YOUTUBE PREMIUM: IS IT WORTH IT?. 

In this post, we're gonna take a look at what is youtube premium and the biggest youtube premium benefits right now, and whether or not it's actually worth paying that monthly youtube subscription fee whether you're a regular viewer or a content creator. 

So for those of you who aren''t aware, yes, youtube does have a monthly subscription fee. it is totally optional. 

It is definitely not required. And in terms of who it's actually good for, that's what we're gonna look at in this Post. 

So for context, let's take a look at how much it costs, and then we dive into all the features 

1. YOUTUBE PREMIUM PRICING. 

So at the time filming this Post, you can currently sign up to youtube premium with a one month free trial, and it's gonna cost you then 111.99 our month after that. 

Now that is for a single account, There is also a family plan available as well, which lets you add up to five additional accounts, so six in total. 

So you're talking a similar ballpark to Netflix, Disney, Amazon, those sorts of services. 

2. YOUTUBE WITHOUT ADS? 

But what youtube offers is a little bit different, the main reason that most people will sing up for youtube premium is to watch youtube without ads. 

Now I'm gonna tell you, I was a little bit skeptical at first about signing up because ads on youtube they've been there for a very long time. 

We're all used to clicking that skip button to jump straight to the content. But having youtube premium and just not having any ads, it is absolutely amazing. 

It is a totally different experience, and I find that I spend a lot more time on the platform and enjoying my time a lot more on the platform just not having to watch ads> 

The way I like to look at it is you're essentially buying back your time. For a small monthly fee, you can jump straight into the content, get the information you need, or setback and be entertained without being interrupted constantly by ads. 

3. YOUTUBE PREMIUM MUSIC. 

But that's not all you get access to in your subscription you also get access to Youtube music which is essentially youtube's answer to Spotify. 

Now, back when that first launched, I found it pretty buggy. There were lots of music tracks and things that I couldn't find on there, but its' actually come a really long way and it's now what I use for music across my devices. 

Se get access to the premium level of youtube music as well. So again. no ads, and that alone will cost you $9.99 per month just for that. 

4. YOUTUBE ORIGINALS. 

Now included, you also get access to youtube originals which is some exclusive or unreleased or restricted content on the platform. 

Now this is where shows like cobra kai were first released which is now available out on Netflix. But outside of that, in my opinion, there's really not too much in there that is grabbing my attention. 

I really don't find myself ever going there to look for something to consume because there's enough great stuff on youtube without even needing to go in there. 

5. DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS. 

But two other included features and big draw cards for youtube premium as far I'm concerned are downloadable videos and background play. Now, download offline youtube video content to watch when you're offline. 

And when you're traveling around, you don't have internet, this is perfect it you're going on a flight. Recently, I went on a family vacation, instead of downloading and offlining some Netflix shows or some from another platform, I literally just offline youtube ideas and that's what I watched for the flight. 

And it really Is as simple as just finding the videos you wanna watch later, and hit the little download button when you have a youtube premium subscription. Then to play them back when you open up the app, you wanna go down to library down the bottom right-hand corner, and there is a section in there with all of your downloaded videos. 

6. YOUTUBE BACKGROUND PLAY. 

And the second one, background play and picture-in-picture this allows you to turn off your phone screen and still have youtube videos or youtube music playing. 

So it plays in the background without your phone screen needing to be on, or maybe you're switching between different apps. 

It's not gonna stop that video playback if you've got this features. And this picture -in-picture support, meaning that if you are using another app full screen, then you can have a minimised version of your youtube content playing. 

Then you can overlay that on top of any other apps you're using on your device. Now first, this is something that I really wouldn't use too much, but it's actually something that I do use all the time. 

So agreat example I've been experimenting laying in bed at night, listening to some guided meditations, and what this means is I can actually turn my phone screen off that I'm actually using to ply the Youtube video, so that my screen isn't lighting up to the room. 

So background play, letting you play with your phone screen off and your phone essentially locked, so you're not gonna knock it, you're not gonna touch anything. 

It gives a pretty good experience. 

4K VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE PREMIUM ONLY? 

So those are the features of what's included in a youtube premium subscription now one more thing that Youtube has come out with recently as test.

So this isn't official, this isn't final. 

They are testing 4k video content being restricted and only accessible for those people that do have a Youtube premium subscription. Meaning that if you're just on a free youtube account, you can access everything up to 4K, but all the 4K stuff, you'd need to have a subscription for. 

