Shane Dawson Quotes

I really grew my own fan base. I started posting videos on YouTube with the help of my parents.

To be a successful Viner, you have to find your own style and be consistent. That will help you stand out from the rest.

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

Towards the end of summer 2013, when school ended, I decided to re-download all of my social media channels and make videos again. The next day, I woke up and had 9,000 followers. I did the same thing the next day and woke up with 54,000 followers.

I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.

I still love my little home on YouTube, really.

Just as performers, I think you'd be an idiot not to utilize YouTube.

The social media thing is insane: the constant engagement with the public, not even just your fans. It's not really about the music; it's about how you can be seen.

YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.

I was 27 when I uploaded my first YouTube video. I had a master's degree and was running a small business. I had had good jobs and bad jobs and was fairly secure in my identity and understood who I was. When my audience or the algorithm wanted me to be something, I knew with a fair amount of certainty whether I wanted to be that thing or not.

I'll make some TikToks, who knows?

I think YouTube has been super instrumental in our success as well, because I think there's something really important about seeing and hearing what we're doing.

YouTube is the vlogs and my life, then Instagram is comedy skits and pictures that I take. Twitter's text, and Instagram Stories is even more behind-the-scenes vlog stuff. I'm always posting.

I'm a YouTuber; I want to share my information. I want to share my tips and tricks and hacks and everything I possibly can with my audience because they've done so much for me.

My channel is my baby. Some women have babies; I have a YouTube channel.

YouTube has changed my life in a huge way. I mean, I wouldn't be able to pursue music and do what I love each day if it wasn't for the YouTube platform and for the people who watch my videos and share them.

I'm excited to join the StyleHaul community and bring new content to my fans.

I don't really follow the rules of like - not traditional, but how everyone does YouTube. And it's kind of made me more cautious and conscious of what I put into my videos.

I literally post swing videos. Like, how is that interesting? But I've created such a following, and they're loyal fans. It's really cool to create a community around something I love, and that they love, too.

I had heard about Vine through Twitter, and my first video was of me freaking out on my couch. Back then I had 5 followers.

So many people can see my content and see that I dance and maybe it'll draw them to my Instagram where I have longer clips of me and dance classes or improv.

Make an account, start uploading videos, and then be yourself; it's very cliche, but no one else can do it.

The reason I created a YouTube channel was because I can connect on a more personal level and be more detailed, within 10 minutes, of my life and what I do on a daily basis.

I started on Vine because it was such an engaging platform that was the most popular at the time. It came natural to me, and I understood the type of content I needed to make on it so that people could enjoy it. I knew it was a great start, but I had to spread my wings and create something that would last forever - a career.

YouTube, for me, is the primary platform.