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Very informative. I also created a YouTube channel and for a long time I am trying to grow my channel but unfortunately, I could not get views on my channel. Someone suggest me to buy YouTube views. Is it possible? Kindly suggest

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It is possible to buy views but I wouldn't recommend it. The purchased views usually don't have a lot of retention and they can be from some geographical places that are less than ideal. They can negatively impact your ability to get your videos to show up for the right people.

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Okay, here I am, at least I *thought* I was on Substack but seems I somehow bounced back to ChrisSharpe.com so whatever.

At any rate, when I went WAYYYY back to the first show 14 years ago "5 Tools Every Kitchen Needs..." I was immediately treated to the real deal - the raw Hilah we all know... or back then - WANT to know! After a spunky opening, at 1:11 it continues ... so that they can cook for themselves like a grownup and not a dildo in front of their new boyfriend or girlfriend!" https://youtu.be/06kFURlm3bI?t=67

Now if that metaphor isn't truthiness I don't know what is!

Anywho it felt like that 3:58 went by in a blink of the eye and y'all have a great recipe - figuratively and literally. Fast forward to your numeral ono video later also back 14 years ago came "Tortilla Recipe..." on Episode 20 that racked up 3.5M views - WOW!!!

Fast forward to your penultimate videotaping year, Hilah treated us by dressing up as her favorite hero who was legend for "keeping us UP all night" - totally appropriate for your Halloween show. BTW Hilah, here's a link to your hero's interview 3 days ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGjXdEiucn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9fqS5_d0aE

Peace, C & H

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Hey Michael! Always great to hear from you. And the Substack thing can be a little confusing - even to me. But I’m very interested in what they’re doing with this platform and so I’m figuring it out as I go. And I do have my domain hooked up to it, so this is my only web presence right now.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane with these videos. We were having a lot of fun while making these and some of that fun came from the fact we really had no clue what we were doing. The expectations were also very low because we really weren’t trying to be big on YouTube. We just wanted to make a fun show and cultivate an audience of people who liked what we were doing. This was a really great time.

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Sweet, aka y'all envisioned a field of dreams and "If you build it, they will come.” There's some irony thinking of what really makes storytelling - it's so much more than what we're talking about "stuff" but rather the intimacy and vulnerability where we share our essence and allow an emerging tribe to appreciate our collective FEELINGS and the esoteric thing we know as a true brand. Bottom line, we resonate with your last sentence - enjoy the journey!

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PS - Awesome that Hilah's hero is pulling in 7 figures a year and deserves every bit of it... and y'all deserve to live comfortably with your family, too!

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Sweet - those were the good ol' days... and they just keep getting better! Now off to Substack!

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