 Today we're gonna have five quick channel updates and we're gonna give a $100 Amazon gift card away My name is Jim and this is the edge of tech Number one, I just want to say thank you all so much for watching my videos It really does mean a lot to me It means the world to me and this channel would never be where it is without you guys watching the videos and supporting the edge of Tech with that being said you can only imagine how many comments I get on the videos How many emails and messages I get through social media and I just don't have enough time in the day To answer all of them and it makes me feel bad So I'm gonna do better going forward to respond to more as much as I can But I'm also gonna ask if you have questions if you could start funneling them to discord We're building a discord community around the edge of tech that is absolutely awesome People are there that can help and answer the questions faster if I can't get to them If it's something specific to me you can always tag me and I'll get to it as soon as I can so check out the link in the description to join the discord also it's been here on the screen while I'm talking and Please feel free to join us over there if you haven't checked discord out try it just for a little bit You might like it and we'll see you there Number two is hot makes hot makes as you might know is moving to its own channel on YouTube If you've never seen hot makes it's a live show at 6 p.m.. Central 4 p.m.. Pooch time Which is like California time and we love it It's an hour long we show everything you want to see with the hashtag hot makes that you hit us on Twitter with also It has its own social media, so come find us hot makes live You can find us on all the things maybe we'll splatter all the different things right here while I'm talking whether it's on Instagram or Twitter or YouTube with a new channel or even Facebook go to the channel hit that subscribe button and help Us get back up to where we can get monetized and start doing some amazing things Pooch Geary and I are just absolutely excited to be able to take this on its own We're gonna have more guests. We're gonna have more Segments it's gonna be just completely awesome for what we have planned for hot makes So please come check us out on the new channel The third thing I want to talk about is the new mailing address here at the edge of tech and for hot makes One of the biggest questions I get is if I have a mailing address where people can send me stuff Maybe it's stickers or a maker coin or anything else. They want to shoot over and now I can officially say yes Now I announced this a while ago on hot makes but I've not talked about it on the channel And I wanted to bring it out now the cool thing about the mail that comes in is that we're creating a segment to open It live on Monday nights on hot makes. I can't wait to see what they're I mean we're gonna have real reactions in front of the live audience for stuff that you guys want to send So please feel free to shoot it over to the address That's probably been on the screen and is in the description below We can't wait to see what you send live on hot makes the fourth thing I want to talk about is my goal this year now My goal this year is to hit 100,000 subscribers and together I know we can do that right here on the edge of tech like I said earlier I can't thank you all enough for watching the videos for hitting that subscribe button and for liking the videos Any of that stuff really really helps the channel But when you're the companies and the vendors out there all they care about mostly is how many Subscribers you have so the more subscribers the channel shows it opens the door for more products to show off more updates and Maybe how-to videos and upgrade videos all that stuff and so my goal this year 100,000 subscribers and I know with your help we can get there now I invite you if you have not hit that subscribe button to please do so if not That's okay, too. If you're here just to check out the videos once in a while I totally totally understand it and I really appreciate you guys just watching one of the things that I know is that it takes a Community of people to make this happen. So my promise to you. I'm gonna start focusing more on the community and giving back We're gonna do more giveaways maybe more live shows that give stuff away like this one We're giving away a $100 Amazon gift card just for commenting in the video below So we'll talk about that in a minute, but that's a little teaser. We're gonna have a lot of fun I can't wait the fifth and final thing. I want to talk about is Something that I'm very excited to announce as of today. We're turning on channel memberships I am so excited for this because it's gonna allow me to do some really cool things for anybody that wants to support The channel with a membership now the channel memberships will bring all sorts of really cool exclusive content to the members That's gonna be maybe early access of the videos It'll be channel recognition and live streams and on chatting and comments and videos and everything also a spot over in the discord Just for the channel members as well now I'm probably gonna do cool things like interactive live streams where maybe we do more like a chat where we can all talk Together and stuff like that You know all sorts of stuff I'm dreaming up as I go and I'm gonna have a lot of fun with the memberships I can't thank you guys enough for viewing the channel. Please if you want to have a little more fun become a member It's gonna help Go towards all the cool stuff all the profits for this channel go back into the channel And I'm gonna also use the channel memberships to help support paying Caleb what I think he deserves Hey Google add bread and water to my shopping list Because he is awesome for doing all the editing on these videos and saving me some time So I really appreciate that it gives me a little more time with the little man And Caleb is the man when it comes to editing as you guys know So please consider becoming a member and we're definitely gonna have fun with that coming soon So that was five channel updates right here for the edge of tech and I really appreciate you guys sticking around to the end As promised, let's talk about that $100 Amazon gift card All you have to do to enter is comment below this video something positive about the channel Maybe something positive that you saw today in the video or maybe it's a channel suggestion on what you want to see Filmed in the future as long as you comment in this video below You're gonna be entered to win that $100 Amazon gift card And I'm actually gonna give that away live next week on hot makes so stay tuned to watch the social medias And don't forget to watch hot makes 6 p.m. Central. We have a random comment picker. We're gonna go live We're gonna pick the comment from this video and somebody is gonna win $100 Amazon gift card Well, it's been a great year so far and let's keep that rolling Here's to getting to 100k to channel memberships to hot makes To more content to giveaways and everything else that 2021 can possibly bring to us Thank you guys all for watching and as always keep printing