June 13, 2025 • 32 mins
What does it take for a teenage creator to build a YouTube audience from scratch? Discover the remarkable journey of Tory, a young content creator who secretly launched her channel less than a year ago and recently celebrated hitting 1,000 subscribers.
Tory's story begins with filming room tours on an iPad and nervously revealing her secret channel to her parents a week later. Rather than facing punishment, she found unexpected support that fueled her creative journey. The conversation explores how she transformed basic equipment into a platform for authentic expression, eventually posting an astonishing 15-20 videos daily and amassing over 600 videos in under a year.
While funny videos and lifestyle content helped grow her audience, Tory found her true voice creating mental health awareness videos. Her willingness to discuss difficult topics and provide resources resonated deeply with viewers, culminating in her most successful video about beauty standards reaching over 150,000 views. Throughout our discussion, Tory reveals how she handled classroom bullying by turning mockery into motivation, explaining that "haters will hate" but shouldn't derail your passion.
The episode offers valuable insights into YouTube growth strategies, including the importance of consistent posting, utilizing "remixing" features to collaborate with other creators, and staying authentic to attract the right audience. Most remarkably, when asked about future goals, Tory emphasizes that making people happy matters more than subscriber milestones—a refreshing perspective in today's metrics-driven content landscape.
Whether you're an aspiring creator or simply fascinated by how Gen Z is reshaping digital media, Tory's story demonstrates that authenticity, resilience, and a genuine desire to help others can build not just an audience, but a supportive community. Subscribe to Tory's channel by searching for "totally_tory" on YouTube to follow her continuing journey as a rising content creator.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello and welcome to another version of Nerds on Tap,
where we dive into deepdiscussions based around
entrepreneurship and business.
But it always has to be fusedwith technology, all while
tasting a flight of favoritebrews by our guest.
And we couldn't do this showwithout our fantastic sponsor,
(00:26):
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at gomodernofficecom.
So today's episode, my guestwon't be drinking bruise,
because my guest is a teenager.
She'll be drinking her favoritedrink, alani.
You want to show them the Alani?
Is that what you're going to bedrinking?
Her favorite drink, alani, youwant to show?
them the alani um is that whatyou're going to be drinking
(00:47):
today?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
yes, uh, this is an energy drink with 200 milligrams
of caffeine but I might, mightsample a beer or two, is that
okay?
If you're not driving home allright.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Today's episode, number 24, is going to be about
her journey as a YouTube contentcreator.
We'll discuss her beginnings,how she grew her audience, how
the content has shifted overtime and what's next for her.
I know that if you're listeningto this episode and want to
learn some tips and tricks, orjust hear an incredible journey,
(01:20):
you'll want to stay tunedthrough the entire episode
journey.
You'll want to stay tunedthrough the entire episode.
I've watched this sweet andsassy teen develop her channel
since its beginning, because Ijust happen to have a very close
connection with her.
She just happens to be mydaughter, tori.
Hey, tori.
Hi but what makes this even morespecial for me is that I've
(01:42):
watched her grow and learn andget better every single day.
So welcome to the show, Tori.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So a little bit about you.
Her YouTube channel can befound by following the link on
the screen if you're watchingthis on YouTube, or you can
search for Tori or Libby insideof YouTube.
A little bit about Tori sheloves the color purple, she
loves music, she loves fashionand she loves sports, and she
(02:14):
also loves making videos andcreating content for YouTube.
So, tori, let me ask you aquestion have you ever watched
Nerds on Tap or listened to myshow?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
My mom has played it in the car Very nerdy, okay.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
so if you've listened to it in the car, what's the
first thing we do, really?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I don't remember.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
We drink a beer.
What do we got today?
Suds.
Today we have the Emerald Coast.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Ultra Premium Lager.
It's a light-bodied lager witha golden pale color and has a
refreshingly crisp taste and aclean, dry finish.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Let me pop this open.
Yeah, yeah, it's warm.
Ooh, I like that.
That's a good beer I will bedrinking that on the show today.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What are you drinking , Tori?
I already said it, but a Lonnieenergy drink.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Okay, so welcome back to the show everyone.
Today we're diving into thedigital journey of Tori, creator
, storyteller and rising YouTubestar.
From humble beginnings tohitting 1,000 subscribers,
tori's story is one of grit,growth and what's next?
(03:40):
So let's get into it.
Next, so let's get into it.
So, tori, I'm gonna put you onthe spot and you gotta forget
that I'm your dad here askingyou questions, because you know
you don't need to react to methe same way you do at home when
I tell you to do your homework.
So what?
How did you first get intoyoutube?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
um, so my parents didn't know that I started
youtube at the beginning andwhat I told them about it about
a week later, after makingvideos and this is before I got
my phone I was still filming onan iPad and so I did it through
(04:23):
an editor called CapCut and thenI would have to post it and the
quality was like really bad.
And then about a week later, Itold my parents and they weren't
as upset as I thought theywould be.
I thought they would likeground me for like two years,
but they didn't.
And they weren't as upset as Ithought they would be.
I thought they would likeground me for like two years,
but they didn't.
And they let me actually keepthe YouTube channel.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
And why do you think that is?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I get grounded a lot.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You do.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You should know this by now.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well, let me just say this If you're you know, when
you started this channel, it wasan outlet for you, right.
Talking to started this channel, it was an outlet for you,
right.
Talking to the mic, it was anoutlet for you, right.
So it was an outlet to becreative, get your thoughts out
and do things like that, right?
Yes all right.
So what did I get you forchristmas last year?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
a phone, oh and um, no wait, no, no, I got a phone
for my birthday last year andthen, um, for Christmas.
I got a lot of editing or notediting, but I got a tripod and
I got mics and I got a lot ofcreativity stuff.
So you got a lot of contentcreative.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So you got mics, portable mics, you got some
lighting, you got, uh, anautomated tripod that follows
you around, so it gives you achance to be creative, and
you've been using all thesethings.
