YouTube journey began when his siblings and himself bought his |
| 0:52.5 | 90-year-old mother an iPad, |
| 0:54.8 | and we're going to touch on that a little bit later. |
| 0:56.7 | It's a pretty special story. |
| 0:58.2 | She struggled using it, so he made a few short tutorial videos for her to watch. |
| 1:02.8 | That video got quite a few views, |
| 1:04.6 | so he ended up making a few more simple videos for seniors |
| 1:07.7 | on how to use their iPad and iPhone. |
| 1:13.7 | Should cross 200,000 subscribers this month when he wrote that to me, he is now well surpassed that. So that's awesome. It's an awesome |
| 1:19.1 | journey. Rich, how are you doing the day? I'm doing good. Good. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:23.9 | So this thing started on a whim, and I'm just going to say this off the top here. Your mother was 90 year old when you kind of started the channel and we're trying to show her kind of how to use her technology. I've been there. I think a lot of us listening have been there. And unfortunately, your sweet mother passed away just a few days ago. And so we're going to dedicate this show, this episode for her. |
| 1:47.8 | But give us the full story of that. |
| 1:50.9 | How did the channel come to be? |
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