 I called one of you for the very first George office hour where those of you who filled out this google form behind me are being queued for calls by me either a private or public conversation where we will feature your channel on this show if you choose. The link to this form is down there in the description below in case you haven't filled it out already. Mark Heider was my very first office hour behind me. Let's meet Mark who agreed to make a public video about the experience to share with all of you. Roll it. Hey Mark. Hey Heidi. You are my first call for George office hours. That's fine. That's fine. So every day you talk to your CEO. First question of course is would you like this to be just a private conversation? I want to do a promotion. Okay so you would like this to be included in a video? Yeah. You mentioned in your form you would like to talk to me about sponsorships for your channel. Yeah like I said in my text my even though I got 6k subs it still seems like a small channel to me. Oh internal server error. Don't you love these monkeys that YouTube shows once in a while. I just refreshed. So you're at exactly 6,060 subscribers. Well done. What would you say is your best video? Oh gosh. It's hard to tell. It's hard to pick right? Yeah. So I see you have a video from two years ago that got 742k views that's your most viewed video on the channel. Reaction cupcakes SVM SFM warning. Click that eye to head on over to Mark Heider's channel. Check out his Twitter and send him a tweet if you'd like to do a collaboration. Alright so let's have a look at reaction cupcakes SFM warning. I'm just skipping ahead to two minutes and 40 seconds and I see there's some animation of ponies here. So you rendered all this? No I reacted to the content. Ah this was a reaction video. My only comment here is you are actually playing a very long video and you don't have commentary during the video. You're just watching it and reacting to it. From my perspective I think reaction videos are fine. There's nothing wrong with a reaction video just like there is nothing wrong with a news video as long as you add more of your own commentary than you actually have of the video. So I always use a rule of thumb that says there should be more of you than the video. I do give a long analysis at the end of the actual reaction. And I think that's important because the whole point of this is so that the audience cannot watch your reaction video and not watch the original. If your reaction video is a substitute for the original then that's what I would consider crossing the line and and being bad. It's my fiance. Okay is she willing to come on camera and be in the video? Are you willing to be on camera, babes? It's a CEO, babes. Freedom. Hi. Hi. Hi. What's your name? Jesse. Hey Jesse. So I'm George. I also have a name. George Sampai, any names? And many other names the freedom family has given me. Yes, that's right. Yeah. Yes. Little, tiny. So Mark, what are you doing to help Jesse's channel grow? How are you collaborating? Well, she hasn't made... We haven't really been about three months around it. Yeah, it's yeah. Well, you need a good laptop on the moment. Yeah. Yeah, without a good laptop, it's hard to make good content. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it was great to meet you, Jesse. Do you have any questions for me? Anything I can help with? One. The only thing that I can't do at the moment is live video. Oh, first, can you hear me, Jesse? Can you hear me? Just about. Just about. Okay, babes. Okay. Okay, now I can hear you. I was saying, nice to meet you. And are there any questions I can help you with, any anything you'd like to know? Just quite a bit. I have like 200. Well, you can steal them from Mark. Yeah, that might work. No, I'm kidding. Have you tried making any videos on Mark's channel, talking about your channel? That's always a good way to cross promote. Okay. And have you tried doing any collaborations with other YouTubers? As we know, collaboration is the fastest way to grow on YouTube. Are there any clubs? Only with me, really. Only with you. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean, content like this is an example of a collaboration, just having a chat with someone you know on YouTube and making a video about it and then talking about each other's channels, but doing it on both of your channels, not just one way. That's what I would suggest. Okay, thank you. Anytime, Jesse. Okay, thank you. I'm getting the cat. Okay, get the cat. So you're looking for sponsorships for my channel, how Freedom can help small channels. I got over 6k subs and I'm still myself a small channel and you're a brony, I do reaction, vlogs and more. So what do you mean by sponsorships? Do you mean where companies give you products in exchange for promotion or? Yeah, I think it's, yeah. Yeah, because I did try, I think it's VidMe something. VidMe? Yeah, I think it's VidMe or... Well, VidMe was a YouTube competitor, but they shut down last year in December. Is that what you meant like you were uploading to the VidMe platform? No, I can't remember. There is something, there is a sponsorship that is actually run by YouTube, I think. Well, there's a website called Famebit. That's the one. Is owned by YouTube. That one you need, because I joined up straight away once I got 6k subs, but I never get anything out of it at all. Oh, you're saying it didn't give you any response, no one contacted you? No, none at all. Okay. You could be descriptive how you want, but I don't want to talk to you. I've been, I remember hearing that as a common complaint that there's low response rates for Famebit, unless you're a big YouTuber. Yeah. Okay. So in terms of sponsorships, what kind of sponsorships do you think would be appropriate for your channel? Well, I think from game companies, because I have reached out to game retailers before, especially if I want to like review the latest toys from my opponent, for example. Right. Have you ever tried showing examples of the videos that you've reviewed in the past as part of your pitch? Yes, but it's knowing who to contact in the first place. Right. Normally, you wouldn't go directly to Hasbro. You'd go directly who is actually setting the product. Right. Yeah. Okay. That's a good point. I also don't have any contacts, but that's something I made a note for, and we will see what we can do to help you. Yeah, because I have signed up for that sponsorship on the Freedom Dashboard as well. Okay. Great. And that's still pending after a year. That's probably because we never had any response. Like, what we do is we collect all the people who've submitted just like you do on Famebit, and then we show that to any potential sponsors that come our way. And they do