SQLBits 2024

What we’ve learned running a YouTube channel (so far)

This session is suitable for anyone who is interested in starting or growing their own YouTube channel, or who wants to learn more about the YouTube ecosystem.
YouTube is one of the most popular and influential platforms for content creation and consumption. Millions of people watch, share, and comment on videos every day. But what does it take to run a successful YouTube channel? How do you grow your audience, engage with your community, and monetize your content? In this session, we will share our experience and insights from running our own YouTube channel for the past year and a half.

We will cover topics such as:

• How to choose a niche and a target audience for your channel
• How to plan, produce, and edit engaging and high-quality videos
• How to optimize your videos for SEO, thumbnails, titles, tags, and descriptions
• How to use analytics and feedback to improve your performance and strategy
• How to deal with challenges such as developing content, failing fast, and burnout

This session is suitable for anyone who is interested in starting or growing their own YouTube channel, or who wants to learn more about the YouTube ecosystem.