Reviews

I had a goal to get four videos uploaded to Fun Playtime Reviews this week, but we only ended up filming three.

And instead of trying to film a video on Sunday, I decided to simply move the fourth video I’d planned to film this week to next week.

And since I’m trying to post at least two videos to my personal channel each week as well, I think I may need to lower my goal for Fun Playtime Reviews to only three videos per week going forward.

Anyway, before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

1. If you have a video that YouTube doesn’t allow you to immediately monetize but instead decides to label it as “monitoring for possible monetization,” there is hope that someday it will be monetized even though (according to YouTube) “monitoring for possible monetization” means that it MAY or MAY NOT ever be considered for monetization. Have I lost you? I hope not. 😉
   

   What I want to tell you is that YouTube didn’t allow us to immediately monetize the very first video that we uploaded to Fun Playtime Reviews, but this week, they considered it for monetization. And it went from being labeled as “monitoring for possible monetization” to “under review.” I then received an email from YouTube and had to let them know that we weren’t violating any copyright with our own personal video, and a little later in the day, it was monetized.

2. Responding to comments that people leave on your videos is a good idea and a great way to let people know that you care that they took the time to watch your video and share their thoughts. 🙂
3. I enjoy editing our vlogs, and I laugh a lot while working on them.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 10 (The Final Episode)

Disney World and Universal Studios Florida Souvenirs Show and Tell

SpongeBob SquarePants Kinder Surprise Eggs Opening!

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 9

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I missed posting the videos we uploaded last week, so this week, I’m sharing those and the one video I’ve uploaded so far. I have a goal to upload a total of four videos this week.

I’m a little behind. 😉

Before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

1. YouTube is always changing, but I think the changes that YouTube makes tend to be for the better. This is unlike facebook another social media network that will remain nameless.
2. I used to upload my videos directly to YouTube via iMovie, but now, I upload them directly to YouTube via their upload tool. I think this way is better because then I can make sure my video is optimized for search before it goes live.
3. It takes A LOT of time and effort to grow a YouTube channel, but as long as you enjoy the videos you create, it’s worth it! 🙂

And now, here are the videos:

Disney FROZEN illooms Light Up Balloons (Fun Playtime Review)

Disney FROZEN Elsa Storybooks Opening (Wooden Elsa Doll, Wooden Elsa Mirror, and More!)

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 8

Choco Treasure Surprise Eggs Opening!

My Little Pony RARITY Play Doh Surprise Egg – Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy

About once a week, here on The Sensible Mom, I write a weekly wrap-up post to share the videos we’ve uploaded since our last update. Please feel free to subscribe to our channel to stay even more up-to-date.

So far, I’ve uploaded three videos to our family YouTube channel this week. We filmed a fourth video today, and it’s sitting in iMovie right now.

But instead of waiting until I get that video edited and on YouTube, I want to share the other videos that we created. 🙂

Before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

1. YouTube recently rolled out a new feature called “Cards” that video creators can use to enhance their videos. I’ve heard that these cards may replace current annotations.
2. Lately, YouTube has been updating channels and processing videos faster. Yay!
3. It’s a good idea to optimize your videos for search engines and YouTube before making them public.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Disney Hold My Hands Singing Minnie Mouse

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 7 (Toad Army Battle)

Disney FROZEN Surprise Eggs with Elsa, Olaf, Frozen Stickers, Lemonheads, Olaf Backpack Clip

Each week, here on The Sensible Mom, I write a weekly wrap-up post to share the videos we’ve uploaded since our last update. Please feel free to subscribe to our channel to stay even more up-to-date.

This week was a little busier than usual, so we only ended up uploading three videos. My goal is to upload at least four to five videos a week to our family YouTube channel, but since we had to head to Chicago on Thursday for an appointment for David, I had less time to film and edit, which was okay by me. 😉

But before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

1. YouTube doesn’t always process your videos right away. This means that you can upload a video, but it won’t be visible on YouTube until it’s been fully processed. This past week, it took YouTube hours to process all of our videos. At first, this stressed me out because I thought something was wrong with the video I was trying to upload. It turns out, the video was fine. I just needed to give YouTube a lot more time.
   

   We literally had a video stuck at “95% processed” for a huge part of the day. Now that I know this situation can happen and actually does happen to people all of the time, I don’t get stressed. I just let it be and wait until YouTube decides to process it.

2. YouTube has a way of scanning videos for music and copyright infringement. Let me tell you, their system doesn’t always work, and we’ve had to file a dispute twice already. Basically, I had to let them know that we had the right or license to use a certain song or songs in our videos.
3. Having a rough schedule for when to film, edit and upload videos is a great idea.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 6

Disney Sofia the First Mailbox Surprise with 15 MINI EGGS! Mini Characters from Disney World!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mailbox Surprise – Easter Eggs, Ninja Turtles Mashems, Lemonheads

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