Having Confidence in your Channel - Do you?

At any Media interview, I have to bring YouTube up. It highlights some of the skills I have and shows people I wasn't just sat on my butt for months :')
 
I generally try to keep my identity separate from my channel for multiple reasons. Not sure about the confidence thing as that could be a conflict since part of the reason I keep my identity separate is confidence that it will grow to a point where I'll need anonymity.
 
I dont see it as a job, and I am very insecure about my channel. After every video I hope to finally see some results and growth but this mostly disappoint, I think of new ideas all the time and in my head they seem all good but the execution just always sucks. I always doubt if I am fit for this thing, if I am not funny enough and should just stop. Yeah, these are my thoughts almost everytime :D
 
I really wish I could create a group for people who want to take YouTube seriously as a career and want hard hitting and honest feedback, but its never quite worked. This forum is the next best thing.
 
I think its all of our dreams to be able to make money doing the thing we love, but its so hard to get up there with the 'big boys' of youtube. I haven't even told many of my friends that I have a youtube channel, we sort of joke about with each other and stuff I know they will take the p**s out of my channel. I would like to think I am quite confident in my videos thou, especially when you compare my older commentaries to my 'new' ones
 
I'm not sure if I'd say I have confidence in what I do per se. I do feel like what I'm doing with my YouTube channels are solid but it's hard to explain to someone who isn't a YouTuber. I feel like a lot of my friends and family don't "get it" so I try not to bore them with details although sometimes they're mildly interested. They know though that I kind of go crazy without creative expression and support me in being the best creative version of myself.
 
It is refreshing to read how confident you are about your passion. I myself had some doubts about whether or not people will think I am funny. The fact that I started youtube right when I started a family also made me worried, due to the fact that I can't upload every day like I want to. Taking care of my 2 and 1 year old is a full time job as it is. I had a moment of clarity though, I dont care if people dont think I am funny. I am doing something I wanted to do as a kid, but never had the means to. I upload as much as I can, and am happy with any view or like I get. Keep up the good work, and reach for that 1 million.
 
As this year has gone on, I have definitely gained a lot of confidence with my channel! Haha I've been working on my self-confidence in general this past year, and that has definitely transferred to my channel. It's something that I love so much, so it's easy to talk to people about once I know they're interested!
 
Yes, I'm confident in my channel.

I wasn't originally, because I never set out to have a channel, it just sort of happened, after I put up a few videos embedded in my web pages.

It's a learning curve, and confidence grows as you try things and hopefully succeed.

YT has boosted my confidence more than anything else I've ever done.

These days I'm happy with the way the channel is going, the viewing community seems to have accepted me, is strong and good, and the channel makes a few dollars.

Don't be afraid to try different things. If it doesn't work then cross that idea off the list.

As they say - No guts, no glory.

Cheers Rob
 
I wasn't confident when starting (and am actually rather embarassed about my early attempts), but I gained a more confidence for my channel with each new video. Several months back after finally finding a "standardized" method for creating my reviews which I'd like to stick to (and maximizing my audio quality without spending any money), I'm actually quite confident in the end result. So yeah, at this current moment in time I definitely have confidence in my channel.
 
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