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I think it only doesn't work when you don't know what to do with the tools and information it provides. I am considering using it just to see if I can figure out my channel but I am still on the fence only because I might try something different entirely first for a channel idea.

It didn't used to be. They did a few price increases. The company I work for used them for a number of years and stopped when the monthly cost nearly doubled in 2023. I think they can get away with it because they offer a lot and it is priced to be more for teams and companies than individuals.

That is fair to say I guess. I mean if it was easy or worked every time, people wouldn't be having this problem on such a wide scale. It sucks when you put so much time into something to just see it tank.

Did you try it yet? Curious to see how it went for you. I am heard that there are some changes on X with the algorithm and it might be worth doing it there. I am not entirely sure how it works there though but I do know they default boost you if you are verified.

That is the issue with trying to earn through YouTube. You have to be cool with making videos that get no pay and sometimes no views either. I am learning this more and more. I am trying to experiment with different tips people give but have yet to see any substantial growth.

Is this because their search engine isn't used as much? I figured it was similar in what you could make cause ads are ads. I'll have to see how this breakdowns. I am curious what the differences actually are.

Paid traffic is fine for new sites but not established ones. You won't get any benefit from it. I think paying for social media account boosting is more worth it. Maybe set up some socials for your blogs and try boosting those.

This is correct. I have seen people do it and it works. It is not guaranteed to work but if you feel your blogs are worth saving, then put in the time. I have tried this before a number of years ago and couldn't get it to work out for mine. I gave it a year and a half and just stopped bothering with the blog entirely. Eventually I just shut it down.

I have done sales in the past and they can boost things but I find that you need to actually have an established business or products for them to matter more. If you don't have many people showing up to buy your products or services, you just end up losing money.

I was actually on the other end of this and got hired by someone that outsourced for work. It was just for 3 months but it was a learning experience for us both. At first, there was tons of work and then it tapered off but I still made the same pay throughout.

Well, being active matters. Not just making posts but interactions. If you don't make an effort to go into other people's posts or follow other accounts and show up in the comments, you end up missing out on a lot of growth opportunity.

You just have to copy the same format. Make your site seem more authoritative on the niche you are in by linking to your own content for one. There are a number of tricks to this but it does take time. Most people don't want to put in the time.

Oh okay, right shorter makes sense. I guess I get throw a few out there and see what happens. I am not going to bank on them doing anything substantial but if they get me more subs and views on my main videos, it is probably worth it.

Yeah but I think ads work a bit differently. They have a more prolonged effect like if someone see's fast food being advertised to them, they are more likely to eat it in the coming week because it put the thought in their head.

Well, search intent as well as content quality are more important than actual keyword amounts. I remember reading that you want to focus on "EAT". This is Expertise, Authoritative, and Trustworthy. When you site or content online has some level of each, it helps boost it a lot.

They have a lot of work to do to improve their site for new content creators. I have tried stuff on there and it goes nowhere. Then you look at Kick, they have successfully rivaled Twitch. Rumble is trying to rival both YouTube and Twitch and is doing a poor job at both.

I have heard good things about this in the past but it has been a number of years since I talked to anyone that used it. I think you can run this along side Google Adsense though since it is not pulling away from them. Most people that use Bing have done so to avoid Google.

I am talking about the captions. I see this a lot on social media but I am not sure how people are doing it. I would imagine most if not all are using AI but every time I find an AI platform that provides it, they either charge a fee, require you to sign up and limit your usage, or it gets watermarked. I am certain there has to be a free one without all this mess in the way.

I am still trying to figure mine out. I have changed it 3 times and altered it at least twice. Just trying to see what works best for traffic and what could work best for YouTube. I know it is something a lot of people want but being able to have a steady stream of income via YouTube is one of my main goals.

I think there is a lot of room for podcasts, especially if you do one in a niche people want or need. There are a lot of finance, politics, and general relationship ones so if it falls under something that isn't like that, you have a higher chance of success IMO.

I looked into this a few times. With the threshold you have to hit for YouTube to become a partner, if you end up having a loyal fan base before then, selling merch can actually be a good revenue stream. You just have to keep in mind that 80% (or more) of viewers likely won't buy anything.

Do you (or anyone else) think it is worth doing shorts to boost my channel? I am not sure if I should bother with those if my content is already going to be on the shorter side.

I remember reading something maybe 10 or so years ago about bots accounting for 50% if not more of web traffic now. I would imagine with AI, it has gotten even worse but I would wager that a lot of the bots were AI this whole time, scraping the internet for information.

The free version of Grok is still useful for certain things. I think as they add more features, more will become free because they want people using it and they know not everyone has the money to put into it. Plus, the learning model is build right into X so Elon is getting all that information for nothing!

Just pick whichever AI model you like and focus on that. They tend to cover news about other ones to compare. I don't see AI advancing as much as it once was. Like we seen a massive leap from 2018 to 2023 but nothing really groundbreaking since IMO.