Greeting Grindstone creators. 👋 A few things to share... 1) @Houston Bernard and @Gemma Ferguson won some banger prizes for in the Grindstone Games last month! $100 cash and a gift card to a favorite restaurant. 🎁 It really pays to stay active in here. 2) My 100 uploads in 100 days is going well. My eyes were bigger than my stomach. Writing is quite easy for me since I've been doing it for years and I can do it anywhere. But recording audio and video is a totally different story, as you all know. I just refreshed my working calendar to make everything 10x easier. 3) I just moved to Thailand. Kindest people I ever met. Amazing food. Affordable. But man, this time zone difference is really testing me. ••• Expect fun things to be released this week! 🤗 And if you haven't done so yet...***give me access to your Master Tracker if you're in the luxury coaching program!! Happy creating this week. See you soon. ✌️

I just wanted to share my win for this week. Colby and I were going over my analytics for youtube and I had 20% more views than the previous month and 38% more watch time. Im also up 100 new followers since I started to 2817. Im just getting started and I know I have a long way to go for my goal, but it is nice to see the work paying off. Good luck everyone!

Hey all! 👋 There are zillions of "how to create" creators on the internet. Here's a short list of some who I think would bring you guys the most value. 1) Devin Nash — how to market, monetize, and brand yourself as a creator. - YouTube - Twitter - Instagram - (my favorite video of his on how to build a brand from scratch) 2) Paddy Galloway — runs a YT accelerator and helps people blow up channels. - Twitter - (my favorite thread of his with 20 excellent YT tips) 3) Colin & Samir — podcasters who interview all kinds of creators. - YouTube - Publish Press (3x/wk newsletter with latest creator news) This list is endless. These are just a few of my favorites. Follow them and let me know what you think! Who would you add to this list? 🧐

Any advice on how to sound more energetic during recording? It has got to be my biggest critique of myself lately. I feel like I'm more energetic while recording, and at times I am, just short lived. But during the editing I find myself... bored. For lack of a better word. And the source seems to be more with my vocal energy. It could also be that I have already played it, so it's not "new" for me. I wish I was like jacksepticeye with his... toddler energy. No idea how he does it, but it's impressive. But then there are others who do not exhibit high energy, but I find very entertaining such as Fooster, who I've taken inspiration from for my channel. I'm either missing something or trying to travel the incorrect path. Right now I'm feeling quite blind. I've tried following my usual advice I give others that I have read works of pre-game practices where I hype myself up. Doesn't seem to work for me. Fades after about 10 minutes. I'm plenty energetic when talking to people face to face. Less so when talking to my computer. I've toyed with doing live streams, but this concept keeps me from going that route. Plus the additional issue where I sometimes struggle to figure out what to talk about when I've finished narrating what I'm currently doing.

Is anyone facing monetization issues? My YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@cuddlychickadee has been rejected twice for monetization due to "Deceptive, sensational or clickbait kids content". Any suggestions/solutions to resolve this type of problem is greatly appreciated.