Brandon Nankivell
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1 channel. 1 focus.
Which is better a variety channel or multiple channels?
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Crim X. Criminal
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@Brandon Nankivell
Don't you think it would be a good idea to try different types of videos for a channel to see which one you think is the most quality then try focusing one type of content for a channel?
At least in my case since I'm a small channel that's what I think would be the best course of action. .-.
Don't you think it would be a good idea to try different types of videos for a channel to see which one you think is the most quality then try focusing one type of content for a channel?
At least in my case since I'm a small channel that's what I think would be the best course of action. .-.
Yoursharkfriend
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I think it depends. For example I'm doing fashion and video games. Weird mix right? But I'm doing video game inspired fashion. Then it becomes not so weird. If you can find a way that incorporates all content without it being all over the place then -especially starting off - use one channel. When you are bigger then you can ask for opinions from your audience
Crim X. Criminal
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@Yoursharkfriend
Oh, I get what you're saying.
That's pretty interesting and gives me a good idea. Thanks for the insight. ^^
Oh, I get what you're saying.
That's pretty interesting and gives me a good idea. Thanks for the insight. ^^
Entityofsin
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You can have a variety of content with just video games, food, or even fashion. Even movie, music, and tech can provide a variety of different avenues of content. Each of those are content verticals and a channel should only devote itself to one vertical of content. You wanna do comedy, food, and video games? Great! Make that three different channels. Not one. It prevents the problem of confusing your audience what your channel is about what what is to be expected on it.
brunoalhe
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I've been struggling with this same topic for a while... I have varied content in my channel PLUS videos in two languages and still don't know what to do haha I think that if you manage to build a subscribers base who really care about your personality, they might want to see everything you create in one channel as it's easier, but who knows...
Entityofsin
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It's a fact that a channel grows slower when you try and divide your audience between multiple locations (channels). If you want to start an art channel, then stick with it. If you want to do video games, then do it. Build that up and then start another channel of a different content vertical.
Gone away are the days where someone can easily just upload more than one genre of content and get decent growth rate. It's already hard enough to grow with a channel dedicated to 1 content vertical anyways. Why compound the problem even more? If you're a growing channel, you face the problem of exposure, marketing, and awareness around your content to begin with. So no amount of an awesome personality is going to help if people first don't know about you for something.
Have to first get known for something before people are even going to care about who you are and your personality as a content creator. Someone's more than welcome to disagree with that. But it's also like someone telling me a channel trailer helps bring people to your channel and subscribe to it when they watched one of your regularly uploaded videos and never even bothered to see the trailer until they went to your homepage.
Another example to help put things into perceptive is how a branded intro in a video that someone hasn't watched doesn't do anything to bring that person to check out more of your content if they haven't seen it.
I always tell people to focus on one genre of content first. Establish themselves in that and then move onto other things. That way the cross promotion potential is much higher.
Gone away are the days where someone can easily just upload more than one genre of content and get decent growth rate. It's already hard enough to grow with a channel dedicated to 1 content vertical anyways. Why compound the problem even more? If you're a growing channel, you face the problem of exposure, marketing, and awareness around your content to begin with. So no amount of an awesome personality is going to help if people first don't know about you for something.
Have to first get known for something before people are even going to care about who you are and your personality as a content creator. Someone's more than welcome to disagree with that. But it's also like someone telling me a channel trailer helps bring people to your channel and subscribe to it when they watched one of your regularly uploaded videos and never even bothered to see the trailer until they went to your homepage.
Another example to help put things into perceptive is how a branded intro in a video that someone hasn't watched doesn't do anything to bring that person to check out more of your content if they haven't seen it.
I always tell people to focus on one genre of content first. Establish themselves in that and then move onto other things. That way the cross promotion potential is much higher.
GucciCarry
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When I was first starting out I made a couple montages then eventually started playing more with my friends to make funny content. I stuck with funny content and ever since its been doing ok.
Crim X. Criminal
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@Entityofsin
I've heard a similar argument but I've never really considered it thoroughly. Thanks for the prespective
@GucciCarry
Did you immediately switch to funny content, like you just stopped doing montages? Also did your audience care that you switched what you were doing as long as it was in cs-go?
I've heard a similar argument but I've never really considered it thoroughly. Thanks for the prespective
@GucciCarry
Did you immediately switch to funny content, like you just stopped doing montages? Also did your audience care that you switched what you were doing as long as it was in cs-go?
GucciCarry
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I did immediately switch to funny content. I didn't stop doing montages, I still do them in fact I plan on doing another montage soon. I still do games apart from CS:GO but it's my main channel focus as of now.