Racking up points on my side quest
A “mini-game” helps you to stay on track with your main one by providing variety and a secondary focus.
My main goal through August 2024 is to earn $100 through Medium in a single month.
I'm also working toward monetizing my YouTube channel to complement this.
My work on the channel gives me material to bring here, which works directly toward my primary goal.
I missed last week. Our internet was out for a few days, but that wasn't really an excuse because I was able to hit up McDonald's for their internet. I realized just how at odds I am without connectivity. It was eye-opening.
Notwithstanding the above, I'm posting once a week, through the end of August.
Two videos uploaded since 7/15/2024
Since the last update, I've added one regular video and one short.
One was a pricing video for solid serial numbers. These are bills that have a serial number that's a single repeated digit, like 77777777. Rare stuff!
The short talked about bills called date notes:
Continuing to support other YouTubers
I continue to get great comments from a few subscribers. New ones are showing up, which is great!
One new subscriber told me that he came over because of comments I made on a related channel. Commenting works to spread the word!
I've subscribed to several channels and look for the little blue dot next to their channel name to see if they've posted new videos.
In the late 2000s decade I got lazy with my blog and didn't respond to comments. That was a big mistake. I'm not going to do that with this channel.
Monetization eligibility
I currently have 631 subscribers, up 20 from the previous update two weeks ago. I need 1,000 subscribers minimum.
I'm up to 653 public watch hours over the past 12 months, up 37 from the previous two weeks. I need 4,000 minimum on regular videos. (People watching Shorts don't count toward the 4,000 hours.)
With each video I add, though, I get some residual watching, about 1.5 hours per month, per video, which starts to add up. That, and more subscribers should increase the watch time for new videos that come out.
This is how it has to work: one view, one subscriber, one like, one share at a time.
My strategy going forward
My strategy for increasing these numbers continues to be:
- Continue to post new videos. (I'm thinking I need to mix up the Shorts a bit more.)
- Develop relationships with other similar channels.
- Respond to comments without fail.
- Cross-promote videos on my other online properties, such as my blogs and my Facebook group.
Cross-promoting videos
As promised, here I discuss how I cross-promote some of my videos:
- I embed the videos on my blogs. Views and watch time that happen there count.
- I post the videos in my Cool Serial Facebook group.
- If people have a question about what a bill is worth, and I've recorded a pricing video on that kind of bill, I'll post a link to the video in the comment.
- I link to the videos in these updates!
- I promote the videos in my lead magnets, and my newsletter.
- Within YouTube, I add cards and end screens in the videos to cross-promote relevant videos.
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