Accelerators

Welcome to the

Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator.

Your YouTube Growth, Supercharged.

With 5 million subscribers and $5.5 million in annual revenue, I'm combining the knowledge I’ve passed on to thousands of creators with direct support and feedback from my team to level up an entire year of your YouTube growth.

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Sometimes a course on its own isn’t enough.

You’ve got to overcome the fear of getting started.

You've got to actually be able to speak to a camera.

You've got to understand how everything works: cameras, editing, titles and thumbnails…and then you need to sit down to actually figure out what the hell to make videos about.

I can teach you everything I know about how to create incredible videos that hook your viewers and keep them watching.
I can teach you how to create exciting and engaging titles and thumbnails that catch people’s attention and make them want to click on your videos.
I can even teach you to build a brand people will fall in love with; one that turns your audience into a loyal following who look forward to your videos each week and who desperately want more of your content.

YouTube can be an incredibly powerful tool for sharing your message, growing your brand, and even making a full-time income.

But for many people, starting a channel feels like a super daunting task.

I get it.

It’s completely overwhelming.

There’s so much to learn, and there are so many people out there teaching you to do the same thing in so many different ways.

But I think everyone should try. Why?

A YouTube Channel can completely change your life.

It changed mine.

If we haven’t met before - Hi, my name’s Ali 👋

I started making YouTube videos in 2017, while in my final year of medical school at Cambridge University.

When I started my channel, I knew absolutely nothing about filming, editing or publishing videos, but after watching hundreds of tutorials, I figured out the basics.

Fast forward to 6 years later, and my channel’s grown from zero to 4 million subscribers.

I genuinely look forward to Mondays, working with a team of amazing creatives, and doing what I love, with a lot of freedom, fun and flexibility. I get messages every day from people saying my videos have changed their lives. I’ve even written my first book, due to be published by Penguin later this year.

And I make more money in a single year than I would’ve made in two decades working as a doctor.

Now, if you're just getting started with YouTube, those numbers are going to seem absolutely ridiculous, but I'm only flexing them to make the point that even the YouTubers you know who have millions of subscribers, and millions of dollars in revenue all started from zero just like you.

And over the last three years, we’ve helped over 3,000 creators build their YouTube channels through our Part-Time YouTuber Academy. We like to think that we’ve helped people to overcome every possible challenge, concern, doubt or obstacle a YouTube channel can create.

And the team of full-time employees I’ve built over the last three years are among the best in the world at their jobs, working with other creators to help them scale and grow their YouTube channels and their businesses, and continually levelling up their skillsets to stay at the top of their game.

I think it’s fair to say that YouTube has completely changed my life.

And I want to help you leverage it to change yours.

The Simple “Secret” Formula to 100,000+

Subscribers

Over the last 6 years, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build an audience from scratch, provide value consistently, and monetise in a non-spammy way.

I’ve spent thousands of hours, and over $100,000 in courses and coaching programs to try and find the secret sauce that helps grow a channel and a business. And while I’ve learned a hell of a lot of things (more on that later), the biggest thing I’ve learned is this -

There’s no secret to building a life-changing YouTube Channel.

It’s just a matter of:

Creating videos that people find valuable
Posting them on YouTube at least once a week
Repeating this for at least 2 years

I think it’s fair to say that YouTube has completely changed my life.

And I want to help you leverage it to change yours.

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There are almost 400,000 creators on YouTube

with over 100k subscribers, and almost 3 million

with over 10k.

Standing out on the platform has never been trickier.

You might have a unique perspective or an unfair advantage over the competition but the sheer standard of the content being created on YouTube these days has never been higher.

So if we want to creating videos that people find valuable, we need to ask a couple of questions:

How can we be sure we’re creating value for an audience that they can’t find somewhere else?
How can we persuade people to click on our videos in the first place?
How do we convince someone to subscribe to see more of our content?
How can we continuously improve the content we’re creating so that we become one of those people who stands out with a strong brand and a bought-in audience?

The biggest channels on YouTube often have an entire team of people behind them focusing full-time on one pursuit (think pro editors, thumbnail designers, scriptwriters, strategists etc.).

You’ve got to compete with the pros - but if you’re doing this alone or in a small team, you’ve got to compete with the pros in every direction and on every aspect of your video production.

