Hey Pete - Your content is absolutely stunning. Extremely high quality, and you've got a great story that you're constantly adding to. Here is some advice I read earlier today posted by Alex Becker.
I hope all is well with you and I look forward to seeing your future updates. Stick with it!
I hope all is well with you and I look forward to seeing your future updates. Stick with it!
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Simple Youtube channel tip : Channels are grown by a few videos, not consistent content or quality content.
Let me explain : Probably about 90% of my subscribers come from 10 videos that have over 100k views (to 1 million). These vids I like to think of as "intro videos". They go semi viral, attract new viewers with a big clickbaity hook and THEN intro them to me n my personality. Most people just start with their personality and end with their personality. If you want to grow a channel do this
YES make consistent content but what you need to do when your starting off is jack trends, mimic other viral videos in your niche and do "stunts" that trigger massive curiosity from Youtube users.
For example : A trend on Youtube right now is idiots mailing themselves in a box places. Why? Because its literally a million views every time GUARANTEED.
There are tons of trends like this out there tho. Another example, my most viewed video is me buying $1000 worth of Overwatch (video game) item boxes and making a spoof that I'm so rich that I can force Blizzard to give me a certain item by dropping fat stacks.
I saw that loot box openings of 100 boxs got a TON of views , so I bought $1000 worth. This video got 1 million views for a $1000 stunt AKA massive ROI...A sub on Youtube costs at least 2-$10 via ads. With paid traffic this is also bout 50-100k worth of views (those numbers are guestimates with my past experience) This video has gotten me a HUGE % of my subs. I've done the same with other videos and the ROI even with spending 1k is at 100x at least.
Even funnier is my most viewed videos are on a Iphone or a screen capture.
Don't get me wrong, uploading consistent quality content is important BUT I see new channels bust out crazy high quality videos that get no views. It's depressing. The channel is creating videos that are awesome, but they don't bring in interest from new viewers.
Every time you upload a video starting off think of the following
1. What videos in my niche get a ton of views and how can I up the ante (aka I saw that Shopify vids got a ton of views, so I made a vid saying Shopify is dead and this vid is on its way to 100k views easy, same thing with a few other Shopify vids)
2. What title can I use to create the most drama/curiosity to a person that have ZERO interest in my channel.
This is the KEY, because when you can hook viewers with a vid topic and creative headline you are almost guaranteed to start really feeding the Youtube algo.
When that happens Youtube starts sharing the SHIT out of your video.
If you use the simple process above and upload daily 1 out 5 of your videos will go semi viral. Do that over and over and you are going to have a few break out videos that build most of your sub base.
DO NOT look at big vloggers like Logan Paul and Casey Neistat and Pewdiepie and think you can get there by making similar content.
#1: They already have that content covered
#2: Go look at the videos that kicked these guys off. They ALL got their start from videos that when huge and THEN started more personality based videos.
People don't care about your personality until you establish a big audience.
Pewds had happy wheel videos (20 million views or something per vide)
Casey had HBO and Bike lanes and $14,000 plane seat (and similar videos shot on a low quality camera at that)
Jenna Marbles had how to trick people into thinking your pretty (tens of millions of views)
Tomi Lahren had that crazy Kapernick rant (65 million views)
ALL the big video stars got a huge start from a few viral videos that tapped into trends, focused on stunts, or created mass curiosity. Stop pumping out content just for the sake of content. Start pumping out average "quality" videos that tap into the "viral" factors above.
Don't focus on video quality, don't focus on the info you provide, don't focus on anything except what will attract peoples attention in mass. THEN once you know how to trigger that THEN back it up with quality and content.
People don't come to a new channel or discover a new channel because a video is informative or shot well. They come to be entertained while they are in zombie mode browsing around. They then STAY for the content.
Once you build up a following THEN people will start wanting to watch videos on who you are and what you are about and it will attract new people who want to know why everyone is following you. Your current audience will also boost your channel algorithmically and get you promoted way more. But you need to build that initial audience with good ol fashion clickbait"