Originally Posted by Tom_PM

I follow some people who just started posting fun videos years ago using standard mac software about things they actually enjoy. Cut to 2013 and they raised over 100k from crowd funding for their own studio, they draw huge crowds and have about 400k followers. They're heading on a tour next week hitting Aus, then several countries in EU. They just have fun with it and it's their career now. They speak at youtube events and shit. For smaller channels and start ups, I don't see any reason to not do the same. If people like you, you're all set. If not, then nothing is going to help for long.