You can’t do a degree in thumbnail production (yet) but there are professionals out there who could probably give an entire university level course on everything they know about thumbnails.

The same goes for each discipline involved in a successful YouTube channel.

What if you could learn directly from professionals like this?

What if you could put your thumbnails in front of them, and have them tell you what they’d improve? How they’d think about your thumbnails to make them world class?

And what if it wasn’t just your thumbnails… Imagine if you

could work with full-time professionals who are among

the best in the world at:

YouTube strategy

Scriptwriting

Social media growth

YouTube strategy

Scriptwriting

Social media growth

YouTube strategy

Scriptwriting

Social media growth

YouTube strategy

Scriptwriting

Social media growth

We're going to cover absolutely tons of stuff, including how to figure out what to make videos about, and how to get over the fear of starting for the first time.

Imagine you could sit with each of these experts once per week (if you wanted to) and ask them questions specific to what you’re working on, the last video you filmed, the thumbnail you can’t figure out, or the product you’re trying to launch - and to have them right by your side to help guide you through all of these decisions.

You could make sure that the strategy you’re implementing has been approved or that you’ve had an eagle-eye look at your most recent edit so that you’re effectively being mentored through each step of your YouTube process from start to finish.

Sound good?

Welcome to the Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator 🚀

With the Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator, we want to make sure that you never feel like you have to do it yourself, all on your own, ever again.

Over the last 6 years, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build an audience from scratch, provide value consistently, and monetise in a non-spammy way.

There’s no secret to building a life-changing YouTube Channel.

It’s just a matter of:

What’s the aim of all of this?

To put world-class

educational materials, and

world-class expertise and

guidance at your

fingertips.

To put world-class

educational materials, and

world-class expertise and

guidance at your

fingertips.

To put world-class

educational materials, and

world-class expertise and

guidance at your

fingertips.

Over the last 6 years, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build an audience from scratch, provide value consistently, and monetise in a non-spammy way.

There’s no secret to building a life-changing YouTube Channel.

It’s just a matter of:

We want to help you:

We're going to cover absolutely tons of stuff, including how to figure out what to make videos about, and how to get over the fear of starting for the first time.

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Okay, that's a lot of stuff. But do people actually grow faster by joining the Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator?

Obviously, we can’t guarantee a certain outcome because ‘success’ on YouTube is always uncertain and probabilistic. But if you do the work, and build the systems we teach in the course, you’ll definitely save lots of time, and stack the deck in your favour.

Over the last 3 years, we've helped students from complete beginners who have never held a camera, all the way through to full-time creators with 100k+ subscribers.

Here are some of the great results that we’ve helped students achieve through our Part-Time YouTuber Academy - the course which you'll have access to as part of the Accelerator, and which we've taught to over 3,000 students

👆 If you’re interested in more details about each of these mini case-studies, including testimonials from the YouTubers themselves, we’ve got way more on the Part-Time YouTuber Academy page, and on our Reviews page.

The Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator has only been running for a few months - it’s a new product we created after we stopped doing live cohorts. But in just a few short months, we’ve already had tonnes of amazing feedback from our Accelerator students. Here’s what some of them had to say:

Izzy had never made a video before she took our live course. She implemented everything she learned, and her channel has grown to 500k+ subscribers since.

"I think the content is super helpful, especially for a beginner to really get an idea of the YouTube landscape and how everything works. Secondly, the amazing community of creators was something I never expected and has actually been the most valuable takeaway for me."

Izzy Sealey (550,000 Subscribers)

Clara had made a handful of videos before taking PTYA early in her YouTube career. She has grown her channel (in Spanish) to 200k+ subscribers.

Izzy Sealey (550,000 Subscribers)

"I was a part of Cohort #1 of PTYA. Although it took a lot of luck and strategizing to grow my YT channel, the course was an incredible value - from mindset, tried and tested tips, to customized feedback from an amazingly supportive community. It will give you a great foundation to kickstart your Youtube journey."

Dami Lee (1,110,000 subscribers)

Tiago Forte had been making videos on-and-off for a decade. He decided to take YouTube seriously when he took PTYA. His channel immediately exploded, drove millions of dollars of revenue for his business, and helped his first book hit the bestseller charts.

Izzy Sealey (550,000 Subscribers)

Okay, so the Accelerator has clearly worked for other creators. But will it work for me specifically?

