ADVICE!? :)

SMURKLY

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So I've seen some recent YouTubers with a couple uploads explode with feedback and subscribers! and i want to know if any of you know any tips to get more out there???

I've been stuck at 23 for awhile now and i started my channel little over a month
so any advice will help :)

Thanks everyone!
 
Well I checked out your channel, and it looks pretty well put together :)
I say just keep doing your thang! lol Also with gaming channels you really gotta try and think outside of the box of a typical gaming channel. Also promote like a beast anywhere and every where lol
Promoting can def be more time consuming than recording and editing combined if you really work at it.
 
1) I really doubt that Brinkbabe91 checked out your channel. There's nothing on your homepage. "This channel has no content."

2) Your 24 subscribers are likely everyone you know. Most can get to at least fifty with just family and friends.

3) I watched your Lea video. 23 seconds in and you've said as many swear words. Let me guess. You think swearing is cool, right? Guess how many female YouTube viewers think it is.

4) You're doing Let's Play videos BUT that does NOT mean you show everything you do. Jump cut to the interesting parts. And remember that lame jokes are still lame and should be cut.

5) As you're doing horror games, you need to show yourself doing the game. Viewers want to see your full reaction and that includes seeing your facial reactions. A little insert of your image in the upper right corner is the usual way to go.

6) Work on your homepage. A) Make an intro video for your homepage that is 30 second to a minute long. First talk about the game genre you specialize in ... then who you are (people subscribe to people, not channel) ... then tell your release schedule ... and then do ONE call-to-action and that is for them to subscribe. Don't monetize your intro video. The intro video is an ad for your channel. Don't have another's ad hurt your ad. B) Get your videos to appear on your homepage. You only have four but they need to be shown there.

7) Increase your release schedule to daily. You're a gaming channel. Let's Play videos are some of the easiest and quickest videos to pump out. It is also what you need to do to be competitive.

8) Once you are monetized, you can use the scheduler to regularly release videos. Always always ALWAYS build up a backlog of videos sitting in your scheduler. Do this not just for vacation time but in case you get sick, your computer crashes, your internet connection goes down, you get writer's block, etc. It also gives you breathing space. If you release a video everyday, fourteen videos in your scheduler represents two weeks of episodes before you have to produce another video.

9) Work on your thumbnails and video titles. Do a YouTube search on how to do thumbnails and video titles. There's a lot of good videos out there about both topics.

10) Subscribe to Tim Schmoyer's "Video Creators" and mine its archive. You can and should spend days in its archive.

11) Normally, I end this kind of a post with "Lastly but most importantly, collaborate, collaborate, and collaborate. You're a very small channel right now but..." BUT right now you shouldn't be asking any YouTuber to do collaboration with you. You only have four videos. You're not even a month old. You're a gaming channel. Before contacting other YouTubers who do gaming videos, you need to show you're here to stay and that you can pump out content. Get your release schedule up to daily and keep at it for three months. After then, you can start to think about collaborations. Until then, most YouTubers won't be interested in doing so with you.
 
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Hey bud!

i wouldnt worry about it too much. I've had this channel for a few years and I havnt grown past 20 subs because It took me ages to find my Niche. The key genre of videos to create. That and life got in the way a huge amount but things are on the up and up and so I have time again to focus on my channel.
I also do gaming vids now, but originally it was meant to be stop animation. With only me creating sets, props, characters, storys, editing, filming. it took months just to create 1 video. So I decided to try something easier for the time being but also something I enjoy. I created scorpion reviews which was fun and grabbed a lot of views but then I lost use of a green screen and although I tried to continue, the style of the video just didnt feel right. Now I work with my friend on Judith and Betty and have been doing so for awhile now.

My point is never give up and just do what you enjoy. law of averages say you will get there eventually. Word of advise I would say however is maybe improve on your channel description:
"Yo!
WELCOME TO THE CHANNEL!
My Names SMURKLY, and I play video games!!!
(ɔ◔‿◔)ɔ
Expect to hear plenty of cussing"


It doesnt really give your channel a background or why you decided to make your channel. It doesnt say what your gaming videos are about besides games obviously haha. How will you be different than any other gaming video?
With me I am introducing improvised comedy to the vids and many people have told me its hilarious! I just need to get more people to watch it lol

So far at the moment all I know is your vids are about games and swearing. Swearing is a good comedy aspect so long as you dont do it all the time. With my grannies I found it more funny if I beeped the swear words out rather than kept them in. It gave it an interesting touch.
 
1 month is not that long, doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. Try many different things, see what works best, improve up on it, & do more of that. Good luck.

So I've seen some recent YouTubers with a couple uploads explode with feedback and subscribers! and i want to know if any of you know any tips to get more out there???

I've been stuck at 23 for awhile now and i started my channel little over a month
so any advice will help :)

Thanks everyone!
 
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