
How AutoTopiaLA Turned a Luxury Garage into 43 Million Views
About this episode
In modern society, cars are just important machines but to some people, they are moving wonders that hold captivating mysteries waiting to be solved. If you are someone who has a strong passion for the engineering, design, and art of cars, you may be wondering how to turn your passion for cars into a career. Let’s know more about that with Shawn Davis from the AutotopiaLA channel.
In this episode, Grant and Shawn talk about how it all started with his channel, his warehouse full of world-class vehicles, passion for cars, and music!
Shawn’s channel “AutotopiaLA” started in the year 2017 and has accumulated over 333,000 subscribers and over 71 million total channel views.
Check out the Episode Highlights
01:04 How Shawn’s channel come about
03:30 What’s the back story of Shawn’s first video
05:28 The story behind Shawn’s luxury garage
10:02 What made Shawn passionate about cars
12:56 Shawn’s monetizing strategy
25:20 How Shawn’s company runs
29:41 How Shawn got 780,000 to 1.5M views in a month
36:07 Explanation on how the YouTube algorithm works
41:13 What’s the pattern of Shawn’s channel content
45:05 How Shawn engage with negative comments
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AutotopiaLA YouTube Channel
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