Common issues that keep you under 1,000 subscribers

LaneVids said:
Hey Tim! You've got quite a thread going here. Figured I'd leave my .02. I would say to help break through is to engage with the YouTube community. I have found a lot of people in other people's videos's comments. Start engaging on the videos that you like with the people in the comments. They will probably at least check our your channel. Hopefully your channel is developed enough to make those people sticky!
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Great Idea
 
LaneVids said:
Hey Tim! You've got quite a thread going here. Figured I'd leave my .02. I would say to help break through is to engage with the YouTube community. I have found a lot of people in other people's videos's comments. Start engaging on the videos that you like with the people in the comments. They will probably at least check our your channel. Hopefully your channel is developed enough to make those people sticky!
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Great tip! The natural and fun collaborations that come out of those are great, too!
 
Zack Wellman said:
This is crazy to see you here; I literally spent the last 3 days watching, studying and utilizing the advice in your videos.

Anyway! These are all extremely valid points, ones that I've tried to convey nicely to other YouTubers on these forums. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of stern advice to get most of these people to sway from these "copy ____, get big" attitudes.

Thanks for the awesome information you provide, Tim. Look forward to following your videos in the future![DOUBLEPOST=1425258917,1425258170][/DOUBLEPOST]As a tip, I'm only on 440 subscribers (Can't seem to break the 440-500 mark, just came back after a 9 month hiatus though) - but I've found that the most "common" ways of promoting are ineffective when starting off.

People seem to think that posting on your Facebook Page & sending out a few tweets will get your video some traction? That's wrong, unless you use it properly. It's important to use correct tags in posts on other social networks, but the key to getting anywhere with external promotion is interaction; get involved in the communities and followings of the hashtags you are using.

For example; I commonly use #IndieGames and #LetsPlay in my posts. These were good, but no one clicked through. Then I started communicating and interacting with other people using those tags, sharing advice and opinions and eventually building strong connections and friendships with these people.

90% of my YouTube friends were met through social media platforms, so it's definitely a great way to build a loyal fanbase. You need to show them you're a human, and that your videos will reflect your personality online.

Build a connection, and it'll definitely encourage click-throughs to your content.
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I'm psyched to see Tim here too...
Tim....I'm really new at this but I learned a lot this past week alone from you including YTTalk.com! Thank you so much!
 
the info looks helpful but not sure how to answer it or put it into place... do i get a notebook and put it into line with a answer?
im not sure what else to do to make me channel better xc
 
Jed Ismael said:
It takes time to build anything, and I think its worth it with youtube, because you're growing ur experience as well as growing as a person
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Youtube definitely seems to be a test of patience! My husband is constantly reminding me to play the long game and not get consumed with the numbers, just keep putting out stuff /videos that we enjoy etc. Thank goodness for him because that's not my strong suit! !:)
 
Kim Croft said:
Youtube definitely seems to be a test of patience! My husband is constantly reminding me to play the long game and not get consumed with the numbers, just keep putting out stuff /videos that we enjoy etc. Thank goodness for him because that's not my strong suit! !:)
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Yeh, nothing can stop you! as long as you keep doing your research, and working on improving and learning new stuff.
 
JonnyBoy said:
the info looks helpful but not sure how to answer it or put it into place... do i get a notebook and put it into line with a answer?
im not sure what else to do to make me channel better xc
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Yeah, I'd recommend writing it down somewhere and revisiting it occasionally. For me, I find that Evernote works great. I go back to it every few months and revaluate my messaging, how closely I'm still targeting the audience I'm going after, and my value proposition for them. I just did that the other night, actually. Each time I do I feel like it gets more targeted and strategic.
 
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