I posted 500+ Video's here's what i learned.

After hundreds of youtube video's I finally understand why worrying about niche in the beginning is pointless.

I procrastinated for 2 years before i posted a single youtube video. After about 10 more i got discouraged and quite for another year. I couldn't decide on what niche i wanted to be.

I Started a new channel and just reacted to music because i was curious if i could do it.

I expected people to laugh at me or completely ignore me. i didn't think i would get any views at all. To my surprise My third video got 1000 views. So i kept going but i eventually got discouraged and burt out completely.

Here are the core things I learned from this experience.

Niche is the enemy of exploration. clarity is a luxury that comes from putting in the reps and getting the experience. If you have no idea what your channel should be about and you don't have a product to sell, just talk about what ever is interesting to you.

1.2 If you choose to only talk about things that you really care about, this will make it easier to come off as passionate on camera. this will make viewer resonate with you more and increase the likelihood that they will stick around and subscribe.

1.3 By giving yourself permission to post about whatever you feel like talking about in the beginning you are giving the market permission to tell you what it wants. This will give you much needed clarity on what your channel can be about and what people want from you. if you follow this you will be more likely to be successful.

1.4 The dangers of confining yourself to a niche are that if your still in the exploration phase and are still curious about making all different types of content, continuing to put out the same old thing and not permitting yourself to explore topic and content styles can cause you to feel demotivated. this will result in the process not being fun. If you not making money at this point that is when self doubt can creep in.

I speak from experience, my second channel was a reaction channel, but the only video's that got lots of views we're ones that i didn't feel like making. I couldn't even monetize them because of copyright, so i completely burnt out and lost interest.

Only when i gave myself permission to start exploring different topics did i start to have fun yet. I will share more on that channel in the future. So stay tuned.

Give yourself permission to fully explore your range a creator before committing to a particular niche.

It's better start with the niche being you so that your interest and creativity can keep you going until you find your stride.

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