Youtubing without being a ***.

Deanishes

Deanishes

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Hi All,

I have looked around and seen some amazing youtubers with excellent content over the past few weeks, the only problem is they normally have under 100-200 subscribers. At first it shocked me because their content was so great.

Over the course of the following weeks I saw a few different types of accounts, and it seems that the vloggers/youtubers with over 500 subscribers always tend to have;

a) Been doing it for quite a long time.
b) Had one major hit video.
c) "Whored" themselves out, with hashtags, spamming and social media.

The percentage of these was pretty much 80%+ on the spamming social media side, and I was wondering.. If I want to actually have an audience and achieve goals of 1k+ subs, do I need to go the route of ******* myself out with hashtags, sharing everything and commenting on peoples videos, not to leave feedback/opinions/likes, but in the hope they check out my channel (which it seems a lot of people do).

How do I over come this? I do the normal amount of posts/shares about it on twitter/facebook and whatnot, but I don't want to go overboard. Do I just keep putting out content and increasing the quality each time?

Any information or discussion on this topic would help, I don't want to sound like I'm being a sook!

Thanks a lot everyone,
Dean.
 
I try not to ***** myself otu but i like to get noticed. On twitter i have One welcome message and never dm again uless i talk normally and i post once about a new video when its uploaded and thats about ti. i had a return of 164 subs in 26 days from that. Id never jump on others channels and be like check me out, sub4sub or spam the hell out of my videos. Branding and advertising your content is fine but shoving it in others face is a whole new ball game.
 
I'm under 1,000 subs but pretty close to it (around 840 now, I think), and I've just done it by creating videos that people like. I do engage in a lot of conversation with other YouTubers, but I try never to ask people to come to my channel. I think if your first interaction with someone is, "Hey! I like your stuff, please subscribe to me!!" you're going to make people suspicious, and I think those subscribers aren't going to be viewers, and I want folks who want to view my videos more than a large number of subscribers.

I've been regularly uploading my videos for a year now, and there is one large pool of viewers who are quite loyal (the guys who want to learn about growing long hair...they're all really awesome and supportive), but being consistent with uploads, replying to comments, being a good supporter of the folks you subscribe to and making good videos goes a long way.
 
I don't really spam social media, but I feel like it tends to be a good thing to use the right hashtags when you do put out a video. Growth is a slow process as we all know, and some people just can't stand the wait. I reckon some people just want to get "famous" fast, and in the process of getting there they throw their dignity and morals out the window.

Of course pretty much all of us YouTubers want to do the best we can to get noticed, because I feel like that's the reason we're there. We like what we do, but we also want to connect to at least some people with what we're doing.
Be sure to make your content be of good quality, and personal growth and challenging yourself is always important. But unfortunately, the most effective way of achieving channel growth is still to really put yourself out there, because YouTube is working against you on the discovery bit. This is why after say 10k+ subs growth will just happen; enough people are watching your content for you to get noticed automatically.
 
Throughout the three or so months I have been on YouTube I have only whored myself about 4 times.
And each time was for a different video.

Unless you count me posting my videos on my twitter in which I do that without hashtags so I don't know
 
Deanishes said:
Hi All,

I have looked around and seen some amazing youtubers with excellent content over the past few weeks, the only problem is they normally have under 100-200 subscribers. At first it shocked me because their content was so great.

Over the course of the following weeks I saw a few different types of accounts, and it seems that the vloggers/youtubers with over 500 subscribers always tend to have;

a) Been doing it for quite a long time.
b) Had one major hit video.
c) "Whored" themselves out, with hashtags, spamming and social media.

The percentage of these was pretty much 80%+ on the spamming social media side, and I was wondering.. If I want to actually have an audience and achieve goals of 1k+ subs, do I need to go the route of ******* myself out with hashtags, sharing everything and commenting on peoples videos, not to leave feedback/opinions/likes, but in the hope they check out my channel (which it seems a lot of people do).

How do I over come this? I do the normal amount of posts/shares about it on twitter/facebook and whatnot, but I don't want to go overboard. Do I just keep putting out content and increasing the quality each time?

Any information or discussion on this topic would help, I don't want to sound like I'm being a sook!

Thanks a lot everyone,
Dean.
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I don't have a lot of subscribers, so I share my videos in a strategic way. I have a wide variety of videos, so each type of video is shared differently than the others. I share a lot of videos with Facebooks I belong to, but this is not how I get the big views. The big views come from sharing specific videos that I know a specific person or site will like if they actually watch it. Normally people like to share things they really like if you haven't noticed, so if they have a large page or a lot of followers, if they share all of the followers will see it.

I don't consider sharing like this spamming. I strategically pick a specific person or site to send the video to and I don't blow their PMs up with messages and every I have ever done. By only sending stuff I know they will like and spread it out over time, they won't get annoyed of me.
 
Ah, the eternal dilemma of balance.

Obviously, being more proficient at social media definitely works in your favour and is certainly a necessity if you're still fairly low on the subscriber count. Ideally, you only really want to share your links on every platform when your new video is out. Every now and again, there might be a thread that gives you the opportunity to share your work, so take advantage of that - just post once and leave it at that.

I know Reddit does a monthly "show-off" thread - but if you want to build a loyal fanbase, I'd recommend looking at the /r/youtubers thread as it encourages others to look at your channel in return for some constructive advice regarding their own.

When you're sharing your video, you want the people looking at it to see themselves as your friends and not just vapid numbers. That's why I can't stress enough how important it is to concentrate on the community aspect of social media, and not just the "networking" feature.
 
If you make something very enjoyable and sharable, you can let the audience advertise it everywhere for you. a little posting is fine, but I'd concentrate on the few viewers you already get, and make something that will make them proud to be one of your first subscribers, make them want to share your channel with their friends, etc.
 
Lightsen said:
If you make something very enjoyable and sharable, you can let the audience advertise it everywhere for you. a little posting is fine, but I'd concentrate on the few viewers you already get, and make something that will make them proud to be one of your first subscribers, make them want to share your channel with their friends, etc.
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That's pretty much the way I think. KNOW that the person or place you share will be willing to re-share. These are the videos that get tons of views from everybody sharing your video. This is my bread and butter to get lots of views. I think I only have about 5 or 6 videos that get decent traffic without doing some manual footwork.
 
Munchito696 said:
That's pretty much the way I think. KNOW that the person or place you share will be willing to re-share. These are the videos that get tons of views from everybody sharing your video. This is my bread and butter to get lots of views. I think I only have about 5 or 6 videos that get decent traffic without doing some manual footwork.
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especially with your own channel, you are a great example of GOOD marketing. Ive stumbled across your videos quite a few times even off youtube in dog related sites, and other vids, so what you are doing definitely works!
 
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