pick some channels, which we forward the requests to, but if there is no one picking, then we don't forward anything. But it would be good if we actually like pinged you once in a while saying, hey, thanks for your submission. We still haven't got any interest, but you're in our database just so you know it's in there somewhere. Yeah. But I know we haven't really done that. These pings. Okay. So other than sponsorship, is there anything else that you would like help with? Well, at the moment, I can't do live streaming at the moment. Oh, why can't you do live streaming? I was reacting to a pony episode. I was actually doing it. I was actually trying to do it in a fair use way. And YouTube suddenly just blocked it because the robots from YouTube thinking I'm uploading a full video. I see. So I did I did dispute it. In the end, they're making money off the video, but it's on private or unlisted. Okay. And I was few, but I'm locked for three months at the moment. I actually haven't I didn't know they would do that. So if they detect what they feel is TV content, they will just give you a block for three months from live streaming. Yeah. It's funny because on YouTube, if I search for the Simpsons, for example, the whole front page is the Simpsons full episodes. The Simpsons. Bart can't stop me. And I mean, let's just take a look at the top result. How is it that they can't get rid of this, but they got rid of you for streaming my little pony for a short while? Yeah, because I was having computer issues at the time, I thought I might have livestreamed my reaction, then saved video for later. By the way, this is a rapid change would have inspired a generation of students. Right. Yeah, this particular video was published June 24th, 2018. It got almost a million views and it's still up. Yeah, let me show you the link so you can see what I saw. And that was just the top search result for the Simpsons. It's not like it's hard to find. It's right there in the searches and that stays up, but your video goes down. Amazing, huh? Yeah. Yeah. Well, I know YouTube is mostly algorithmic, so the algorithm is probably has different strengths and weaknesses. But with a little bit of human intervention, I think they could do a lot better. Yeah. So you said you disputed it, but what happened after you disputed it? What was the response? Well, they're making money out from the video. No, but I mean, after you disputed, did they reply with any meaningful feedback as to why they? No, no, because it was the normal dispute form. If your streaming claim is in fair use, but this don't automatically give you live streaming back again. I see. Yeah. Okay. So they didn't give you any helpful tips. They didn't tell you what you could have done better. No, no, they don't give you help. They don't really give help to it, really. Okay. Okay. Well, I guess this is a good advice for those watching. Don't upload live streams of episodes, even if you're reacting to them and you think it's fair use. I guess that's the lesson learned. Yeah, you might as well react to them offline. Like in a video, not a live stream. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Okay. Well, so Mark, because this will be featured on the George show, is there anything you want to tell the audience about your channel, about you, anything you want to do, like offer collaborations? The floor is yours. I'm always open for collaborations with other bronies. I know there's, there are some, there are some on freedom. I'm not sure. So for the other bronies watching this episode, how can they contact you to do a collaboration? The best way is to send me a tweet, really. Okay. And your Twitter is on your channel? The tweet is all linked to my channel as well. So click that eye to head on over to Mark Heider's channel. Check out his Twitter and send him a tweet if you'd like to do a collaboration. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah, I know some people prefer Discord, some people for Facebook, some people prefer Skype. I actually prefer Skype only because it's convenient. I've used it forever, but most people have moved off to Discord. Yeah, because I don't want a random phone call from someone about out because I get random phone calls out of the blue. Oh, on Skype you mean? On Skype, yeah. I see. Yeah. Yeah, I used to get those, but I just block the people that are, you know, spamming me and they go and it goes away. Yeah. Yeah. But do you recommend I switch to Discord? Is that better than Skype? Do you think? For a group, like a group, like a group for groups, it's fine, but for videos, it's got a long way to go for videos. I see. It won't 100% replace Skype. Right. Okay. Okay. Good to know. Well, is there anything else you'd like to share with the audience? Well, just check out my channel. I know my channel is not for everyone, but I'm getting there. Okay. Well, we certainly did feature your channel. Let me open it up here again. Where did it go? And also, I think you should mention about the credit insider videos. Our credit? What do you mean by credit? No, I mean, because most of, most, most updates from YouTube is updated through the creative insight of the channel. Ah, so you're saying encourage everyone to watch the creator insider? Yeah, because it gives you information of any bugs that were present or speak and what updates before, before credit insight, people were in the dark about updates and what was happening with YouTube. I see. So it offers, creator insider is what you do to keep current on the YouTube platform from an official source. From official source, because it's not all, you don't want to go through a whole blog sometimes just to find out all the updates on YouTube. Right. Okay. Yeah, I said, I have seen this channel and there are also very valuable tips on it, but I just don't have the time to watch it. But I do rely on other people just linking me videos. Hey, George, check this out. It's important update and that's very helpful. Yeah. Cool. Yeah. So I will certainly promote creator insider as a wealth of YouTube updates for people who are looking for that. Yeah. All right. So as soon as this video goes live, I will let you know. And yeah, it was great meeting you, great speaking with you. Thank you very much. All right. So give your fiance, Jesse, a big hug from me and we'll talk later maybe. Yes, I will see you. Have a task for you. Oh, well, you spoke cut letter all over the stairs. You sweep it up because it's sticking to my feet. Okay. There's an outside. The work of a YouTuber is never done. Yeah, because the moment you called me, I had my Premiere Pro opened trying to edit a video. I see. Yeah. Well, I'll let you get back to that. Yep. 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