So again, it's not locked in stone yet. It is something that they are testing apparently. So it'd be interesting to see where they land with this. 

SO IS YOUTUBE PREMIUM WORTH IT?

DO YOU NEED IT? 

No, you absolutely do not need it. It is not a requirement, but is it worthwhile? yeah I personally think it is. I am someone who hates sitting through and watching ads and waiting to consume the video that I clicked on. 

And again, that experience of where you click on a video and it just plays and it happens for every video, it's an amazing experience. 

And if you spend a lot of time on the platform like I do, then having that bater experience is amazing. But also, you're essentially buying your time back. 

So for that piece, for the ad removal alone, that is enough for me to justify the expense. bUt also that you're given access to youtube music premium and you get the background play and the picture-in-picture lay as well, I really do personally think that it is a no-brainer. 

YOUTUBE PREMIUM MONETIZATION 

Now for those of you that are thinking about youtube ads and making money n youtube and rhos does this affect that? well, you can actually still make money from people watching your videos with a youtube premium subscription too. 

So it's not that you're not making any money from those people, it's just treated a little bit differently. So a percentage of all the youtube premium subscriptions is shared amongst creators who do have views form viewers that are watching that do have YouTube premium. 

So it's kind of like a pool pot money that is divided up against the channels that are monetised that have video plays that are from people who have a youtube premium subscription. 

So yes, you can definitely still make money from your videos if people are watching them with a youtube premium subscription. So it's not like you're just using an ad blocker or something, it's actually tracked, and the content creator actually still gets rewarded from you watching their videos. 

But I'd love to Hear from you guys let me know in the comments are you already using youtube premium? are you now considering it? or is there no way that you're gonna give youtube money to yacht free youtube video? 

HOW TO GROW WITH 0 VIEWS AND 0 SUBSCRIBERS. 

I know how frustrating it could be when you have 0 views and 0 subscribers. Your youtube channel you are getting started, no one knows who you are yet and what kind of content you produce. 

You spend all that time planning and scripting and filming and editing the videos and you're all exited. You upload to youtube, only a few people watch it. 

I remember back then when I had 0 views and 0 subscribers and I would upload a video and I would wait and I would refresh a few times hopefully to get a few more views. 

So I know what it's like when you're starting from scratch, and I know a lot of my fans, that I inspires you to start your youtube channel. 

By the way, if you start your youtube channel because of following my work, comment below and let me know. I might just check out your youtube channel. 

So how do you grow with 0 views and subscribers? see, in the publishing world, I've done a number of books and there's a joke hat we talk about in the publishing world. 

Well, how do you become a best-selling author? well, it's easy to become a best-selling author if you already have a best-seller, right? 

So meaning it's easy to grow your youtube channel if your youtube channel already has a lot of subscribes, and also you're already famous. 

Then it's easy for your videos to go viral or to get more views and get more eyeballs when you already have a big YouTube channel. 

But what do you if you're starting from scratch? So today I'm gonna share 5 secrets with you. If I were to stat all over again growing with 0 vies and 0 subscribers what are the 5 things that I would do? so make sire you stay until the very end. 

I'm gonna share one secret with you that will explode your subscribers and explode your views are you ready? 

1. COMPELLING TITLES. 

You don't want to be boring. One of the biggest sins you could commit as a you tubers is to have boring titles. 

Yes I know, there are you tubers out there that they have boring titles and yet they still have millions and millions of followers if you are Casey, that's a different story. 

Casey breaks ear single rule and still has a massive following but for most people who are starting from 0 views and 0 subscribers you wanna have compelling titles for your videos because people are searching you. 

They don't know you yet so let me give you some templates some examples, because I got started as a copywriter. Remember back then when I was doing copyrighting, when I was writing any kind of titles, and kind of headlines, we call them. 

That we wanted to make it interesting and one of the litmus test is, we ask ourselves, would this headline work in a classified ad. Yes I know newspaper, I'm my age I get that, okay? 

But newspaper, people are flipping through the newspaper and they can see, okay would this headline be compelling enough for people to read, wanting to find out more information. 

So it's the same thing. 

Let me give you some proven headlines or just some ideas when it comes to titles. 

Number one, how to how to is always a very very powerful title because people go on youtube they wanna find out how do I do something? 

How to it's a very very powerful title. One of my videos that went kind of viral is how to make a thousand dollars a day using your smartphone. 

So it has a promise and also tells them hey, I will learn how to do something so how to is a he category on youtube. Second it cold be a variation of that, like how I. 

