How to get noticed

Hardisk said:
As a matter of fact yes, yes I am.

Why should we all follow the hivemind when it comes to what to do with our time? Why wouldn't he be really beaming trough building up a YouTube career?
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Simple. A young boy should have other priorities at that time in life. Be OUTSIDE with his friends and build a real life network before isolating himself which many boys tend to do if they get stuck in front of a computer most of his time.
 
PDPlayGamers said:
Simple. A young boy should have other priorities at that time in life. Be OUTSIDE with his friends and build a real life network before isolating himself which many boys tend to do if they get stuck in front of a computer most of his time.
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Oh yeah, that I agree with, but you're assuming he's isolating himself.

what's i'm saying is that there's nothing unhealthy in building a career at a young age, he shouldn't feel bad because he wants to work and everyone is telling him not to and go play basketball instead.
 
Hardisk said:
Oh yeah, that I agree with, but you're assuming he's isolating himself.

what's i'm saying is that there's nothing unhealthy in building a career at a young age, he shouldn't feel bad because he wants to work and everyone is telling him not to and go play basketball instead.
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If you're planning on having an active, partnered channel with a career, then yes, a boy at 12 would be isolated to work for it.
An adult does not have the same social needs like a child has.
 
I feel like if it was something like doing skits, vlogs, or music where it would require going out into the world and gaining new experiences then I would be for it even though dealing YouTube (like hate messages, etc) can be difficult at that age...or any age really! There's nothing wrong with gaming, but the time it takes to do it on a YouTube channel and grow it will most definitely take away from time that could be used just having a childhood. That's just my opinion.
 
Oh god i'm sorry , I didn't see he was making gaming content.

So yeah, I'm joining the hivemind. Maybe if you're really smart and want to "play" in your character the fact that you're 12, don't do it there's to much of it.
And even if you play on your age, you won't be able to do it for long, and if you're not able to "bounce" from your old character, you can't build a career on something that will pass in 2 years top.
 
I think you should wait a while and gain more knowledge on the youtube scene. What people enjoy watching, what games are unique and why people enjoy watching specific channels. Just gather info before you dive into the deep end.
 
Sanuku said:
Before you even start to think about what you want to do on YouTube you should ask yourself if you even want to do it. Taking each Week Hours of your spare Free Time does cost a lot.

Don`t waste your time...​

While your Friends are playing outside or having some fun at the local Ice Store you will spent your time at your Place and doing your thing. I`m unsure if you really would like to do that since, while I can only speak for myself, if I would be still a Kid I would spent every free Minute at the local Basketball court instead of sitting at Home and playing some Video Game.

...because you will otherwise regret it very soon.​

After this is said you should take a look at other Let`s Play Channels to get a feeling for what nowadays everyone is expecting from you if you start a Gaming YouTube Channel with Gameplay Trailer.

It`s all about the Quality...​

Don`t get me wrong but the Times where blurry Videos have been a Magnet for Views are over. People expect from you the best Picture you can currently get or otherwise they will move to a different Channel where they can get it.

...since you wouldn`t watch a blurry Gameplay Trailer too, would you?​

Your first priority should be the quality of your recordings. After that you should take a look at your Content. Uploading the 1.000.000. Walkthrough of some Call of Duty Game won`t help you at all.

Know your competitor...​

Before I did start my YouTube Channel I did took a hole Month in which I did collect as much Information I could get about any YouTube Channel that does something similar as I were going to do and did literally spent hours while I had some spare free time at Work to breakdown those and extract the information I needed to be sure that I could compete with them.

...otherwise you won`t survive the first Year.​

The first Year is the hardest. During it you will see Channels growing up while your own one won`t even reach 10.000 Views in a Month and you will constantly ask yourself if it`s all worth it.

Every Day will be a constant Battle with yourself since you will see so much hate, greedy and pretty much such a bad behavior of people you have looked up for such a long time that it will sometimes take your breath away if you are build close to the water and not used to that kind of pressure every day.

Money shouldn`t be the first reason why you start the hole thing...​

Never ever! You will be already doomed from the first day you start with the attitude I`m doing it for the Money and because I`ll become famous since you won`t have a breath that will be long enough to become it in the End.

...even if everyone else will tell you that you are doing it because of it.​

It even doesn`t matter if you are able to monetize anything at all or like in my Case not even able to since YouTube doesn`t offer the YouTube Partnership Program at your Place.

You will get literally every day hate mails or messages on Twitter/Facebook/... from folks you don`t know and even from those that you have looked up for a long times that will try to blacklist you or call you out for simply doing what you do just because of the Money.

Don`t count on your Friends...​

They will even go that far to try some public stunts to discredit you in front of the Public and try to blame it on someone else in front of you while they will keep watching how you will react.

...or even those that pretend to be on your Side.​

Let`s face it. The more success you will have the less true friends you will end up with so choose each of your steps carefully and never let a discussion heat up and let you say something that you will regret at the same moment after you have said it.
Listen to your audience....​

Those are that can make you raise or fall so make sure you listen to those from the first Day.
  • If they tell you that they can`t hear you since your microphone is making some noise while recording buy a new One that doesn`t do that.
  • If they tell you that the Resolution is to low, buy a new gear that does increase it...
  • If they tell you to put Content X Online, do that...
  • If they tell you to jump, ask them how high...
...because without them you won`t survive a single Day.​
That would be it. If you are still wanna do it the hole World is open up to you and you have some pretty good chances to became the next Ray William Johnson if you keep following the other advises you might read somewhere else how to became famous on YouTube.
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Amazing post, bravo.
 
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