What was your biggest obstacle?

defenately my accent, its total marmite, those who like it love it but if you dont you cant understand a word lol, it really holds back my channel
 
Haha thanks, as a starting channel (like mine) You do need to grind a lot if you want to make it up there. Unless of course you don't mind waiting months or even years with slow growth :P
 
I had to get over the fact that some people would make fun. I gave up several times in the past because people made snide comments in person about my channel. But now I care less and just do what I enjoy.
 
JDubTheGamer said:
What was your biggest obstacle starting as a youtuber? What was a hurdle you had to get over? Were you shy and didn't want to be on camera, but still had ideas you wanted to express? Or, were you perhaps the opposite?

For me personally, it was hearing the sound of my own voice. I don't actually do camera stuff, so I haven't had to get used to seeing myself, which I'm sure will present its own problems. But many people don't like the sound of their own voices because it sounds different to others than it does to you, not to mention it's recorded so you have the mechanical aspect of it as well. My voice made me cringe, and it's not that I've never actually heard it before, but exposing myself to it time after time used to make me cringe.
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Did you get over that issue with your voice? I've read a lot of ppl with similar stories...lucky I have heard myself plenty through various jobs so YouTube didn't freak me out when I heard my voice a lot, but I remember it being odd when I was younger and see videos w me in it.

My biggest hurdle is easily comparison. Seeing people grow faster than you who make low quality content or put in little to no effort...I think that was the biggest issue really, especially when I a lot of time/effort into not just videos but SEO + networking + learning. However, I quickly shrug these thoughts off because comparison is a thief of joy. I realized this a long time ago in my life and it helps a ton as a reminder.

I create bc I enjoy making content and challenging myself and love entertaining people/inviting them into my life/meeting people. I think comparison is a easy trap to fall into as a creator on this platform.
 
FRANKIEandEMILY said:
Did you get over that issue with your voice? I've read a lot of ppl with similar stories...lucky I have heard myself plenty through various jobs so YouTube didn't freak me out when I heard my voice a lot, but I remember it being odd when I was younger and see videos w me in it.

My biggest hurdle is easily comparison. Seeing people grow faster than you who make low quality content or put in little to no effort...I think that was the biggest issue really, especially when I a lot of time/effort into not just videos but SEO + networking + learning. However, I quickly shrug these thoughts off because comparison is a thief of joy. I realized this a long time ago in my life and it helps a ton as a reminder.

I create bc I enjoy making content and challenging myself and love entertaining people/inviting them into my life/meeting people. I think comparison is a easy trap to fall into as a creator on this platform.
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Yes, I'm slowly getting over it. It doesn't bother me nearly as much as it used to.

Yeah I don't compare myself to others. Youtube is a hobby and sure I want to grow my channel and maybe even make things full time, but everyone needs to understand that we're all different. I'd like to say my content is unique (at least somewhat), and my content takes a lot of time in planning, recording, and editing, so I can't do daily uploads. Not doing daily uploads when everyone else is causes a loss of possible exposure. Limited exposure means less views, which usually means less subscribers.
 
This is gonna sound weird, but time and money. I do videos of LEGO building and those take time if it's a stop motion video. Being LEGO brand is expensive too (though LEGO is high quality and well worth it). It's just a fact of the content I create. I build and record when I can, but dang so I wish I had more resources to do it. I know a lot of LEGO creators have sponsors and get help getting their sets but for me it's gonna be something budgeted completely myself, both financially and time wise.

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I HATE the sound of my own voice too! but I have grown out of it. Right now, my challenge is learning the ropes and getting past my roadblock, it is not simple, I do have hope that things will work out for me though.
 
Finding somewhere to actually record was an issue. I live in a fairly loud house and there isnt really anywhere to properly sit down and record, there also isnt anywhere really all that quiet to go to where I live...after weeks of umming and ahhing I settled on recording in my car, it's soundproofed and it's the easiest place to do it...storage was another issue...I review movies and when you start stockpiling films on VHS tape,DVD and bluray to cover at a later date it quickly became apparent I just dont have the space to house everything xD
 
For us its not content or time etc its the slow slow grind to get subs and people to our channel, our watch time is good but its the numbers and rate of increase. Like others have said it can also be envy of others you personally deem not as good content etc as your own but with much higher numbers
we still come back to our team ethos of fun and mates first
 
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