I've watched you over the pastyear, and this last year is when
your YouTube channel reallyheated up, right.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Okay so.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
My first ever video, I think, was a room tour and
there was just music and then Iwould just kind of follow the
camera around my room and I wasjust really happy because I had
a way to express myself topeople and actually get my word
(06:15):
out there, instead of justknowing the people that I
already know now.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Right, so that's great.
So it was a.
It was a room tour, so youshowed off your room to an
audience you've never met before.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
And what was the reaction to that?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
to that I have a lot of Olivia Rodrigo merch in my
room and it kind of captured theinterest of some fellow Olivia
Rodrigo fans and so I kind of Istarted that video and I was
just happy with it at the endbecause it was like my first one
.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
So for those listening, if you don't know who
Olivia Rodrigo is, she's aGrammy award winning singer,
right.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So what were the biggest challenges in those
early days?
I mean, obviously for all of us, including myself, it's you
know.
It has to do with not knowinghow to edit and do all these
things.
We have to do what you know, Iknow.
For me, the biggest challengewas learning, learning, editing,
what.
What was it for you?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
My biggest challenge was, I think, just finding
things to make videos about.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
I would say things to make videos about.
I would say Um uh, just tryingto find content.
And where did you get inspired?
Like what inspired you for eachone of your videos that you
made?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
The thing that inspired me was that I can share
my emotions with other peopleand knowing that I'm influencing
other people and I post a lotabout mental health as well,
because everything I do, I don'tcare how many likes I get, I
don't care how many comments Iget, I just want to make other
(08:09):
people happy.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You want to make it.
That's fantastic, and that'swhy I think we back your channel
more than we probably would ifyou had been creating content.
You know about things that wewouldn't accept.
I mean, you know mental healthis important, and I know,
especially for your generation,it's extremely important because
(08:32):
you guys are all plugged in andthe world is full of bullies,
right, yes, okay, so it's a goodoutlet for you.
So are there any moments alongyour journey, tori, where you
almost gave up with YouTube?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I remember I don't know how far I was along I think
I had like around 125subscribers, and that's when
people in my class at schoolstarted figuring out my channel
and all of them started makingfun of it and they would call it
cringe and everything.
And at that time I felt likegiving up because I didn't
(09:11):
really want to, I didn't reallywant to, um, keep going with
that.
But then I realized, oh,they're just jealous, they don't
have a youtube channel.
And then, um, because they aresaying stuff like, oh, I could
probably get a million in a dayand I was like it doesn't work
that way, because it's not howit works.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
They don't know anything about it haters will
hate.
Right, haters will hate.
Yes, yeah, that's too bad, butthe the neat thing is you
progress through it.
You, you didn't listen to them,you were.
It encouraged it actually.
I I feel like it actuallyencouraged you to create more
(09:51):
yes right, and what is thefeeling you get after posting a
video?
I know you made a video of merecently.
I don't know if I want to talkabout that on this show, but
that video we thought you knowwithin what 10 minutes you
already had over 6,000 viewsthousand views.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
It was around two thousand and I guess my
analytics glitch, but at the endit had about 6.7k views and it
was about him pretending to beme and there was a scene in it
where he got.
He was like he was like coconutmilk, spicy pickles Where's my
Alani?
And then he found the energydrink and he was like downing it
(10:41):
.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
There wasn't anything in it, but Folks don't go look
for that video, but you canwatch the rest of Tori's videos,
but it is on her channel.
And again, if you're watchingthis online as opposed to
listening to it on the, whereyou listen to your favorite
podcast, tori, again, where canthey go to find your channel on
(11:02):
YouTube?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
My channel is on YouTube and you can either
search up Tori or Livy, but I'verecently changed my name today
because the Livy I got fromOlivia Rodrigo fam, but in the
future I knew I wouldn't want tohave it.
So now, while I'm still a smallcreator, I want to change it.
So I changed it to totallyunderscore Tori, which will take
probably 24 hours to update.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Okay, so we've got totally underscore, Tori.
If you search for that onYouTube, you'll find Tori's
channel.
So we're going to go intosegment two, how you grew your
audience.
Okay, normally we would samplea beer here, but because I have
you on the show and I've got todrive you home later, we're
going to.
We're going to limit, limit theintake.
(11:44):
Right, Maybe I should switch toa Lonnie and get a little
energy.
Yeah, All right.
So growing your audience whathelped you start gaining
traction?
Like when did you know?
You kind of had a winningformula.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
I remember this really clearly.
I think it was either inDecember or January, after I got
my mics, and I remember my dad,I would, I used to paint rocks
with these acrylic markers and Iwould paint rocks and some of
them were actually pretty good.
Then I would I went downtownand I took the mics and I was
talking about how I was going toplant the rocks for other
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people to find and I taggeddifferent businesses in them
where I planted the rocks at andthat at first I didn't.
I thought it was going to be agood video, but at first I
didn't get any attraction.
After a later I gained probablyonly 80 views, but that was a
lot for me at the time and thenI got 10 subscribers and after
that it started going up.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
So does it matter Like when you, how many videos
do you have on your channel now?
I have over a little over 600,600 videos, and when did you
start this process?
This process was started.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Like when did you start this process?
This process was started likewhen did you?
Speaker 1 (12:57):
from the time you made your first video and posted
it to now, how long has it been?
november 2024 so you've beendoing it a little less than a
year a little less than a year,and we'll talk about your big
milestone in a minute.
But so you've been doing it alittle less than a year, um, and
so once you started to get morevideos on there, let's say you
(13:20):
pass the 100 mark, then the 200mark, then the 300 mark as far
as content on your channel.
The more videos you have, themore followers you get more
frequently, right?
So what is the trick?
Just to keep creating and keepposting.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
What I figured out is usually when I find a video or
someone that I really like, Iwill go into their channel and
sometimes, if they only havelike 15 videos, I obviously
don't want to watch it because Iknow it's going to stop too
soon.
