EmberChann
Active Member
A lot of people will tell you it's mostly just luck, but really that's not true, there is some luck involved, but if you do put a lot of work into your channel, you will gain more attention. If there's anything I've learned from watching other YT'ers, gaining a huge amount of subs in a short time is not always a good thing, you want your channel to grow constantly, but at a reasonable pace. That way you don't feel stressed to put more content on your channel. and by the time you do start getting the higher numbers, you'll have a lot of content for people to look at. One of the best ways to get your self known is to be social as possible. Watch other YouTubers and comment on their videos, I've gotten a few subs that checked out my channel because they saw me commenting on some else's channel. Get involved with the YouTube community by hanging around on forums and interacting with people, it could be a casual conversation or you can be asking for help or advise.
Twitter is a real good place to be social, but you need to remember that places like twitter and facebook were not intended to gain subs, they are intended to be places where you can keep your fans up to date on your life, and have fun conversations with your friends and fans. you ever seen a popular YouTuber doing nothing but posting their videos on FB and Twitter? nope, they are posting Vines, funny pictures, pictures of themselves, and telling about how something crazy happened while they were out for a walk. Even if no one is following you on social media websites, do it any way, pretend you already have a bunch of followers, because when somebody new actually shows up, they'll see that your a real person and not just a video post spammer. Always respond to comments. from the perspective of a fan, a YouTuber that never responds to comments despite the fact they only have a few subs is annoying, it makes the fans feel like you don't care about them, and that the only thing you care about is subs.
And most importantly, remember what YouTube is really about... "you" people come around to see if you have good content, but they stay for YOU. they subscribe because YOU are funny and entertaining, they sub because YOU provide useful information and are helpful in some way. They sub because YOU put in the effort. So no matter what anyone says, do what YOU think is best for your channel, do what YOU enjoy doing, even if a million people have already done it, because the more you like what you're doing, the more interesting, creative, and well edited your videos will become.
Twitter is a real good place to be social, but you need to remember that places like twitter and facebook were not intended to gain subs, they are intended to be places where you can keep your fans up to date on your life, and have fun conversations with your friends and fans. you ever seen a popular YouTuber doing nothing but posting their videos on FB and Twitter? nope, they are posting Vines, funny pictures, pictures of themselves, and telling about how something crazy happened while they were out for a walk. Even if no one is following you on social media websites, do it any way, pretend you already have a bunch of followers, because when somebody new actually shows up, they'll see that your a real person and not just a video post spammer. Always respond to comments. from the perspective of a fan, a YouTuber that never responds to comments despite the fact they only have a few subs is annoying, it makes the fans feel like you don't care about them, and that the only thing you care about is subs.
And most importantly, remember what YouTube is really about... "you" people come around to see if you have good content, but they stay for YOU. they subscribe because YOU are funny and entertaining, they sub because YOU provide useful information and are helpful in some way. They sub because YOU put in the effort. So no matter what anyone says, do what YOU think is best for your channel, do what YOU enjoy doing, even if a million people have already done it, because the more you like what you're doing, the more interesting, creative, and well edited your videos will become.
