I snagged you a GREAT deal on vidIQ here: vidiq.com/nateblack - thank you for supporting the channel! Also, WHAT IS UP with my microphone?! I'll be looking into getting a new one or adjusting to fix the issues - sorry 'bout that!

You're the ONLY channel that make actual original content in this niche, always coming up with great ways of representing and explaining KZfaq concepts like this video. If you look at the other channels all they do is insisting on "go to the point" "simple thumbnails" etc, etc.

Nate! Not only is this video incredibly helpful for creating viral videos… It is also a master class in seamless integration of a product promotion into a story! You are the next, Paul Harvey! And now we know… The rest of the story

Nate, I absolutely love the way you approach your videos. I've been watching you for over a month and every video has been a hit. I haven't even completed viewing this one, and decided to pause to leave this comment. The combination of your ability to simplify your unique methods in addition to your positive and energetic, personality, Visual graphs and high-quality videos, I am hooked. I am not just one of those viewers who enjoys the content but never implements it either. Due to your suggestion, I have been using click up, which has been great for my organization, the SEAS method. I have over 100,000 subs and I'm looking to triple that this year with your advice. Thanks again for your amazing content!

The archaeologist in me thought you were going to say, "I have been doing this whole KZfaq thing for thousands and thousands of YEARS..." and then you said "HOURS," and all the awkward tension left my brain, lol. ;) Great video! Very helpful. I have a couple of channels. This one (where I'm commenting from) tends to have the more time-consuming-to-edit videos about my research, and another one shows hobby stuff that is much easier for me to make and put out. I love them both for different reasons, but this helps me see a little better what's going on with my own process and interests.

I genuinely think that this is where I'm going "wrong" and this is such amazing advice, thank you Nate! Only discovered you yesterday. My videos that have done well above all others fit within a certain sub category of my niche, whereas everything else I do never lands as well, despite my excitement about the ideas. It does make sense that potentially I need to use this SEAS method to try and find more in that subcategory to grow myself initially a bit more, before I branch out further. Will give this a go! Thank you!

So glad this popped up. I've been struggling the past few months 😅 it will definitely help take out a lot of overthinking and analyzing.

I just want to say I love how KZfaq advice has matured over time (and it was you I first saw doing it).

Thank you, Nate! That helped me a lot to decide which videos I should create first. Hopefully, 2024 will be the year when I finally begin. I don't know if other people had this "problem", but I had a lot of video ideas with very very similar SEAS rating. So I eliminated the 2s and 4s in the ratings. I forced myself to go with 1, 3 or 5 and that created a very clear list of priorities.

The video rating system is extremely helpful! I can see why previous videos did well / not so well, and can also now predict how future videos will do too. Thank you Nate!

I should've seen this 7 months ago. I'm taking this to heart now

Thank you Nate - this helped me come up with my next video idea through your ranking system :)

I am grateful to have this information for free! Question: when you talk about “simple visuals”. Do you mean: 1. simple to understand for the viewer 2. Simple as minimalistic and un complex 3. simple to craft for the creator Thanks again for spreading such good knowledge

Thanks for the great help throughout your videos! I literally just posted my first video out of curiosity before having watched any content theory like yours but watching your tips and see you put them into practice in your own videos, got me super hyped trying to implement them into my own niche, and I'm very happy about the huge leap of improvements thanks to your advice (from 1st to 2nd video), you'd probably find TONS to roast still! If you feel like it, I'd be more than happy about your roasting because I really enjoy just doing stuff for the fun of it and then learning from the mistakes I've made and then get happy about the growth. I do have a question though about spreadability & audience match: Considering a very specific niche (like me creating 1. beginner guides for a 2. specific Pokemon game), wouldn't I always sacrifice spreadability (1. appealing to non-beginners 2. appealing to players of other games/pokemon fans) for audience match? (1. too complex videos for my beginners 2. they already play the game and dont need to be convinced)?

I love how you put the excitement factor into it. It super helpful for the mental health as a creator because the fact that you want to do the video weighs just as heavy as the audience wanting it.

