The #1 Reason You're Not Getting Views and Subscribers: What do you think of this write-up?

Well, that's a loaded article right there...

I mean I see where they are going with their ending message and I can agree with some of it, but I disagree with the concept that you have to be some sort of expert before you start even making content. That's a complete joke of a point to make, certainly it would help, but so many successful YouTubers were not experts in their field by any means. Sure there are pro gamers with big channels but there are also plenty of very average players who are also quite successful at making content.

Nobody comes to me for video game advice in real life, I was always a very average if not below average player at like almost anything until very recently. The game I normally play on my channel I'm an extremely average player on, but "some" people still watch me so clearly that's not the only factor at play here. I did not act like a YouTuber or entertainer in real life before starting, even people I knew llike 4 years ago would be shocked to know I've made over 300 videos.

I'm also not someone who was naturally good in front of a camera or speaking for more than 10 seconds at a time and I think I've improved drastically. I was literally voted in the highschool yearbook most likely to join the CIA because I was that quiet naturally. So the idea that you need to be that person before you even start, which I feel like they're getting at I think is total garbage. You don't have to be naturally good at anything to become good at it. You just have to have the right approach and figure out how you can get better. You may never be "the best" but you can still be really good at it and that's good enough for me. If anything that's why a lot of people fail because they don't understand or aren't willing to put into action a plan to get better and understand what works and what doesn't. It doesn't have nearly as much to do with being an expert tech guy or being "naturally engaging" as that article wants it to be.

They talk about your family and friends being the best resource of how you will be recieved... I mean maybe for some people but for me my family has no interest in video games so obviously they don't follow my channel unless I tell them to watch something... does that have any reflection on whether my content is good for my target audience or not, no it doesn't. This is only really relevant if your family or friends are part of your exact target audience, and for many people that's not going to be the case. Of course like if you forgot to add sound to your video they could tell you that, but they might also tell you your video is a waste of time when they don't understand your strategy at all.

It's not about being original, it's about meeting a demand for content and that may involve being original or it may not.
 
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OrbitGuy said:
Well, that's a loaded article right there...

I mean I see where they are going with their ending message and I can agree with some of it, but I disagree with the concept that you have to be some sort of expert before you start even making content. That's a complete joke of a point to make, certainly it would help, but so many successful YouTubers were not experts in their field by any means. Sure there are pro gamers with big channels but there are also plenty of very average players who are also quite successful at making content.

Nobody comes to me for video game advice in real life, I was always a very average if not below average player at like almost anything until very recently. The game I normally play on my channel I'm an extremely average player on, but "some" people still watch me so clearly that's not the only factor at play here. I did not act like a YouTuber or entertainer in real life before starting, even people I knew llike 4 years ago would be shocked to know I've made over 300 videos.

I'm also not someone who was naturally good in front of a camera or speaking for more than 10 seconds at a time and I think I've improved drastically. I was literally voted in the highschool yearbook most likely to join the CIA because I was that quiet naturally. So the idea that you need to be that person before you even start, which I feel like they're getting at I think is total garbage. You don't have to be naturally good at anything to become good at it. You just have to have the right approach and figure out how you can get better. You may never be "the best" but you can still be really good at it and that's good enough for me. If anything that's why a lot of people fail because they don't understand or aren't willing to put into action a plan to get better and understand what works and what doesn't. It doesn't have nearly as much to do with being an expert tech guy or being "naturally engaging" as that article wants it to be.

They talk about your family and friends being the best resource of how you will be recieved... I mean maybe for some people but for me my family has no interest in video games so obviously they don't follow my channel unless I tell them to watch something... does that have any reflection on whether my content is good for my target audience or not, no it doesn't. This is only really relevant if your family or friends are part of your exact target audience, and for many people that's not going to be the case. Of course like if you forgot to add sound to your video they could tell you that, but they might also tell you your video is a waste of time when they don't understand your strategy at all.

It's not about being original, it's about meeting a demand for content and that may involve being original or it may not.
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I agree. I said this on reddit, but I think it applies here too:

There's nothing inherently wrong about being a "wanna-be" - I mean, come on, most of what everyone does has already been done by someone else. Who said we can't learn from each other? Everyone who has goals is a "wanna-be" in some way or another.

What makes a "wanna-be" unlikable is when they completely rewrite themselves in a way that's not natural, when it's obvious what the ulterior motives are, and when they try too hard to convince you to like them rather than try to be likable. When you spend too much time "trying" to be a YouTuber worth watching than actually being a YouTuber worth watching.

I think, really, it all boils down to the actual maxim of YouTube: that there isn't enough content/value provided. If you rip someone else's content off and copy what they do, you haven't created any content, you're just trying to pass someone else's off as your own.

You're an unlikable wanna-be if you see PewDiePie scream a couple of times, think you can get rich and famous on YouTube if you do the same thing, then upload videos where you end up screaming way too much because you thought that's what people loved, and then you get recognized as overreacting.

But let's say you watch a few gaming videos, and you're naturally a funny person, yeah. You're not the best at games, and you find stand-up difficult, but you know, the room lights up when you're there. If it's your first time tubin', you won't be comfortable in front of the camera. Does that make you a fake? Of course not, video production is a skill through and through.

You know those examples of the wannabe kid at school? The problem is that he isn't smart, funny, or interesting. He was just trying to be.

It's when these so-called "wanna-be"'s don't put enough effort to learn and improve their craft that they get called out for it.

When you're making gaming videos without being good at doing it, you're not being yourself. But come on, if you're the type of person that makes gaming videos every day and always tries to get better, making gaming videos will eventually become a part of you. And then you'll be being yourself.
 
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Overall i agree with the reddit post. Some people get so upset that they aren't gaining traction but they are posting the same kind of videos I have seen time and time again so why watch it?[DOUBLEPOST=1523294435,1523294371][/DOUBLEPOST]
ASMR Amour said:
Overall i agree with the reddit post. Some people get so upset that they aren't gaining traction but they are posting the same kind of videos I have seen time and time again so why watch it?
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like the tons of Minecraft channels, or FIFA channels, or any first-person shooter game channel lol sorry those are channels that i automatically click off from because they all look the same
 
I will always strive for being unique and orignal... but people called me names and a copycat to people i have never seen before. The commong response to this is "ignore it" and i did but hurts man.., when you put youre heart into something only to be shitted on by random people on the internet. I can have all the "tought skin" i pretend to have but youre pride will ALWAYS BE HURT no matter how much you act it out. This is the reason why i stop being that "unique" and stick with the same old bs wish ironically grows youre channel.
 
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