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Is it Too Late to Start YouTube in 2020?

Is it too late to start YouTube in 2020? Man, that is the elephant in the room. And everyone's wondering with the drama that's happening on YouTube with COPPA, with the fact that YouTube has been around for 15 years now. Is it still possible to not only start a channel but really to grow and to break out? So, in this video I'm actually gonna be sharing some case studies and some examples of channels that have started in the last two, to even last one year, to even the last few months that have broken out, and some tips for how you can grow your channel faster in 2020 and beyond. 

But, hey, if we're just meeting my name is Sean Cannell. I'm the author of YouTube Secrets. And here on Think Media, my passion is helping you with the best tips and tools for building your influence with online video. And I'm so excited about this video today. If you're here on the replay thanks for being here. If you're here live, what's up CryptoWealthy, Star Wars for life, what's up to Jim, what's up ERX fitness, appreciate you. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss future live streams and training all year long. Let's just dive right into this. Is it too late to start YouTube in 2020? Well, let's look at some examples that have just started. You know, some people are like, well, hey, if you started back in 2010 you could breakthrough. Oh, if you started 2015 you could breakthrough, but now it's too late. And my question is, is that true? I mean, have channels that have only started in the last year or so broken through. And the example is, yeah, I mean, the examples are many. 

Of course, there's like Jennelle Eliana. Maybe you've heard of her, her channel blew up. She's at over 2.2 million subscribers now. She only has about six videos out. And she started just a few months ago. Her first video was like five months ago, which again, is one of these examples I think of, the fact that you can start a brand new channel and still blow up. But some people might say, oh, well, it's because she's attractive. Or, oh, you know, she got lucky. Or, oh, she's a plant from YouTube. There are actually conspiracy theories about her. But, look, it's not just about this bigger kind of viral channels. Maybe you heard about Joana Ceddia, she's another example. 

A million subscribers in just three months, right? She's an 18-year-old Canadian YouTuber who films videos with her phone. So not any fancy technology, right? And, really, if you look at some of the things about her channel it's kinda different, it's better than better. When you've to like Jake Paul's of the world that are kind of doing this flashy, kind of over-edited, larger than life. 

She's kind of this opposite, like, just being authentic, weird, her thumbnails are like memes. And she's also doing influence and trend surfing. You know, she blew up because she did a DIY of Emma Chamberlain's clothing line and kind of capitalized on some of the drama around that. So we saw some of her strategies that we even talk about. I don't even know if it was a strategy, but it was one of the principles we talk about here at Think Media of influence surfing and trend surfing. But here's the deal, it's not just these breakout one million subscribers. Maybe you've heard of Doctor Eye Health. Joey has been on YouTube for about a year focused, five videos a month, 23,000 subscribers he's growing by a month right now. And he gets 1.2 million views a month. What we're seeing here is the power of using YouTube in a particular niche or niche, and to really use it to blow up, and have a business model and a strategy. And now he's at like 85,000 subscribers. 

But he's already making money off affiliate marketing, he's building an audience. And he's reaching people as an eye doctor that started to share his passion and his expertise on YouTube. Tell me in the comments, what is your niche? What is it you're creating on YouTube? What kind of content, what kind of videos are you creating? I love this example because it shows that he didn't have to start five years ago or 10 years ago. You could still grow a channel in a particular niche. It makes me think of Roger, right, the expert plumber. He's actually posting 15 videos a month, so a lot of hustle going in, growing by 3,100 subscribers a month. And he really got focused about a year ago, so just at the beginning of 2019. And his channel's gonna be huge. The subscriber growth is there.

By the way, when I say huge I think the important thing to note here is don't just define success by the million subscriber channels. Roger has got a business in Dallas, a real plumbing business. He's got a team, he's sending out employees to do jobs. But, now, he fired his marketing company. And he's leveraging YouTube to not just grow his business, but to create other income streams. It's not too late to start YouTube man. Whether you're kind of an influencer, whether you just kinda want to create van life videos, or meme-style content, or gaming, or whether you want to use YouTube for business, and whether you want to use YouTube with a proven business model around it. 

