Content Superhero

Feeling Stuck? Here's the Reality of YouTube Content Creation

Thinking of starting a YouTube channel? In this podcast, I'll share some essential tips and realities you need to know.
- The challenge of consistently generating new video ideas.
- Dealing with the pressure to create better content each time.
- Understanding the impact of the YouTube algorithm on your videos.
- Drawing inspiration from successful YouTubers.
- The importance of persistence and realistic expectations as a new creator.
Sure thing! Here are 5 key takeaways from this podcast on starting a YouTube channel:
1. **Idea Burnout is Real:** Eventually, you'll hit a wall where coming up with fresh ideas feels tough.  2. **Pressure to Improve:** As your channel grows, you'll feel pressure to make each video better than the last.
3. **Don't Obsess Over Analytics:** Sometimes, despite your best efforts, a video might not perform well. That's part of the game.
4. **Inspiration Matters:** Find other YouTubers who inspire you to keep going, even when it gets tough.
5. **It's a Grind:** Building a successful channel takes time and effort, so be prepared for a slow and steady journey.
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Maximize Productivity with Flipner AI: Record, Summarize, and Write Effortlessly

Discover how Flipner AI can revolutionize your note-taking and writing process using just your voice. In this video, I walk you through the features, pricing, and practical use of this powerful tool.
- Overview of Flipner AI and its main functionalities
- Pricing tiers and what they include - Step-by-step guide on using the website interface
- Examples of creating and editing audio clips - Integrating personal expertise into your AI-generated content
Check out the podcast for a comprehensive guide on maximizing your productivity with Flipner AI!
Flipner AI at Appsumo: https://appsumo.8odi.net/Qyk2G9
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### Comprehensive Sequence of Topics Covered
1. **Introduction to Flipner AI** - Mike introduces the tool and its basic functionalities. - Explanation of how Mike uses the tool for gathering thoughts and taking notes through audio. - Mention of its capability to create blog posts from audio notes.
2. **Availability and Pricing** - Information on where to get Flipner AI (Flipner is at AppSumo.com). - Details on pricing tiers: - License Tier 1: $39 for 50,000 AI-generated characters/month and 150 minutes of audio recording. - License Tier 2: $159 for 500,000 characters/month and 750 minutes of audio recording. - Disclosure of Mike's affiliation with Appsumo.
3. **Using Flipner AI** - Example of an article Mike plans to write about gaining 1000 YouTube subscribers. - Process of recording audio clips and managing them: - Playing, deleting, and editing audio clips. - Shifting the order of audio clips. - Summarizing clips into a blog post. - Choosing language and writing style for output.
4. **Creating a New Series of Audio Clips** - Step-by-step on how to create a new series of audio clips for a different topic. - Using live audio recording and other methods (e.g., text snippet, uploaded audio file) to add thoughts. - Example topic: YouTube monetization strategies.
5. **Additional Features and Tricks** - Example of recording an audio clip and adding it to a column. - Explanation of re-summarizing the content to include new clips. - Creating another topic example: Gravel biking vs. mountain biking.
6. **Augmenting AI Articles with Personal Expertise** - Adding personal expertise to provide more authority on the subject. - Example of adding personal experience related to gravel bike geometry. - Combining rewritten AI content with personal expertise.
7. **Practical Use and Recommendations** - Practicality and usefulness of Flipner AI in everyday content creation. - Breakdown of character and minute usage for blog posts. - Mike's recommendation on choosing the right pricing tier based on usage.
8. **Conclusion** - Final thoughts on the usefulness of Flipner AI. - Encouragement to check out the tool via the provided link. - Signing off.
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Understanding YouTube Competition with Maekersuite: A Comprehensive Review

Discover how Maekersuite can revolutionize your YouTube content creation process. Harness the power of data and AI to craft compelling video storylines and outperform the competition.
- Introduction to Maekersuite and its primary functions. - Overview of Appsumo pricing tiers and their features.
- How to explore content and analyze video performance. - Using guided scripting flow and AI for script creation.
- Practical demonstration of content analysis and video insights. Explore how you can enhance your YouTube channel and create high-performing videos with ease…
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Mastering NeuronWriter: Everything You Need to Know About Content Queries

Unlock the full potential of NeuronWriter by mastering content queries, the foundation of effective SEO optimization. In this video, Mike Shuey walks you through the essential steps and tools you need for successful content queries.
Neuronwriter Lifetime Deal at Appsumo: https://appsumo.8odi.net/75mqDY
Other tools mentioned: Lowfruits - find long tail keywords: https://lowfruits.io/?via=mike (use discount code MIKES for pay-as-you-go credits & yearly subscriptions)
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Mastering Keyword Research with Lowfruits Post-March 2024 Google Core Update

