Motivation to keep going! - this is why you never give up
Heres my SHORTS channel i started a bit over a month ago thats doing pretty decent. A huge part of this success is thanks to a little story id like to share that motivated me to give it my all and hopefully will motivate you too. For context im only referring to shorts, but the stuff i mention can also apply to longform.
A year ago i got inspired by some yt gurus and started my own shorts channel for the first time. It was doing pretty well and i was probably a month away from being monetized. (I tried testing a few other channels on the side but they all failed).
Now during that time, a guy from asia found my channel and reached out to me for advice because he said he was really broke and wanted to make money on yt. I didnt know much back then but i taught him whatever i knew and it was valuable info to him. Ngl his videos were pretty bad and he was barely even getting a thousand views even after posting for like 2 months. I told him the most important thing is to stay consistent and improve constantly.
Now the difference is, i got demotivated, burnt out and got busy with exams and fully quit youtube. My 90day view window for monetization had passed and the channel had no hope. (I still spent the rest of the year learning tho).
But this guy on the other had, he never quit. No joke he literally uploaded a video every single day nonstop and for another 2 months he had no success. He then slowly started improving his vids little by little.
Fast forward to last month, i was just chilling when i randomly got a message from him. He asked me how my channel was doing. I told him i quit and he was shocked. He explained how he never gave up and uploaded a vid every single day for months while slowly improving them. Keep in mind he started at 0 knowledge and skill. He even started a second channel.
And he had managed to get both channels monetized a few months ago, and in just the past 2-3 months, HE MADE 24K USD ON HIS 1ST CHANNEL, AND 10K+ USD ON HIS SECOND CHANNEL. EVEN HAD HIS FIRST 10K MONTH (before anyone asks, she showed me proof of all this). And this is life changing money for him in his country. (Hes 17 btw).
And this was basically a huge slap to my face that woke me up. Ofc i was really proud and happy for him, but i couldn't help but imagine the success i could have had if i also continued and uploaded consistently. Especially considering that i started off with way more knowledge about YouTube than he did. I was getting millions of views while he was struggling to get 1k.
This basically motivated the shit out of me to lock in on a channel and just give it my all, regardless of the views i get in the first few weeks. Because i knew what was possible, and if he could do it, theres no reason i couldnt. Now 1 month in im more than half way there to getting monetized and will probably start earning in the next month.
This will be my first time every earning on yt, and im happy to say i think iv acquired enough knowledge to be confident in my ability to make viral vids, even if i had to start a new channel.
Im not selling anything or expecting anything, just sharing this story to motivate everyone to keep grinding because it is possible.
Istg if ppl still find a way to hate...