YOU FILL A STADIUM - I CAN’T FILL A TOILET | Minus Sixteen Ep. 40

Boy - where to start with this episode? We covered so much.   We briefly mentioned the new 15-inch MacBook Air and the Beats Studio Buds+ and then we rolled up our sleeves and got down to our normal YouTube business.   This time around we cover shorts, live streams, my first Google pay cheque and Alex’s 65,000 subs. More than that, we chat about quanitiy over quality, the roll of Substack and is one video per week enough to keep YouTube happy?   Get involved - if there is anything you want us to talk about then let us know!   Download our streaming software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=david-lewis   Alex’s latest video: https://youtu.be/DvZO9zp6KOI Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexGTech1   David’s latest video: https://youtu.be/YIn0OZSKDnM   Read me on Medium: I publish weekly on Medium and you can find my blogs here https://medium.com/@Davidtalkingtech/membership   Read Alex on Medium: https://medium.com/@alexgearandtech   Get in touch: [email protected]   David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dtalkingtech   Catch up on David's recent radio show here https://player.autopod.xyz/366556   00:00 Intro 01:25 15inch MacBook Air 07:27 Beats Studio Buds+ 30:45 Shorts 11:30 Audio testing - sound stage etc 13:35 Are we spoiled with good tech? Who do we make videos for? 15:00 AdSense seasonality 16:30 The ideas for content 19:00 Looking at your metrics 20:25 Making boring content interesting 23:15 David’s first Google payout 23:50 How much these channels cost us to run? 24:50 Alex and his 65,000 subs 26:00 The thought of giving up & gaining subs 28:15 Are YouTube doing their bit for us? 33:20 Quantity over quality   36:10 Is one video per week enough? 39:00 The lack of scale-ability of YouTube 42:05 Re-purposing content 46:30 Newsletters & Substack 50:00 Using an Avatar 52:10 Shorts - are we being lazy? 56;20 Hijack on Apple TV+ 58:55 Alex takes on the Metaverse 60:00 You reap what you sow 63:00 YouTube Live 66:00 Monetising Live Streams 68:00 The benefits of a call to action