My internet alias is Nolan Westmore, I am from Canada, and this is my YouTube story.
~Rough Beginnings
On February 11th 2014, I launched my first YouTube channel with the goal of becoming the next big thing in gaming, as many have done before me. I made some videos with minimal video editing knowledge and actually using the FRAPS voice overlay (big mistake) and verbally told myself what I wanted to be cut out of the video.
Some time around mid-March, I discovered a website called "Share YouTube Videos", which promoted the idea of getting free real views on my videos. As my videos got minimal views, this piqued my interest as it promised to grow my channel. This, coupled with my lust for subscribers saw the use of the malevolent Sub4Sub technique. I 'hit' 100 subscribers in no time, and really thought it was real. On April 27th I put out a Terraria video to commemorate the 'achievement'. Almost two years later and the video still has only 20 views, with the last one showing up on August 1st, 2014.
I stopped using the Share YouTube Videos platform before I stopped making videos on that channel, but it wasn't enough. I felt wrecked, and I am still ashamed for trying to do too much to get big. I don't do any of that anymore, and I have made a pledge to promote the continual use of the service to anyone I catch using it, to spite their desperation for success.
~Burning.
Still with gaming in mind, I created a second channel under a new alias. On July 29th, 2014, I launched a new channel, the name escapes me now that I have rebranded too many times to count. I pumped out gaming videos and still tried to do my Dead Space 2 series which is a game I still hold dear. I had one video hit 1000 views due to proper timing, that was cool, but I didn't snag the opportunity to milk it dry. Again, disappointed with the lack of success, I moved on to other off-YouTube hobbies but still found myself within the forums.
I just notice now, in all of the time that I spent making gaming videos on three different channels, I have never completed and entire series.
~From Ashes
In July of 2015, I got my first part time job working at a restaurant for minimum wage. The boss is a capital A but the pay isn't bad, so I am still there until now. I decided with the money, I am going to build a gaming PC and rise a new gaming channel. But something unexpected happened.
In early September of that year, I ran into a vlogging YouTuber, Casey Neistat. Casey's vlogs are of premium quality and I assure you that you'd enjoy his travels should vlogs be the kind of thing you want to watch. I kept trying to produce gaming content, but never felt satisfied with the outcome. I felt like something was missing.
On January 2nd, I ordered my Canon SX60HS 1080p60 65x zoom video camera for $507.09, I ditched the idea of running a gaming channel (even after building a $3000 PC for that purpose) and started to make vlogs and videos of the same sort.
What I have learned over the past 2 years is that desperation is disastrous. You must sit back and watch what happens. You will get noticed if you deserve to be noticed, and you are not entitled to anything on YouTube. You must work for everything you get and you most certainly cannot let a video be a "people will watch it" video. You must make videos that are great to you, those videos are the ones that are your highlights.
Work.
I am Nolan Westmore, and this was my YouTube story.
~Rough Beginnings
On February 11th 2014, I launched my first YouTube channel with the goal of becoming the next big thing in gaming, as many have done before me. I made some videos with minimal video editing knowledge and actually using the FRAPS voice overlay (big mistake) and verbally told myself what I wanted to be cut out of the video.
Some time around mid-March, I discovered a website called "Share YouTube Videos", which promoted the idea of getting free real views on my videos. As my videos got minimal views, this piqued my interest as it promised to grow my channel. This, coupled with my lust for subscribers saw the use of the malevolent Sub4Sub technique. I 'hit' 100 subscribers in no time, and really thought it was real. On April 27th I put out a Terraria video to commemorate the 'achievement'. Almost two years later and the video still has only 20 views, with the last one showing up on August 1st, 2014.
I stopped using the Share YouTube Videos platform before I stopped making videos on that channel, but it wasn't enough. I felt wrecked, and I am still ashamed for trying to do too much to get big. I don't do any of that anymore, and I have made a pledge to promote the continual use of the service to anyone I catch using it, to spite their desperation for success.
~Burning.
Still with gaming in mind, I created a second channel under a new alias. On July 29th, 2014, I launched a new channel, the name escapes me now that I have rebranded too many times to count. I pumped out gaming videos and still tried to do my Dead Space 2 series which is a game I still hold dear. I had one video hit 1000 views due to proper timing, that was cool, but I didn't snag the opportunity to milk it dry. Again, disappointed with the lack of success, I moved on to other off-YouTube hobbies but still found myself within the forums.
I just notice now, in all of the time that I spent making gaming videos on three different channels, I have never completed and entire series.
~From Ashes
In July of 2015, I got my first part time job working at a restaurant for minimum wage. The boss is a capital A but the pay isn't bad, so I am still there until now. I decided with the money, I am going to build a gaming PC and rise a new gaming channel. But something unexpected happened.
In early September of that year, I ran into a vlogging YouTuber, Casey Neistat. Casey's vlogs are of premium quality and I assure you that you'd enjoy his travels should vlogs be the kind of thing you want to watch. I kept trying to produce gaming content, but never felt satisfied with the outcome. I felt like something was missing.
On January 2nd, I ordered my Canon SX60HS 1080p60 65x zoom video camera for $507.09, I ditched the idea of running a gaming channel (even after building a $3000 PC for that purpose) and started to make vlogs and videos of the same sort.
What I have learned over the past 2 years is that desperation is disastrous. You must sit back and watch what happens. You will get noticed if you deserve to be noticed, and you are not entitled to anything on YouTube. You must work for everything you get and you most certainly cannot let a video be a "people will watch it" video. You must make videos that are great to you, those videos are the ones that are your highlights.
Work.
I am Nolan Westmore, and this was my YouTube story.
