the number one question I get and it's been the number one question or inquiry
that I have gotten for years is Jimmy how do I grow on YouTube Jimmy how do I
launch a channel how do I get to a hundred subs how do I get to a thousand
subs what am I doing wrong why can't I grow is YouTube against me is it pure
luck to blow up on YouTube these are the type of questions that I get tweeted at
and in the comment section and in my email all of the time so I thought I
would put together a video to help you guys get started on your YouTube path if
this is something that you have decided to do and know there is no special
formula in here that you're going to shoot up and have PewDiePie numbers but
I am going to give you some insight some steps and some thoughts that maybe some
of these other videos that have done this didn't quite touch on and as we get
started in the comments section let me know what your channel is all about as
this video goes out I will be spending some time checking the channels that
people put in the comment sections as well I'm always looking for a cool new
channel to watch so I present to you ten steps on how to get to 1000 subscribers
on YouTube step number one upload consistently and you're probably saying
come on Jimmy we've we've all heard this one this is anything special no it's not
but it is a foundation of how you can grow a channel if you look at the
successful channels out there most of them rely on consistent uploads whether
that be daily uploads - daily uploads I see some bigger channels that do five
daily uploads or even by daily uploads so they upload every other day but
whatever they do their schedule is consistent I have seen so many channels
die over the years I'm gonna take a week off I'm not feeling it I'm gonna take a
month off I'll come back and I'll hit it super hard when I'm ready and the second
they do that their channel suffers there used to be a time on YouTube where you
could upload one to two videos a week if you were a big channel and you could
sustain but it's not that way anymore there may be a very
a very special small group that can do it but for the most part it's
consistency and repetition because people want to see what they want to see
and if they don't see what they want to see from you they will go find it
somewhere else because there are a million other channels in line ready to
hand them content if you aren't step number two and this is going to sound
kind of off for a second but hear me out on this trending topics and clickbait
now what do I mean by that now if you want to do your channel and you are a
fan of growing roses in a garden then by all means go grow roses in a garden but
that doesn't seem to be a very popular topic right now on YouTube so what do I
mean by trending and clickbait you need to focus on trending topics and
clickbait now hold on Jimmy what do you mean clickbait how dare you tell people
that the way to grow their channel is clickbait let's get in reality people
okay I want you to come with me for just a second and I want you to I want you to
look all of the big channels have figured out ways to incentivize people
to click on their videos now I am NOT saying clickbait in the terms of lying
about your content but it is a special art when you can make your thumbnail in
your title coexist with the content in the video and make people want to click
on it you want them to click on it's no different than when somebody goes to
Walmart and they go to the checkout and all of those candy bars and packs of gum
are lined there at a certain level they paid somebody to study on what certain
height level and where to put those within hands reach because people are
impulsive and they will buy it it is no different than the YouTube sub box
people are impulsive they will click on something that they feel they want to
know what's actually going on with that story behind the thumbnail so figure out
how to involve your content with trending topics that people want to
watch remember you want to get to a thousand subs you need to be putting out
content that is interesting to people and you may have your special genre that
you want to do but you got to figure out a way to mix the trending topics with
your content and with that you need to know how to title and how
- actually clickbait I hate the word clickbait because it's more about
creativity the ones that are clickbait that are bad are the ones that just
false they give you false information there's nothing in context with their
content relevant with their thumbnail and title those are bad but somebody
that's creative to get you to click on a video with a cool thumbnail and a title
that is relevant to me that is perfect if you guys would like a focused video
on exactly that how to title tag and thumbnail your videos and focus on
trending topics let me know in the comments section and we could do that as
a follow-up video to this one step number three on your road to 1000
subscribers people like to judge on the end result of where a youtuber is but
people rarely see the grind that went into where that youtuber got where
they're going what I mean by that is everybody sees PewDiePie or everybody
sees ksi or your favorite vlog channel or roosterteeth and people don't put
that with all the hard work and the grinding that these channels did for
years most of these big channels have been youtubing it for multiple years
we're talking over five years yes there are some that hit lightning in a bottle
and they go viral but for the most part for the most part your dedicated
channels that are out there have been grinding for years and people tend to
forget that so when you're looking at and you're looking up at all these
massive channels don't let it deter you don't let it
bring you down remember they were where you are at at one point in their career
that is big it's mental focus is a huge part of this you have to have clarity
and you have to have consistency and not let anything affect you or bother you
all you can focus on is your reality your little bubble of what you're doing
with your YouTube you can't judge you versus somebody else step number four
and this goes without saying everybody knows this but I have to put it in there
just in case there is somebody that isn't aware of it equip it you have to
have decent quality for your videos we are past the stage of 480p people and I
know most everybody knows that but I still go on YouTube I still browse and
I still see people uploading content like that and it's you can get even you
could get decent quality even with a a cell phone camera now so equipment and I
understand equipment is expensive so do it in baby steps with what you need but
get the base equipment research and once again I could do another video and help
you guys out with that if you wanted to as well but there is equipment out there
that is affordable you don't have to go out and get the thousand dollar mic that
your favorite youtuber has or this amazing camera that this guy has there
is equipment out there that you can use that is affordable so budget shop there
