so recently my how to grow to 25 average viewers video has been getting a lot of attention
but i realized a lot of you guys don't need 25 average viewers you just need three average
viewers to unlock affiliate but i've also realized that people don't understand that reaching
affiliate while it's cool doesn't actually matter or really change anything don't get angry today
i will explain what i mean by that as well as how to get yourself to three average viewers
in a way that'll actually set your community up to continue to grow rather than just hit that
affiliate goal and then not be able to convert people into subscribers and followers let's go
hey everybody my name is Eljay from streamscheme.com and also a variety stream over
at twitch.tv/eljayem_ also we have over 200 guides over at streamscheme.com that you can check out
right now links to both those in the description so as i said today i'm going to be walking through
how to get your three average viewers that you can unlock affiliate but i'm going to be doing
this in a bit of a different process to how other content creators have covered it i'm going to be
giving you six actionable tips about how you can grow your three average viewers in a way that'll
actually be sustainable in a way that will make it so that your community will continue to grow
because if you reach three average viewers using friends and family and all those things which
are tips we will cover today that it's going to hurt you in the long run because you're
going to struggle to continue to grow there are time codes in the description but as with every
video these tips kind of build off each other so i would recommend watching them in order
or if you want skip to the final two because i think those are the most crucial
that said the third one is also kind of good i don't know just just check it out properly
or check the time codes in the description and i do have a quick question for you all what is your
current average viewership is it three is it over three how long have you been streaming for as well
i kind of want to get an idea for our user base and our community and how big we are and what
size we are so right off the bat i can already hear you type in billy you just you don't think
i feel like it's important because you've already got affiliate you need to think about us properly
no i'm not having a go at you guys for wanting to be an affiliate i think getting affiliate
is a great goal to have but the issue is is that it shouldn't be your only goal
let me explain so you watching this might not be going for affiliate for monetization and that's
fine but the truth is based off our last video and the people writing the goals in the comments
i know that a lot of you are going for affiliate purely for the monetization and look that is
totally fine you're creating entertainment you're creating content you deserve to be paid for that
but when you're just starting out you're trying to grow into those three average viewers
focusing on monetization is a really bad idea because the truth is when you reach affiliate
you're most likely not going to have enough people and enough revenue coming in that the monetization
even can touch the sides so by starting out if you want to make money on twitch by being an affiliate
you actually need to focus on community building and really building a core and that core will then
grow by itself which is what i'm actually going to talk about today how to grow a core of viewership
that will grow the thing is to build this core you don't even need to be an affiliate in fact i know
people who reach the affiliate unlock didn't apply kept streaming for six to eight months
grew their average viewers to a huge amount finally applied and when they applied they started
having this amazing growth because their community was so excited that they could do these things and
support these people so when you think about it if you want to grow your three average viewers
you shouldn't even care about the affiliate side of things you should just be focusing on making
great content so how do you grow a community and how do you create a core viewership well it's
very very simple and the first step to that is consistency now a lot of people tell you to start
a schedule and stick to it and i totally agree pick three four nights a week maybe even just two
nights a week that you can fit in your schedule and stream for one to two hours or whatever you
want to do just don't go overboard if you're just starting out now don't break this schedule
be consistent update it every monday to say you're going live the same days what you're going to be
doing those days and make sure you're there humans are creatures of habit we wake up we grab a bowl
of cereal sit down watch youtube maybe you have toast instead but we all do the same steps often
so if you get into someone's routine where they get home from work they have dinner they sit down
and they start watching your stream that is a core viewer if you're jumping around some nights you're
not there some nights you are there they're most likely going to look for someone who fits their
routine better even if it's not a conscious decision it's just you're not there so they
have to go somewhere else the reason why this tip is consistency and not schedule is because
consistency also refers to the types of games you play and the things you do on your stream
if you bounce around between a lot of different games starting out it's going to be really hard
for you to grow that core viewership when you set your schedule you should make sure that everyone
realizes what night is what oh you're going to play on tuesdays wednesdays and fridays stardew
