Growing Social Media Accounts for Woodworkers | Live Edge Episode 1

We are celebrating reaching the 100,000 subscriber milestone on this channel. We want to share with you what it takes to grow a YouTube channel, Instagram and Facebook pages for woodworkers. It is important to create content and projects at the same time so others can see your work. We talked about tips for selling woodwork in the last video how important it was to market you work. Join us for live chat and Q&A every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST.

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*Videos To Watch Next*
Two Small Projects for Beginners: https://youtu.be/-dabPELCUdo
How to Sell Woodworking: https://youtu.be/DCyBplfL2dU
Make Money Woodworking Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pIKH-BCLoA&list=PLWVlC66wUw8bSPMGr0N2QZlMPvslZyIet

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0:00 Intro
1:09 100k subscribers
5:15 Woodworking YouTube Channel
7:14 How to balance woodworking and family
10:15 Growing Woodworking on Social Media
15:55 How 731 Woodworks Grew So Fast
18:29 Electric Hand Planer vs Benchtop Planer
20:00 Growing Instagram for Woodworkers
25:06 Best Parallel Clamps
29:59 Exotic Wood Worth the Price?
31:18 Are DIY flags over done?
32:36 What Camera for Woodworkers
34:24 What does 731 mean?
35:20 What Woodworking Projects Sell Best
37:23 Shop Projects for Productivity
39:52 Best woodworking projects to start with
41:09 CNC worth it?
42:11 Favorite type of wood
42:33 Jointer or Planer First?
42:58 Beat Holiday / Seasonal Projects
43:33 Woodworkers and Craft Shows
44:13 How to hide screws in wood
45:55 Using locally grown wood
46:12 Woodworking on Etsy
48:22 Dealing with Difficult Customers
49:58 731 Woodworks Dust Collection
50:52 Listing woodworking projects
51:43 Favorite tool in the shop
52:36 Take Care Of Customers
53:37 Will you get a Sawstop?
54:42 Customers that haggle price
57:14 Heating the garage
57:49 Woodworking order deposits
1:02:33 Power Tip

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