How I have done something another video that went viral for my channel is how I retired at the age of 27 where I kind of share my story, what I've done, some of the lessons I've learned. 

So that's another example Another good example is secrets of secret of. 

So people wanna know, right Jarvis, people wanna know. People want to know, sir. They wanna know what are the secrets secrets of. 

So example of one of my Posts the secret of closing more sales, that's another example the secret of or secrets of. 

And if you have a specific number 3 or 4 or 5, that's even more powerful another example warning type headline such as, I have this video called don't start a business until you watch this or don't start your youtube channel until you watch this. 

It's kind of like a warning hey, don't do that, You see how it's very much curiosity driven? Or, one more example and that is a headline, a title that is outcome driven. 

Example, the most dangerous animals in the world. That's interesting you see that has a very particular very precise, very specific pay off. 

When your viewers click on that video before they even click on that video, they know exactly what they are going to get. 

Now when your channel is small, right? when you have 0 views  and  subscribers, when you see a title like hey my trip to Europe. Nobody gives a damn. 

Because no one knows who you are yet, right? and once you have millions of followers and subscribers, sure my trip to Europe, your fans want to know hey, what is going on, I wanna know. 

Those clogging type videos you will get attraction. But in the beginning it's much more difficult to get traction if you are not well known so why not focus that people are already searching for right? 

Using how to using warning using secrets or right? using those proven titles. That way you'll grow much, faster. 

2. HOK THEM WITH A YOUTUBE TRAILER. 

Think about your favourite movie, right before it comes out you're all excited the movie company, what did they do, they release a trailer. 

They give you some of the best scenes from the movie so you're looking forward when the movie comes out. You should do the same thing for your youtube channel. 

So you have your first time visitor going to your channel, going to your channel going to the homepage of your  Channel. 

They could click on it and they could see what your channel is about. Robert Cialdin, his book influence, the Psychology of Persuasion. 

He talks about why you need to give them a reason to do something. People need to know, they need to have a reason why they need to do it. 

It's not enough to say hey, my content is fantastic, my videos are fantastic that you should subscribe. It's not good enough. 

So in your trailer tell them who you are, what you're about, how often you upload, why should they subscribe and exactly what you want them to do. 

Now would it be helpful if I give you some kind of a script for your trailer, comment below. Yes here we go. You could say something like this my name is chaltrends I'm an entrepreneur, I'm a blogger I'm a travel enthusiast, whatever it might be. 

When you subscribe to my channel you tell them you're gonna get something. What are the benefits why should we subscribe hey you're gonna learn more about this, you're gonna learn more about that, you're gonna get this kind of value. 

You gotta tell people that, right? and also tell them every single week I upload one video, two videos or every single Tuesday and Thursday I will upload a video for you. 

Tell them the frequency of your uploads so they know what to expect. And don't forget to tell people exactly what you want them to do, don't assume, because you have a good content, oh, they'll naturally subscribe. 

No you gotta tell them so tell them hey, click the little button here, subscribe or click on the button there, subscribe to my youtube channel today. 

And make sure you hit the bell make sure you turn on the notifications you got to tell them what to do. You got it? 

3. FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR FANS, NOT YOUR CONTENT. 

One of the biggest mistakes a lot of you tubers make, they make videos that they want to make instead of making videos that your fans want. 

You see it's very easy to forget that there's another human being behind this, watching you you look at the thumbs up, you look at the numbers you look at the views you look at subscribers and you think it's just a digit, well it's not just a digit, let me tell you this. 

Behind this, there's a person there's a human being with feelings emotions and straggles never forget that. Don't ever ever treat your fans like a digit. 

It's very important and I think one of the reasons why my series Boss in the bentley did so well on youtube, because it's Q&A, it's my fans you submitting a question. 

And I answer them, I interact and I comment that makes a huge difference. So you have to care about your fans. 

Another thing that you could do is as a creator, as youtubers, You could give your fans comment a heart. To let them know and when you do that, your fan show left a comment would actually get a notification that you have given them a heart. 

Sometimes I know when I read your comments, I give you a heart and my fans you're thinking is that really you, dan did you just give a heart? 

Yes it's really me. I think any youtubers when they think they're too big and they're too popular and they no longer connect with their fans, they're not gonna last long. 

4. Have a CTA in Your Video. 

What does CTA stand for? cll to action. call to action, you have to tell your viewers exactly what you want them to do. 

