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joinnow: Nostalgia! Looking for that comment that would say something like, "Gen Z left the chat." People who don't know what gen Z means. |
Bro, I think I just had a flop but I have learned something. I was experimenting... I learned that if a title or thumbnail format or just any format is working for you, don't change it. Milk it until there's nothing left. And that is what I will do with my next upload. I have changed my title and thumbnail. God help me, we keep attacking. |
SuperOnyi: The video should have crossed 1k views, I remain grateful to God. I also crossed 500 subscribers already. Over 500 human beings who watched my video and was like, "Damn, let me subscribe to this!" Grateful to God but I won't be so carried away to focus solely on the people coming on board. My plan is aligned, if I give the people what they want, and make more impact, I will make more money. I must keep that in mind, make so much money from this. So help me, God. Edit: I have passed the required watch hour. |
Bigsin: That's the unfortunate mess we're in now. Like I said, you're dealing with a bot with no emotions. Even if it falsely flagged down your book at first, a possibility of your other books getting blocked is 90%. I'm surprised your account hasn't been banned considering that it's been 19 times! |
ComeComing: If you're creating a new account, you need a new device, a new identity, and so on. Everything should be entirely new including your sim card. Ensure nobody has used it for KDP before. Untoldtrúth is right. Where exactly did you put the link? Even though that is not enough to get your book blocked, these guys don't care. The worst part is that you're dealing with bots. AI has no emotion and only does what it's programmed to do. After I read somewhere in their rules that placing links that will take readers out of Amazon is prohibited, which I don't do, anyway. I know you didn't do that, you simply placed the link to the other book and a review request. So what I did was to place the link at the end of the book, or at the middle. This is because even though you didn't do anything wrong, the bot would look out for just anything no matter how small. I know people who got their book blocked because they simply edited some information which is not against their rules. I have seen it happen many times but some Amazon-do-good publishers will tell you that you're in ass wrong. I love AI but using AI totally for moderation is evil and stupid. When dealing with these big companies, while focusing on solving your fans' problems, ensure you're making ways to pack a lot of money and diversify. I remind myself this every morning. |
@ComeComing, forget about it. You're talking to a bot, you will keep getting that same automated responses. These big companies don't care. I'm sorry but be careful with the account. Once the bot flags your book down and blocks it, every book you upload will be automatically blocked. |
SuperOnyi: I just posted my second video, my watch hour is almost complete — around 3.5k. I still need about 600 subscribers. I just pray to God for wisdom. |
2023Blessed: Just came online and I'm seeing this news and I don't even understand what's going on and what the integrity is all about. Seeing people defending the both sides even without the full story which o do not care about, I can tell it's all politics to all of them. Nigerian military and politicians all feel like gods, I couldn't care less about them. |
SuperOnyi: Let me record this here, I've been hesitant — I'm always anxious when something good starts happening. I have over 300 subscribers since I posted the first video, and the love from the fans have been amazing. I was supposed to post the second part of the video, I'm doing everything to see that I post it today. And I will. This is so emotional for me, bro. I'm almost halfway close to the required watch hour. I'm praying to God everything goes smoothly, I will get monetized this month. Amen. So excited and anxious. |
SuperOnyi: I posted the first video yesterday and God is doing something. Something is happening . I believe and pray I get monetized this year. Amen! Faith! |
Best unorthodox advice ever! This is why I still feel grateful whenever I think about what my father did for us. If God has let him stay alive and watch us grow, we would have been in a better place in all aspects of life. But because of my parents' understanding of this logic, I have with me 8 siblings who got my back. 8 people plus a mother — they are the reasons I keep going even when I feel suicidal. They are the reason I don't have to keep fooling around because I need "real friends." I've got a whole nation behind me. Our parents have always preached to us about the importance of sticking together no matter where we are, and I have promised to keep to that principle. And I do hope nothing, no woman, man, or demon tries to come between us. |
Day 19. I created a new channel as suggested by my mentor. Should I start counting afresh? I will let you know when I lost my first video on the account. |
