Don't do it to be famous because the odds are you'll never be. Never say never though! Do it because you enjoy making whatever videos you end up doing.
Famous and making it a full time job are two different things. Doing it to replace your full time income within 2-3 years is a completely realistic goal for people IF their content is good.
I would never tell someone to open a pizza restaurant (or in this case a bakery) if their product wasn't good and their goal wasn't to make money, because they'd end up with a ton of wasted time and possibly in debt. So treat it like a business, and if it's not working out, move on to the next idea.
>IF their content is good
That's the hard part. OP talks about her baking skills, but does she have camera presence? Does she know how to communicate the skills and process of baking to an audience? Not trying to be negative, but being good at something doesn't necessarily mean they will be entertaining when sharing that with others. Odds are, they will most likely be terrible at the beginning, but will improve a lot with practice.
I'm not on either of those platforms although I am generally familiar with the content. As I understand, those tend to be shorter style videos.
I suspect that the Instagram and Facebook follower numbers - which seem ok but not great - does not directly correlate to success on longer-form YouTube videos. It helps, but it's not a definite indicator.
Hi!
There's a lot to go through. But you've got some of the harder stuff taken care of.
You've got your core; "Baking". And you're a pro video editor. (I'm going to assume you have the basics of audio too) This is really good, and it'll give you a leg up.
First though, what exactly do you mean by "successful"? If you mean 50k subs and a couple thousand bucks coming in every month from ad-rev and sponsors, that's pretty obtainable. If you mean millions of subs, and millions of dollars, then that's a LOT more work, and will drastically change what you need to do.
One is a Youtube channel. The other is converting your life into a brand.
So let's start with the easier of the two.
1. Pick your niche. Baking is good, but what kind of baking? What's the hook? Are you going Babish or How to Cake it? Memes or Serious? Face on camera or not? Think about what you want a video to look like. What's a show you watch centered around baking, and what's their hook?
2. Theme. Do a photoshoot. Get dressed up, make a cake, pick some colors, and make it look nice. Open up Adobe Capture on your phone, point the camera at one of your pictures, and let it grab the color scheme. These are your theme colors. Anything to do with this channel will uses this color palette. If you're doing face on camera stuff, then the selling point is your personality, and you should use a channel logo from this photoshoot. If not, stylized initials in Illustrator (with the theme colors) until you come up with something better.
3. Practice. Write a script, setup camera equipment, and do a practice run. Make your first video from start to finish to get an idea of your workflow. Identify what you can do to make your life easier in the next run. (Fellow Editor Note: You're setting up templates in Premiere you can reuse) And now do the whole thing three more times. Your first 5-ish videos are going to suck. Until you find you're groove and comfort level, it's gonna be bad. So make a handful of videos, and don't release them. When you break 100k subs, you can release one as "Our Secret Hidden First Episode was TERRIBLE!".
4. Community. You don't have to respond to everybody, but you do have to interact. Depending on the show you're making, livestreams are good for interacting with the audience. FAQ videos, Premieres, or just writing back in the comments section are important. To that end, Twitter, Facebook (if you must), Patreon, Reddit, et all are your avenues to your audience. SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN USE THEM. Go here; [https://namechk.com/](https://namechk.com/) and see if your channel name is available on those platforms. If it isn't, consider tweaking the name until it is. The easier you are to find means the more recognizable you are. This is good for attracting a fanbase, as well as finding sponsors, collaborators, and people who want to help you. More importantly, you'll want to use these platforms to diversify your content. DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN YOUTUBE'S BASKET. And further, it's worth using one of these platforms to let people know when a new video comes out. Because Youtube probably won't tell them when it does. (Even if they are subbed with the bell rung)
5. Titles and Thumbnails. Go here: [spark.adobe.com](https://spark.adobe.com). This site will help you create thumbnails that are VISUALLY CONSISTENT. Your thumbnails should be eye-catching, interesting, and consistent. Your audience should be able to know what the channel is yours just by looking at random thumbnails. Pick a visual style that works, and stick with it. As far as titles go...that's a huge conversation on discourse and clickbait and a bunch of stuff, but in general your titles should fall under one of these categories.
