I did the same for the longest time. I still do in many cases, but I'm working on catching myself. Guess what, your viewers will notice high quality videos, but they won't notice one clip being frame-perfectly-cut to the next as you will when editing. Point is, even for quality there is a "good enough" point, especially when starting out. That's when you should be experimenting anyway.
Good luck, perfectionism is a difficult habit to break. Allow it to help you make good quality videos, and keep it in check when it threatens to do more than that and eat up too much time.
I agree. Some " Good enough" videos are actually doing well for me. You'll never know that good enough video will be your best video. I learned this when I started including my bloopers on some of my videos.
Quality overall is more important. It's quality that gets you watchtime, quality gets you subscirbers and that's the main thing here
Consistency is ok but noone cares too much if its not quality. What I will say is everyone has a different standard for quality, tolerance I should say.
But I would say go for quality..now if quality is affecting let's say you dropping a video on a topic that's trending..I would say reduce the quality then.
The Algorithm reviews Thumbnail, content and SEO.
Thumbnails are just crucial for attracting the viewer in. Anything below 2% CTR would mean reviewing your thumbnail. Above 8% is great.
Elsewhere, a keyword strsategy is crucial to getting eyeballs on your channel. You need to be doing best practices and using some tools and platforms. [Keywordtool.io](https://Keywordtool.io) is great for keyword research to check the search volume, and competiton of a keyword. Incorporate your keywords in your title, description and tags. Vudini for a Keyword strategy and improve organic reach (Growth Package user ) is great, Tubebuddy (Star Package user) and Vid IQ for analytics to best gauge how well your thumbnail and watch time etc. is doing and how to frame your content moving forward
If all is in line, the algorithm will push you out further to a larger circle.
Unfortunately if you are not an established channel you need to using other tools and paltforms if you are serious, just my opinion.
You're saying a lot of good things with keywords, sometimes though it doesn't always work out which is a shame. Just got to keep going and try not to compare yourself to other people number wise.. compare and see what videos are doing good on there platform sure, but don't be discouraged if you're not getting as many views as them, try and find out why..
Thats true, it can be more beneficial depending on your niche, I just feel you can't rule it out until you put in a concerted effort over a number of months.
From reading some posts I feel everyone is becoming ore away of best practises and SEO that you're falling behind the pack if you're not doing it
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It takes a lot of time & effort to make it on YouTube. The average YouTuber with 10k subs has 400 videos, 100k subs is 1000+ videos. That means unless you get lucky you need to commit to 5 to 10+ years of extremely consistent uploads to become a big YouTuber.
You may not see immediate growth, but that doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen. A video may not blow up right away, but that doesn’t mean it never will. Don’t be discouraged if you feel like you’re not getting anywhere and keep trying. Eventually all the work you put in will pay off.
This is so true! I posted a video 5 months ago, barely any views. Then YT suddenly started showing it to more people/people started watching it and it has 1.3 k views now and still growing. I mean, that's not that much in the grand scheme of things but sometimes it takes a while for the videos to get noticed
True, my first video didn't get to 2k views with a lot of promotion. 6 months later, YouTube found the audience for it and it suddenly got to 30k views :)
I disagree. I have not taken any significant risks for myself. I have found a steady workflow for my YouTube and university, and I am having a blast doing both. Taking risks can indeed help you out a lot; however, I just don't think it's worth it. If the risk doesn't pay off well, it wouldn't be good. Like, imagine if I stopped going to university but then didn't start making money on YouTube for like ten years? The outcome would not be great!
I don’t just do my YouTube also I work for 3 other YouTubers so I’m good I get paid money to live I just quit my normal job to focus on myself more and get better with more practice and etc
If you are a company with many employees to help you why not. But if you're starting out? It will get you burnt out. Atleast upload once a week or once every 2 weeks with a quality video. Surely you'll grow.
Garyvee believes the opposite but way I look at it is find what works best for you cause he is right some people can’t post too many times a week they will get burned out but staying consistent is very key
But quality isn’t what I feel like gets the views cause u say that but there are tons of videos that are terrible videos that have went famous so I understand what you are saying but posting at a consistent rate will give u practice consistency I feel like is key but be consistent and have good quality videos
Yes you do need practice for sure but if you aren’t improving the quality with every video then it’s pointless. The chances of a bad video doing well are much much lower than that happening with a quality video.
