Gwilym’s Newsletter
Gwilym Sims-WilliamsTactical analysis from a YouTube scriptwriter & producer.
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The YouTube Quality Gap
I’m back - after 1.5 years!
If you need a refresher, my name’s Gwilym - I’m a YouTube strategist and creative director.
I grew Bryan Johnson from 70k to 2M subs as Head of YouTube, and was previously lead scriptwriter for Ali Abdaal...
🏊My System For Avoiding Online Distraction
I work by the Infinity Pool of Content.
I feed it. It feeds me.
In other words, I spend a huge amount of my workday on websites and apps that are designed - with my help - to hijack my attention:
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YouTube
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Instagram
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Twitter...
How I Make YouTube Thumbnails
I’m not a thumbnail designer.
But I occasionally do simple designs, like this one for Bryan Johnson:
So I thought I’d walk you through my process, using this thumbnail I made recently for an episode of Making It (the podcast I co-host wit...
Gwilym Writes an Email
This is, technically, the first issue of Gwilym’s Newsletter.
But… I’ve had 6 separate drafts sat unfinished in my Substack dashboard for the last month.
They were all short, actionable, YouTube-focused.
But none of them felt quite right...
Welcome to Gwilym's Newsletter!
Hey! 👋
My name’s Gwilym and I think a lot about YouTube and writing online.
I started working behind the scenes in the creator economy in 2021.
Since then I’ve:
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Been Ali Abdaal’s chief scriptwriter
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Grown Bryan Johnson’s chan...
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YouTube Producer + Strategist. Grew Bryan Johnson's channel from 70k to 2M as Head of YouTube. Also work(ed) with creators like Ali Abdaal, Species AGI, and Ramit Sethi.
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