Confessions Of A YouTuber

Confessions Of A YouTuber is a Podcast that explores the untold truth about what it takes to be a successful YouTuber, whatever the topic. Each week I discuss YouTube Creator issues. tips and tricks and interview a guest YouTube creators. I get up close and personal and talk about their YouTube experience, motivation and the challenges they've faced on their journey. My guests and I reveal secret tips and strategies that truly grows a YouTube channel. As an author of 2 Youtube books, a YouTube creator for over 15 years, YouTube consultant and certified in YouTube Audience Growth, I know the trials & tribulations of being a successful YouTuber, balancing life and sustaining YouTube channel success.

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Sylvester, the Cat with attitude and over 2 million Subscribers, tells us about his decade on YouTube.

#Show 11 Steve Cash and Sylvester (the Cat) are YouTube legends. With well over 2 million subscribers and a consistently growing audience, they are creators of the funniest cat video series ever! I talk to Steve about everything from being a musician, film-making with his cat to YouTube therapy. We learn of Steve's journey and how he survived through some serious challenges and algorithmic changes over the years, and how his channel got bigger, better and stronger. Check out how you can grow fro...

Sep 27, 2019•48 min

Show #10 Teen YouTuber turns full-time Professional Youtuber. Luke from Miffed Crew reveals how he nurtured his loyal fanbase through his video content.

I speak to the wonderful & inspiring Luke Ayios, who started his comedy, spoof animation channel about 5 years ago when he was just 14 years old. Despite some personal setbacks with his disability, he found the strength to go for it BIG TIME on Youtube. Using his talent for animation and storytelling, he reveals how he grew his channel to nearly 400K subscribers despite his setbacks and goes into detail about the method behind the madness, that is Youtube content creation! He gives some fant...

Sep 19, 2019•38 min

Show #9 Mum of 3 and award winning beauty guru 2018/19, Natasha Lee, spills the beans on Youtuber life and the growth of her beauty business

When people talk about women being natural multi-taskers, this lady takes it to a whole different level. Natasha Lee is an award-winning blogger & YouTuber, internationally recognised nail technician, educator & beauty therapist. Her youtube channel has hundreds of thousands of subscribers and over 35 million views, but for me, her story is one of the most inspiring and fascinating. It's an absolute must-listen if you want to know what drives Natasha. We talk about how Natasha got starte...

Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 10 min

Show #8 This what happens when you have more than one idea for a great YouTube channel.

With nearly 800K subscribers across 4 very different channels, Anna Tyrie is YouTube's genuine SuperWoman! So what does this gorgeous lady do when she's not working? Is there even such a thing as 'not working' as a youtuber? As a mother and muti-talented artist we find out what motivates her, how she manages her time and what best advice she has for serious Youtubers. Listen up for some of the best Youtube insider tips you won't find anywhere else. keeping it real! We go into detail about how An...

Aug 20, 2019•51 min

Show #7 How do you achieve 2.9 million YouTube Subscribers? Find out how this fabulous lady rose to the top of the YouTube Kids niche while facing burnout, demonetisation and real life challenges.

This lady might seem like she has it all, thriving YouTube channel, a beautiful family and fabulous lifestyle. But things weren't always so rosy. Ieva is a mother of two young kids, who reveals her journey to the top of YouTubes Kids and how she got through some of the many challenges she faced both personally & on YouTube. If you want some pure motivation, then listen up to Ieva's story, she's keeping it totally real. Ieva, speaks out about depression, caring for other members of her family...

Aug 02, 2019•51 min

Show #6 How Aaron Abke uses the Law of Attraction to attract 15K monthly Subscribers.

This talented philosopher has the charisma of Tony Robbins, the conviction of Dr. Joe Dispenza and the wisdom of Eckhart Tolle. Aaron Abke is a well-read philosopher and YouTuber who has a unique gift of making spirituality and the meaning of life easy to understand and enjoyable to listen to. His channel is seeing super-fast growth and a growing family of fans as they flock to join his tribe. Do you want to know how he does it? Well, listen on. Aaron tells us about his brand of spirituality whi...

Jul 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min

Show #5 Introducing, Maggy, YouTube's answer to Mr Maker! Her Arts & Crafts kids channel is off the charts.

Today I speak to YouTube's craftiest woman, Maggy Woodley from Red Ted Art. She's a mum of two and has built an enormously successful Kids Arts & Crafts brand and a massively popular YouTube Channel. Maggy tells us her inspirational journey and rise to YouTube fame from kitchen table art to US publisher deals. This clever & inspiring lady shares her story and drops in lots of fantastic growth tips so listen up if you're looking to turn you handcrafts or build your channel into a full-tim...

Jul 16, 2019•50 min

Show #4 Alicia Fairclough tells her secret to creating a profitable Personal Brand on YouTube & shares her Entrepreneur story.

Today's guest is the beautiful Alicia Fairclough, who's Self-titled YouTube channel, is known as one of the most relaxing YouTube Channels out there. She's a successful entrepreneur who has built her YouTube Channel & business around her passion for Hypnosis. As a skilled trainer, she serves a huge community of people on YouTube who find it hard to relax or sleep. Using her unique techniques she gives her viewers a sense of calm while also empowering them with the tools to do it themselves. ...

Jul 01, 2019•1 hr

Show #3 Having no money didn’t stop Connor Colquhoun from cashing out! See how he did it.

In today's show, I talk to this highly talented Voice Actor who has grown his Comedy & Anime channel to an amazing height, CDawgVA. With funny skits, witty pranks and plenty of Anime, he has built a huge community of adoring fans with well over half a million subscribers and counting. But it wasn’t always rainbows and unicorns, Connor tells his YouTube story about how he started his channel, making videos even when he didn’t have enough money to pay the rent (true artists!). Find out how he ...

Jun 27, 2019•1 hr

Show #2 How Anna Makes You Feel Like A Million Dollars Every Day of The Week.

In this episode, I talk to the elegant YouTuber Anna Bey whose YouTube Channel, School of Affluence, is experiencing rapid growth and serving a community of women who want her unique guidance on how to achieve self-transformation and a luxury lifestyle to go with it. We find out about Anna’s entrepreneurial journey, and talk about her experience of moving from luxury lifestyle blogger to elegant YouTuber lifestyle vlogger. Anna’s isn’t just a pretty face, she’s a whizz at understanding how to gr...

Jun 20, 2019•35 min

Show #1: The Trials & Tribulations Of Fitness YouTuber Brand, Lucy Wyndham-Read

In this episode, I talk to the amazing high achieving YouTube fitness trainer and motivator, Lucy Wyndham-Read who's mission is to get the world fit for free. With 900K Subscribers knows a thing or two about how to claim YouTube Success and grow your audience and gives us her secret YouTube tips. She also tells us her story of how she got started from having nothing and went on to having it all and tells us what keeps her going. This is a very inspiring woman, and a must listen for anyone lookin...

May 31, 2019•33 min•Ep. 1

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