I want to keep watching moreand more.
You go on your channel and theyjust scroll and scroll and
(13:56):
scroll and scroll and what I'venoticed is people think it's
like endless so they can justkeep watching, like some people
I know have watched every singleone of my videos and they still
haven't gotten bored.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
So there's another trick, right, isn't it called
remixing?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
There is a remixing where you can remix audios.
You can green screen videos.
They're called the kids whogreen screen are called green
screen kids.
Oh wow, they're called the kidswho green screen are called
green screen kids.
Oh wow, some people call themannoying.
I've never green screened avideo before, but other people
make videos to try and get themon and trick them into remixing
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their videos so they can getmore views.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
So if someone remixes one of your videos, what does
that do for your channel?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
this is one of your videos.
What does that do for yourchannel, my channel.
If someone searches up mychannel, another person who
tagged me in their video willpop up, or that person.
If people are watching adifferent person and they see,
oh, another person is tagged init, they automatically think
this is another channel that isrelated to that one, so it's
like that one in a way.
So they want a similar channelto watch, so they click on yours
(15:01):
.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
So technically you could remix somebody's video.
That might have a millionsubscribers and it would help
one of your videos show up.
Is that what I'm hearing?
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Maybe, but most of the time it's people who have
more subscribers than you thatremix smaller creator videos
that do better.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Interesting.
So how did you figure out whatcontent resonated?
This is the big one, right?
Because if you're creatinggoofy content that people just
don't want to see, um, you know,I know that on my one of my
channels I made a how to video.
I usually made other, morecreative videos, but once I made
(15:40):
a how to video as a I usuallymade other more creative videos,
but once I made a how-to videoas a test, that video has gotten
more views and everything thanany other video I've ever
created.
For you, what content resonatedwith your audience?
What?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
does recusignated mean?
Speaker 1 (15:56):
It means what content changed the game for you Like
what, what content did you startputting out there that really
started making your channel grow?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
I posted funny videos and those went a certain way,
but sometimes people wantsomething more meaningful, and
when I started posting aboutmental health, people started
coming to me and thanking mebecause they liked that.
People started talking aboutthis and they would thank me for
talking about it, and peoplecan tell that I'm genuinely a
good person by wanting to helpother people, and I really want
to help my subscribers withtheir mental health as well and
(16:32):
give them someone to relate toso they don't feel alone.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
And when you post those videos, I've seen you post
the numbers for Suicide Hotlineand mental health, different
phone numbers that they can callcorrect.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Yes, that is probably one of the first videos that my
friend from school hasn'tremixed, because my friend tags
me a lot.
But there was this girl I thinkher name is Addie or something.
She came to my channel and sheasked me if she can make it
again, because she really wantedto help people as well and she
wanted to inspire people andspread the word.
So I said, of course you can,and she tagged me in it.
(17:09):
So every time you search up mychannel and you'll see her video
pop up as well.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Interesting.
So have there been anysurprising moments or viral wins
along the way, like is there?
Is there a video that youcreated that surprisingly went
viral or went close to beingviral?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Besides me, of course .
Of course, you put me on anyvideo, oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
So this video is my most viewed video and it's about
how everyone is beautiful intheir own way.
And I really didn't do anything.
I did not expect it to blow upbecause I barely really did any
work.
I just searched up the wordpretty girls on the search bar
and I scrolled through shorts.
As I was screen recording, Isaid, oh, what it would like, um
(17:54):
, what I would do to look likethem.
And then in the caption I wroteeveryone is beautiful in their
own way.
Don't let this trick you.
And it got about 500 comments,4.5k likes and over 150,000
views.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Wow, that's impressive.
I've seen that video so I wasimpressed.
And you're not even in thevideo, are you?
Speaker 2 (18:16):
No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So is that why it went?
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
You need to stop, all right.
So last question on thissegment before we go into the
what's next chapter of this howdo you stay consistent and
motivated, tori?
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I'm get bored very easily and I know if people are
watching me, that inspires me,that people want to see my every
move.
So if I make new videos andconstantly upload them, people
start watching them and peoplewant to see my videos.
Because what I've noticed issome people that I'm subscribed
to they post maybe like fivetimes a week.
(18:56):
I don't do that.
I post maybe one to 15 to 20times a week.
I don't do that.
I post maybe one to 15 to 20times a day.
I or I try to at least.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I think that's the secret.
Right Is posting consistentlyeach and every day.
Yes, so you get people lookingforward to the next Tori video.
Uh, as far as your audiencegoes, I would imagine, cause
they're popping up and they'relike oh, there's tori again, wow
yes, um okay, so let's talkabout what's next.
(19:28):
So a few simple questions herebefore we get into the rapid
fire round, and I'll tell youwhat that is.
You obviously haven't watchedmy whole show tori, or you would
know what rapid fire is, butbut what does hitting 1000
subscribers mean to you?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
1000 subscribers, I never thought I would even make
it to 100.
It was really hard for me toget to that 100 mark and I
didn't expect it to get to ahundred or a thousand, because I
think two or three days ago Iwas only at 800 subscribers and
(20:07):
I was really happy because I waslike I didn't even believe it
was real.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
So you told me a story before the show.
Do you want to share that witheverybody, but leaving out the
expletives?
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Okay, well, I'll say it.
I'll just say I won't say thewhole word.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Yeah, please don't.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Otherwise we're going to have to have a talk.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So last night I was at 910 subscribers.
I did a million.
I did a bunch of streams One ofthem I did a cooking stream and
YouTube AI thought I was tooyoung so I had to turn off my
camera and I had a lot ofcomments going about 2,000
comments in that whole livestream.
I streamed for about two hoursand I was waiting to get 1,000
(20:44):
subscribers.
I made it to about 1,015 lastnight and I got off.
It was like 12 am 12 am, that'spast your bedtime.
