It Has Been 5 Months And Counting. What Is Going On?
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Happy Earth Day 2024 🌎
Because it happens to be Earth Day on the day that I am doing this long-awaited update on my brand and things, I figured I would first say something about Earth Day. 😆😃 Everyday is the day to be mindful of what you do to Earth, but there is certainly no harm in having an official day to particularly acknowledge that. Whether you went outdoors, volunteered, sat in your leather chair, worked, wore Earth Day Swag, used Earth Day Stickers, there was something to do on this special day.
5 Months And Counting
So yes, as you can tell from just looking at my channel, it has been an extreme 5 months between now and the last batch of videos I have uploaded. 😱 Well, damn nearly, because that batch was uploaded November 23, 2023. So tomorrow, April 23, 2024 would be a staggering 5 months. WHOA! 😱 This however, would not be the 1st time something like this has happened. Looking back, there was a gigantic gap in Year 2022 with a video uploaded July 02, 2022, then the next video December 07, 2022. Nearly half a year... But if you think that is extreme, the last form of content I uploaded to the The Words Of Guuzaka was my Frequently Asked Questions page from nearly 2 years ago! 💀 Now mind you, I was dutifully updating that as needed however, but still... Oh yes, if this happens to be your first time stumbling upon Guuzaka, my Frequently Asked Questions page is an excellent way for you to learn a lot of things about my brands. 🤓
Alright, now time to get straight to the point: life. 🥀 There. I said it. Life and things have been getting in the way particularly damn hard, specifically between Year 2022 and ongoing, Year 2024. Now due to my secretive nature, I will not share any intimate details, but as I go along in the blog post, I will try to explain what I can.
Always Something
There is always something happening, and it feels like I just cannot catch a lasting break. Just when 1 thing is dealt with, then there is another, and another, and another, and another, and -- yes, you get the point. Like you just tried to step over a creek, but then you fall and get wet. Thankfully, you had some spare clothes, so you bag up the wet clothes and dry off, but then not too long, a mighty fallen log is blocking the path! 😣 You find some way to get around the log, and make your way out of the forest. As soon as you get out, some incident causes the road to be cut off, so great! 🤬 Now you have find another way of getting home. You find another way of getting home. Shortly after getting in, the power goes out. At this point, you just mentally turn upside down and turn into a swirling vortex of red, green, and blue. 🤪🌈
"Ok, so could you be a little more specific on how that is effecting your videos?" You must be asking. 🤨 You see, I had never intended the gap between November 2023 and the next set of videos to be that long. That set was specifically uploaded to keep viewers tilde until when I when decide on how I should go about preparing the Year 2022 videos. Things like reviewing my strategy, video description templates, and so forth. Unfortunately, mental, physical, and situational things bogged me down far more than I anticipated, and thus resulting in this ongoing delay. Feels bad man, especially when I looked at my statistics and see that there is 800 to 1300 viewers viewing my channel every month, only to come and see the same stale videos from November 2023. 😶
Video Debt
If you have been following The Words Of Guuzaka for a while, you will be more than familiar with that unfortunate term. Back when I did an update in January 2022, I was at 12 months of video debt. Fast forward to now, April 2024, and here I am at 2 years and 3 months! 😵🥴 Year 2022, Year 2023, and 4 months worth of Year 2024. At this point, you must be like, "Damn, son! You are forever going to be in video debt at this rate" Not so, and I will tell you why in a little bit. Ironically, in that same January 2022 entry, where I also happened to touch on a lot of issues at the time, some of which are still relevant, I said that I wanted to make my brands video focused. This meant slashing Blogger posts near entirely. Terrible idea. 💀
Digital Sharecroppers
1 of the things I have been doing while working on the video descriptions and watermarks of the upcoming videos is I have been listening to a lot of videos from Think Media Podcast, Roberto Blake, and Modern Millie. I have learned a lot of incredible and valuable information from these people. 💡 So much so, that if I were write about all I have learned, I would be here till year 2025 -- kidding! 😜 But seriously though, I am deeply thankful for the knowledge these people provide. And as you can tell from the header of this section "Digital Sharecropper" you either completely confused, or know exactly what that is, and why I am bringing it up. If you do not, no need to worry. I will tell you: building your business on someone else's land. Digital sharecropping is what happens when you create content on someone else’s property. You do the work. You create the content. They keep all or a portion of the benefits.
