Learn the watch-time, playlist, and publishing strategies that can make YouTube recommend your videos to more viewers. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE YouTube Influencer Nick Nimmin explains how he grew his personal YouTube Channel by over 100,000 subscribers in under 12 months. He talks about the biggest mistakes people make with YouTube and why most people fail to grow their audience. He gives a detailed example of how a local real estate agent could use YouTube to dominate their local market, and explains the #1 mega-mistake real estate agents make on YouTube. He then explains how to optimize your ‘watch time’ and ‘session time’, why to use a ‘series playlist’, how long your videos should be and how frequently you should publish in order to maximize your authority and increase your chances of YouTube recommending your videos. Nick also opens up about his personal journey, talks about his early days as a hip hop DJ and tells the story of how he got to open a concert for 2 Live Crew. He then shares his pivotal transitionary moment when he got in shape, dropped 100 pounds, sold all his stuff, moved to Thailand and slept on the floor of his brother’s storage room for 4 months as he got on his feet and started his business. He also talks about how his daily practice of meditation over the last 3 years has changed the way he sees everything. He explains the specific details of how he meditates, the science behind it, and then makes recommendations for how beginners can get started. He concludes by naming his top 5 hip hop MCs of all time! → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU See my Top 10 Travel Apps See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

YouTube Influencer Nick Nimmin on Hip Hop, Meditation, and How to Get Over 100K Video Subscribers 12 Months (Ep 07)

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Learn the watch-time, playlist, and publishing strategies that can make YouTube recommend your videos to more viewers.  ============================  Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds.  ============================  ON THIS EPISODE  YouTube Influencer Nick Nimmin explains how he grew his personal YouTube Channel by over 100,000 subscribers in under 12 months. He talks about the biggest mistakes people make with YouTube and why most people fail to grow their audience. He gives a detailed example of how a local real estate agent could use YouTube to dominate their local market, and explains the #1 mega-mistake real estate agents make on YouTube. He then explains how to optimize your ‘watch time’ and ‘session time’, why to use a ‘series playlist’, how long your videos should be and how frequently you should publish in order to maximize your authority and increase your chances of YouTube recommending your videos. Nick also opens up about his personal journey, talks about his early days as a hip hop DJ and tells the story of how he got to open a concert for 2 Live Crew. He then shares his pivotal transitionary moment when he got in shape, dropped 100 pounds, sold all his stuff, moved to Thailand and slept on the floor of his brother’s storage room for 4 months as he got on his feet and started his business. He also talks about how his daily practice of meditation over the last 3 years has changed the way he sees everything. He explains the specific details of how he meditates, the science behind it, and then makes recommendations for how beginners can get started. He concludes by naming his top 5 hip hop MCs of all time!  → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here.  ============================  FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE  Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests.  ============================  FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU  See my Top 10 Travel Apps  See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel  See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)  Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend  See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)  ============================  ENJOYING THE SHOW?  Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation  Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally  Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

The Maverick Show is a global travel podcast about what really happens when people cross borders and build lives across cultures. Hosted by full-time world traveler Matt Bowles, each episode features intimate, unfiltered conversations (often over a bottle of wine) exploring the human stories behind global travel and what the journey teaches us about the world and ourselves.  Guests include expats, digital nomads, women and diaspora storytellers, worldschooling families, and human rights advocates, all sharing travel stories that are funny, moving, and deeply human.  In addition to hearing about extraordinary places and the people who live there, you’ll learn what it’s really like to move abroad, build an expat life, or travel long-term, as guests open up about their personal journeys navigating culture, race, power, identity, and belonging in an unequal world. If you’ve ever felt that travel changes you in ways no one talks about, you’re in the right place.  The Maverick Show hit the Top 100 on Apple Podcasts (including #1 in Places & Travel), was ranked in the Top 1% of podcasts globally by Listen Notes, and was named the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast and #1 Remote Work Podcast by Million Podcasts — with hundreds of five-star listener reviews.

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