You are low key my new “go to guy” for these things, loving the personal feeling and great info! Based on your pinned comment, would you recommend your current microphone? Looking to upgrade to mid budget, but dont want to throw 280 bucks at a Shure SM7B (is that right?) microphone 😅

I actually made an Excel idea virality predictor with that exact same principle, of rating these factors from 1 to 5 ( a 6 other factors) then multiplying them or adding them depending on each factor. And reverse engineering it to predict views on existing videos. It works by me typing and idea and rating each factors acording to my own opinion/guess on a formular, then it gets into the excel sheet and give me a score + a view prediction. Allowing me to see wich videos are probably really worth doing or not, and the order of priority. Works pretty well ! I was a bit schoked seeing the same thing here. Really well explained ofc, and 4 factors makes it easier to rate quickly and to think of new ideas

Watched this video 3 times already and this is certainly not the last time. I'll be back again in a month

Your videos blow my mind! They’re too good!!!

Your videos are so bingeable! You know what your doing. Thanks from a visual learner!

had to rewatch the second half to get it completely (more watchtime for you yay!) and honestly, this formula seems like a very simple and easy to follow stepping stones in content creation. I'd love to try it out ^^

You are blowing my mind right now. Wow. Top-quality content!

I’ve been doing my Channel for about a year now but I’m still not sure what niche I should be in. I repair & custom vintage G.I. Joes from the 80’s & 90’s. Anyway you videos are great source of information.

Well done Nate! Can't wait to try this today :) Glad to see you doing better and wish only the best for you. Thank you for all you do for us!

Great video Nate 🎉

As usual man, you are absolutely killing it with these types of videos. Thank you for all you do.

Well done Nate!!!!!! I love the rating system. I can see how it would help so many creators and I think I'll give it a go. Keep being you and creating great videos :)

Nate, I kind of laughed at this one because I was using a somewhat similar system. The funny part for me is that if I targeted a video for the 10% part I get high views. And if I target a video in the 60% range I get very low views. So the views were in reverse of the graph. So someone would say why not continue making the videos that gets the views? Well that’s because those videos are outside my niche. Think of it this way. The videos are just loosely associated to the niche. Where the hope is to find topics that relate to the niche and try to pull people in to my niche that might not of known my niche existed. It’s a technique I’ve been attempting to do. I laugh because yes it’ll attract views but fails on its mission to bring people to my niche. And when I niche down and really get into the weeds of the topic within my niche the views are never there. It’s a weird thing for me to process. I’ve been at this for nearly 4 years now. And the analytics have always been great a confusing me. Lately I’ve found momentum in increasing subscriber count. Which is good. But I haven’t been able to fix my problem with watch hours, which means I’m getting eyes on my content but they aren’t sticking around. And I’ve been super hard at work trying new ways and different things to spice up the videos but the audience have not been very receptive. I’ve recently been able to increase my ctr from around 1.9% to 5% on recent videos. Which increased views and subscribers. But watch hours only increased from 1 minute to 2.5 minutes. So essentially they get passed the hook and ditch the video. But it’s funny to see I was using a slightly similar thing that you talked about. Great video as always! Been subscribed to you for a few years now since you were with the other channel. And plan to continue. Your information is invaluable and I always learn something new.

For me, the big issue with the vid iq AI, is that it wants me to sew terrible items that I absolutely do not want to sew, OR the topics are just wrong or impossible or the volume of hours required is nuts. Basically, AI does not understand the literal craft it's suggesting.

Says, "Let's see if I can draw a circle." Then proceeds to draw two perfect circles! 😂 The man is hilarious and brilliant!

This just made me realize my videos are not exciting at all. Thanks, time to go back to the drawing board

Love your cute little trick at the end, to increase WT

Nate you have such a knack for putting simple visuals to complex ideas!

So glad you're back and, hopefully, feeling better! Excellent video! We often struggle with video ideas and I feel like this method may help us get better at it. Out of curiosity, what would be your "SEAS" rating for this video?

Returning to this video again to vet my video ideas for Q 2!

I think this all depends on how well someone can truly rate what their video would score. If not then all of this does not matter as you would be rating it all wrong.

Thanks

Hey Nate, in a future video.. Can you explain the “This video is reaching a wider audience on KZfaq, leading to a lower CTR than usual.” Message in the KZfaq Studio app. Why does KZfaq do this to certain videos? And is there any benefit to this?

