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Galaxy Squad!

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Inspired by her sister’s early (and quite lucky) success on YouTube, Molly decided to go ahead and start her own YouTube channel. She’s old enough now to be like, “I’m just going to do this, thank you very much.” After some initial basic help from me, she figured out almost everything on her own. 🤯 Here is her premier video, a silent Roblox screencast.

I was curious to see how serious Molly was about her YouTube channel. Now, four months into this experiment, she has amazed me!

Like a true productivity expert, Molly has set mini-goals for herself. For example, “post three videos” or “get 10 subscribers”. I love that she intuitively knew to tackle her progress in small chunks like that!

At this point, Molly has 27 videos posted on her channel! The newer ones have sound. They have captions. They are nicely edited. And I helped her with none of them. I’m really proud of Molly for sticking with this.

Her videos are all about video gamer screen captures.

Favorites include her voice reveal (a major milestone), a Roblox surprise, plenty of Among Us gameplay, and even a public health announcement emploring kids to wear a mask when they go back to school. 😷 ☺️ (Also, get a flu shot.)

Most of Molly’s videos get only a handful or views and likes, or in some cases none at all. But she still sticks with it. She’s capped out at 31 followers and brainstorming ways to get more viewers.

Love it! Way to go, Molly! 😀

Update on Claire’s MLP Channel

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Screenshot of Claire's MLP channel
Claire’s MLP channel

Claire’s started her own My Little Pony channel on YouTube back in June.  She now has 14 MLP videos published, mostly original stories, plus some of her opening newly bought toys (along the lines of Bin’s Toy Bin).  I am really proud of Claire for pursuing her passion and showing the dedication to create 14 videos.

Now that Claire has started school, she is concerned about getting new content onto her channel.  She doesn’t want to keep her fans waiting.  But she spends most of her weekday afternoons on homework and doesn’t have much extra time.  With what little time is left, she is torn between filming MLP videos for YouTube and watching other people’s MLP videos.

Claire does has footage filmed for six more videos.  She waiting for me to edit them and upload them to YouTube.  The issue here is that these six videos amount to roughly 40 clips, all mixed up in iMovie.  I told Claire I would need to dedicate “half a day” to getting them all straightened out and published.  I hope I am exaggerating.

MLP Pool Party

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This the very first My Little Pony video created by Claire!  She had worked on the concept for a few days and decided to jump in and do it this afternoon.  Claire’s first lesson learned is to try to find a way to keep her arms out of the camera view as much as possible.

Update (June 20, 2014)

Amazingly, this video has now has 2,071 views!  There are 8 thumbs up and 10 thumbs down.  Claire was a little bumbed about the down votes but has mostly moved on to her newer videos.

By comparison, my own videos for my little app company struggled to get over 100 views.

Update (October 8, 2014)

Wow, this video is up to 66,167 views!  We still have no idea how this video got so popular, except that it is the twelfth video listed on youtube when you search for “my little pony pool party”.  Being number 12 on youtube is pretty damn good!

Awkwardly, this video is actually on my own youtube account and is by far my own most popular video.  I have 89 subscribers now thanks to Claire’s video.  Judging by their icons, most of my fans are My Little Pony enthusiasts.