How to become a top 1% YouTube channel (Even if you're new)

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The transcription advises against competing in crowded YouTube niches. Instead, it emphasizes creating a unique space by leveraging deep, specific expertise to become a top 1% creator. Using the example of "Mr. Self Storage," who gained 116,000 views in four days by focusing exclusively on his experience in self-storage businesses, it illustrates that success comes from being an undeniable expert in a narrow area. The key takeaway is that you should build content based on your own specialized knowledge, making it impossible for others, including top creators, to compete. The speaker promises a future video with more details and encourages self-reflection on whether one is competing with the masses or building a unique, expertise-driven channel.

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Hey YouTube and viewers, give me four minutes, I'm going to show you how to rob a business on YouTube today and it all comes down to this. If you want to grow fast you need to become the top 1% in your niche, not part of the 99% all fighting for the same views. But here's the problem. Most niches are now flooded with world-class experts so how do you compete? Well you don't. You play a different game, like my client, Mr. Self Storage did. Put our video four days ago on a new channel that he's put a handful of videos on and they got 116,000 views so far. Now the reason he did this is because he didn't try to compete with everyone in his niche which in this case is the business niche. Instead he created his own space that put him in the top 1% instead. So he did this by simply focusing on the one thing he's done day out, day in day out for years, growing self-storage businesses. As all his channel is about and the funny thing about this is if the biggest creators tried to compete with him on that topic they would lose because they don't have his depth of experience in that specific area and that's the truth about YouTube now. You don't win by competing anymore. You win by becoming the undeniable expert in a space, no one else could compete with you in. So the real question is how do you do that? Well I've got a video coming out of the next few weeks breaking down exactly to find it so keep an eye out. But for now you just want to ask yourself this, are you competing with 99% of people all trying to compete with the top 1% or are you building something based on your own experience that even the top 1% couldn't compete with. I'll see you next week. PS, story of S sold out in 24 hours last week. Sorry if you missed out on a place. If you want to join the wait list for later in April you can pick in the email to do so. If you were on last months or the month before his wait list that sold out very fast you will get early access so you don't miss out again. That's it. That's this email done. Just a short one this week. I'm busy all right. I can't always pump out eight minute long bad boys.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

To grow quickly on YouTube, aim to be in the top 1% of your niche by creating a unique, non-competitive space.
Avoid competing in saturated niches; instead, leverage your deep, specific expertise to become an undeniable expert.
The example of "Mr. Self Storage" shows success by focusing solely on his specialized experience in self-storage businesses, garnering 116,000 views in four days.
Winning on YouTube now requires building content based on personal experience that even top creators cannot replicate, rather than competing directly.

Summary:

Self Storage," who gained 116,000 views in four days by focusing exclusively on his experience in self-storage businesses, it illustrates that success comes from being an undeniable expert in a narrow area. The key takeaway is that you should build content based on your own specialized knowledge, making it impossible for others, including top creators, to compete. The speaker promises a future video with more details and encourages self-reflection on whether one is competing with the masses or building a unique, expertise-driven channel.

FAQs

How can I grow fast on YouTube?›

Focus on becoming the top 1% in your niche by leveraging your unique expertise, rather than competing with the crowded 99%.

What strategy did Mr. Self Storage use to succeed?›

He created his own space by focusing solely on growing self-storage businesses, a topic where his deep experience made him an undeniable expert.

Why is competing directly in a niche not effective on YouTube?›

Most niches are flooded with experts, so you win by becoming so specialized that no one else can compete with your depth of knowledge.

How do I become an undeniable expert on YouTube?›

Build content based on your own specific experience in an area, making it difficult for even top creators to match your authority.

What should I ask myself to improve my YouTube strategy?›

Ask if you're competing with the 99% or building something unique from your experience that the top 1% couldn't replicate.

Is there a video coming up with more details on this strategy?›

Yes, a video will be released in the next few weeks breaking down exactly how to find and dominate your own niche.

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