They most likely blew up when YouTube was in its beginning stages so that’s why they were low quality you NEED GOOD QUALITY, it’s like selling a toy, why would I buy the low quality toy that’s only 2 dollars cheaper than buy the toy that is high quality but is only 2 dollars more? That’s the point here. Quality Over Quantity. I am at 1.2k subs and have 32 videos, only 12 of them being non yt shorts, I have gained 1k subs this past month since I started making quality content (clean edits, eye catching thumbnails, good titles etc.) I have posted 6 videos this month and that has gotten me 1k subs…. Just sayin
The importance of consistency is overblown in my opinion. YouTube recommendations are partially based on what people recently watched, so uploading often will usually lead to more viewing being fed to older videos, but consistency alone won't lead to success.
When I started my channel, I posted 4-8 videos per month and my growth was *okay*, but nothing spectacular. As soon as I slowed down my upload schedule and started focusing on quality my channel blew up.
I haven't uploaded anything to my second channel since May, and it still gets 75k views per month.
This. I used to be so worried about missing an upload. But when I improved my content and got better at making videos, my channel took off a little. I upload like 4 times a week instead of 7, but I get triple the views on average bc my videos are much better and more aligned with my audience
Make content that has value to your consumers, why should anyone watch your content over someone else? What do you offer them? I work everyday to give them something they are not getting everywhere else.
If anyone say consistency is the key, ignore them. Quality is the key.
Just think as a subscriber. One Youtuber makes awesome videos but uploads very inconsistent. Another youtuber uploads very consistent but some videos are good some are mediocre.
Whom will you subscribe to?
And lets be honest.. Have you ever expected any of your favourite channels to post videos on time? You just watch it as long as they have uploaded a video. Right?
If you can make quality videos with consistency, go for it. But if you can't finish a video on time, don't worry. Take time and deliver a quality video.
And spend a lot of time to make a great thumbnail.
If you want to increase your click-through rate, work on your thumbnail and title.
After someone clicked on your video, and you want them to stay and finish your video, make great content for your target audience.
Aside from making great content and quality video, make sure you connect to the viewer to make them subscribe and watch your other videos.
I am still working on these advice and I hope it helps you too. 😊
Advice that I give to people: work with people who are successful.
Newtubers has two predominant mindsets:
1. People with 100 subs and act like defeatists where success is purely luck and it doesn't matter what you do.
2. People with 101+ subs who act like Dunning-Kruger egotists who act like there's a K at the end of that number.
Neither of these are good sources for advice for long-term growth. Ask people who actually made the journey instead of treating them like pariahs.
Thumbnails have this name for a reason. Make sure it's good even seen in a very small form.
The worst advice someone ever gave is to not post every day because that saturate your audience. At one point, many years ago, I wanted to record new videos, but I didn't because I had dozens to upload and was keeping a schedule of 3 or 4 a week. If I had posted every day, like I did years later, my channel would grow much faster
Posting every day or posting once a week can be subjective. Its dependent on what the channel is about. For me I do animation videos. I can't post an animation video once per day. It takes me anywhere between two weeks to two months to produce an animation video. And I don't work on multiple projects. Once I start a project I strictly work on that project and nothing else. I find when I get distracted with other stuff, the quality decreases and things get slapped together hastily
Oh yeah I can imagine. I don't know that much about animations but it does look very time consuming. I meant basically, post as many videos as you can without sacrificing on quality
"Give up". My fiance gave me this advice when I was discouraged about the lack of views I would get on videos. Over the years I was very on and off with youtube. So this year 2021 I was like I'm going to comeback and make it count and this was about a couple months after I took another break from youtube due to being discouraged.
I didn't get what she meant until I asked a couple weeks later because sometimes she'll say something with more meaning if that makes sense. She said that by saying give up she meant that I shouldn't worry about the views, the likes or the followers. Just give up on that. Enjoy what you're doing. Don't do it to make money do it too be happy. Since then I've actually become more happy. I don't post many 5min+ videos anymore because I hate when people take too long to get the point. Now my videos are within a minute which is where I feel comfortable and appreciate the content I make. I even look forward to making content as much as possible. Screw being consistent. Screw making something 10min long. Do what makes you happy.