I don't have a bedtime, so Iended up going to bed at 1 am,
but it was like 12, and I wentto go take a shower and I was
(21:04):
like I got in the shower and Iwas talking to myself and I was
like I'm an effing um youtuber,and then that's what I said to
myself and I was like hypingmyself up a little bit too much.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
but so these strange voices I'm hearing in the middle
of the night?
That's you talking to yourselfin the shower okay, no, that is
him he has like okay, I'm crazy.
So what are your goals for thenext chapter?
Speaker 2 (21:28):
my goal is for the next chapter.
I don't really care what I do,as long as I'm influencing
people to be better people soyou're not looking at.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
So you're not looking at milestones, you're not
looking at hitting a hundredthousand.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
You're not, you don't care about that A hundred
thousand would be great, becauseI know I'm getting my word out
there more, but the most I wantto do is make people happy.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
We know that.
I mean that's the one thing Ihear consistently from everybody
that meets you is you inspireand you bring out happiness in
others.
Because you're a helper is whatI hear.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Yes, I try to be.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Then why?
Then?
Why do you argue so much whenwe ask you to unload the
dishwasher?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Because mom does it like eight times a day.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
We could do this all day on here, but I'm not gonna
do that to you, so any advicefor creators.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Just starting out, tori starting out, I never even
thought I would make it to 100.
Just know that you can do it,and as long as you're not like
some people, go viral for beinglike rude, and that's the one
thing you don't want to do,because you're getting followers
from people that aren't verygood people.
(22:45):
But what you I do is I try toinfluence people who are a
little bit rude and try to makethem into good people okay,
that's awesome, so again.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Uh, where can they find you on YouTube?
Speaker 2 (23:01):
It's important.
So I changed my username todayso it might still pop up as Tori
or Libby T-R-Y-O-R-L-I-B-I-E,but I changed it to totally
underscore Tori.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Okay.
What can your audience expectnext from you, Tori?
Speaker 2 (23:17):
My audience.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
What are you going to do next, or do you want to
leave that as mystery?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I don't know yet.
Okay, oh wait, I have postsabout it, but I'm doing another
live stream today because Icollect Alani cans and I'm
making a um sniper and hotgluing all the alani's together
so again, uh, tori's drinking analani on here.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
It's a uh energy drink that she likes.
Yes, um, and I think she onlylikes it because she wants these
cans to no, that's not not true.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
They're really good and they give me anxiety, which
gives me energy.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Oh, anxiety gives you energy.
Yes, Alright.
So do you know what rapid firequestions are?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
What the heck is that ?
Speaker 1 (24:12):
So I'm going to ask you 10 to 15 questions in a very
fast pace and all you have todo is give me a one to five word
answer.
Not a long story, just a one tofive word answer on each.
Don't look at my screen.
Are you ready?
Yes, all right, here we go.
What was the title of your veryfirst YouTube video?
(24:33):
Olivia Rodrigo Rimsor or onecreator who inspires you.
I don't know her name cricketschirp.
I don't know her name, youdon't know her name and she
inspires you, I don't rememberall right, we'll skip.
What's the weirdest commentyou've ever received.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Okay, so there was like an old man.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Oh, what An old man.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I don't know if it was an old man.
They just acted old and theywere like they just put like
that one like hot emoji thingwith like the person.
I don't know if it was an oldman, it was probably a little
kid, but I haven't really gotthat weird comments?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I'm gonna stop you right here.
So when, when?
What do you do when people giveyou weird comments?
Because I know we preach to youall the time that someone you
think might be a 14 year old-oldkid could be a 1,400-year-old
weird guy.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So I just blanked.
So these people, most of thepeople that I have talked to,
which I don't really do thisanymore I don't talk to people
online that much but most of thetime I know what they, the time
I know what they sound like, Iknow what they look like but I
don't really do this anymore.
But people on YouTube who actweird, I just literally block
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them from my channel or youcould block people, just block
them.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Good answer.
So if you could collaboratewith any YouTuber, who would it
be?
Speaker 2 (26:11):
I think, is it the kid with the curly?
Speaker 1 (26:13):
hair.
I think.
Is it the kid with the curlyhair?
What's his name?
No, no, okay.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I don't know.
I Ooh, there's this one girl.
I kind of forgot her name, butI think her last name is
Campinos or something, and she'sa really good-hearted person
that I've seen.
She has about 100,000subscribers on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Wow, that means you.
I mean you're good hearted.
That means you, when you hit ahundred thousand subscribers,
you're going to think back tothis podcast and you're going to
go my channel.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I was just really um, I was really insecure and I
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didn't think that my channelwould even reach a hundred,
because I was just a really sadperson.
I feel like youtube is one ofthe reasons why I'm happy now,
because I have all these peoplethat I know actually online,
because I know how I act to bigyoutubers online.
I think they're really goodpeople and I feel like that's
how some people act towards meso what did you wish you knew
(27:29):
before starting the channel oh,I forgot um what I wish.
I knew that the haters can hate.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Good answer, favorite milestone moment so far.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
A thousand.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
A thousand.
What's your dream video to make?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
My dream video.
There's like a thing called theGlow House where all these big
YouTubers go, and I would loveto go there.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
What's your go-to snack while editing videos?
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I don't really edit, sometimes I do.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
What's your go-to snack?
Speaker 2 (28:12):
A lawny.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
What's the strangest place you've ever filmed content
.
So when, um, when I'm so, I'lllike sometimes, when I'm about
to get in the shower before Itake off my makeup and stuff,
I'll have the water running andI'll wait for the water to heat
up While I still have all mymakeup on.
I'll film.
There's stairs down, so itlooks like there's this
(28:42):
itty-bitty door.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Okay, if your YouTube channel had a theme song, what
would it be?
I don't know what would it be?
(29:07):
No answer.
Okay, last question and becareful with this one.
Be careful with your answer forthis one.
Who was your favorite guessthat you had on your channel?
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I can say her name.
Well, she doesn't care.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Her, you mean him.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Okay, not you.
So I have posted with my bestfriend who I've tagged her in
some of my videos.
