Unsure What I Should Do to Effectively Brand Myself...

[TheDragonking564]

Hey Guys,

Recently, I have been looking at my channel and have been unsure if the way I am branding my channel on the main page and in general has been effective or conveys the channel I run. I run a gaming/review channel where I play Anime and Horror Games, and review Anime. However, recently I have been considering whether or not I should continue with the Horror stuff, as people don't seem to like it as much. Also, while I like the banner and such that I have on my channel, as they were done by good friends of mine, I am not sure if they fit my channel or not. Any possible advice at this point would be incredibly helpful. I feel like I have gotten much much better at tags for my videos, but I am unsure if I have been making effective thumbnails, or if my channel is broadcasting what I want from this channel. Again, any possible advice would be incredibly helpful and I would be incredibly grateful for any possible advice. Thanks!

 

[Neimers]

I think you definitely are going to draw in a very specific and niche audience - and I'm sure there's a big following in horror and anime games! I say stick with what you're passionate about and what content you want to create and I'm confident people will be happy to watch something you're proud of In terms of branding, I think your banner is great - but if you have the photoshop file for it maybe changing the youtube link to something like your upload schedule? It seems a bit redundant to have your URL when we're already visiting your page!

As well I always tend to say - if you don't like it, then change it until you like it! Another suggestion is possibly adding titles to your thumbnails? I know it's kinda hard with the flashy anime, but personally I'm more drawn to videos that have big flashy words and a big flashy title.

Also have you considered trying to talk to people on other anime forums or subreddits? I think if you talk to people who like the same thing as you then you can possibly draw in more of an audience!

 

[TheDragonking564]

I think you definitely are going to draw in a very specific and niche audience - and I'm sure there's a big following in horror and anime games! I say stick with what you're passionate about and what content you want to create and I'm confident people will be happy to watch something you're proud of In terms of branding, I think your banner is great - but if you have the photoshop file for it maybe changing the youtube link to something like your upload schedule? It seems a bit redundant to have your URL when we're already visiting your page!

As well I always tend to say - if you don't like it, then change it until you like it! Another suggestion is possibly adding titles to your thumbnails? I know it's kinda hard with the flashy anime, but personally I'm more drawn to videos that have big flashy words and a big flashy title.

Also have you considered trying to talk to people on other anime forums or subreddits? I think if you talk to people who like the same thing as you then you can possibly draw in more of an audience!

Yeah, my problem is, is that I don't particularly own Photoshop, I use online image editors for most of my thumbnails. It works, but I can't afford Photoshop at the moment unless I find a download for it, which I won't ask for on this site because liabilities and such. And I will definitely look into trying to add a bit more to the thumbnails, since all I tend to do at the moment is use the CG that was present in the video I just did, and add a number to it for the part, so I will definitely look into trying to pull that off. As for the anime forums and subreddits, it hadn't even crossed my mind, as I don't like considering just going into random forums and such that have nothing to do with YouTube, and just bringing up my channel. I always felt that advertising yourself on things like that or other people's videos was rather cheesy and wouldn't do much except bring in haters, but if you think that I would benefit from talking with people in those forums and such, then I will definitely look into it.