25,000 Subscriber Celebration - THANK YOU

All right. Hello. Welcome, welcome. Happy holidays. Happy New Year. You can tell by my hat that this is a less serious YouTube live. In fact, today is really about you. Today is me saying thank you. Thank you. Because we hit 25,000 subscribers and that's a pretty awesome milestone, and it's really largely thanks to you and especially thank you to my YouTube besties. So we're hosting this YouTube celebration to say thank you for 25,000 subscribers and thank you for your ongoing support. And if you were there on the Live on Saturday, you know our super secret swag that we've been working on, we revealed it, and if you weren't there, then you may not know what the super secret swag is. But today is really all about prizes. I'm kind of just talking for a minute to give people a chance to arrive. But when you do arrive, make sure you say hello, because of course, as always, there are prizes for those that participate. If you're not participating, we're not going to know you're here and we won't have prizes. So. So, yeah, Angela's here. She can hear and see. Oh, I thought it can't hear you. I was like, oh, we're off to a good start. But she said we're. She can hear, so that's good news. We're off to a good start. Dale, oh, it's so great to have you here. One of the originals. Dale, do you know what our super secret swag is? I know Kevin does. He was there on Saturday. Mary Lynn, welcome. I know your name's in the draw for a lot of things too. So today we are literally just giving prizes away. That's what we're going to do today. So huge thank you to self publishing with dale and Kevin McGuire, because you two are original besties for the book launchers channel. So thank you so much. All right, so let's just dive in. We're going to start giving away prizes. We got lots to do, so I'm just going to dive in and do that right now. It's a little quiet out there, which is, okay, just a little weird if you were there on Saturday. We had a rather exciting zoom live stream as we did our deep dive training. So it's got me a little. A little shakier than normal doing these live streams. And self publishing with Dale says, fun fact. I'm wearing my hashtag no boring bookshoodie right now. It's my favorite. Love it. MarsDLT. Hello. Yeah, Saturday's weirdness. Yeah, that's a good word for It Saturday's weirdness. Poetry from the heart. Brittany Williams. Oh, it's so great to have you guys here. All right, so let's just not wait any longer. I gotta tell you guys what the swag is and tell you what I've done. So because we're celebrating 25,000 subscribers today, we are. Sorry, I lost my screen there. We have created some super special swag. We've created the hashtag no boringbooks backpack. Yes, my friends. And this is an airport friendly backpack. So it opens up just like this. Let me just show you. So here we go. It opens up like this. It has a really big compartment which also happens to hold the newest version of our hoodie. To be honest, I actually like our original hoodies better, but this is a much more winter friendly hoodie. It's much, much thicker and softer. And so we're giving away backpacks. We're giving away hoodies. I mean, we're taking this 25,000 subscriber stuff seriously. And so what I did was I put all of the YouTube besties names in a hat because the YouTube besties have won everything. And it wasn't really a hat. It's actually a spinning wheel. And you are going to be drawn. We're going to draw one of the names today to get you a backpack. We're going to do that twice because the besties are the best and I have to give you guys a special shout out. So. So that's going to happen right now. I'm going to draw for the first backpack. I'm so excited. Okay, here we go. You can't see it, but I am sending the wheel of names to spin and it's going to let me know which of the besties is first to win. Now, don't worry if you're not quite qualified yet in the YouTube bestie category. You still have a chance to win today because we're giving away a backpack to somebody who is here today. Okay, hold on. There was a glitch. Let me try this one more time. Spinning again. It's spinning in front of my eyes. And the winner is. Waiting. I'm waiting. Poetry from the heart. Oh, I'm so excited. You are now the proud owner. Or you will be. Once you send the usual email to teamoklaunchers.com and give Angela your mailing address, she will send you your very own no Boringbooks backpack. You see, I'll tell you the logic behind choosing a backpack for this. The way I see it, we've got the mug. We've Got the journal. So you've got multiple ways. You know already every writer needs a good mug. Whether it's coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, they all taste better in this mug. And you need a journal to write down your fabulous ideas, but you also need a backpack because most people who write books, they write them in the coffee shop or on the go. And so now you have a backpack to take with you as you go. So congratulations, poetry from the heart. And thank you so much for your comments, likes and shares and your support. Support. It's meant the world. So thank you and hello to everyone