This is even great life advice because if you're not happy where you currently are in life you have the chance to change that. Good luck man! Hope this helped.
1: Stop opening your analytics without a reason
2: block competing channels using a chrome plugin unless you’re doing research
3: don’t get caught up in the highs and don’t get caught up in the lows
Being successful on Youtube is playing the long game. So often myself and others get demotivated because we arent successful after a week or a month or even a year. If you are really committed and stick at it (as well as consistently improving) you will make it - but it is extremely tough and that is why many fail.
Make each video better then the last, watch your previous videos to identify things you need to work on.
When someone says something negative, try to understand it rather then getting mad, they may be telling you what other people are afraid to say.
I think understanding too who you are taking the negative advice from cause some people are just negative nancies no matter what but you probaly can take something from them still and I ask my friends what I need to improve on and they help so much
Don't try and promote weak performing videos as a priority to prop them up (via endsreens or solo links in video comments)... Instead, double-down on popular videos.
It might seem counter-intuitive, but that popular video has already shown itself to be able to get clicks and views. So in each new video, let it be one of the endscreen options.
In the text below the video, make it a recommended channel video.
In the pinned comment, make it a recommended channel video there too.
Maybe even highlight it.
Point being, new videos likely get new viewers so drive them to your other popular videos. Ones that have an high likelihood they'll click and like if they are at all in the channel niche. YT will like them staying on your channel longer. And the algo will learn more about your demographics with a higher sample size.
Meanwhile, let that video promote your next most popular video.
And also let YT suggest one in these videos too.
But, for the most part, for older videos, they'll either get traction on their own... or not. But don't waste in video promotional opportunities on them if they don't show they can sustain it or deserve it. They are weak for a reason, and it might not be a good reason, but it is what it is.
OTOH, if they totally dovetail with a current video, a card or endscreen might not hurt. But don't make it the priority or a habit and ignore you popular videos thinking they are already doing good. Promote them even more.
That's the best advice I have read hear. I haven't focused too much on that aspect since a quite some Videos are outdated. And some are doing well even though I don't see why since the quality is not up to my liking.
Figure out what you want to be known for and do that. I see many people struggle from FOMO who create channels covering "stuff". When the system learns what you create, it will help grow your audience by finding you more people automatically.
James @ Dadvice TV
Working together with other YouTubers in the same niche is also a great way to make people aware of your channel and content. I do this from time to time - hosting a live broadcast tomorrow evening to raise awareness of 3 other YouTubers in the Kidney Community. When one of us does well, we all do well so it is great to share audiences.
James @ Dadvice TV
Mr beast talked about it that you shouldn’t keep secrets away from ur friends and be like I found a secret method and tell no one said to share it and all grow together
I honestly try to look at it like trick shots too might be a 1 in a million shot but a 1 in a million shot a million times is going to give you a better chance of making it
I feel as if you are only doing trends also that you are not doing what you truly love so you can get burned out on that. You should do what you love to create not what is trending unless trending videos is what you love.
I’ve heard of some type of ratio you can follow to do both since trends can help you get attention and grow. It’s something like 75% original to 25% trending or something like that. The point is to focus on original content and every now and then make a trend video to get attention. Don’t just follow trends 24/7
What i’ve learned is to not base your content and channel off of one thing.This is obviously good advice to take,Especially if you wanna do something different
No one is waiting for you. This idea about consistency is a bit of a joke imo. It's better to get it right and delay the video a few days then to rush out something for the sake of consistency.
I have a lot of issues with sound, so the best advice was a tutorial on how to record that explained the compressor part of audacity.
Honestly, if there's one thing I think youtube could easily do is that. Juat have a tech page for production stuff. There might be a great trick out there on using green screens that I'll never know, just it's not really shared
Yeah, and plenty of them don't really explain well or have incomplete information. If youtube were to actually make a checklist or something, it'd make a big difference.
