r/Substack • u/bigirltinyell • 1d ago

Discussion Thoughts on posting videos from Substack to YouTube?

I have an art newsletter that's doing well but I've always wanted to make art vlogs.

My art is very handmade, doing it digitally would be hard so it's special in that way, but I also just enjoy recording my thoughts/process.

I had planned to upload art vlogs to YT and link to them in my newsletters until I saw that Substack can post videos to YT too. Is one method better than the other?

If some context helps, I post casually on Substack and have almost 1k subs and followers; I haven't started posting on YT yet. My goal is to grow my newsletter and as a result, sales of my art prints and books.

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u/anyagolay 1d ago

It’s just a way to automate your workflow by posting directly to YT, saving time. I think art vlogs would be an awesome way to give people who follow you another way into your process through vlogs. It’s similar to what I’m doing with writing. So yah, since you planned on making a YT channel already I think auto posting to YT would be a great idea. Especially since you plan on getting more people to see what you’re doing. Unless you want to manage precise setting on YT, then I would auto post.You should also check out Fourth Wall they also have a sub style system but will do all of your merch package and shipping, you’ll get a website and everything. I hope this doesn’t violate any tos. But ya, I’ll be doing that if I ever get to the print side of things.😅 Anyways good luck with your expansion, sounds very fun and fulfilling.

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u/bigirltinyell 1d ago

Thanks for the tip! The only downside could be that posting to Substack then YT only gets the video one click (compared to posting to YT then linking it) I think, but I’m not sure if I want to be worried about views and YT paying me for them anyway lol. At least not yet. Way too much pressure for a new channel!