The examples are many, you've got Nicole. Now, she had been on YouTube for a few years, but not focused, right? You know, you upload like a video of your wedding, or your engagement, and some other random stuff. Then she got focused about a year ago. And her channel is Kids OT Help. She's an occupational therapist. She's posting four videos a month, so once a week, right, it's a really good strategy. And I think that if you want to crush it on YouTube in 2020 you need to commit to at least uploading one video a week. It's all about that consistency. And she's growing by 3,400 new moms, right? It's focused, like, people that are having babies. It's tummy time, and it's feeding, and it's things like that. It's latching, right, how you trying to get that baby to latch, come on moms. And she's getting 200,000 views a month. And she's doing all kinds of things. She's doing YouTube ads a little bit with views, affiliate marketing. But she's even got like a membership site now for new moms that are in this stage. So she's generating I think nearly 1000 bucks a month now just with a channel around 50,000 subscribers, and she just started recently. You actually can use a tool like vidIQ to see people's stats to see, yeah, four videos a week, or a month. 

How many subscribers are they growing by? What kind of views is she getting? You know, here's Graham Stephan. Two years ago is when he really first started, and in a very what you call quote, unquote, crowded niche. At first, he was kind of talking about his cars, he's a car fanatic. And now he's doing real estate as well as really just wealth kind of building tips, videos, 1.3 million subscribers now. I mean, it's not too late to start. I mean, that's the theme we're seeing. Maybe you've seen Danya Angelo, right? She lives in a ranch in Mexico. I don't know how to say her channel name. I know here's what it means, from my ranch to your garden. She's grown by two million subscribers, eight videos a month, 22 million views a month. Right above my picture-in-picture here you can see how many views she's getting a month. She's grown by 330,000 subscribers a month. And she's breaking like all the myths. Number one, she doesn't have like a cool bumper, cool graphics, cool social media logos. It's just like straight jump-cut editing through a cooking tutorial, you know, and it's very creative. Mexico, the channel's in Spanish, it's wood fire stove, but she just blew up. And here's my thing, I'm not saying that you're gonna start a channel, and you're gonna get two million subscribers like she did. But what I'm saying is that it's possible to start and grow at 20,000, 45,000, 65,000 subscriber channel, period. Like, the examples are too many. 

You know, you can just start seeing that people want to say, oh, it's just for like Jennelle Eliana who's like a hipster, zoomer, attractive, creative van life video. No, man, any culture, any age, any background, anywhere you live in the world, there are two choices we have when deciding if it's too late to start YouTube. Are we gonna look at the negatives, and are we gonna focus on the challenges? I'm not saying there aren't challenges. Or are you gonna choose the perspective to say I'm gonna put in the work. If other people can do it so can I. I'm gonna learn, I'm gonna hustle, I'm gonna just go for this. And I'm not gonna let anything be an excuse. Because, honestly, excuses are just gonna keep you sidelined. You can either have excuses or results, but you can't have both. So when we look at these examples it defines for us that it is not too late to start, period, right? So, if you're getting value so far smash like. But I want to really talk about some of the realities still. Because I'm not trying to say that this is a walk in the park or that going into 2020 YouTube hasn't changed. Let's talk about some of the good and some of the bad when it comes to 

YouTube. Right now there are over 70 million creators. I mean, let's just face the focused reality, like, that's a lot of creators you're competing with. So I think that the quote of being different is better than better is important. What are you gonna do that's gonna be unique? What are you gonna do, are you gonna outwork people, out-upload people? Are you gonna bring something fresh to the table? You know, how are you gonna stand out in a sea of those creators? That's a big question to have. And that's a reality we need to face. But there are also over two billion viewers, you know? YouTube released the stat that right now there are over two billion monthly viewers on YouTube with a Gmail account logged in. And they're watching more and more content. We saw that pretty much every young person is on YouTube, like 98% of like 18 to 24. But we also saw that over 50% of 70 and up is on YouTube. So, like one out of two people in their legacy years are also watching YouTube. And there's this arc in-between. So whoever you're trying to reach, your target audience, your customer if you're a business owner, the fan base that you have yet to discover that you're just starting to reach. Two billion with B friends, that's a lot of people yo, you know what I'm saying? So, that's good, there's a lot of people. The bad, like COPPA and new restrictions, you know? Now there's some stuff at first. There was kind of the Adpocalypse about if you weren't creating family-friendly content. And now it's like if you create family-friendly content we're gonna think it's for kids, and we're gonna shut you down. There's kind of a lot of drama. I'd say this, going into 2020, if you're creating content for kids 13 and under I don't know if YouTube's if it's even a viable strategy. Like, if you're really targeting kids, and here's the point, not if your content could be watched by kids, I'm saying that if your content is targeted for kids under 13, you know, not only is there a monetization challenge. They're saying that suggested videos and other things. Now, we could see as this law and these restrictions evolve. Plus, there are some new policy updates about bullying, so that can affect comedy, so I'm empathetic. Depending on your niche if you're potentially doing news or comedy, and you want to be able to do jokes that should just be understood as comedy, and not as bullying, or whatever. There are some limitations with the new policies, depending on if you're targeting kids under 13 there are some limitations. But, again, here's the thing, if I want to open up a coffee shop in Las Vegas where 

