Hi All,
For the last few weeks, I (Mabeanie) have been without a stable internet connection.
This is why one of those weeks was without videos. Ihasnotomato didn't want to upload any videos if there was only going to be Yooka-Laylee.
At a sweet YouTuber party, we organised to have him come by my house and pick up the edited episodes of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. So, since last week, it has been Ihasnotomato uploading all of the videos.
Right now I'm using wi-fi, but I have a lot of homework to do. Anyway, it is unfair on him to be uploading everything while I'm kicking back and writing essays. I don't know what his situation is right now, but I would certainly like to have a balanced workload for IM Industries.
Also, our subscribers dropped from 93 to 90 in the last few weeks, and in the last few days has picked up again. I think it's because we weren't uploading much, but who knows. Maybe it's because we stopped uploading TF2 stuff.
That's everything.
Bye All!
Stephanie. Akirasora. Ihasnotomato. Mabeanie.
June 13, 2017
March 24, 2017
Long time no post
Hi All,
It's no secret that we have recently experienced a lot of growth when it comes to subscribers, views and audience retention. By the time we recorded our 50 Subscribers Q&A answers video, we had reached 62 subscribers. We are now on 72 subscribers. Just so you know, we organised to record the Q&A questions video the day that we reached 50 subs. So we gained 12 subs from the 22nd of February (when we hit 50 and released the questions video on the channel) until the 6th of March (when we recorded our answers video). From the 6th of March until today (the 24th), we gained 10 subs.
So what else has happened?
We uploaded our answers video and got a lot of views for it.
The Team Fortress 2 videos consistently get lots of views as well, but not as much, at around 20 views per part.
Liam's present to me for my 21st birthday was the "Deep Thoughts" animation he posted. It's much better than anything I've made, but I post more animations, aiming for a balance of quality and quantity.
We have recorded more Portal Stories: Mel (and have finished the game now) and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, so everything's pretty straightforward until Portal Stories: Mel finishes or we run out of TF2 stuff, which I expect to happen soon.
Ok, doodly-doos.
That's your update.
Bye All!
It's no secret that we have recently experienced a lot of growth when it comes to subscribers, views and audience retention. By the time we recorded our 50 Subscribers Q&A answers video, we had reached 62 subscribers. We are now on 72 subscribers. Just so you know, we organised to record the Q&A questions video the day that we reached 50 subs. So we gained 12 subs from the 22nd of February (when we hit 50 and released the questions video on the channel) until the 6th of March (when we recorded our answers video). From the 6th of March until today (the 24th), we gained 10 subs.
So what else has happened?
We uploaded our answers video and got a lot of views for it.
The Team Fortress 2 videos consistently get lots of views as well, but not as much, at around 20 views per part.
Liam's present to me for my 21st birthday was the "Deep Thoughts" animation he posted. It's much better than anything I've made, but I post more animations, aiming for a balance of quality and quantity.
We have recorded more Portal Stories: Mel (and have finished the game now) and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, so everything's pretty straightforward until Portal Stories: Mel finishes or we run out of TF2 stuff, which I expect to happen soon.
Ok, doodly-doos.
That's your update.
Bye All!
February 23, 2017
50 Subscribers Q&A - Ask us your questions!
Hi All,
I just posted our Q&A questions video, so feel free to post your questions there in the comments of the video, here in the comments of the blog (although I'll have to remember to check there) or on Twitter!
Liam will do a video on his channel asking for questions, and in a week we will answer them.
So please look at our stuff and ask us some questions. Ask us as many as you like!
Bye All!
I just posted our Q&A questions video, so feel free to post your questions there in the comments of the video, here in the comments of the blog (although I'll have to remember to check there) or on Twitter!
Liam will do a video on his channel asking for questions, and in a week we will answer them.
So please look at our stuff and ask us some questions. Ask us as many as you like!
Bye All!
February 20, 2017
February 17, 2017
Reform Part 4: Changing the blog
No need to greet you, seeing as I've already said hello.
This is the awkward "I forgot my wallet and keys" bit, when I waltz back into your house and pick up my stuff, then leave and say goodbye again.