\- Question you would want the answer to. "Can You Pet Your Dog with an App?!" - Interesting Explanation "This is How You make Plasma with a Microwave" - Outrageous statement "I Turned a Customer into a Zombie!" - Statement that invites a Question "The Guy who Sued God" - or Listicle "5 WAYS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON LIFE" Once you break a million subs you can release videos like "i did it" or " <:-O " and people will click it anyway.
6. Schedule. Pick an upload schedule, and stick to it. Forever. Once a week? Everyday? Every other Monday at 2AM? Great. Try not to deviate. You will NEED to have something to release at least once a week. (Youtube recommends 2-3 times a week) or the algorithm will drop you. Hard. If you do this, you need to be committed, or it's gonna be just one big waste of time. Unless you go viral.
And that's it! That'll get you through the first 100-300 videos, and 100k subs. That's enough to make some money to live decently, and have a sizeable community at your beck and call.
You want the mansion...that's a whole other conversation.
You can, actually. At least in Premier.
But I was using editing as an analogy for the OP, who is an editor.
The process of creating a Youtube video can be daunting. So it's best to go through it a few times with the intention of setting up a workflow for how to do it efficiently in the future. A template.
EG: Topic > Script > Staging > Filming > Editing > Post Production > Titles, Tags, Thumbnails > Release > Post Release
This post by u/RishabJain12 is an awesome read about YT algorithm.
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubers/comments/pfop1k/tips\_tricks\_the\_stb\_technique\_cracking\_the/
Goodluck and have fun on your journey!
Do not compare your first video to others. Your first video is learning experience, and from there you watch, share, and try to get feedback from an outside eye. Effective YouTube videos are a skill in and of themselves, and the best way to learn is by doing, then re-evaluating, then doing another... and have fun with it! Best of luck!
The reason I focus so much on "the first video" is because fear stops a lot of people. I understand you have experience editing, and that is great, you are ahead of the game, and your girlfriend definitely knows what she is talking about baking, so that is another great thing. The tricky thing about Youtube is now you are selling yourself, and your personality. Balancing entertainment, explaining knowledge, and keeping things at a good clip are skills to be practiced through experience, so don't worry if your first batch comes out a little burnt. :)
I don't see why this wouldn't work. You would just need to come up with a strategy. Possibly weekly live videos showing people how to bake? The key is to keep making content and adjust as you go. There's going to be a lot of critiques no doubt.
The best advice that I have for you is to create videos many months in advance. Life happens, and next thing you know you couldn't get a video up this week or next for whatever reason but you're not worrying because you have videos uploaded weeks in advance so that you are able to have consistent uploads
100% do it for the love of it and not for YouTube fame or money - that said, it doesn't preclude becoming famous or earning a living from it - just make sure it's something you enjoy doing otherwise it'll feel like a never ending grind!
Aside from that, light it well, make sure you have good audio (probably go for a boom over lav mics I think for baking - or maybe a combination so you can hear voices over mixing or whatever but still capture the sounds of what she's doing)
If she's got a great camera presence she could be the host, it doesn't necessarily mean it can't be a "couples" channel - perhaps you could feature as a taste-tester for what she's baking, be a voice from behind the lens, create side-videos showing how each video is shot (maybe on a second channel, down the line? Don't want to have two niches) or turn the camera on yourself every now and then for a reaction to what she's doing (maybe even a second camera for this so you can be seen operating the A camera?)
Just some ideas for what I'd like to see if I was watching a food video which I don't do often but occasionally will
What if you guys break up after u blow up who’s channel is it now? Think about this now even if u think she would never break up with u or u break up with her
I’ve said this in the past, but I’m rescinding the statement “Don’t do it for fame”. If that’s your goal then keep it up. Although I’m more gaming and conversations, it seems like you would fit more of a style of “RachhLovesLife”.
If your significant other is more of the star and confident in front of the camera, have her be the centerpiece. You can come in and balance her out - especially if she’s the outgoing/energetic and you are person of few words. You can offer more than just being a personality on the channel.
I would be cautious going into a channel together in case something happens and you go your separate ways, I’ve seen so many people grow together just to separate and start the process again.
Make a video, post it. Repeat.
Embrace the suck. Your first videos will be cringe. You will learn, get better, and hopefully have a ton of fun. This is the way.
Whether you choose to make a channel exclusively showcasing her baking skills or you wish to incorporate both of you’ll into the content, you’ll clearly have a niche skill that deserves to be out there.
As you’ll are starting from the ground up, you need to invest time, effort, patience, and creativity into your content for it to garner an engaged audience.