HacheNoire: I hate commenting here but this narrative is stale. Is Nigeria treating her citizens well? No country is perfect but if things were working even for just a little, if the leaders GENUINELY care about the poor masses, do you think people would be begging America to come solve our problems? Why is this hard to understand? If you were being chased by a lion you have always loved since you were a child, and someone else offers to help, would you reject their help repeatedly? This is nature at work. People are choosing to save themselves even if it means they know they might regret it. I swear the average Nigerian does not care about all of these stupid narratives, just provide them with the basic things every citizen of any workable country deserves. The United States is not a saintly nation but a large percentage of Americans would gladly unite together against China if She dares to come in to solve any of their problems. Why? Why? Check the difference between their politicians and ours. We see vividly how our lives are being used as business to these guys, at least American government hide theirs or play smart. But our government no longer care, they play games with our lives. Most of us the poor masses would gladly choose Donald Trump as a leader than any of these things that call themselves leaders. Donald Trump didn't ask them to keep us subjugated, and keep forcing a unity that is not working. You people ignore the elephant in the room and focus on the reactions of those defending themselves as they should. Stop this stupidity! Are you saying you have never been in a situation where you say, "If I do this, I die, if I do that, I die — let me just choose one and die!" That is where the poor masses are at. If Trump doesn't care, at least our own people, our own leaders should show they do. But they don't! PDP, APC, LP, and all of them are full of &hit! |
I don't care about those Africa nationalism BS, I don't care if America is imperialist, the masses do not care about all of these nonsense. Solve their problems and they will be more patriotic and follow you like a zombie, sadly these politicians and their supporters are just too evil to even understand this. Nobody would be agitating for Biafra, or begging for help from these foreign powers, if these evil and heartless things we call leaders showed even a little genuine concern about the poor masses. If you understand human psychology, you'd know that people are easy to control. In fact, the easiest people to control are Nigerians. Just be strict but provide them those basic things every citizen from a workable country deserves. China did it, why is it hard? Why have we chosen to prove those who called black people "moñkeys" right? Why? Did Trump tell the government to not tackle these problems? Did he tell politicians to abandon our hospitals and go abroad for medical treatments? Call me a "house nigger" or whatever, but at this point and with the pain Nigeria has caused me, I will gladly work with someone like Trump than these evil souls. At least Trump isn't calling me his brother while he stabs me to death with a wicked smile. At least, we all know Trump is a businessman but when he says something, he ensures he follows through. |
SuperOnyi: Done. |
Let's get to video 20 and see what the algorithm has for us. I won't give up! |
Day 14. 10 videos in, 2 subscribers, 28 hours watch time. Edit: 2:52PM same day I'm trying to see if YouTube would push my videos on the browser features option. I noticed that this "suggested videos" option is half as effective as the "browser feature." I'm more likely to check out the video I see while scrolling through my video feed than what YouTube recommends after I'm done watching a video. Most times, you don't pay attention to that. Most people don't even allow the video to finish totally or don't pay much attention to it. I don't know why the algorithm focuses on pushing my video through that option. The result? I get more impressions but a few clicks. I have adjusted my thumbnail over and over again, I have studied that of my competitors. In fact, I have seen the worst videos pushed on the browser feature. Still looking at the algorithm... It seems to be cooking something. |
Day 12 of monetizing my YouTube channel and making my first $1k. I have 2 subscribers so far. I thank God for the journey, it's extremely slow but I'm trusting and hoping it gets better. Once I get home, I start working on another video |
Good decision. She can keep speaking her lovely English sprinkled with thick African accent. When I have kids, none of them would bear English names. I make it clear to any girl I talk to. I love English language, it has made communication easier for me, and made me money and equally opened barriers for me; however, it would be disingenuous I embrace another man's language and insult that of my fathers. How foolish can a person be? I would rather advise my children to speak multiple languages than speak "I dey go, I dey come." That's why I speak only Igbo to my sister's kids. I only speak English with the one whose father isn't Igbo and my ignorant sister only speaks English to. |
ComeComing: Your choice. Continue publishing to get better. Ads only gives your book visibility — nothing else. |
dreamxhaser: Like I said, I respect your opinion, and you're not wrong but most of the top books in the niche you're writing are AI generated. #Smiles. And I'm not leaving KDP, if the AI bot sets their eyes on a person, then it's war. I still received my payment notification, I still have accounts and details I plan to use. I also plan to do KDP for a long time, when I get back, I will be writing manually because I enjoy doing it. For my first account, they said my book, cover, description looked similar to another author's (they didn't show me the book), and that was a fat lie. Yes, I might have mistakenly use someone else's name and I corrected that, that was not supposed to lead to termination. My point is, they don't dish out the same consequences to everyone. I know what I'm saying. KDP will pay me until it cease to exist, I'm not bothered. I'm just saying that Amazon bots can be cursed just like other platforms. And just so you know, AI well written books are massively been pushed. I'm not saying "use AI" but never dive into that belief that Amazon is underrating AI books. #Smiles. If I show you my AI assisted books, you'll never know it was written by AI. Gone are those days I used to look down on AI just to feel superior as a writer. Amazon doesn't care! For now, I'm back to YouTube to milk it. |
