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Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
Manage episode 402139194 series 3336860
I spoke to Kevin Powell, YouTuber and front-end CSS teacher about how he operates his YouTube content business and how he grew to over 800,000 subscribers.
Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023.
Brian's update was recorded on May 6th, 2024.
- (00:00) - Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
- (06:58) - A week in the life of Kevin Powell
- (09:37) - Kevin's YouTube origin story
- (10:37) - Who is your target audience?
- (14:50) - Staying on the cutting edge
- (17:00) - Content ideation and maintaining a calendar
- (19:42) - Crafting the perfect video title
- (22:52) - The YouTube analytics rabbit hole
- (25:43) - Scripting and planning a video
- (28:37) - Outsourcing editing and post-production
- (30:40) - Long form vs short form content
- (33:20) - YouTube algorithms (or what we know about them)
- (35:01) - Subcribers to customers!
- (36:27) - Engaging with the YouTube community
- (39:19) - Separating content avenues
Brian's Product Studio
My product studio, Instrumental Products, is where I partner with SaaS companies to provide UI, UX and custom-built pages and components to give your SaaS a modern user experience.
Brian's YouTube channel
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Brian's Newsletter
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This Podcast on YouTube
This podcast is on YouTube! You can watch full episodes on video by subscribing to the FSF Podcast Channel on YouTube.
70 episodes
Manage episode 402139194 series 3336860
I spoke to Kevin Powell, YouTuber and front-end CSS teacher about how he operates his YouTube content business and how he grew to over 800,000 subscribers.
Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023.
Brian's update was recorded on May 6th, 2024.
- (00:00) - Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
- (06:58) - A week in the life of Kevin Powell
- (09:37) - Kevin's YouTube origin story
- (10:37) - Who is your target audience?
- (14:50) - Staying on the cutting edge
- (17:00) - Content ideation and maintaining a calendar
- (19:42) - Crafting the perfect video title
- (22:52) - The YouTube analytics rabbit hole
- (25:43) - Scripting and planning a video
- (28:37) - Outsourcing editing and post-production
- (30:40) - Long form vs short form content
- (33:20) - YouTube algorithms (or what we know about them)
- (35:01) - Subcribers to customers!
- (36:27) - Engaging with the YouTube community
- (39:19) - Separating content avenues
Brian's Product Studio
My product studio, Instrumental Products, is where I partner with SaaS companies to provide UI, UX and custom-built pages and components to give your SaaS a modern user experience.
Brian's YouTube channel
Subscribe to my YouTube channel where I'm building products and showing the process.
Brian's Newsletter
Subscribe to my newsletter where I send my best ideas and stories from working on products.
This Podcast on YouTube
This podcast is on YouTube! You can watch full episodes on video by subscribing to the FSF Podcast Channel on YouTube.
70 episodes
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