YouTube strategist Tintin Smith breaks down his five-step system for turning educational channels into million-dollar businesses. Joanna Vee's first video hit 200,000 views using it. Ali Abdaal's channel grew from 3 million to 6 million subscribers and generated roughly $5 million in revenue under Smith's management.
This is the thing that's actually going to get you the outcome that you want. Joanna Vee, she started to implement a system. The first video that she did has got over 200,000 views overnight.
Tintin Smith is a YouTube strategist and coach who helps educational YouTubers turn their channels into six-figure businesses. What exactly should I be spending my time on?
Obviously number one is, is filming, positioning and strategy, ideation, scripting and planning. And finally, number five is just— What's number one on your list of what you should not do?
Number one, is he spent 2 years as Ali Abdaal's head of YouTube, running the entire operation while the channel grew from 3 to 6 million subscribers and generated millions of dollars in revenue.
Whilst I was there, he typically averages around $5 million in revenue and a few million in profit. The YouTube channel is the number one traffic source and core driver behind all of that revenue. If you have a channel and you're trying to scale it into a serious business, this episode is a masterclass. You don't get to the good ideas by trying to just focus on a few. You get to the good ideas by coming up with tons. And the way that you actually select the best ones is incredible. I'm hooked.
