There is MUCH MUCH more to getting views than just uploading a video. Half of it is really a mindset, and can't really be taught... I would bet that if any of the top youtubers had their channels shut down and everyone forgot about them, they would be able to start from scratch and achieve huge success simply from what they've learned. It's not a matter of making videos, it's knowing WHAT videos to make.
Exactly. This guy gets it, in a big way. It's a mindset and a strategy. If you took all the wealth in the world and redistributed it evenly, within a few years it would then transform back into the same % of the same people. The same with YouTubers. Many of you think it's skewed to the big channels and you don't have a chance. That's not true. I would argue the biggest YouTubers on this platform haven't even started a channel yet. Thousands of channels that start this year and the next and next will make it into the top 1 - 5% while many of you still think the odds are stacked against you. It's a mindset and a strategy that propels channels and creates the stuff dreams are made of. Unless you really don't want it (not everyone does), don't buy into the soothing lie that you can't do this, only a few can, that you need to be hot or funny or have a cute cat or kids or high end gear or have a British accent (ha!). It's non-sense. Those things don't hurt, but aren't required. What is required is the mindset that nobody handpicks the "few", that you have just as much of a right and a chance as anyone to succeed. That you study this platform and understand how it works and work it smartly with determination. Because it's not easy and there are plenty of frustrations that EVERYONE has to go through. Will you make it through those times? Here's the deal, be GLAD this can be difficult and frustrating, because if it wasn't, then your chances of standing out would be next to nil. If those frustrations weed out 95% of the creators, and not you, then you're THERE! Embrace the difficulties as increasing your odds of success because you know most people will give up. It would be worse if this was easy and everyone was doing it, then there'd be no opportunity. Re-invest in your channel, whether it be slowly getting higher end gear to make you stand out, license better quality music, learn techniques for compelling thumbnails, catchy short intros, professional looking outros, and most of all look at your content objectively. Just having cute kids won't do it because although they're the most adorable things to you, most people could freakin' care less, and you can insert *______* in place of kids in that example that you think is awesome but others don't have the emotional connection and won't see it as you do. If after a year, or two of doing what you're doing and you're not getting results, keep doing it for 'fun' but try something else on another channel. You can experiment with lots of channels, it's free, do it. Too time consuming? Well it is for 95% of people too, so do you want to be in that top 5%? Then do it. Do things others aren't willing to do. Once you break through certain barriers, it gets easier and easier. We've been hitting 2 million views a day lately and I put in a lot less time now than I did when I started. That's how this works, that's how everything regarding success works. You just have to get over the hump, which isn't easy, but that hump is thankfully the barrier that keeps most everyone else out. Only a 'few' make it, and it will always be that way in everything. With YouTube you don't have to have a college degree (I'm old so I happen to have one, ha!), or much experience at anything to begin a channel. You just need to create something in a niche you enjoy that already supports huge views, see what works and what doesn't and why, analyze your stats and the stats of many other channels. Create content that people want to watch in big numbers based on your statistical analysis, and a mindset that you ARE and WILL be one of the 'few'. Don't listen much to channel creators with 327 views that you'll never make it and that you shouldn't have goals and only do it for fun, period. That's okay if that's your goal, but if you'd like to rock this platform, trust me, you CAN do it. I'm camera shy, I hate being on camera, Bob from Babyteeth4 also seems like your average nice guy who could be your neighbor, Mark from Racegrooves is a regular nice guy, worked in a Post Office for a career, we are not of movie star stock, we aren't glitzy, attention-happy dudes. We're average guys with above average determination. We're in the top 1% of YouTubers. We pinch ourselves that this is the case, because YouTube can allow regular people to live dream lives. I wouldn't be so encouraging to you guys if I thought this was a pipe-dream, I'm not a blow-smoke kind of guy, this is real, it's been done, it's being done, and will continue to be done in even bigger numbers. Demographics are on our side as online content creators. People are flocking away from traditional media sources to online streaming. As Babyteeth4 says, just believe in yourself. Honestly believe. As Thiojoe says, have a mindset and determination and wise approach instead of just thinking your content is good and you're flabbergasted as to why you're not getting more views. Look at each upload as having your good name stamped on it, are you proud of it? I upload stuff knowing it will be up there for years so if there's even a small mistake I go back and correct it before I upload it, analyzing both creative and technical aspects of video and audio. Each video has the potential to make you a $100,000 over the course of time if it's quality, evergreen content. We have single videos that have gone well over that number. For one little video. So go in with that mindset, that it's up there perpetually, can it stand on its own over time? I now many of you don't make the type of content that follows this model, but I'd suggest starting a separate channel that you enjoy that has true evergreen content, because those will be like slot machines for years to come. But just know you CAN do this! I've helped many people do this full-time now as their living. Most people I help don't though, because it's a mindset, and all of us can think of a thousand reasons YouTube won't work, but all you need is ONE compelling reason why it should. And focus on that one reason. I don't train people anymore like I used to because it was taking too much time and I do this to spend time with my family. Just know that guys like Bob from Babyteeth4 and myself are saying it can be done, while others who are saying it can't be done, aren't doing it. Analyze the channels you want to take serious advice from and see what kind of weight you put behind their words. You'll hear LOTS of 'don't be concerned with views', 'just do this for fun', 'don't set goals', 'the odds of you making it are pretty much zero', etc., etc. Then go look at their sub counts and view counts and see if that's where you want to be in 6 months or 1 year. Small channels can give good advice, no doubt, but just note where they're at too. I did that a lot, and still do, analyze channels and take notice. YOU can do this with the right attitude and approach. I'd love to see many of you crest that difficult wave and coast down the back side. Rocket hard!
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