New Vloggers Never Get Noticed

[Korny]

Post a few videos that are 'relevant' to current topics, things that matter to you but also many people are likely to search up on YouTube bc they have an interest in the topic too.
This way, you are still sticking to your core values, yet once viewers have seen your current topic video and decide they like you, they may also check out your other videos that are less search-engine optimized and subscribe.
Let me know if my advice helps and good luck with your vlogging!

Good advice! Now I just have to find current topics lol.[DOUBLEPOST=1377883997,1377883842][/DOUBLEPOST]

Totally disagree. I use relevant titles, thumbs, tags and descriptions and I have gained 409 subs and just under 10,000 views in about six weeks with the standard promotion that everyone else does (FB, Twitter, etc etc). Other videos/channels do not prevent you from getting views. Only you prevent yourself getting views.

Read my 'YT Guide' (linked in signature) for more info.

I am having absolutely no trouble with subscribers, I have 600 in 2 weeks. But what you do is not what I'm talking about. I'm saying people who go around with a camera recording their life and showing what they do. They are hard to be noticed because they don't talk about a topic like you do, they just show their life. And unless they already have a following from some other place, they are not going to do very well.

 

[Sinc]

lol, but when I say vloggers I mean people who vlog their life. Like carry a camera and walk around awkwardly with it in public.

Honestly, the way you described it, thats not interesting at all, unless your a famous person, it just seems like stalkers would be viewing.

 

[unknown_user0032]

Good advice! Now I just have to find current topics lol.[DOUBLEPOST=1377883997,1377883842][/DOUBLEPOST]


I am having absolutely no trouble with subscribers, I have 600 in 2 weeks. But what you do is not what I'm talking about. I'm saying people who go around with a camera recording their life and showing what they do. They are hard to be noticed because they don't talk about a topic like you do, they just show their life. And unless they already have a following from some other place, they are not going to do very well.

It's because unless people know you, it's boring. Nobody cares if a random stranger is going to Walmart, or got their hair cut. You have to make your videos interesting.

 

[LyfeWithDragons]

Also, titles only make up a small percent of the SEO.

 

[Korny]

Honestly, the way you described it, thats not interesting at all, unless your a famous person, it just seems like stalkers would be viewing.

It's because unless people know you, it's boring. Nobody cares if a random stranger is going to Walmart, or got their hair cut. You have to make your videos interesting.

This is my point exactly. Yet so many people do it. Which is why ranting or whatever someone does when they sit in front of a camera is easier to make it big with

 

[Canaderps]

I've ran a gaming channel, and I've also ran a vlogging channel. Here's what I've noticed.

Gaming channels, in my opinion are a lot hard to start than vlogging channels. You search for any game, you're going to get results from people like PewDiePie, Yogscast, Cry, and so on. These are have tons of views, which are then followed by the smaller gamers. Because of this, any title you do will most like be a few pages in, if not a lot.

Well what about if I did a Let's Play of a game that just came out? I tried this as well to see the results. I pre ordered the game, and downloaded it as soon as it was out. The game was 'The Night of the Rabbit', and it got quite a bit of coverage. I had a video up within 30 minutes of it's release. Now, this video to this day, has 123 views. I was in direct contact with the developers, advertised on their Steam page for the game, and thought I was going to do pretty well. Searching for the game now, I don't even show up on the first page. Why is this? Well, even though I was one of the first, I was quickly flushed out by bigger channels, their videos getting more views and quickly pushing my videos further down the searches.

As well, as a game series goes on, it slowly diminishes in views. This could be because A) The commentary sucked B) The commentator is a terrible gamer to the viewers standards, or C) a bigger funnier YouTuber did it.

For my gaming channel, my average amount of views is between 2 and 11 for each video.

I got a little offtopic there, but lets get back to the vlogging.

