re: Is YouTube etc influencer a real job

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Very cool! I’ve been under the radar resting out content. I’ve had some shorts to to 20m and up. But long form is the way. Yt shorts pay is garbage. But hey. It helps with brand deals for sure. I made more on one video that I did an entire month of Adsense with one brand deal with Disney

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Nice. I've been wanting to transition to YT from Twitch. Streaming is just such a hassle. Yeah, it's fun, but the associated bullshite is just something I don't want to deal with anymore. There's a degree of separation you get being a edited content creator that you don't get being a streamer. Less weirdos.

Brand deals are definitely the way to go. I often told my streamer friends, "If you're depending on tips to make this work, you're doing it wrong." Your value is your audience. Your a channel on the television. They don't owe you shite, and they can switch anytime. So, sell, sell, sell.

I had friends and peers that would get so butt hurt that someone unsubbed, and I never understood why. You're an entertainer and they moved on. So what? It's not that deep.

When he was on the show can I see your voice, the show mentioned that he had 1.3 million subscribers on Tiktok. Then a few months later he got a call from a talent scout from American Idol about an invitation. This all happened from January to March 2022.

His Tiktok account exploded. This will end up getting him voice acting and singing gigs in the future.