Amy and James talk about starting their own YouTube Channels: the gear and workflows they use, how it has helped their careers, and how growth looks different for everyone.

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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
3:41 What is your why
- Episode 20: Learning and Building in Public
- Simon Sinek: Start with Why
6:38 Why YouTube over another medium?
8:14 Just get started
- Clarity comes in doing
- Example: First Pancake
10:36 Gear
- Episode 14: Building the Perfect Desk Setup
- Screenflow
- QuickTime
- SnagIt
- iMovie
13:00 Sponsor - Vercel
14:13 Amy's Recording Workflow
15:58 James's Recording Workflow
17:45 Amy's Editing / Post Production Workflow
- Descript
- Premiere
- Epidemic Sound
- After Effects
- Envato Elements
19:10 James's Editing Workflow
21:28 Growth on YouTube
25:47 Sponsor - DatoCMS
26:41 YouTube Policies and Growth Metrics
30:41 Sponsor - ZEAL
32:10 Grab Bag Questions - Creating in a series vs. One-Off Videos
35:54 Picks and Plugs
36:18 James's Pick - Portable Screen Cleaner
38:20 James's Plug - jamesqquick on Twitter and #100daysofcode
39:28 Amy's Pick - Astropad
40:31 Amy's Plug - selfteachme on Twitch