It's called the Girly PopChannel, but her username is Ava
Madeer, like one, two, three orsomething, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
And so I just want to thank you for sharing your
journey.
Thanks for coming into thestudio today.
It's summertime, so we got youin here, otherwise you'd be in
school.
Uh, finally, again, leteveryone know how to find you on
youtube.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
And some final comments so, um, you go on
youtube.
I just changed my username tototally underscore tori, but
that might take maybe a littlebit to update.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
So if you type in tori or livi,
t-o-r-y-o-r-l-i-v-i-e, then itstill might pop up so, whether
you're just starting out orchasing your next milestone,
remember every click, everycomment, every connection counts
.
Until next time, tune in toNerds on Tap, keep creating.
Ladies and gentlemen, have agreat one.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
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So today's episode, my guestwon't be drinking bruise,
because my guest is a teenager.
She'll be drinking her favoritedrink, alani.
You want to show them the Alani?
Is that what you're going to bedrinking?
Her favorite drink, alani, youwant to show?
them the alani um is that whatyou're going to be drinking
(00:47):
today?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
yes, uh, this is an energy drink with 200 milligrams
of caffeine but I might, mightsample a beer or two, is that
okay?
If you're not driving home allright.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Today's episode, number 24, is going to be about
her journey as a YouTube contentcreator.
We'll discuss her beginnings,how she grew her audience, how
the content has shifted overtime and what's next for her.
I know that if you're listeningto this episode and want to
learn some tips and tricks, orjust hear an incredible journey,
(01:20):
you'll want to stay tunedthrough the entire episode
journey.
You'll want to stay tunedthrough the entire episode.
I've watched this sweet andsassy teen develop her channel
since its beginning, because Ijust happen to have a very close
connection with her.
She just happens to be mydaughter, tori.
Hey, tori.
Hi but what makes this even morespecial for me is that I've
(01:42):
watched her grow and learn andget better every single day.
So welcome to the show, Tori.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So a little bit about you.
Her YouTube channel can befound by following the link on
the screen if you're watchingthis on YouTube, or you can
search for Tori or Libby insideof YouTube.
A little bit about Tori sheloves the color purple, she
loves music, she loves fashionand she loves sports, and she
(02:14):
also loves making videos andcreating content for YouTube.
So, tori, let me ask you aquestion have you ever watched
Nerds on Tap or listened to myshow?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
My mom has played it in the car Very nerdy, okay.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
so if you've listened to it in the car, what's the
first thing we do, really?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I don't remember.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
We drink a beer.
What do we got today?
Suds.
Today we have the Emerald Coast.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Ultra Premium Lager.
It's a light-bodied lager witha golden pale color and has a
refreshingly crisp taste and aclean, dry finish.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Let me pop this open.
Yeah, yeah, it's warm.
Ooh, I like that.
That's a good beer I will bedrinking that on the show today.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What are you drinking , Tori?
I already said it, but a Lonnieenergy drink.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Okay, so welcome back to the show everyone.
Today we're diving into thedigital journey of Tori, creator
, storyteller and rising YouTubestar.
From humble beginnings tohitting 1,000 subscribers,
tori's story is one of grit,growth and what's next?
(03:40):
So let's get into it.
Next, so let's get into it.
So, tori, I'm gonna put you onthe spot and you gotta forget
that I'm your dad here askingyou questions, because you know
you don't need to react to methe same way you do at home when
I tell you to do your homework.
So what?
How did you first get intoyoutube?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
um, so my parents didn't know that I started
youtube at the beginning andwhat I told them about it about
a week later, after makingvideos and this is before I got
my phone I was still filming onan iPad and so I did it through
(04:23):
an editor called CapCut and thenI would have to post it and the
quality was like really bad.
And then about a week later, Itold my parents and they weren't
as upset as I thought theywould be.
I thought they would likeground me for like two years,
but they didn't.
And they weren't as upset as Ithought they would be.
I thought they would likeground me for like two years,
but they didn't.
And they let me actually keepthe YouTube channel.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
And why do you think that is?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I get grounded a lot.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You do.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You should know this by now.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well, let me just say this If you're you know, when
you started this channel, it wasan outlet for you, right.
Talking to started this channel, it was an outlet for you,
right.
Talking to the mic, it was anoutlet for you, right.
So it was an outlet to becreative, get your thoughts out
and do things like that, right?
Yes all right.
So what did I get you forchristmas last year?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
a phone, oh and um, no wait, no, no, I got a phone
for my birthday last year andthen, um, for Christmas.
I got a lot of editing or notediting, but I got a tripod and
I got mics and I got a lot ofcreativity stuff.
So you got a lot of contentcreative.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So you got mics, portable mics, you got some
lighting, you got, uh, anautomated tripod that follows
you around, so it gives you achance to be creative, and
you've been using all thesethings.
I've watched you over the pastyear, and this last year is when
your YouTube channel reallyheated up, right.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Okay so.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
My first ever video, I think, was a room tour and
there was just music and then Iwould just kind of follow the
camera around my room and I wasjust really happy because I had
a way to express myself topeople and actually get my word
(06:15):
out there, instead of justknowing the people that I
already know now.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Right, so that's great.
So it was a.
It was a room tour, so youshowed off your room to an
audience you've never met before.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
And what was the reaction to that?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
to that I have a lot of Olivia Rodrigo merch in my
room and it kind of captured theinterest of some fellow Olivia
Rodrigo fans and so I kind of Istarted that video and I was
just happy with it at the endbecause it was like my first one
.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
So for those listening, if you don't know who
Olivia Rodrigo is, she's aGrammy award winning singer,
right.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So what were the biggest challenges in those
early days?
I mean, obviously for all of us, including myself, it's you
know.
It has to do with not knowinghow to edit and do all these
things.
We have to do what you know, Iknow.
For me, the biggest challengewas learning, learning, editing,
what.
What was it for you?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
My biggest challenge was, I think, just finding
things to make videos about.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
I would say things to make videos about.