Vlogging is unique in it's own, because it has more personality than gaming. You have more wiggle room to express yourself, so a lot of your success will depend on your humor and how comedic or entertaining you can be about it. With my gaming channel, I represented myself on forums as a gamer. I even put a fair amount of advertising in through AdSense. I completely ignored my vlogging channel in terms of promotion, because I was more focused on my gaming channel. But something interesting happened. I started gaining more views on my vlogging channel than my gaming channel. No advertising, no promotion, yet my vlogging channel was quickly beginning to grow. My titles weren't deceitful or a lie about the topic, and heck, the majority of them I wouldn't think are being searched for either.

For my vlogging channel, my average amount of views is between 10 and 25 for each video.

With all that being said, I think mainly what you need is a little more promotion, and a little more patience. Collaborations, being active on forums here, being active on social networks and gaining a following. Very few become famous over night, heck I even know some YouTubers that are three years in the game and are just hitting 10k, and I know some that are under a year in the game and sitting at a nice 17k. It all depends on promotion, with a little bit of luck and patience.

 

[Sinc]

It's because unless people know you, it's boring. Nobody cares if a random stranger is going to Walmart, or got their hair cut. You have to make your videos interesting.

there have been instances that random strangers have been able to pull it off though, very slutty and inappropriate but they do a fantastic job of keeping the interest of their stalker viewers.

 

[Korny]

there have been instances that random strangers have been able to pull it off though, very slutty and inappropriate but they do a fantastic job of keeping the interest of their stalker viewers.

I'm pretty sure CTFxC also just started vlogging randomly, and they made it somewhat big (1 million subs)

 

[Sinc]

I'm pretty sure CTFxC also just started vlogging randomly, and they made it somewhat big (1 million subs)

yea but they are interesting to watch, its not what you described.(lame and boring)

 

[Korny]

I've ran a gaming channel, and I've also ran a vlogging channel. Here's what I've noticed.

Gaming channels, in my opinion are a lot hard to start than vlogging channels. You search for any game, you're going to get results from people like PewDiePie, Yogscast, Cry, and so on. These are have tons of views, which are then followed by the smaller gamers. Because of this, any title you do will most like be a few pages in, if not a lot.

Well what about if I did a Let's Play of a game that just came out? I tried this as well to see the results. I pre ordered the game, and downloaded it as soon as it was out. The game was 'The Night of the Rabbit', and it got quite a bit of coverage. I had a video up within 30 minutes of it's release. Now, this video to this day, has 123 views. I was in direct contact with the developers, advertised on their Steam page for the game, and thought I was going to do pretty well. Searching for the game now, I don't even show up on the first page. Why is this? Well, even though I was one of the first, I was quickly flushed out by bigger channels, their videos getting more views and quickly pushing my videos further down the searches.

As well, as a game series goes on, it slowly diminishes in views. This could be because A) The commentary sucked B) The commentator is a terrible gamer to the viewers standards, or C) a bigger funnier YouTuber did it.

For my gaming channel, my average amount of views is between 2 and 11 for each video.

I got a little offtopic there, but lets get back to the vlogging.

Vlogging is unique in it's own, because it has more personality than gaming. You have more wiggle room to express yourself, so a lot of your success will depend on your humor and how comedic or entertaining you can be about it. With my gaming channel, I represented myself on forums as a gamer. I even put a fair amount of advertising in through AdSense. I completely ignored my vlogging channel in terms of promotion, because I was more focused on my gaming channel. But something interesting happened. I started gaining more views on my vlogging channel than my gaming channel. No advertising, no promotion, yet my vlogging channel was quickly beginning to grow. My titles weren't deceitful or a lie about the topic, and heck, the majority of them I wouldn't think are being searched for either.

For my vlogging channel, my average amount of views is between 10 and 25 for each video.

With all that being said, I think mainly what you need is a little more promotion, and a little more patience. Collaborations, being active on forums here, being active on social networks and gaining a following. Very few become famous over night, heck I even know some YouTubers that are three years in the game and are just hitting 10k, and I know some that are under a year in the game and sitting at a nice 17k. It all depends on promotion, with a little bit of luck and patience.

I should have made it more clear when I wrote this thread, but I am strictly talking about sharing your life. The types of videos you do are about current topics, which is why you are gaining views.