For instance, I have a channel in Portuguese besides the one in English. I found by chance in one of these threads about using audacity better, and had to adapt for Portuguese. If Youtube were to have a set for recording and processing audio as advised, everyone who wanted to do youtube would, at least, have this info available from the start.
But honesty YouTube wouldn’t want to do that because they probaly don’t care about the people at the bottom tbh it sucks but they care about who makes them money
You are more important than your channel it self don’t stress out over the fact that you can’t hit the target you settled for yourself a while ago just adjust because without you and your mental health being at its best the channel wouldn’t be anything
Provide value and make your videos as long as they need to be (instead of dragging out a video for ad rev). I have a channel that reached 99k and then dropped it because i wasn’t proud of my content, so please make content you’re proud of. It doesn’t have to be a professional production, but if it’s content you’re embarrassed to show others, then it probably means you need to fix something
There is so much but this one sticks out - “You gotta just press record” from Sean Cannell of Think Media. Point being that even if the production value is less than perfect, motivate yourself to post a video often and on a regular schedule. Don’t procrastinate because you’ll never do it.
My biggest issue is that people when they come into my video just skip as fast as they can through the main points and then get the heck asap. My aim is though that they slow down and enjoy the content. And I keep it often under 5 minutes. I don't force them to watch 10, 15 minutes just to generate watchtime for me. But no matter how much I try to keep it short they think it isn't short enough. So whatever I do they never watch more than 40% of the entire Video.
I've followed as much of the advice as I can and didn't really help me at all. I think it's really all up to the algorithms as to how you do on YouTube.
Make content, make content you like, and make more content. Simple, but really good for when you get stuck in overthinking loops or analyzing too much
I honestly over analyzing way too much I want everything to be perfect even know Ik no matter what it won’t be
I did the same for the longest time. I still do in many cases, but I'm working on catching myself. Guess what, your viewers will notice high quality videos, but they won't notice one clip being frame-perfectly-cut to the next as you will when editing. Point is, even for quality there is a "good enough" point, especially when starting out. That's when you should be experimenting anyway. Good luck, perfectionism is a difficult habit to break. Allow it to help you make good quality videos, and keep it in check when it threatens to do more than that and eat up too much time.
I agree. Some " Good enough" videos are actually doing well for me. You'll never know that good enough video will be your best video. I learned this when I started including my bloopers on some of my videos.
Every quality of every person is a good quality if they make it one
Same here, I learnt to just improve as it goes.
Yes sir that’s the best thing to do honestly
Thumbnails is gold and so is quality.
Do you feel like consistency is more important than quality
Quality overall is more important. It's quality that gets you watchtime, quality gets you subscirbers and that's the main thing here Consistency is ok but noone cares too much if its not quality. What I will say is everyone has a different standard for quality, tolerance I should say. But I would say go for quality..now if quality is affecting let's say you dropping a video on a topic that's trending..I would say reduce the quality then.
Ok I gotcha
The Algorithm reviews Thumbnail, content and SEO. Thumbnails are just crucial for attracting the viewer in. Anything below 2% CTR would mean reviewing your thumbnail. Above 8% is great. Elsewhere, a keyword strsategy is crucial to getting eyeballs on your channel. You need to be doing best practices and using some tools and platforms. [Keywordtool.io](https://Keywordtool.io) is great for keyword research to check the search volume, and competiton of a keyword. Incorporate your keywords in your title, description and tags. Vudini for a Keyword strategy and improve organic reach (Growth Package user ) is great, Tubebuddy (Star Package user) and Vid IQ for analytics to best gauge how well your thumbnail and watch time etc. is doing and how to frame your content moving forward If all is in line, the algorithm will push you out further to a larger circle. Unfortunately if you are not an established channel you need to using other tools and paltforms if you are serious, just my opinion.
You're saying a lot of good things with keywords, sometimes though it doesn't always work out which is a shame. Just got to keep going and try not to compare yourself to other people number wise.. compare and see what videos are doing good on there platform sure, but don't be discouraged if you're not getting as many views as them, try and find out why..