I would say Um uh, just tryingto find content.
And where did you get inspired?
Like what inspired you for eachone of your videos that you
made?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
The thing that inspired me was that I can share
my emotions with other peopleand knowing that I'm influencing
other people and I post a lotabout mental health as well,
because everything I do, I don'tcare how many likes I get, I
don't care how many comments Iget, I just want to make other
(08:09):
people happy.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You want to make it.
That's fantastic, and that'swhy I think we back your channel
more than we probably would ifyou had been creating content.
You know about things that wewouldn't accept.
I mean, you know mental healthis important, and I know,
especially for your generation,it's extremely important because
(08:32):
you guys are all plugged in andthe world is full of bullies,
right, yes, okay, so it's a goodoutlet for you.
So are there any moments alongyour journey, tori, where you
almost gave up with YouTube?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I remember I don't know how far I was along I think
I had like around 125subscribers, and that's when
people in my class at schoolstarted figuring out my channel
and all of them started makingfun of it and they would call it
cringe and everything.
And at that time I felt likegiving up because I didn't
(09:11):
really want to, I didn't reallywant to, um, keep going with
that.
But then I realized, oh,they're just jealous, they don't
have a youtube channel.
And then, um, because they aresaying stuff like, oh, I could
probably get a million in a dayand I was like it doesn't work
that way, because it's not howit works.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
They don't know anything about it haters will
hate.
Right, haters will hate.
Yes, yeah, that's too bad, butthe the neat thing is you
progress through it.
You, you didn't listen to them,you were.
It encouraged it actually.
I I feel like it actuallyencouraged you to create more
(09:51):
yes right, and what is thefeeling you get after posting a
video?
I know you made a video of merecently.
I don't know if I want to talkabout that on this show, but
that video we thought you knowwithin what 10 minutes you
already had over 6,000 viewsthousand views.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
It was around two thousand and I guess my
analytics glitch, but at the endit had about 6.7k views and it
was about him pretending to beme and there was a scene in it
where he got.
He was like he was like coconutmilk, spicy pickles Where's my
Alani?
And then he found the energydrink and he was like downing it
(10:41):
.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
There wasn't anything in it, but Folks don't go look
for that video, but you canwatch the rest of Tori's videos,
but it is on her channel.
And again, if you're watchingthis online as opposed to
listening to it on the, whereyou listen to your favorite
podcast, tori, again, where canthey go to find your channel on
(11:02):
YouTube?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
My channel is on YouTube and you can either
search up Tori or Livy, but I'verecently changed my name today
because the Livy I got fromOlivia Rodrigo fam, but in the
future I knew I wouldn't want tohave it.
So now, while I'm still a smallcreator, I want to change it.
So I changed it to totallyunderscore Tori, which will take
probably 24 hours to update.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Okay, so we've got totally underscore, Tori.
If you search for that onYouTube, you'll find Tori's
channel.
So we're going to go intosegment two, how you grew your
audience.
Okay, normally we would samplea beer here, but because I have
you on the show and I've got todrive you home later, we're
going to.
We're going to limit, limit theintake.
(11:44):
Right, Maybe I should switch toa Lonnie and get a little
energy.
Yeah, All right.
So growing your audience whathelped you start gaining
traction?
Like when did you know?
You kind of had a winningformula.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
I remember this really clearly.
I think it was either inDecember or January, after I got
my mics, and I remember my dad,I would, I used to paint rocks
with these acrylic markers and Iwould paint rocks and some of
them were actually pretty good.
Then I would I went downtownand I took the mics and I was
talking about how I was going toplant the rocks for other
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people to find and I taggeddifferent businesses in them
where I planted the rocks at andthat at first I didn't.
I thought it was going to be agood video, but at first I
didn't get any attraction.
After a later I gained probablyonly 80 views, but that was a
lot for me at the time and thenI got 10 subscribers and after
that it started going up.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
So does it matter Like when you, how many videos
do you have on your channel now?
I have over a little over 600,600 videos, and when did you
start this process?
This process was started.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Like when did you start this process?
This process was started likewhen did you?
Speaker 1 (12:57):
from the time you made your first video and posted
it to now, how long has it been?
november 2024 so you've beendoing it a little less than a
year a little less than a year,and we'll talk about your big
milestone in a minute.
But so you've been doing it alittle less than a year, um, and
so once you started to get morevideos on there, let's say you
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pass the 100 mark, then the 200mark, then the 300 mark as far
as content on your channel.
The more videos you have, themore followers you get more
frequently, right?
So what is the trick?
Just to keep creating and keepposting.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
What I figured out is usually when I find a video or
someone that I really like, Iwill go into their channel and
sometimes, if they only havelike 15 videos, I obviously
don't want to watch it because Iknow it's going to stop too
soon.
I want to keep watching moreand more.
You go on your channel and theyjust scroll and scroll and
(13:56):
scroll and scroll and what I'venoticed is people think it's
like endless so they can justkeep watching, like some people
I know have watched every singleone of my videos and they still
haven't gotten bored.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
So there's another trick, right, isn't it called
remixing?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
There is a remixing where you can remix audios.
You can green screen videos.
They're called the kids whogreen screen are called green
screen kids.
Oh wow, they're called the kidswho green screen are called
green screen kids.
Oh wow, some people call themannoying.
I've never green screened avideo before, but other people
make videos to try and get themon and trick them into remixing
(14:31):
their videos so they can getmore views.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
So if someone remixes one of your videos, what does
that do for your channel?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
this is one of your videos.
What does that do for yourchannel, my channel.
If someone searches up mychannel, another person who
tagged me in their video willpop up, or that person.
If people are watching adifferent person and they see,
oh, another person is tagged init, they automatically think
this is another channel that isrelated to that one, so it's
like that one in a way.
So they want a similar channelto watch, so they click on yours
(15:01):
.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
So technically you could remix somebody's video.
That might have a millionsubscribers and it would help
one of your videos show up.
