Hey Satori! Welcome to the Worthyt community. First and foremost, we wanted to learn more about what inspired you to create your YouTube channel?
I had always had a curiosity about video making and editing. I also wanted to help other designers specifically with Adobe Illustrator, as there were not too many technical advices and tutorials on Youtube.
What is the number one mistake you see other YouTubers make when trying to grow their channels?
Not writing long descriptions and using tags, or researching relevant tags and metadata for their video to be found in search results. When a channel is very small, it is crucial to focus on metadata so that their vides can be found.
What is the best decision you ever made in growing your own channel?
Either posting my videos onto Facebook groups, or to post at least 4 times per week
How long does it usually take for you to create a video?
It depends on the video length, but on average 1 minute of video take around an hour for me to produce. I need to come up with the concept first, then I record the screen of my Mac when designing the subject matter for the tutorial. I edit that recording down, and then write a script for it. I need to then record the audio script and edit that into the video. Finally I need to design the thumbnail and write a description, as well as other metadata. It is quite a lot of work, more than people expect
Do you have some kind of publishing schedule? Would you recommend one?
A schedule is very important indeed. Not only for the algorithm, but it is useful for your audience to know when to expect an upload. My schedule is to upload at around 11am GMT, Mon - Fri
What's the most memorable comment you've ever received from someone on one of your YouTube videos?
Ones where people mention that they have been watching my videos for over a year, and they have learned a lot about Adobe Illustrator, more than they ever did in school or college.
If you could create another channel, what would it be about and why?
I am slowly getting into wooden puzzles, not those puzzles that you have many pieces of an image, but things just as Japanese puzzle boxes. I would like to maybe solve and review those kinds of puzzles. If not that, then maybe a fitness channel, but that is very saturated on Youtube
Looking back on growing your channel, what is one thing you would've done differently?
I would have liked to start making Youtube videos 5 years earlier lol. But apart from that, I should have invested money into better equipment earlier on in the channels history