For those of you who are getting started on YouTube,
we have a special treat for you.
TribeTyler is here to give you some special tips about how
to get your start on YouTube.
He is going to share some behind-the-scenes of what
happens on his channel, where he grew to almost 100,000 YouTube
subscribers in a relatively short amount of time.
Here's Tyler and his fiancee.
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What's up, YouTube Creators?
My name is Tyler Shelton, and I run the YouTube channel
TribeTyler.
Today I want to talk a little bit
about how I got my start in YouTube
and kind of what I experienced.
I started when I was 19, and then when I turned 20,
I decided wouldn't it be cool if I had a daily video every day
throughout my 20s?
Because your 20s is your most influential part of anybody's
life.
You either get a job, or get married, or have kids,
or move out.
So my first tip to you is when you start your channel,
have some sort of direction.
This is my fiancee Haley.
If you watch the videos, you know her.
Hi.
So what was it like being with me when I set out on this?
I initially thought it was kind of weird.
It is weird.
Tyler was like, we're going to start a vlog channel.
I knew it was because I had been watching some other vloggers
not for a really long amount of time
because Tyler got me into it.
And when he had the idea that we would start a vlog channel,
I was kind of, I guess, more like perplexed,
like why would anybody want to watch us?
You know I mean?
Like, we're just a couple of 19-year-old kids.
But as we went on, it kind of just became part of our lives,
and I couldn't imagine not having every day documented
now.
Exactly.
So yeah, it just kind of became a part of us.
That's the second thing.
It's going to be weird at first.
You're going to have take risks.
And without taking risks and without really kind
of analyzing your personal situation,
you're not going to be able to go anywhere.
You have to find out what you're good at.
The third thing you need to do is set goals.
It's a lot easier focus on the big picture,
your ultimate goal, just by hitting little milestones,
so to speak.
For us, we started and we weren't getting really
any views.
When I did say we weren't getting any views,
I mean we were getting 4-12 views per video.
And that was mostly our moms.
And us.
So the first thing that I did was I started to kind of like
find my niche, which I've always done art
and I've loved art my whole life.
And I found that people actually kind of liked it,
and I made a couple pieces for my favorite YouTubers.
Just doing what you're the best at,
that's what's going to grow because it's the most natural,
not trying to force anything.
We got a few subscribers for that,
and I think that put us around 3,000.
And then we made some connections.
Connections are also huge.
Just kind of, like, reaching out to people,
and finding people that's roughly your size in channel,
and just asking them to collaborate because that's what
YouTube is built on, basically.
And the more that you do that, if you have two subscribers
and you find somebody else with two subscribers,
and you just talk to them, and you're like hey, let's
do something together.
I'll shout you out, and then you shout me out,
or we'll make two different videos together,
then your two subscribers will go subscribe to them.
And just like that, you already doubled.
If you're trying to do it on your own,
it's just about impossible.
There's some days where you're just tired of doing it,
and you're not seeing the progress
that you want to see as quickly, and I guarantee that.
So basically slow and steady wins
the race in the YouTube world.
You're going to have to just keep grinding, and then
set those shorter milestones because that ultimately gets
you to where you want to be.
And we're about ready to pass 100,000 subscribers, which
has been crazy.
In the last two years, we've had the most insane opportunities.
Yeah, so we're excited for our future
and that's our tips to you.
That was a great advice.
Thank you so much for that, Tyler.
I'd love to hear from the rest of you
guys in the comments below.
What advice do you have for new creators who are just
getting their start on YouTube?
Here, this community here at Video Creators,
there's a lot of you guys.
I know.
I've been doing this for a very long time,
so I'm looking forward to reading your advice
and learning from you as well.
If you are a new creator, I would
love to have you subscribe to this channel
because every week we talk about helping
you guys grow your YouTube audiences and your channels.
Not just for the sake of getting views and subscribers,
but so that your message can spread, and reach people,
and hopefully change their lives as a result.
Thank you for letting me be a small part of that.
Subscribe and I will see you guys again soon.
Bye.