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J-curve

concept · in 14 sources (2018–2020)

Some ventures (YouTube, apps) earn nothing for a long time before they take off; services pay from day one.

Sources by year: 2018: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 12

Questions

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-01-07 · 15 Lessons that Improved My Life — recommendation: Ali: A YouTube channel, podcast or blog is a flywheel, Ali says: at first almost nobody watches, but valuable content made consistently over a long time gathers momentum, and the YouTube algorithm recommends creators who make more videos. — 00:08:54
  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: After a few months, at one or two thousand subscribers, Ali decided metrics made no sense and to focus on the process of two videos a week without worrying about views. — 01:03:59
  • 2020-05-01 · How Much Money I Earn in a Week as a Doctor & YouTuber — recommendation: Ali: With that level of consistency, Ali says, YouTube income can fund your lifestyle, though it takes ages to build up. — 00:21:22
  • 2020-05-19 · How To Make Money Online - The 3 Levels — recommendation: Ali: Building a website or app to make money is really hard, Ali says, so a complete beginner should not start by trying to get rich off an app. — 00:10:13
    • To the worry that free content stops people buying, Ali answers that people buy your paid stuff only if you give them content for free: you do not build an audience by selling. — 00:16:07
  • 2020-07-07 · My Creative Workflow with Notion — recommendation: Ali says a video's title and thumbnail set an expectation: the viewer clicks expecting some value, and he aims to deliver that value within the hook so they keep watching. — 00:14:34
  • 2020-08-04 · How to Make Money from your Passion — Sarah Dietschy says platforms with an algorithm help people who start with nothing: a new YouTuber a few months in can have one video pop off and suddenly gain momentum. — 00:05:01
  • 2020-09-09 · How to make money on YouTube in 2021 (and how much I earn) — Ali: Nobody knows exactly how the YouTube algorithm works, Ali says, but YouTube's creator team has hinted that much of it rests on watch time: videos that keep people watching and on YouTube longer get recommended more. — 00:02:35
  • 2020-11-15 · How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers — recommendation: Ali advises new creators not to fixate on the numbers: after ten unwatched videos you will ask what the point is, but the numbers come as a side effect over time. — 00:05:20
  • 2020-12-13 · Love, Money and Relationships - Answering your Assumptions — Ali thinks YouTube benefits from consistency and calls himself a big proponent of consistency in everything in life. — 00:20:08
  • 2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber — recommendation: Ali: Agreeing with Gary Vaynerchuk that one piece of content can change your life, Ali advises to keep putting out content, not worry about the numbers and make it as good as you can while having fun. — 00:19:24
    • Ali's three-step formula for anyone starting on YouTube: make useful videos, publish them once or twice a week and keep going for two years; he guarantees it will change your life, though not the numbers. — 00:23:41
  • …and 6 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2019

2018

  • 2018-04-16 · Monthly Favourites #3 - Ali Abdaal — Ali says Matt D'Avella followed a formula of good production value plus good content plus consistency, and his channel has exploded in popularity in the last two months. — 00:12:32