else. I see Bill's in the house. Inspiration lives here. Marnie, Efren. Kimberly. Melody. Margaret. Yay. So great to have you all here. Make sure you hit. Hit the thumbs up button just because it feels good. I don't think it actually does anything except for make you and me feel good and say hello, because we do have prizes for being here. Robert, thank you for joining us. Okay, now the next prize on the list is our regular YouTube commenter mug or journal. So for those of you who are new, every Tuesday and Friday we post a new video. And when you comment, the day a video is released, you get entered to win some of our sweet book launcher swag. Like those things. So I also have that draw here and hold on a second here, let me pull that up. And we're picking a random name. This one doesn't spin, so this one doesn't make me dizzy. Thankfully, this one just pulls it out of a. Out of a list. So at the bottom, the winner is Moja Siddelak. I'm sorry, I know you've won before and I don't know, I still don't know how to say your name. I don't know if she's in the house, though. Is she here? If she's not, she. I know she'll watch the replay and she will email us@teamoklaunchers.com and let us know if you want the mug or the journal. I think you might. I know you've won one of these before, so you let us know which one you want and your mailing address, and Angela will get it out to you in the new year so you can let us know. Congratulations. Now, the next one is going to be a participation prize of sorts. I want to hear the best tip you've gotten from book launchers TV videos. This year we're celebrating 25,000 subscribers, so it only makes sense that we talk at least a little bit about the videos that you've Been watching all year. So let me know the best tip you've gained from book launchers. Tv. And I'm going to pick. It might be a little biased. I'm probably going to pick my favorite tip that you share. But that's okay because we've got lots of other prizes we're going to give away today too, so. Okay, let's see. It's basically a writer starting pack. I like that, Robert. It is. It's very. That's really the intention. I was kind of like, what else does a writer need? And we do have pens too. But honestly, I have a hard time getting excited about pens. But mugs, journals and backpacks. Yes. Hello, Diana. So great to have you here. Mike. Heard it says tongue twister. All right. Yeah. Mojo. We'll just. Yeah, that's great. Mojo. That's what we'll say. That probably is what she goes by. Thanks, Dale. Okay. Have a writer's website. Writer's website. I don't know what that is. I might have missed it. Oh, I know. This is the tips. Have a writer's website. Okay. I'm going for something that's a little bit more detail here. Pick your ideal reader. Getting close. I like that. All the information about audiobooks being consistent. Absolutely. Mars has an incomplete thought. Get ah, Blank. Doing a course and coaching, not just one or the other. Yeah, that's a good one too. Timeline when we need to do all the things. Naming the book for your reader to find it. I'm liking that we're getting close. I'm gonna give you guys a minute and let's see what else is here. Get a good hook right to the reader's view. Diana. I think we might have to go with that. So kind of the one I had in mind was the book might be about you, but it's for the reader. So I'm going to give it to Diana because I think that's pretty awesome. That's really one of the themes that we always talk about is whatever you're doing, whether it's for your marketing or planning your book or editing it, thinking of the title doesn't really matter what you love. It's what really what's going to speak to the reader. And really if you keep that in mind, you set yourself up for so much more success. So, Diana, congratulations. Let us know again. Angela will probably put it in there. Teamoklaunchers.com whether you want the mug or the oh, so soft journal. It really is soft. I haven't been able to bring myself to actually Write in this one. I filled the other one, but it's kind of hard. It's so nice. I didn't want to write in it. All right, thank you. That was fantastic. And then our next prize. I told you, we're just doing prizes today. The. Oh, best tip, Create a catchy book cover. Yes, absolutely. Our covers are so incredible. I'm so really. I think we upped our game this year and we hired an absolute all star cover designer and into our in house team this year. Cassie is. She's incredible. We have other cover designers that we work with as well, but yeah, it's like I swoon over them and so do a lot of our clients. It's really, really fun. Okay. Efren also said reader first, of course. Well, I missed that one. Efren. I'm sorry. But you know what? We can give you a prize too. How's that? Does that work for you? Thanks, Angela. So, Efren, same drill. Email us@teamoklaunchers.com and let us know which you would like. The mug or the journal. All right, so if you're just tuning in, I see there's a handful of new people. This is our 25,000 subscriber celebration, and I am thanking you by sharing a lot of prizes. If you have a serious question, we can do serious questions at the end. But for