Finally Working Properly on a YouTube Channel

I've had a YouTube channel for many years and never really worked on it properly, so watch this space, as I am getting serious about it now. As with anything, it's always best to work on things you know about rather than things you don't, but post about anyway just because you think they'll prove to be popular.

My channel will focus on nature and popular culture, and I'll post links to a few examples of my content below. So, expect videos of birds, insects, flowers, football, music, classic TV, films and books.

I'll come back later and post about what strategies have worked for me, and what haven't. One popular tip though seems to be when you upload a video to YouTube is to not make it available to the public for 24-48 hours. This gives YouTube time to analyse the content and make it visible for an audience that is more likely to be responsive.

My channel

The World of Paul Rance - Nature, Popular Culture - YouTube

Some of my recent YouTube videos and shorts

The Power of a Music Playlist...

A Field of Sunflowers

50 Years of Shoot! Football/Soccer Magazine

(Sort of) Headbanging Ruddy Darter Dragonfly

Dr Who Annual 1965 Quick Peek

Three Friendly Beetles

Made in Luton Book Extracts (Autobiography)

Waiting to Visit Crowland - Rooks (and a Few Pigeons)

The Moody Blues and the Kinks Rock Music Quiz Book Teaser

The Zazzle Experience

I've been creating designs on Zazzle for many years, though it's more a labour of love than with any aim of getting a decent income from it. You'll find videos, of course, telling you how you can earn decent money, but I think there's a couple of things that always helps re selling anything online.

I also sell books, and it's no surprise that my book about Luton Town FC in the 1970s is my biggest selling item. The reason is a) more ratings/reviews than of any other book I've written - and b) football is always a popular subject.

Zazzle and similar sites are limited, because of image rights. So, though you could write a book about a famous person, you can't, legally, sell images of them, unless you get permission. So, on Zazzle, I'll continue to concentrate on selling stuff with animals and nature as the main subjects.

Paul Rance Art & Photography Zazzle Store

Photos by Paul Rance of the 2024 Spalding Flower Parade

The 2024 Spalding Flower Parade didn't disappoint and there was a strong TV and film theme. Here's some of my photos from the parade as it wended its way through Spalding town centre on a nice spring day in May.

Dalek and TARDIS

Wonder Woman

Pinocchio

Smurf

 Hogwarts Express

Dumbo

Copyright © 2024 Paul Rance

Warden Hill Youth, Luton, Bedfordshire, 1970s

I was the first substitute for Warden Hill Youth, when we lost our first game 7-2 at Barnfield College against Lea Valley Hornets. One of my best friends in Luton, Gerard Lannon, would join the team later. Gerard is far left in the back row in this photo from the 1975-76 season. I had left the club by this time.

This photo and article appeared in Luton Town's short-lived newspaper The Hatter during '75-'76. More info can be found about Warden Hill's early days in Made in Luton.

 

The Making of The Peace & Freedom Band's War-r-r-r-r!; Composed by Paul Rance and Andy Xport

In 1988, British underground group The Peace & Freedom Band were at their most prolific. Never taking themselves too seriously, in '88 an affectionate, humorous nod at hardcore punk band Discharge was composed by me and Andy Xport in around 15 minutes. Possibly one of our alcohol-fuelled sessions in Andy's semi in Alexandra Road, Peterborough, half a lifetime ago does tend to blur accurate memories.

Andy played bass, electric guitar and set up the drum machine, and wrote the music, while I penned the words and did some shouting over the top of the music. From conception to finished recording must have taken not much more than an hour, and Andy's neighbours were tolerant enough not to kick up a fuss at the hurricane of noise emanating from next door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gzUjd_tNRE