Being strategic with YouTube success

I'm looking to release content but the more I research YouTube and dig deeper into the weeds, the more complex it is to fully improve the chances of being successful.

With people who have had success already would you recommend going it alone? Or if you had to start again would you partner up or do anything majorly different?

Btw I know that outsourcing is an option but I prefer to go solo or with a dedicated partner (due to having many relevant skillsets) or having the partner for complimentary skills.

P.s the content I'll be doing, it's two seperate channels;
Creative stories (illustrated)
Specific news related to X(Twitter).


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New related to X can be viral. Everyone is searching for it. You can partner with someone strong in areas where you lack.

I've went alone and partnered and have had success doing both. Partnering gets you there faster, especially if you have someone that can edit really good and make great thumbnails to boost your CTR. Youtube these days is simple, Good thumbnail, good title and a decent video that keep people watching. You will eventually hit that browse feature traffic and blow up. If you can get these 3 things right, I've worked on videos that have garnered over 25 Million+ views, so I know a thing or two.

Partnering with someone depends on your individual skills, experience, and goals. It can free up your time so that you can focus on your core strengths.

Just finished video production of my short cartoon story but haven't released it.
It's indie style (i'm not an animator).

I'm contemplating wether to apply for a JV here? but i am not sure about a few things...

-if I would find youtube growth experts interested in creative cartoon style (southpark meets looney toons meets noir comedy) .
-if i should try grow a small following first (which has only been on twitter so far)
-if I am eligible for JV approval, as all I have is some content made and more in the pipeline, not sure if that qualifies based on the pre-existing rules for it?

it moslty depends in your creactivite and if the way you generate the video bring more audience, I will put my situation as an example, I tried youtube several year ago, no success i just gave up and started to do it as hobby for a friend, doing the SEO and editing his videos an you won't believe who has a really good channel so I need to change a few things on my videos and on me to bring the audience things that my friend did and charm all the people so is a test and trial, basically until ylu can find the spot and that experience though me a lot, sometimes I upload videos to my channel and they get the views now that I learned, and try to use the same ideas and logic from the previous videos to the next ones and always providing something new and different and not make it repetitve but this is my point of view.

I did a whole heap of creative writing jobs over on Fiverr, including short novels, studied storytelling also. It was then I had some ideas and wrote stories/series. Around the same time I went to uni and did video editing and particularly have been concentrating on efficient visual story telling, packing in a punch using a condensed visual narrative. Essentially hooking but not just the intro, setting up and delivering the payoff. With a little bit of real world in person testing and other video metrics this style is returning great retention.
So I feel like I'm right where I need to be. But studying how to get YouTube growth, it's been little practise, more theoretical, and it's the unknown unknowns that leave me some uncertainty.

I posted another guys creative video recently on YouTube, that I collaborated with, it's different to what I do, but even so it's quite well made visually, fantastic stop motion, very professional visuals, but no go getting picked on the algorithm.

My video story is demonstrably better; funnier, action, more media layers (Soundfx) , more time on the script, and with universal appeal, but I know the competition is tough especially the first time channels.

AussieLocalSEOGuy said:

I'm looking to release content but the more I research YouTube and dig deeper into the weeds, the more complex it is to fully improve the chances of being successful.

With people who have had success already would you recommend going it alone? Or if you had to start again would you partner up or do anything majorly different?

Btw I know that outsourcing is an option but I prefer to go solo or with a dedicated partner (due to having many relevant skillsets) or having the partner for complimentary skills.

P.s the content I'll be doing, it's two seperate channels;
Creative stories (illustrated)
Specific news related to X(Twitter).


Thanks

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The more you research the more you'll overthink it. You'll learn more from actually recording, editing and uploading content.

Sometimes the answer is to just start.