How do you keep from giving up?

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Hello Wildfire Micro. Dont worry mate and just keep doing what youre doing but make sure what ever content you are creating is fun for you having subscribers is only secondary what comes first is your happiness and willingness to create content that YOU think is fun, once people see that you are having fun they will just come eventually. I just recently started youtube so I may not have the experience to give advice but as a keen viewer on youtube I think it would be best to appeal the people with satisfying graphics to sell yourself to the public, to start a good avatar and banner should do the trick and thumbnails help alot too! eye catchy thumbnails always draw myself in as a consumer. I see nice art, I click to see what its all about.

but I think great art isnt what viewers stay for but its the personality of the person projecting themselves on screen and its their job to entice the viewer to watch them and make them stay, there are alot of commentary guides on youtube, I watched alot of those recently especially where you have to talk to yourself in third person those really help alot in order for the viewers to see that you arent boring and what not. im not pro at it but im really trying my best to learn these things as I am really liking this hobby and for god who knows until when lol.

view yourself as the subscriber whenever you try and play a game, think about it "would I watch this 25minute video that I made?" if the answer is yes then there you have it. if the answer is no then you got the answer. if you, yourself would not sit there for 25mins watching a video you made what makes you think others will?

its not much as I am not good at photo editing but I made you a little something to help keep your hopes up. use it or not its fine its just a gift to tell you that giving up just because things arent going your way is not the solution. hard work pays off


Its a youtube banner, hope its scaled right or something lol. hopefully its 2560x1440
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Keep your head up buddy, good fortune awaits!
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Thanks man! But the file is too small
 
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My technique for always keeping a positive attitude is heavily aided by the fact that I have a nice full time job. I feel like if Youtube became too much of a stress, if everything was riding on it, then I'd go nuts and rage quit. I know the bills will be paid, I know I can save up to get games, gear, etc. I dive into my studio, clear my mind of stress and do it for fun. The best way I describe to others my Youtube journey is that I take it as a "rather serious hobby, but still a hobby". One day I decided I wanted to play guitar, and I spent 5 years studying and playing guitar. It didn't net me a cent, I didn't make a career out of it, but it was a passion that came to me and I took it and enjoyed it. That's more or less how I treat Youtube, and that itself keeps me from having the thoughts of quitting.
 
The main thing keeping me going is my passion for creating. I have a strong passion for creating videos and editing, and so I keep thinking of that. Video making has always been something I love, and it keeps me from simply giving up. I still have that feeling sometimes of giving up, but since 2010 I've managed to keep going over my multiple channels. I really do enjoy what I do.
 
If I am feeling like I am making no progress, I just browse yttalk and it usually cheers me up. Being in a community of people who are on the same path is comforting.
 
You should make videos because you’re passionate about them, you should never go into making videos with the mindset that you’re going to be famous and make lots of money, that type of mindset will end up discouraging you from making videos because your time hasn’t happened yet. It doesn’t happen over night. I knew this girl who started YouTube a little bit before me we ended up being friends and even collaborating for a video, she went into making videos thinking she was going to gain lots of subscribers and views, well it didn’t happen that way and it also kind of ruing are friendship because she was upset I gaining a bunch of subscribers and she didn’t so she stoped talking to me and she deleted her channel. It’s really sad to be honest I don’t understand why it mattered who had more subscribers or not but it matterd to so she didn’t want to be friends anymore. I wish you the best of luck with your channel, try to stay positive don’t let numbers bring you down.
 
I created my Youtube channel in 2012 and made my first video within that year aswell, I am a gaming channel and when I was first starting out, I would put out around 5 videos everyday because I was bored and I wanted to be like my idols, ProtonJonSA, SSoHPKC, and MilesLuigi, they did Super Mario World Hacks so I did them too. I don't know why but I was really happy when I would get 2-5 views a video I don't know why but it made me happy, I think my let's plays gave me a bright definition of who I am and I can always look back on the cringy times of my life when I used to get bullied in school, and the way more funny moments of my youtube career (which is now in my opinion XD no promotion) I've been laughing at my videos alot lately...but to get back to the point, I look back at how I was before and even though I only have alittle over 300 subs I'm happy I did this and I've gotten this far, I have over 1000 videos and I feel like my name has become me and gave me a name for myself that no one else had, I've always been an akward child but this gave me a chance to express myself and i'll never take any moment back
 
Wildfiremicro said:
Sometimes it feels like no matter what i do, i cant break though the glass ceiling. I barey get views and my sub count is stuck. It makes me want to quit. Any advice?
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Hey man. I know exactly how you feel because I struggled the same way too. Try publishing more of your content on external forums related to your niche ☺️ E.g fb pages, forums etc. My favourite places are subreddits but every forum has its rules so learn the rules and join the forum’s culture. And comment more on other videos in the same niche. That’ll get people to check your channel out. Comment funny stuff or genuine comments. Also try and value add in anyway that’s possible. Hope this helps ☺️
 
I've quit a few times and regretted it so starting up again..

I don't want to regret it again.. that's whats keeping me from quitting again
 
I would keep at it just because the more you do it, the better you get. You can't really lose if you decide you'll just keep truckin' on, learning and improving. Early on there were many times I felt I just wasn't cut out for this, but I'm grateful I talked myself out of that and kept going. Good luck to you.
 
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