How Studying Her YouTube Analytics Transformed Her YouTube Channel with Kimmy Hughes of She’s In Her Apron : The YouTube Power Hour Podcast 238
“People just want REAL. They want to be able to know they aren’t alone.”
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Kimmy is a supportive wife and mother to four wonderful children who started her YouTube channel, “She’s In Her Apron” in 2012. She has reached women all around the world spreading the message of P.O.P. (Progress Over Perfection). Now with over 45,000,000 views, Kimmy continues to share her homemaking life’s ups and downs, tips, and tricks that she has learned along the way. Kimmy’s passion is to help others see their worth and know they’re not alone in their homemaking journey.
Kimmy was inspired by Cas of Clutterbug (another YTPH guest! Check out that interview here) to get onto YouTube. With her experience in video editing that she learned all about in high school, everything just fell into place. Her channel started off slowly and she only uploaded about twice a month initially. When she started to gain traction, she really started to learn more by watching other YouTubers and realized how much her channel could take off, and how she could truly reach more people. She then started posting once a week, and started working her way up to posting 5x per week! She maintained a 5x a week upload schedule for years, but it eventually took its toll. Ironically, it’s when she cut back down again when her channel REALLY exploded. Her “Day in the Life” videos started becoming immensely popular, and her viewers became totally invested in her family, and while her children were integral players in her channel, she realized one day that for the safety and privacy of her children, she no longer wanted to feature them. Going back to her “why,” her goal was never to have a family channel, but to have a relatable channel for struggling women and mothers to know they are not alone.
“I had to go back to my original why.”
Kimmy struggles with ADHD, and as a busy mother of four, she aims to create relatable content, and it’s worked. She has received an incredible response for her channel from women from all over who truly resonate with her journey, her struggles, and her message. With her ADHD, she needs routines as much for herself as she does for her children and her family. She has viewers who have been there since the beginning, and who have stuck by her through all the different transitions of her channel. To Kimmy, those loyal subscribers feel more like family. Sometimes even people who don’t have kids, or who don’t cook still gravitate to her channel because they like her as a person and feel a connection to her. What I love the most about Kimmy is her motto: progress over perfection, or P.O.P. Progress over perfection: whether that’s in your YouTube channel, or in your life.
“P.O.P wherever you are in your life.”
3 Key Interview Takeaways
- Analytics: Studying her analytics helped Kimmy really hone in on how to improve her channel. The crazy thing is, her viewers LOVE the longer videos, so actually, Kimmy focuses on her watch time, not necessarily her views. Sometimes her videos with less view have way highway watch times. By studying and analyzing her analytics, she’s been able to figure out what is working for her channel. She focuses on creating evergreen content, and really thinks about what her viewers can take from her videos in the time they sit and watch them
- Know your why. Kimmy’s “why” is so strong and it’s the driving force behind her channel. She wants women out there to know that you can overcome imperfections. She wants women out there to know they are not alone. Sharing her journey and her progress over perfection is what drives her to continue to create.
- JUST DO IT. Kimmy’s advice to people thinking about starting a channel? You’re not too old. You’re totally cool enough and smart enough, so JUST DO IT. Go all in right in the beginning. People will find you, and they will like you! You NEVER know what can happen, and you never know who you will be able to bless.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Cas from Clutterbug: YTPH Interview
Connect with Kimmy
She’s In Her Apron on Instagram
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