I’ll figure it all out
Howdy y’all. I thought that it would be a great time to figure out how and what to do with my content creation journey. I’m excited, nervous and amped for the opportunities to make all the videos I can and want to make. Now that I’ve been laid off for the first time in my career I’m going to Have to get used not making content for a company as a full time job. Working for a company has a lot of benefits for example
Access to company equipment (I have to mail my laptops and other equipment)
Access to company subscriptions (not going to name them but it’s a lot more than you think)
Now that that’s gone, I’m on my own for the first time. Being in media I know how lucky I am to be able to work for the same company for this long. Now the main thing to answer is… what do I do now?
I’m not sure but I know one thing I want to be self sufficient in this space.
During my time at my previous line of work I saw many of my talented coworkers get laid off and furloughed. Every heartfelt goodbye makes you feel a number of things. Sadness, anger, despair. All of it. A lot of you have responded to me with your layoff stories, so I don’t have to explain.
I knew that I wanted to be prepared.
Every Youtube video I made for my previous employer and my own channel was with the intention of building a community and making sure that I could keep building that community whether I have an employer or not. It’s likely that I’ll work for places here and there, but I loved being a YouTuber full time and I want to keep doing that for as long as I can. With that being said
There are so many avenues I can go in terms of moentizing my content
Being full time, I didn’t have to worry about how much money a video was going to make me. That allowed me to truly explore and experiment creatively. I’m saying right now that mentality isn’t changing. If I make a video that I’m not interested in first then I for damn sure that yall wont.
Between Sponsors, Patreon, Nebula and etc, there will be many different ways to chase this content creator journey. For those of you here on Patreon, I just want to preface and say that this experience is new to me as well. I just want to say that to say that this will be a trial and error process until I get my stuff straight. I want to make community on every platform that I’m present on. And I want to hear your input as well, I do not take your support lightly and want to make it worth your while. We will experiment, we will try, but most importantly, we will be awesome.
Love you guys
Kofie
Comments (11)
The most virtual player is probably my favorite of your content. I love the deep dives into older video game content. I would love to see an expansion on that. If you're doing a game from say 2008, let us know what was going on in the world at the time, let us know what was happening in sports and how that may have affected the choices made in the game, the perception of the player or team at the time and how the game or options in the games were received. I'm assuming at SB you were doing more things that were additive to the other creators instead of duplicating topics. Now you are running your own show and you can make content on anything you want with your take and your opinion. I'm sure it's scary being on your own but it's also a big opportunity to do thing's your way and without the restrictions that come from working with a team and for a corporation. So let your imagination guide you to anywhere it wants to go. Chances are if a topic is interesting to you than it's going to be interesting for others so go into the things that most interest you and we will be here waiting!
I've been watching some of your channel's videos and I've really enjoyed what you've been presenting. Happy to support you wherever is the best place for you.
Just started a YouTube Channel covering different topics but eventually focusing on gaming. Good Luck with everything Kofie!
You got this Kofie, we're supporting you every step of the way!
I'm definitely no expert, but I feel like you have such a strong following that if you were to ask folks to pay for either early/bonus/exclusive video access you'd generate a pretty good number. I know i'd pay for more of the work you were doing on Secret Base.
It always sounds good on paper but it’s never a given honestly. That’s why I have the first tier at $1. The jump from free to $5 is way harder than free to $1
Being on your own is better because you are in total control. I used to do seo for a full time living and I still do it for my own side projects today. If you need ideas on what ideas will gain the most traction. Lmk. I won’t charge for a free consultation. :)
Also PLEASE do not spam the Secret Base YouTube channel with comments about me. The people that work on that channel had nothing to do with the decision. I’ll be supporting them forever and if you love sports content you should to.
Yeah I will continue to support said creators :)
I won’t speak for other fans, but on monetisation I have full faith that whatever method you choose for making YouTube / Streaming / Merch into a sustainable business model will be the right one.
Excited to see where you go. Look forward to your growth here and on your YouTube Channel.