I live, vegasinfluencers.com by the way, we do monthly meetups, vegasinfluencers.com. So, if I wanted to open up a coffee shop here in Vegas. And then they said you know what, now, in this zip code you can no longer open a coffee shop, you have to go to this zip code. I could do one of two things, cry about it, or I could move, and pivot my strategy, and open up the coffee shop in the zip code that does allow me to open it. That's a hardcore perspective. But if you might say, you know, all I want to do is create kid's content for kids under 13, well, then maybe change your strategy. Because all I'm trying to say is if you want to succeed on YouTube in 2020 you need to adapt to the times, position yourself to do it, and adapt to the new restrictions. Some people say I'm getting censored, and maybe you are. But then there are also niches that aren't. So, what happens if you pivot into a niche or into an area that isn't actually restricted? Well, then, you can still win. I actually have a friend who runs 20 different YouTube channels. He's making over 100 grand a month off of AdSense alone. And he's not even in any of the videos. He's making the channels based on proven and popular niches. And he's not being romantic about the idea of this is what I wish was happening on YouTube. He's focusing on what works on YouTube. And guess what, it's working. So, you're gonna need a strategy in 2020. So, yeah, that's the bad, but here's the good. Smart creators are still winning. Like, if you still, if you have a smart strategy, a smart positioning I get it. I'm sorry if, again, you wanted to make kids content. Maybe you have to pivot, and maybe you have to find a different platform. But the other thing you could do is say, okay, let me rethink this. Let me re-strategize this. Let me hit it from a different approach. Let me hit this from a different angle. By the way, this isn't gonna affect most channels. Because most channels are not targeting kids 13 and under you're probably not. And I don't mean could kids watch it. I mean, your target audience, like who you're actually trying to reach. Then, of course, there's crowded niches right, or niches. And let me know in the comments if you're like, yeah, I just feel like there are so many people doing what I want to do. There are so many beauty channels, there are so many vlogging channels, whatever it is, that is bad. Like, as we go into 2020 and beyond, sure, there are crowds. But on the flip side, there's also a lot of underserved niches, period. What do I mean, I mean that not everyone's gonna like Think Media. Like, even if you want to talk about YouTube tips, and you want to talk about cameras, and gear. Do you know how many successful tech channels there are? Do you know how many successful YouTube tips channels there are? And there can be more, why because people can hit it from different ages, perspectives, and demographics. I think about the fact that I talked about this recently on a podcast, I went on Grey Matters. My friend Steve Dotto, his podcast and YouTube channel, Grey Matters, is giving like affiliate marketing tips, and YouTube tips, and online marketing growth tips to people in their legacy years that can't handle how fast I talk and with my energy, right? So they hang out with Steve because he's meeting them right where they are, right where they're at. And your vibe attracts your tribe. So, he's going the same kind of content, different audience, different positioning, different niche, and people that he's serving. And that is an underserved age demographic. On the flip side, I went on a podcast with Apple Crider, it was called Young Money, the same thing. How do you like entrepreneurship, drop shipping, e-commerce, affiliate marketing, a lot of the themes that we talk about here at Think Media about making money online. And building a business not on YouTube, but around your YouTube influence. And he's hitting that Gen Z zoomer crowd. And this guy is in the middle. You know, I just turned 36. So, all three of us are winning. But the world has so many people, friends, you gotta get clear, who are you trying to reach? How can you be different? How can you maybe do the same thing in a different niche? How can you maybe do a similar thing with a different spin? How can you maybe do a similar thing? Because you don't want to be that different. Like, the niches that work are actually pretty proven. But you want to find a unique spin on how to do that. And there are so many underserved niches, or niches, that are underserved by missing, like, they need you, they need your voice. They don't need another, like, in the YouTube space, another Roberto Blake, or Sunny Lenarduzzi, or ContentBug, or Vanessa Lou, or Tim Schmoyer, or Nick Niman. They don't need another one, they need you. They need you to be your times two, you to bring your unique flavor, your unique voice your unique vibe to your niche your style, your content, share your perspective in your way with your uniqueness. That's what stands out online. And here's the deal, Sun Tzu, famous military general, said this in the book The Art of War. "Every battle is won before it is fought." I want you to think about that. "Every battle is won before it is fought." Could it be that in 2020 for you to break out, and win, and make the impact that you're gonna make here on YouTube? Because, by the way, we proved it with the channel examples. Is it still possible to make it and start a channel in 2020? Yeah, it is, people started one five months ago and blown up. Is it easier now than it was then? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But we could sit around all day circling the wagons debating and complaining about it, or we could roll up our frickin' sleeves and get to work. And, guess what, before you get to work, though, you want to have a plan. Why, because if every battle is won before it's fought, then that means that in 2020 you're gonna win because you actually sit down and think things through. Then follow through on your YouTube growth game plan. You don't want to just run out there, and just be like hey, you know, (mouths gun bangs). Just like you don't run into the battle. Sun Tzu's saying, look, we sat back, we calculated some things. We got that 30,000-foot perspective. We thought we're gonna flank here. I'm gonna deploy these resources here. I'm gonna organize my calendar in this way. I'm gonna figure out my strategy in this way. I'm gonna do my upload day, like, you actually make a plan. Because if you want to win the battle you don't just run in guns blazing. No, every battle is won before it's ever fought. So, saying that, I definitely want to recommend if you haven't seen my key video on how to get more views on YouTube. It's all about the three core strategies that, guess what, they're still working like crazy right now. These channels, one of the common themes that they have, of a lot of the channels that are growing, are they're following these three principles. So, I've linked this up in the description as well as I'll put it on the YouTube card. But definitely don't miss this video here on YouTube. And this is what you want to see. You want to see videos that are breaking out. This is the YouTube Studio backend. So, you could check out that video. But I want to give you three tips for starting on YouTube in 2020. The first tip is just this, or truths really, is that it's gonna take work. Like, what's the difference between, and it's always been true on YouTube, but going into 2020 you gotta really prepare your mind, your mentality for the fact that it's gonna take work. There's actually like an ancient Bible verse, where Jesus was like, you know, before going out there count the cost of building the tower. Like, he said that no one that was ever gonna builds a tower doesn't sit down first to say, do I got the time, so I got the energy, so I got the money to do it? Do I have the resource, because, why? Because you don't want to start building, and get halfway through, and be like, oh, yeah, I never could've made it to the finish line. It's like I live in California, I mean, I live in Vegas. I go to California a lot, I either fly or I drive. If I drive I have to determine, do I have enough gas to get there? I gotta prepare my mind, prepare my vehicle. If you got a Tesla, where are the charging stations? Do I have enough battery power to get to the next charging station? As you prepare your mind and your mentality mindset is gonna be huge for you winning on YouTube in 2020, it's gonna take work. So it doesn't mean that you are not prepared for the task. I think that some people approach YouTube hoping that it's gonna be a magic pill, hoping that it's just gonna be like Jack and the Beanstalk. You just through a frickin' bean in the ground. And it just balloons up overnight. And now you can climb to the clouds. It's gonna take real work, and I know you know that. But I just want to encourage you to prepare your mind to have the grit necessary to say I'm not gonna expect results in one week, or two weeks, or three weeks. I'm really just gonna put my hand to the frickin' plow and put in the work. And remember this, everybody starts at zero. Jennelle Aliana, you could hate her as much as you want. She started at zero subscribers, and now she's got whatever millions. Donya Angelo, with the amazing Mexican cooking grandma show, started at zero subscribers. So we all start at zero. So it could be really easy to compare ourselves to the person on the left, and the right, and wish we had this circumstance, or we lived in that situation. None of that thinking or energy is gonna get you where you need to go. You know what is, the work, rolling up your sleeves, getting the focused, head down, blinders on. Do the work if you want to grow on YouTube in 2020. Number two, it's gonna take time, it's gonna take time. Because YouTube is a marathon and not a sprint. Now, look at this, this is a truth about business in general. It says, you know, how long does it take for a business to be profitable is the question. And people say, Sean, I want to make money on YouTube. And that's what we're here for. Make sure you're subscribed to Think Media. Because we got tips on affiliate marketing, and tips on how to position and brand yourself. By the way, we're launching a new channel called Think Marketing this week. And it's gonna go deeper in a lot of strategies around email marketing, and building out online courses, and different things like that. So, we're here to help you be profitable, monetize your passion, build a proven business model around your YouTube influence. But, sometimes, I think people are trying to like cash in too soon. 

