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Finally! 200 subscribers!

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TwinFiles

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It's been a long-ish road but my channel finally has over two hundred subscribers and nearly 5000 channel views. I felt a bit discouraged for a while, but I've been using some tips from here and I got over a hundred new subscribers in two weeks. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum. Thanks YTalk!
 
Cooool work buddy! Growing your channel 100% in two weeks is extremely impressive! Do you have any specific tips on exposure that you used to accomplish this fine result? :)
 
TwinFiles said:
It's been a long-ish road but my channel finally has over two hundred subscribers and nearly 5000 channel views. I felt a bit discouraged for a while, but I've been using some tips from here and I got over a hundred new subscribers in two weeks. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum. Thanks YTalk!
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Wow! Let's hope you get to 300 very soon dude!
 
Jack Swish said:
That is amazing well done! Any tips on how you did it?
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Well a lot of it is a lot of trial and error on my part and it's still a lot of that. I hope these tips are helpful to you guys.

1) Reddit- Reddit has been a big help but it all depends on where you're posting. My videos are more like horror/creepy/bizarre list type videos so I regularly visit subs like r/creepy, r/oddlyweird, etc. HOWEVER, keep in mind that that mods aren't going to be happy if all you do is post your videos. You have to actually to participate in those subs to keep up goodwill and show that you aren't there for just self promotion. Bigger subs like r/videos are kind of hit and miss. I've learned the hard way that you can't just post your channel (or any one channel for that matter). If more than 10% of your posts are just one channel, they'll treat your next selections as spam and it won't show up as new. That literally just happened to me because I didn't even know about the rule so I'm waiting for the mods to get back to me. Lesson learned! Smaller subs that are in your niche have kind of been my bread and butter for subs and views.

2) Comment on channels that are similar -I actively comment in a lot of channels that are similar to mine. I don't beg for subscriptions or anything like that. I pretty much assert myself in comment threads and talk about whatever the comments are going. There are few times that I take advantage and mention my channel. Like someone will say, 'Oh, I love these types of videos!" or something like that and I just slide in with a "Well, my channel covers creepy and bizarre subjects if you're interested". Or some variation like that. From going through a whole lot of comments, NO one likes anyone asking for Sub for sub (which I don't recommend) and no one really likes people begging (plz come check out my channel!!!"). I have noticed that that while those that do sub for sub or beg for subs, actually do get subscriptions, their channels are barely cracking double digits.


Since this post on the 26th, I've gone from 221 subs to 273. It certainly isn't monumental growth like a larger channel but it's certainly a success for me. My perception has changed a bit since reaching 200 subscribers. I think like many things, I was caught up in getting that viral success and getting hundreds of subscribers relatively quickly. Well, I've come to realize that 99% of YouTubers aren't going to get a viral hit and so if you want to be successful, you have to be prepared to play the long game.
 
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