So yes, you guessed it: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and whatever else, all property we do not own. Is there anything wrong with being successful or trying to be successful on these platforms? Absolutely not! 😀 In fact, majority of the time, you need to start your brand on at least 2 or 3 of these platforms, before your name becomes big enough to have your very own website with an audience you own. An audience who will loyally follow you wherever you go. The problem arises when you only stick to 1 platform, and have no other strategy outside of that platform. ⚰
So what does this have to do with me, who does happen to be on Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Patreon, and others? 🤨Being far too dependent on YouTube video uploads for brand growth. 😬 Yes, I said that loud, bolded and in red for extra emphasis. Sure, if I would have been able to be more consistent, that would have helped. But what if, the whole time, I had my other social media pages going along strongly? 🤔 What if I had not spent so long using them solely or mainly to drive traffic to my YouTube channel? As much as I love creating videos, I absolutely do not want to tie my life and soul to such an everchanging platform that has caused me much disappointment at times. When I chopped my Blogger entries because I wanted to focus on video output, that was stupid. 😳 I did not need to make the blogposts solely about every single video in a given upload batch. I could have gone about that better. So what I want to do from now on, is I want to try to get at least a post or 2 in a month, to keep viewers informed about things, or simply discuss what I feel like.
Getting Viewers Used To Reading
Getting viewers used to reading is going to be particularly important with the exciting plans I have in the future. 🌠 Not just for future plans, but for staying up to date with what is happening with my brands, when it seems like there is no activity on my YouTube pages, and for many other valid reasons. Thus, I would like for The Words Of Guuzaka to have more engaging traffic coming to him. I have thankfully, added this website to my on-screen Call-To-Actions, as well as throughout other areas of my social media anchors where possible. I actually had plans to shoot a video yesterday, and edit it this week to put emphasis on this update, but alas! That did not happen. You know why? 🤔 First thing first, I was actually supposed to start working on this update from April 19, 2024. Did not get around to that. The video that was supposed to be filmed on April 21, 2024? Lots of laundry and other life things wholly swallowed up the time. 🙃
When Will My Videos Finally Come?
If you want a realistic timeline given the current state of things, late May 2024, early June 2024. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Some of you must be like. Why so long? Well, I did highlight the word "realistic" for a reason: truth. I do not want to be like, "Yeah man! Me gon haff video out fi unnu early May!" 🤪 No, that is not how I operate. If you have taken the time to read this far, you will hopefully more than understand, and perhaps even relate to why.
Reading over this, I nearly forgot to answer an important thing from earlier: Clearing Year 2022, 2023, and 2024 in less than years worth of work. Believe it or not, I have methods and strategies in place that allow me to complete the ground work for these videos in a fraction of the time. So as long as I try to remain as consistent as I can with present things in place, I am hopeful that I will at the least clear Year 2022 and Year 2023 videos before Year 2024 ends. If things change and become fantastically well, sooner than later, than I might even get as far as getting out of video debt entirely this year. Admittedly, that is a moonshot, but not entirely impossible. 🌑
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Beyblade Xtreme
BX-17 Battle Entry Set
BX-18 String Launcher
BX-19 Rhino Horn 3-80S
BX-20 Dran Dagger Deck Set
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The last Beyblade Xtreme unboxing I have done was the Viper Tail Set. Does this mean that I have not been keeping up with the latest releases? Certainly not! 😎 Even though I am painfully behind, I will still upload them when I get the chance. 🐉
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