28 YouTube Secrets I Wish Someone Had Told Me Sooner

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Struggling to grow on YouTube? Learn the 28 crucial lessons I wish I'd known before starting a YouTube channel, saving you years of trial and error. This guide to content creation for beginners reveals the proven content strategy that transformed my channel over 14 years, from balancing passion with audience needs to using powerful seo tools that multiply your views. Whether you're just figuring out how to start a YouTube channel in 2025 or you've been creating for a while but aren't seeing results, these hard-earned insights will help you build a sustainable channel with realistic expectations and practical skills that actually work.

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️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Years, not months
00:42 Journey Before Destination
01:09 Knowing Isn't Always Enough
01:33 You Can't Predict Things
02:00 YouTube Needs Time
02:40 Comparison is the Thief of Joy
03:08 Focus on 2 Platforms
03:32 Skills Over Gear
03:59 Packaging First
04:28 2 Types of Advice
04:45 Not All Advice is Good Advice
05:10 Find Creator Friends
05:34 Batching Can be Good and Bad
05:58 Balance Passion With Audience
06:19 Build Thick Skin
06:39 Action Beats Overthinking
07:04 Start Simple
07:29 SEO Compounds Growth
07:55 YouTube is a Mental Battle
08:17 One Step at a Time
08:41 Learn and Move On
09:04 Checklists are Your Friend
09:23 Consistency Doesn't Mean Weekly
10:17 Packaging is Paramount
10:40 Audio Is Greater Than Video
10:59 Views aren't Everything
11:20 Analytics are Good and Bad
11:41 Building Trust Takes Time