Well, that depends. This certainly isn’t a magic bullet. And it’s not a get-rich-quick scheme. Success on YouTube is probabilistic.

We can help you save time and can teach you what you need to know to stack the deck in your favour.

But we can’t actually do the work for you. We’ll be there with you, helping you out wherever we can, but you have to put in the effort yourself.

So that begs the question:

Who is the Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator not for?

The Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator probably isn't a good fit for you if - You're not willing to put in the time and effort to commit to making videos for the long term.

1. You're looking for a magic bullet that'll get your channel to grow without any effort. There's no secret here. It's just about putting in the work, doing it consistently, and stacking the deck in your favour in whatever way you can.

2. You're hoping that starting a YouTube channel will be a get-rich-quick scheme. Again, that's not how it works. There are no shortcuts.

3. You're looking for a guaranteed path to 10k, 100k, or 1M subscribers. There are no guarantees in this game. It's like signing up for a writing course and expecting to have 1M readers per month for your blog, or 100,000 sales of your book. That's not how it works. We'll teach you the systems and processes that have worked for us and our students, and we’ll be there to guide you for the next 12 months of your journey through any challenges you face, but we obviously can't 'guarantee' any specific result.

4. You’re looking for a bespoke, done-for-you service where we create your strategy for you or supply you with scripts or thumbnail/title ideas or other finished products. In the Accelerator, we’re trying to tee you up with as much expertise, input, guidance and assistance as possible, but we can’t give you the answers.There are people out there who you can work with who’ll create these finished products for you (and we can help you find them), but that’s not what this Accelerator is intended to be

Again, the one thing we can guarantee is that if you create useful videos, publish consistently, and do this for 2 years, your life will change. And we'll be by your side until you're halfway there.

Okay, you get the idea.

Let’s break down what the Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator actually looks like in practice, and what you get if you sign up:

#1 Access to our Part-Time YouTuber Academy (currently $995)

A curriculum of over 20 hours of educational material designed to teach you everything I know about growing a YouTube channel.

This includes:

The Core PTYA Curriculum

10 hours of material teaching you everything we know about YouTube from getting started all the way through to monetising, building a team and turning your channel from a hobby into a thriving business.

The Core PTYA Curriculum

Over the last 6 years, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build an audience from scratch, provide value consistently, and monetise in a non-spammy way.

There’s no secret to building a life-changing YouTube Channel.

It’s just a matter of:

Here’s a flavour of what you’ll get during the 12 months of the Accelerator:

We're going to cover absolutely tons of stuff, including how to figure out what to make videos about, and how to get over the fear of starting for the first time.

You’ll also get access to all of our checklists and templates, as well as things like our PTYA Workbook - this is a 56-page digital supplement to the course which breaks down each of the lessons into exercises you can use to really consolidate the learnings into actions that will supercharge your growth.

Want more info and a full breakdown of the curriculum we’ll share with you? You can check out our full page about the Part-Time YouTuber Academy here - and remember, you’ll get all of this for free when you join the Accelerator.

#2 Weekly Office Hours with Experts from our Team

In these Office Hours, you'll have an open-source pass to the team behind my $5 million a year business—professionals who specialise in areas such as scriptwriting, YouTube strategy, editing, social media growth, video production, sponsorships, monetisation, marketing, and more.

Think of this as having a dream team right at your fingertips, providing personalised guidance tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're struggling with the perfect thumbnail, a script for your latest video, or navigating the launch of a new product, the team are there to ensure your strategies are sound and your content reaches its maximum potential.

These office hours aren’t just one-off events; they are weekly, interactive 60-minute sessions which you’ll have access to for the entire 12 months. You’re free to drop in and out, ask burning questions, seek advice, and continuously improve your craft under the team’s supervision.

Think of it like continual education from industry leaders who are at the cutting edge of their fields, who know your goals and what you’re working on and who have a single-minded focus on elevating your work and increasing your potential.

Think of them as “specialist subject” hours - where you can go if you need to ask a detailed question on a workflow in Final Cut Pro or After Effects, or want to learn about how to get a podcast off the ground, or even if you’re thinking of starting a course of your own.

Most of the team also work as freelance consultants or coaches, charging hundreds of dollars per hour for their time, and you’ll be able to leverage their expertise every week, building on your previous conversations to continually troubleshoot your issues and level up what you’re working on.

