Dear Frustrated People of the Freedom forums,
You know, I read alot of post on this forum about how people are so frustrated by the fact that their channel hasn't "caught on" or "blown up" or whatever. And really it surprises me. Did you really think this wasn't work? Did you think it would be easy? I posted my first video in 2011. A crappy poor quality video of a snowstorm outside my house. It truly did suck. After that all I posted was stuff I wanted my friends to see with my RC cars.
On the 28th of march last year I decided to see if I could make some money at this. Thinking the same thing alot of you think. It's easy money. I watched pewdiepie and jack septiceye and philip defranco and thought, "Yea i can do that!" It looks easy as hell. Play some games, record some footage and upload that sh!+. I was SOO wrong!
So now I have a different approach. I wanna make money at this someday. Maybe real big money. As with any career you have to get your education. I think of this time as my education. Learning how to do it RIGHT! Editing, commentary, scheduling, spending time elsewhere besides sitting behind this computer. Once I get all that straight things will, I hope, happen naturally. You can't just upload a video of something and then just stare at the screen and wait for it to make you rich. (I tried that. Didn't happen!) You gotta put in work. Get that education. Learn how to commentate. Learn how to record. (lighting, sound, hardware, software) Learn how to Edit. (more software) Learn how to juggle youtube and relationships. (even more "software") There's no such thing as easy money. Sure you might come up with something genius like snowboarding thru the streets of New York. Or fat shaming those "Dear Fat People". (and yes I think video was a stroke of genius. A crappy additude to have about people. But from a marketing standpoint... Genius!) ok where was I. Oh yea
You gotta put in work. For most of us, it just takes time. You gotta be patient. Get that education. Read the forums. Watch videos about how to make videos. Watch videos about how to promote. Watch videos about little kittens cuz dammit you need a break. But be patient. Put in the work. It'll all come round eventually.
Sincerely,
Scott Wood of ITW Games.
You know, I read alot of post on this forum about how people are so frustrated by the fact that their channel hasn't "caught on" or "blown up" or whatever. And really it surprises me. Did you really think this wasn't work? Did you think it would be easy? I posted my first video in 2011. A crappy poor quality video of a snowstorm outside my house. It truly did suck. After that all I posted was stuff I wanted my friends to see with my RC cars.
On the 28th of march last year I decided to see if I could make some money at this. Thinking the same thing alot of you think. It's easy money. I watched pewdiepie and jack septiceye and philip defranco and thought, "Yea i can do that!" It looks easy as hell. Play some games, record some footage and upload that sh!+. I was SOO wrong!
So now I have a different approach. I wanna make money at this someday. Maybe real big money. As with any career you have to get your education. I think of this time as my education. Learning how to do it RIGHT! Editing, commentary, scheduling, spending time elsewhere besides sitting behind this computer. Once I get all that straight things will, I hope, happen naturally. You can't just upload a video of something and then just stare at the screen and wait for it to make you rich. (I tried that. Didn't happen!) You gotta put in work. Get that education. Learn how to commentate. Learn how to record. (lighting, sound, hardware, software) Learn how to Edit. (more software) Learn how to juggle youtube and relationships. (even more "software") There's no such thing as easy money. Sure you might come up with something genius like snowboarding thru the streets of New York. Or fat shaming those "Dear Fat People". (and yes I think video was a stroke of genius. A crappy additude to have about people. But from a marketing standpoint... Genius!) ok where was I. Oh yea
You gotta put in work. For most of us, it just takes time. You gotta be patient. Get that education. Read the forums. Watch videos about how to make videos. Watch videos about how to promote. Watch videos about little kittens cuz dammit you need a break. But be patient. Put in the work. It'll all come round eventually.
Sincerely,
Scott Wood of ITW Games.