However, this isn't awkward. It's very sexy.
The IM blog now has a logo and a sweet new header bar. I also changed some colours, for links and the title description. I spent the last half an hour making tiny changes so that it would be perfect. Right now, I really like it. I hope you do as well.
Bye All!
This is the awkward "I forgot my wallet and keys" bit, when I waltz back into your house and pick up my stuff, then leave and say goodbye again.
However, this isn't awkward. It's very sexy.
The IM blog now has a logo and a sweet new header bar. I also changed some colours, for links and the title description. I spent the last half an hour making tiny changes so that it would be perfect. Right now, I really like it. I hope you do as well.
Bye All!
Reform Part 3: Changing the name
Hi All,
I'm listening to Eating Food in the Shower by Ninja Sex Party.
Anyway, I've finally changed the name of AIM on Twitter and YouTube to "IM Industries".
I don't know what else can be changed. The blog will need some kind of update, too.
Maybe even a new IM logo!
I think I'm getting less upset about the changes. Maybe they're necessary for a more comfortable transition. It's all part of the YouTube experience I've made for myself.
We also want to do a 50 subscribers Q&A, so keep that in mind.
Bye All!
I'm listening to Eating Food in the Shower by Ninja Sex Party.
Anyway, I've finally changed the name of AIM on Twitter and YouTube to "IM Industries".
I don't know what else can be changed. The blog will need some kind of update, too.
Maybe even a new IM logo!
I think I'm getting less upset about the changes. Maybe they're necessary for a more comfortable transition. It's all part of the YouTube experience I've made for myself.
We also want to do a 50 subscribers Q&A, so keep that in mind.
Bye All!
February 6, 2017
We Talked About It
Hi All,
After publishing the last blog post, I spoke to Liam. This is what he had to say on the topic of replacing Frank:
We discussed it further and we've come to the conclusion that I've simply been upset with the results of last year. 2016 was the first dive downhill ever for us. Every year beforehand had seen growth, but not 2016. 2014 and 2015 were both really good years for AIM Industries and it's hard to understand what we did wrong. We gained subscribers, but not enough to make the year look good. Views dropped from almost 4000 to just over 2000. Sub gain halved to 6. Likes dropped from 149 to 86. Female viewers percentage dropped from its peak of 13% to 4%. That's a huge drop, so it's hard to understand what we did wrong. Maybe the time period in which these things happened would be able to tell us more.
2016 was a very significant year for us. It signaled the end of AIM as a channel and the beginning of a new era for the group. We can hardly call ourselves AIM anymore.
It's not all sad news, 2017 is looking to be an exciting year. I have more animations to work on. We have a big project that we've been slowly chipping away at. Maybe we'll release it this year. Who knows! Every year is exciting, so it's good to take 2016 with a grain of salt and march into 2017 with our heads held high and our chests pushed out.
Bye All!
After publishing the last blog post, I spoke to Liam. This is what he had to say on the topic of replacing Frank:
Well in all honesty it's not something I've considered too deeply, I rather consider Frank almost irreplaceable and now its just become our channel, I guess I wouldn't mind having a replacement, but the number of people to do that job are very slim if not no one at all. ~Ihasnotomato, 6th February 2016 (Punctuation fixed and capital letters added where necessary by me)
2016 was a very significant year for us. It signaled the end of AIM as a channel and the beginning of a new era for the group. We can hardly call ourselves AIM anymore.
It's not all sad news, 2017 is looking to be an exciting year. I have more animations to work on. We have a big project that we've been slowly chipping away at. Maybe we'll release it this year. Who knows! Every year is exciting, so it's good to take 2016 with a grain of salt and march into 2017 with our heads held high and our chests pushed out.
Bye All!
A Replacement for Frank
Hi All!
Recently Ihasnotomato have been joking about offering people the job as the A in AIM Industries. We haven't really discussed it in depth, but for me it's less of a joke and more of a proposal.
