This video hit 1,800,000 views and gained 29,400 subscribers for
@FitFounder
Originally it performed well as a tweet
Here's what I shared to turn it into a killer YouTube video:
The Sidemen are worth $100m+
Yes Theory started with 4 people, 4 years later it's 2
Zac and Jay started with 2 people, 3 years later it's 1
Sidemen started with 7 people, 10 years later... it's still 7
One key to their huge success is the fact they’re simply still going
11 months ago I took a break from my YouTube channel.
Now, that break becomes a permanent one.
In 3 years we gained 900,000 subscribers and it changed my life forever.
The Zac and Jay Show is no more, but what a fucking journey it was.
Most motivational speakers give you advice from the comfort of their (usually large and expensive) homes
It hits different when some ginger lad tells you to stay in the fight while running 50km in the Namibian desert after 18 days of straight marathons and another 230 to come
CNN+ closed down today, 32 days after it's launch with $300million in funding.
Pretty crazy how the 'smartest' execs in the world couldn't get it right with $300m yet but The Sidemen, 7 British YouTubers in their 20s can with Side+.
Fair play lads!
When we get this man, and make no mistake about it we will get this man, the world will know about it. And the world will talk for years to come on how we got this man. We are getting this man.
Niko Omilana has the YouTube midas touch
Drops the best thing YouTube has seen in a while then just ghosts for 10 months
Then does it again... and again
The hardest geezer is the people's champ
It's an absolute no brainer for a brand to get involved and support this man
Since starting to run the length of Africa 13 days ago:
- he's grown 26k followers (Twitter alone)
- and 1,000,000+ people tune into daily updates
- papers
May's social media growth for
@hardestgeezer
+166k Insta (489% increase)
+113k Twitter (350% increase)
+52.6k YouTube subs (337%+ increase)
10 months left, this is only going to snowball
Still a HUGE opportunity for brands to sponsor
Next week 100+ supporters of
@hardestgeezer
arrive in Tunisia to witness the completion of a never been done before feat: running the entire length of Africa
One thing I want to bear in mind is the majority of Tunisians observing the holy month of Ramadan
One of the beautiful
- You want to run Africa, because why TF not
- You document the journey and inspire millions
- The millions you inspire bring in brands to fund the project
- You raise $240k for charity in the process
No other time in human history is this possible.
Viva la geez
@hardestgeezer
Appreciate I'm becoming a Hardest Geezer stan account but..
He's running the length of Africa, it's the craziest stunt I've ever seen and I'm genuinely grateful I can witness it live
Some thoughts on increasing YouTube views, so more people can see it too
@hardestgeezer
👇🏻
A smart entrepreneur would buy the rights to this, give Russ and team cash flow
Then sell it to a bigger platform when the execs in suits inevitably get off their arsed and realise this is going to be one of the most motivational watches on any platform
% of upside goes to the
If any of you feel like there’s something more I can be doing regarding my platform, privilege and how I can be helping the movement, then please do let me know. I want to have an open discussion about this. I love you all. Black Lives Matter.
Max Fosh looks absolutely unstoppable right now
In the last 28 days:
- 380,000 sub growth
- 110,000,000 channel views
- 130k new insta followers
- Meme of the year
Big month to say the least
@ColinandSamir
So cool.
One of the many reasons I love YouTube is how permissionless it is.
Want to be an Actor? Play your dream part in a script.
Want to be a director? Create your dream film.
You have access to millions and creativity is the cost, not connections
Thank you.
So excited for the next stage of the company.
The first 100k subscribers were to break even... For the first 5 months we were losing £5k a month of our precious savings.
This is cool. Told someone on team Geezer their thumbnail wasn't optimized
Changed it and increased Click Through Rate by 36% (from ∼11% to ∼15%)
Here's what I said so you can apply it too:
- You want your packaging to be the most attractive aspect of your video
- You also
Since April I have been to England, LA, Dallas, secured a girlfriend, booked a trip to Guatemala, advised new clients, launched new projects..
@hardestgeezer
has been running marathons everyday
My guy is peeing blood and still ran 291km over the last 5 days.. mad
Yes Theory have:
- given hundreds of thousands to charity
- turned down $1m for their film
- shared positivity + connection to nearly 1 BILLION channel views
- grown to 8m subscribers through world class videos
Now they're sharing everything they've learnt on storytelling
To all content creators thinking about making a video around coronavirus... please don’t see this as a trend that everyone is talking about. See it as a disease that’s killing grandparents and tearing down hospitals that everyone is talking about
Yooo I'm actually proud of me and Zac Alsop Lad you know... 2 years ago this channel didn't even exist and today we semi hosted
@YouTube
's official live stream to millions raising money for NHS charities
2 years ago today since I left my YouTube channel the Zac and Jay Show
Then, chubby, no energy, no direction
Now, off to a temezcal (some Mexican spiritual rebirth tradition) with my gym in Mexico City
I’ve got a business I love in a space I love.
