 Today, Aaron interviews Mr. T. Lexify, a black-op zombie YouTuber who hit it big with his 2.5 million-view video, Top 5 Zombie Bosses. This episode is brought to you by BenQ, bringing enjoyment and quality to life. What's going on, Freedom Family? My name is Aaron. Today's episode, we're going to dive into another successful YouTuber. Today, we got Lex, our one and only Freedom Partner, Mr. T. Lexify. What's going on, man? Hey guys, Mr. T. Lexify here and I'm ready to do this interview. I'm so excited. I've been, like, honestly, he's been asking me to do it. I'm just like, I don't know, maybe, maybe. But you know what? I'm ready this time. Let's do this. Let's do this. Yeah, man. Yeah, I'm sure the Freedom Family is going to absolutely love and enjoy all the tips and tricks that you actually have figured out along your way. Considering you're like, I guess you're in the MGM status. So MGM status, big partner freedom. We're going to help out the little small guys to help them get up into MGM status. Yeah, yeah. I'm here for you guys. I'm here for you. That's right. That's right. Okay. All right. Let's get to this, man. Let's get to this. Okay. So one thing I always ask people is, when did they first start? And the reason why is because a lot of people think that they could be an overnight sensation. But that's not the case. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to get into the full-fledged audience coming into your channel. So when did you actually start uploading videos? Well, I started at around, I believe, March 2013. I started my channel about five days before I uploaded my first video. My first video, I still love it. It's still on my main channel. If you click on my channel, it's my unsubscribed trailer. It's hilarious. I'm not sure. It's just a funny video saying, I'm in the picture now. What's up? That's it. It's kind of like a channel trailer almost. But after that, I sort of kind of died. The reason I started YouTube was because all my friends had moved from console gaming to PC gaming. And it was just me and my one friend Richie. And we just play zombies all the time. I'm like, man, we do find some better zombie players. So I was like, why not start off this YouTube thing? So I got onto YouTube and I was like, okay, guys, my gamer tag is in the description. If you want to play, just come down, check out the description. I only have Xbox. I don't have PS3 and we were able to play. It was a lot of fun. But I sort of tried to go for a unique approach with my zombie weapon comparisons. And then later on, my top fives, which is obviously my most successful series on my channel. But yeah, that's basically how I started. I sort of had like a year kind of where I didn't upload anything. But other than that, it was just amazing after I restarted and I kind of gave up. And my friends were like, you know, you had something going on, maybe you should try again. And now this is where I am. It's amazing. I love it. And that's that. That's awesome. That's awesome. So then you actually had some adversity there. A little bit of failure. What was it? Were you like burned out? Or did you just realize that the audience wasn't clicking or I guess I kind of burned out. But I believe I was a very lucky case because in one of my first couple of videos, I think I might have deleted it. No, I didn't delete it. One of my great friends, Patrick or the Smith place, he actually noticed me when I was under 100 subscribers and he was like, yeah, he was that close to 3000, 4000 subscribers. He liked my video. And then I just I got subscribers. I got 1000 subscribers, I believe in like two weeks in a month. It was crazy. I he was a huge help. And without him, I don't think I'd be where I am today. So big thanks to you, Todd, if you're watching. Nice. So then collaboration in that sense definitely helps you out. Yeah, definitely in the beginning, if you get a collaboration with a guy your size or even bigger, it's it does all the world to you. It's absolutely amazing. It helps you so much. It's nice. So would you say that collaboration is like the biggest important factor to make a successful channel? Or is there like another key ingredient that what actually works? Well, I would have to say it's a mixture of both. But obviously, when people think of your channel, they don't think of someone else's channel. They think of you. What do you bring to the table that YouTube can sort of see if you're going to be famous with their algorithms? It's just basically how unique are you to everyone else? Are you going to go on to one YouTube channel to watch this content that's more unique than the other? And that's why I believe that collaborations are very nice to start off at the beginning. But to grow your channel successfully, you really have to stand out. And that's a huge part. That's a huge tip I can give to you guys is to stand out from everyone else. Think about it for a sec. Think about an idea, plan on it, go for it. And I believe you will succeed if you just keep trying and if you keep going. So that's definitely true. So you're saying like originality and creativity, obviously standing out from the rest because it's for sure the YouTube space is like this big gigantic cloud and everyone's just like embedded in it. And so it's really hard to pick out a speck if you're that tiny speck trying to do the same thing that maybe hundreds of thousands of other channels are trying to do. And it's good. What would you say? It's good to have an inspiration to look up to, but obviously don't mimic them. Be your own self. Yeah, be your own self. And many people say this all the time. You've got to bring something new to the table. If you're going to be like Alie or T-Martin, why would I watch you? I already have two people like that. Right. Yeah. You want to have the actual