Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell

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Open Threads

Brian Casel

74 episodes

4 months ago

Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.

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Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.

Entrepreneurship

Technology,

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Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell

Open Threads

40 minutes

1 year ago

Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell

I spoke to Kevin Powell, YouTuber and front-end CSS teacher about how he operates his YouTube content business and how he grew to over 800,000 subscribers.

Brian and Kevin’s conversation was recorded on December 7th, 2023.

(00:00) - Teaching CSS to 800k YouTube Subscribers with Kevin Powell
(05:10) - A week in the life of Kevin Powell
(07:49) - Kevin's YouTube origin story
(08:49) - Who is your target audience?
(13:02) - Staying on the cutting edge
(15:12) - Content ideation and maintaining a calendar
(17:54) - Crafting the perfect video title
(21:04) - The YouTube analytics rabbit hole
(23:55) - Scripting and planning a video
(26:06) - Outsourcing editing and post-production
(28:09) - Long form vs short form content
(30:49) - YouTube algorithms (or what we know about them)
(32:30) - Subcribers to customers!
(33:56) - Engaging with the YouTube community
(36:48) - Separating content avenues