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- Gamer
They said it couldn't be done.
They said it was too saturated already.
They said your wasting your time.
YouTube Gaming Channels
I have only been at it since October 2015, but I am an obsessive person and I have probably learned a years worth already. How did I stop posting to Reddit, stop spamming my links across the web, and still get more views then I ever have?
I moved the focus of my channel to the side just a bit and moved forward.
YouTube is an interesting beast. If you are not flexible you will not get anywhere. We all create our YouTube channel with a specific purpose in mind (I hope). My purpose was to show my mad sniping skills from my Xbox. Halo, COD, Battlefield. So I began making videos. Not terrible videos, but far from people like Pamaj and the like. What did I find?
With the rise of profession eSports, there is no room on YouTube for people like me making crap sniping videos. If my goal is to grow. I can make them all day, they are a blast to make.m, but I can't expect to be successful. The people I watch are millionaires, they game 10+ hours a day, they're PROFESSIONALS. Just like a pro baseball player or singer. Those are the idols people want to watch.
I poured hours of editing, recording, playing only to find that I wouldn't even get 100 views in a month. Some of those views were my personal friends and family. I had about 20 videos and was drained. Mentally and emotionally.
In my heart I wanted to create videos and share my passion. I took stock of all that I had created this far. I noticed 2 videos sitting all by themselves of pretty bad quality, and they had 200-300 views in a month. 2-3 times better then my other videos. Why were people watching these, and not my QuickScoping videos?
These were mobile games. I shifted my focus on learning all I could about who was recording mobile games on YouTube. It is a fraction of the people making console or PC videos. Why is that? BARRIERS TO ENTRY, it's not cool, it's not Call of Duty.
Recording PC gameplay is simple. About as simple as it gets. Recording Console gameplay is a bit trickier, but simple none the less. Mobile recording is even trickier. Especially for beginners. But can become simple once you learn it.
My #1 purpose was to find a way to connect with other gamers and share the passion that I have for all games. I got caught up trying to be the next sniping video guy and it didn't work for me. Now I M realizing my goal, connecting to my viewers, sharing this passion, making good videos, and absolutely loving it. Listen to yourself. It somehow already knows what you need.
People like me play mobile games at school, at work, at home and a lot of the games are hard. They're puzzles, strategy, card games etc... When I go online to find help for a specific level and find no videos, I'm left to wonder. Is this seriously an untapped market? Games like Clash of clans pull in $1 mil a day. They have millions of users and yet there's so few videos in comparison to console and PC games.
I switched to only recording new mobile games last month. In that month my channel went from 8k-18k views. I went from 150 subs to 220 subs. And I went from getting toxic negative feedback from COD fanboys and sometimes have more comments then views for sometime. My views from subs is up to 10%! And viewer engagement is looking great.
One of the games I make videos on (some getting 1k views in a week) I am still the only one making videos on them lol. I love it. When I search the name of the game, all my videos show up first along with the game developers.
What EXACTLY did I do?
Sorry for the length. I just feel like I should share my small successes with others so they don't have to get lucky like I did to find their way.
Don't be afraid to be yourself.
They said it was too saturated already.
They said your wasting your time.
YouTube Gaming Channels
I have only been at it since October 2015, but I am an obsessive person and I have probably learned a years worth already. How did I stop posting to Reddit, stop spamming my links across the web, and still get more views then I ever have?
I moved the focus of my channel to the side just a bit and moved forward.
YouTube is an interesting beast. If you are not flexible you will not get anywhere. We all create our YouTube channel with a specific purpose in mind (I hope). My purpose was to show my mad sniping skills from my Xbox. Halo, COD, Battlefield. So I began making videos. Not terrible videos, but far from people like Pamaj and the like. What did I find?
With the rise of profession eSports, there is no room on YouTube for people like me making crap sniping videos. If my goal is to grow. I can make them all day, they are a blast to make.m, but I can't expect to be successful. The people I watch are millionaires, they game 10+ hours a day, they're PROFESSIONALS. Just like a pro baseball player or singer. Those are the idols people want to watch.
I poured hours of editing, recording, playing only to find that I wouldn't even get 100 views in a month. Some of those views were my personal friends and family. I had about 20 videos and was drained. Mentally and emotionally.
In my heart I wanted to create videos and share my passion. I took stock of all that I had created this far. I noticed 2 videos sitting all by themselves of pretty bad quality, and they had 200-300 views in a month. 2-3 times better then my other videos. Why were people watching these, and not my QuickScoping videos?
These were mobile games. I shifted my focus on learning all I could about who was recording mobile games on YouTube. It is a fraction of the people making console or PC videos. Why is that? BARRIERS TO ENTRY, it's not cool, it's not Call of Duty.
Recording PC gameplay is simple. About as simple as it gets. Recording Console gameplay is a bit trickier, but simple none the less. Mobile recording is even trickier. Especially for beginners. But can become simple once you learn it.
My #1 purpose was to find a way to connect with other gamers and share the passion that I have for all games. I got caught up trying to be the next sniping video guy and it didn't work for me. Now I M realizing my goal, connecting to my viewers, sharing this passion, making good videos, and absolutely loving it. Listen to yourself. It somehow already knows what you need.
People like me play mobile games at school, at work, at home and a lot of the games are hard. They're puzzles, strategy, card games etc... When I go online to find help for a specific level and find no videos, I'm left to wonder. Is this seriously an untapped market? Games like Clash of clans pull in $1 mil a day. They have millions of users and yet there's so few videos in comparison to console and PC games.
I switched to only recording new mobile games last month. In that month my channel went from 8k-18k views. I went from 150 subs to 220 subs. And I went from getting toxic negative feedback from COD fanboys and sometimes have more comments then views for sometime. My views from subs is up to 10%! And viewer engagement is looking great.
One of the games I make videos on (some getting 1k views in a week) I am still the only one making videos on them lol. I love it. When I search the name of the game, all my videos show up first along with the game developers.
What EXACTLY did I do?
- Shifted my content until I found what works. (3 video sample, if doesn't catch on, I move on)
- Added my face to my videos via webcam. More personal experience.
- Made thumbnails pop, large lettering, short words/phrases that JUMP off the image.
- I won't make a video on a new game that already has an entire page of videos. (I'm out to capture keywords). If too much competition, then I move on.
- Upped my energy. If I'm feeling lousy, my viewers will feel lousy. I wait until I feel energized to make a video.
- Upload every video in 1080p
- I don't post to Reddit
- I don't spam anywhere. Each video gets 1 Tweet and 1 FB post.
- I don't pay for advertisement
- I don't post on forums besides here.
- I don't have an intro or outro lol. Don't need one. They can see my channel art. They don't need to stare at it for 10 seconds.
Sorry for the length. I just feel like I should share my small successes with others so they don't have to get lucky like I did to find their way.
Don't be afraid to be yourself.
