Do You Promote With Or Without Social Media??

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Ideally, you'll want to use social media as it allows you to connect with the people who like your videos, as well as being able to promote and share content. Another thing you could do, is that some places have 'public bulletin boards,' or conventions have tables where you can leave business cards and stuff. We've done that a few times, not sure if it works entirely, but it's an option.
 
Almost all of our subscribers have come from our social media accounts. Instagram and Twitter have been *extremely* helpful to promote our channel. Using hashtags and following accounts with similar interests is extremely huge! It will definitely drive traffic to your channel:)
 
You'll be shooting yourself in the foot not using social media - I made a different page on facebook for my music and used it only for the longest time and it just didn't work. Post things on my personal page, get a ton of shares and views. Using twitter with the right hash tags, using instagram or twitter for video previews, you just really have to get yourself out there.

And who cares if people see your videos and comment on them on social media? Isn't that the point of even posting a video on YouTube, for people to see it? So why not share!
 
I never really was a fan of using social media since it doesn't appeal to me all that much and this is a question I've been wondering: How can I promote my channel without social media?

Now, I'm not a fan of spam on other people's videos and telling them to check me out, etc. So that's definitely out of the question.

What methods of promotion do you guys use that don't involve social media/social networks? It'd be really helpful for me if you could help. Thanks for reading!
 
I'd say best way I can think of is to find forums like this and make connections with other people like you. That'll lead you too other people and so on and eventually you'll build a network and that network will have different places to promote and find an audience.

Another way would be collaborations. If you collab with someone, that's a new audience you've just been introduced too :)
 
Being an active contributor of a community you love is one way. Your bound to draw some sort of attention and/or popularity which will naturally translate to people being curious about the other stuff you do! It doesn't yield immediate results, but can often result in some of the best fans.
 
I'd say best way I can think of is to find forums like this and make connections with other people like you. That'll lead you too other people and so on and eventually you'll build a network and that network will have different places to promote and find an audience.

Another way would be collaborations. If you collab with someone, that's a new audience you've just been introduced too :)
Thanks for responding! Do you know of any forums similar to this one?
 
Thanks for responding! Do you know of any forums similar to this one?
Unfortunately no, this is by far the most active and others I've seen are just full of spam. I've been looking for music forums to do what I told you and it's really hard to find decent ones. Just lots of searching and digging. I will let you know if I ever find anything :)
 
social media can play a huge role in getting you views. Personally I created a separate account and that way my friends dont see my activity in poromoting
 
I don't consider myself very experienced in this, but I understand your situation because I built my channel for the exact same reason. It is possible, personally I promoted myself where it's suitable on reddit and in the forums here, got 180 views and 10 subs in 1 week on my first video. SEO might've helped but I'm not entirely sure since my video isn't something you'd randomly look up.

Stay active on the forums, and post on self promotion subreddits. I got selected for 3 best channels of the week in one subreddit, if your content is that good people will put it out for you :)
 
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