- Hey, everybody.
This is Roberto Blake,
helping you create something awesome today.
So in today's YouTube video,
I'm gonna talk about how you get
your first 1,000 subscribers in YouTube.
Now, if you're watching this,
you obviously know that I have
over 20,000 YouTube subscribers.
As of the making of this video,
I've actually recently cleared
21,000 subscribers in YouTube,
and I've done that in a relatively short period of time.
Its been about, maybe, as of the making of this video,
18 months since I started
doing consistent content on YouTube.
I've been around for a while,
but I wasn't putting out videos.
And putting out consistent weekly content
is a big part of how you grow to 1,000 or more subscribers.
In fact, you need to be putting out content
probably about roughly three times a week.
And probably some of the best days to do this
are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
to set you up with a consistent schedule,
spread your videos out,
and still be engaged with your audience at peak times.
So, I would say having a consistent schedule
of putting out videos three times a week,
and I'm recommending Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
is a big part of how you get
your first 1,000 subscribers in YouTube.
One of the other things is you have to
produce quality content.
I know everybody's tired of hearing that by now,
but you have to produce quality content.
It has to be interesting and worth subscribing to.
It has to be the kind of thing
where if anyone watches one of your videos,
they'll want to come back for more.
Think about why you tune into your favorite TV show,
or where you're subscribed to your favorite channel.
It's usually because they're creating
some kind of value for you
that makes you keep coming back.
So make sure that you're doing that
and that you're keeping your audience
at the top of your thoughts
when you're putting out your content.
Yes, you should put out things that you wanna see,
and things that you enjoy,
and videos that you wanna do,
but you have to think about your audience
if your goal is to raise your subscriber count.
With that in mind, stop asking for sub for sub.
I mean, I can't tell you how many times
I've had to delete comments
where people are asking for sub for sub.
Look, the only reason to subscribe to a YouTube channel
is that you enjoy the content
and you wanna support the creator.
There's no reason that if you sub to my channel
that I should just go ahead and subscribe to yours,
because do you really want a subscriber
that's not interested in your content,
just to raise your numbers?
And on top of that, you may not realize this,
but YouTube is penalizing sub for sub.
If you have subscribers,
and they're not interested in your content,
and they go long periods of time without watching
or clicking on any of your content,
and they're just there as subscribers,
YouTube says that your channel is irrelevant,
and you rank lower in the YouTube search.
And this is important because I will tell you
that over 50% to 60% of my views
come from YouTube searches.
So, anything that hurts your YouTube search ranking
is going to hurt you in the long run
in terms of your YouTube channel.
So this is why you need to stop doing sub for sub,
stop requesting it, stop hijacking people's comments
with "sub for sub," "sub to me, I'll sub back."
None of that.
If people are gonna subscribe to you,
it should be because they love your content,
and they wanna support it,
and they wanna see more of it.
That's all there is to it.
Now, something else I wanna point out.
We talked about the YouTube search.
To be able to get more views,
which will lead to subscribers,
you need to be focusing on YouTube search,
which means you cannot be lazy about your titles,
your descriptions, and your tags.
Make sure that you have subscriptions
with over 300 words.
That might seem like a lot to think about
to describe what's going on in your video,
but that's what you need to be doing,
because YouTube cares about that,
and that's going to create relevance
in terms of what people are searching for.
It needs those words so that when someone
searches for your video,
whether that's, oh, how to do this in Photoshop,
or funny Call of Duty videos,
they need to be able to find those words.
And if it's not in your titles,
your description, and your tags,
it's gonna be harder for YouTube to find that kind of stuff.
So that's what you need to be thinking about
in terms of how you get more views
and how those views lead to more subscribers.
And that's something that's important
for your YouTube strategy overall.
Another thing you need to be doing is using social media.
And I'm not talking about spamming social media
with your videos,
I'm talking about being engaged with people in Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, and different places,
so that they like content you're putting out there,
and might be interested in your YouTube channel
if they know that you have one.
So that's why I definitely recommend doing,
of course you should be posting your videos
in these platforms as well, wherever you can,
but you also need to provide context.
Don't just post your video
without posting a description
and some context as to why somebody should watch this,
and why they should subscribe to your channel.
And at the end of the day,
just be honest with yourself
about why you're on YouTube
and why you think people should subscribe.
Take a hard look at your content,
and see if it's worth keeping up with,
and if it's not, then you need to make some changes,
and that's the best recommendations I have
for getting your first 1,000 subscribers in YouTube
and going beyond.
I will probably do another video
about hitting your first 5,000 subscribers in YouTube,
because I still think
that that's an important milestone as well.
So, the next video on YouTube subscribers
will be a 5,000 subscriber video.
And then, after that, we'll do the 10,000 subscriber video,
and I will talk about features
that having 10,000 subscribers unlocks, including access
to the YouTube studio space for creators over in L.A.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
I hope you learned more
about how you grow your YouTube subscribership.
If you found this video and the content in it
to be interesting,
then I hope you'll definitely subscribe.
I put out new videos about how you grow
your YouTube channel each week,
so make sure you're staying tuned for that.
See?
That's how you ask for a subscription.
You show what the value is and why they should come back,
and that's how you get subscribers.
Anyway, like this video if you like it.
Don't forget to subscribe.
Check out the other awesome content on the channel.
As always, you guys, thanks so much for watching,
and don't forget, create something awesome today.