{"id":324,"date":"2024-03-11T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2024-03-23T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T11:04:43","slug":"new-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/new-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"New YouTube Channel!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi everyone, instead of the usual newsletter, this week I’d like to introduce my new YouTube channel<\/a> and explain why I started it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bit of history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although I started my YouTube channel five years ago, I didn’t get serious until the summer of 2021. I made some videos that simulated speaking tests from the Japanese “Eiken”, a popular, nationwide exam. I made about 20 of those, which didn’t attract<\/em><\/strong> (get) much attention<\/em><\/strong> (notice) at first so I started making video lessons based on my news worksheets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made 160 news videos and 15 more speaking tests, with mixed success. Eventually, the test videos blew up<\/em><\/strong> (became popular) and I gained<\/em><\/strong> (got) thousands of subscribers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, those subscribers only watched the speaking test videos, and only three times a year during the national exams. As soon as the tests were over, my channel went back to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, I doubled-down<\/em><\/strong> (made extra effort) on the news videos, trying to appeal to English learners from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem was, I think YouTube pigeonholed <\/em><\/strong>(categorised) my channel as an “Eiken” channel for Japanese viewers. And since only 1% of those viewers clicked my news videos, YouTube didn’t show them to the global audience I was hoping for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting again!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a lot of thinking, I finally decided to start a new channel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, I’ve organised and rebranded my old channel<\/strong> to appeal to test-takers. It’s what my subscribers want, and it’s what YouTube seems to expect. You can see it here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NicksEnglish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For everyone else, I’ve started a new channel<\/strong>. Instead of news lessons, I want to focus on more specific training for speaking English. You can find the channel here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NicksEnglishSpeakingPractice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I hope I can grow this new channel into something special. I plan to upload one or two long-form videos every week, as well as five short videos. It would be great to build a community of people that love to practice speaking English, and I hope you are one of them! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re enjoying my blog and would like to get new posts in your email, please\u00a0subscribe<\/a>. If you have friends who might like these posts, please share\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0with them. I really appreciate it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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