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What I Learned From My First Month Growing a YouTube Channel

Mark Thompson
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Something a little different today, I’ve expanded my content empire 😀 to YouTube!

A month ago, I set out on a little experiment, grow a YouTube channel from scratch and get it monetised.

I wasn’t starting completely from zero, the channel had been sitting around since 2020 with a handful of random videos and 109 subscribers. But in terms of making it an active, focused channel? Fresh start.

So, how did it go?

What worked?

What didn’t?

And what are the biggest lessons from month one?

Let’s dive in.

The Numbers So Far

I kicked things off at the end of January. By the end of February, here’s what had happened.

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Not bad for month one.

I’m halfway to the 1,000 subscribers needed for monetisation and making solid progress toward the 4,000 watch hours required.

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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson

Written by Mark Thompson

Veteran Content Marketer, Keeping it Simple and Sharing What Works in my regular newsletter: https://substack.com/@simpleisprofit

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