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I did this trend and my channel SUFFERED
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May 26, 2025
This video will help to open your eyes to understand why you shouldn't jump into any trend that goes viral. #nekenwatv #vlog #youtubegrowth
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a very quick one now for all creatives
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out there or to those of them who are
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intending to start creating content on
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YouTube or for those new YouTubers out
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there Maybe you are trying to get into
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the system for the very first time
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Listen if you are creating videos try as
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much as possible to run away from
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content you don't have passion for Try
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as much as possible to run away from
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content you don't have passion for The
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reason for this is because you are going
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to get worn out Now if you decide to go
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into trends ensure that the trends you
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are going into you have a good knowledge
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of it and when you when when new trends
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come come up you know what to say or
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what to do about that kind of trend
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because if you decide to use trends to
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grow your channel and you do not have a
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knowledge of that kind of trend it is
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going to affect your channel on the long
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run I'm using myself for for an example
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This channel you're watching this video
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from for the past 7 years I've created
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this channel and the channel wasn't
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doing good Okay the channel wasn't doing
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good Should I say during that 7 years
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spell anyways I wasn't active on my
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channel Okay Then as time went by come
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20 during the last day late months of uh
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of 2024 I decided to take the channel
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seriously So there was this trend a
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dancing trend that came up I decided to
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jump into the trend I made a video on
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that trend and it picked you know like I
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created my own video on that dance It it
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was a dancing trend Okay people were
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dancing on the video I saw it on Tik Tok
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So I decided to do my own dance you know
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even though I don't have passion for
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dancing I just made it out of uh should
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I say I wasn't paying attention Now what
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kind of English do you usually use i
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made a video out of should I should I
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use ignorance or should I
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say I I just made a video I forgotten
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the right language to use there So I
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just made the video Okay My attention
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was not there Then the video picked you
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know first of all I made it as a shot
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the video picked it started getting
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thousands of views I was like what you
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for real So 2 weeks the video was still
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doing well So from then my subscribers
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were growing but one thing happened that
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thing was the growth of the new video
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helped my subscriber base but it wasn't
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affecting my my watch hour And you know
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for you to get monetized on YouTube you
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need to have up to 4,000 watch hours and
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1,000 subscribers So my subscriber base
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was growing but
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my my watch hour wasn't growing So I
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went back to YouTube I searched for that
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same uh dance trend that I made video
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about And I noticed that the trend was
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people were kind of trying to elongate
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it making it get to up to 3 minutes 5
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minutes and above So trying to move it
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from short to a long form content And I
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was like "Wow is this what's going on?"
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I had to now go and create more of my
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own try to elongate the short video into
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longer content So I made uh another type
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of video that is still on the same trend
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Okay the trend the dancing I made it
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longer and it got up to 5 minutes When I
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uploaded it 3 days later the video was
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still there Then on the fifth getting to
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seventh day the video peaked You know
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the subscriber base increased even more
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The watch hour started reading Before I
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could know it I was like thinking due to
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how sluggish my channel was growing that
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time I was thinking maybe it will it
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will be by this year 2025 that I'll get
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my channel monetized Well it all
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happened that my channel got monetized
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in the month of November
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2024 as a result of that trend and it
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gave me lots of joy Now one thing
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happened and that thing was my
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inconsistency in creating of videos
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relating to the type of video I I that
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gave me that subscribers It's
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unfortunate that that video that gave me
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that subscribers I do not have interest
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or I do not have passion for it I just
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jumped into a trend and it's allocated
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my channel and I cannot even maintain
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that trend again because I do not have
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passion for it Okay So this is why I
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said if you want your channel to boom
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naturally avoid jumping into every type
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of trend that comes your way Do not just
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jump into a trend because it's a trend
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Jump You can only go into it if you have
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passion for it and you can create
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content more content like it or the
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trend is something related to something
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you are doing Then with that you can
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actually continue with such trend and
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your channel will continue to boom But
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please avoid platforms sorry avoid uh
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trends that are not related to the kind
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of content you create else is going to
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affect your channel badly and by the
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time it does
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that you will not be happy with yourself
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Imagine myself that got monetized since
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November since November This is just the
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truth Since November that I got
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monetized and this video is dropped on
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the on the 26th day It's today 2 Yeah
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today's 26th On 26th day of May Since
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that time till date I've not been able
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to cash out from my channel It's not a
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laughing matter It's not a joking matter
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It's just a reality of things I've not
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been able to cash out from my channel
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cuz I promised you guys that if I'm able
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to cash out from my channel I'm going to
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make the video If I cash out for the
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very first time on my channel I'm going
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to buy two bags of rice And that was
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that was the content I made some time
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ago But it happens now that even up even
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$100 I cannot be able to make a
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$100 for such long period of time The
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problem is was because I jumped into a
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trend that I don't have passion for And
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because I do not have passion for it I'm
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unable to create more content around
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that thing And at the end of the day it
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now
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backfired Now the new content I create
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it appears that those who subscribe to
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my channel do not have interest for on
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it And YouTube
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algorithm YouTube algorithm is also
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finding it difficult to place my channel
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to the right audience which is very very
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bad When that happens to your channel is
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a very bad thing So I've decided to
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dedicate this my channel into my vlog my
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everyday life and the things that I
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learn every day Okay So once in a while
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I know I'm going to be bringing in
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uh I'm going to be spicing up this
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channel with different type of content
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but they must be relating to my
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experiences in life and the things that
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I have learned and I'm sure they will be
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of great use to you So I hope this video
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helps The summary of everything that I'm
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saying in this video is this Avoid
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jumping into trends you don't have
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passion for Because the more the moment
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you start creating content around it and
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you start getting subscribers it means
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you are getting the wrong community You
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are finding yourself or you are
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attracting the wrong community
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So you must try to avoid attracting a
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wrong community if you really want to
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grow because you would want people who
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are interested in what you have passion
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for to be the ones you will attract Okay
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because if you attract the wrong people
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it wouldn't help you because when you
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start creating content for those wrong
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people they won't watch your video And
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when they don't watch your videos
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YouTube will keep on the ranking your
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channel I hope this video helps Do well
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to subscribe to this channel Until I see
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us again I make my
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