Today, I'll guide you through keyword research using Lowfruits in light of the changes from Google's March 2024 Core Update.
🔸 Understanding Lowfruits' credit system and pricing options
🔸 Navigating the Lowfruits dashboard and keyword finder
🔸 Optimizing searches with advanced mode filters
🔸 The impact of user-generated content on search rankings post-update
🔸 Strategies for selecting and analyzing potential keywords for your niche
 
Don't forget to use the link and discount code below for LowFruits: Lowfruits - find long tail keywords: https://lowfruits.io/?via=mike (use discount code MIKES for pay-as-you-go credits & yearly subscriptions)
 
**5 Key Takeaways:**
1. **Navigating SERP Changes**: Discover how the March 2024 Google Core update has shaken up the SERPs and what it means for your keyword strategy.
2. **Maximizing Credits in Lowfruits**: Learn how to get the most bang for your buck with Lowfruits' pay-as-you-go credits system.
3. **Advanced Keyword Search Techniques**: Get tips on using Lowfruits' advanced mode to include or exclude specific words, making your keyword searches more tailored.
4. **Identifying Weak Spots**: Find out how to spot green fruits (easy-to-rank keywords) and why user-generated content like Reddit and forums are dominating the SERPs.
5. **Analyzing Competition**: See how you can leverage Lowfruits to understand your competition and find new ranking opportunities.
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Boost Your SEO Score with Neuron Writer: Tips and Tricks Revealed!

In this NEURONwriter podcast, I share tips and tricks for maximizing your SEO optimization score with NEURONwriter. Learn the importance of search intent in light of Google's core updates, understand the AI templates, and discover how to find and use relevant keywords for your content queries. Explore advanced techniques for boosting your SEO optimization score.
Neuronwriter Lifetime Deal at Appsumo:https://appsumo.8odi.net/75mqDY
Here are 5 key takeaways from the NEURONwriter Tips and Tricks video:
1. Search Intent: After the Google core update, be careful optimizing against user-generated content.
2. NEURONwriter Pricing: Consider purchasing multiple codes for advanced templates and features.
3. Utilize KeywordsPeoplUse: Use tools like KeywordsPeopleUse to find niche keywords for content.
4. Boost SEO Score: Use tools like NEURONwriter's Auto Insert and FAQ features to optimize your content.
5. Writing Tips: Use the Claude 3 Sonnet language model for blog posts and pay attention to header structure for better optimization.
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Comparing Language Models in SEOwriting.ai: Find the Best One for Your Blog Posts

In this podcast, I compare different language models in SEOWriting.ai to help you decide which one to use for your blog posts. I compare the language models: Claude 3 Sonnet, GPT 4o, GPT 4 128K Turbo, and Claude 3 Opus. I do a complete scoring analysis: NEURONwriter, Originality AI, Hemingway, and Grammarly scoring.
Get SEOWriting.ai: (Discount code: MIKESHUEY25) 25% off https://seowriting.ai/?fp_ref=ms25
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Lowfruits - find long tail keywords fast: https://lowfruits.io/?via=mike(use discount code MIKES for pay-as-you-go credits & yearly subscriptions)
KeyWordsPeopleUse: https://keywordspeopleuse.com/?via=mike(use discount code SAVE10 for 10% off the first 12 months)
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**Choosing the Right Language Model**: "When you create articles with seoriting AI, the thing to be aware of is every language model has a different cost." — Mike [00:00:26 → 00:00:35]
"Choosing the Right Language Model": "I wanted to compare and contrast articles written with Claude 3 Sonnet, GPT 4o, GPT 4 128K Turbo, and Claude 3 Opus so you can decide which language model to use and hopefully preserve some of your article generations in the process." — Mike [00:01:56 → 00:02:14]
Comparison of Language Models: "The reason I wrote these different topics is I just wanted to see if there was anything in any of the scoring that just sort of popped out and made me want to lean toward one language model over another when I'm creating these blog posts." — Mike [00:05:50 → 00:06:04]
**Understanding AI and Human Creativity in Content Writing**: "To me, I think the cloud three Sonnet article comes out on top for the camping with Cats article." — Mike [00:08:36 → 00:08:43]
"Best AI for SEO Optimization": "If you were going to ask me which one I would go with, I'm more interested in getting this good SEO optimization score. So I've got to give the slight edge again to Claude 3 Sonnet." — Mike [00:11:42 → 00:11:54]
"The Most Expensive Language Model to Use": "But it is also by far the most expensive language model to use." — Mike [00:12:44 → 00:12:49]
**The Versatility of Claude 3 Sonnet in SEO Writing**: "The one nice thing about it is I really like the way that all the cloud three sonic articles did a great job at pulling in these pull quotes, which helps break up the text. They also used really nice table structures, just nice and formatted well, here's another fact that it pulled in as a sort of poll quote, which breaks up the text and then some more tables." — Mike [00:15:49 → 00:16:13]
**Why I Choose Claude Three Sonnet for Blog Posts**: "So that's why I like Claude 3 Sonnet so much for blog posts." — Mike [00:17:15 → 00:17:20]
AI Showdown: "I really thought GPT 4o being the latest language model from OpenAI would be a clear winner, and in fact it really didn't do a very good job in my opinion, of writing these blog posts." — Mike [00:17:58 → 00:18:59]
SEO Writing Tips: "Claude 3 Sonnet's the winner for me. That's how I plan to write my blog posts here in the future. Until another language model comes out that really proves to be dramatically better." — Mike [00:19:35 → 00:19:45]
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How to Start a YouTube Channel: A Practical Guide for New Creators

