thunderous71
Daddy
I'm not a big YouTube channel I'm small to moderate I would say and I'm very happy with it. I see a lot of posts about people bemoaning subs and views so here be some small tips to help grow yours.
Subscribers
From my own experience with subs, people that sub to you will not watch every video and may just click and choose the videos they decide at the time. So dont get to wound up about subs, views are more important IMHO.
Engage with subscribers and Comments
Reply to comments and click that thumbs up on some. This is important, if a subscribe thinks they are appreciated they will watch future videos.
Thumbnails
Make them good and to the point. (no boobs, will work once maybe and get a nice flag or two)
Title
Make it short but relevant, honestly its important to keep them short.
Descriptions
Do put something relevant in them
Also put in your @twitter Facebook Webpage etc accounts in every one and again a YouTube subscriber link.
Tags
Again put relevant keywords in
Why bother spending time on Descriptions and Tags? Well a lot of external sites and search engines use this information for filtering your videos.
End of video plug
At the end of your videos have a 5-8 second plug for your other videos, if someone just stumbles upon your videos they may then continue following the breadcrumbs. (I often get people say they watched the entire London Motorbike Encounters videos in one session once stumbling upon one (43 videos and counting)).
End of video Subscribe button (add one)
Intro / Branding
Get a good distinctive Logo / Brand that can be scaled up and down and still be recognisable. Use it in your intro but keep your intro short 4-6 seconds is considered good by most (honestly ask around).
Use your logo/brand on the Subscribe icon you can add to all videos.
Make friends with bigger vloggers and comment on their videos, just by commenting on videos your engagement stats will increase and when you get a reply you will get some new subscribers who follow the conversation. Don't spam though, quick way to get a ban.
Work together, this game is just that a game. Collaboration videos are a great way to get your name out there. Help others out with their designs and graphics if your good. Good at sound effects or music... you get the idea.
Twitter and Facebook are your friends... beware Facebook will close your account at some point unless you use your real name and even IF you use your real name they will still close it when it grows fast and demand you send them ID (I hate facebook).
Twitter, use it the same way you comment on videos, make friends with other vloggers and join in the conversations, your leach some new followers and subs along the way.
But the biggest tip of all is the content, if your best mate/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/cat/dog says its dull, it probably is. If your chasing views and subs do take the critical reviews of people with a pinch of salt but read them. Even if you do not agree with them there maybe some good ideas within the critic.
All said and done, there is a lot of luck as I said at the start. There are some great vloggers on here that deserve way more views and subs than they are getting.
For those of you new to this it can take a year or two to get established unless you're very lucky or have a unique way of doing things. So the last tip is, take a look at the big names out there, why are their videos popular? Content? Time invested? Style? etc. Watch and learn from them.
Good Luck!
Subscribers
From my own experience with subs, people that sub to you will not watch every video and may just click and choose the videos they decide at the time. So dont get to wound up about subs, views are more important IMHO.
Engage with subscribers and Comments
Reply to comments and click that thumbs up on some. This is important, if a subscribe thinks they are appreciated they will watch future videos.
Thumbnails
Make them good and to the point. (no boobs, will work once maybe and get a nice flag or two)
Title
Make it short but relevant, honestly its important to keep them short.
Descriptions
Do put something relevant in them
Also put in your @twitter Facebook Webpage etc accounts in every one and again a YouTube subscriber link.
Tags
Again put relevant keywords in
Why bother spending time on Descriptions and Tags? Well a lot of external sites and search engines use this information for filtering your videos.
End of video plug
At the end of your videos have a 5-8 second plug for your other videos, if someone just stumbles upon your videos they may then continue following the breadcrumbs. (I often get people say they watched the entire London Motorbike Encounters videos in one session once stumbling upon one (43 videos and counting)).
End of video Subscribe button (add one)
Intro / Branding
Get a good distinctive Logo / Brand that can be scaled up and down and still be recognisable. Use it in your intro but keep your intro short 4-6 seconds is considered good by most (honestly ask around).
Use your logo/brand on the Subscribe icon you can add to all videos.
Make friends with bigger vloggers and comment on their videos, just by commenting on videos your engagement stats will increase and when you get a reply you will get some new subscribers who follow the conversation. Don't spam though, quick way to get a ban.
Work together, this game is just that a game. Collaboration videos are a great way to get your name out there. Help others out with their designs and graphics if your good. Good at sound effects or music... you get the idea.
Twitter and Facebook are your friends... beware Facebook will close your account at some point unless you use your real name and even IF you use your real name they will still close it when it grows fast and demand you send them ID (I hate facebook).
Twitter, use it the same way you comment on videos, make friends with other vloggers and join in the conversations, your leach some new followers and subs along the way.
But the biggest tip of all is the content, if your best mate/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/cat/dog says its dull, it probably is. If your chasing views and subs do take the critical reviews of people with a pinch of salt but read them. Even if you do not agree with them there maybe some good ideas within the critic.
All said and done, there is a lot of luck as I said at the start. There are some great vloggers on here that deserve way more views and subs than they are getting.
For those of you new to this it can take a year or two to get established unless you're very lucky or have a unique way of doing things. So the last tip is, take a look at the big names out there, why are their videos popular? Content? Time invested? Style? etc. Watch and learn from them.
Good Luck!
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