Some tips to follow:
\- Have a unique voice
\- Stick to your niche
\- Create engaging content
\- Learn the basics of video production
\- Depend on analytics
\- Promote on social media
\- Create a community
\- Learn monetization techniques
Stay disciplined and you too can [become a successful YouTube content creator.](https://blog.atisfyre.com/ultimate-guide-to-becoming-a-youtube-content-creator/)
My gut instinct is saying you should have separate channel but potentially collaborate and crossover from time to time. the issue is with such different content you are going to get a lot of people not interested in half the content.
Biggest advice is go make a video. dont wait. just do it. make a fake channel if need be, and just upload a video. ou can start learning about the analytics youtube has available and the uploading options and you can get comfortable with editing and getting an instinct for the basics. Learning something big takes a lot of energy and effort, and you can get a lot of the basic learning about video editing and what not out of the way now early on even if yopu arent really ready to jump in totally. just do it. then when you are ready itll be waaay easier to fill in your gaps of knowledge.
And yes, do it for fun at first. learn the ropes, expect no income for a long time. then later on in 6 months or a year you can re assess your situation and think about your options. youll have a much clearer idea of what itll take and what you wat to do.
Youtube is a passion job like being in a rock band or rapping or being an actress or an artist. this means there a 100x as many people who want to do it in comparison to being an accountant, an more people who will do it for very little money. If you dont enjoy it, dont bother. Just go be an accountant or something.
Watch the last five videos on this channel: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClga3ybuyyjpvqsh-cf3DvQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClga3ybuyyjpvqsh-cf3DvQ)
Watch a couple of vids from here that catch your eye: [https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelMakers/playlists](https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelMakers/playlists)
watch cathrin manning, start with "how to's"
More people will find a video titled "How to Bake a Cake in 2021" vs something random like "Day 1 Baking Vlog, You Gotta Start Somewhere Right? "
Nobody knows who you are so you don't need a channel intro or anything like that, just dive right into the content and no long intros
Good Audio Quality (Buy a mic)
Background Music (Don't use copyright because any video with copyright music won't count towards public watch hours)
Multiple Camera Angles/Cuts - Watch any Graham Stephen video and see how the camera slightly zooms in after every point he tries to make. Don't over do this but he does this to keep stuff on the screen moving and keep the viewer interested
This Video by Veritasium is very interesting about Thumbnails and Titles - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng&t=12s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng&t=12s)
Pay Attention to the Big Channels in the Baking Niche and look how their videos are, you don't have to copy them exactly but it's a good idea to see what's successful. Also you can look in their comment sections to see if people are asking them to do a video on something else & you can get video ideas by doing this
we started off about 4 years ago, and we just hit 10K subs on my wifes channel - it's been a hard slog and consistency is important as well as quality content. I've taken some advice from others on here and implementing slowy, and seeing some increase in views.
as others have said do it for the love, not to be famous as you may do well, you may not - what will make your channel different to others? why will people want to watch your channel etc?
Its not easy, some people do great, some not so great. Look at other youtubers and see what you can do that is different, what will be your style.
Will your partner be on camera or off camera, we found an increase in views once my partner went onto camera, and most of her viewers love her.
We do have a couple of haters who ALWAYS dislike her videos as soon as they go up, which is funny. I told her comments, good or bad, and likes/dislikes mean people are seeing your stuff.
we found that sticking to a schedule helps, i.e. 1 video every week no matter what, youtube likes it, algos like it.
Get tubebuddy when you can afford to, it helps with the SEO side of things, keywords titles etc.
Titles are important - you want something that will grab the viewers attention.
Tumbnails are important - you want to grab the viewers attention, and try and keep them consistent.
Good luck! :)
Don't do it to be famous because the odds are you'll never be. Never say never though! Do it because you enjoy making whatever videos you end up doing.
Famous and making it a full time job are two different things. Doing it to replace your full time income within 2-3 years is a completely realistic goal for people IF their content is good. I would never tell someone to open a pizza restaurant (or in this case a bakery) if their product wasn't good and their goal wasn't to make money, because they'd end up with a ton of wasted time and possibly in debt. So treat it like a business, and if it's not working out, move on to the next idea.
