They can't help themselves. All their self-worth is tied up in clicks and re-posts.

45 minutes ago, pharmjod said:

I would actually prefer all the YouTubers go away and stop giving advice. Good, bad or otherwise. Competition only hurts you as a seller. All these people that want to preach about having a scarcity mentality being bad can take a hike. If your primary hustle is selling LEGO, more people selling LEGO is rarely a good thing.

Competitions come and go.  Hopefully the sane ones realize retail is not for them and leave after a few months.

4 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Competitions come and go.  Hopefully the sane ones realize retail is not for them and leave after a few months.

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I've watched these Youtubers for a while and if I wanted to be one, I would choose to be a video gamer.  Much easier to gain subscribers.  I just need to be marginally better than most gamers out there

21 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

I've watched these Youtubers for a while and if I wanted to be one, I would choose to be a video gamer.  Much easier to gain subscribers.  I just need to be marginally better than most gamers out there

Anecdotally; if one was to ask a junior high class what they plan to do when they grow up over half will say youtuber or influencer on social media

 

4 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Anecdotally; if one was to ask a junior high class what they plan to do when they grow up over half will say youtuber or influencer on social media

 

Yeah, and we wanted to be a firemen or astronauts

8 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Anecdotally; if one was to ask a junior high class what they plan to do when they grow up over half will say youtuber or influencer on social media

 

A friend of my son moved to California (not sure he is still there), to help out his social influencer career. I really have no idea what large numbers are in this genre, but he has 2.7 million fans on TikTok, and 380k on Instagram. I don't know what the threshold is for actually making a living at this.

5 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Anecdotally; if one was to ask a junior high class what they plan to do when they grow up over half will say youtuber or influencer on social media

 

Typical kid answers.  They just want to be famous.  10 years ago the answer would have been a reality TV star

13 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Typical kid answers.  They just want to be famous.  10 years ago the answer would have been a reality TV star

I see it more as doing (what they perceive) to be the least amount of work but making the most $$$

A friend of my son moved to California (not sure he is still there), to help out his social influencer career. I really have no idea what large numbers are in this genre, but he has 2.7 million fans on TikTok, and 380k on Instagram. I don't know what the threshold is for actually making a living at this.

Which to me seems backwards to move to the most expensive state in the US to launch a struggling career. My kid watches one of the most successful YouTubers out there, Mr Beast, and he lives and makes all of his videos in a small town in NC.

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Yeah, but it got them away from mom and dad, too. I actually watched some of the videos (they were pretty awful), and two of my son's friends are in most of them. I don't get it, but, there's a lot I don't get about TikTok. I just texted one of the dad's to see if they are still out there.

56 minutes ago, iahawks550 said:

A friend of my son moved to California (not sure he is still there), to help out his social influencer career. I really have no idea what large numbers are in this genre, but he has 2.7 million fans on TikTok, and 380k on Instagram. I don't know what the threshold is for actually making a living at this.

Your friend's son is way over the numbers needed to make a living as an "influencer". The number of followers are surprisingly low to get paid enough to make a living doing that based on an article I read about the topic. Article below.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/30/how-much-money-you-can-make-off-social-media-following-calculator.html

Your friend's son is way over the numbers needed to make a living as an "influencer". The number of followers are surprisingly low to get paid enough to make a living doing that based on an article I read about the topic. Article below.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/30/how-much-money-you-can-make-off-social-media-following-calculator.html

Wow, those numbers from that article are a lot lower than I expected them to be.

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1 million instagram followers translates to $250K per post from advertisers? 

That's not real math. 

 

6 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

Wow, those numbers from that article are a lot lower than I expected them to be.

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24000000/365 = 65k views a day. 

I'm understanding more why these youtubers come out with a few a day. It's all about total #'s.

Some online searches show his estimated earnings are around 150k/year from Tiktok. Again, I have no idea if that's accurate or not. Or what he makes from the other SM sites.

Ace Akers is his name on Tiktok (and real name) for those that are curious.

24000000/365 = 65k views a day. 
I'm understanding more why these youtubers come out with a few a day. It's all about total #'s.

Yeah, but there are many youtubers who get 24m views per video, let alone over a year.

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Btw, I know that this is probably the wrong thread, but I do have a new favorite Lego YouTuber, I love this persons energy and her quirkiness. I would much rather watch her videos than MandR or Jang...

https://youtube.com/c/Emmasaurus

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38 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

Btw, I know that this is probably the wrong thread, but I do have a new favorite Lego YouTuber, I love this persons energy and her quirkiness. I would much rather watch her videos than MandR or Jang...

https://youtube.com/c/Emmasaurus

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Jangs videos are better than melatonin. 

 

That said, I don't have anything against him. He just has a Bob Ross like voice. 

I thought there was some exciting retirement news after all the alerts I got.. instead youtuber talk :(

I attempted to move to an appropriate forum.......

6 hours ago, Brystheguy said:

We're on the same page. We should be grateful for anyone giving advice as most people don't.

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There's a lot of good advice on these boards for those listening.  A little understated, but its there.  Hint:  It's not the guys getting excited every time Tree House comes back at 15% off.

6 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said:

How many wished they did not sale anything online come tax day for 2021 income ?

I come to that dilemma every year end.  Hard to swallow forking out those taxes right after December.  Still have to talk to my accountant about writing off inventory . . . 

folks still buying tree house?