They're like I want to get started with affiliate marketing. I've been doing this for like three months. And I've got 10 videos out, and I've got 300 subscribers. And they're like expecting to cash in right up front. But YouTube is just like a business and small businesses. So, you look at this article on Google. How long does it take for a small business to be profitable? Well, with the possible exception of some profitable franchises, which means you just buy a Subway franchise. You already have a proven business model. There's already the branding work that's been done there. There's already the brand recognition. People already know what they're gonna get. With the exception of a Subway it normally takes anywhere from six months, listen, to several years for new businesses to become profitable. So, one of the main problems for people starting small businesses is paying their bills until their new business starts to make money. That's why I said in number one count the cost of building the tower. Like, pace yourself to say, okay, my game plan I'm gonna keep working my day job while I'm working on my dream job. I worked at Red Robin for 10 years. It's a burger restaurant here in America. Bottomless fries, come on, royal with cheese, the egg on there. You've got some pink please with some pepper jack cheese. And I worked there for 10 years while I was building my business, Clearvision Media, freelance video production on the side, while I was building my YouTube channel. Then I had a full-time job at a church while I was building my YouTube channel. So you need to find a way I think to fuel your business with some different income streams while you're building your dream. Because one of the main problems for starting small businesses are people like you know what, I'm going all-in. If this doesn't work in two months, then I don't know, I'm gonna run out of money. No, you gotta have a different plan than that friend, right And, look, some people break out in six months, it might take six months. Especially if you get the right community around you, the right strategies around you, you get a map. When I think about a profitable franchise, too, I think that's the wisdom of people that go I'm gonna go learn from someone who's already done this to shorten my learning curve. One of the fastest ways you could succeed on YouTube in 2020 is to shorten your learning curve by not trying to figure this out on your own, but by connecting with people who've already like made the mistakes, wandered in the desert for 10 years, and can help get you there faster, right? But this is just the reality, it's gonna take time. So invest the time, the patience, right, the strategy. Learn from other successful businesses. Learn from other successful YouTubers and creators. 

