 I can't think of anything to do for this. So, random dance sequence. Today, Mike talks about how interacting with YouTubers actually helps your channel grow, because don't you want more viewers? Everybody does. And then we find out who the three winners are in the $100,000 sponsorship powered by Freedom. I'm your host, Tiffany, and you're watching Impulse. What is up, Freedom? So last week, we discussed other ways to network and collaborate with other YouTubers. It's no doubt that if you're a YouTuber, you want more viewers. Even if you don't care about numbers, I guarantee it, you still want people to share your videos with. It makes YouTubing so much more fun when you have a community to interact and share with. Now, there is a difference between a viewer that's a viewer and a viewer that's a friend. Friends are reliable. They will always be there to support you and they'll always have your back. Now, I'm not saying go to all your friends you went to school with and make them watch your videos. What I'm saying is use YouTube to find new friends, engage, and interact. The viewers that I find most supportive are the YouTubers that I support as well. Now, obviously you can't go subscribe and watch every single video on YouTube. But if you go and actually find people that are in your similar niche, watch their videos, comment, and support them. Chances are when they find you are a YouTuber, they're gonna support you as well. So over the past three months, our channel has doubled in size. The nine months before that that we were running the channel, we were doing everything by ourselves. However, the past three months, we started engaging with local YouTubers, working with them, sharing our videos, engaging, supporting one another, and helping grow together. But if you work with five or even 10 people, each person's gonna grow in their own direction, and it's gonna circle back to each one of you and help each one of you grow even faster. So work together, make friends, and grow your channel together because fun things aren't meant to be fun alone. In most situations, fun things are more fun when you have more people to have fun with. When we come back, we'll be transitioning to the viewers segment of the show, but first we're gonna go to Tiffany who's gonna be giving away some free goodies. We all want more viewers. Me and my own channel. And now in no particular order, let's announce the two runners up in the $100,000 sponsorship picked by Heartbeat Chrome. And as always, you get to choose from these lovely prizes brought to you by our partners with freedom. And if you wanna learn more about this crazy $100,000 sponsorship, click that little yellow star button thingy up here for more information. And now I'm gonna peel Rick away from his own self-promotion to announce your prizes. Hey, Rick. Our first runner up is Zoo231. Zoo highly advises to use external websites in order to grow your viewership organically. He showed proof that by using Minecraft forums like Project XCraft and CraftKadia, he saw an immediate increase in the first three days. Check out his analytics spike as soon as he posted his video on those Minecraft forums. He also feels that Surgeon Simulator is an annoying game but could have some entertainment value as a rage-quit series. Next runner up is The Pixelcats. Pixelcats strongly believes that by being original instead of copying other YouTubers, we'll generate more views. He created a Minecraft map called Treasure Island, which generated 160 views unlike his Hunger Games video, which only has 28 views. The reason for this is because the Hunger Games series on YouTube is already saturated in the Minecraft community and people would definitely flock to any custom created map since it's 100% original. He also likes the new rules applied on impulse and would give it a rating of 8.5 out of 10. Congratulations, Freedom Partners. And remember, you are still eligible to win first prize in a future episode of Impulse. So keep with it. And now back to Mike, who will be answering one of your questions. And you guys better be asking him questions. He's smart and stuff. Why thank you, Tiffany. So this week's question comes from PlasmaPlays. He asks, is there a good, cost-effective alternative to Photoshop for thumbnails? Thank you for your question, PlasmaPlays. To answer your question, yes, there are good, cost-effective alternatives to Photoshop. But anyways guys, it's it for me today. If you wanna have your comment featured in the next, yeah, I guess I can. You can get a really snazzy program that's similar to Photoshop and has all the same tools called the Gimp. And it's very cost-effective, free to be exact. It does a lot of what Photoshop does and it actually gives you the option to make those much-needed transparent PNG files, which you can use in pretty much every situation. Has the eraser tools where you can erase the background, make transparent layers, and all that nice little jazz. I actually used Gimp for a couple of years before I got my first copy of Photoshop. But I'd recommend it to anyone who's just starting out and doesn't have any money. Now it is also worth noting that Photoshop does have student discounts. So if you're a student, use that and work the internet for all its money. It's a lot of the different programs out there that we use do have student discounts. And you can get a nice percentage off if you're simply a student. But anyways, guys, now that is all for me today. If you wanna have your comment feature in the next episode and a chance for me to answer it, leave a comment down below and I will do my best to answer it in the next episode. And now back to Tiffany for that moment in time that you've all been waiting for. Thanks, Mike. And remember to leave a question in the comments below for a chance to have Mike answer it in the next episode. And now for the moment you've all been waiting for. Let's see who's gonna win $250 in grand prizes. They're grand. And as always, you get to choose from these lovely products brought to you by partners with Freedom. And now back to Rick, who loves this part of the show because he gets to throw around digital confetti. I think it's the only part of the game that's... And today's winner is... Gaming with Vastro. He's proven to the Freedom family that knowing your audience helps build immediate viewership growth. He realized that every time he created a video about Cooncraft factions, his viewership was extremely higher than his other Minecraft videos. This has caused his channel's viewership to grow 29% organically in the last seven days. Congratulations Gaming with Vastro. If you started a 1980s romantic dance movie, nobody would put you in a corner. Congratulations Freedom partner on a job well done. Remember guys to share your knowledge, discuss today's topic, and interact with other Freedom partners in the comments below. And you too could be rewarded for helping the community grow together like a family. Hope you guys enjoyed this episode of Impulse. And tomorrow, Brittany is back to spread some holiday cheer. Woo, cheer! Until next time, I'm your host Tiffany, and we've been recording for 15 minutes, and you're only gonna see a minute of it.