now, I'm really just focused on giving you guys a whole bunch of stuff because I'm so grateful for your support this year. Your comments, your likes, your shares. It really means a lot. So let's see what's next on my prize list here. Okay. Oh, oh, this one's gonna be. This one's gonna be Good. So the 25th commenter. So, Angela, the 25th person to say something today, let's find out who it is, and then I'll tell you what you won. Okay. Okay. Brand Ascension just launched my book with book launchers. Yay. So excited to work with you, Tommy Morgan. Wow. I just found you all all last week, and now I'm here for the party. Perfect timing, Tommy, it's great to see you here. And if you comment on the. Sorry, let me try that whole sentence again. Every Tuesday and Friday, we release new videos. Like this one will be a replay. So if you're watching the replay, you can still say hello and get entered to win for next year. But if you comment the day a video is released, you get entered to win. Sweet Book launcher swag. Which we then draw for every two weeks and over time, if you're A regular commenter like Mike Herd, andy W. Kevin McGuire Self Publishing with Dale, Keith Wheeler books, Mojo. The list is lovely long. You will become YouTube bestie. And what I've done today to celebrate the YouTube besties, we put all the besties names in a draw as well to win the superseat. So sweet swag. All right, so Angela, did you. She might still be counting. Let's see. I'm just waiting for 25th subscriber and then I'm going to tell you what you won. Okay. Kimberly was the 25th comment. So, Kimberly, you are now the proud owner of a hashtag. Sorry, I'm trying to. Here it is. No boring books hoodie. These are the winter edition. They're super soft, super thick and sport a lovely logo on the back and book launchers on the arm. They are beautiful. A little heads up though. That is a medium and on me and it is a little large. I normally wear medium and it's just a little big for me. It actually fits my husband who normally would wear a men's large. So just a heads up on sizing. I would go one size smaller. Although I don't know if we have, I don't know if we have small. So it might have been an issue there. But Angela, you email her@teamoklaunchers.com and you guys can sort out all those details. But congratulations. Thank you. And definitely if you win Swag, I love it when you post on our, you know, post on your social media and tag book launchers. That's pretty awesome if you do that too, especially when you're wearing a hoodie. Dale and Kevin McGuire are pretty ethically awesome Keith Wheeler books too. You guys have done some great book launcher swag cameos in your videos and when, when you're on the live streams and other comments. I love it. It's so fun. Okay, let's see. Okay, Deborah, thank you. That's very, very kind. I really appreciate that. All right, back to my prize list. Now. That was the 25th commenter. We're going to go back to the YouTube commenters and we're going to draw from the last two weeks of YouTube commenters again. We do two of these every, every other Tuesday. So our next live stream will actually be on January 12th. We're taking a holiday break, but when we get back, we'll be doing it again. So it'll have an extra couple weeks because there will be a video posted every Tuesday and Friday, even over the holidays. December 25th, we're posting the live stream minus the weirdness. I think it was Mars that used that word. I've deleted the weirdness in the middle. Yeah, we got zoom bombed. Anybody? Anybody who doesn't know what happened? We got zoom bombed. We've learned some very important lessons about not letting your protocols get lax for any reason. Anyways, back to the YouTube Prize. The winner is Antonio Dos Santos. I'm pretty sure Antonio will be catching the replay, but I don't think Antonio is here today. But congratulations, you have won the mug or the journal. Email Team T E A M book launchers.com and let us know the mailing address that we need to send that to. And thank you so much for commenting on the day of video is released. Okay, cruising on back here. We do. Oh, yeah. So that was. Right. We have sizes medium large and extra large. So, yeah, the last time we ordered hoodies from this place, the small. The smalls weren't very popular. We ended up with a lot of smalls in the end, so we went and ordered on the larger sizes. But then these were a different kind. So we're learning. But they're still super soft and super comfortable, even if they're a little big. You can just put more sweaters on underneath if you're. If you're in the kind of climate that you need to dress warmly for. Okay. Yes, Angela was. Angela just pointed out that Kevin was wearing the book launchers, a hoodie on our live stream, and he gave us a nice little arm swing to show the book launchers in the middle of the live stream. So that was pretty fun. Okay, so let's go back to my prize list. And. Okay, so we're going to do another YouTube bestie backpack, and then we have two more prizes after that, and then. And then we can wrap it up. Or if you have more serious questions, I'm happy to take those, too. But for those of you just joining