All right, number three, and I actually have a bonus tip, number four in just a second. It's gonna take strategy, right, we talked about that. It's actually gonna take a real plan. And when you study out Jennelle Aliana. And you're like, all right, she went viral. And you're like was it just luck, was she a plant from YouTube, what was the thing? When you actually look at her first video, and one of the biggest things I'd recommend is listening to her interview with Philip DeFranco on A Conversation With. She breaks down the fact that she'd really been studying kind of her niche, van life. And she'd already been living in her van a couple years. She'd been studying her niche and watching other people creating content in it for months, months making a game plan. She then shot her video on her phone. It took her like a week to shoot or three shoot days. And it took her two weeks to edit. Lots of polishing, lots of thought going into it, lots of different things. Then, you look at the keyword strategy. And she actually went into proven profitable niches. Van life is a big thing. Another resource, check out the book Seth Godin, Tribes. You actually don't create a tribe. You create content for a tribe that already exists. Solo travelers, van life travelers. This was a niche that already was very popular. So, boom, she shows up, by the way, with disproportionate charisma and unique story. And the fact that solo female traveler, like, dude, what are you doing? Like there's a lot of things to it. Thus, the proportion and scale of her success. My point, though, is people think that people just stumble their way to the top. No, man, there's a strategy. And for those that do get lucky and breakout, typically, their 15 minutes of fame is gonna be just that long. Anyone who stays at the top does it because they definitely are thinking on a deeper level with a deeper level of strategy. Here's one of the biggest things that I want you to think about. I actually want you, as we talk about succeeding on YouTube, which could mean making a living on YouTube, that your goal should never be to make a living on YouTube. Like, don't make a living on YouTube, what do I mean? Okay, I want to get the views, I want to get the AdSense. Like, YouTube is gonna be my job. You ever say, like, how do I make YouTube my job. I think that's a bad idea, even for the people, you could argue and say that YouTube is my job, but that's not true at all. And here's what I mean. Don't make a living on YouTube. Use YouTube to make your living. Like, you gotta have a bigger brand, a bigger business. Don't brand yourself around YouTube, that is a huge vulnerability. You might say, Sean, well, I mean, dude, you're the author of YouTube Secrets. I'll say, yeah, maybe, but here's the thing. My promise is I help you build. Like, I help purpose-driven entrepreneurs build their influence with online video. And online video is a lot bigger than YouTube. That's why we have LinkedIn tips. That's why I'm super active on LinkedIn right now, super active on Instagram. That's why we're building our email list. 

