February 21, 2024

Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell

40 minutes

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

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By Brian Casel

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February 21, 2024

Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell

40 minutes

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.