I posted a video about a week ago with the first thumbnail below. It ended up not doing well at all, I was worried that the video I had worked hours and hours on wasn’t interesting enough for any given viewer to click on. However, usually before I post videos I create 2-3 thumbnails to have and this definitely saved my video. The second thumbnail, although it still can be improved, increased the CTR by almost 5% and the views went from around 200 to 2.7k. I decided to share this because I think a lot of people, me included, get so wrapped up in creating this “masterpiece” of content with long hours of work just to see it flop. If you believe in a piece of content you posted, like truly believe you gave it everything you had, don’t give up on it after it doesn’t do well right away. Change the title, change the thumbnail, post a short and link the video to it and most importantly prepare for one thumbnail to not be received well early on in the process and make multiple thumbnails!

https://youtu.be/SWvMmKbLTOM ok from the feedback I got, I did a lot less editing and graphics and kept it simple. For the story part I added it into INSHOT for the AI editing to cut out too many spaces. I don't think it has an option in the capcut version I have. The original songs I am posting are left over from a few weeks ago when I recorded 9 of them so there are still things I need to remember for future videos. My areas that I think I can improve still. - Smile more - Audio - I know I can make this much better, I need a better set up currently its just my phone but when I add a little reverb it makes it a little lo fi or muffled I think. - I dont think Im not an ugly guy nor a model but I think the lighting and filters need some work. Im not sure where to go with this either. I would like to make it look natural and enough filter to not look like a scary guy in an alley lol Any thoughts are appreciated.

I posted a new video today and I tried to incorporate a couple different things. 1. All of the feedback I received from the last video about adding more commentary throughout the video to explain/remind the viewer of the end goal for the video. 2. More explanation/detail in the intro to make it feel like part of the story and less "youtube fast paced." and 3. I wanted to try something a little new to my channel. I've been struggling a little getting content out because the recording process and editing takes so long with over 24 hours of footage to get through. So I split it up into two parts and built in a little teaser at the end of this one for next weeks post. Let me know any thoughts you have throughout the video or thumbnail. But also share any opinions you have on the 2 part video.

Hello again skoolmates 🫡 I'm on the hunt for someone who can edit my streams into clips and youtube videos. Does anyone have anyone they'd like to recommend? Or sites they've used to hire editors in the past? I have a clear vision and reference for what I'm going for, so I'm hoping I can hand off my stream recordings and it to someone without stressing about it. I'm finding that editing these myself is zero fun and too time-consuming for me 😅

I posted part 2 of the video I posted a week ago. I tried to incorporate a lot of the same stuff as the first one but after looking at some of the retention drop offs in this one I found a couple of things to adjust. If you guys have anything you see let me know and I'll make sure to make some changes for the next vid. Thank you for all the helpful video back from the last one!