What should I do now?

[Rachael]

My channel has been doing well. I have been doing all the usual tactics- thumbnails, tags, titles, promotion, watch time optimization, end cards, etc. It worked well when I was a bit smaller, but I think I need a different direction for growth right now. I almost feels like I've hit the limit with the things I am doing. I know that there really isn't a limit and you can keep growing until you get all the way to 1 million subscribers with the basics, but I think I could be doing more to grow faster. Of course I will keep up everything I have been doing, but I am close to 500 subscribers and I feel like there's something major I'm missing. I kind of started doing networking, outside of just regular promotion, and I have a few other Youtube friends. Any tips for that or anything else I could be doing?

 

[Hazzador]

Get in touch with youtubers with 500+ subs and make some content with him/her (colaboration). Plus once you get past a certain number of subs it gets much easier to grow, as people tell their freinds about ur videos and stuff

 

[XXLRay]

Make videos about tentpole events preferably ones that re-occur like superbowl or Xmas. Go for collaborations to get known in other circles.

 

[Brinkbabe91]

I think collaberating would be a really good next step. If you collab with someone with a similar amount of subs that would be ideal, or even more subs than you if they are willing. That would probably help you get to that magic 1000 sub mark haha

 

[Jack Decker]

1) Make an intro video for your homepage that is 30 second to a minute long. First talk about what kind of things you talk about on your channel ... then who you are ... then tell your release schedule ... and then do ONE call-to-action and that is for them to subscribe. Don't monetize your intro video. The intro video is an ad for your channel. Don't have another's ad hurt your ad.

2) Take viewers on a tour of your city and county. Title it "Tour of [your city's name]: [landmark name]". Make these videos short and sweet. Sweet as in cute. Try to be funny yet informative. Do one for every landmark in your city and county as well as unique places in your city and county.

3) After you've done every landmark in your city and county, email your local media (newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations) by sending them a press release about you and your channel. Stress that you're a local girl and give links to your best local landmark videos. Newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations are ALWAYS on the look out for "local color". If you get on a radio talk show, try to be funny on it. The more funny you are, the more likely they'll ask you to come back again.

4) Make up a flyer. Use yellow paper. Have tear-off tabs at its bottom that has your channel's name and its YouTube URL. Post it everywhere you can in your city. Get a map of your city and mark on it where you've posted them. Once a week, revisit those locations on your bicycle and replace missing, all tear-off tabs gone, torn, etc. posters.

5) Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. Contact channels who have about the same number of subscribers as your channel has at that moment. As your channel grows, contact bigger and bigger channels. Always suggest a specific activity to do with them. Never just that you would like to collaborate.

6) At your school, start a YouTuber Club. Talk to your teacher about creating it. It is for all students who have or would like to have a YouTube channel. Meet weekly. Help each other. Collaborate with each other. Appear in each other's videos. Do skits. Have a group discussion video. Make cookies together. Brainstorm, brainstorm, brainstorm. But most importantly of all, have fun.

 

[Rachael]

1) Make an intro video for your homepage that is 30 second to a minute long. First talk about what kind of things you talk about on your channel ... then who you are ... then tell your release schedule ... and then do ONE call-to-action and that is for them to subscribe. Don't monetize your intro video. The intro video is an ad for your channel. Don't have another's ad hurt your ad.

2) Take viewers on a tour of your city and county. Title it "Tour of [your city's name]: [landmark name]". Make these videos short and sweet. Sweet as in cute. Try to be funny yet informative. Do one for every landmark in your city and county as well as unique places in your city and county.

3) After you've done every landmark in your city and county, email your local media (newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations) by sending them a press release about you and your channel. Stress that you're a local girl and give links to your best local landmark videos. Newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations are ALWAYS on the look out for "local color". If you get on a radio talk show, try to be funny on it. The more funny you are, the more likely they'll ask you to come back again.

4) Make up a flyer. Use yellow paper. Have tear-off tabs at its bottom that has your channel's name and its YouTube URL. Post it everywhere you can in your city. Get a map of your city and mark on it where you've posted them. Once a week, revisit those locations on your bicycle and replace missing, all tear-off tabs gone, torn, etc. posters.

5) Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. Contact channels who have about the same number of subscribers as your channel has at that moment. As your channel grows, contact bigger and bigger channels. Always suggest a specific activity to do with them. Never just that you would like to collaborate.

6) At your school, start a YouTuber Club. Talk to your teacher about creating it. It is for all students who have or would like to have a YouTube channel. Meet weekly. Help each other. Collaborate with each other. Appear in each other's videos. Do skits. Have a group discussion video. Make cookies together. Brainstorm, brainstorm, brainstorm. But most importantly of all, have fun.

a Youtuber club is a golden idea. Also the thing about touring the city! I live a little ways from the downtown city, a little too far to bike. But once I start driving I will definitely do all those things and as for right now I can go around my city. Thank you so much!

 

[Jack Decker]

a Youtuber club is a golden idea.

Be inclusive. The club must to open to all grades in your school and all students are welcome. Don't let it become a clique. Get a teacher to be its sponsor. Ideally a teacher who knows how to work a camera, lighting, etc. Your best bet is your art teacher! Ask the teacher if those who make videos for the club can get extra credit from their teachers (or at least the art teacher) and ask the teacher to pitch this to the principal. Getting extra credit will pull in some kids. The key to the club is the teacher that runs it. Find a teacher who is excited about doing it. The teacher can then invite local video production companies and TV stations to come and speak to your group. Don't just invite news anchors and radio talk show hosts, but separately invite camera operators, sound technicians, producers, editors, etc. They have a HUGE wealth of knowledge that your club can mine.

Once your club gets large enough, it should be able to get its own room at your school. That is a milestone that everyone in your club should do a video for their channels about. Then put up a big poster on the best spot on the best wall that keeps track of how many subscribers each channel has. Update the poster every week during the weekly meeting. The larger the club becomes and the more subscribers your channels get, the more the school will support. It might get it a computer with video editing software on it.

Every meeting, show all the videos that all the members did over the last week. Applaud and comment. Brainstorm. Encourage.

Also the thing about touring the city! I live a little ways from the downtown city, a little too far to bike. But once I start driving I will definitely do all those things and as for right now I can go around my city.

Don't wait for your car. Do as much as you can now on your bike.

Thank you so much!

My pleasure.

 

[Marion Talavera]

Maybe you can try paid promotions inside youtube. It will surely help you gain views and maybe more subs!

 

[iVlogCom]

Yes, there are many other things you could be doing. Social media is the obvious one. Twitter, Facebook, & Reddit are all very good. Your own website or blog could also provide traffic to your channel & videos. Costs very little, so worth it in every way. Good luck Rachael!

My channel has been doing well. I have been doing all the usual tactics- thumbnails, tags, titles, promotion, watch time optimization, end cards, etc. It worked well when I was a bit smaller, but I think I need a different direction for growth right now. I almost feels like I've hit the limit with the things I am doing. I know that there really isn't a limit and you can keep growing until you get all the way to 1 million subscribers with the basics, but I think I could be doing more to grow faster. Of course I will keep up everything I have been doing, but I am close to 500 subscribers and I feel like there's something major I'm missing. I kind of started doing networking, outside of just regular promotion, and I have a few other Youtube friends. Any tips for that or anything else I could be doing?