I was recently at a YouTube event called "Vlogger Fair"
Which is great, highly recommend it,
And I asked a lot of creators, I asked them:
"What does it take to be successful on YouTube today?"
And I let them define success however they wanted.
They had a lot of really good insight, I recorded all of them,
And I wanna share them here with you today
In hopes that some of their tips, some of their advice and insights
Will help you be successful on YouTube with your channel.
[Roberto Blake]: Well, I think the thing that makes people successful on YouTube overall,
If you're defining success as enjoying what you do, making it profitable, practical
And something that you're still passionate about every single day
I think it comes down to doing objectively good videos
Videos that you are proud of
Videos you think create value that you wanna see brought into the world
And I think if you can do that, and I think if you can do it consistently
I think if you can do it in a way that helps people relate to whatever problem you're trying to solve
Or whatever you wanna bring into their life
Then that's what it really takes, you have to be in a position to keep doing what you're doing
Be consistent, be creative, and to just remember this is about what other people are watching
And spending time in their life connecting with you over
And, you know, it's not about views, it's not about subscriber counts
It's about people, it's about connections
And it's about the time we're spending together.
[Jared Mecham]: I think there's so many different pieces into
Having success, and a lot of that comes from your own definition
But a part of the success for me is authenticity.
Being authentic and having integrity is a huge part of the success
For me, as myself, as a YouTuber
If I'm authentic, and my audience knows it,
Then that's a relationship that we build, that we can grow and develop together
And it goes from there and expands from there
[Wes & Nat]: Ok, our number one tip for being successful on YouTube is
Probably to believe that you can be successful
A lot of people underestimate themselves
So, having that confidence that you can be successful
I think makes all the difference
Yeah, I can go off that, too
If the ability to do something you love and create things
And make maybe a profit off of it
I think that's the coolest thing
That's the dream
Yeah that's the dream
So, and anyone can do it, so don't be afraid
[Jeff Weiss]: It takes full commitment and you have to have passion for it
'Cause without the passion, you're not gonna keep going
And you're not gonna commit.
[Benji Travis]: Delivering valuable content consistently until you can make a full time income
[Cullen]: Uhh, to be successful on YouTube in my opinion
is more than being on YouTube
People get wrapped up in the YouTube comments and YouTube messages and stuff
But I think that with YouTube you have to branch out to the other social media platforms
Some of the ways that I've gotten in touch with everybody
here is through Twitter
Twitter is a more direct way to contact people
Tell them that you watch their videos...
People check their Tweets a lot quicker than they check their YouTube comments
In my experience
[The Skorys]: Passion!
And consistency!
[John Dahl]: I think part of the secret to finding success on YouTube
Is doing what you love
You have to be passionate about it
And you just love to do something, you're really passionate about it
That's really easy to make videos about it and upload it
And it's a reason to find success
[James Chick]: So to be successful on YouTube you have to find something that you enjoy
And something that you're passionate about and just do it constantly
Repeat, repeat, repeat
If you don't practice it and you don't do it over and over again
You're not gonna get good at it
[Ashley Chick]: No sleep
At all
Ever
It's almost like parenting
But with a computer
[Angel Laketa Moore]: What it takes to be successful on YouTube
I'm still trying to find out
But I think a lot of it has to do with listening to Tim Schmoyer
Umm, that, I'm almost certain that's a big key to it
And that's not even a joke
Personally, I feel like what is key is to be you
And to not follow anyone else
Because it'll get tiring trying to be someone else
So, I have to remind myself of that everyday
Even though I see other people successful doing what they do, I'm doing to be the most successful
If I do what I'm supposed to do
Not what somebody else is doing
[Patrick South]: The same thing it takes to be successful in any relationship
You just need to give them attention,
And try to understand the feelings and the needs of the individual or individuals
Behind that camera
And really try to give them value
[Jeff Johnson]: I think success can be multiple different things
It can be keeping your family happy, it can be having a lot of money
It can be having a lot of views
For me, success is keeping my family happy, keeping my priorities in order
Keeping God first, and just trying to be the example that I am with my family to my viewers
And just try to do that as much as possible
[Chris Pirillo]: I think that success is measured differently by different people
And you as a creator have to define that for yourself
Don't measure success against somebody else's success
Because what's successful for that person is absolutely not going to be successful for you
What's the metric?
It's completely up to you
It's not about view counts, not about subscriber counts
It's not about anything apart from what you want it to be
And in that way, you're never going to be unsuccessful.
That was amazing feedback!
I hope that was really helpful for you guys
What do you think that it takes to be successful on YouTube?
I wanna hear from you in the comments below
I'm gonna be reading and learning from a lot of you guys
And if this is the question you really wanna dig into
Definitely read the comments other creators are leaving down there
You will learn a lot from them
Get a lot of other ideas and insights
And we can also support each other and learn from each other that way
So I'm looking forward to reading your comments
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