As soon as I saw you, I knew you were a teacher! Fellow former teacher here, best to you and your endeavors, especially if they are to leave teaching. I left in 2021.

You've already done the hardest part - you started. Keep going to keep growing. As a teacher, you have to follow the same advice you give your students. You spend every workday supporting and motivating them; you have to do the same for yourself. Remember too that your channel is also a teaching tool. You are teaching us now. As our teacher, I know you aren't going to let us fail, right?

I just posted this on Silver and Solo's channel thinking it was your channel, but what I have to say is actually for you both. You are doing amazing! Congratulations! I started my channel back up in September 2023 and I'm just now hitting 428 subscribers. It's been a long tough road. I will say I have learned a lot with making videos, editing, posting, analytics and SEO. My goal was to get to a thousand subscribers by the end of this year, but sooner would be better as I just lost my job on April 30th due to the company closing. I worked at home. No one wants to hire a 59-year-old woman. I just keep getting no's. I have wanted to quit my KZfaq channel so many times and I am struggling right now, but you give me the inspiration to keep going and pushing through. I hope you meet your goal, but I'm sure you'll have no problem!

Your video popped up on my homepage and I'm so glad I clicked on it:) I mostly follow smaller channels and I've noticed the ones that grow the fastest are the ones who post content consistantly and really engage with their viewers in the comments. I know, it takes a ton of time, but if you can keep this up, you will be successful in growing your channel! You have a calm and comforting personality, something that people crave these days. I also like how you 'keep it real' with content that is relateable and not over-produced. Good luck to you and I've subscribed! 💛

Well done Jen!

I SUBSCRIBED... Great video that resonates. I'm 60 and I started my KZfaq channel yesterday with a crazy 8 week goal of being monetized! ☮️✌️✌️

You are already almost at 200 this week!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m celebrating YOU now and my next video I’ll be chatting about your channel. I love your point of view, I tend to look at the negative, I need to flip a switch. I compare and then feel less than, all your tips are sinking in. I’ve been way too critical of myself. Yes! I love all your changes. I love the vlogging because I love to know about people and everyone has a story to share. You are brave for starting a channel. I’m over here cheering you on every step of the way. We got this Jen, let’s keep going. I’m learning from you by simply watching you grow and listening to the changes you make each week to get closer to your goal.

Wonderful wins 💜

You have inspired me to add content to my channel (that I have not started yet)! I'm writing a book, where I have interviewed 100 former teachers and I need to start the channel that corresponds with these experiences. Thank you for being brave and going for it!

Good luck with your goal and channel. Keep celebrating those wins and before you know it….

Progress over perfection! 🚀

I'm SO happy for all your WINS ❤ You are doing a great job with your channel, I still haven't started mine...but I really want to now😊

By the way, your edits have improved and i like how subtle they are... Weldone ma'am! ✅

Keep going!👍🏽 you got this! ❤️😊

I think it's more of a challenge for us Gen Xers have a bit more of a challenge on this platform. At least we're all finally getting our piece of the pie 😉

Keep going!!!!!

I’m spirited by your success and I wish you so much more ❤

Celebrating the little wins is such great advice. Growing my channel has been so fun yet vulnerable but getting 1% better each time. Love your channel and can’t wait to see you grow 👍

Just started watching your series. Found you from a comment on Silver and Solo. I too am a Gen X content creator and plan on starting this same type of series this week. I subscribed and am looking forward to following you in your journey.

I love everything about this, you are so sweet. I look forward to next week’s video ❤

🎉🎉🎉

Nice. thank you

You’ve got this, beautiful ❤️❤️

I just subscribed! I've been watching Solo and Silver too! We could start a club with the everybody she has inspired❤🎉 lol

Best of luck!! As a fellow newbie I’m getting tons of similar videos on channel growth being recommended to me. Love the positivity, I’m sure your channel will grow very well 😊

That wonderful information. Compassion for yourself. Keeping focus on what important in life also. And all the little things you did adding up to making it better. 1% here %3 there all adds up. Great community. You have wonderful engagement. One question. When you mentioned video blogging. I was interested what that meant? What platform app? Thank you.

Just a passing thought... For your captions, you should bring'em up a bit and add some strokes to them or add an overlay. That's what I would have done... Hope you understand?

New viewer here. Please stop apologising for everything 🌷 you’re doing great. I hope this doesn’t sound mean, but it makes me lose track of what you were saying 🙈

181!

Hey when is your birthday? Let's do this together! I am a 6th grade teacher, and my birthday is also in August! :)

This is awesome! Your video popped up on my feed, and I’m so glad it did! I’m also trying to become a full-time content creator and get my channel monetized. I’m currently at 346 subscribers, and this is actually my second go-around with getting onto KZfaq. I’m an independent singer/songwriter and a session singer, and I initially started my channel back in 2011 to get the attention of record labels. I was pretty consistent with making videos until about 2014 when I felt the conviction to stop and to then concentrate my focus on music ministry, which I did for eight years up until early 2022. Once I got out of music ministry, I felt more of the conviction to go back into secular music and to get involved in session work, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. It then clicked with me late 2023 that the best way to promote myself for session work was to get back onto KZfaq and start making cover videos again to showcase my versatility. Plus, it would also help grow my audience if I ever wanted to release original material, that way I would have a decent, consistent income from that, as well. I then created my social media pages for my artist account in September of 2023 to promote my work and help build up hype for my re-launch, which has been helping out tremendously! I’ve mainly been posting short videos of covers because I had to get the room I can use for my home studio properly soundproofed to record audio for long-form videos, which is now complete for the most part. I started my LLC for my music/KZfaq business in January of 2024, and I’ve also been able to get my virtual tip jar set up, as well as my support page. I’m currently in the process of making four videos for a month’s worth of content before I re-launch, so I don’t have to worry about falling behind on the video schedule, or feel like I’m crunched for time, as I’m also a stay-at-home mom and work part time during evenings and weekends. Best of luck to you on your content journey, and feel free to get in touch with me if you’d like! Creators have to stick together, and I’d love to connect with you to help give feedback, encouragement, etc! 🙂