Starting a YouTube channel can seem daunting, but it's definitely achievable with the right guidance and tools. Join me as I share my personal journey and tips to help you successfully launch and manage your own channel. Watch now to demystify the process of starting and growing a YouTube channel.
TOOLS I USE:
Camtasia and Audiate: https://techsmith.z6rjha.net/baoeQm
Castmagic: https://get.castmagic.io/b4k5hd6m0u7f
Shure MV7 Microphone: https://amzn.to/44AGAHQ
SmallRig Table Top Tripod: https://amzn.to/3UxlBRL
Fuji X-S10 with 18-55 Fujinon Zoom: https://amzn.to/4bb3FTU
El Gato Lighting: https://amzn.to/3UxlBRL
Colored LED Tube Light: https://amzn.to/3UxlBRL
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Optimizing Video Production Workflow: "I use both of them together because I can actually edit my videos in sort of this word processor like environment, which has really started to save me a lot of time." — Mike [00:02:44 → 00:02:44]
Navigating YouTube Content Creation: "Just realize if you're going to be doing a YouTube channel, it's going to be all done on your own. I would stick with a goal of two videos a week." — Mike [00:03:22 → 00:03:33]
Finding Your Niche for YouTube Success: "The real big piece of deciding to start a YouTube channel is what's your niche going to be? What is that thing that you're excited about? And remember, you've got to talk to people about this every single week." — Mike [00:05:27 → 00:05:35]
Navigating YouTube Channel Branding: "I want to caution you to really be careful about your channel name. I know this seems like a small component of the whole YouTube thing, but you need to be able to have a channel name that allows you to be flexible so you're able to pivot if business conditions change, if the interest of your audience starts shifting." — Mike [00:05:35 → 00:05:56]
Flexibility in Content Creation: "That's what I did, because that's going to allow me to pivot multiple directions and talk about a lot of different topics on my channel." — Mike [00:06:21 → 00:06:29]
Exploring YouTube Vlogs: "Now this particular channel, camera conspiracies, this is my favorite channel on YouTube by far. This guy is just incredible. He has a ton of videos that he's done and they're the most entertaining videos." — Mike [00:09:01 → 00:09:18]
Creating Content for YouTube: "I think I'm a good example of somebody that just has been consistent, interacted with my community when I can, tried to stay focused on, you know, a set of topics that people would be interested in seeing." — Mike [00:11:33 → 00:11:47]
Maximizing YouTube Earnings From the Start: "The best way that you can monetize your channel from day one is to join some various affiliate programs." — Mike [00:12:04 → 00:12:12]
Understanding YouTube Monetization: "this race to a thousand subscribers, this race to 4000 watch hours doesn't necessarily mean you're suddenly going to get rich once you've joined Adsense with YouTube." — Mike [00:13:41 → 00:13:54]
Earning Through YouTube: "Sometimes it's higher, sometimes it's lower. It all depends on the products that I talk about. It depends on what affiliate programs are out there that I can use." — Mike [00:14:51 → 00:15:01]
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KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS VIDEO:
1. **Starting is Doable:** Mike emphasizes that while starting a YouTube channel isn't the easiest task, it's certainly achievable. He shares his own experience of growing his channel as an older creator, proving that age isn't a barrier.
2. **Preparation and Patience Required:** Building a channel takes time and patience. Mike mentions it took him over six months to hit 1,000 subscribers, highlighting the importance of persistence.
3. **Learning Curve:** Expect a learning curve, especially with technical aspects like video editing and creating engaging thumbnails. Mike uses specific tools like Camtasia and Canva to streamline this process.
4. **Content Strategy is Key:** Finding and sticking to a niche that matches your interests and expertise is crucial. Mike talks about the importance of flexibility in your channel’s focus, which can evolve over time.
5. **Monetization Tips:** Mike discusses starting to monetize early through affiliate links and collaborations. He also cautions that hitting subscriber and watch hour milestones doesn’t guarantee big earnings, underlining the value of consistency and patience.
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NEURONwriter Update: How to Utilize Entities for Better SEO