Here’s what the week of calls looks like:

And here’s what our Accelerator students have to say about them, and some of the cool things that have already happened as a result of these calls:

#3 The Hotline: 12 months of access to exclusive Accelerator-only Slack channels for rapid access to our support team

This isn't your everyday chat room; it's a space full of real-time brainstorming, information sharing and feedback manned by the team and I.

Imagine having the power to refine your thumbnails, titles, and content before you ever hit publish.

No more playing the waiting game to see if something works or relying on A/B testing alone for your titles and thumbnails; in our Slack channels we can give you input tailored to your needs, helping you make those crucial tweaks before your content goes live.

We’ve got channels for you to ask questions, and channels for you to brainstorm things like titles and thumbnails and to get feedback on ideas and videos from the team and other students.

The team and I will use this Slack group to share what we’re working on, experiments we’re running on the channel and other cool things. We’ll voice note you our thoughts on a strategy you’re working on, record Looms walking you through something visual or to show you how we think about a certain topic on the team, share thumbnail breakdowns with you when we’re trying something new and we’ll shout out wins and success stories from within the Accelerator group as we go.

There’s also the opportunity to leverage the collective experience of your fellow Accelerator members. This group brings together a collection of content creators, marketers, and business brains, each bringing their unique perspective and experience to the table. You’ll benefit not just from our insight and expertise but also from the other people around you who have made the same commitment to levelling up their YouTube prowess.

#6 Access to our Creator Booster Pack (worth $949)

The Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator isn't the only course we've created to help people become successful, confident and driven content creators with thriving businesses.

So we decided to give you our other courses too.

Creatorpreneur Academy ($799)

The Part-Time Creatorpreneur course is a self-paced online course, with 6+ hours of content across 40+ lessons, where you'll learn everything there is to know about transforming your creative side-hustle into a sustainable operation that's highly profitable, hugely scalable, and ridiculously fun.

In particular, we'll be taking a deep dive into the principles, strategies, and tools businesses use to achieve consistent and sustainable growth, giving you a bunch of actionable + timeless insights you can use immediately to supercharge your creative projects.

Camera Confidence Masterclass ($149)

In this course - with over 4.5 hours of content across 40+ lessons, I’ll be teaching you everything that I’ve learnt about camera confidence over the past few years of making hundreds of videos and coaching over 2,000 students as part of my Part-Time YouTuber Academy.

We’re going to cover a bunch of principles, strategies and tools for being more comfortable on camera, and you’ll see real life evidence of these techniques in action as I take various members of my team through the exercises, and give them feedback throughout.

Sounds great!
So how much does this cost?

For context, you could pay $10,000 for an hour of my time over a Zoom call for a private coaching session. Or, like plenty of conference organisers do, you could pay $20,000 to fly me out to give a 30-60 minute talk where I cover 1% of what you’ll learn in the course.

Back when we were running live cohorts of our Part-Time YouTuber Academy, we’d offer something similar to the Accelerator for the 6 weeks of the course (private slack channels, Q&A calls with me and other perks) for $5995. For 6 weeks - not 12 months. Keep that figure in mind 😉

Another way to put our prices into context is to think of it as an investment in your YouTube “business”. If you’re treating YouTube as a hobby, this course probably isn’t for you. But if you’re treating it like a business, then investing some money in saving time and increasing your odds of success seems like a no-brainer. Especially given (a) how much your life can change, and (b) how much money you stand to make if your YouTube channel goes well 🤷

Anyway, enough spiel - here's the price.

The Part-Time YouTuber Accelerator

$4995

For the PTYA course materials + 12 months access

The Part-Time YouTube Accelerator is a 12-month blend of all of the highest leverage parts of PTYA, including Slack support from Ali's team, fortnightly video feedback for an entire year, monthly Q&As, monthly specialist workshops and much more.

The best part?

You can get all this for just $4,995 for the year.

