While some YouTube videos go viral and catapult their creators to instant popularity, it takes more than a viral video to call yourself a success. So, what does it really take to succeed on YouTube? With a plethora of videos coming from YouTube content creators all over the world, how can you gain audience loyalty and support? “At the end of the day, it’s the people that enjoy your videos that you’re making them for.” Find out the answers to these questions from 23-year-old beauty expert, Alexan...
May 24, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 140
The new season of the BATV Podcast is here! I am starting the podcast off with a solo episode where I recap my experience with the Beauty and the Vlog YouTube Bootcamp and also reveal the 7 things you do NOT need to be worrying about on YouTube plus the 1 thing you NEED to focus on.
May 17, 2018•28 min•Ep. 139
Based in Texas, Dani of "CoffeeBreakwithDani" is a 32-year-old mom with two boys as well as a classically trained chef and nutritionist. She began her all-things-beauty YouTube Channel in May of 2013, and to date she has 425,000 subscribers and 33 million video views! In this podcast, Dani talks about the importance of making connections with followers and engaging your audience. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forge...
May 10, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 138
Karissa Pukas is a full-time YouTuber from Canada now living in Australia. She reveals how she got started in YouTube and how she was slowly able to increase her subscriber base. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group for collaborations, YouTube advice, support and more! You can also follow me on Instagram!...
May 03, 2018•42 min•Ep. 137
The wait is over, beauties! Welcome to Part II of our interview with Nur. As a beauty vlogger who goes by the handle nurberxo, she has been a YouTube influencer for seven-plus years. Through an unexpected opportunity, Nur began working with beauty brands as a social media strategist. For the past year and a half, she has consulted with some of the biggest beauty brands on how to work with influencers and create a powerful social media presence. Her inside-out perspective as an influencer, couple...
Apr 26, 2018•42 min•Ep. 136
Nur is a Beauty Vlogger by the name Nurberxo who has been on YouTube for seven-plus years. Through an unexpected opportunity, she began working with beauty brands as a social media strategist. For the past year and a half, she has consulted with some of the biggest beauty brands on how to work with influencers and create a powerful social media presence. Her inside-out perspective as an influencer, coupled with her business background and fascination with psychology is what has made her a valuab...
Apr 19, 2018•47 min•Ep. 135
Zabrena from My Eyeshadow Consultant is a full time YouTuber who runs her channel in addition to her eyelash like, Inky Minky and her My Eyeshadow Consultant subscription service. She reveals her journey and the ups and downs along the way in this interview! Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group for collaborations, YouTube advice, support and more! You can also follow m...
Apr 12, 2018•37 min•Ep. 134
I had the chance to interview up and coming Spanish speaking YouTube star Yarissa Rodriguez. She is dominating the Spanish speaking YouTube world and has recently skyrocketed in popularity. Her amazing story on how she amassed over 150k YouTube subscribers in less than a year is amazing. This is a must listen! Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group for collaborations, Yo...
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 133
Melanie Murphy is an Irish YouTube sensation who started her channel June of 2013 and in less than 10 months had over 100k subscribers and almost 9 million video views. She reveals some of her best tips and tricks to increasing a YouTube subscriber base and overall video views. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group for collaborations, YouTube advice, support and more! Y...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 132
Are you looking to embark on your very own journey to becoming a beauty, lifestyle, or health and fitness influencer? Most, if not all, influencers out there can be found on multiple social media platforms, the most popular of which are YouTube and Instagram. However, if you're someone who's just starting out, which social media platform should you get on first? Should you consider getting on both, or is it better to stick to just one? Instagram vs. YouTube – which one should you focus on more? ...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 131
As you might already know by now, anybody can start a YouTube channel, but not everybody becomes successful at it. It takes hard work and sometimes even a little bit of luck. In fact, when you think about growing your number of subscribers, you have to think creatively and not only as a content creator but also as a marketer. Luckily for you, in today’s episode, we’re talking about some of the best YouTube marketing tips in 2017. So, make sure to perk up your ears and listen as our lovely guest,...
