SSAB - January 6, 2025

New year, new week! New jet lag! Up early and off to Tiananmen Square… then the camera died. Bald and Bankrupt?! WTF? This guy posts a video every now and then and has MILLIONS of followers on YouTube, and a book on HOW TO make it on YouTube?! Wow. I must be doing something wrong. Managed to get some reading done this morning, 30 minutes of Russian, an hour of Chinese, both DuChinese and Wen Cheng. Yep… did NOT publish an episode this past weekend because… I’ve been falling asleep at 8 pm. XiaoHongShu a poppin’… where is this all going? Apparently there is a Chinese guy who reviews products by simply saying “Good”, “No good,” “Only Two Dollars”. Again, I must be doing something wrong. New computer working nicely BUT… still having troubles with the VEEP. Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 December Drumming 2024 over here: https://skrskimuzik.bandcamp.com/album/december-drumming-2024 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com (soon to be AI generated!) Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great start of week! 00:00 Introduction and Camera Troubles 00:16 Jet Lag and Missed Episodes 02:02 Weekend Routine and Recording Challenges 04:10 Tiananmen Square Video Attempt 09:17 YouTube Channel Growth Strategies 11:52 Influential YouTube Channels 23:11 Language Learning and Social Media 26:45 Future Plans and Conclusion