So what does this look like? If you enrol to our Accelerator, you’ll get:

🧠 The Core PTYA Curriculum (currently available for $995) - 8+ hours of pre-recorded sessions with Ali, covering (1) Crack the Algorithm, (2) Earn the Click, (3) Keep them Watching, (4) Build your System.
📚 PTYA Bonus Modules - Extra video training on camera gear, studio setups, monetisation, repurposing, community building, newsletter creation and more.
🚀 Our Part-Time YouTuber Productivity System, which includes checklists, frameworks and templates to turn you into a content-creation beast…

🚂 Create videos consistently and effortlessly through our Infinite Content Engine
🐝 Write scripts that captivate your audience using our H.I.V.E.S Framework and video format templates
📸 Identify the perfect camera, audio, and lighting gear for your budget (whatever your budget is) with our Gear Guru Checklists
💡 Never run out of video ideas again using our Idea Generation Machine (our 7-part Framework for generating endless content ideas), our 5 Months of Content in 5 Minutes template and our 4A Framework.
📗 Find the perfect editor or writer using our Outsourcing Almanack - a step-by-step method with a checklist for outsourcing, including pre-written job descriptions for editors and trial tasks for writers.
🔥 Showcase your individuality and stand out from the crowd with our Forge Your Brand Framework - a combination of 3 of the best systems we’ve ever used to help you identify and leverage your authentic edge as a creator, and to help you understand how to attract subscribers even in a crowded niche
🧭 Ensure your videos always connect with the audience you want using our Creator’s Compass
☄️ Find the intersection between the videos you want to make and the ones which will grow your channel with our Identity Analyst template

👋 1:1 Onboarding with a dedicated account manager.
☎️ The Hotline - 12 months of access to exclusive Accelerator-only Slack channels for rapid access to our team. We’ve got channels for you to ask questions, and channels for you to brainstorm things like titles and thumbnails and to get feedback on ideas from the team and other students.
💌 Priority Email Support - 12 months of access to a dedicated support inbox - another hotline straight to us. We’ll help you with any query, concern or request you could possibly have regarding your channel so that for the next 12 months no question goes unanswered.
📝 Personalised 1:1 Video Reviews - 12 months of access to our Expert Video Analysts, who’ll provide detailed feedback on one of your videos every two weeks (value $2,600 p/a)
❓ Monthly Q&As with Ali - 12 Months of monthly exclusive Q&A calls with Ali (Value: I’m not going to put a number here because it looks kinda absurd, but for context, we charge somewhere between $20k - $50k for me to do a 30-minute keynote at conferences…)
💁 Weekly Office Hours w/ Specialists - Weekly drop-in sessions with the team behind our business, who are experts in topics like social media, podcast growth, websites, SEO, videography, editing, marketing, monetisation, product creation and of course all things YouTube (it’s also hard to put a value on this, but for reference, each of the team are consultants/freelancers charging $250+ an hour. And you get each of them for an hour every week for a whole year 🤯).
🎉 Monthly Specialist Workshops - 12 months of monthly exclusive Specialist Workshops led by the team where you can network, troubleshoot issues you’re facing with your Youtube channels/businesses with fellow Accelerators and experts from the team, reviewing your OKRs, and so much more (value $2,500 p/a)
💪 Creator Booster Pack - You’ll get access to two of our biggest courses Part-Time Creatorpreneur and Camera Confidence to help you become a successful, confident and driven content creator with a thriving business (both worth well over $900).
🚲 1:1 strategic and personalized monthly accountability calls with a member of the PTYA Team (value $900)
🎁 Exclusive Bonuses - Just for fun, we’re bundling in a bunch of incredible bonuses too. Keep scrolling for more 😉

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And lastly, we’ll give you access to the PTYA Community, so you’re a part of our network of

thousands of creators, and you get access to our live in-person events and any future cool things

we come up with.

🎁 Did someone say Free Bonuses?

Because this is an exciting new start after 3 years of running live Cohorts, we’ve decided to bundle in a bunch of free bonuses just for fun.

We're going to cover absolutely tons of stuff, including how to figure out what to make videos about, and how to get over the fear of starting for the first time.

Our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee & Money-Back Promise

We want the investment in this course to be an absolute no-brainer for you - if you’re actually going to do the work 😉

“Do the work” technically involves (a) completing the core module exercises, and (b) submitting at least 2 videos for feedback. If you’ve done those things, and for whatever reason aren’t 100% happy with your experience, drop us an email (within 30 days from the start of the program) and we’ll happily refund your entire payment.

However, please note that the money-back guarantee only applies if you actually do the work and you’re submitting videos for feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions…

Frequently Asked Questions… How long does the Accelerator last?