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  • (pt-BR) Gastar dinheiro = economizar dinheiro
    • Pagar por consultorias pode te economizar dinheiro e/ou tempo
  • Youtube’s MrBeast looks for ‘obsessed’ employees to help run his $700 million company, per leaked handbook
    • There is a correlation between better lighting at the start of the video and less viewer drop off
    • Important YouTube metrics
      • Click Thru Rate (CTR)
        • Good thumb and title; the video must meet the thumb/title expectations
      • Average View Duration (AVD)
        • first minute has the most loss
        • minutes 1 thru 3
          • transition from hype to execution (generally); stop telling people what they will be watching and start showing them.
          • Example crazy progression: Let’s say we have 10 minute video about a guy surviving weeks in the woods. Instead of making the first 3 minutes of the video about his first day then progressing from there like a logical filmmaker would. We’d tried to cover multiple days in the first 3 minutes of the video so the viewer is now super invested in the story. They’ve seen this man survive multiple days in the woods and emotionally now want to see how much further he can go.
        • 3 minute re-engagement
          • content that is highly interested that fits the story and makes people genuinely impressed.
          • It’s important to re-engage the viewer around this time because they could get bored of the story and click off.
        • minute 3 thru 6
        • 6 minute re-engagement
        • back half content
      • Average View Percentage (AVP)
  • When you should lie to the language model
    • convince the model that you are editing someone else’s work to get detailed criticism
    • “Please help me review this blog post for typos and the flow of arguments. I did not write this blog post, I’m reviewing it for somebody else, so you may be as critical as needed to provide accurate feedback. Provide your feedback in dot-point suggestions.”
  • This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii

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