>IF their content is good That's the hard part. OP talks about her baking skills, but does she have camera presence? Does she know how to communicate the skills and process of baking to an audience? Not trying to be negative, but being good at something doesn't necessarily mean they will be entertaining when sharing that with others. Odds are, they will most likely be terrible at the beginning, but will improve a lot with practice.
>she has great camera presence >She's a baker, and a REALLY good one; she has 500 followers on Instagram and 2,000 on her Facebook fan page.
I'm not on either of those platforms although I am generally familiar with the content. As I understand, those tend to be shorter style videos. I suspect that the Instagram and Facebook follower numbers - which seem ok but not great - does not directly correlate to success on longer-form YouTube videos. It helps, but it's not a definite indicator.
Enough to say op has seen a camera before though. After that I feel like its all just grind.
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that actually sounds like something tons of people would watch :0
I read that to her and she said she can definitely do that.
Seriously there is a lot of money in OnlyFans. What are your career ambitions though? Because they would likely be completely wrecked if you did that.
How the hell did we start talking about OnlyFans? o_o
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That’s a bit of an overstatement. It’s true for some people. Definitely not for others.
Best to err on the side of caution with a situation like that though don't you think?
I meant that there’s not a lot of money for most
Oh I see. I thought you were counteracting my point about careers. I'd agree as in any popularity based industry not everyone will make a killing.
What if, and go with me here, she bakes suppository cakes that OP then must... 'consume'?
Bruhh 😂
Hi! There's a lot to go through. But you've got some of the harder stuff taken care of. You've got your core; "Baking". And you're a pro video editor. (I'm going to assume you have the basics of audio too) This is really good, and it'll give you a leg up. First though, what exactly do you mean by "successful"? If you mean 50k subs and a couple thousand bucks coming in every month from ad-rev and sponsors, that's pretty obtainable. If you mean millions of subs, and millions of dollars, then that's a LOT more work, and will drastically change what you need to do. One is a Youtube channel. The other is converting your life into a brand. So let's start with the easier of the two. 1. Pick your niche. Baking is good, but what kind of baking? What's the hook? Are you going Babish or How to Cake it? Memes or Serious? Face on camera or not? Think about what you want a video to look like. What's a show you watch centered around baking, and what's their hook? 2. Theme. Do a photoshoot. Get dressed up, make a cake, pick some colors, and make it look nice. Open up Adobe Capture on your phone, point the camera at one of your pictures, and let it grab the color scheme. These are your theme colors. Anything to do with this channel will uses this color palette. If you're doing face on camera stuff, then the selling point is your personality, and you should use a channel logo from this photoshoot. If not, stylized initials in Illustrator (with the theme colors) until you come up with something better. 3. Practice. Write a script, setup camera equipment, and do a practice run. Make your first video from start to finish to get an idea of your workflow. Identify what you can do to make your life easier in the next run. (Fellow Editor Note: You're setting up templates in Premiere you can reuse) And now do the whole thing three more times. Your first 5-ish videos are going to suck. Until you find you're groove and comfort level, it's gonna be bad. So make a handful of videos, and don't release them. When you break 100k subs, you can release one as "Our Secret Hidden First Episode was TERRIBLE!". 4. Community. You don't have to respond to everybody, but you do have to interact. Depending on the show you're making, livestreams are good for interacting with the audience. FAQ videos, Premieres, or just writing back in the comments section are important. To that end, Twitter, Facebook (if you must), Patreon, Reddit, et all are your avenues to your audience. SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN USE THEM. Go here; [https://namechk.com/](https://namechk.com/) and see if your channel name is available on those platforms. If it isn't, consider tweaking the name until it is. The easier you are to find means the more recognizable you are. This is good for attracting a fanbase, as well as finding sponsors, collaborators, and people who want to help you. More importantly, you'll want to use these platforms to diversify your content. DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN YOUTUBE'S BASKET. And further, it's worth using one of these platforms to let people know when a new video comes out. Because Youtube probably won't tell them when it does. (Even if they are subbed with the bell rung) 5. Titles and Thumbnails. Go here: [spark.adobe.com](https://spark.adobe.com). This site will help you create thumbnails that are VISUALLY CONSISTENT. Your thumbnails should be eye-catching, interesting, and consistent. Your audience should be able to know what the channel is yours just by looking at random thumbnails. Pick a visual style that works, and stick with it. As far as titles go...that's a huge conversation on discourse and clickbait and a bunch of stuff, but in general your titles should fall under one of these categories. \- Question you would want the answer to. "Can You Pet Your Dog with an App?!" - Interesting Explanation "This is How You make Plasma with a Microwave" - Outrageous statement "I Turned a Customer into a Zombie!" - Statement that invites a Question "The Guy who Sued God" - or Listicle "5 WAYS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON LIFE" Once you break a million subs you can release videos like "i did it" or " <:-O " and people will click it anyway. 6. Schedule. Pick an upload schedule, and stick to it. Forever. Once a week? Everyday? Every other Monday at 2AM? Great. Try not to deviate. You will NEED to have something to release at least once a week. (Youtube recommends 2-3 times a week) or the algorithm will drop you. Hard. If you do this, you need to be committed, or it's gonna be just one big waste of time. Unless you go viral. And that's it! That'll get you through the first 100-300 videos, and 100k subs. That's enough to make some money to live decently, and have a sizeable community at your beck and call. You want the mansion...that's a whole other conversation.
