The best way to start to get something done is to just, well, do it. It helps to write things you want to accomplish down. Take it one step further, and you share what you’ve written down with someone to add accountability.
I started a while back generating a list of ideas. This approach was validated by WordPress Pro YouTuber, Jamie Marsland, as one of the key ingredients to starting and growing a successful YouTube channel.
YouTube Content Ideas
This is not an exhaustive list, and it certainly is not fully fleshed out.
| Video Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Rebuild Woo Commerce Stores in Woo | Bass Pro, Hobby Lobby, insert clothing store (a Woo take on Jamie’s 30 minute builds) |
| Woo checkouts | Create the Shopify checkout page in Woo blocks |
| Designer vs. Dev build off | Give a project brief and have a designer and dev build the site (see Jamie’s daughters build series for inspiration) |
| In search of the best block | Video series featuring custom Gutenberg blocks that are single use only. Final video could be a best of blocks versus bracket challenge (blocks like Rich Tabors Cards block). A new take on Jamie’s block of the week—I miss that series. |
| Block theme reviews | Find the latest block themes and take them for a test spin |
| Let’s rebuild your site | Send in your website for a chance to get it rebuilt in WordPress using the block editor. Inspired by Will Patterson |
| Website breakdown | Interviews with site designers/developers/owners talking about their WordPress stack for a site. Could include steps in the project where the site was built (see Woo blog for Peace Coffee) |
| Theme data | Unlike theme data, this is a more robust data visualization of theme usage. Source: https://www.wp-data-dashboard.com/themes Inspo: https://wptavern.com/which-wp-theme-is-best-fun-with-theme-download-stats |
| Newsletters | MailPoet and Jetpack. Talk/show migrations from Substack (or similar) to WP |
| Jetpack Social Share and Likes Block | Demo how to add this to your site, including cool sticky layout. Share alternative social share block by Nick Diego |
| Load More Block | Show a demo of the load more block |
| Podcast | How to start a podcast on WordPress.com |
| BoldBlocks | https://boldblocks.net/ Review each of these plugins, probably in separate videos or posts |
| Ghost Kit | https://wordpress.org/plugins/ghostkit/ |
| Pastel | https://usepastel.com/ How to use the free version to get feedback on your website from clients. Atarim alternative |
| Travel Site | https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-travel-blocks/ https://wptravel.io/ |
| Academic Blogs | Post about academics not going with open source platform and choosing Substack |
I’m not sure how many of these ideas I’ll actually work on. I do know that by putting them out there, I’m forcing my own hand to get started and just hit record!
What do you think? Which video(s) would you like to see first?
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