Wow i just saw a thumbnail on my up next, your ultimate full guide 2023 from 11 months ago on "the channel makers" ...🤯 the way your channel is doing so well on its own, yet just a few months back you were an employee, now you a boss!! 🎉👏😅

Hi Nate! Thank you so much for sharing the SEAS Method. I am a recent subscriber and I really appreciate the thought that goes into helping us grow our channels. I currently have 12 subscribers and feeling like I'm struggling to grow my channel. I have also watched several of your other videos and am trying to implement your advice. Specifically, from this video, I have now created a zoho spreadsheet with the columns you suggested listing spreadability, excitement, audience match, and simplicity, along with calculating the values. I also took screenshots of your drawings and inserted them into the spreadsheet for reference. I plan on purchasing VIDIQ through your link to start getting video ideas from their AI that I can rate. I am VERY committed to growing my channel into a large business. I want, no I NEED to have my KZfaq Channel be my job! I work in retail and I am burned out. I have always wanted to make a living online, and KZfaq is the place to do it. KZfaq already has the audience, we as creators just need to deliver them the content they want! Plus, I am super passionate about my ttrpg niche, as I have been gaming for 34 years, and will game until I die! Thanks again Nate! Any advice you have would also be appreciated.

Love the KZfaq systems managing freebie in Clickup! Thanks! Question: I have several things going on with my channel, all mixed media art related. What are the right questions to ask myself to help me determine if any aspect should be separated into a channel on its own?

Great to see you making videos again. I hope your back is all healed up.

Great informative and now I’m off to map out my last 10 and next 5 videos and see where I land ..

Glad you're back man. Hope your back is feeling better.

Thank you for your effort. It's great how well you do your research and share your findings in a concise and clear way with us. Cheers, Daniel.

I never clicked on a video so fast lol. Love when you break down info like this. Especially this kind of content. Hope you're doing better Nate.

So helpful! This will help me prioritize my long list of video ideas and decide what to make when. Thank you.

I've been doing a version of this but hadn't given the pieces proper labels lol! ALWAYS amazing insight and inspiration!! Thanks!!

Thanks, Nate! This is awesome :)

This is great Nate! - glad to see you on the mend as well :)

1st off- thank you so much for making this video. 2nd- I would like to implement this strategy to my video ideas, but I’m pretty new to KZfaq and don’t have an audience yet. Can you give me advice on how I can use this method on my videos? Thanks man!

As an illustrator I must say those circles were drawn top notch free hand style ;)

I try to use the shorts to tease what's going on daily so maybe they'll look for the long format build and ride videos. complexity is all over the place. The build/ride after vids being the most time consuming. The editing the tie videos has gotten more complex but has also paid off a little. Consistency seems to be one of my hardest walls. I'm editing every night and still barely getting one LF vid out a week. IF it was easy everyone would do it, is what I keep telling myself. Subs and watch time are all growing steadily, just slowly.

This is a good episode. Viral in my opinion should be viewed to the creator as something that exceeds your expectations. If your video does anything more than what you ever dreamed of ( be humble) if you continue to produce such videos then the numbers grow naturally. I like this video SEAS lesson I will start doing that. By the way I started this KZfaq channel im commenting from less than a year ago. All my learning was through Nate since he was in Channel Makers. I have now over 20,000 Subs and ive had some hard hitting videos with 100,000-400,000 views... Pay Attention people.

Glad to see you again, Nate! Love the advice, definitely going to apply this

This is great, thanks Nate! I’ve always found that videos I’m more excited about tend to do better, which is nice. 💛

I really like this idea and I'm going to start using it. Not something I would have thought of, so props to you Nate for breaking this down in a useable way. Thanks!

Great video. I am always struggling to know when I should post videos in the orange or red zone. With a spreadsheet this would help me know that I am producing the majority of my content in the Green and then some in Orange and even less in the Red. Thank you for this suggestion.

The videos with low scores are the ones to expand your niche. So they have potential over certainty

Once again watching this, like, a dozen times to make sure I'm doing it right 😅

Welcome back Nate. Glad you are better. 😊

So freaking good 🙌 love me a good decision matrix ❤

How do I answer audience match when my audience is super fragmented?

I'm always happy to see the blue dot next to your name! And thanks for all the effort you put into your research and videos in general. 💐 Btw: Hats off! Drawing circles is a nightmare. 💀

Love that idea to divide videos by categories, might try this for my next few videos 👀

Interesting video, great system and actually I also was trying to rate my ideas and videos on how they match the audience, my enthusiasm about making them and complexity (1 to 10 scale). I quickly realized that many video ideas were way too complex to produce, e.g. either required lots of b-roll or text on screen, as well as research and editing time. And in the long run they were not worth the time. Simpler videos often are easier to digest and can appeal to a broader audience. But the main thing also is to understand who your audience is and what they want to learn / watch on your channel. I kind of got lost the way in my own 500+ ideas. As I realized many of them are for different audiences, even if it is all about wellness, healing and self development.

Hey nate, quick question, does this work with Entertainment content as well?