in, this is our 25,000 subscriber party. And really, I'm just giving prizes to say a great big thank you to all of you. It has been a really, really fun year around YouTube. It, you know, it's been. It's been one of those things where I'm really grateful for things like YouTube at a time like this because it's really helped me feel connected to a lot of people in a very disconnected year. So thank you to all of you for participating and really giving me a chance to get to know you through the comments that you share and the conversations that we get to have. So thank you. I really, really do Appreciate it. Means a lot. Okay, so let's see, where was I? Oh, the YouTube bestie backpack. Okay, going back to my wheel of names. This one spins and let's spin again. Here we go. We're spinning. And the other YouTube bestie backpack goes to Martha Tatenborn, keto cancer dietitian. Yay. Congratulations. Martha is also one of our wonderful clients. So she's a YouTube bestie and a client and I actually might be able to. Hold on. This is probably really awkward view for you, but I have her book. I want to show you her book. It's just hiding behind my computer. Okay. This was probably the worst idea ever. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for that view. I know that didn't work very well, but it was hiding behind my computer and I had to get it. So Martha, this is her fabulous book called Hacking Chemo and it's using the ketogenic diet, therapeutic fasting and a kick ass attitude to power through cancer. And I just love this cover. So good. Yeah. So Martha, congratulations. You've won a backpack. We, we know how to find you actually, but if you want it mailed to a different address, let us know and we'll make sure it gets to you. So yeah, congratulations and thank you so much for your comments, likes and shares. All right, I'm going to give one more hoodie to a bestie and then we've got two other prizes. So it is, it is an amazing book and if anybody knows anybody with cancer that's fighting cancer right now, I highly, highly recommend this book. Okay. So going back to my besties, I have one hoodie for my besties. The wheel is spinning again. And XJP 1998. Congratulations. Oh, I'm very excited for you. Yeah, thank you so much. You have been a regular commenter for months and months and months now. So thank you so much for your comments, likes and shares. Email us@teamoklaunchers.com I know you aren't usually on here live, but I'm pretty sure you'll be catching the replay. So email us and let us know where we can see send the book or the book the hoodie and let us know the sizes. Again, medium is fits my husband who usually wears a large. So just kind of make your your guesses there. We have medium large and extra large in the hoodie. Okay, we are almost at the end of the prize list that I've got to give away. The next one is a skill testing question and it is your opportunity to win a hoodie or A backpack. You're going to get to choose. And this is the final hoodie or backpack that we're giving away today, actually. And it's a skill testing question. Are you ready the first person to say the day we hit 25,000 subscribers? Yep. This is going to be a tricky one. So we'll give it a minute. It'll give me a chance to say hello to the other folks that I haven't said hello to yet. And if you are here, we have one more prize. It'll be a participation prize. So if you have not said hello yet, do say hello because you have one more chance to win today. It'll be a mug or a journal. This is our. This is for the last hoodie and or backpack that we're giving away right now. Okay. I don't see it yet. I should actually have told Angela what the answer was before. Todd's here. Hello. Great to have you here. Okay. And going. And he's going with Wednesday. I don't think it was a Wednesday, actually. But welcome. It's okay that you're late. I. I don't think you missed. I don't think there was any prizes for you today yet. There's still time. There's still one more prize after this one. Okay, let's see. Oh, Kimberly says, I love this. Martha, I've been on the keto diet for a year, and I love my new lifestyle. I love that you wrote a book about cancer and keto and will definitely be ordering a copy. Yeah. I highly recommend the book. It's very, really great. And Martha is not only a nutritionist, it says registered dietitian and certified primal health coach with 30 years working in various areas of nutrition, but she's also kicked cancer. So these are very important credentials in that. All right, so I'm seeing December 14th, December 18th. Today, December 3rd. Robert Bell, you like having us mail things to Africa, don't you? Okay, I think. I think Robert was the first one. But, Angela, can you just confirm December 7th was the correct answer? We hit 25,000 subscribers on December 7th, so congratulations, Robert. I think you were the first one, but I'm just going to have Angela double check in case I missed it. But you'll have to let us know. I don't know if you already have the hoodie. If you don't, then you can choose between the hoodie and the backpack. I'm guessing you're gonna want the backpack, but who knows? And. Yeah, congratulations. That's