Is that what I'm hearing?
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Maybe, but most of the time it's people who have
more subscribers than you thatremix smaller creator videos
that do better.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Interesting.
So how did you figure out whatcontent resonated?
This is the big one, right?
Because if you're creatinggoofy content that people just
don't want to see, um, you know,I know that on my one of my
channels I made a how to video.
I usually made other, morecreative videos, but once I made
(15:40):
a how to video as a I usuallymade other more creative videos,
but once I made a how-to videoas a test, that video has gotten
more views and everything thanany other video I've ever
created.
For you, what content resonatedwith your audience?
What?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
does recusignated mean?
Speaker 1 (15:56):
It means what content changed the game for you Like
what, what content did you startputting out there that really
started making your channel grow?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
I posted funny videos and those went a certain way,
but sometimes people wantsomething more meaningful, and
when I started posting aboutmental health, people started
coming to me and thanking mebecause they liked that.
People started talking aboutthis and they would thank me for
talking about it, and peoplecan tell that I'm genuinely a
good person by wanting to helpother people, and I really want
to help my subscribers withtheir mental health as well and
(16:32):
give them someone to relate toso they don't feel alone.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
And when you post those videos, I've seen you post
the numbers for Suicide Hotlineand mental health, different
phone numbers that they can callcorrect.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Yes, that is probably one of the first videos that my
friend from school hasn'tremixed, because my friend tags
me a lot.
But there was this girl I thinkher name is Addie or something.
She came to my channel and sheasked me if she can make it
again, because she really wantedto help people as well and she
wanted to inspire people andspread the word.
So I said, of course you can,and she tagged me in it.
(17:09):
So every time you search up mychannel and you'll see her video
pop up as well.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Interesting.
So have there been anysurprising moments or viral wins
along the way, like is there?
Is there a video that youcreated that surprisingly went
viral or went close to beingviral?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Besides me, of course .
Of course, you put me on anyvideo, oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
So this video is my most viewed video and it's about
how everyone is beautiful intheir own way.
And I really didn't do anything.
I did not expect it to blow upbecause I barely really did any
work.
I just searched up the wordpretty girls on the search bar
and I scrolled through shorts.
As I was screen recording, Isaid, oh, what it would like, um
(17:54):
, what I would do to look likethem.
And then in the caption I wroteeveryone is beautiful in their
own way.
Don't let this trick you.
And it got about 500 comments,4.5k likes and over 150,000
views.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Wow, that's impressive.
I've seen that video so I wasimpressed.
And you're not even in thevideo, are you?
Speaker 2 (18:16):
No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So is that why it went?
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
You need to stop, all right.
So last question on thissegment before we go into the
what's next chapter of this howdo you stay consistent and
motivated, tori?
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I'm get bored very easily and I know if people are
watching me, that inspires me,that people want to see my every
move.
So if I make new videos andconstantly upload them, people
start watching them and peoplewant to see my videos.
Because what I've noticed issome people that I'm subscribed
to they post maybe like fivetimes a week.
(18:56):
I don't do that.
I post maybe one to 15 to 20times a week.
I don't do that.
I post maybe one to 15 to 20times a day.
I or I try to at least.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I think that's the secret.
Right Is posting consistentlyeach and every day.
Yes, so you get people lookingforward to the next Tori video.
Uh, as far as your audiencegoes, I would imagine, cause
they're popping up and they'relike oh, there's tori again, wow
yes, um okay, so let's talkabout what's next.
(19:28):
So a few simple questions herebefore we get into the rapid
fire round, and I'll tell youwhat that is.
You obviously haven't watchedmy whole show tori, or you would
know what rapid fire is, butbut what does hitting 1000
subscribers mean to you?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
1000 subscribers, I never thought I would even make
it to 100.
It was really hard for me toget to that 100 mark and I
didn't expect it to get to ahundred or a thousand, because I
think two or three days ago Iwas only at 800 subscribers and
(20:07):
I was really happy because I waslike I didn't even believe it
was real.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
So you told me a story before the show.
Do you want to share that witheverybody, but leaving out the
expletives?
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Okay, well, I'll say it.
I'll just say I won't say thewhole word.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Yeah, please don't.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Otherwise we're going to have to have a talk.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So last night I was at 910 subscribers.
I did a million.
I did a bunch of streams One ofthem I did a cooking stream and
YouTube AI thought I was tooyoung so I had to turn off my
camera and I had a lot ofcomments going about 2,000
comments in that whole livestream.
I streamed for about two hoursand I was waiting to get 1,000
(20:44):
subscribers.
I made it to about 1,015 lastnight and I got off.
It was like 12 am 12 am, that'spast your bedtime.
I don't have a bedtime, so Iended up going to bed at 1 am,
but it was like 12, and I wentto go take a shower and I was
(21:04):
like I got in the shower and Iwas talking to myself and I was
like I'm an effing um youtuber,and then that's what I said to
myself and I was like hypingmyself up a little bit too much.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
but so these strange voices I'm hearing in the middle
of the night?
That's you talking to yourselfin the shower okay, no, that is
him he has like okay, I'm crazy.
So what are your goals for thenext chapter?
Speaker 2 (21:28):
my goal is for the next chapter.
I don't really care what I do,as long as I'm influencing
people to be better people soyou're not looking at.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
So you're not looking at milestones, you're not
looking at hitting a hundredthousand.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
You're not, you don't care about that A hundred
thousand would be great, becauseI know I'm getting my word out
there more, but the most I wantto do is make people happy.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
We know that.
I mean that's the one thing Ihear consistently from everybody
that meets you is you inspireand you bring out happiness in
others.
Because you're a helper is whatI hear.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Yes, I try to be.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Then why?
Then?
Why do you argue so much whenwe ask you to unload the
dishwasher?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Because mom does it like eight times a day.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
We could do this all day on here, but I'm not gonna
do that to you, so any advicefor creators.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Just starting out, tori starting out, I never even
thought I would make it to 100.
