This formula got 107,000 long form YouTube views


Hey team,

A couple months ago, I made a different kind of video for YouTube than usual.

Instead of doing another quick tips video or sharing a take on what might be working…

…I decided to sit down, go through all the recent updates from Adam Mosseri (Instagram’s CEO),

and piece together the stuff that actually matters.

It took a fair bit of time researching, sorting through it all, and scripting it properly…

But I’m glad I did it.

Because that video is now sitting at 107,000 views and still growing.

And it’s the best-performing video I’ve made in the past year.

Now here’s what I want you to understand from this:

This video worked because of one reason:

It was genuinely useful.

There wasn’t any trick to it.

No viral format.

Just something people could watch, understand, and apply.

I probably spent 10 hours putting it all together,

so that my viewers could get the full picture in about 10 minutes.

And to me, that’s the real edge when it comes to content.

If it actually helps someone whether that’s saving them time, making things clearer, or helping them grow…

it tends to get shared.

It tends to get watched.

So take a moment to go through your content and ask yourself…

”am I trying to please the algorithm, or trying to make my viewer’s life easier?”

Value > hacks.

Every time.

Catch you in the next one, Josh

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