The Sad truth about my first 1,000 Subscribers

All of this is very vital information and along the lines of what I've somewhat just started doing but I am now going to search and find those similar channels to mine. It's going to be hard because there is SO MUCH GAMING out there.
 
KiddieToysReview said:
The easiest way to find trends is to go straight to the source - channels that are setting trends. I actively follow 50+ leading kids/toys channels, and scan their "videos" page every 2-3 days. You can see trends developing right across those. usually what happens is someone comes up with something (let's say Elsa is pregnant and Spiderman is responsible, or spiderman starts farting and dropping Smarties out his poohole) within 2-3 days other channels will have copied and spun that idea. A week later the idea filters down and channels like us at the 20k - 200k sub level are doing spins on the same stuff. So you can catch the trend withing that same day or two, and if you have all the resources setup (costumes and props) you can get a copy video up matching t/t/d within 24-48 hours and get on trend.

You can use the subscription left sidebar to do it, or an easier way is I have the channels sorted into bookmark folders in Chrome, then right-click a folder and open all links in tabs (which will take you to the videos page sorted by 'recent'). Then tab across and you'll get a feeling for trends. You can also resort everything by the highest view, and see what's above the fold and recent, say the last month or two, that would be pretty viral content.

This is of course for kids channels, I can't comment on gaming I have no experience there.

I do very little off Yt, like trend websites, all that sort of stuff, it's all second derivatives. The pure data is right on Yt itself.

But, what happens with toy channels, is channels start making videos about upcoming movies and toys. A channel I follow went to 1M+ views on their video within 2 weeks on a steep exponential climb as they were one of the first to spin a Finding Dory idea. So you can position yourself before trends with common themed videos like "giant eggs" "play doh eggs" "family fun shopping trip" "surprise toy hunt" just add the toys from the next Disney/Pixar huge movie release.

I looked a the Yt API, but my coding skills are rudimentary, it would take months to get up to speed. There is a bunch of competitor information it would be useful for though....
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Lol.. down the rabbit hole with pooping spiderman and pregnant elsa.
 
TheKingCranee said:
All of this is very vital information and along the lines of what I've somewhat just started doing but I am now going to search and find those similar channels to mine. It's going to be hard because there is SO MUCH GAMING out there.
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Best way is pick 20 channel at the next sub level, so you're at 1k, so pick the channels at 2k-5k subs. Study them closely and identify what made them take that jump from 1k to 2k to 5k. Use socialblade for historic charts and cross-reference to the dates on the videos. You can see which videos gave them a s+v boost. Study those videos and try to identify common factors across channels. It's a lot of work, but over time you start to see trends in your category.[DOUBLEPOST=1475217130,1475216972][/DOUBLEPOST]
FamilyToyReview said:
Lol.. down the rabbit hole with pooping spiderman and pregnant elsa.
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It's getting crazy - pooping Elsa, pooping Spiderman, pregnant Elsa, pregnant Spiderman, pooping AND pregnant Elsa can't get into the toilet because pregnant Spiderman is pooping in there! I hope there's an end in sight to this madness....
 
To be honest - the last thread you started and I commented saying people *cough cough do shoutouts to gain subs I already knew - it's fairly obvious with just by glancing at your channel, views, comments, subs, etc -- but it's good that you realized that now than later. Props for that.
 
KiddieToysReview said:
What I recommend is relationship4relationship building with like minded channels with comparable quality and types of videos in your genre. You support each other and grow together. This is nothing different to making study groups and associations at university (another analogy right at you @KidsCorner) or business relationships at work.

For example there's a Retail Traders Association for our local area here, and they close the street every 6 months for some community activities and all the traders and restaurants band together. Just relationship building, same as Youtube between channels.
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Haha keep them coming, good analogies can make things much more clear :)[DOUBLEPOST=1475233511,1475233351][/DOUBLEPOST]
KiddieToysReview said:
It's getting crazy - pooping Elsa, pooping Spiderman, pregnant Elsa, pregnant Spiderman, pooping AND pregnant Elsa can't get into the toilet because pregnant Spiderman is pooping in there! I hope there's an end in sight to this madness....
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Yeah, not a big fan of it but it sells, my daughter just showed me a video with a cat and a diaper on 15 minutes ago, and a dog that threw up and was biting a diaper.... The garbage they watch sometimes...
 
KiddieToysReview said:
The easiest way to find trends is to go straight to the source - channels that are setting trends. I actively follow 50+ leading kids/toys channels, and scan their "videos" page every 2-3 days. You can see trends developing right across those. usually what happens is someone comes up with something (let's say Elsa is pregnant and Spiderman is responsible, or spiderman starts farting and dropping Smarties out his poohole) within 2-3 days other channels will have copied and spun that idea. A week later the idea filters down and channels like us at the 20k - 200k sub level are doing spins on the same stuff. So you can catch the trend withing that same day or two, and if you have all the resources setup (costumes and props) you can get a copy video up matching t/t/d within 24-48 hours and get on trend.

You can use the subscription left sidebar to do it, or an easier way is I have the channels sorted into bookmark folders in Chrome, then right-click a folder and open all links in tabs (which will take you to the videos page sorted by 'recent'). Then tab across and you'll get a feeling for trends. You can also resort everything by the highest view, and see what's above the fold and recent, say the last month or two, that would be pretty viral content.

This is of course for kids channels, I can't comment on gaming I have no experience there.

I do very little off Yt, like trend websites, all that sort of stuff, it's all second derivatives. The pure data is right on Yt itself.

But, what happens with toy channels, is channels start making videos about upcoming movies and toys. A channel I follow went to 1M+ views on their video within 2 weeks on a steep exponential climb as they were one of the first to spin a Finding Dory idea. So you can position yourself before trends with common themed videos like "giant eggs" "play doh eggs" "family fun shopping trip" "surprise toy hunt" just add the toys from the next Disney/Pixar huge movie release.

I looked a the Yt API, but my coding skills are rudimentary, it would take months to get up to speed. There is a bunch of competitor information it would be useful for though....
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Moana is being released for thanksgiving. Any plans for that? I'm going to create an illustration for it and turn it into a speed painting video.
 
I mean in my view there is a fine line.
Spamming other channels has always been a no no for me. Interacting with other channels? Yeah... You can gain fans from simply commenting on videos about the videos and nothing else. With a name like mine (iGM Productions) it is obvious I create content. Meaning that if people give a s**t, they can click my name and navigate to my channel. People won't react and sub/support you for self promotion via other channels because if they do care, they will check out your channel (via your name) regardless.
At least, that is how I see it.
 
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