I asked MrBeast to roast his own videos

Jon Youshaei February 18, 2024
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Jon Youshaei

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After working inside YouTube & Instagram for 8 years, I'm sharing what I learned about creators with guests Logan Paul, MrBeast, Mark Rober, Liza Koshy, Danny Duncan, and more. For sponsorships, consulting, & speaking opportunities, email my manager Amanda Marcovitch: [email protected] Past sponsors include: American Express, Google, HubSpot, Microsoft, Fiverr, and more Follow on Instagram: @Youshaei

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I interviewed Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast about how to grow on YouTube, his creative process, and I even asked him to roast his own videos. For more, join my free newsletter for the best creator tips and news: https://www.created.news Thanks to Lickd for sponsoring: https://go.lickd.co/jonyoushaeiv9 Lickd is the biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Using the link above, you'll get 50% off your first mainstream track and 14 days of free stock music. Join my Discord with 4,500 creators helping each other grow: https://www.discord.gg/created Thanks Ditto Dub for dubbing our video. To get your videos dubbed and increase you views, go here: https://dittodub.com/go Join waitlist for my Insider Accelerator: https://www.insider.school During this interview, Jimmy also discussed Feastables, ideas he rejected, what really happens on shoot days, his biggest arguments with his team, and how the Beast team comes up with videos that get hundreds of millions of views like Squid Game in Real Life, $1 vs $500,000 Plane Ticket, and I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive. Special thank you to Derral Eves and the VidSummit team for this opportunity and providing footage, Jimmy, Mateo, Chucky and the Beast team for helping me prepare, Firebrand Media for filming onsite, DrewTheDirector and Lumen Studios for post production, and everyone who helped make this possible. Took a village. Subscribe for more videos ► https://bit.ly/YouTubeYoushaei #jimmydonaldson #jimmy #mrbeast #beastburger #beast #beastgaming #creator #interview #feastables #beastphilanthropy #christyson #chandlerhallow #karljakobs #nolanhansen #subscribeforacookie #greenville 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:41 - 2:03 MrBeast's Creative Process 2:04 - 5:50 How MrBeast "Storyboards" Thumbnails 5:51 - 6:48 Crafting Perfect Intro 6:49 - 11:42 What MrBeast Learned from Thumbnail Tests 11:43 - 16:11 MrBeast Roasts His Worst & Best Videos 16:12 - 19:07 Video Ideas That MrBeast Rejected...And Why 19:08 - 21:58 MrBeast breaks down his best Shorts 21:59 - 24:21 MrBeast's schedule (removing yourself as bottleneck) 24:22 - 25:31 Recent Disagreements with Team 25:32 - 26:36 Advice and ideas for smaller YouTubers 26:37 - 29:00 How AI & Deepfakes Impact Jimmy's Production 29:01 - 31:10 Jimmy's Documentary & Talking with Streaming Platforms 31:11 - 32:05 What Jimmy watches on YT  32:06 - 34:06 Final Tips for Creators -------- PAST EPISODES: ► 72 Hours with MrBeast, Dude Perfect and Danny Duncan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbRkoiQEcv8&t=0s ► I asked MrBeast how to grow on YouTube in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDWxyxj7cR0&t=0s ► Inside Smosh's Epic New Studio: https://youtu.be/QRlwuQJH90I ► Why YouTube's Biggest Star Quit (Liza Koshy interview) https://youtu.be/vjI_ZhCHDnU ► 24 Hours with Danny Duncan (The $150M YouTuber Building A City): https://youtu.be/TndWQw05wsA ► The Untold Story of Danny Duncan: YouTube's $150M Bad Boy (Interview): https://youtu.be/RmGapJohvHg ► ex-YouTube Employee Exposes How To Grow On YouTube: https://youtu.be/rF3vlZqL544 -------- CREATOR TOOLS: ► .Store: https://go.store/jonyoushaei ► OpusClip: https://bit.ly/3sNXpjQ ► Notion: https://bit.ly/3KwpLU0 -------- GEAR: ► Microphone: https://amzn.to/2ULckY7 ► Lights: https://amzn.to/2YzwaGX ► Tripod: https://amzn.to/2YxiHQ1 ► Camera: https://amzn.to/30HvSAD ► Backdrop: https://amzn.to/3hrV7N9 ► Backdrop Mount: https://amzn.to/37uDurg ► More recommendations on my Amazon store: www.amazon.com/shop/youshaei If you buy and have any questions on set up, feel free to comment or DM me. -------- ABOUT JON: One of few marketers to work at both YouTube and Instagram, Jon Youshaei has been featured in Business Insider, Time, and Inc Magazine and known as the "Creators' Creator" During five years at YouTube, Jon was Head of Creator Product Marketing where he worked with YouTube's top creators and brands to grow their audience and their incomes. During three years at Instagram, Jon helped build their creator team to empower even more creators to grow and monetize. Now a creator himself, Jon has garnered 500K+ followers, 300M+ views, and has interviewed Logan Paul, Paris Hilton, Terry Crews, Charli D'Amelio, Danny Duncan, Mark Rober, and more. He's been sponsored by top brands like American Express, HubSpot, Fiverr, and Microsoft. Jon is also a sought-after advisor, investor, and speaker who serves as a Head Creator Advisor for TubeBuddy (analytics platform used by 9M creators), and recognized by NPR as one of the best commencement speakers since 1774 alongside Steve Jobs, Oprah and John F. Kennedy. He has also been Forbes 30 Under 30 and LinkedIn named him as one of their Top Voices on the platform.

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