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Considering I started my channel in hopes of joining a community and becoming more social, I think I've succeeded. I met one of my subscribers at VidCon and from there made a whole new group of friends. Goal: achieved! 

I pitched video ideas as news stories to websites and some of them took me on. Much faster growth this way than petitioning people one by one to watch me
What do you mean by that? Like, you sent your video to a news site and they put it in their online edition or what did you do?
Yes! I emailed sites and said "are you interested in X?" Smaller sites will happily put you on because you are giving them free material
If you try that route, the material must be better than what they already use. They won't return any emails if it's not. V-logs and let's plays need not apply.That's an interesting way to go about it! I never have thought about that!
I don't really mean as in becoming like a HUGE big successful YouTuber, i'm talking about their success and their success may seem low to the big YouTubers but to them it's their biggest and that's what i'm trying to get out of people. :][DOUBLEPOST=1470369247,1470369209][/DOUBLEPOST]Most bigger YouTubers won't have time to be on these type of forums, though I am sure there are very few who still comment here and there - so not sure how many success stories you'll see on here.
Ahhhh you truly lived the dream there. I have met many of my subscribers.... except that most of them are my friends. XD[DOUBLEPOST=1470369286][/DOUBLEPOST]Considering I started my channel in hopes of joining a community and becoming more social, I think I've succeeded. I met one of my subscribers at VidCon and from there made a whole new group of friends. Goal: achieved!![]()
Truly an interesting way of putting your videos out there and finding success, nice job!If you try that route, the material must be better than what they already use. They won't return any emails if it's not. V-logs and let's plays need not apply.
I don't really mean as in becoming like a HUGE big successful YouTuber, i'm talking about their success and their success may seem low to the big YouTubers but to them it's their biggest and that's what i'm trying to get out of people. :][DOUBLEPOST=1470369247,1470369209][/DOUBLEPOST]
Ahhhh you truly lived the dream there. I have met many of my subscribers.... except that most of them are my friends. XD[DOUBLEPOST=1470369286][/DOUBLEPOST]
Truly an interesting way of putting your videos out there and finding success, nice job!
I see what you mean but I think a lot of people here are big dreamers (which is a good thing)- so I was assuming big meant millions.