What to upload when you don't know what to upload?

Mogawty said:
The natural thing to do would be to not worry about it, take today off, etc...
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There is your answer. Just don't upload. If you force the issue the end result with be a sub par video. Viewers have a knack for finding out if a YouTuber's heart and soul is in the video or they just slapped it on-line to be active.
 
crackbot72 said:
I do ytp style of videos so I follow/sub to a lot of other ytp-ers. What I tend to see when they haven't uploaded in a while is that they upload filler videos.

A filler video could just be a small clip of something small you made, maybe a sneak peak to coming videos, or you could just do bloopers or outtakes. People tend to like or at least be OK with those type of videos. I would try not to upload a lot of filler videos in a row or something.

Maybe you could start an outtake/blooper series on your channel so you could upload those if you didn't have anything else to upload.

Also I know what you mean by writers block I had it for like a month before I got another awesome idea, but sometimes you just gotta wait, maybe try something new or something.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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I love YTPs! I did a few on my old channel with Micheal Rosen xD Anyway, not sure how that would really work in the gaming space. I've made little videos before but they were usually add-ons or "bonus videos." IDK some people are really hard to please...

SwaggerWolf said:
I know that a lot of people upload tag videos, which are easy to make when you run out of ideas, since they have a set structure already in place and you just fill it in.
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A tag video? Does that work in the gaming category? Where does one go to find tags?

Munchito696 said:
Do a quick video of you punching yourself in the balls, it will surprise people who normally watch your normal stuff.
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Lol! Only problem with that is that I'd need to be on camera :p

TheDutchTexan said:
There is your answer. Just don't upload. If you force the issue the end result with be a sub par video. Viewers have a knack for finding out if a YouTuber's heart and soul is in the video or they just slapped it on-line to be active.
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This is the decision I ultimately came to. Empty slot is better than a bad, forced video.

Thanks all you guys for your tips! For some reason this was the only thread that didn't notify me of new messages :/ Thought I have that set as a default. Oh well! Going to change that now!
 
Do something random. I run a let's play channel but when I don't know what to play or don't have time, I paint a random celebrity or politician and commentate over it like I'm Bob Ross with no sleep
 
Speaking as someone who doesn't upload that frequently, I do like the ideas suggested in this thread. Once I manage to ditch some websites wasting too much of my time, I'll definitely look into making filler videos, personally.
 
I don't try and force any uploads. If I have to miss a day because I have no ideas, I just spend part of that day thinking of ideas, then try again tomorrow. Quality > Quantity imo
 
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