Hit it on the 15th. The number I keep staring at is the one next to it. 4,500 subs against 1.3 million+ lifetime views. I think I know why, and it isn’t complicated. I do ask people to subscribe. I put it at the end. Then I actually looked at the retention graph. On one of my tutorials the average person watches about a fifth of it before they leave , which makes sense, they came to fix one thing, it got fixed, they left. So my ask has been sitting in a part of the video most people never reach. I think I am dealing with a placement problem. Next few uploads I’m intending to move it. Maybe one ask, in the middle, right after the part where the thing actually works and the viewer is at their happiest. Not at the start, because nobody subscribes to a video they haven’t watched yet. Next goal is 10,000 before the end of the year. Ambitious but possible. Genuinely curious what people are stuck on , answer with whatever comes to mind first. What’s the biggest thing holding your channel back right now?

Small win: a brand hired me for about a four-minute video. They didn't find me on YouTube. Published it yesterday. About Four minutes They came through a creator marketplace called aha creators. Not affiliated, not paid to mention it. Brands post a brief, creators put their rate in, the brand picks. I never sent a pitch or built a media kit, I just have a profile there. It didn't come from being big. It came from being listed somewhere brands were looking. Why they picked me is a different question, and I'd guess it's this: my channel is unmistakably one thing. Raspberry Pi tutorials, nothing else. On a marketplace a brand filters by niche, and a channel that's "tech stuff" is hard to match to a product. A channel that's obviously about one topic is easy. Mine is small, 1.2M lifetime views, never on camera, nothing viral and it still got picked. New VIP Hour, this Friday. A bonus for VIP members, and some topics we can discuss: where to find editors, what to do when a brand emails you, what to charge, your first 1000 subs, Importance of Niching Down, the technical setup. No fixed agenda. What would you want covered? Drop it below and I can build the hour around the answers.

10.3K views last week. That's not a big channel. What matters is where they came from. Most of it is search, someone typing a question into YouTube and landing on a video I made months ago. Nothing went viral. I've never been on camera. Videos I published last year still bring views in every month. That's the whole idea: pick topics people are already looking for, and the video keeps working long after you've stopped thinking about it. Tomorrow I'm running Find Your Next Video. Bring one idea you're considering and I'll check it live, demand, competition, and whether there's a gap, in about ten minutes. Comment the idea you'd bring and I'll run those first.

Small win this week, I'm not on track with everything, but I've been noticeably more consistent thanks to a simple app called Weekstack. I've tried Excel trackers where you map out your entire month, but they never account for the unexpected things life throws at you. With Weekstack, I plan my day the night before, wake up with the right mindset, and just delete or reset whatever doesn't fit. Simplicity is key. With a simple app like Weekstack, you plan your day the night before, which helps you wake up with the right mindset. If something's not working, just delete it. It's a small thing, but it's made a real difference in my consistency. How do you keep yourself in check amid distractions? Share your tips below 👇