David from Kodaps
1y ago
A neuro-spicy Parisian Brit who writes about software engineering, tech communication, entrepreneurial journeys & data. I help understand code, why it is fun, & how devs think.
Every content creation course/guru hammers away at one thing: consistency.
But consistency is hard. Especially when you have a full-time job.
Here are five daily habits I've set up to stay consistent. These have helped me grow 2 channels to 15k+ subscribers each:
Habit 1: I Track Every Idea (= use a second brain)
I use Notion on my phone to jot down every content idea. The exact tech stack doesn't matter; what matters is being able to enter and retrieve an idea with minimal friction.
Relying on my memory doesn't work.
Habit 2: I Set Aside A Specific Time Each Day
I'm a morning person, so I dedicate time every morning to work on my youtube channels, when I'm at my brightest and when I have the least amount of distractions. The time of day your choose isn't important. What is important is to stick to it.
Habit 3: I Review Medium-Term Analytics
Darrel Eves recommends looking at your 28 day views recap, filtering out recent videos, and determining what subjects are generating views.
And then to double down on those
Habit 4: I Repurpose, Repurpose, Repurpose
I'm bilingual (in French & English). My two channels contain the same content, but translated. The additional work for a translated piece of content is minimal compared to the original.
0 to 1 is hard. 1 to 2 is a lot easier. Repurpose everything you can.
Habit 5: Hit Publish
It's tempting to spend time polishing content for it to be just right. When you've already validated the subject matter's traction, that makes sense.
But when you're testing ideas, speed of iteration is more important.
Done is better than perfect
And Then Refine & Improve
Once you have the habit going, think about how you can bring incremental adjustments to improve the content & streamline production,