
Welcome to my blog!
New blog posts every week about YouTube, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Productivity, and Mindset.
My desk setup (and my best recommendations)
If you work from home (like me), you probably have your own personal desk setup. I want to share what mine looks like, but more importantly, why it looks the way it does and how you can create your own ideal desk setup.
How to focus as a content creator
People say that 'time is your most valuable asset,' but I disagree.
Focus is your most valuable asset (because that is when you get things done and it is even more limited than time).
Why more views is not better (for your YouTube channel)
Everyone wants views on their videos and more subscribers to their YouTube channel but getting more views is not always better. More views can sometimes actually hurt your channel more than it helps the channel.
In this blog post, I will share why that is the case and what you should do instead to help your channel grow.
Your best career path
Your parents are wrong. Let me explain why.
As you go through life and try to navigate different career options, it is common to seek advice or look to people ahead of you for guidance.
That is not always the best move.
Why YouTube? (How one platform can change your life)
When I was a kid, I didn't have access to YouTube.
Not because my parents kept me from it - it just didn’t exist yet!
(In fact, I don’t think we even had a computer with internet until I was 12.)
In this blog post, I will share how this platform went from “nonexistent” to life-changing, in just a couple of years.
Why “working more” is a bad idea
There's a common misconception about work that we need to address.
Everywhere we look, we see advice about "working hard", "working more", and "hustling".
In this blog post, I'll explain why that's bad advice and what we should do instead.
How to make great YouTube thumbnails
Creating effective YouTube thumbnails can be tricky because you're trying to communicate a lot of information in a really small space. You want to describe in words what the video is about but also show some kind of image or illustration.
In this blog post I will share some tips regarding what to think about when it comes to designing a great YouTube thumbnail.
My last blog post (in this format)
These blog posts will change. ✂️
For almost 2 years, I have been sending out a collection of social media posts from the previous week (on various topics) as a newsletter. Images, videos, texts, carousels, tweets...
These newsletters have then been repurposed as blog posts.
But now, this will change.
Trending vs Evergreen - What videos should you do?
You’ve probably heard of the terms “trending” and “evergreen” videos when you study YouTube and how to grow on the platform.
But what is the difference and what type of videos should you make?
In this short blog post I’m explaining this with two practical examples from my own channel (with 5,5 million views).
5 tips to maximize your time as a creator
Ever feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day?
I think a lot of people can relate to that (and especially high-achievers). The go-to-solution for most people is simple: "I need to work more". But is that really the solution?
How to create rows of text with background in After Effects
If you want to create multiple rows of text with responsive background in Adobe After Effects, I will show you a quick way of doing it in this blog post.
How I created 100 newsletters
This blog post is repurposed from newsletter number 100 and I want to talk about that. Not to brag or to celebrate a milestone, but as a "proof of concept" of a process that has helped me generate 100 letters. Because the process is what helped me get here, not an abundance of ideas or motivation.
Why you should change your goal
I want to help 100 000 creators.
This goal has changed over the years and in this blog post I will share why it has changed and why you might also want to change your goal.
How I uploaded weekly videos to YouTube for 3 years
If you know me, you know that I dedicate a lot of my development and growth as a content creator to my consistency and my systems. For good reasons. In this week’s blog post, I’m sharing the full story behind my 3-year streak of weekly YouTube uploads— and why it took me 4 years of trial and error to get there.
Time is running out
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we sometimes wait for the perfect moment to start something big.
We want to "get it right" from the start, we want to think things through, and we want to avoid mistakes by starting too early.
But “waiting for the right moment” is not what will help you reach your goal. Rather the opposite. In this blog post I will explain why.
Did you know this about YouTube?
YouTube started back in 2005. The platform was very different back then and a lot has changed. Most people don't know that YouTube actually started out as a dating platform.
Yes, it’s true. But where are we now?
How to right-align text in After Effects (with responsive background)
How do you right-align a text with a background in Adobe After Effects so that the background grows to the left when you add more text? That’s what I will show you in this tutorial.
What EVERY creator has (without knowing it)
What is your association with the word "system"?
Let me guess: Boring, repetitive, corporate, limited, mundane, robotic...
The words productivity and systems don't sound super exciting.
However, those are key components for any type of journey that you will embark on as a high-achieving content creator.
How to align rows of text in After Effects
If you want to evenly align multiple rows of text in Adobe After Effects, it is very simple. In this short blog post I will tell you how.
How to move the playhead in After Effects (with the keyboard)
There are a couple of ways to move the playhead inside your composition in Adobe After Effects. I will first show you the most obvious ways of doing it but then also some keyboard shortcuts that can save you some time.