I'm Finally Starting My YouTube Channel! | S3 E3
Full-Time Influencer Podcast
Tina Lee
5 • 673 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
"You will never know unless you try". Today, I’m excited to share with you why I've decided to start my YouTube Channel after being in the online space for more than six years, the different factors that held me back, what sparked me to finally begin this new journey, and how I plan to grow my channel. Let's dive in...
Welcome to the Full-Time Influencer Podcast. I'm your host Tina Lee (@ofleatherandlace) I'm sharing some of my expertise and industry information, to help you decode social media, and create content that helps aspiring creatives like you become full-time influencers so you can also do what you love for a living!
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Timestamps:
(1:22) - Why I focused on Instagram & not YouTube
(3:35) - The reasons I was scared of committing to YouTube
(9:59) - After 6 years of being a content creator, it was time to face my fears
(15:39) - The goal of my YouTube Channel & what's in store for you
(23:04) - The 5 ways I plan to grow my YouTube channel
(34:12) - what will differentiate you is really what makes you unique as a person
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| 0:00.0 | And it was commitment to continue putting out videos even when you're not seeing a lot of growth |
| 0:06.2 | or immediate ROI. And so this idea that it would take a lot of upfront effort and a lot of money |
| 0:14.8 | upfront, it scared me for quite a few years. Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast. I'm your host, Tina |
| 0:22.6 | Lee, and I'll be sharing industry knowledge and social media tips through weekly interviews |
| 0:26.6 | with established creators and Q&A sessions. Our goal is to help you decode social media, |
| 0:31.8 | become a full-time influencer, and do what you love for a living. Let's dive in! |
| 0:43.2 | Every year since 2017, one of my New Year's resolution has always been to start a YouTube channel. |
| 0:46.2 | I started my content creation journey back in late 2016 |
| 0:49.7 | with a blog at first and then quickly followed it up |
| 0:52.9 | with an Instagram account. Honestly, Instagram |
| 0:56.0 | kept me really busy, especially in the beginning. Back then, you weren't able to just |
| 1:01.8 | easily repurpose content and grow across platforms with one piece of short-form video content, |
| 1:06.9 | because short-form video content wasn't the mainstream type of content back then. |
| 1:12.0 | It was either horizontal long-form video to be posted on YouTube |
| 1:16.1 | or, generally speaking, vertical photos to be posted on Instagram. |
| 1:21.7 | So while I loved creating on Instagram and posting photos on Instagram, |
| 1:27.4 | it took up so much of my time and YouTube just kept being put on the back burner. |
| 1:35.3 | Although it was always something I wanted to do. |
| 1:38.3 | But because there's always something else going on in life, whether that's growing on Instagram, brand deals, global trips, |
| 1:46.6 | creating a course, creating a clothing line and so on. I never really got to starting YouTube. |
| 1:54.1 | But let's be real here. Have I really never had time to start YouTube during all of the last |
| 2:00.7 | six years? |
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