valley and continue the same campaign brilliant oh and saturday is always going to be a community
night where you play with viewers awesome i'll always rock up to there be consistent and if
you get bored of a game don't worry you can still switch because you've built that core audience and
you've communicated with them if you build that core audience and you switch it should be fine
just don't switch hard don't switch from stardew valley to call of duty war zone you know what i
mean so if you're playing a shooter play a shooter if you're playing something like an rpg rpg stay
in the same consistent thread if you do your core will follow you this is going to sound so
harsh but i'm going to throw it out there if you cannot stick to a go live schedule if you cannot
go live the same night every week for the same amount of time and the same kinds of games stop
streaming you can't stream right now streaming requires hardcore consistency but don't worry
there are better things for you to be able to do you can go and you can start creating youtube
content that's only one video a week that you need to be doing and that's easier to be consistent
with and you'll start building your following heck even if you post three times a week on twitter
as well that's short form content that'll go on to support your long form which is your youtube
video or your stream right you can even build things on instagram or reddit or even only fans
heck tinder get all your tinder matches to come check you out online build a following somewhere
else before streaming if you can't stick to a consistent schedule on twitch it's just what you
got to do so my actionable tip all that summarized be consistent with your schedule on twitch and
be consistent with your content creation so your viewers will stick around so on to the second tip
and one that i tend to kind of lean to a different perspective than a lot of people but friends and
family yes you can use your friends and family to very quickly get three average viewers you can
it's one of the fastest way just have them lurk in your stream heck if they can chat it's even better
but have them work and you'll get it instantly congratulations video done three average viewers
no no it's not like that the thing is when people explain the friends and family tip i don't think
they explain it in a kind of long goal situation if you get your friends and family to watch you
that's a short-term solution to a long-term problem eventually they're going to have to stop
watching you and if you haven't built a community by the time they have to stop watching you then
you're just gonna go back down to zero average viewers friends and family aren't a way for you to
reach three average viewers they are a way for you to make yourself stand out in smaller categories
they can talk to people when they join have a laugh with them make fun of you when they fail
that's what is powerful about having a friends and family watch not just that little number and it's
almost like a it's like a welcoming community you move into a really new kind of creepy neighborhood
and there's a welcoming committee that's what they are your friends and family can be your
welcoming committee that go hi we brought you a cake i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for
my friends watching my stream and supporting me while i played xcom and build content on reddit
and twitter and all these other places that then brought people into my stream if it wasn't for my
friends being there to welcome and congratulate and talk to these people then i probably wouldn't
have grown that's the truth of it so if you are going to get your friends to watch you or you
are going to get your family to watch you it's far more important that they can engage with
chatters when they rock up that will actually be a much more powerful thing to do than just
getting them there to the three average viewers so actionable tip don't aim for three average viewers
it's a terrible statistic aim for a small group of active chatters okay that's how i'm gonna put this
aim for active chatters to welcome new members because if someone is welcomed by a chatter
they will always return to your stream always my next tip is probably my favorite tip of the entire
video or probably the entire channel it's something that i've never seen another
creator talk about and if you have then please let me know but before i do that i want to throw
it out there if you enjoyed this content feel free to check out my other stuff we've got videos about
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a retweet okay so my favorite tip i think i've ever said on this channel is about to hit you
right now ready when i was a filmmaker the first and most important thing for every film we made
was the story and when it comes to streaming this translates to your content as well as
your narrative this is what is most crucial and then your audio because if people can't hear you
or your mic hurts there is they'll leave before the visuals people watch 480 or 420p whatever
it is they won't watch bad audio but it's all about story okay story is key i don't think most
streamers forget this and i think new streamers just don't understand this because they're new
that's fair but streaming is a story whether it's across multiple streams like ludwig's triumph
to try to take over pogo stuck or even if it's love and host where justin minx is trying to win
love with schlatt it is a story that people need to get engaged into one of the reasons
people struggle to grow their average viewership is because there's no story connected with their
stream there's no way for people to get engaged and want to come back to see what happens next
so here is my question for you what is the story attached to your stream
