Mike Shea

YouTube is the last life raft in a giant black sea of in shitified platforms that are hosing creators. And the only reason why YouTube hasn't quite gotten there yet is because it is an actually a really good way to get people to find you that didn't know you before and get into your other worlds like Patreon or a newsletter or a bookstore.

YouTube is the last life raft in a giant black sea of in shitified platforms that are hosing creators. And the only reason why YouTube hasn't quite gotten there yet is because it is an actually a really good way to get people to find you that didn't know you before and get into your other worlds like Patreon or a newsletter or a bookstore.

YouTube is the last life raft in a giant black sea of in shitified platforms that are hosing creators. And the only reason why YouTube hasn't quite gotten there yet is because it is an actually a really good way to get people to find you that didn't know you before and get into your other worlds like Patreon or a newsletter or a bookstore.

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By the way, if you haven't subscribed to my newsletter, please subscribe to the newsletter. It's in the show notes. That's the best way to stay in touch with me. You want to help me avoid getting totally hosed, join the newsletter. It's my best way to talk to you. And you and I could talk together without anybody between us. There's nobody between us when we're talking to the newsletter.

By the way, if you haven't subscribed to my newsletter, please subscribe to the newsletter. It's in the show notes. That's the best way to stay in touch with me. You want to help me avoid getting totally hosed, join the newsletter. It's my best way to talk to you. And you and I could talk together without anybody between us. There's nobody between us when we're talking to the newsletter.

And so YouTube is one of the last platforms where that's still the case. TikTok is, from my experience and from talking to other creators, and Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are terrible ways to get people to pay attention to your other work. They're not bad ways to get attention for the single video that you're creating. but they're terrible ways to get you to get into anything else.

And so YouTube is one of the last platforms where that's still the case. TikTok is, from my experience and from talking to other creators, and Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are terrible ways to get people to pay attention to your other work. They're not bad ways to get attention for the single video that you're creating. but they're terrible ways to get you to get into anything else.

And so YouTube is one of the last platforms where that's still the case. TikTok is, from my experience and from talking to other creators, and Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are terrible ways to get people to pay attention to your other work. They're not bad ways to get attention for the single video that you're creating. but they're terrible ways to get you to get into anything else.

If my goal is to help show you all of the other stuff I have by following my newsletter and reading my weekly newsletter or seeing the cool stuff that I'm putting out on Patreon or checking out the books that I've worked very, very hard to create, I can't do that on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube Shorts. They do not work for that. So they do work. But right now, YouTube does do well at that.

If my goal is to help show you all of the other stuff I have by following my newsletter and reading my weekly newsletter or seeing the cool stuff that I'm putting out on Patreon or checking out the books that I've worked very, very hard to create, I can't do that on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube Shorts. They do not work for that. So they do work. But right now, YouTube does do well at that.

If my goal is to help show you all of the other stuff I have by following my newsletter and reading my weekly newsletter or seeing the cool stuff that I'm putting out on Patreon or checking out the books that I've worked very, very hard to create, I can't do that on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube Shorts. They do not work for that. So they do work. But right now, YouTube does do well at that.

And it's one of the last platforms that does, which is why we spend so much attention on it. And it's also why I think that YouTube has become a more desperate platform to try to get people to follow videos. And that is a whole further topic. So we talked about all of this stuff at these panels and conventions. And I thought it was really, really useful.

And it's one of the last platforms that does, which is why we spend so much attention on it. And it's also why I think that YouTube has become a more desperate platform to try to get people to follow videos. And that is a whole further topic. So we talked about all of this stuff at these panels and conventions. And I thought it was really, really useful.

And it's one of the last platforms that does, which is why we spend so much attention on it. And it's also why I think that YouTube has become a more desperate platform to try to get people to follow videos. And that is a whole further topic. So we talked about all of this stuff at these panels and conventions. And I thought it was really, really useful.

So as it comes to Paige, Paige was outstanding. I love it. I am very excited to go there again next year. I had a very good time. My wife had a very good time. We got stuck in the snow and then you get stuck in the snow. We ended up spending the extra day because of the snow, but it was great. And we still had a really good time.

So as it comes to Paige, Paige was outstanding. I love it. I am very excited to go there again next year. I had a very good time. My wife had a very good time. We got stuck in the snow and then you get stuck in the snow. We ended up spending the extra day because of the snow, but it was great. And we still had a really good time.

So as it comes to Paige, Paige was outstanding. I love it. I am very excited to go there again next year. I had a very good time. My wife had a very good time. We got stuck in the snow and then you get stuck in the snow. We ended up spending the extra day because of the snow, but it was great. And we still had a really good time.

If I saw you at Page, thank you so much for coming up and saying hello. I saw a lot of people. I suck with names. I suck with faces. I'm kind of embarrassed about all of that, but I definitely met some people. If I did meet you at Page, you could throw me something on Discord to say hello and remind me of our little interchange and we can stay in touch. That'd be awesome.

If I saw you at Page, thank you so much for coming up and saying hello. I saw a lot of people. I suck with names. I suck with faces. I'm kind of embarrassed about all of that, but I definitely met some people. If I did meet you at Page, you could throw me something on Discord to say hello and remind me of our little interchange and we can stay in touch. That'd be awesome.