awesome. I don't know. Did you just know that. Or did you guess? Or did you look it up? I'm curious. I gotta know. How did you know? Okay. Oh, self publishing with Dale. I saw his first. He went first. Oh, did he go first? Hold on. Self publishing with Dale was. Oh, you did get it first. Yay. That's okay, Robert. We'll still hook you up. We'll do, too. Okay, so, Dale, you already have the hoodie, although you don't have the winter version, so you can let us know if you want the winter version or the backpack. But I'm so excited you won, my friend. You definitely have earned it. So don't try to say that we're not going to give it to you. I'm pretty sure we have enough backpacks if both of you pick a backpack. But Angela will have to confirm that for me. I may be giving away backpacks. We don't have any left. But. No, I'm gonna give Robert one too. You're not. You're not going to take away his prize. I'll give him a prize, too. So we'll make sure so you. Robert, don't worry. I'm not taking away your prize. You can still choose between the backpack and the hoodie. And I. I think we have enough backpacks. Angela's probably running around her house counting all the backpacks. Oh, and. And Dale says having you write the forward for my book was enough for me. That was an absolute. My honor. My pleasure, Dale. So I. I actually want you to carry the backpack around because I know you're gonna. I know that you will show it off. So I'm very excited. So as long as we have both, I. I'm gonna hook both of you up with that. Otherwise, we'll figure something out. We'll do that offline. All right. Last prize of the day. But, yeah, we're not gonna. We're not gonna rob. We're not gonna rob Roberts, get them all excited and then tell them, oh, no, you didn't win. That would be mean. Okay, so. And I'm just reading all your conversation, which is really fun. Okay, so the last prize of the day, I am going to go from. And this will be for a mug or a journal. And we're going to go from. Sorry, I've lost my screen here. We're going to go from the. I know this will be an easy one for Angela to find. We're going to go from Mrs. Yolanda AE. Hello. Her comment where she has the explosion, two fist bumps and the hands that I always use for. Thank you, gratitude. So it says, hi, Julie. Sounds like a beautiful book recommendation. I truly must get a copy. Thank you kindly. So, Angela, can you count 25 because this is for 25,000 subscribers. Can you count 25 comments after hers and let me know who that is? So Mrs. Yolanda's comment is zero. Kevin McGuire's is one. And then just go from there and give me who number 25 is. And you're our last prize winner of the day. Like I said, we're back on January 12th with our next live stream. And. And no, we don't sell the merch. Todd, this is. This is earn it. This is you earn it or you don't get it. Win it, earn it. So, yeah, every Tuesday, Friday, you comment on the videos. Most people who comment regularly end up winning eventually, either by me forcing it or by random draw. Kind of like Robert and Dale today. I'm like, you guys both dec deserve it. You're gonna both win. So let's see. Don't forget to smash that thumbs up button. Thank you, Andy. It does feel good. And Kevin McGuire, you've already got the mug and the journal, my friend. Would you like. And unfortunately, I don't know if we have enough backpacks to give you one. Otherwise I would go down that route and give you one too, because you are the original bestie. He even got promoted to be a site admin so that if people are saying mean things on the site, he can, he can stop them because he comes to most of the live streams. And by the way, it's like 12:30am For Kevin, so it's, it's super dedication that he's here. So, Kevin, maybe a backpack would be great. I don't. We do have enough backpacks. All right, well, there you go. Kevin gets a backpack. Done deal. All right, so that's it for today. Thank you and congratulations to every everyone who won and thank you for all joining me. And again, thank you for the 25, 25,000 subscriber milestone. It means a lot. And yeah, and again, thank you for everyone who won. We'll be back January 12th. We've got another deep dive training lined up for January, which we'll be posting. If you're not already subscribed to the Book Launchers newsletter, go to book launchers.com and make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter so you get all the invites. I will no longer be posting the Zoom registration link on the community channel in YouTube for the deep dive trainings because that's part of how we got Zoom bombed. On Saturday. So if you do want to join those trainings, you'll have to be on our newsletter list to get that invite. Because as much as that was the most memorable deep dive training we have ever had, we don't want to repeat that again. All right, my friends, I wish you all a happy holiday, a wonderful, you know, as, as, as much, as much fun as you possibly can squeeze in with all the restrictions that we have, I hope that you have lots to be grateful for this year. I am truly grateful for all of you, and I look forward to seeing you in the new year. All right, take care, you guys.