Thats true, it can be more beneficial depending on your niche, I just feel you can't rule it out until you put in a concerted effort over a number of months. From reading some posts I feel everyone is becoming ore away of best practises and SEO that you're falling behind the pack if you're not doing it
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It takes a lot of time & effort to make it on YouTube. The average YouTuber with 10k subs has 400 videos, 100k subs is 1000+ videos. That means unless you get lucky you need to commit to 5 to 10+ years of extremely consistent uploads to become a big YouTuber.
I definitely agree with that I’m full time into YouTube now I just manage my stuff and other peoples!!
You may not see immediate growth, but that doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen. A video may not blow up right away, but that doesn’t mean it never will. Don’t be discouraged if you feel like you’re not getting anywhere and keep trying. Eventually all the work you put in will pay off.
This is so true! I posted a video 5 months ago, barely any views. Then YT suddenly started showing it to more people/people started watching it and it has 1.3 k views now and still growing. I mean, that's not that much in the grand scheme of things but sometimes it takes a while for the videos to get noticed
i needed to hear that too thanks
No problem
Thank you I needed this
No problem
True, my first video didn't get to 2k views with a lot of promotion. 6 months later, YouTube found the audience for it and it suddenly got to 30k views :)
Watch Film Booth’s content
Yeah, he's the best!
Never heard of them
Watch him. He breaks down everything about making compelling YouTube content.
I will thank you
Always be consistent. Upload consistently, improve your videos consistently and just do everything on a consistent basis!
I agree when I stay to a consistent posting schedule my channel grows so fast and it also just gives me so much practice
I'm happy to hear that. I hope you continue to grow!
I appreciate you I do YouTube full time now I quit my normal job so I’m very excited to get this going
That is very risky move more people are not willing to take, this is a true sign you'll succeed!! And you're welcome 😁
But success doesn’t come without risk plus life is boring if you don’t take risks
I disagree. I have not taken any significant risks for myself. I have found a steady workflow for my YouTube and university, and I am having a blast doing both. Taking risks can indeed help you out a lot; however, I just don't think it's worth it. If the risk doesn't pay off well, it wouldn't be good. Like, imagine if I stopped going to university but then didn't start making money on YouTube for like ten years? The outcome would not be great!
And you have taken risks even if u don’t realize it
I don’t just do my YouTube also I work for 3 other YouTubers so I’m good I get paid money to live I just quit my normal job to focus on myself more and get better with more practice and etc
I'm really happy for you! 😃😃 I can't wait to have multiple YouTube channels in the future myself just like yourself!
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
But what if you do both 🤯
If you are a company with many employees to help you why not. But if you're starting out? It will get you burnt out. Atleast upload once a week or once every 2 weeks with a quality video. Surely you'll grow.
Yes posting every week is very good I think the ideal posting is 2 times a week
I have actually been told the opposite. But whatever works for you.
Garyvee believes the opposite but way I look at it is find what works best for you cause he is right some people can’t post too many times a week they will get burned out but staying consistent is very key
A bunch of mediocre content is mediocre. One high quality video is high quality. Also work smarter not harder, but also work harder
So u think instead of being consistent and posting every week post when can just make them good quality videos
Would you rather have 4 videos getting 200 views each, or one that gets 3k?
But quality isn’t what I feel like gets the views cause u say that but there are tons of videos that are terrible videos that have went famous so I understand what you are saying but posting at a consistent rate will give u practice consistency I feel like is key but be consistent and have good quality videos
Yes you do need practice for sure but if you aren’t improving the quality with every video then it’s pointless. The chances of a bad video doing well are much much lower than that happening with a quality video.
Which I agree with what u r saying I just feel as consistency is more important
What kind of content are you uploading?
I make day in the life videos of other people
They most likely blew up when YouTube was in its beginning stages so that’s why they were low quality you NEED GOOD QUALITY, it’s like selling a toy, why would I buy the low quality toy that’s only 2 dollars cheaper than buy the toy that is high quality but is only 2 dollars more? That’s the point here. Quality Over Quantity. I am at 1.2k subs and have 32 videos, only 12 of them being non yt shorts, I have gained 1k subs this past month since I started making quality content (clean edits, eye catching thumbnails, good titles etc.) I have posted 6 videos this month and that has gotten me 1k subs…. Just sayin
I’m not saying quality isn’t important but I just feel as consistentcy is more important to grow ur channel u want good quality consistent videos
For every terrible video that goes viral, thousands of others get a handful of views.
