hey guys welcome to the vlog.
My name is Donna.
So, a few days ago I just hit 1,000 subscribers.
And I know this is such a cliche reaction of how to act when you hit a thousand subscribers
but its true.
I have no words.
I don't know what to say.
1,000 people is a lot.
Something I've always wondered is how top creators get to this point.
I know there are a lot of channels solely dedicated to this like video creators.
This isn't a diss video on them.
I think they're a really amazing channel, but sometimes I've always thought, of course
they're going to get big views because they're such a niche channel that people are always
going to search how to get views, how to get subscribers, and so as a result they get those
views and subscribers because people are searching that content.
There's totally some major truth in the advice they're giving, but I just personally want
to hear from top creators.
How do people who only do tag videos, challenge videos, or react videos.
How do they grow?
Obviously, this is how I got to 1,000 subscribers.
It may or may not work for everyone.
I don't think there's one formula to get to the top.
Otherwise everyone would be there already if they followed that formula.
Number one is quality.
When I first started this channel, its purpose was to be a portfolio.
I was going to edit videos and hopefully link those videos up onto my resume, give the resume
to an employer who will hire me to become an editor.
So I mostly wrote, edited, and researched psychology videos and those came out very
well.
Another aspect I see quality as important in making your youtube videos is looking back
at the old youtube.
You guys remember Lisa Nova, Shane Dawson, Kassem G?
There's always youtube controversy, but the youtube controversy back then was, "oh my
gosh these top creators are only promoting their friends and now their friends are becoming
famous and there isn't any room at the top for the smaller creators who truly have talent".
Let's fast forward to now.
So, some of those names people haven't even heard of.
There are also new names at the top and I think that's where quality comes in.
If you make quality content, people are going to stay subscribed to your videos and they're
going to watch your videos.
It doesn't matter if a top creator promotes your videos.
Seriously no one cares.
You may get views for a while, but people are going to stop if you keep uploading crappy
content.
That's a reason why I think some people have disappeared off youtube.
I mean other than the people working in the television industry now because of youtube.
The second point I want to make is SEO: Search Engine Optimization or using key words in
your description.
So on all of my videos, I always try to use key words.
Sometimes I don't because I'm lazy.
For my videos where I have done this, there's a huge view count compared to where I haven't
done this.
It's not going to work on all videos.
For example if you do a 50 facts about me.
No one is going to search 50 facts about Donna.
So my next point is finding your niche.
So this isn't really for the people who are on youtube for friends.
This is for someone who wants to grow.
A lot of people say that their niche is positivity or making people happy.
Here where things get confusing because if you go back to my previous point which was
Search Engine Optimization.
If I were to search, how to make people happy.
Do you think your video would come up?
I do psychology videos and psychology is still kind of a broad topic but I think it's really
a niche topic as well because not a lot of creators create psychology videos.
So, all of these previous points bleed into the next point which is cross promotion.
Cross promotion and collaboration is one of the fastest ways you can grow.
If your channel is a very niche channel and not a lot of people make videos like you,
there's going to be more creators that want to collaborate with you because there's no
one else to collaborate with.
Right now I collaborate with a channel that has 15,000 subscribers called Psych2Go and
I make videos for them.
The reason I think that I was able to become a contributor for them is that I do make psychology
videos.
They gave me a chance because of my quality content, I think.
Finally the last point is interacting with other small creators.
If you want a lot of comments, the best thing you can do is interact with the community
and chances are they will comment on your videos and then more people see it.
It's just such a cool thing.
Something I didn't expect honestly.
Yeah, people comment on my videos.
That's all I want to say about that.
I hope you guys enjoyed the video.
Thank you so much for 1,000 subscribers.
Every milestone I hit is something I want to share with you guys and I don't want to
just share the happy parts.
I want to share how I got there as well.
Hopefully that inspires you to get to there too.
If you go back to my old videos, you'll see me celebrating 200 subscribers.
I hope you liked the video, I will see you next time.