She Built a 160K Channel With iMovie (And a Farm) | Hopewell Heights
YouTube Creators Hub
Dusty Porter
4.7 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Steph, from the Hopewell Heights YouTube channel shares how she grew a lifestyle + homesteading channel to nearly 160K subscribers using simple tools, smart monetization, and strong boundaries. We talk sponsorships, YouTube ad revenue, affiliate income, blogging with Mediavine, and why diversifying your income (online and offline) matters more than ever.
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I'm Steph, a Catholic mom of 5 living on a 5th-generation farm & homestead and the creator behind the food blog and YouTube channel Homemaking Hopewell Heights.
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| 0:00.0 | Pick one platform, really learn the ins and outs of how that platform works, what it takes to be |
| 0:05.6 | successful. Get yourself the skills you need to be successful on that platform. Get in a groove. |
| 0:11.4 | Then jump to the next, get the next one going, get the next one going. Hello and welcome to |
| 0:15.6 | this week's episode of the YouTube of Creators Hub podcast. I hope you're having a great day or week |
| 0:20.5 | whenever you're listening to this. |
| 0:22.3 | We don't have any sponsors on the show. We just ask that you check out all of the services and offerings we have for you, the creator. |
| 0:28.4 | We offer YouTube coaching. We have a mastermind group where you can rub elbows with other creators. |
| 0:33.4 | I offer YouTube channel reviews. And we have an email newsletter that's absolutely free where you can keep up with me and the things that I got going on in my creator business, as well as something we call the toolbox or the entrepreneur's toolbox, which is just a Google spreadsheet with all of the tools mentioned throughout the history of this show. |
| 0:50.7 | So check out those links down below. |
| 0:52.8 | And with that said, let's go ahead and jump into |
| 0:54.6 | this week's conversation. Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the YouTube |
| 0:58.9 | Creators Hub podcast. I'm joined today by Steph or Stephanie. She runs the YouTube channel called |
| 1:05.4 | Hopewell Heights, and I will link that down below. She's a Catholic mom of five, living on a fifth generation farm and homestead, |
| 1:13.2 | and the creator behind the food blog and YouTube channel, |
| 1:16.6 | as I just mentioned, Hopewell Heights. |
| 1:18.4 | Steph, how are you doing the day? |
| 1:20.2 | I am doing great. |
| 1:21.7 | I mentioned to you earlier. |
| 1:23.6 | I don't have any of my kids right now. |
| 1:25.4 | They're with grandparents, |
| 1:26.1 | so this is kind of weird, but. |
| 1:28.3 | Yeah, I love it. |
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