- Here's how you can grow your YouTube channel faster
without having to make hundreds of videos.
You could be just a few uploads away
from your channel completely taking off.
These three tips won't only make your videos better,
but they'll help you reach your goals a lot quicker.
What is the number one piece of advice
that new YouTube creators are always given?
Just be consistent!
Until you post a hundred videos, I don't wanna hear Jack.
This is a marathon.
Upload, upload, upload.
That's it.
It's easy as that.
Just make videos!
Okay, so you follow that advice.
You work your butt off.
You upload video, after video, after video.
You stay consistent for weeks, maybe even years,
and then nothing. (crickets chirping)
What the heck is going on?
There are right and wrong ways to be consistent on YouTube.
You're not gonna really get anywhere
by just uploading videos.
You post videos and you get results
by doing these three things consistently.
And the first is, consistently develop strong ideas.
The foundation of any great YouTube video is a strong idea.
No matter how good your production value is,
or how often you post, if your ideas are weak,
your video will be too.
It's just the truth.
Listen to what Mr. Beast has to say about ideas.
- The difference between a video on YouTube,
and this is where I can go infinitely in depth.
The difference between a video with a million views
and 30 million views, the video with 30 million views
usually didn't put in 30 times the effort.
They might have put in two or three times the effort
and just had a way better idea.
Once you kinda understand that,
you realize that the idea is so freaking important.
Theoretically, most YouTubers watching this,
you could pull triple the views with half the work
if you just have better ideas.
No joke, it's that extreme.
And so once you realize how important an idea is,
you just obsess over, well, how do I get more ideas?
How do I get better ideas?
- The point is,
it's not about the intensity of your upload schedule.
It's about the intensity of your ideas that matter most,
especially when the right idea has the strength
to carry your channel farther
than dozens of weaker ideas combined.
Brainstorming should take time.
Sometimes, it may take several days or weeks
to come up with a single solid idea,
but I promise it will be time well spent.
(upbeat music)
Consistently sharpen your skills.
Being a YouTuber is way more
than just sitting in front of a camera and talking.
It's a real job.
It takes real work, real skills
to master and become really good at it.
If you wanna make good videos,
you have to learn how to edit, how to film,
how to just be on camera.
There is so much that goes behind each video
from every creator,
and while consistently uploading videos is important,
if you're not consistently leveling up your skills,
your videos don't get better.
Look back on some of the first videos
from your favorite creators.
I guarantee you, they are probably a little bit rough.
Mr. Beast thumbnails went from this to this.
Steezy Kane went from posting these.
- So juicy, oh.
- Interesting vlogs to near movies.
The same glow up is true for so many other creators.
How did they get so good?
They challenged themselves to get better,
and they improve the skills that they needed to win.
Between each upload, there should be time dedicated
just to building up yourself, learning new skills,
acquiring what you need so that that next video
can be even better than your last.
And YouTube happens to be the best place to learn
how to be a stronger creator.
My favorite teachers are on this platform.
Colin and Samir, Hayden Hillier Smith,
and Epic Light Media are just to name a few.
I'd love to hear what creators you listen to
to learn how to improve your skills in the comments below,
right below the Like button.
And here's the biggest thing you can do
to see better results.
Consistently respond to data.
There's a lot of information in your YouTube analytics,
and it can be confusing to understand what it all means,
but there are four helpful questions
you should be asking yourself every time
you are in your YouTube dashboard.
What's right?
Is there anything in my videos
that I should keep doing or optimize?
Maybe it's a topic that gets a lot of engagement,
or a style of editing that my audience loves.
What's wrong?
Is there anything in my videos
that I should change or get rid of?
Maybe it's a thumbnail and title that's not getting
a good clickthrough rate,
or that intro that's causing me to lose half my viewers.
What's missing?
Is there anything that I could do to improve
this video or add to my future videos?
Did viewers leave comments asking for something
that I didn't include?
Or maybe I can add chapters using two buddies
chapter editor to automatically place timestamps
in my videos and preview how my audience will see them.
It will also boost my SEO
and help my videos get found in search.
That was a plug.
Link in description.
And finally, what's confusing?
Is there anything in my videos that should be clearer?
Am I using industry jargon
that my viewers don't understand?
Is this video out of place with my channel's
overall theme or goals?
This is one of the most commonly neglected areas
for creators, because well,
going into your YouTube analytics can be intimidating.
By taking the time to ask yourself these questions,
you'll be able to quickly look at your analytics and one,
you'll know where to start, but two,
you'll be able to make adjustments as necessary
based on your answers.
If you wanna see real results,
you need to put in the work and be strategic about it.
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