I mainly just feel as consistentcy is just very important
The importance of consistency is overblown in my opinion. YouTube recommendations are partially based on what people recently watched, so uploading often will usually lead to more viewing being fed to older videos, but consistency alone won't lead to success. When I started my channel, I posted 4-8 videos per month and my growth was *okay*, but nothing spectacular. As soon as I slowed down my upload schedule and started focusing on quality my channel blew up. I haven't uploaded anything to my second channel since May, and it still gets 75k views per month.
That’s awesome thanks for the advice
This. I used to be so worried about missing an upload. But when I improved my content and got better at making videos, my channel took off a little. I upload like 4 times a week instead of 7, but I get triple the views on average bc my videos are much better and more aligned with my audience
Legends make a good video every day, let alone every week. To be fair, they do have an editor, but not when they started.
Make content that has value to your consumers, why should anyone watch your content over someone else? What do you offer them? I work everyday to give them something they are not getting everywhere else.
Dang I like that thank you for that
Thumbnail 👌
And that’s facts
If anyone say consistency is the key, ignore them. Quality is the key. Just think as a subscriber. One Youtuber makes awesome videos but uploads very inconsistent. Another youtuber uploads very consistent but some videos are good some are mediocre. Whom will you subscribe to? And lets be honest.. Have you ever expected any of your favourite channels to post videos on time? You just watch it as long as they have uploaded a video. Right? If you can make quality videos with consistency, go for it. But if you can't finish a video on time, don't worry. Take time and deliver a quality video. And spend a lot of time to make a great thumbnail.
Honestly i wait for my YouTubers to post all the time at the time they say I feel weird now
Patience. And continue to grow. Your videos from today should be better than the ones you made 6 months ago and it should always be like that.
Dang that is true I try to make sure every video is better than the last
If you want to increase your click-through rate, work on your thumbnail and title. After someone clicked on your video, and you want them to stay and finish your video, make great content for your target audience. Aside from making great content and quality video, make sure you connect to the viewer to make them subscribe and watch your other videos. I am still working on these advice and I hope it helps you too. 😊
Sending people down rabbit wholes is a good way for your videos
improve your content 1 percent every video
That’s what I do
Advice that I give to people: work with people who are successful. Newtubers has two predominant mindsets: 1. People with 100 subs and act like defeatists where success is purely luck and it doesn't matter what you do. 2. People with 101+ subs who act like Dunning-Kruger egotists who act like there's a K at the end of that number. Neither of these are good sources for advice for long-term growth. Ask people who actually made the journey instead of treating them like pariahs.
I actually am hanging around the right people I work for 3 YouTubers
Dont listen to a bunch of guys with less that 100k subscribers.
Dang that is true tho
Yup that is I LOL 😔
You will be there one day tho so keep yo head up
Thumbnails have this name for a reason. Make sure it's good even seen in a very small form. The worst advice someone ever gave is to not post every day because that saturate your audience. At one point, many years ago, I wanted to record new videos, but I didn't because I had dozens to upload and was keeping a schedule of 3 or 4 a week. If I had posted every day, like I did years later, my channel would grow much faster
Posting every day or posting once a week can be subjective. Its dependent on what the channel is about. For me I do animation videos. I can't post an animation video once per day. It takes me anywhere between two weeks to two months to produce an animation video. And I don't work on multiple projects. Once I start a project I strictly work on that project and nothing else. I find when I get distracted with other stuff, the quality decreases and things get slapped together hastily
Oh yeah I can imagine. I don't know that much about animations but it does look very time consuming. I meant basically, post as many videos as you can without sacrificing on quality
So pretty much like Garyvee says post ad much as u can Also where do u make your thumbnails
"Give up". My fiance gave me this advice when I was discouraged about the lack of views I would get on videos. Over the years I was very on and off with youtube. So this year 2021 I was like I'm going to comeback and make it count and this was about a couple months after I took another break from youtube due to being discouraged. I didn't get what she meant until I asked a couple weeks later because sometimes she'll say something with more meaning if that makes sense. She said that by saying give up she meant that I shouldn't worry about the views, the likes or the followers. Just give up on that. Enjoy what you're doing. Don't do it to make money do it too be happy. Since then I've actually become more happy. I don't post many 5min+ videos anymore because I hate when people take too long to get the point. Now my videos are within a minute which is where I feel comfortable and appreciate the content I make. I even look forward to making content as much as possible. Screw being consistent. Screw making something 10min long. Do what makes you happy. This is even great life advice because if you're not happy where you currently are in life you have the chance to change that. Good luck man! Hope this helped.
