- In this video, we're gonna talk about a few things
that's gonna really help you grow your channel
and get you those 100,000 subscribers.
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Okay, so I have three things
that you really need to think about
to help you grow your channel.
And at the end of this video,
I'm gonna give you one hack that's really gonna help you
take your channel to the next level.
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Okay, so before we get into these three things
that you really need to think about to grow your channel,
I wanna just kinda go over one thing
and that is you can't focus on the tricks
and you can't focus on all these nuances,
little things that you can do that will grow your channel
because YouTube is a lot more
than just doing tricks to gain followers.
If you're always worried about numbers
and you're always worried about
just trying to do these little hacks
to get your followers to grow,
then you're not actually going to become
a successful YouTuber,
and your following's not gonna grow because of that.
Honestly, a lot of these tricks,
a lot of these that you hear people doing
like putting specific keywords in the title
or in the description,
or ranking your videos in specific tags,
all of this is good
and all of this will help you grow as a creator.
However, there's a few things you really have to think about
to get yourself over that hump,
to be able to make these tricks work
and those are the things
that we're gonna talk about right now.
So the first thing and the number one thing
that you have to remember when you're creating content
and becoming a YouTuber
is that you have to press record.
If you don't press record,
if you don't get over that fear of making content,
then you're never gonna become successful as a creator
and so that's my big number one thing
and that is you need to get over your fear
of pressing record
and moving onto the next project.
So you just need to start making your content right now
so you need to press record.
Fear is one of those things
that's gonna hold you back this entire process
with all the content that you're creating.
If you're worried about what it is that you're creating,
then you're never gonna move forward
and you're never gonna grow as a creator.
So the biggest tip that I'll give you just right off the bat
to be able to start this journey
and be successful on this journey is to hit record,
and then from there, you edit and then upload
and then do it again.
But you just can't psyche yourself out.
You can't stop the process because when you do that,
then you're ultimately gonna fail.
But it all starts with that initial video and hitting record
and then doing that again and again and again.
Okay, so now that you're creating content
and you're doing it on the regular,
the next step is that you need to get over your fear
of trying something new.
And so what happens with your channel is
you'll start getting over the fear of pressing record
and you'll make a lot of content.
You'll start gaining followers.
You'll start getting attention from different people.
But the thing that you wanna do
is constantly be looking for that thing that challenges you.
So what style of video or what specific topic
is something that's a little scary to do?
Now, it's important to look for this
and it's important to always be challenging yourself.
The biggest issue at first
is just pressing record, like I was saying,
and just putting yourself out there.
Now from there, you need to continue challenging yourself
and you need to continue to look for those things
that are gonna push you out of your boundaries
and out of your comfort zone.
So with my channel when I first started,
my first 200 videos I did were all travel vlogs.
I did a few videos here and there that weren't travel vlogs
but that was kind of my comfort zone
and that's kind of what I was producing.
And it wasn't until I started dabbling in different topics
that I started to see more growth on my channel.
And I really started to see growth
when I pushed myself to doing those specific things
that really challenged me, so the videos
that I specifically didn't necessarily want to do
but I did wanna do
because I knew that it would be a good topic to cover
or something that would get more interest
than the videos that I'm currently doing.
So you gotta be constantly looking for things
that are gonna challenge you
and things that are hard for you to do
because when you're creating that content,
those end up becoming the videos
that will take off on your channel,
and it will give you a new direction
on where to go with your videos.
So like I was saying,
I was doing a ton of travel vlogs
and then what happened was
I started doing some drone tutorials
and then I realized that I was getting more followers
based off my tutorials
so I started to filter in different styles of content
that worked within my channel
but that were a little scary for me
because I was putting myself out there
to cover topics that weren't as comfortable for me to cover.
However, it ended up working out in the long run
because as I started doing these topics,
my channel started to grow even faster.
And so whenever you come up with an idea
and you tell yourself,
"No, I can't do that because of X, Y, and Z,"
those are probably the videos that you should be doing
and you should trying.
As long as they're within the confines
of what YouTube allows you to create,
then I would say the things that are scary
and the things that are gonna push you beyond your limits
make that content, because that's the kinda content
that's going to give you an entirely new direction
on where you should go with your videos
and those end up being the videos
that end up growing your channel the most.
Or, they're videos that tank
and I mean, it goes either way.
So one thing for me recently
that has been a little bit more scary is doing collabs
and when I first started collabs,
I was not the most comfortable about meeting up with people
that I have never met in person and create a video.
But by doing these kind of videos,
I've seen massive growth in my channel
and it's something that now,
I'm starting to filter more and more into my channel,
and just going and meeting with other YouTubers
and creating with other creators,
that is something that's really helping me grow my channel.
