Ultra Learning: Building an Educational YouTube Channel

Search YouTube, ask ChatGPT, and use Google to understand the process of growing a YouTube channel. Aim for a big picture overview.

“My goal here is just get a big picture overview of the process and start building a strategy.”

Identify 2-3 core learning objectives for the YouTube channel project.

“What are the two to three core learning objectives?”

Block out specific times in your calendar for learning activities. When it is Monday at 9 AM, I will focus on growing the channel.

“Decide when and I would physically block out in your calendar when you're going to do that.”

Identify courses, resources, and coaching to use for learning.

“What courses what resources what coaching are you going to use to get started?”

Design a routine to prepare your mind and environment for focused work. When I sit down at my desk, I will turn on Do Not Disturb.

“I recommend building a deep work routine you know something that you can use and rely on to prepare your mind and your environment for focusing.”

Dedicate 2 hours to deep work, free from distractions. Use Do Not Disturb mode, put your phone away, and close unnecessary tabs.

“During this deep work time you enter Do Not Disturb mode you put your phone in another room you close all the other tabs all the programs you don't need and you just hyperfocus on learning.”

Record a YouTube video on an educational topic.

“If my goal is to create better educational YouTube videos I can't just study it all day I actually have to sit down and record educational YouTube videos.”

execute a project while learning such as starting a YouTube channel

Assess your YouTube channel skills and pinpoint the area needing the most improvement.

“To develop Mastery we have to work on all areas especially the ones that we're bad at.”

Dedicate time to practice and improve thumbnail creation.

“If the problem is thumbnails I should spend the most time Drilling and improving thumbnail creation.”

Teach someone the process of designing a fire thumbnail from memory.

“If I could teach the process of Designing a fire thumbnail and someone follows only my instructions and also creates a fire thumbnail that's a learning win.”

Give a presentation on the topic of building educational YouTube videos

“Think about how much more challenging it would be to give a presentation without speaker notes”

Analyze YouTube comments and analytics to understand audience response.

“As I'm growing my channel I should be looking at the comments I should be looking at the analytics.”

Send surveys to your audience to discover what they think about your content

“I should be sending out surveys and doing things to seek that constructive corrective criticism to learn faster”

Repackage what you've learned into a different use case, like a self-paced course.

“Try to set up systems and revisit what you've learned a really powerful strategy is to repackage what you've learned into a different use case.”

actively seek opportunities to apply the skills that you've learned

“it's actively seeking opportunities to apply and implement the skills that you've learned”

Pay attention to nuances, details, and structures in YouTube videos.

“Immerse yourself in what you learn you know eat sleep breathe dream about that stuff and over time your mindset will change and you'll develop a deep intuition.”

question your mentors, doubt existing resources and knowledge

“I begin to question my mentors I'm starting to doubt some of the resources and the knowledge out there in the world about making YouTube videos”

Experiment with new formats, styles, and remixes in your YouTube content.

“Come up with new formats or styles of teaching in videos that no one else has ever seen or remix your ideas in such a unique way that people can't help but watch.”

Rebrand the channel and spice up the content

“To reignite the passion and desire to continue learning we decide to Rebrand the channel and spice up the content”