Common issues that keep you under 1,000 subscribers

This is my first ever post on here and I want to say what a great 3 tips! I reached 1K Subs a month ago, but it took me a LONG time to get there. Now I can kind of understand why...
 
Im still not there yet, but i have been ok with my slow progress. Eventually it will catch on. I just focus on the content.
 
The most important thing in the OP is the content. We are all very ego-sensitive and it is extremely easy to fall into the horrible trap of thinking our content is more entertaining than it really is. In a very similar way to how parents think the things their kids say are cuter/funnier than they really are, we are so proud of creating something that we often lose objectivity and end up putting out inferior content that we appreciate more than our viewers. On my other channels I always screentest my videos with objective people before uploading. It helps a lot and sometimes I end up re-editing before uploading. I also run ideas by people before I start working on a video...that has saved me a lot of time on dumb ideas LOL.

Sometimes guys can get by on personality alone...guys/girls with really interesting personalities that is. They can take a niche that has been done to death (gameplays) and still be successful because they are that likable. That's something that, in my opinion, really can't be learned or faked. Some guys have it, some guys don't. The ones who don't are under more pressure to have interesting ideas to make up for mediocre personality. Of course, when you have an amazing personality and interesting and unique content, you've hit the exacta and the views will roll in.
 
WilliamRayWalters said:
We are all very ego-sensitive and it is extremely easy to fall into the horrible trap of thinking our content is more entertaining than it really is.
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Very true. I often get tweets, comments, and consulting requests that essentially say, "I follow all your advice, but my channel still isn't growing!" When glance at their channel I usually see that 1) they are not following my advice, and 2) their videos are not that great.

Getting an objective third-party opinion from someone who will tell you the truth and give you suggestions for how to improve can be very helpful! Good tip, @WilliamRayWalters!
 
Tim Schmoyer said:
Actually, that will probably work in your favor. Not to dog on jr high boys, but if those kids think the girl is cute, they'll watch her videos all day and dream about marrying her one day. haha

A lot of these early lessons you'll learn as you continue to make videos and be active on YouTube. Keep going and you'll learn a lot.
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tHIS^^
 
I've been locked at 450 subs for about a year now. Then again I haven't really advertised much. I would like to believe I do a darn good job with my thumbnails. My progress of generating better videos is slowly churning, and I'd like to believe that my "brand" is obvious at this point and is aimed at gamers and anime enthusiasts alike.
 
I have been watching Tim for quite some time on You Tube and he is amazing. His advice really helps me, however due to my hectic life i am unable to upload content as frequently as is required to do better. So i decided to start a new vlog channel and keep my main channel. Vlogs are easier to do and hopefully by using Tim's advice i could grow that channel into what i want it to be.
One thing i learned from Tim is to always be yourself and fans will be drawn to you. Thanks once again for your awesome advice.
 
I think the worst mistake is to not get involved. Youtube is a social media platform. You should be active in the community. Comment, talk & and share your opinion. If you never comment on anything how should people find you ? Promoting your channel without spamming/annoying others is KEY
 
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