That's why we have a conference called Grow With Video. If YouTube goes away tomorrow we're gonna keep teaching video, video is not going away. Video and communication are here to stay, marketing is here to stay. The channels might be new, the platforms might be new and different. So don't make a living on YouTube, use YouTube to make your living. This is why when you want to talk about the success I was able to go full-time on Think Media with 20,000 subscribers. Now we're on our way to a million. By the way, thank you, appreciate you, much love to the Think Media community. Now we're on our way to a million. But I was able to go full-time because of affiliate marketing, not AdSense, and talking about tech way back at 20,000 subscribers. Why, because I was thinking bigger than just I need to get a lot of views, I need to use AdSense. And I need to hope that I become a famous vlogger. And that's the path to success on YouTube. I don't believe that's true. You're in the right niche, with the right strategy, with the right target audience, with 1,000 true fans, and you build smart, then what you're doing is you're not making a living on YouTube or off of YouTube, but you're using YouTube to make your living. I think that's a key strategy. So, here's the thing, I got another tip for you, but a couple resources. All year long I'm gonna be here on Think Media. Myself, the team, Tony, Nolan, Omar, Heather. We're gonna be creating content. Also, if you got a question about YouTube I'm doing the best as I can on Instagram to answer my DMs, so hit me up over there. I've got a daily show called The Rise & Grind Show on my Instagram Stories. So, I just want you to know I hope these tips serve you, but also that I'm committed in 2020 to helping you win. I'm committed in 2020, Think Media, our team, to helping you succeed on YouTube. And just a couple resources would be definitely Instagram. Because we put out daily tips there, as well as I try to answer your questions in the DMs, as well as the Stories for like behind the scenes. So, every day I kinda give you behind the scenes. And that'll help you stay in the know for the kind of stuff that's happening. Because besides new videos and new live streams, of course, also video influencers, the project I do with Benji, Travis. And we have a weekly interview show coming out there, and just a lot of resources. I mean, here's the deal, my passion is helping you win, helping purpose-driven entrepreneurs and people build their influence with YouTube. Because saying don't build your income, or don't make your living on YouTube, I'm still pumped about YouTube being alive and well. 

I get it, there are challenges, but it is the number one video platform on the internet by a long shot still. It's the second most visited website in the world, period. It's the second-largest search engine in the world. So it's irresponsible in my opinion for anybody that's serious about building their brand, business, or future with social media to not have a presence on YouTube. It may not even be your main thing. I think it needs to be at least a thing. Because it's way too dominant. And you could sit here waiting for something to change. But, guess what, when I do a video called is it too late to start YouTube in 2025, maybe I'm gonna be like, ah, yeah, it's too late now. You know what I mean, like, yeah, I mean, now it's been 20 years, things are getting tough. You know, like COPPA version 48, the Adpocalypse 99. But it's not too late now, we've seen it from the examples. So connect with our community because we're definitely here to help you on your journey. And that's the bonus tip number four is I really actually believe it'll take community, it'll take community. When I say that here's what I mean. 

I mean, of course, subscribe here. But I mean like get into some Facebook groups. I forget what it's called, but my friend Jeremy, he's got a thumbnail Facebook group. So, we always upload our thumbnails, so people can give us feedback that we're doing every week. Try to get to some events this year. Like, I every year, I don't know about every year, but this is just the lanyards from this year of the things that I went. This is my marathon winning, half flexing, like, oh, this one slipped, I'm just kidding, ran a half marathon. I mean, I went to Vid Summit, Legacy Builders, our conference, Grow With Video, Broadcast Your Authority, Video Marketing World, Social Media Day in San Diego, Reach Live, NAB, Kajabi Impact Summit, Social Media Marketing World, Traffic and Conversion Summit, Influencer with Brendon Burchard, the NAMM Show, all these conferences. The reason I show this is, number one if you can't make it conferences that's why we're here to help you with the information. Because I just want to distill that and just help you with learning the best practices. Two, challenge yourself in 2020 to get a plane ticket, or do a road trip, and go somewhere. Because I really believe we go further faster together. And when we get in the right environment, like, show me your friends, and I'll show you your future. And those friends might just be online. They might just be at an event. They might be in a Facebook group. 

They might be in a WhatsApp chat. But, like, you need a community I believe to have the right mindset, the right strategy. Because I got people, like, I'm getting feedback on thumbnails. I'm getting them to breakdown videos. We're talking in the backrooms, and in lobbies, and stuff about content and about strategy. The people that I see winning that have the edge are people that are just connected to a group of people that can keep them encouraged, like sharpen the saw, keep them sharp.

So thanks again for checking out this blog and I will see you in the next one.