Join Mike as he dives into Neuron Writer’s Entities feature, revolutionizing SEO by prioritizing concepts over keywords. Discover the ins and outs of this innovative tool and learn how Entity SEO enhances content understanding and indexing. Watch as Mike demonstrates using entities in article creation to boost SEO and analyzes SEO scores with NEURONwriter's tools.
Get NEURONwriter at AppSumo: https://appsumo.8odi.net/75mqDY
SEOWriting.ai: (Discount code: MIKESHUEY25) 25% off https://seowriting.ai/?fp_ref=ms25
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS VIDEO:
1. **Introduction to Entities**: NEURONwriter has added a nifty feature named 'entities.' This helps by focusing on broader concepts related to your content instead of just stuffing it with keywords. Pretty handy for boosting SEO!
2. **Entity SEO Explained**: Entity SEO helps search engines to grasp the concepts and topics on your website. This means instead of repeating the same old keywords, your site can include related terms that help portray your content more comprehensively.
3. **Avoiding Keyword Stuffing**: By using entities, Mike moves away from the traditional keyword stuffing approach. He advises integrating both basic text terms and entities into the content to keep it relevant but not too repetitive. It’s all about balance!
4. **Optimization Score**: Mike puts his content back into NEURONwriter to check the optimization score. He aims to ensure there's no keyword stuffing, and by focusing on both basic terms and entities, he sees a good score that stands out among competitors.
5. **Final Content Checks**: Even with AI's help, it's crucial to fact-check and add personal expertise to the content. Injecting some personalized wisdom ensures that content isn't just optimized but also accurate and genuinely useful.
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Exploring New Features in SEO Tools: "they've added a feature to the tool called entities." — Mike [00:00:05 → 00:00:09]
Understanding Entity SEO: "Entity SEO helps search engines understand the topics and concepts of your website rather than just focusing on specific keywords." — Mike [00:02:03 → 00:02:12]
**Exploring Entity SEO for Better Search Results**: "And lastly, entity SEO is about optimizing for concepts and entities, not just keywords. And it's going to help search engines grasp what your content is actually about at a deeper level." — Mike [00:03:19 → 00:03:31]
SEO Best Practices: "And using these conceptual words throughout your whole site helps a search engine understand what your niche is really about and what kind of information you're really trying to bring forward to people." — Mike [00:03:35 → 00:03:47]
Crafting Content for Specific Audiences: "Now the one thing that you really want to do with both, both the basic terms and the entities is to make sure that they all make sense for your article." — Mike [00:04:32 → 00:04:41]
Harnessing AI for SEO Enhancement: "It's a tool that I like to use, and when I put it together in the SEO section, these are the basic terms and these are the entities from Neuron writer. I use that to create my article." — Mike [00:05:05 → 00:05:17]
SEO Content Optimization: "It's all green, a few yellows. The only one that you might want to look at is this one." — Mike [00:06:02 → 00:06:07]
SEO Optimization Success: "We've got a score of 60, the highest of all selected competitors. When I did the content query had a 66. The top ten in Google had an average score of 40 and we're at a 60. So that's really good." — Mike [00:06:19 → 00:06:33]
AI Content Creation and SEO: "Just remember that entities help search engines better understand the concept of your website, what it's all about. You can use broader concepts and broader terms for your niche rather than always keyword stuff in your pages. Search engines start to recognize your site as an authoritative source on your topic. The more that your content is truly about the core entity of your niche, the more likely it is that search engines are going to show those pages to people that are searching for topics that are related to your niche. And so it's about optimizing for concepts and entities, not just keywords." — Mike [00:07:14 → 00:07:51]
Note: This is not a sponsored video although some of the products and services linked to in this description are affiliate links. This means if you click on them and make a purchase, I make a commission. This page contains Amazon affiliate links.

