It’s odd for me to think about my top videos. I get all kinds of esoteric stats on them from YouTube: watch time, average view duration, audience retention, likes, dislikes, likes vs. dislikes, impressions click-through rate, etc. It hurts my brain to think about these too much, so I go with views to judge the… Continue reading 2022 Top 5
Author: Matt Aromando
Stand-up, improv, and sketch comedian.
Making deals with some devils
Hello! Long time no blog! Growing my YouTube channel has been my main creative endeavor for the past three years. (It hasn’t been three years since I released my first video but I was working on concepts well before that was finished.) I know in my heart that I’ve made some good videos, a few… Continue reading Making deals with some devils
Let this be a lesson to anyone trying to sell their unwanted stuff
My latest sketch—Moving Sale—is out now! To no one’s surprise, it’s based on a real-life listing I saw on Facebook for someone trying to sell their old furniture. It’s amazing what people think their used junk is worth. For the most part, I feel like furniture should just be given away especially if someone is… Continue reading Let this be a lesson to anyone trying to sell their unwanted stuff
I really should have gotten everyone on the same Zoom call
My latest sketch—Zoom Stranger—is out now (and has been for, uh, a couple of weeks)! I had originally written a lengthier but altogether more negative blog post to “promote” the video (which I then sat on for awhile because it made me sad that the blog post was no good, what a cycle). However, I’m… Continue reading I really should have gotten everyone on the same Zoom call
Ignoring the advice of others to (relative) success
Last Sunday, I released my YouTube channel’s twelfth sketch comedy video—Zoom Wedding—to the best reception I’ve gotten for a new video, um, ever. It has the most views through the first week of a video being released, a bunch of likes, and, importantly, the highest average percentage viewed of any video I’ve put out. If… Continue reading Ignoring the advice of others to (relative) success
Year One: Complete
March 4th, 2021 was the one-year anniversary of my How Many Baskets sketch being published, the first of eleven I put out over the past year. My goal was to put out a new video every month and I came pretty close to hitting that on the average (I didn’t put any videos out last… Continue reading Year One: Complete
A lot can change in a year.
Hello there! It’s been over two years since I last posted in this blog and if a lot can change in one year, well, two years is twice the change. In 2019, I stopped blogging mostly because I had found a creative writing outlet with sketch comedy and, in particular, my sketch ensemble—Souvenir—a former house… Continue reading A lot can change in a year.