Are Response Posts still useful? Nate and Anna discuss this question as well as other questions regarding redirecting articles, hiring writers, and pausing an early site.

00:14 Blogging System Update
01:00 P24 Question: Pausing Work on an Early Site
03:45 P24 Question: Hiring a Writer
06:10 P24 Question: Re-Directing Articles
10:54 P24 Question: Are Response Posts Still Useful?

Is it time to dust off your “Short” game? Fresh back from VidCon, Nate digs in to the current trends he is noticing on YT Shorts, as well as, when and how you might want to jump back in to creating YT Shorts.

00:47 YT Shorts Backstory
05:30 Changes in Shorts
09:45 Short Form Platforms & Monetization
14:58 Value for Creators
18:04 Experimenting with Mixed Length Content
19:37 Types of Content That Do Well

Anna, Nathan, and Ricky answer member questions around linking out, low search volume, and translating sites. They also discuss monetization tips if you find you are attracting a different audience than originally targeted.

00:36 P24 Question: Link Building & Linking Out
03:59 P24 Question: Identifying Low Search Volume
10:49 P24 Question: Translating Sites
15:03 P24 Question: Monetizing

It’s a podcast takeover! Nathan & Anna are filling in for Nate while he is away at VidCon. They answer questions regarding old videos resurfacing and the Wagon Wheel strategy. As a follow-up to last week’s YT podcast they also discuss way to solicit feedback for your channel.

00:54 P24 Question: Old Videos Resurfacing
02:49 P24 Question: Wagon Wheel Series
08:05 Creating Feedback Support
16:02 Being Open to Feedback
19:06 Finding Qualified Help

In this episode Nathan and Anna answer questions around writing time, sub-niches, creating a brochure site for a local business, and the pros & cons of having multiple small websites or merging them into one authority site.

00:33 P24 Question: Optimizing Time
04:02 P24 Question: Sub-Niche Publishing
07:12 P24 Question: Local Business Site
13:00 P24 Question: Merging Websites

Nate and Julia are cracking the code as to why some channels seem to successfully explode out the gate. Listen in as they discuss some hidden things that you may not be aware of.

00:45 P24 Question: Few Videos, Massive Views
02:32 Mr Beast Review
06:30 Hidden YT Factors
15:06 Using Drafting
17:19 Channel Growth

Anna and Nathan answer questions from the Community regarding keyword density, how-to content, self-promotion in forums, and location based search analysis.

00:55 P24 Question: Keyword Density
03:32 P24 Question: How-to Queries
06:21 P24 Question: Promoting Through Forums
10:04 P24 Question: Location Based Searches

Nate is out to do some Myth-Busting on the relevancy of click-thru rates. Together with Ricky and our newest team member, Julia, they’ll discuss why your click-thru rate may not be telling you what you think. They also discuss potential pitfalls in promoting videos externally and copyright considerations in collaboration videos.

00:35 Julia Introduction
02:01 P24 Question: Email List & Video Performance
15:42 P24 Question: Collaborations & Copyright
28:20 P24 Question: Click-Through Rate

In Episode 173 Nathan, Ricky, & Anna answer questions about hosting workshops, interlinking, 3rd party cookie changes, and buying sites. Ricky also mentions a FREE virtual event for niche site builders. Sign up here: https://building.empires.live/

00:31 P24 Question: Workshops
07:56 P24 Question: Interlinking for Mass Content
14:30 P24 Question: 3rd Party Cookies
19:30 Buying Sites
29:26 Unofficial Meetup
30:12 Building Empires Live Event

In this episode Nate’s delves into the art of the Community Tab. He reviews reasons and best practices for using the YouTube Community feature and shares 4 post types to try (and one NOT to use).

01:37 Adding Connection to Your Channel
05:39 YouTube Community Tab
07:42 What to Post in the Community Tab
13:05 Different Post Types
18:56 What Not to Do
21:44 Best Practices for Posting Frequency
22:55 3 Day Hack