Can this reach 100K people?

This week I got back in the recording seat and I gotta say, it feels good.
After I heard from you that the clips don’t even show up in your feeds I also decided to stop publish them for now.

On the note of changing things—The goal of this newsletter is to make it the best creator resource out there. Listening to a conversation with Mark Manson reminded me that real growth comes from action. So, moving forward, I’ll be challenging you to put the frameworks into practice.
More on that below

💛 Valentin

New in Orbit:
📺 Help me get monetized 
📝 3 common mistakes people make on social media

How to get good feedback?

Good feedback is the fastest way to improve your skills but getting it can feel impossible before taking these two steps:
Finding the right people and asking the right questions.

First, think about someone in your Orbit you admire but who still talks to you on eye level.
In last weeks newsletter I’ve gone in depth on how to find YouTube friends but even if you don’t know anybody else wanting to be a creator you definitely know someone who has great taste and can help you see your work from a new perspective.

Next, ask some very specific questions to get feedback you can actually apply.

• What skill do you want to improve?

• What aspects are you unsure about?

• What goals are you trying to achieve?

For example, earlier this year, I was focused on figuring out how to make a video that could reach 100,000 people or more.
So, for the first video in that series, I asked these specific questions:

If you read the last line, you’ll see I sent out Version 1.
Because that’s best point to ask for feedback.

In a lot of communities I see people share their published videos fishing for compliments. But once a video is out there isn’t much we can improve. If you send out a rough cut instead we have something to work with. There is actually an opportunity to improve the final outcome rather than giving you a review that may or may not be helpful for the next video.

One thing for you to do this week

Send your work in progress to one person.

It could be a rough cut, a first draft, or even just an idea scribbled in your notes app. Send it! 
Even if it feels wrong you’ll be surprised what you can unlock with this simple step.

My favorite things this week

Callum McDonnel chatting with the Team behind Simon Squibb

Michael Seibel teaching you everything from YCombinator in 10 minutes

Starter Story visualizing how many ideas succeed.

What are you watching, reading, listing? Let me know.