I spoke to Kevin Powell, YouTuber and front-end CSS teacher about how he operates his YouTube content business and how he grew to over 800,000 subscribers.
Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023.
- (00:00) - Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
(05:10) - A week in the life of Kevin Powell(07:49) - Kevin's YouTube origin story(08:49) - Who is your target audience?(13:02) - Staying on the cutting edge (15:12) - Content ideation and maintaining a calendar(17:54) - Crafting the perfect video title(21:04) - The YouTube analytics rabbit hole(23:55) - Scripting and planning a video(26:06) - Outsourcing editing and post-production(28:09) - Long form vs short form content(30:49) - YouTube algorithms (or what we know about them)(32:30) - Subcribers to customers!(33:56) - Engaging with the YouTube community(36:48) - Separating content avenues