your streaming goals suck and because you set terrible goals like reach affiliate or worse
reach partner when you're just starting out it means that you're gonna burn out
and quit streaming or worse you're gonna be streaming to zero viewers forever and never
grow let's fix that today by setting good streaming goals to avoid burnout
avoid disappointment and make it so it's actually fun to stream let's go
hey i'm Eljay with streamscheme.com i'm also a variety streamer over at twitch.tv/eljayem_
there's a link in the description to that as well as streamscheme.com it places over 600 guides for
all things streaming related go check those out if you want today i'm going to talk about a mistake
that i've made a mistake you made and a mistake that pretty much every single twitch streamer
makes setting terrible goals that they can't control and they can't reach by themselves how do
i know that you're making this mistake well when i made a video about how to stream to zero viewers i
asked you guys what's your goal and the amount of people who wrote my goal is to be an affiliate my
goal is to be a partner made me really worried or what's worse people's short-term goals were be an
affiliate and then people's long-term goals were make good content i feel like those are backwards
look i don't be the kind of guy that shits on people so today i really wanted to cover this
because i've seen a lot of people who are feeling burnt out and disappointed in their streams growth
and this is the only way to solve this is by reevaluating your goals as a streamer let's
start by explaining why your goals are actually bad how we can set better ones and of course give
you some examples of ones you can set straight away there are time codes in the description
so feel free to skip ahead to any part of this video but i feel like without watching it properly
it won't work so maybe just watch the whole video for retention right
please let me get this out of the way hoping to reach 50 followers or three average viewers
isn't a bad thing to want but they are going to lead to a lot of disappointment
because there aren't clear and actionable steps in order to reach them and they require other
people's involvement as well in order for you to reach it which means they're the exact opposite
of a smart goal when i say smart goal i mean smart all caps i'll explain that in a second
viewers are completely random and followers are also random to a degree yeah you can make
good content and discoverable content meaning that they're more likely to rock up and stay
but it's also a huge amount of luck whether or not someone is scrolling past at the right
time whether youtube recommends a video whether the algorithm shines down upon you
this is why they lead to disappointment and burnout there is a much better way to set up
goals that'll allow you to reach 50 followers or three average viewers or even partner that
doesn't lead to burnout or disappointment or giving up don't get me wrong i'm not some genius
when i first started out i was desperate for affiliate i actually had the average viewers
straight out of the gate thanks to the outreach i'd done but that 50 follower thing haunted me
for a good 20 days while i tried to grow luckily at the same time i was also setting smart goals
by accident because i didn't know what they were at the time i was just trying to improve my stream
and those allowed me to not really care about the fact that i didn't have 50 followers i was
just trying to make good content and improve my quality which allowed me to still feel
fulfilled a month ago i reached partner and everyone keeps saying to me you're a big wig
now or how does it feel has it sunk in yet lj and you want to hear the absolute truth of it
don't tell anyone this but the only thing that's changed is big streamers read my messages more
that's it the tick just means that now when i go into a stream someone sees my name and responds
to me more which is worth it with affiliate though it is less yeah you unlock some features but those
features aren't going to instantly make you a giant streamer having the ability to sub or get
bits maybe you'll get a small influx the day you reach affiliate because people are excited but if
you're still streaming to three average viewers or you're struggling to reach three average viewers
you're not going to get a huge influx you're not going to suddenly start appearing more
you're not going to get a massive amount of money coming in nothing really changes
that's when the hard work really starts so how do we get through all of that work how do we get up
every day and keep streaming well it's by setting smart goals smart stands for something and i'll
be honest i keep forgetting so i'm just going to read it out specific measurable achievable
relevant and time-bound i'm going to break down what each one of these things means and hopefully
it'll help you set your goals so in short what does specific mean well specific means you
need to set a very clear goal something you can break down to a single thing you want to achieve
very very very specific why it's important to you why you need to achieve it and what exactly
it is next up is measurable measurable means you have to be able to see that you are achieving it
or working towards it so a measurable goal isn't to say something like well i just want to make
good content because that's subjective and really tough to measure achievable is the next section of
a smart goal and it is a lot harder for people to achieve because what even is achievable at
this point if you're just starting out then saying you want a thousand followers or a hundred viewers
isn't an achievable goal in the short term if you don't currently have a job or an income
and you say that you want to get a new pc as your goal then that's not achievable right now
either you need to think about things that are achievable within your grasp within your power
right now now relevant is another one that a lot of people struggle with even i struggle with this
relevant means is this task is this goal actually relevant for what you want in life
why are you doing it are you the right person to be doing it is it the right time to be doing
it is it actually going to help you achieve the thing you want to achieve in the future