Woow New Video. THANK YOU MAN. I am very happy to hear again your warm voice.❤❤

Teach me more, Professor Nate.😁 Love the squeaky hehe Also, your eyes looked really good in that lighting, or with that shirt or something. All right, time for some rating.

LOVE this presentation, thanks for always being inspiring to us other KZfaq creators...or wanna-be creators 😜✌️

You say we should look for; whether the video will spread and do well (what else do we need besides this after all but whatever,) whether we are excited about producing the video, what our audience will think of the video, is the video complex to produce? First off, what audience? If I am posting my very first video on a new channel I will not have an audience. And the complexity of the video is only a problem if you are not up to the task. It is not a problem in and of itself.

Recently iv been switching up content. I notice how the lower viewed videos get more returning subscribers and sometimes even more subscribers. But the other content I do, slightly outside of my niche which is usually zombie, survival, open world games, seem to do better with views, comments, so intern that’s what is growing my channel. So I’m going to incorporate that style of content with with my main content within the same niche primarily, that gets my subs returning 😁

I followed you from channel makers because wow, Nate. So much value. Howdy howdy !

Great video, Nate! You explain things so well.

One of my best videos on my channel is a 2 minute, unedited clip of me talking about the difference between resistance training and weight training.. you start playing the game different when the game is almost played for you.

This rating system is amazing🤩 Thank you so much for the tip!

I am going to use this thank you nate for putting time & effort into making this watchable for us ❤

Nice video Nate , Over the years my channel has noticed a slightly odder thing. An old Red video was after 3 to 5 years became recognized and viral now 😀 it has worked well for many years, but the last years that video takes 95% of all my video traffic. so it's hard to get views for the content I can do most of the time. Even though everything is still similar to videos. Its Kind of like I would have a video on Usain Bolt. But then no other Olympic games video is interesting 😅

Slowly learning and growing everyday! Thanks for all you do 😊

Nick... I mean Nate. You rock! I've been watching you for a while, and always enjoy your enthusiasm. The EAS I think I can rate easily, but the first S. Spreadability. That seems to me to be a shot in the dark. A year ago I made an experimental video that went "viral," with over 30k views. I've had other videos that I felt were going to spread well that got 30 views. I'd love to see more about how to figure spreadability.

Hi Nate, do you think this could also apply to (video) ppdcast episodes? If so how? Based on the topic, guests, ...?

This video is really good you’re very good at this and I’m glad I knew about this channel post channel makers cause this is great content. You put a lot of specified energy into these vids and it’s not click bait. I know it takes a lot of brain power too so not every video can be like this. But I’m so glad when these gems arise. Also I get what you’re doing w the ending for watch time etc but it’s so jarring on this one lol

Great video Nate! I’ll start working out my video ideas just like this. Great job on the circles, btw

Hope your back is recovering. "Listen to that (pen) squeeking...." which brings us to this week's sponsor Epidemic Sound 😂😂😂😂

Wait! In the last one you said 1 was the simplest and 5 the most complex, so, if I understand correctly, you want a 1 in the 4th spot! 6:23 ??

Hi Nate, mate I think you put so much value in this incredible. Roasting time on YOUR video 😂 it through me off when you talked about vidIQ when you did. I personally would have put that a little later in the video. I usually watch everything of your video. This time I dropped off and came back later because I thought it was another AI video which it is really not. Hope that was helpful. Thanks for all your help.

Mighty hugs great to see you today, Nate!🤗💜 hope you are feeling better🤗🤗 Interesting guidance today

This rating system is quite interesting. Great advice as always!

Nate always coming clutch when needed 🙏🏿👊🏿

Phenomenal video, Nate! Well done!

Thank you Nate for your advice and enthusiasm!

Nate is always Original. 👍✔️

good video. VidIQ privacy terms seem quite aggressive though.

If you are a niche channel whose target audience isn’t everyone on KZfaq how do you gauge if you have already reached your max potential audience?

I would be giving you a tight bone crushing hug if you were standing in my room teaching me the SEAS method! Good you aren't here... LOL... Jokes apart, this is A REVELATION to me, to say the least! Thanks much, Nate! God bless you! Just left you a Super Thanks 🙏🙏🚀🚀

Thanks Nate! I already got a few ideas from watching this so I think you're doing great :D

Glad you're feeling better!

Does the SEAS method work for preparing livestreams? Some streams I have a topic, others I don't. I'll try it out!

Super actionable learnings, love it ❤

Maybe consider doing a video about what makes Sam Sulek so popular. Insanely fast growth.