#32 - Dealing With Your First Sponsorship

In this episode, the hosts discuss the rise of bsky over twitter, navigating uncomfortable sponsorship offers and battles, the UKs strict AD law with creators, how the newest Youtube algorithm and other factors are currently pushing decline on both the hosts' videos. A little bit of therapy, a bit of a quick'n'dirty short discussions and some analytics dives. The hosts discuss other little tricks for boosting videos on youtube (please comment! Like! Hashtag!) and how some creators may have a "break in case of emergency" tactic when views tank and fluctuate heavily.

 

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Chapters

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00:00 - Introduction and Setup

01:44 - Exploring Blue Sky: A New Social Media Platform

09:13 - Navigating Sponsorships and Legal Obligations

11:01 - Strict UK AD Laws

13:32 - YT Algorithm Changes AGAIN

19:41 - Revisiting Guests & Therapy

20:36 - Engagement & Foolproof Tactics

22:40 - Beaver Video Analytics

25:52 - Can We Reach A New Baseline?

27:56 - Further Analytic Deep Dives

31:57 - Quick & Dirty?

36:08 - Accepting Lowest Views

39:35 - Long Formats Are In Their Best Era

40:56 - What Is Your Break Glass In Case Of Emergency?

45:40 - Audience Ebbs & Flows

46:56 - Call to Action!

49:38 - Hashtags In Youtube Comments??

50:10 - Video Specific Captions

52:18 - Wrapping Up

 

Links

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Midgeman bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/midgeman.tv 

Lionheart bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/lionheartx10.bsky.social 

Matthew HoodedHorse bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/kazwen.bsky.social 

Midgemans blog - https://doras.to/midgeman?blog=2-steps-forward-1-step-back 

ASA - https://www.asa.org.uk/ 

Real Civil Engineer Beavers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUnjW7B_ZM 

Aragorn Lego Short - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TialbfuufS4