so I know that this video is a little bit random because we're not talking
about finances we're not talking about the stock market we are talking about
growing a YouTube channel from zero to a hundred thousand subscribers I'm gonna
give you guys my story because we just hit a hundred thousand on this channel
honest finance and I'm also gonna give you the five things that I've learned
through this experience on how you can start a YouTube channel and do it a lot
better and a lot faster than I did because I think that they'll actually
help you out so literally three years ago I decided to start up a youtube
channel called honest finance and the whole reason I did this is just because
I wanted to talk to somebody about my passion for finances and nobody in my
real life had any interest in talking about it so instead I went to a camera
and I decided to talk to the world and I had no direction
I had no clear idea of where the YouTube channel was gonna go but I did start and
that's where it all started was three years ago
I obviously started with my first video then I made it to my second and then I
created the third video and at that point I was getting really discouraged
because I wasn't getting a lot of views and all the work that I put into the
channel wasn't really making sense at that point so I actually quit and I
think a lot of people do that and I stopped producing content I almost
deleted the entire channel but that following December so I actually started
it back in May three years ago but that following December I decided to go in
hardcore and I started making a lot of videos per week even though I had no
strategy I didn't know what I was doing but at that point the channel did start
growing but I'm just saying that there is a point where you're feeling like you
want to quit don't do that just keep going because it does make sense as long
as you get over that hill and trust me you are never gonna have a clue on how
to do everything right from the very first video and the only thing you can
do is just start because as long as you get that first video out then you can
start working on it and you can start making your future videos just a little
bit better and just a little bit better and then eventually you'll get the hang
of it but you're never just gonna start knowing everything now at this point I'm
gonna teach you guys the five tips on how to grow a YouTube channel starting
from zero subscribers and this is from my personal experience so hopefully you
guys can learn something new and execute and not do the same mistakes that I did
because trust me if you can avoid those mistakes you're going to grow a lot
faster it's going to be smoother and it's gonna be a lot easier
okay so the first tip to grow a new YouTube channel is the fact that you
have to have a passion for what you're creating because if you don't have a
passion for the content that you want to be making then you are gonna get bored
you're never gonna want to do it and it's not gonna be worth it in the end no
matter how much money is involved because if you absolutely hate what
you're talking about you're not gonna have the motivation to create that
content and that's the drive that you need in order to create a YouTube
channel and to keep it going because you have to have a passion because trust me
if you do the research for a topic that you're just not interested in you might
be able to create that content a few times but eventually it's gonna catch up
to you because you just don't have the passion to make it happen because you
can always do it just a little bit but there's always gonna be a point where
you just can't get past it and that's why you need the passion and that's why
this is the first step that I want to talk about and then once you've
identified exactly what you're interested in I would highly recommend
that you funnel down even further so for example if you're really into golf
instead of just talking everything about golf try to specifically go down into
one topic like for instance if you just want to teach people how to putt start
with that and just talk everything putting that way from the beginning
you're getting a lot better leverage and you're seeing a lot better results
because you're not going all over the place so just remember to only create
content around something that you're passionate about and then make sure to
funnel that down into something specific and you are gonna have a lot better
results as a beginner on YouTube now the second tip I want to talk about is very
obvious but it's just the fact that you don't want to quit too soon because a
lot of the time new youtubers they get really excited they make a few videos
and then they just quit because they don't see any results when in reality if
they would have just kept going just a little bit further something could have
happened to where their channel could have exploded or they could have had
really good results on a specific video so don't quit too soon and that is a
very important tip and also keep in mind that it's at least gonna take about 10
to 20 videos just for you to start getting comfortable so in that context
you are gonna have to make quite a few videos just to get over that threshold
of the awkwardness of talking to a camera even still I've made over a
hundred videos and I still can't talk to the camera it's super awkward I have to
have a ton of energy that I normally don't have and that is something that
I'm continuously working on even though I've made a lot of videos and just for
kicks as an example I'll leave my very first video up here so you guys can
watch that and you can see the difference between that video and this
video even though back then I thought I was doing a pretty good job so hopefully
a year from now two years from now I watched this video and I can even see
that I've made quite a few changes from there because you always want to move in
an upward progress now the third tip that I want to share with you guys is
that you absolutely have to get to know the community that you're a part of so
for instance if you're into guitar lessons then you need to find all the
different guitar channels out there and you need to get to start knowing these
specific channels because this is the community that you're a part of and this
is a big deal because you can call it competition but honestly you're gonna
find that this is a community of friends that are all in it together
because I'm in the finance niche and I know a lot of different guys I've
actually gone out and visited people people have come out and visited me and
we've collaborated and it has been all a good experience and I can call them all
my friends so this is a big deal make sure that you pay attention and join all
the people inside of your community because that's gonna help you there's a
few ways that you can get to know people inside your community and the first way
that you can do this is just by commenting on their specific videos this
is really easy to do you just comment on their videos maybe they'll comment back
and then you can get to know people another thing you can do is you can go
to the about page on YouTube on a specific Channel and you can actually
find their email and you can talk to them through email on that sort of
source just don't really spam them make sure that you're giving them value and
they probably will talk to you back and then another thing you can do is you can
also join Facebook groups you can go on different forums stuff like that and
that's a good way to get to know people inside of your community as well now the
next tip I want to cover is that you should always give as much as you
possibly can and don't expect anything in return because you're always gonna
find that if you give value before you ask for something it's gonna end up
working in your favor because these are real people that are watching your
videos and so if these real people find that you're giving them value then they
are going to subscribe they are going to be loyal and then when you ask them for
something they're actually believe you and they're gonna trust what
you have to say so always give more as much as you possibly can and don't ask
okay so you just want to give give give and don't take as much so for instance
in this specific video all I've been doing is giving you guys value and at
this point it would be appropriate if I asked you guys for something and that's
what I'm gonna do right now I am going to ask you for something give it a
thumbs up if you are liking this video just click the little thumbs up that way
I can tell if we're liking it or if we're not liking it and that is when
you're appropriately asking for something so just remember to give as
much as you possibly can in your videos and don't expect anything in return and
I promise you everything is gonna work out a lot better than if you're just
asking everybody for something in every single video now the final tip that I
have for you guys is that you should always answer all of the comments that
you get because I promise you you're gonna meet a lot of real people out
there and you can help them with their problems if you're answering those
comments because you really want to treat them like they're your customers
these are people that are coming to you for answers and if you just ignore them
and don't answer their comments then they have no reason to keep coming back
so answer their comments and I promise you this is gonna help you grow now
obviously if you get hate comments or if you get spam comments on your channel
you don't need to be answering those I'm talking about real people that have real
questions help them out as much as you can because honestly I get a lot of
comments every single day and I can still keep up with them and I try to
help out everybody on my channel that I possibly can now I do get questions that
I really can't answer and so I do have to leave those in the dark but for the
most part I do at least read all the comments and I try to get back to
everyone as much as I possibly can and honestly answering comments can get
pretty time-consuming but just remember to treat it like a business perspective
and just treat these people like they're your real customers that you really care
about and that you want to help because that's the point they're asking for you
to help them and if you can give them more value then they're gonna keep
coming back for more and then it's just all a good thing for the channel to keep
growing and they're entertained as well now those are the tips that I wanted to
talk about from my personal experience and there's a ton of other tips out
there so just look for other resources you guys can find a ton of different
videos on how to start a YouTube channel now if you just found this specific
channel I'm Jason with honest finance and I make a lot of videos on different
topics that will give your life and your finances more value so if you do have an
interest in that type of content feel free to subscribe but thank you guys for
watching and have a great day