Mar 15, 2018•56 min•Ep. 130
Originally from New York, now established in Los Angeles, Vlogger Nicol Concilio has exploded on the beauty scene. In one year, she has amassed one million followers on Instagram and 225,000 YouTube subscribers, with 50,000 views per video. She has deals with Lip Land Cosmetics and Tarte Cosmetics, among others. Her genuine, down-to-earth personality has made her a go-to resource for hundreds of thousands of online fans. In this episode, Nicol and her boyfriend manager Nick, offer advice to novi...
Mar 08, 2018•54 min•Ep. 129
Lee Figueroa, AKA Mamichula is a NY based YouTuber with over 25 million video views. She describes some of the struggles she encountered at the beginning of her YouTube journey including hate comments and allowing those to get under her skin and ruin her YouTube experience. On this episode of Beauty and the Vlog, she recalls how she was able to overcome that issue and have a thriving and successful YouTube channel. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get ...
Mar 01, 2018•42 min•Ep. 128
"When you have a good title and a thumbnail and good content, I feel that that's really all that matters." - Karina Garcia If you’ve ever wondered how to grow your YouTube subscribers and have a successful YouTube channel, you don’t want to miss this episode! Our guest for today grew her YouTube subscribers to 5.5 million and received 693 million video views in just two years! Lucky for us, she is willing to share with us her secrets and insights on how she was able to achieve such fast growth. ...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 127
Bri AKA Smartista Beauty is a beautiful 21 year old based out of Washington DC. She started her channel May of 2013. She focuses much of her channel on hair tutorials but she does beauty, fashion and lifestyle videos as well. Her channel slogan is Fearlessly Beautiful. She currently has 226k subscribers and 8 million video views. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group fo...
Feb 15, 2018•48 min•Ep. 126
Beauties, the interview you’ve been asking for via the Facebook group has finally arrived! This episode of the podcast features Amber Scholl, the YouTuber who has cornered the market on teaching us how to ball out on a budget. She started her channel just five months ago, and she already has 320,000 subscribers and 10.5 million video views. This time on the podcast, Amber opens up about her channel’s incredible growth, the message of empowerment she wants to express and the secrets to her succes...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 125
Amanda Ensing started her channel the spring of 2012 while she was in college. Once her YouTube channel started to take off, she ditched her law school plans to pursue YouTube full time. Amanda has 340k subscribers and 13.4 million video views on YouTube. Check out the show notes. Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the Beauty and the Vlog Facebook group for collaborations, YouTube advice, support and more! You can also follow me o...
Feb 01, 2018•38 min•Ep. 124
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Jan 25, 2018•4 min
Are you curious about what the YouTube Adpocalypse is all about? Well, your curiosity is about to get satisfied because today, we’re going to dive deep into the YouTube Adpocalypse with Jen of Jen Luvs Reviews! “From the smallest creators to the biggest creators, everybody is getting hit with this.” Jen is one of the Beauty and the Vlog Boot Camp members from last year and she has already been on the Beauty and the Vlog podcast before. She is amazingly talented at what she does and has an incred...
Jan 18, 2018•55 min•Ep. 123
Thinking about joining the BATV YouTube Bootcamp for 2018? Listen to this podcast episode to get ALL your questions answered. Enrollment ends January 18th 2018! Grab your spot and join the dozens of creators who are committed to making 2018 their year to succeed on YouTube! Register for the Bootcamp HERE !