Since Frank left, we've found it difficult to run multiple different series at once. The workload is weird right now because of how much stuff we've recorded. The empty Saturday slot is a problem that stares me in the face every time I look at the channel. Believe me, I look at the channel a lot.
Our jokes have been from offering one of our guests the job to offering a guy on the street that looked like Frank. My belief is that we should find someone to replace Frank. Who it should be comes down to two factors. One is that they are a friend. The other is that they have an interest in being part of the channel and working on it. The best part about Frank was that he was the only friend we had that was interested in uploading videos.
I will have to get Liam to put his thoughts on the blog so that we understand what we're dealing with.
Bye All!
Recently Ihasnotomato have been joking about offering people the job as the A in AIM Industries. We haven't really discussed it in depth, but for me it's less of a joke and more of a proposal.
Bye All!
February 2, 2017
February 2014
It was a big month in two ways.
In the beginning of the month, Ihasnotomato rebooted his Let's Play channel to accommodate his enlarged audience gained from his G-man theory.
At the end of the month, Mabeanie finished up his series on YouTube and moved to AIM Industries so that it would be his only channel. His goal was to focus on growing the channel and giving it everything he could think of to make it bigger.
One coming and one going.
At that time, Akirasora thought he was just going on a holiday to the United States for a few months. He hasn't come back yet.
In the beginning of the month, Ihasnotomato rebooted his Let's Play channel to accommodate his enlarged audience gained from his G-man theory.
At the end of the month, Mabeanie finished up his series on YouTube and moved to AIM Industries so that it would be his only channel. His goal was to focus on growing the channel and giving it everything he could think of to make it bigger.
One coming and one going.
At that time, Akirasora thought he was just going on a holiday to the United States for a few months. He hasn't come back yet.
January 23, 2017
So, some things
Hi All,
I've noticed a few things I spoke about in the last couple of blog posts aren't very good at explaining the current situation, mostly the schedule and where everything's going to fit. To be honest, I was pretty confused myself before I spoke to Liam today at our IMstralia Day 3 recording session.
To set things straight, Mario Party 2 will end and be replaced with our next Console Gaming series. When World of Goo is over we'll replace that with the next PC Gaming Series game. We have decided on it, but we won't say until the first episode is out.
I noticed a thing I said in this blog post might be confusing when you read the next one made. I said that I was working on an animation, but it was going to need more work. A couple of days later I released the double IM Animated. The part which may confuse you is that I have actually got a bunch of animations in the works, which is pretty exciting to think about. So the double IM Animated is not what I was talking about in the blog post. I was talking about one that I decided on in the months before we finished Poke'mon Colosseum.
There is also an idea for a GM Animated which I came up with while doing the tags for one of the GM videos. I won't say what it is because I like a grand reveal.
And then, my goodness, I have another one in the works. I don't work on everything I do at once, but my plans are eventually to finish that Animated and post it onto the channel for all to see.
I think 2017 is going to be a big year for AIM Animations.
Bye All!
I've noticed a few things I spoke about in the last couple of blog posts aren't very good at explaining the current situation, mostly the schedule and where everything's going to fit. To be honest, I was pretty confused myself before I spoke to Liam today at our IMstralia Day 3 recording session.
To set things straight, Mario Party 2 will end and be replaced with our next Console Gaming series. When World of Goo is over we'll replace that with the next PC Gaming Series game. We have decided on it, but we won't say until the first episode is out.
I noticed a thing I said in this blog post might be confusing when you read the next one made. I said that I was working on an animation, but it was going to need more work. A couple of days later I released the double IM Animated. The part which may confuse you is that I have actually got a bunch of animations in the works, which is pretty exciting to think about. So the double IM Animated is not what I was talking about in the blog post. I was talking about one that I decided on in the months before we finished Poke'mon Colosseum.
There is also an idea for a GM Animated which I came up with while doing the tags for one of the GM videos. I won't say what it is because I like a grand reveal.
And then, my goodness, I have another one in the works. I don't work on everything I do at once, but my plans are eventually to finish that Animated and post it onto the channel for all to see.
I think 2017 is going to be a big year for AIM Animations.
Bye All!
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