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L is for Lists #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

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L is for Lists

"Lists are how I parse and manage the world." – Adam Savage

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

There are many, many things to remember when running a YouTube channel. I recommend making lists, lots of lists.

Image by mohamed Hassan fr...

K is for Karma #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

 

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
K is for Karma

“A boomerang returns back to the person that throws it.” - Vera Nazarian

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, above all, YouTube is a community. Your channel can become part of that community and a community all of its own.
This means how you act on YouTube, h...

J is for Job #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
J is for Job

"Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for doing it." – Katherine Whitehorn

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

There are two types of YouTuber:

The hobbyist The professional

There is nothing wrong with either of these. If you want your channel to be a fun place w...

I is for Inspiration #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

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I is for Inspiration

"A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another." - Kamala Harris

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

No matter what content our channels have, we need inspiration. None of us exist in a vacuum, and creating content in one is very hard.

You'll hear me saying this a lot, but YouTube is a community, ju...

A Quick Thank You

A Quick Thank You

I just wanted to pop in between AtoZ posts to say a big thank you to everyone who has:

watchedlikedcommented onor subscribed to my YouTube vids.You are all awesome and make me very happy.

Check Out My Fiction YouTube Channel Tales with Tasha
Each week we have a theme and so there will be something for all tastes. 🎤Micro stories as YouTube Shorts Monday - Thursday - for fun quick viewing 🕮A longer story every Friday - for story time, over c...

H is for Hope #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
H is for Hope

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality." – Jonas Salk

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

Never give up, never surrender! Go on, tell me what the quote is from.

YouTube is a long haul. There are videos that will tell us how to be...

G is for Gold! #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
G is for Gold!

"The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the mean of freedom and benefit." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

Gold! Gold! Give me the gold!

Gold on YouTube is monetisation and, unfortunately, they don't let us do it immediately. We find this out as soon as we s...

F is for Fortitude #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
F is for Fortitude

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

YouTube is hard. The channels we watch that get served to us all the time are huge. The algorithm loves them and show them to us over and over again, and, sometimes, it can get a bit much when we see our own channel growing so very slowly.

Building up a subsc...

E is for Embed - #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
E is for Embed

"There is no joy in possession without sharing." - Erasmus

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that. 

Honestly, I did not think about embedding my YouTube videos directly onto my blog until I decided to investigate if embedded views count, and they do!

This article breaks it all down Do Embe...

D is for Descriptions et al #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
D is or Descriptions et al My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.
Every single "How to…" vid about becoming successful on YouTube will tell us that your Title, Description and Tags are really important. Get them wrong and our vid will disappear into the abyss. Some vids even tell us how we should go about forming...