Aprilynne Alter – Breaking down the video that blew up her channel (755,000 views with 1000 subscribers!‪)‬ Creator Science – Learn from today's top content creators

Aprilynne Alter is a YouTuber who abandoned her 20,000 subscriber channel to completely start over a year ago. Over that next 8 months, she tried everything. Nothing was working until she got 755,000 views on a video she posted with less than a 1,000 subscribers.
In this episode, she'll take us through the process of how it happened from ideation to upload, so you can do it too.
Full transcript and show notes
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) The Formula for a Breakthrough Video
(00:43) It All Starts With an Idea
(05:23) Why Make a THAT Idea
(07:41) Creating the Perfect Title and Thumbnail
(14:46) The Packaging That Didn’t Make it
(16:57) Gathering Good Feedback
(19:40) The Most Thorough Research Process You’ve Ever Seen
(33:04) Writing a Script for YouTube
(36:50) What Influences High Retention?
(39:28) How to Edit a Breakthrough Video
(41:44) What You Didn’t Know About Uploading
(44:06) Why Was This THE Video that Broke Through
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