Do you want them to share your video, do you want them to give you a thumbs up, do you want them to comment below on your video, 

You have to tell them exactly what to do. Never ever assume. You see, on elf the things that I did when I started telling my viewers you to click on the button below and subscribe to my channel I saw a significant jump in terms of subscribers that I get. 

At first I thought, hey if you love my content, don't you naturally subscribe? people don't that. And there are many ways you can do this. 

There are many ways you can insert a call to action example you can do it. before during and after so in the beginning of your video you can say something like hey if this is first time viewer. 

Watching my video or this is the first time you are visiting my channel, make sure you ht the subscribe button. You could do something like that. 

Or in the middle right? 

During your video you could say hey if you want me to teach you more about this, you want me to share more about this experience you want me to make more of this kind of video, make sure you comment below and hey don't forget to subscribe. 

Or you can also do it at the end, of course don't overdo this you don't wanna do it three, four times, that's a bit overkill. 

But at the end of your video, you could say something like hey don't forget to subscribe to my channel. Make sure you hit the subscribe button below and click on the bell. 

And turn on the notification it's very important that you ask them to turn on the notifications. It means that every single time you release a video, there's a chance that they will see it on their homepage. 

The subscribes feed. So then they are more likely to click on your video. So call to action youtube secret number five. 

5. LONG TERM CONSISTENCY TRUMPS SHORT TERM INTENSITY. 

I think most you tubers they give up too soon. They upload some videos or they upload a dozen videos and then they give up because they are saying to themselves, no one is watching my video, I;m not getting enough views no comment why? 

I spent so much time making these videos I know how you feel I know how you feel. I know how sucky it is when you upload a video and you spend all that time, you're creating that perfect piece of content and then no one watches your video but you have to stay consistent. 

You have to think that this is a long term game. think of its as like you're pushing a snowball uphill, right. In the beginning it's very, very heavy. 

And you keep pushing and you keep pushing but once you ht that tipping point once you go over the mountain, the hump. Everything becomes so much faster like this snowball effect. 

I still remember what took me before months the amount of views it took me months to get now I could get it in hours. 

Why, because of the snowball effect I promise you if you upload two times a week instead of one Tim,e your channel will grow faster.  

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WHAT MAKES APPLE'S NEW $499 GLASSES SO SPECIAL. 

The upcoming apple glass is apple's latest addition of another auxiliary device to its famed apple ecosystem . 

AUGMENTED REALITY

These glasses will be using the up-and-coming augmented reality technology or ar for short ar which should not be confused with virtual reality or vr takes digital objects and systems and merges them the natural world surrounding its user vr on the other hand is a totally virtual world. 

Where users can interact with digital objects able isn't the first one to realise the potential of as capable glasses both google and microsoft have also tried developing their own ar glasses google's glass program was shut down back in 2015 primarily due to poor reception of the device by the public users didn't like the design. 

They thought it was built and overpriced and in the end most users admitted there was no need for such a device at least back then MICROSOFT HOLOLENS on the other hand is still under development and could offer apple direct competition apple glass should not be confused with apple vr. 

MIXED REALITY HEADSET.

Which is a totally different product apple is also developing a mixed reality headset but the details on that are really scarce apple glass is totally an augmented reality device augmented reality itself. 

Is not something new either remember the famous Pokemon go mobile game it also used augmented reality to engage players and catch Pokemon's. 

But apple has a very different goal in mind with the apple glass they want to make it part of your daily routine. 

So you can swipe through your messages as you eat your morning breakfast without touching your phone combined with other apple devices it could offer am excellent 'creative outlet for productivity like suing apple glass to visualise changing your house with a new decoration style the rumour mil on the apple glasses, Has been running for months.

DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLE GLASSES. 

So let us take a deeper look into what apple glasses has to offer when it finally does come out details about the apple glass the design philosophy with apple glass according to apple is that they want to bring all the information from your phone to your face. 

Specifically they are aiming for apple glass to synchronise with a wearer's iPhone to display things such as texts emails maps and games over the user's field of vision and they want all of this to fit into the apple ecosystem. 

They have already set up with other apple devices apple also has plans to support third-party apps and is store similar to how you get apps for the Apple TV and Apple Watch but as we get more into the details about the technology behind the apple glass it gets more exciting one such feature of the apple glass. 

Is what can only be described as optical sub-assembly according to a patent filed by apple they are planning to use apple glass as an in-headset vision correcting system that won't need the water to wear prescription glasses beneath tiger apple glass according to the patent filed by apple. 

IN-HEADSET VISION-CORRECTING SYSTEM.  

