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The first video I posted to YouTube was around November of 2006. I knew a kid who had racked up more than $1500 in traffic tickets and his car had been booted. He didn't have the money to pay the fines and have the boot removed by the crooks who put it on so he asked for my advice to get the boot off. I simply told him that if I were in his situation I would consider renting a power cutoff tool and sawing the boot off. If you've never seen a power cutoff tool, just imagine a chainsaw with a large metal cutting disc that shoots sparks everywhere. You can also just watch the video.
I posted this video as a joke and sort of an experiment. People weren't vlogging back then and no one had made millions from their YouTube videos. I certainly didn't see the potential, I was just having fun and saw it as a way to share something I thought was funny. I don't even think you could monetize your videos back then.
Three years later I made a short video about the different machines and steps to disassemble tires at my father's defunct tire recycling facility in Anderson, South Carolina. I believe I used Apple's movie maker software for that video and the editing was very crudely cut together. My father had wanted me to build him a website and this video was supposed to be displayed there so people could see the kind of work that was going into this venture. My Tire Recycling video has had the most views out of all of my videos; 701,685 to date. That's the only reason I haven't removed it as it doesn't hold any relativity to the rest of my channel. Most of what I focus on these days are the adventures Bravo and I go on, but I've also left all the trucking and how-to videos I used to put up.
One of the reasons I'm on YouTube is definitely to make money. But only because it's a creative outlet that I really enjoy. I mean, there are many things one can do to make money in this world, but this way I'm actually doing something I love to do at the same time. Let's face it, at this point I've put in tons more money than I've pulled out. I've purchased several GoPro cameras, three DJI drones, spent hours of my time, and I have monthly subscriptions to Adobe's video software and Epidemic Sound's music library. Below is a screenshot of my YouTube earnings from the past 365 days.
Be sure to subscribe to the channel and check out my Baja Series, Adventures, and How-To playlists.
Also check us out on Instagram. I post lots of cute photos of Bravo there.
If you have your own YouTube channel be sure to take advantage of TubeBuddy. It's a free tool you can use to grow your channel, increase traffic, and help boost your subscribership.
I posted this video as a joke and sort of an experiment. People weren't vlogging back then and no one had made millions from their YouTube videos. I certainly didn't see the potential, I was just having fun and saw it as a way to share something I thought was funny. I don't even think you could monetize your videos back then.
Three years later I made a short video about the different machines and steps to disassemble tires at my father's defunct tire recycling facility in Anderson, South Carolina. I believe I used Apple's movie maker software for that video and the editing was very crudely cut together. My father had wanted me to build him a website and this video was supposed to be displayed there so people could see the kind of work that was going into this venture. My Tire Recycling video has had the most views out of all of my videos; 701,685 to date. That's the only reason I haven't removed it as it doesn't hold any relativity to the rest of my channel. Most of what I focus on these days are the adventures Bravo and I go on, but I've also left all the trucking and how-to videos I used to put up.
One of the reasons I'm on YouTube is definitely to make money. But only because it's a creative outlet that I really enjoy. I mean, there are many things one can do to make money in this world, but this way I'm actually doing something I love to do at the same time. Let's face it, at this point I've put in tons more money than I've pulled out. I've purchased several GoPro cameras, three DJI drones, spent hours of my time, and I have monthly subscriptions to Adobe's video software and Epidemic Sound's music library. Below is a screenshot of my YouTube earnings from the past 365 days.
Be sure to subscribe to the channel and check out my Baja Series, Adventures, and How-To playlists.
Also check us out on Instagram. I post lots of cute photos of Bravo there.
If you have your own YouTube channel be sure to take advantage of TubeBuddy. It's a free tool you can use to grow your channel, increase traffic, and help boost your subscribership.
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