🎂4 Years Ago

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Shawna Newman
June 01, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Apparently today’s the 4 year anniversary of my first public YouTube video upload.

Wanna know the funny thing about this?

It was a 45-second video that I got paid by Ezoic to upload and share.

When I saw today that this video was still there I promptly deleted it 😬

Ten days later was upload #2 - a presentation for the online conference (summit?) that Niche Website Builders did.

And I didn’t upload again for 5 months 😂

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I’m Lazy

Four years ago and I only recently started being consistent with the channel.

Better late than never, eh?

To continue my transparency, here’s what the current stats look like for this channel-

Shame I’ve been so lazy about it for four years. Just a month of regular weekly uploads, well a little more than a month, has done wonders for the stats.

Not to mention the Growth Cupid leads. Still just at two converted leads, but it’s still been worthwhile.

Sure, I’ve been lazy, but I also thought I didn’t have the time. Truth is that I don’t but I make the time.

It’s easy to see how you can grow a channel with just consistent uploads.

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Coming up…

More on what I’m working on and how it’s going.

Stay awesome,

Shawna

P.S. If you’re looking for high level discussions or tips on things like local SEO and Rank & Rent, I highly recommend Jacky Chou’s Advise community. I’ve been in it for over a year now (I think?) and there’s tons of value in it, including a SOP for local SEO.

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