A woman I love. And family
This is the longest single uninterrupted train journey currently possible on Earth. Starting from the Portuguese coast, one can travel by train not just into China but all the way to southern Vietnam, a distance of 17,000 km (10,566 mi)
A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported along the way.
You showed me that two normal lads with big dreams and a camera could turn their crazy ideas into a living.
One reflection I've had, one week after returning from Tunisia to witness
@hardestgeezer
become the first person to run the entire length of Africa.
One reason why I resonate so much with the Hardest Geezer story is where it began.
He was overweight, drinking and gambling too
1 million subscribers ! Crazy achievement.
For the first year, we were living in a 5 person house in the deadest of areas next to a motorway.
Zac would edit until 5am every Weds to make sure a video was out.
We have someone claiming a privacy complaint despite having evidence we had their consent, we've been threatened to have our latest (amazingly performing) video taken down. Who do I dispute this with??
@TeamYouTube
@ytcreators
@YouTube
Friendly people. Half price on rent. Space. Party party. Live close to friends. Pay for office space for cheaper. Employ ppl cheaper. Everything is better.
The response I got when asking an Italian friend in Bergamo how she is. Harrowing stuff. Especially worrying that they’ve ran out of tests for non severe cases.
Had £20k put in the business bank account last week- ad money and a brand deal... worked 6 months spending £2k a month of personal savings to get to this stage and I can confirm it changed absolutely nothing 'happiness' wise
I met the most amazing people, experienced the most amazing things and felt the wonder this world has to offer - all alongside my best mate Zac.
I would say I won the lottery but even that couldn’t buy the experiences we had.
Hit a bit of a silly personal goal for me today
I had this vision of having drinks or chilling by a pool and selling something through the Internet
It’s a Mexican bank holiday, I’m on route to meet my mates on an afternoon off and... someone bought the new strategy product
Zac’s gonna continue creating and bringing the most innovative ideas to YouTube under his own name.
There are few people on this planet as passionate about creating as Zac. We’ll see him go on to be one of the biggest creators to ever come out of the UK.
New Zealand has officially lifted almost all of its coronavirus restrictions
There are officially no active cases in the country and the nation has reported no new Covid-19 cases for more than two weeks
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Myself: For the first time in my working life, I’m happy where I am. I’m not stressed to constantly work harder or go bigger at all costs.
There’s so much I’m excited about and I can’t wait to see where it all goes but right now I’m really just enjoying the ride.
2022
- officially left the Zac and Jay Show
- decided to live in Mexico
- failed at a business
- succeeded with a business
- landed dream clients
All concluded with the best trip with mates around Mexico and a trip back home to see my fam
What a year and what a year to come🚀
So sick to see how much
@max_fosh
and
@zacalsopp
are killing it on YouTube
I've seen the years that went into this - lonely, uncertain times, fluctuating views/cash and serious hardwork
Now - best 2 creators in the UK by a long stretch blasting 1m views every upload
To viewers, subscribers, street greeters and content sharers: I’m grateful beyond words.
To fellow creators who shared advice, showed support or collaborated: the YouTube community is as good as it gets.
An eternal thanks to you as well.
The channel, myself: What now?
@hardestgeezer
tell you what, you never wanna get robbed at gunpoint
but if it happens, do it while you're running the length of Africa and then have the Angolian police personally escort you the rest of the country
some story you're carving out in the history books here fella
One thing I miss about YouTube filming is the random craziness of it
During lockdown we had about 20m+ worth of YouTuber subs on a call, trying to get the most famous person to join
Next minute Dame Judi Dench joins... some moment
In 2018 I moved to London with my entire life savings to set up a YouTube channel, The Zac and Jay Show
20 videos in, we hit 150k subscribers
However at 900k subs, two years later, all I was feeling 'is this it?'
After much deliberation I made the tough decision to leave the
Sorry team, we messed this one up, big time.
You take chances and sometime you miss. We got narrow minded chasing a big goal and will be (hopefully) back making content you all love sometime soon.
Vid on the way to explain
#royalfuckup
Nearly getting sued, 10 million views and filming with The
@Sidemen
- the biggest YouTube group in Europe.
Here’s behind the scenes of one of the craziest experience I had as a YouTuber.
Pleased to announce the (public) launch of The YouTube Views Machine strategy product and my new site 🎉
This is a culmination of 5 years in YouTube, generating 100m+ views for my channel and millions more for clients
Results have been insane and I'm excited to open this up:
4 years ago we published the first video on The Zac and Jay Show.
‘We’re in for a hell of a ride’ was in the description and what a hell of a ride it was
GRATEFUL
It’s been 1 year since I saw a Twitter thread on the Coronavirus retweeted by
@paulg
that terrified the life out of me.
It’s been 1 hour since I had the first vaccine dose by AstraZeneca. Science is amazing.