YouTube is hard work

I'm 26 days in to my 100 days of dating advice challenge- and it's not really working. I mean, we are steadily gaining subscribers- but our views are stagnating. Which is frustrating. It's a decent amount of work, and while I appreciate all the creative challenges it presents me with, it would be nice to have some payoff.

What it comes down to is that YouTube has an algorithim- and if you don't totally fit the algorithim, you won't get noticed. It's not that unlike the entertainment industry in that way- you don't fit the mold, there's no place for you.

We were just hoping that a lot of good content would rise above the tits, ass, and pandering that goes on there. Not the case. We may be able to work some magic and get some shout outs from bigger vloggers to bolster our views, which would be nice.

But worse comes to worse? We do the 100 days - finish them, and I have a TON of footage I could put together - AND I've vastly improved my writing skills. Each round of videos we shoot gets better - because we get better at finding the punchline quickly, and cutting to it.

LEARNING! It's fun!

--  Shawn Dempewolff

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[Justine]

I got busy lately and haven't had a chance to check -- sorry -- and I guess I should start from the beginning? I resolve to do this starting over the weekend. :) And I'm just one person, of course, but as I view & if I like it (I'm sure I will), I will be happy to promote it to my friends on email and facebook, etc. :)