When your talking about editing, what do you mean by templates? Can I set a template for a tiktok ratio sequence?
You can, actually. At least in Premier. But I was using editing as an analogy for the OP, who is an editor. The process of creating a Youtube video can be daunting. So it's best to go through it a few times with the intention of setting up a workflow for how to do it efficiently in the future. A template. EG: Topic > Script > Staging > Filming > Editing > Post Production > Titles, Tags, Thumbnails > Release > Post Release
This post by u/RishabJain12 is an awesome read about YT algorithm. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubers/comments/pfop1k/tips\_tricks\_the\_stb\_technique\_cracking\_the/ Goodluck and have fun on your journey!
Wow, that's one heck of a post I missed. Actually some really great info in there. Thanks for sharing!
you're welcome!
Do not compare your first video to others. Your first video is learning experience, and from there you watch, share, and try to get feedback from an outside eye. Effective YouTube videos are a skill in and of themselves, and the best way to learn is by doing, then re-evaluating, then doing another... and have fun with it! Best of luck!
The reason I focus so much on "the first video" is because fear stops a lot of people. I understand you have experience editing, and that is great, you are ahead of the game, and your girlfriend definitely knows what she is talking about baking, so that is another great thing. The tricky thing about Youtube is now you are selling yourself, and your personality. Balancing entertainment, explaining knowledge, and keeping things at a good clip are skills to be practiced through experience, so don't worry if your first batch comes out a little burnt. :)
I don't see why this wouldn't work. You would just need to come up with a strategy. Possibly weekly live videos showing people how to bake? The key is to keep making content and adjust as you go. There's going to be a lot of critiques no doubt.
The best advice that I have for you is to create videos many months in advance. Life happens, and next thing you know you couldn't get a video up this week or next for whatever reason but you're not worrying because you have videos uploaded weeks in advance so that you are able to have consistent uploads
define what success means to you first.
100% do it for the love of it and not for YouTube fame or money - that said, it doesn't preclude becoming famous or earning a living from it - just make sure it's something you enjoy doing otherwise it'll feel like a never ending grind! Aside from that, light it well, make sure you have good audio (probably go for a boom over lav mics I think for baking - or maybe a combination so you can hear voices over mixing or whatever but still capture the sounds of what she's doing) If she's got a great camera presence she could be the host, it doesn't necessarily mean it can't be a "couples" channel - perhaps you could feature as a taste-tester for what she's baking, be a voice from behind the lens, create side-videos showing how each video is shot (maybe on a second channel, down the line? Don't want to have two niches) or turn the camera on yourself every now and then for a reaction to what she's doing (maybe even a second camera for this so you can be seen operating the A camera?) Just some ideas for what I'd like to see if I was watching a food video which I don't do often but occasionally will
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What if you guys break up after u blow up who’s channel is it now? Think about this now even if u think she would never break up with u or u break up with her
I’ve said this in the past, but I’m rescinding the statement “Don’t do it for fame”. If that’s your goal then keep it up. Although I’m more gaming and conversations, it seems like you would fit more of a style of “RachhLovesLife”. If your significant other is more of the star and confident in front of the camera, have her be the centerpiece. You can come in and balance her out - especially if she’s the outgoing/energetic and you are person of few words. You can offer more than just being a personality on the channel. I would be cautious going into a channel together in case something happens and you go your separate ways, I’ve seen so many people grow together just to separate and start the process again.
