How to Pick YouTube Video Ideas (The SEAS Method)

Thank you Nate - this helped me come up with my next video idea through your ranking system :)

Nate, I absolutely love the way you approach your videos. I've been watching you for over a month and every video has been a hit. I haven't even completed viewing this one, and decided to pause to leave this comment. The combination of your ability to simplify your unique methods in addition to your positive and energetic, personality, Visual graphs and high-quality videos, I am hooked. I am not just one of those viewers who enjoys the content but never implements it either. Due to your suggestion, I have been using click up, which has been great for my organization, the SEAS method. I have over 100,000 subs and I'm looking to triple that this year with your advice. Thanks again for your amazing content!

Hah i have plety of ideas, the trouble is just DOING it. 😂

So freaking good 🙌 love me a good decision matrix ❤

I've really been enjoying VidIQ. I have the Boost plan. The AI is fun.

Thank you, Nate! That helped me a lot to decide which videos I should create first. Hopefully, 2024 will be the year when I finally begin.

I don't know if other people had this "problem", but I had a lot of video ideas with very very similar SEAS rating. So I eliminated the 2s and 4s in the ratings. I forced myself to go with 1, 3 or 5 and that created a very clear list of priorities.

You say we should look for; whether the video will spread and do well (what else do we need besides this after all but whatever,) whether we are excited about producing the video, what our audience will think of the video, is the video complex to produce? First off, what audience? If I am posting my very first video on a new channel I will not have an audience. And the complexity of the video is only a problem if you are not up to the task. It is not a problem in and of itself.

Thanks, Nate! This is awesome :)

I ❤matrix grids 🎉😊

So since my channel is mostly stream hughlights, i have to be thinking about how i can be making my streams fit thus method so that the videos do it naturally.

Great content, very helpful method. I'm considering deleting my channel though. People absolutely hate me for the content I create. Not sure I can solve this issue.

Your videos are so bingeable! You know what your doing. Thanks from a visual learner!

Boop the like button...starting a new trend? No more smashing it?

Oh N.A.T.E, I just found this video and using this method (even before watching this, just happened) I can tell it's one of the best strategies, I've got 200% Growth on my English channel (it's not this one, that's Danial ZH) and man, I never thought I can 3x my views just in 2 months with such strategy, keep these great ideas up!

I just started using vidIQ (the free version) just to understand how the hashtags work with the titles and descriptions. It has been helpful. I'll use your code.

Great informative and now I’m off to map out my last 10 and next 5 videos and see where I land ..

Great

Once again watching this, like, a dozen times to make sure I'm doing it right 😅

Vid IQ.... should have known. ;)

OMG Nate, I'm so sorry I'm on a roll this morning and YT is FEEDING your content to me so I'm sorry for blowing up your comments haha.

I am grateful to have this information for free!

Question: when you talk about “simple visuals”. Do you mean: 1. simple to understand for the viewer 2. Simple as minimalistic and un complex 3. simple to craft for the creator

Thanks again for spreading such good knowledge

Does the SEAS method work for preparing livestreams? Some streams I have a topic, others I don't. I'll try it out!

I genuinely think that this is where I'm going "wrong" and this is such amazing advice, thank you Nate! Only discovered you yesterday.
My videos that have done well above all others fit within a certain sub category of my niche, whereas everything else I do never lands as well, despite my excitement about the ideas.
It does make sense that potentially I need to use this SEAS method to try and find more in that subcategory to grow myself initially a bit more, before I branch out further. Will give this a go! Thank you!

Love your cute little trick at the end, to increase WT

Recently iv been switching up content. I notice how the lower viewed videos get more returning subscribers and sometimes even more subscribers. But the other content I do, slightly outside of my niche which is usually zombie, survival, open world games,

seem to do better with views, comments, so intern that’s what is growing my channel. So I’m going to incorporate that style of content with with my main content within the same niche primarily, that gets my subs returning 😁

I needed to see this video! ❤😊

Howdy howdy nick! Cough cough. Nate. Watched the other video 😂

I really like this idea and I'm going to start using it. Not something I would have thought of, so props to you Nate for breaking this down in a useable way. Thanks!

I will call this the idea pie cuz i love pie

Great tips🎉❤

What about a stationery shop? I want to provide more to the table besides how to videos

Nate, I'm a marriage therapist. I tried VIDIQ. So as a newly starting channel, I was all excited about the ideas for topics the algo would give me. One was something about how to get narcissists out of your life. That is a popular topic but I totally disagree with it. In fact, my authenticity is that I'd much rather HEAL people from the traumas that makes them react badly, quite the opposite of the vidiq idea. And this happened again and again until I just quit vidiq

This rating system is amazing🤩 Thank you so much for the tip!

Maybe consider doing a video about what makes Sam Sulek so popular. Insanely fast growth.

I like your set background.

This rating system is quite interesting. Great advice as always!

Ah, here's where you ended up!

I try to use the shorts to tease what's going on daily so maybe they'll look for the long format build and ride videos. complexity is all over the place. The build/ride after vids being the most time consuming. The editing the tie videos has gotten more complex but has also paid off a little. Consistency seems to be one of my hardest walls. I'm editing every night and still barely getting one LF vid out a week. IF it was easy everyone would do it, is what I keep telling myself. Subs and watch time are all growing steadily, just slowly.

The VidIQ 5 personalized ideas (3 for free) has so far, in the last month, given me 2 ideas that were a direct rip-off of 2 of my videos. Word for word. I don't know if I should be flattered or feel skeptical, but one thing's for sure, it didn't blow up as much as what they had predicted! My Cat Cafe video did well, but nothing crazy.

Very interesting. Thank you again for a great video.

Nick... I mean Nate. You rock! I've been watching you for a while, and always enjoy your enthusiasm.

The EAS I think I can rate easily, but the first S. Spreadability. That seems to me to be a shot in the dark. A year ago I made an experimental video that went "viral," with over 30k views. I've had other videos that I felt were going to spread well that got 30 views. I'd love to see more about how to figure spreadability.

You say "howdy" in the opening of your videos, I may be wrong, but I'm going to assume you're in Texas.

As an illustrator I must say those circles were drawn top notch free hand style ;)

how do u know what to rate the number of the video.. don't make sense to me u just guess?