So you gotta do those things that it might be nerveracking
and you gotta do those things that don't feel as comfortable
because in the long run, those are the kinda things
that are gonna help you grow your channel more and more.
Now my third biggest tip just plays off this
and it's kinda something that I've been talking about
through these last two tips
and that is you gotta get out of your comfort zone,
but what I mean is that you can't get comfortable
with the content that you're creating.
So if your channel's growing,
if you're getting like 20, 30, 40,000 subscribers
and you're making the same content day after day,
well, that's good and you're continue to see a steady growth
but you wanna look for those times where it feels like
you're just kind of creating the same thing over and over
'cause what's gonna happen is you're going to get stagnant
and the audience might get bored
with the content you're creating.
You have to constantly be reinventing yourself
and trying new things
and just kinda pushing the boundaries a little bit.
So as your channel grows, as you start seeing more success
and you start getting a little bit bigger,
you need to look for when your channel start flat-lining
and that means that you're just creating the same content,
day in, day out.
It's the same thing, over and over.
Whatever niche that you're in,
you're just creating the same style of content
because when that happens,
that's a time when you need to try something new
and put something interesting on your channel
that's a little bit different
than the content that you're creating.
This is gonna help you drive different directions,
and this goes back to my tip number two
which is try things that push you beyond your boundaries
because as you push yourself beyond your boundaries
in these moments where your channel
is just doing the same thing,
that's where you'll see a major spike or a dip,
depending on what kind of content you end up creating
but it's gonna give you some direction on what to do next.
So it'll tell you "Make more of this content."
or it'll tell you, "No, this isn't for me."
But you need to do this to be able to constantly be learning
and constantly be knowing
where you wanna go with your channel from here
instead of doing the same thing day in and day out.
And I know these three things aren't a crazy, major hack.
They're not something that I tell you this
and you're gonna get 100,000 subscribers right away,
but if you keep doing these things
and you do 'em over and over, your channel will grow
and it's gonna grow faster and faster as time goes on
because you're gonna be constantly reinventing yourself,
trying new things, building the new audience,
and keeping your followers engaged
with the content that you're creating.
Alright, so the sun just set.
It's starting to get a little dark out here
so I've got one huge hack
that's gonna help you grow your following
to get to that 100,000 followers
but one I wanna mention before we get into that
is that when you're thinking about your channel
and the content that you're creating,
I really want you to have at most
four topics on your channel.
Four buckets.
And what I mean by that is
you don't wanna create a variety channel
with all these different styles of content on your channel.
You wanna do four things that make sense for your audience
and then create videos within that
because what happens is when you have four buckets or less,
your audience will know what to find on the channel
and you'll get more subscribers
because you're catering to a specific niche,
and you're creating content that people will want to watch.
So for my channel, the four buckets that I do
is I'll do adventure films, which is kind of like my vlogs
or when I go climb a mountain or something like that,
I do a short film.
Now, that footage is what I then use
for my filmmaking tutorials and camera tutorials.
That's my second bucket.
My third bucket is camera products and reviews
because those are the products that I'm using for my films.
And then my fourth bucket is creator training
to help you guys become successful creators
with the content that you're creating.
So everything that I shoot fits within those four buckets,
and I'm constantly creating content
that is in one of those four categories
but for me, I'm constantly trying to try new things
and push myself to do different things
and that's how I've been able to grow my channel
and get it to where it's at today.
Alright, so I've got one hack for you before the sun sets.
I'm losin' light here.
But YouTube really only cares about watch times
so YouTube wants people to watch your videos for longer
and stay on YouTube longer.
That's kind of like the whole idea
behind how you grow your channel
and get YouTube to suggest your videos
to other videos on YouTube.
At this point, YouTube is suggesting like 70% of videos
so you wanna make sure
that YouTube is suggesting your videos.
Now one hack as you're growing and as you're building
is that when you're suggesting people
to go to the next video in a sequence,
so say you want to send someone
to another one of your videos
which is something that you should do
at the end of all your videos.
You should always be sending your viewers to another video
because YouTube wants you
to basically get people to binge-watch content.
So what you wanna do is
instead of sending people to another one of your videos,
you want to send them to a playlist
because what will happen is
if someone decides they like that video
and continued watching,
they're gonna watch a bunch of your videos in a playlist.
So a huge hack here is basically in all of your videos,
instead of sending people to single videos,
send them to a playlist
'cause that's gonna drive your watch time up on your channel
and it's gonna get YouTube to suggest your content
to more people more often,
which means that your channel's gonna grow.
Alright guys, I hope this video was helpful
and I'd love to hear your thoughts
about these tips down below in the comments,
and let me know if there's anything you wanna learn about
on how to grow your channel
and become a successful YouTuber.
Alright guys, I'll see ya on the next one.