Just know that you can do it,and as long as you're not like
some people, go viral for beinglike rude, and that's the one
thing you don't want to do,because you're getting followers
from people that aren't verygood people.
(22:45):
But what you I do is I try toinfluence people who are a
little bit rude and try to makethem into good people okay,
that's awesome, so again.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Uh, where can they find you on YouTube?
Speaker 2 (23:01):
It's important.
So I changed my username todayso it might still pop up as Tori
or Libby T-R-Y-O-R-L-I-B-I-E,but I changed it to totally
underscore Tori.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Okay.
What can your audience expectnext from you, Tori?
Speaker 2 (23:17):
My audience.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
What are you going to do next, or do you want to
leave that as mystery?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I don't know yet.
Okay, oh wait, I have postsabout it, but I'm doing another
live stream today because Icollect Alani cans and I'm
making a um sniper and hotgluing all the alani's together
so again, uh, tori's drinking analani on here.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
It's a uh energy drink that she likes.
Yes, um, and I think she onlylikes it because she wants these
cans to no, that's not not true.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
They're really good and they give me anxiety, which
gives me energy.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Oh, anxiety gives you energy.
Yes, Alright.
So do you know what rapid firequestions are?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
What the heck is that ?
Speaker 1 (24:12):
So I'm going to ask you 10 to 15 questions in a very
fast pace and all you have todo is give me a one to five word
answer.
Not a long story, just a one tofive word answer on each.
Don't look at my screen.
Are you ready?
Yes, all right, here we go.
What was the title of your veryfirst YouTube video?
(24:33):
Olivia Rodrigo Rimsor or onecreator who inspires you.
I don't know her name cricketschirp.
I don't know her name, youdon't know her name and she
inspires you, I don't rememberall right, we'll skip.
What's the weirdest commentyou've ever received.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Okay, so there was like an old man.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Oh, what An old man.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I don't know if it was an old man.
They just acted old and theywere like they just put like
that one like hot emoji thingwith like the person.
I don't know if it was an oldman, it was probably a little
kid, but I haven't really gotthat weird comments?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I'm gonna stop you right here.
So when, when?
What do you do when people giveyou weird comments?
Because I know we preach to youall the time that someone you
think might be a 14 year old-oldkid could be a 1,400-year-old
weird guy.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So I just blanked.
So these people, most of thepeople that I have talked to,
which I don't really do thisanymore I don't talk to people
online that much but most of thetime I know what they, the time
I know what they sound like, Iknow what they look like but I
don't really do this anymore.
But people on YouTube who actweird, I just literally block
(26:02):
them from my channel or youcould block people, just block
them.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Good answer.
So if you could collaboratewith any YouTuber, who would it
be?
Speaker 2 (26:11):
I think, is it the kid with the curly?
Speaker 1 (26:13):
hair.
I think.
Is it the kid with the curlyhair?
What's his name?
No, no, okay.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I don't know.
I Ooh, there's this one girl.
I kind of forgot her name, butI think her last name is
Campinos or something, and she'sa really good-hearted person
that I've seen.
She has about 100,000subscribers on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Wow, that means you.
I mean you're good hearted.
That means you, when you hit ahundred thousand subscribers,
you're going to think back tothis podcast and you're going to
go my channel.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I was just really um, I was really insecure and I
(27:06):
didn't think that my channelwould even reach a hundred,
because I was just a really sadperson.
I feel like youtube is one ofthe reasons why I'm happy now,
because I have all these peoplethat I know actually online,
because I know how I act to bigyoutubers online.
I think they're really goodpeople and I feel like that's
how some people act towards meso what did you wish you knew
(27:29):
before starting the channel oh,I forgot um what I wish.
I knew that the haters can hate.
There you go.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Good answer, favorite milestone moment so far.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
A thousand.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
A thousand.
What's your dream video to make?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
My dream video.
There's like a thing called theGlow House where all these big
YouTubers go, and I would loveto go there.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
What's your go-to snack while editing videos?
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I don't really edit, sometimes I do.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
What's your go-to snack?
Speaker 2 (28:12):
A lawny.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
What's the strangest place you've ever filmed content
.
So when, um, when I'm so, I'lllike sometimes, when I'm about
to get in the shower before Itake off my makeup and stuff,
I'll have the water running andI'll wait for the water to heat
up While I still have all mymakeup on.
I'll film.
There's stairs down, so itlooks like there's this
(28:42):
itty-bitty door.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Okay, if your YouTube channel had a theme song, what
would it be?
I don't know what would it be?
(29:07):
No answer.
Okay, last question and becareful with this one.
Be careful with your answer forthis one.
Who was your favorite guessthat you had on your channel?
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I can say her name.
Well, she doesn't care.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Her, you mean him.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Okay, not you.
So I have posted with my bestfriend who I've tagged her in
some of my videos.
It's called the Girly PopChannel, but her username is Ava
Madeer, like one, two, three orsomething, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
And so I just want to thank you for sharing your
journey.
Thanks for coming into thestudio today.
It's summertime, so we got youin here, otherwise you'd be in
school.
Uh, finally, again, leteveryone know how to find you on
youtube.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
And some final comments so, um, you go on
youtube.
I just changed my username tototally underscore tori, but
that might take maybe a littlebit to update.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
So if you type in tori or livi,
t-o-r-y-o-r-l-i-v-i-e, then itstill might pop up so, whether
you're just starting out orchasing your next milestone,
remember every click, everycomment, every connection counts
.
Until next time, tune in toNerds on Tap, keep creating.
Ladies and gentlemen, have agreat one.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Cheers.
My fellow nerds and beer lovers.
Stay tuned for more Nerds onTap.
Oh, and one more thing Help usspread the nerdy love and the
love for grape brews by sharingthis podcast with your friends,
colleagues and fellow beerenthusiasts.
Let's build a community thatembraces curiosity, innovation
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and the enjoyment of a cold one.
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