Jan 15, 2018•20 min
In this episode I review reasons why 2018 is the time for YouTube, plus some favorite quotes from Gary Vaynerchuk and his perspective on this topic. PLUS I reveal that the Beauty an the Vlog YouTube Bootcamp is open for enrollment! Check out information for the Bootcamp HERE . Check out the show notes HERE
Jan 11, 2018•24 min•Ep. 122
If you’re looking to uplevel your career as a content creator and drive traffic to your YouTube channel, then using Pinterest for YouTube just might be the game changer you’re looking for! Jenny Blaisdell, of Confetti Social, talks to us about leveraging social media platforms such as Pinterest to help boost your traffic and help you gain subscribers. Not only does she talk about the ins and outs of Pinterest, but Jenny also shares her story of how she first started as a blogger and her unexpect...
Jan 04, 2018•43 min•Ep. 121
If you’re looking to get inspired to take that step into the YouTube world and make your mark in the vlogging industry, then the Beauty and the Vlog Mastermind success story of Emma of Emzotic is one that you should definitely listen to! In Part 2 of my interview with Emma, she continues to share with us lessons learned from her journey and how she overcame every challenge to get to where she is today. “You have to follow your heart, not the trends.” Emma is a 29-year-old self-confessed lover of...
Dec 28, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 120
Have you ever thought of starting a YouTube channel but have no idea what to do or how to do it? Emma of Emzotic was exactly like that! Her Beauty and the Vlog Mastermind success story is something that we can all learn from — from how she failed in her beauty channel, to how she finally found her niche, to growing her subscribers exponentially in just a few months! “People are not always interested in my subjects, but I make them interested in it." Emma is a 29-year-old ‘Animal Educator’ turned...
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 119
How important is it for an influencer to have a support system? Wouldn’t it be great if you were a part of an influencer community that empowers you as you pursue your passion and turn it into a business? Let’s find out in today’s episode as we explore the power of an influencer community with Style Collective’s Annie Spano. “We’re just trying to make a difference in the world through our craft and our passion.” Style Collective is an influencer community for women to connect, grow, and learn ho...
Dec 14, 2017•32 min•Ep. 118
Do you wish you were making money as an influencer? If so, how can you turn your passion project or hobby into a full-time career? What are the odds of making money as an influencer? How can you become successful at it? I am so excited for today’s episode because not only will we unlock the answers to these questions, but we’ll also talk about mindfulness, meditation, and positivity with our guest, Jessica Nazarali. Jessica knew from an early age that personal development would be part of her li...
Dec 07, 2017•50 min•Ep. 117
Have you ever thought about starting a podcast? How is podcasting different from having a YouTube channel? How do you start a podcast of your own? If you’re asking these questions, you can get the answers right here in this episode! Our guest, Ashley Johnson, will share some tips with us as she tells us how she started her own podcast. “Podcasting is a lot less work than YouTube.” Ashley was initially from Minnesota and she moved to South Florida when she started dating her now ex-boyfriend. Whe...
Nov 30, 2017•39 min•Ep. 116
Learn what top 10 tools you need to get started on YouTube in this episode of Beauty and the Vlog. Check out our newest guide: How to get on PR lists even if you have a small following and get LOTS of free product! Get it HERE! Join our fabulous free Facebook group to make friends, get support and learn the ins and outs of being an online influencer.
Nov 23, 2017•17 min•Ep. 115
Gaining popularity as a blogger or YouTuber doesn’t happen overnight. It takes hard work to put content out there consistently and have people notice you. Since Instagram started, the platform has helped content creators gain subscribers from all over the world. It’s a safe bet that gaining followers using a growth hack for Instagram would also give you a bump in followers on your blog and an increase in your YouTube subscribers as well. “Facebook is like Pinterest, it’s so underused by bloggers...
Nov 17, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 114
Do you randomly blog or post videos in your YouTube channel, or do you plan and schedule your blog content? Well, today we will learn from our guest why it’s far better to do the latter and take a look at all the benefits you can get by keeping track of trends, events and holidays, and keeping a content calendar of what you’re going to post and when. Nikole is the face behind the popular health food and lifestyle YouTube channel, HealthNut Nutrition. She is a passionate "health nut" who inspires...
Nov 10, 2017•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 113