what are the stakes what is the goal what are the challenges that you are going to face
you can do this with every single stream across multiple streams doesn't matter but there needs
to be a story connected to it are you climbing the ranks of a competitive game or trying to beat the
best player ever at rocket league if you're a speed runner are you telling your viewers that
you have to get below this time by this date or else you're gifting subs what are your stakes
what are your goals seriously set a narrative up to invest people not a challenge necessarily
the narrative can just be i am going to play all of legend of zelda breath of the wild
all week and we will defeat ganon we will play it for the first time the goal there is beat the game
the story is in the game already and the narrative of you exploring it for the first time the stakes
are applied by the game's challenges but you need to think about that set that up get people
invested in the narrative of you that's another reason why i think it's hard to grow in war zone
there's no narrative to war zone did you win did you not win so viewers don't really get
invested in you long term the story you create and the narrative you create will really invest
viewers into your stream and not only that but it gives you a chance for your stream to
have its own narrative and its own story growth and i'm going to cover that in the next tip but
seriously you need to give your channel some sort of narrative so in short actionable tip
create a narrative or a story that will invest your viewers in the run right now i'm doing
that with a pokemon nuzlocke where every single pokemon is named by the viewers and if it dies
in battle it dies for good we've been playing at every single stream and people are getting very
invested in the pokemon and when they die it is brutal it is brutal to lose them okay my second
last tip is going to go against the grain again but what is new i'm going to throw it out there
do not become micro famous in someone else's channel in order to grow your channel it doesn't
work essentially the advice i hear a lot is to become well known or micro famous in another
streamers channel a larger streamers channel in hopes that those people will come check you out
yeah okay this might get you three average viewers but this will not create a community for you say
you're streaming you have five to six people from that well-known streamers community and
then it hits six o'clock or whatever it is that person goes live and you're down to zero viewers
it's what's going to happen if they prefer that stream if they enjoy that stream if
they only found you because you're well known in that other community they're most likely
going to go back to that other community it's a really bad way to start your stream
having a community that is entirely based from another person's community when you start out
really traps you but the worst thing there is the fact that it doesn't give you a chance to shine
you are a content creator you are unique when it comes to your channel you don't want to have five
or six people in there and all they're doing is doing memes and references to the larger streamer
i've seen it happen to people in my community who have started streaming and my community
go and check them out it's awesome it's so great they go do that and i think it's really wholesome
but i always feel bad when i check out the stream and i see that my viewers are just in there
referencing stuff that happens on my stream or when i'm streaming this week it just doesn't
work and it actually hurts your stream in the long run because you don't get a chance to shine
and you deserve that it's similar to the friends and family tip it's a short-term solution to
a long-term problem on a side note to the people who are coming into strange just to get well known
and become micro famous not the ones who are there to actually make friends and you know have
a valuable conversation but the ones who are just there to become micro famous as a bigger streamer
we see you we know what you're doing man come on come on it's fine but like come on
so the final tip and one that i can't believe i have to say again make a bloody discord seriously
just make a discord make a community discord i have a video coming out next week or the week
after about how to do this yourself it'll literally just be a template link you click
a button you'll have a discord if you convert a viewer into a follower and that follower into a
discord member that is someone who has much more intent to come back and watch you and you have
a much stronger ability to grow your average viewership i promise you it is a great idea to
create a discord you can post go lives there so people come check you out you can chat to your
community members host among us nights all sorts of things that really bond and grow your community
create a community discord make it a fun and enjoyable place for people to hang out and go
from there speaking of a discord if you want you can join our discord we have free animated
overlays in there you can download as well as a bunch of great streaming guides and networking and
all sorts of stuff we've got more and more members coming in we only just released it so jump in so
with all that other way that is all six actionable tips i'm sorry if i came across as a bit negative
throughout this video i am trying to do this in a positive way and i just hope it sets you guys
up to grow yourself and let yourself shine rather than having all sorts of other stuff happen and
i hope this video helped you out comment down below where you're at with your average viewers
i'd love to see where our community base is and what our average is catch you guys around bye