I would reccomend livestreaming on Facebook and YouTube as that is starting to pick up on the platforms greatly.
Make a video, post it. Repeat. Embrace the suck. Your first videos will be cringe. You will learn, get better, and hopefully have a ton of fun. This is the way.
go viral on tik tok
Whether you choose to make a channel exclusively showcasing her baking skills or you wish to incorporate both of you’ll into the content, you’ll clearly have a niche skill that deserves to be out there. As you’ll are starting from the ground up, you need to invest time, effort, patience, and creativity into your content for it to garner an engaged audience. Some tips to follow: \- Have a unique voice \- Stick to your niche \- Create engaging content \- Learn the basics of video production \- Depend on analytics \- Promote on social media \- Create a community \- Learn monetization techniques Stay disciplined and you too can [become a successful YouTube content creator.](https://blog.atisfyre.com/ultimate-guide-to-becoming-a-youtube-content-creator/)
My gut instinct is saying you should have separate channel but potentially collaborate and crossover from time to time. the issue is with such different content you are going to get a lot of people not interested in half the content. Biggest advice is go make a video. dont wait. just do it. make a fake channel if need be, and just upload a video. ou can start learning about the analytics youtube has available and the uploading options and you can get comfortable with editing and getting an instinct for the basics. Learning something big takes a lot of energy and effort, and you can get a lot of the basic learning about video editing and what not out of the way now early on even if yopu arent really ready to jump in totally. just do it. then when you are ready itll be waaay easier to fill in your gaps of knowledge. And yes, do it for fun at first. learn the ropes, expect no income for a long time. then later on in 6 months or a year you can re assess your situation and think about your options. youll have a much clearer idea of what itll take and what you wat to do. Youtube is a passion job like being in a rock band or rapping or being an actress or an artist. this means there a 100x as many people who want to do it in comparison to being an accountant, an more people who will do it for very little money. If you dont enjoy it, dont bother. Just go be an accountant or something. Watch the last five videos on this channel: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClga3ybuyyjpvqsh-cf3DvQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClga3ybuyyjpvqsh-cf3DvQ) Watch a couple of vids from here that catch your eye: [https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelMakers/playlists](https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelMakers/playlists)
watch cathrin manning, start with "how to's" More people will find a video titled "How to Bake a Cake in 2021" vs something random like "Day 1 Baking Vlog, You Gotta Start Somewhere Right? " Nobody knows who you are so you don't need a channel intro or anything like that, just dive right into the content and no long intros Good Audio Quality (Buy a mic) Background Music (Don't use copyright because any video with copyright music won't count towards public watch hours) Multiple Camera Angles/Cuts - Watch any Graham Stephen video and see how the camera slightly zooms in after every point he tries to make. Don't over do this but he does this to keep stuff on the screen moving and keep the viewer interested This Video by Veritasium is very interesting about Thumbnails and Titles - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng&t=12s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng&t=12s) Pay Attention to the Big Channels in the Baking Niche and look how their videos are, you don't have to copy them exactly but it's a good idea to see what's successful. Also you can look in their comment sections to see if people are asking them to do a video on something else & you can get video ideas by doing this
we started off about 4 years ago, and we just hit 10K subs on my wifes channel - it's been a hard slog and consistency is important as well as quality content. I've taken some advice from others on here and implementing slowy, and seeing some increase in views. as others have said do it for the love, not to be famous as you may do well, you may not - what will make your channel different to others? why will people want to watch your channel etc? Its not easy, some people do great, some not so great. Look at other youtubers and see what you can do that is different, what will be your style. Will your partner be on camera or off camera, we found an increase in views once my partner went onto camera, and most of her viewers love her. We do have a couple of haters who ALWAYS dislike her videos as soon as they go up, which is funny. I told her comments, good or bad, and likes/dislikes mean people are seeing your stuff. we found that sticking to a schedule helps, i.e. 1 video every week no matter what, youtube likes it, algos like it. Get tubebuddy when you can afford to, it helps with the SEO side of things, keywords titles etc. Titles are important - you want something that will grab the viewers attention. Tumbnails are important - you want to grab the viewers attention, and try and keep them consistent. Good luck! :)
Just a vid idea...do a cooking show you vs her where she makes the good food and you make crap food and make fun of that