dreamxhaser: I respect your opinion. No reasonable company is against AI as long as you provide value. Even Amazon uses AI, they're against people churning out nonsense with AI. Dude, I don't want to brag but I have met with a lot of big publishers in this industry, people making $10k to $100k and they all use AI. What about my first account? Was I also churning out books with AI? I take my time to write with AI, I use the internet for research, I'm a writer too, and I'm sure you can tell by how I write. The truth is, once Amazon's bot got their eyes on you, it's almost impossible to beat them unless you have huge resources: buy new phones, new details, etc. I say this with confidence, I have even spoken to ilegendD privately about this issue. I have spoken to Legalnaira, EMB, and so on, on this. These are guys making tens of thousands of dollars, and they know I know my stuff. Let m shock you: I created an account with my sister's phone, sim card, and everything since June, I haven't verified the account and it's still standing. I know someone managing 13 accounts and he has made tens of thousands of dollars from Amazon, usually with trends (risky). You might be safe today thinking Amazon is the Never-Do-Wrong Guy until you experience it. If the bot mistakenly blocks your book, once or twice, then the next books you publish will be blocked and rejected. I'm still coming back to Amazon but through my sister's account, publishdrive, and other aggregate platforms. And whether they like it or not, they will pay me royalties every month even though I stopped publishing . AI or no AI. Every G in this industry knows how much I was divided when it came to AI, I documented this in my diaries. But now, when dealing with these American corporations who do not care about us, give value as fast as possible to make enough money asap. They might decide to replace us soon like they have done to their staff with AI. Be wise! Edit: There's even an option to click on whether your book is AI generated or assisted. I click on them even if I do most of the work. All of the books rejected by Amazon are live on Barnes and Noble. Once I'm done with YouTube, I will make time for Barnes and Noble and Google play book. Amazon isn't the beginning and end of publishing. I know people making thousands of dollars on other platforms. The days of Amazon making me broke are over. I successfully put out 9 books and those books will find my YouTube journey . They are slaves. |
Hydronium: Yes it is. Why not download capcut first and try to see how much they'd charge you? I'm asking you to do this because it was after I registered that I realized I was entitled to 7 days free trial and N2,900 a month charge after that. Then after that, it goes back to 17,900 a month if I'm correct... I'm hoping I should have seen some success in what I'm doing — even if it's little. |
Day 3. The video I published yesterday has 0 views — quite discouraging but we keep pushing. I woke up today feeling extremely sick, the sleepless nights and stress is taking a toll on me. Man, death is so easy. I had to call my mother to get medicine for me since she went to the church. I didn't even know when she came back. I just took the pills but I still feel very weak. My head's banging and my body temperature is abnormal. Hopefully, I get back to feet tomorrow, I don't want to go back to taking medicine everyday. I can't wait to crack this YouTube code, now this means I'm not working tonight. I'm going to get the video I was working on since yesterday, I'm going to get it ready and upload. I still have 0 subscribers but we keep pushing. YouTube must pay. At least, it might be better than KDP, I know they ban accounts but I can successfully make thousands of dollars and invest it in publishing books that will pay me monthly for a long time. I really need God's need, man. My mother's words keep echoing in my head. She says I'm too hard on myself. I won't train today. Let me get the video ready and upload. Help me Lord. I'm hoping on KDP royalties to find this mission since they're a bunch of toxic sadists. They should at least fund me out of poverty. The royalties on Barnes and Noble is poor but we thank God. The seven books there made over 8 euros last month and over 5 euros this month. They are all self help books. In my group, those guys are making hundreds of dollars there with trends but I really need to get this YouTube printing. Lord help me. |
Hydronium: I paid for it using Opay virtual card. As for tutoring, I'm sorry I can't do that right now. I'm trying to grow my YouTube channel before thinking of going back to KDP. |
DAY 2 of monetizing my YouTube channel and making my first $1k. I think about this, sometimes... It always seems like I have to put in work aggressively to make things work but others get it so easily. But sometimes, a small voice reminds me that it's just a lie being pushed by failure. That feeling that makes you feel like a loser when you FEEL you failed, instead of calming down to learn. I keep saying this, every time I try to be creative, I FEEL like it backfires. I create an original invention, book, or video, but someone creates a poorly made one or copycat and still gets ahead of mine. However, I'm reminded that as long as I keep pushing, I will reach that. I hate this advice: "be patient" but in all honesty, it is good to be patient when you're putting in work — actually putting in work. So I have decided to copy exactly what my competitors do. I can then squeeze in a little creativity but for now, f$ck being original! It hurts my heart seeing the video of the woman who was kidnapped, man. What a horrible country! That's why I no longer follow NIGERIA news. It just hurts, these kidnappers are so technologically advanced that these people drunk in power cannot get these animals. But they magically captured MNK from Kenya? My hatred for these people grows everyday, I might become a monster if I ever get to hold power. Charles Kirk was right about gun rights. If we are so animalistic that owning guns would cause more deaths, then so be it. They are k°lling us daily, anyway. It could be anybody tomorrow. Kai, my heart. |
YouTube baeby can wait small pls.. kdp moni too sweet 
. AI or no AI.