for example a lot of people always say to me that their goal with streaming is to make friends but
you can make friends a lot easier and a lot faster by just joining another streamer's discord and
hanging out and chatting to people or joining a community of people who love similar games to you
you've achieved that goal in seconds and you don't have to do all the hard work that comes
with streaming and finally the t of smart time bound can you set a deadline and stick to it this
is the most important step of the entire process you need to set a deadline if you don't there's no
accountability i want to upgrade my mic settings okay when when are you going to do this buy i'm
going to work out today okay when oh i'm going to start working out when pick a day you have
to be accountable because otherwise you haven't lost your goal you haven't achieved your goal
you're in limbo you need stakes and a deadline in order to make sure that you achieve your goal
using everything we've just talked about i'm about to give you an example a template that you can use
in order to create smart goals and avoid burnout and then i'm going to talk a little bit about
the burnout that i felt and the burnout i know other streamers have felt as well
but first if this video has helped you out at all then please consider subscribing to the channel
checking out our other content we've got guides about growth guides about best games guides about
how to make emotes and of course we have one of my favorite videos about how to set up your mic
settings i honestly believe it's one of the most valuable videos i have on the entire channel for a
new streamer go check it out if you're struggling with your mic if you want to give your stream more
discoverability and you want to start youtube i also have a video about that we always have a
whole heap of animated overlays in our discords which is the glitch pack or the old school cool
pack feel free to check those out they're linked in the description and you can get them free
right away so i'm going to give you a smart goal and then i want you to go down and comment your
own smart goal your new goal for streaming i'm going to start with something that is
crucial for every single streamer microphone quality that is the goal we're going to set out
so how would we set a goal for microphone quality well i specifically want to increase the quality
of my microphone it's measurable because i have old recordings of myself beforehand and i'll be
able to record myself in the new one that i can listen back to see if i sound better as well as
showing it to friends and family who can also tell me if it has gotten better it's achievable because
i have a microphone and everything in order to make it sound better comes with a computer it is
relevant because i want to grow as a streamer and to grow as a streamer i need good mic quality it
is the most important thing when starting out time bound i want to have my microphone fully set up
and upgraded within the next two days i'm gonna give myself a day to research and a day to
actually put everything into action and then if i haven't done it by then i haven't met my deadline
do you see how this goal is entirely achievable by you you are in control of all of this all you have
to do is go watch my video about making your mic sound better bing bang bosch you've upgraded it
you've done it before your deadline and you're good to go congratulations you've smashed it
nobody else did this for you it was entirely your own hard work and it is a step towards creating
better content which means new followers new viewers and more this is how you avoid burnout
by setting these types of goals and seeing your growth you can use this template for almost
anything such as setting up new funny scenes or new overlays or generally working on upgrading
and tweaking your stream maybe you want to spend some time writing new jokes or you want to learn
improv comedies do you set aside an hour of every day to do improv comedy and practice it or watch
it on youtube manually setting up your webcam or learning how lighting works there are so
many things you can do you break them down into specifics and then you smash them out
maybe you're still going to feel frustrated and burnt out because you're not growing as fast as
you want let's talk about that every single content creator i know has felt frustrated
or burnt out at some point it comes with the job the analytics the data they make it hard on you
you've compared yourself to other streamers of your size of your age of however long
you've been streaming for and you're just not at their level you're not growing at the same rate
and it sucks you've tried to action tips that everyone's talked about you've made
youtube videos and they're just not clicking your stream isn't growing as fast as you want
maybe you should just give up and honestly i'd love to give you some inspiration here and say
don't give up but i can't decide that for you all i can tell you is the way i avoid burnout the way
i avoid frustration the way i keep myself moving is by doing everything i talked about in this
video by setting a goal that i can achieve and seeing it on my list get ticked off if you really
want an actionable step to make your stream feel better stop comparing yourself to other people and
stop comparing your journey to others the amount of people who ask me lj i've been streaming for a
week i've got seven followers and two viewers is that about right for a week everyone has
their own journey and the best thing you can do with that is to stop comparing yours to others
the only comparison you should be doing is saying to yourself am i making my quality better than it
was yesterday someone else succeeding isn't your failure and your success isn't someone
else's failure be happy for everyone around you i get a lot of comments of people saying they're
envious or jealous of their friends or other streamers and honestly that's gonna cause more
burnout than you can handle ninja didn't become the most subbed streamer overnight ludwig didn't
end up doing a 31 day subathon because he just randomly went live one day these things take time
everyone has a path including you chuck a comment down below what your new smart goal is i'm sorry
if this was a weird and kind of intense video consider subscribing i'll see you guys next week