This topic is close to my heart... I'm going through whatever TS is going through right now. A bit of a long essay but I'll try to keep it brief.

I started my youtube channel back in 2021. Did it for about 4-5 months... Posted about 25 videos on food.. Then real life caught up.. Too busy with work.. And totally forgot about my channel dy. Then last September i check my channel again... Eh how come got 350 subscribers? So thought it will be such a waste if I didnt continue... So i did.. Attended a quite famous youtube workshop.. Get some more ideas and inspiration.. Decided to go all out to monetize my channel... Need 1k subs + 4000 watch hrs (in 1 year)... The most daunting is the 4k watch hours cos in my head thinking, who will want to watch my amateur videos, right? I pivoted away from food and focused more on other topics. Long story short, I'm now at 915 subs + 5250 watch hours with 176 long videos and shorts. So yeah...need more subs 😂

On the laptop part... I used my 2017 lenovo laptop. Intel i7 + 2gb gtx1050 + 8gb ram + 1tb hdd when i first started and edited and posted my videos in 1080p. Its slow but ok la..

But when i restarted my youtube... I wanted to upload 4k videos... And my laptop specs wasn't up to the task. I upgraded the ram to 32gb and added in a new 2tb ssd... Now my editing, exporting and uploading is 60-70% faster than b4. I also bought a used Pocket 2 to replace my phone cam which shot lousy 4k videos. Haha.

All the best TS... The biggest obstacle for any new YouTuber is not taking the first step.

This post has been edited by Spawnster: Jan 12 2024, 10:40 AM

I use filmora x. Easy to get into.

Need to constantly upload new videos weekly to maintain watch hours. Unless yr old videos are evergreen tyoe of subjects.

This post has been edited by Spawnster: Jan 12 2024, 02:42 PM