Open letter to a seven-year-old regarding your YouTube channel

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Dear Harry,
Yesterday we came to an agreement about your birthday and Christmas present. I promised I would teach you how to create your own YouTube channel. I will show you all I know about marketing, and also I will pay for your domain name, your hosting, your microphone, and your camera for the first year of the life of your YouTube channel.

You are not a member here, so you can't read this from your login because you are too young to join wealthy affiliates. Your mother has joined, and you will be able to read it.

My part of the bargain completed tasks

www.dinosaurplace.com

I have bought your domain name and I have set up your website with a premium theme Divi from elegant themes.

I have set up Google analytics on the site so we can check where your visitors are arriving from, how long they're staying on each page, and where they're going to.As we have discussed, we must know where your visitors are coming from because we need to track their movements. As we go along later and need to track your conversions, this will be easier. You remember we spoke about conversions yesterday, and these are the percentage of your readers or viewers that will go on to click on one of your recommendations, and they will convert into a profit.Keep up, child, this is the start of a new exciting journey!

You have been plaguing me to teach you to be a YouTube superstar for two years now. I told you that you were too young to start a business, but I did say as soon as you are old enough, we would get going. Now is the time, as you are nearly 8! Unfortunately, since we first discussed this, the terms and conditions on YouTube have changed. You can no longer market to children. So we are going to explore other ways of monetization.



Tasks I Still Have To Do

I need to buy you a videocamera

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/brio

This is the one I have chosen unless somebody in this wonderful community tells me otherwise or recommends anything different. You will probably think that this is a lot of money but we have to set you up correctly in the first place. Despite the fact that you are only seven years of age, this is your first business. It is intended to make a profit I am not teaching you 50 years of marketing experience so that you can just make great videos. [When you have made your first $50,000 do feel free to buy me a cup of coffee! ]

I also need to buy you a microphone and this also should not be a one because your sound and video quality will have a huge impact on how many visitors you will have. One of the members here, Andy, kindly recommended a boom microphone for you this morning. Again, if no one else in the community tells me there's anything better we will have this book by the end of the day.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Recording-Streaming-Condenser-Adjustable/dp/B00N1YPXW2

This is the microphone I have chosen for you. You may not think it is good as mine because mine has an arm. However, given the fact that you have a little brother who would swing on the arm I have decided against it. This microphone is just as professional as mine, it's not as expensive because the price of this type of microphone has dropped radically in the last 12 months.

I still have to set up Camtasia which is the video editor of choice. This is the only one I know how to use so I'm setting it up on your PC so I can teach you how to use it. PS don't be surprised if I sent you my biggest videos to edit, it's a job I hate.

I will make a video for you today about how to build to start your Youtube channel properly as a child . I have no doubt you have one but I want to set up this way because you don't want to be fined before you even start making money.



Your part of the bargain is as follows: –

You need to send me the URLs and the names of the channel of the two YouTube is you want to emulate. They don't need to be on the same subject matter but as we have decided you're going to do one on gaming they had better be good gamers. Better than not they need to have a successful YouTube channel. Preferably they need to be under 11 years of age. We don't want to emulate somebody with to begin when there is a huge age difference. In other words you are child appealing to the child market so we don't want to be copying 16-year-old.

You will work on this channel for 2 hours a day. As we discussed this will not be at the expense of your maths and English. You will complete your maths test and also your English tuition before starting this.

As we have agreed you understand about online safety and you will not post any photographs of yourself or your family without discussing it with your mother. You have also promised to enjoy and be passionate about this. If you put half the passion into bringing this to fruition as you have Internet in me to do this for 2 years, we will both be able to retire by the end of the year.

Tasks we have to do together

Together we will ask this wonderful community when we get stuck. I am not an expert on building a YouTube channel as I have never needed to do it. So I will have to learn with you. As you know I host my videos elsewhere in their training videos. So I need to learn this as well which will do me no harm.

We need to have accountability and to show what we both have done because it will drive us both on

Lots of love Catherine

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Great Idea. Kids tend to focus more on computers, tablets, cellphone's most of the time. Be great to teach them where they can earn from it as they grow up.

This strategy would also involve the parents working together with the child, plus teaching internet safety.

Great post and in time maybe I will start looking outside the box as taught and become great at writing.

It does indeed the mum and I will create a create about collaborating with a child to make money, the emotional understanding a child needs to have before they embark on that journey. We will also cover internet safety so its a WIN WIN ALL round

Hi Catherine,
It is people like you that make this world a better place, Catherine.

This is wonderful what you are doing and what a great role model you are to him.
I am sure he will be "paying it forward" very soon.

I look forward to reading about,viewing and subscribing to his YouTube channel and of course yours too.

Kindest regards
Vivian

Vivian
I am now in double figures because I have 10 subscribers. So we are both starting from the ground zero

This is fantastic Catherine. Do you mind if I follow your journey as my ten year old is desperate to do this. He’s dabbled a bit but I haven’t bought him everything yet as I want to see if he’s serious about it.

I had to be certain that Harry was serious before I took a step of investing all this money. What is not a lot of money but it's a lot of money for 7-year-old especially if he's going to play with it. If that's the case, he might not make 8!
As part of the challenge I will be making regular videos as to how to teach the child to do this safely, responsibly and profitably. I would be delighted if you followed me.

I’m following you in YouTube. Thanks Catherine, my son will love you forever lol!

Thank you so much Alex, I can now tell Harry I have got 10 subscribers I am in double figures. I am rocking and rolling

Fantastic! Well done!! 🙌🏻

What a lovely post Catherine!
You have set up some important rules to be considered for the targeted age group, and have been very generous with your financial support and your experience.
Will you adopt me?? LOL 😜
KyleAnn

I will adopt anybody I am not fussy. If you ever need help send me a PM and I will do whatever I can to help. However, I've taken on my external financial abilities at least for the year

Shucks, I was hoping for a stipend of some sort!🙄🙄

I am hoping for a stipend of some sort! Why do you think I'm doing this for 7-year-old? Only Joking I am doing it because he is passionate about what he does and what he wants and I think that should be encouraged

A fun post to read.

It's not a fun post it is serious, it's a journey that Harry and I are about to embark on together

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