They are planning to use apple glass as an in-headset vision correcting system that won't need the wearer to wear prescription glasses beneath there apple glass according to the patent this optical subassembly will automatically adjust for people with poor eyesight gone will be the days qhwn you'll need to get a new prescription as devices like apple glass. 

Will be able to change their optical properties on the go another patent describes that apple glass will allow users to change the background of the objects they see on the fly similar to how you can change backgrounds on video conferencing applications like zoom or microsoft teams. 

CHROMA KEYING. 

And gis type of feature is to be expected from an augment reality wearable device the patent explains that this will be done using a process called chroma nye where a solid color background can be replaced with a digital background apple glass will be using images from its camera and detecting color ranges to make a composite. 

And then digitally insert virtual content so imagine you are looking at a wall apple glass can start showing you your calendar on it as you browse through it apple glass will come equipped with a ;oder scanner on the right hand side. 

LIGHT DETECTION & RANGING. 

But up till now apple hasn't confirmed the mounting of a camera on the frame lira stands for light detection and ranging and it is a very popular remote sensing method that uses light to draw a picture of the world around it. 

This type of sensor is most commonly used on driverless vehicles louder allows the sensor to map the world around out in 3d this sensor will be at the heart of apple glass's ability to map the world around. 

Its users and augment digital features via its display another feature that is rumoured to be on the apple glass is something that can only be described as an immersible google street view the difference is that unlike google street view where you see the street on your mobile device by using apple glass. 

You will be virtually transported to that view and have a full 360 degree view of the location information extracted from patents also suggests that apple may use apple glass to help users see better in the dark. 

DEPTH SENS. (52-degree field of view, 47 pixels per inch)

This would be done using depth sensor that could provide the user with better spatial awareness in low light conditions specifications in terms of specifications most experts agree that we can see a 52 degree feels of view and 47 pixels per inch of pixel density similar to Microsoft's hololens. 

The apple glass is expected to use wi-fi to connect directly to your phone since as we mentioned it will depend on the iPhone for most of its processing the battery life is expected to be around three hours on a single charge. 

DESIGN. 

But apple will be providing some convenient wireless charging cases to make it feasible for users to take the apple glass out for a long day design according to leakers the most current apple glass prototype looks brazenly like a regular pair of plastic glasses. 

CLARK KENT LOOK, 

This would actually be a good thing the less standout design the more people will be willing to use it as an everyday accessory and less a gimmicky device that they only use once to show off apple's glass suggest a clark kent look the apple glass is designed as an accessory to the iPhone. 

And not an independent device similar to how currently the Apple Watch functions and since it will be equipped with various sensors and electrical equipment you can expect the apple glass to be a little heavier than your conventional glasses. 

Another exciting feature from the rumour mill suggest that apple will be going the modular route with swappable arms of the apple glass frame similar to how apple allows its apple watch users to switch watch bands with different ones. 

It's refreshing to see apple gin-bing its users the option for more customisability reportedly this will be done using small magnets and divots on the mainframe to help secure the swappable arms concerns users do have some corcenrns about the privacy with the announcement of the apple glass. 

Imagine recordings of what you see and do being sent back to apple that tis a scary thought the patent file by apple does detail a couple of fixes around the privacy concern one fix is using a camera module for the apple glass that is easily removable by the user. 

JON PROSSER, Front page tech

If you choose to to do so another fix is touse a modular key as a kill switch for the camera a lot of laptops currently use a similar system to turn off a front-facing camera on their laptops pricing price estimates about the apple glass come from a well- reputed apple leaker John presser according to prosser. 

We can expect the price to be somewhere around 499 dollars this is Avery steep price for a device that will be dependent on the iPhone for most of its processing power. 

But this still very reasonable compared to Microsoft's hololens which has a hefty price tag of 3 500 but if we are fair to hollow lens it does come with all its electronics to run an augmented reality environment independently when can we expect a release. 

BLOOMBERG QUICKTAKE: NOW.

Well the water is murky on the release date accruing to a report by Bloomberg we wouldn't see the apple glad hit the shelves until 2023 at the earliest apple had intended to announce that product as early as 2023. 

Bloomberg is basing this on information leaked from an internal presentation shown at apple but other industry analysts disagree mung chi quo an analysts at ft international securities thinks that we might be seeing the apple glass as early as 2022. 

She has been a reliable apple expert in the past the information has reported that apple glass has already passed a prototype stage and has now entered into trial production phase of development. 

This means that apple glass is very near it mass production phase and we might be seeing apple glasses and apple stores near us soon. 

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