SEOwriting.ai Review: New Language Models and How They Affect Your Budget

Discover the latest updates and cost breakdowns for SEOwriting.ai's new language models. Find out how to make the most out of your subscription with practical tips and insights.- Overview of the new GPT 4o language model- Cost breakdown for writing articles with different language models- Detailed walkthrough on setting up and generating an article using SEOwriting.ai- Tips for optimizing and fact-checking AI-generated content- How to use Neuron Writer and Low Fruits tools for better SEO performance
Get SEOWriting.ai: (Discount code: MIKESHUEY25) 25% off https://seowriting.ai/?fp_ref=ms25
OTHER TOOLS I USE:: Neuronwriter Lifetime Deal at Appsumo: https://appsumo.8odi.net/75mqDY
Lowfruits - find long tail keywords fast: https://lowfruits.io/?via=mike (use discount code MIKES for pay-as-you-go credits & yearly subscriptions)
HIGHLIGHTS:
**The Best Language Model Update**: "GPT-4 just got released. It's a new language model, it's a cheaper language model, but it is the best language model that's available from OpenAI and now that's part of seoriting AI." — Mike [00:00:35 → 00:00:47]
"Exclusive Savings": "Make sure look in the video description if you decide to get seoriting AI, or maybe you subscribe to it in the past and you want to try, try it out again. Go to the video description, use my link and my discount code. You're going to get 25% off." — Mike [00:01:22 → 00:01:37]
Viral Topic: Affordable SEO Writing Tools "If you wanted to get in on SEO writing at $19 with my discount it would actually be $14.25 a month." — Mike [00:01:45 → 00:01:53]
New AI Language Model Price Update: "If you write your articles in GPT 3.5 and GPT 4128K Turbo, this hybrid model that SEO writing has, it costs you a single article generation." — Mike [00:04:04 → 00:04:16]
The Future of Affordable AI Writing: "If you use the latest language model from OpenAI, this GPT 4.0, it's only going to cost you four generations because this new model is cheaper and so of course that gets passed on here to the consumer." — Mike [00:05:12 → 00:05:25]
The Cost of Advanced Language Models: "If you wanted to use one of the most advanced language models, it just costs more to do that." — Mike [00:06:14 → 00:06:20]
"Enhancing Readability in AI-Generated Articles": "Now, the humanized text, you can write your text to read at specific grade levels. This is a new feature. It used to cost towards your article generations. They remove that cost. That's a good thing because I think it's important to have the most readable articles that you can." — Mike [00:06:59 → 00:07:19]
"Human-AI Collaboration in Content Creation": "You can really tell the difference between an AI created post where AI was the foundation and then the person put in their own expertise as opposed to an article that's straight AI." — Mike [00:09:58 → 00:10:11]
SEO Strategy Insights: "How do I make solo podcast engaging? Low fruits told me that in position five, there's a site with a domain authority of 13, and then in position eight, there's a site with a domain authority of twelve. So two low domain authority sites, two green fruits." — Mike [00:12:07 → 00:12:24]
**Cost-Effective AI Tools for SEO Writing**: "When you're working with SEO-writing AI and you're trying to get the most out of the tool that you can for the money that you're spending, this is going to allow you to write twelve and a half articles per month at the cost of $1.14." — Mike [00:14:10 → 00:14:25]
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
1. **New GPT 4o Model**: SEOwriting.ai now supports the newly released GPT 4o model. It's the best available from OpenAI and it's cheaper too!
2. **Cost Breakdown**: With a $14.25/month plan (using Mike's discount), the cost per article varies by language model. GPT 4.0 costs $1.14 per article for a total of 12.5 articles a month.
3. **SEO Focus**: Mike used NeuronWriter for SEO optimization, adding entities and basic text terms to improve article performance.
4. **Article Features**: The tool helps create detailed articles with images, YouTube videos, tables, and external links. Mike's example article was 2,496 words and well-optimized for SEO.
5. **Personalization is Key**: Always fact-check AI-generated content and add your own expertise and opinions to make the article truly valuable.
Note: This is not a sponsored video although some of the products and services linked to in this description are affiliate links. This means if you click on them and make a purchase, I make a commission. This page contains Amazon affiliate links.