T-Martin. You don't want the replicas. Yes. Of course. Yeah. What did you find out that like one video you uploaded and then you're like, yo, I got something here. Well, my most new video of my top five zombie bosses, my first. Yes. That one was awesome. I did see that. That was a big revelation because when I first uploaded that video and I just saw the views kept rising, I kind of still was about to burn out for my second time, but then that video came out and I was just like, wow, there's some sort of potential here. I honestly didn't know that it would be that big. There's a lot of people that sort of started top fives before I did, but this top five was probably, I might have to even say the most viewed on YouTube for zombies in general. It's insane. I don't know how it got that big. It's something with those YouTube views. I do have to say guys, this is a big hint as well. It's random. It just happens sometimes that you get big amount of views and sometimes you don't. You just got to suck it up, keep going. And that's YouTube bad. It's kind of like a job in that way. You got to just keep on going whether it's bad or whether it's good. Now, here's something that's funny. Watch this, right? This can make or break or it's unnecessary, but I know that it's important that in the first six seconds, audience retention lasts about that long. You have six seconds to catch someone to stay on for another minute. So, isn't it true that those first six seconds, you got to have some type of jazzy saying or intro like what you're saying? Because obviously you've proven it. I've seen some channels. I don't know if it's just because maybe they have other qualities, but would you say though that it is kind of important like relate to your audience and just have something for them to say for the first like 10 seconds with you as in like you and the audience are saying it together. Let's have a good time and let's dive into the video. Yeah, for sure. Because YouTube, people don't watch your content just for the content. They want a personality behind it. This could be one of the huge reasons why people like PewDiePie and Smosh are like one of the top YouTubers out there. They've got a great personality. It's fun. It's exciting. It's not monotone. No one wants to watch your videos if you're going to be sad and just not happy. You've got to bring something absolutely exciting to the table. That's why people love Tim Martin. He's always excited. It's hilarious, but yeah, it's amazing. So yeah, that's really kind of funny. Like his intros are kind of weak. It's like, Hey guys, Tim are here today. Like it's just yeah, it's but then again, it's it's jazzy. It's a beat. I mean, it's it's great. Honestly, if you're happy, you're going to make your viewers happy. And that's a great lesson to be learning. So yeah, that's just something to keep in mind. Yeah. Okay, so last question, which I ask all of my celebrity YouTubers on the show. Okay, be prepared. It's coming at you. Um, okay. A guilty pleasure based on a song. I actually asked this question to somebody and he goes, so like a literal pleasure that I feel guilty about. I was like, no, are you kidding me? So it's like, I have to explain what I mean by when I say guilty pleasure. So it's a song that you rock out to you jam to in the car, in the shower, whatever. And you are incredibly embarrassed. You don't want to tell anybody that this is your jam. Sometimes I listen to Taylor Swift and people are like wondering like, I you're listening to Taylor Swift and then I just back them up with my personality and I'm course I'm listening to Taylor Swift. Like, why not? Okay. Okay. So what's your favorite Taylor Swift or what's your favorite Taylor Swift song? I love back it off. I think it's called or was to be honest, I think I maybe know one or two Taylor Swift songs. So I'm not I love the love story one. I don't know the songs in general, but like when I'm listening to the radio and just sort of like listening out and people are looking at me, they're just kind of really and I'm like, sorry, man. It's just it's a good song. It's like, oh, you can't hear it? Wait, hold on. Okay, hold on. Thank you. Thanks for coming out. I hope that everybody enjoyed watching Mr. T. Lex. Do you have one last final thing to say to the freedom family? Anything? Tip? Honestly, for tips, guys, if you need a network, join freedom. They've got great everything. They've got great support. They'll be there for you. You can contact anyone pretty much in the heartbeat. Join this network. It's not too hard to join. I don't know the minimum requirements because there is none is not there you go guys. There is none and there's no lock in. You're always right. Always leave. That's one of the greatest perks of a channel network ever. A lot of channels lock you in for like five years. No, this you can just leave at any time. We've got great people here. Join down guys. It's amazing. Come on down. Come on in. Come on and speaking from one of our biggest guys over at MGM. It's amazing. It's great. All right, man. Well, thanks again for coming out. I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you have anybody in particular that you want to see on the next shoot, put it in the comments below. And until next time, my name is Aaron and yeah, you're watching New Pulse. Freedom Family. My name is Aaron in today's episode on Impulse. We got another awesome YouTuber that's going to explain to you guys how in the world he did it. He got so huge. Just doing scary videos just like Fight Knights of Freddy and Slender and all those other crazy games that caused you to just blow out of your seat. His name is Blasmus HD and we're going to dive right into his mind and figure out how in the world he did it through a live interview. This one you're going to see me. It's intense.