Working with me directly. A deep-dive on your specific channel. The systems I use to make content. Weekly Q&A on Zoom. Direct access every day.
$1,999—$999 founders price—50% off every future version
My average view count tripled to around 15K. My subscriber count is up over 45%. I now have a clear roadmap.
Two things, both delivered in your own thread. The personal review tells you what is broken on your specific channel. The checklist tells you what to do about it every week. Together, you stop guessing on every upload.
A document about your specific channel. Written from research on your niche, your questionnaire, twenty minutes of me dictating what I see, and your analytics if you give me access.
Where you are
Not where you think you are. Not where the algorithm tells you to think you are. Where you are based on what I see. Your packaging, your retention shape, your title and thumb language compared to the people winning in your niche right now.
The one bottleneck to fix first
Not a list of ten things. One. The thing that, if you fix it, makes the rest get easier. Most creators have a packaging bottleneck pretending to be a content bottleneck. Some have it the other way around. I name yours.
The concrete next action this week
Specific. Doable. Something you can start before our first live call. Not “rebrand your channel.” Something like: re-cut these three titles, or audit retention on these last four uploads.
You are not building your own workflow from scratch. You are working through this with the bottleneck from your review in mind.
That is what the first week of the program gets you. Everything else is built on top.
30-day refund · One-time payment or 2× split · No subscription
Renew or leave when you are ready. Founders keep 50% off every future version.
Wednesdays, 2pm EST on Zoom. 60 minutes. Anyone who shows up can ask whatever they like. Recorded, so missing one is not fatal.
Only for people in the program. Drop a thumb, get a reaction. Drop a script, get notes. I am there daily helping you get unstuck.
Nine documents. Foundational, Strategy, Ideation, Titles, Thumbnails, Scripting, Hooks, Production, Mindset. Released as you go. You give feedback, I revise. Founders shape the final version.
14 worksheets and systems: Audience Analysis, Title Frameworks, Title + Thumbnail Validation, Script Workflow, Hook Generation, 90-Day Action Plan, Niche Worksheet, Avatar Worksheet, Recommended Gear. The building blocks of the system.
The prototype course. Foundational and mental layers everything else sits on top of. Released over your time in the program. You give feedback, I revise. Founders shape the final version.
Effort × strategy. The chain. Inevitability math. Information vs transformation. Packaging beats content. Good enough beats perfect. The valley of death.
Who you talk to. What problem you solve. What formats you use. What goals you are working toward. The decisions that decide everything downstream.
Finding ideas, validating them, knowing when to invest the hours and when to pass. Outlier translation. The Acute Moment Test.
What makes a title work. The Three-Layer Test. Layer 1 viewer language. The Honesty Filter. Target Moments. The anatomy of a great title.
Reinforce, do not repeat. Obvious over clever. The amateur signaling mistakes. Sit next to the big creators.
Setup-tension-payoff. Forward pulls. WHY moments. The Ed Lawrence pattern. How structure earns retention.
Six components. Six templates. They start at dislike. The 20-second rule. Why hooks are not summaries.
Filming, editing, upload, publish, all combined. Audio over camera. Three-take minimum. Post-upload behavior.
Named playbooks. When you want to quit. When the comparison trap catches you. When you are stuck. What to do, not what to feel.
Not a rigid schedule. A rhythm that fits your life, how you learn, and how you want to work. Repeat as long as you are in.
But honesty about who this works best for and who it does not.
30-day refund · One-time payment or 2× split · No subscription
Use the first month. Get my read on your specific channel. Read the checklist. Show up to a live call. Spend a week in the community. If it is not worth $999, I do not want your $999.
Different niches. Different stages. People I have actually worked with.
Every one of them real.
“In the space of three months, the information has been invaluable. My channel gained over 600 subscribers and broke past 5,000 total.”
I have spent thousands of dollars in books and courses on YouTube. None of those things solved my problems. I needed to hear the brutal truth, that I had to rethink how I was approaching YouTube. Dave was that reality check.
“I chose Dave because there was such a personalized approach. He was very invested in making sure I got the help I needed. Nothing was off limits.”
Dave was extremely generous with his time and tactical with his advice. Understands current constraints well and points to issues that need to be currently addressed.
My channel was not growing. Talking with Dave was extremely eye-opening. He gave me new insights and a different way to view my channel and who I am making content for.
“If you actually want to get serious about filling the top of the funnel and having a process, this would be a perfect system. Ten out of ten.”
He reviewed my channel, watched my videos, and took detailed notes on exactly where I could improve. He not only pointed out my weak spots, he gave concrete examples of how to fix them. People love to say "make a better title or thumbnail," but no one shows you how or why it works. Dave did both.
“My average view count tripled to around 15K and my subscriber count increased by over 45%. I now have a clear roadmap.”
I've completed several YouTube coachings, even Ali Abdaal's. Nothing comes close to what Dave has to offer.
“Information is not what we are missing. It is applying it and seeing my blind spots. Dave will tell you the truth and give you constructive feedback.”
Despite my best efforts, my YouTube channel had been stuck for a long time and I just could not figure out what I was missing. In one coaching session, Dave helped me identify the main issues, demystified the whole process, and gave me clear, actionable next steps.
Before the meeting, he rewrote every title for my shows and used that as a training example in the call. I left with great advice and a roadmap. If you are wondering if this is worth the investment, stop wondering.
“Thumbnails were the most concrete thing. They lifted my game from 2% CTR to 3 to 4%. That increased it massively.”
My conversation with Dave was incredibly helpful and insightful. It was clear he took the time to understand my channel and tailor a personalized strategy that addressed my specific challenges.
“What was really amazing was how deep of an analysis he did on my channel. Dave really helped me see my blind spots and re-energized me to restart.”
Dave's input and advice was highly customised to my channel and my blind spots. I have tried other YouTube coaching services and none of them were as good.
He really helped me a lot to structure the steps to take, to grow my YT business. He went way beyond what I would have expected and exceeded my expectations.
Dave is very knowledgeable. As someone who has walked the walk, it is clear he knows what he is talking about and is able to provide helpful and compassionate insight tailored to me.
I am very impressed with Dave Jeltema’s professionalism and his honest feedback. He was very thoughtful and detailed in his audit of my YT channel.
If you have been doing the work for a year or two and the views still are not compounding, you are who I built this for.
Last year I launched my one-on-one program. Out of about 35 conversations I had with creators before launch, almost every one of them said some version of:
“I want to work with you. I am not at the spot where it makes sense to pay this much.”
I have taken more than 300 applications since. Most are not the right fit for the high-ticket. For most of my audience, it is not the right offer.
So I built this. The program for the creators who want my systems, my attention, and my help, but who do not need a year of one-on-one. The ones who are one or two decisions away from the channel actually working.
I think about YouTube all day. Constantly reverse-engineering content, watching what is pulling and leaking on other channels, refining my own. Hours and hours every day. I am good at this. I enjoy it.
If you want a clear read on your specific channel and a system to follow, I think I can help.
— Dave Jeltema
If you have read this far, you are the person I built it for.
The next founders round either has your name on it or it does not. Either way, six months pass.
If you want the systems, the attention, and the help, I will see you Monday.
— Dave
Six months of full access. The personal review, the checklist, the prototype course, the resource library, weekly Q&A, and direct access every day. Renew or leave at month six.
Founders keep 50% off every future version. When the price goes up, your renewal stays half off whatever it becomes.
Comparable programs run multiple thousands. The founders price stays locked in across every future version.