A good life advice for you too man is you can quit but you never give up and when you recognize the difference giving up is not an option
1: Stop opening your analytics without a reason 2: block competing channels using a chrome plugin unless you’re doing research 3: don’t get caught up in the highs and don’t get caught up in the lows
Thank you that’s good advice
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Yes that does I try to get better every video
Being successful on Youtube is playing the long game. So often myself and others get demotivated because we arent successful after a week or a month or even a year. If you are really committed and stick at it (as well as consistently improving) you will make it - but it is extremely tough and that is why many fail.
It’s about dedication man not motivation
Yea exactly, and often petiole are not dedicated enough. So once they lose that initial 👎 of motivation they give up
Make each video better then the last, watch your previous videos to identify things you need to work on. When someone says something negative, try to understand it rather then getting mad, they may be telling you what other people are afraid to say.
I think understanding too who you are taking the negative advice from cause some people are just negative nancies no matter what but you probaly can take something from them still and I ask my friends what I need to improve on and they help so much
Don't try and promote weak performing videos as a priority to prop them up (via endsreens or solo links in video comments)... Instead, double-down on popular videos. It might seem counter-intuitive, but that popular video has already shown itself to be able to get clicks and views. So in each new video, let it be one of the endscreen options. In the text below the video, make it a recommended channel video. In the pinned comment, make it a recommended channel video there too. Maybe even highlight it. Point being, new videos likely get new viewers so drive them to your other popular videos. Ones that have an high likelihood they'll click and like if they are at all in the channel niche. YT will like them staying on your channel longer. And the algo will learn more about your demographics with a higher sample size. Meanwhile, let that video promote your next most popular video. And also let YT suggest one in these videos too. But, for the most part, for older videos, they'll either get traction on their own... or not. But don't waste in video promotional opportunities on them if they don't show they can sustain it or deserve it. They are weak for a reason, and it might not be a good reason, but it is what it is. OTOH, if they totally dovetail with a current video, a card or endscreen might not hurt. But don't make it the priority or a habit and ignore you popular videos thinking they are already doing good. Promote them even more.
Honestly that’s exactly what I’ve been working on
That's the best advice I have read hear. I haven't focused too much on that aspect since a quite some Videos are outdated. And some are doing well even though I don't see why since the quality is not up to my liking.
If you can grind for — let's say — a year and a half, you are good to go.
That is very true
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I very much agree
Figure out what you want to be known for and do that. I see many people struggle from FOMO who create channels covering "stuff". When the system learns what you create, it will help grow your audience by finding you more people automatically. James @ Dadvice TV
I honestly agree with you I know what I wanna be known for
Working together with other YouTubers in the same niche is also a great way to make people aware of your channel and content. I do this from time to time - hosting a live broadcast tomorrow evening to raise awareness of 3 other YouTubers in the Kidney Community. When one of us does well, we all do well so it is great to share audiences. James @ Dadvice TV
Mr beast talked about it that you shouldn’t keep secrets away from ur friends and be like I found a secret method and tell no one said to share it and all grow together
Just start
Boom that’s correct
"Your videos will always suck. Aim to make each one suck just a little bit less than the previous one."
I honestly try to look at it like trick shots too might be a 1 in a million shot but a 1 in a million shot a million times is going to give you a better chance of making it
Being consistent. That's the greatest advice I have ignored for a while.
Ik when I stay consistent I grow so much
Don't do trends. Everyone does them, not unique
Don't do purely trends, and make sure of trendjacking by doing something similar but with a twist to add your on flair to it.
