#32 - Dealing With Your First Sponsorship

In this episode, the hosts discuss the rise of bsky over twitter, navigating uncomfortable sponsorship offers and battles, the UKs strict AD law with creators, how the newest Youtube algorithm and other factors are currently pushing decline on both the hosts' videos. A little bit of therapy, a bit of a quick'n'dirty short discussions and some analytics dives. The hosts discuss other little tricks for boosting videos on youtube (please comment! Like! Hashtag!) and how some creators may have a "break in case of emergency" tactic when views tank and fluctuate heavily.   Find all our stuff https://www.uploadpodcast.co.uk  Join our FRESH Discord: https://discord.gg/YFkv94NPb8     Chapters ---------- 00:00 - Introduction and Setup 01:44 - Exploring Blue Sky: A New Social Media Platform 09:13 - Navigating Sponsorships and Legal Obligations 11:01 - Strict UK AD Laws 13:32 - YT Algorithm Changes AGAIN 19:41 - Revisiting Guests & Therapy 20:36 - Engagement & Foolproof Tactics 22:40 - Beaver Video Analytics 25:52 - Can We Reach A New Baseline? 27:56 - Further Analytic Deep Dives 31:57 - Quick & Dirty? 36:08 - Accepting Lowest Views 39:35 - Long Formats Are In Their Best Era 40:56 - What Is Your Break Glass In Case Of Emergency? 45:40 - Audience Ebbs & Flows 46:56 - Call to Action! 49:38 - Hashtags In Youtube Comments?? 50:10 - Video Specific Captions 52:18 - Wrapping Up   Links ------ Midgeman bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/midgeman.tv  Lionheart bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/lionheartx10.bsky.social  Matthew HoodedHorse bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/kazwen.bsky.social  Midgemans blog - https://doras.to/midgeman?blog=2-steps-forward-1-step-back  ASA - https://www.asa.org.uk/  Real Civil Engineer Beavers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUnjW7B_ZM  Aragorn Lego Short - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TialbfuufS4