CONFERENCE: What I learned at Vidsummit2019 (Day 2)

Conference for Serious Video Creators

Here is my recap of my second day of #vidsummit2019, which took place in Los Angeles from Oct 15–17th. Thanks for your patience to post this!

My conference day 2 started late (at 10am) because I was up until 1am with great newtworking! Too bad I missed the first sessions since there were some amazing speakers like JACKIE NERDECRAFTER and CHALENE JOHNSON.

My 10am session did not disappoint. PRESTON ARCHEMENT (aka @prestonplayz) and REED DUSHCHER (Night Media) blew my mind. Ironically I’d never heard of either of them prior to Vidsummit but this is not surprising, given that they service a much younger audience. So happy I decided to check out their talk! For all the sceptics out there saying that YouTube is a waste of time and making money there is in the past, they need to meet Preston and Reed. These two guys demonstrated that not only is it a legit business but it can lead to creating real businesses outside of YouTube and using your channel as a funnel. They delivered so much good stuff that I could write a whole article about their 60-minute talk. If you are wondering about trademarking, merchandise, and influencer deals, those two know it all. A few wisdom bombs:

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