- I'm gonna share with you five critical things
that every new YouTube content creator needs to know.
And we're starting right now.
If you're a new YouTube content creator
you probably have a lot of questions about YouTube,
how things work here.
You've probably heard a bunch of things
that may or may not even be true
and you might even have some assumptions
about being a content creator
that's going to end up leading you down a path
that will ultimately cause you to fail here on YouTube.
So because of that,
I wanna share with you five critical things
that you need to know as a YouTube content creator
starting right now with number one.
On YouTube there's not a time limit
for how long it's going to take you
to reach a certain subscriber milestone.
There's not a time limit
of how long it's gonna take you
to even reach a certain view count here on YouTube.
YouTube also does not have upload requirements.
And what I mean by that is
what one person can do in one video,
it might take another person
100 videos to accomplish the same exact thing.
It's unfortunate and I wish I could tell you
that all you had to do
was upload a certain amount of videos
and that would kind of guarantee your success,
but unfortunately, it's not the case.
Your pace and how long it's gonna take you
to cross certain subscriber view milestones
is going to be dependent on
the skills that you brought onto YouTube with you from
you know everything that you do, not related to YouTube
as well as your understanding of the people
that you're trying to reach with your content,
your willingness to learn and adapt as you go along,
and of course, how seriously you take things
because some people are coming into this
wanting to go full time,
other people are just on it as a hobby
just for the sake of uploading some videos
and connecting with other people who like similar things.
So when you see some channels
that are doing better than yours,
you're seeing some channels that are doing worse than yours,
don't stress about it too much,
because you know everybody comes into this whole thing
with different skill sets and different you know time
that you know, we all have different amounts of time
that we can spend doing this whole thing.
Instead, you wanna make sure
that you're focusing on getting better
and trying to make your videos better
than they were the last video that you published,
making your thumbnails better,
making your titles better than the last ones you published
and so on.
And I'm gonna level with you here
just in case this is the last YouTube help video
that you ever watch,
there's something that I wanna make explicitly clear.
Getting better at making videos,
getting better at coming up with good content ideas,
learning how to get your viewers to click on your videos.
Those three things
are going to determine your success on YouTube.
It's also important to note that as much as we all want them
shortcuts just don't exist here on YouTube.
However, improving your craft quickly
will shorten the amount time that it takes you
to get the results that you want.
Oh, and really quick before we move on to this next one
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Thank you.
The next thing I wanna talk about is
copying other people
when you first get on YouTube is
kind of a normal thing to do
because you watch all these YouTube content creators
and therefore you try to emulate them
because you don't really know what to do
when you're first getting started
so you just follow their lead.
Now you're probably expecting me to say, "Don't do that."
But when you're first getting started
that's kind of a normal part of the process I think
so because of that
if that's where you're at right now,
that's perfectly okay.
However, as you progress along,
if you continue to copy what other people are doing
instead of trying to find your own way
then what's going to end up happening
is you're going to end up becoming invisible on YouTube.
But if you take the path
of trying to figure out how you can stand out
and you try to innovate within your niche
then you'll end up being the person or the people
that the people in your niche
that are watching your type of content will notice.
So because of that,
make sure you spend time figuring out
how to stand out within the type of content that you make
so that you don't end up just being like everybody else
who makes that type of content.
The next thing I wanna let you know about is that
your subscriber count does not equal
a certain amount of guaranteed views on your videos.
It's a common thought with a lot of new content creators
that if you get a lot of subscribers on your YouTube channel
that you're automatically gonna get
a lot of views on your videos, but it's not the case.
In fact, channels with large subscriber counts
still play by the same exact rules
as somebody that's just getting started on YouTube.
Even though at the time of publish,
we do have an advantage
because YouTube does have a lot of data in our content
in terms of who to show our content to and things like that.
But we do have that advantage,
but in terms of long term video performance,
if I publish a video today on the same topic
that you publish a video on
regardless of your channel size,
if my video doesn't perform well inside of YouTube,
people just don't like my video,
then in that case,
your video if they like it more
will end up outperforming mine
even if you have 100 subscribers on your YouTube channel.
With that said though
getting subscribers is important
because it does unlock certain YouTube features
the more subscribers that you gain.
And of course having a big community is attractive
to brands and other people as well.
However, it does not guarantee video performance.
Now this next one is a little bit controversial
because there's just a lot of confusion going around
especially with new content creators.
When you first get on the platform,
a lot of people think
that the only way to get views on your videos
is through YouTube search.
This is not the case.
Search is a great place to start
when you're first trying to get views on your videos
because it's just easier to get people to click there.
It's kind of like a low hanging fruit
when it comes to getting views on your videos
because people are actively looking for
the content that you've made.
Search can also be an extremely stable source of views.
But when a video starts getting a lot of views really fast
it's not because that video showed up in YouTube search
unless of course it's something that's trending
in the world at that point in time,
it's because people responded at a very high rate
from the homepages or the home feed on mobile devices
and suggested videos.
And there's probably a lot of people
sharing those videos as well.
Search definitely has its place
and you can get a lot of views
over time from YouTube search.
I mean you can just build an entire channel
just based around YouTube search,
but if you're wanting those big fast gains,
you gotta practice the art of getting people to click
from a homepage and from suggested videos.
And if you are trying to get your videos
to show up in search more,
there is a tool that can help us with that,
it's called TubeBuddy.
I'll put a link to them down in the description below.
It's a search tool,
as well as a bunch of other things
that'll help you with your YouTube channel.
The next thing that is really important to know
as a new YouTube content creator is
all it takes is one.
One really good video
can lift up your entire YouTube channel.
One video can have the one person watch it
that will offer you an opportunity
that could possibly change your life.
One good video idea
or one good format change
can help you stand out against everybody else in your niche.
One new skill developed
or one new thing that you observe
inside of your YouTube analytics
or on your YouTube channel
can help you start asking bigger questions
that will ultimately lead you
into picking up serious momentum on your YouTube channel.
And that one might be your next one.
So make sure that you're being intentional about
everything it is that you're doing with your content
because you could just be one away
from everything going in your favor.
Next on our list.
There's a lot of things
that can get your YouTube channel deleted
that a lot of established content creators don't know about
but especially new YouTube content creators.
So in order to make sure that you keep your channel safe
click into this video right here
it's gonna cover all of that information for you.
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Thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you next time.