is nothing wrong with budget shopping I know you want to have that gaming setup
or that YouTube set up and let everybody see it but that's for a different time
that's for down the road don't focus on that right now step number five there
are no original ideas well there may be occasionally but they're very very rare
most ideas have been used and reused and rehashed and turned around and
manipulate it into something else and that's okay they aren't really around
anymore because we're on the internet we have access to everything but it is okay
for you to put your spin on a popular idea there is nothing wrong with that
forget all the people that say oh don't copy his content or you're just doing
what he did if you see something fun like a top ten or a series or a vlogging
channel or hell if the trend right now is mailing yourself in a box if you want
to give it a try in your own spin go for it don't listen to people you can do
what you want just put your spin on it a perfect example is my top ten series I
in no way created top tens at all wasn't even close to the first person but what
I did was put my spin on it and made it a community feel with Twitter so that's
how I've done my top tens on Sundays I involve Twitter they get to be showcased
in the top tens and that is my little spin on top tens you guys can do the
same thing there is nothing wrong with taking an idea and putting your spin on
it step number six don't battle sub boxes deering at prime time what I mean
by that is there is a prime time for YouTube for most people it's usually
between 1 p.m. to about 4 to 5 p.m. depending
on your time zone that is when the bulk of the videos go up as a small Channel
don't battle that primetime sub box placement you're not going to win you're
just going to get swallowed up so check your analytics dive into your analytics
see who's watching see when they're watching and then upload off a time that
you can get away with it's not during Pride time go it during an off-peak time
now you may not get as many views okay but you will be able to get out there a
little more because you aren't saturated during the primetime that most of your
bigger youtubers are uploading so I would suggest in the evening or
depending on your time zone in the morning just try to work your way around
the primetime of sub boxes because you will you will get swallowed up you'll
get frustrated and nobody will see your content step number seven interact and
this goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway reply to comments
tweets anything that you can do to show these people that are taking five
minutes out of their day to engage with you in a busy busy world where things
are going fast show them that you actually care engage with them that is
one thing I have always done and I will continue to do is engage with my viewer
base it is the most important thing because they're there for you you need
to be there for them as well step number eight I want to post what I want to post
I've heard this numerous times well I want to post what I want to post I don't
care what goes on well there's two choices here there's a there's a fork in
the road for you if you want to go down the left path and post whatever you want
to post then by all means do it you have free will choice and it's a free world
and you can do that but if you want to go down the path of growing your channel
you have to put that to the side it can't be I want to post what I want
to post mentality yes you can post what you're passionate about but like I said
earlier it needs to be able to connect to trending topics that people are
looking for and they have to want to click on it so yes post if you like
video games post video games if you like vlogs post vlogs but you need to make
sure that those are intertwined with what people are actually searching
on YouTube step number nine thumbnails now we talked a little bit about it in
step number two with trending topics click baits and titles but thumbnails is
by far the most important thing you need to learn
Photoshop get somebody that can help you you want to have i popping thumbnails
because they are the first line of defense and getting somebody
incentivized to click on your content a lot of people don't even read titles
anymore they simply judge by the thumbnail and
it is to me the most important piece of getting somebody to go watch your videos
and once again there's a fine line in an art to making it a clickbait thumbnail
that is also contextual to the content that you have in the video so thumbnails
thumbnails thumbnails focus on your thumbnails step number 10 the final step
of this video have realistic expectations on your growth do not start
your channel and look at all the big channels and say I want to be growing
five thousand subs a day and five hundred thousand views a day I want to
be there if you focus on that you'll never get there because you're focused
on what they're doing instead of your little bubble and your reality focus on
yourself focus on your expectations if you start out and you get ten
subscribers the first week try to get twenty subscribers the next week if you
get 50 views on a video for the first time try to get a hundred views on the
next one baby steps your way up and you'll find as you go it'll start to
snowball on its own and it has nothing to do with you it has to do with your
body of work now I'm going to give you guys two thoughts really quick this is a
long video but think about this one you have an advantage being small I know
that sounds crazy and YouTube is just a whirlwind of crap right now and nobody
knows how to figure out the algorithm so on so forth but if the algorithm is what
people are saying it is and it's got to do something with click-through rate of
your subs it is advantageous for smaller channels because they don't have all of
those dead subscribers so you may be an advantage by being small if you build
that core base and they come back every video and watch you are going to see
some growth you're going to see some snowball effect as you go if you stay
consistent and the other little piece of advice from me to you is group up find
people that have the same focus and drive as you that are around your size
there's a reason that the sideman do so well or the faze clan does
well or the TK house or all these little groups they're not little anymore but
these groups of people that work together with their content and they
help each other grow so if you can find people around your size that want to
collab and intertwine one shout out doesn't do it anymore people not in 2017
but if you find some people that consistently want to produce content
with you you're at an advantage and that is it guys ten steps to help you get
your first thousand subscribers in a week in 2017 on YouTube I hope this was
helpful if it was drop a like on the video tell me about your channel in the
comment sections and I will be checking them out as this video goes out hope you
have a fantastic day and I'll see you later