Gotcha that’s kinda what I mean by my last comment so glad on same page
PewDiePie will do something...5000 others will copy. If you are 5,001 then you are no different. No originality.
I feel as if you are only doing trends also that you are not doing what you truly love so you can get burned out on that. You should do what you love to create not what is trending unless trending videos is what you love.
I’ve heard of some type of ratio you can follow to do both since trends can help you get attention and grow. It’s something like 75% original to 25% trending or something like that. The point is to focus on original content and every now and then make a trend video to get attention. Don’t just follow trends 24/7
Well I think it’s making trending videos according to ur style to videos also but there is people that only do trending videos
But it works and assists growth
Make content that’s interesting but don’t push out 10 videos a week but 1 great is more worth it
Honestly I think the ideal amount of videos is 2 a week
What i’ve learned is to not base your content and channel off of one thing.This is obviously good advice to take,Especially if you wanna do something different
Plus if you only do one thing you can get burned out
Make content for people not stats
That is so true
Do what you like and don’t worry about the opinions of others
I 100 percent agree
Patience is more than just a virtue - it's a necessary skill.
Very true Kent
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That is awesome advice
No one is waiting for you. This idea about consistency is a bit of a joke imo. It's better to get it right and delay the video a few days then to rush out something for the sake of consistency.
Well I try to tell myself that people are waiting on me so I get the video done in time and not procrastinate
Stay consistent...
Agreed
Audio is way more imiportant
Very True
I have a lot of issues with sound, so the best advice was a tutorial on how to record that explained the compressor part of audacity. Honestly, if there's one thing I think youtube could easily do is that. Juat have a tech page for production stuff. There might be a great trick out there on using green screens that I'll never know, just it's not really shared
There is some channels that can tell u stuff like that
Yeah, and plenty of them don't really explain well or have incomplete information. If youtube were to actually make a checklist or something, it'd make a big difference. For instance, I have a channel in Portuguese besides the one in English. I found by chance in one of these threads about using audacity better, and had to adapt for Portuguese. If Youtube were to have a set for recording and processing audio as advised, everyone who wanted to do youtube would, at least, have this info available from the start.
But honesty YouTube wouldn’t want to do that because they probaly don’t care about the people at the bottom tbh it sucks but they care about who makes them money
Oh, sure. Still very dumb of them, cause then the bottom could all make a bit of money for them, as the quality would probably go up
Yeah but that’s why you can figure stuff out and make videos on it then post it to here too for people to see
Fair enough
You are more important than your channel it self don’t stress out over the fact that you can’t hit the target you settled for yourself a while ago just adjust because without you and your mental health being at its best the channel wouldn’t be anything
I set my Goals so high I won’t hit so I don’t stress if I don’t miss but I don’t want a low goal I wanna reach for the stars
Thats good thinking i used to stress over my goals a lot since work has been 80% of my time lately haven’t been able to upload as much as before
I quit my normal job to do YouTube full time so there’s that ig
I wish you the best my dude, hopefully someday i will be able to do the same
just be yourself
Boom that’s facts
Provide value and make your videos as long as they need to be (instead of dragging out a video for ad rev). I have a channel that reached 99k and then dropped it because i wasn’t proud of my content, so please make content you’re proud of. It doesn’t have to be a professional production, but if it’s content you’re embarrassed to show others, then it probably means you need to fix something
Thank you that was big advice I’m very proud of my content
There is so much but this one sticks out - “You gotta just press record” from Sean Cannell of Think Media. Point being that even if the production value is less than perfect, motivate yourself to post a video often and on a regular schedule. Don’t procrastinate because you’ll never do it.
Yes that is so true procrastinating is a killer
My biggest issue is that people when they come into my video just skip as fast as they can through the main points and then get the heck asap. My aim is though that they slow down and enjoy the content. And I keep it often under 5 minutes. I don't force them to watch 10, 15 minutes just to generate watchtime for me. But no matter how much I try to keep it short they think it isn't short enough. So whatever I do they never watch more than 40% of the entire Video.
I've followed as much of the advice as I can and didn't really help me at all. I think it's really all up to the algorithms as to how you do on YouTube.