- I just recently crossed the
10,000 subscriber mark here on YouTube.
So I'm gonna share with you what you can do
to get 10,000 subscribers yourself
and we'll start right now.
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What is going on?
My name is Nick.
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You know what, this is a different er,
this is a pretty, this is a special video.
Let's do something a little bit different.
There we go much better.
First off I wanna say thank you to you first 10,000 people
that have subscribed to the channel.
You know, I put a lot of work into this channel,
so it's pretty cool to see that work
symbolically appreciated through
people clicking on that little red button.
It's a pretty cool thing.
Thank you.
And real quick, if this is the first video of mine
that you're seeing and
you wanna learn how to grow you YouTube channel
and you wanna learn how to make videos
and all types of other YouTube related stuff,
make sure to hit that subscribe button
so you don't miss anything.
And real quick let me know down in the comments
how many subscribers you have.
You know, maybe you can use this video as a reference
as we grow our channels together.
The first thing I wanna talk about is consistency.
It's extremely important that everything
across the board is consistent.
I'm talking about your upload schedule,
you know if you can do it.
I'm talking about your branding,
I'm talking about your message,
I'm talking about your content.
You know, your format of your videos, everything.
Consistency counts.
People rely on consistency.
It what makes familiar to people, right?
Consistency.
So you wanna make sure that
you're consistent across the board
on everything that you do.
Numero deux.
Hustle.
You know if you wanna get 10,000 subscribers
or 5,000 subscribers or 100,000 subscribers on your channel,
it's gonna take work.
It's gonna take a lot of testing.
It's gonna take a lot of learning.
It's gonna take a lot of getting into your stats
and trying to figure out exactly what it is
that your subscribers are on your channel for,
your viewers are on your channel for.
For pretty much everybody,
you get more views from non-subscribers
than you do for subscribers, right.
So you wanna figure out okay,
what is is that I can do to get more views?
Or what is it that I can do to
convert my viewers into subscribers?
Right.
So that can get the notifications when I upload a video.
So they can come to start the velocity in my video, right.
So hustle, it includes all of these things.
Community.
It includes testing stuff.
It includes putting in the work.
It includes learning to the point of understanding
what is going on here on YouTube.
How to make stuff better.
How to connect with people.
The psychology behind different things
that you can do in your videos
in order to get people to keep watching.
In order to make people want to be a part of
what it is that you're doing.
Another thing that's extremely important to keep in mind
if you're trying to grow your channel is mindset.
I've mentioned this is another video,
were I spoke about making sure
that when you make your content,
that you make it in a way
that you are already where you are wanting to go.
So if you're wanting to have a 100,000 subscribers,
you're wanting to have a million subscribers,
then go ahead and start making your content now
and interacting with your community,
like you've already achieved that goal.
And by doing so, you're gonna be perceived in a better way.
You're gonna be perceived as somebody that is
already doing everything that they should be doing
to make all those elements go together,
instead of somebody that's just starting out.
Here's one way to think of it.
Is, think when you make your content,
think, okay, if one person watches this video
I want that one person to hit that subscribe button.
I want that one person to share my video with their friend.
I want that one person to like my stuff,
to become a part of what it is that I'm doing, right.
So you want to make your content in a way
that is going to pull people in.
And in order to do that,
you have to present your content,
you have to present yourself in a way
that is going to encourage that behavior
from the people that watch your videos.
Number four, you have to make quality content.
And by making quality content,
I don't mean that you have to have the best camera on Earth,
and I know, I mention quality in a lot of my videos.
I feed this horse to death.
But er...
You need to really focus on making sure
that what it is that you're delivering is quality, right.
Like if you're entertaining people,
make sure that your content is entertaining.
If you're educating people,
make sure that you're sharing enough information
to educate the people that are watching your videos.
And you don't have to have the best quality equipment,
but it has to be good enough, right.
You have to have enough light in your videos.
You can't make videos in a dark room
and expect people to watch your videos.
You can't have audio that sounds absolutely horrible
and expect people to watch your videos.
Because they're gonna watch and they're gonna click away
and they're not gonna subscribe to your channel.
You can make videos with your phone, no problem at all.
But you have to keep quality in mind.
You have to keep the viewer in mind,
when you're putting your content together.
And I know there's a huge learning curve
when it comes to technology to make videos
and how to put all this stuff together
but making quality videos is extremely important.
And by quality, I mean your camera set up,
like I said you can do it with your phone.
But I mean your camera set up,
I mean the value that you're delivering to the people
that watch your videos.
If you're entertaining them that's cool.
If you're making them laugh that's cool.
If you're teaching them stuff that's cool.
If you're inspiring people that's even better.
You know, if you're vlogging,
if you could work in some type of value
for the person that's watching your videos,
instead of just vlogging for the sake of saying
oh here's what I'm doing today.
Then you're gonna have a better success on your channel,
if you do it that way.
And don't get me wrong.
I know that there are exceptions to all of those rules,
and there's exceptions to every rule.
However I'm just saying as somebody that's starting out.
As somebody that is on the grind
trying to get that first 10,000 subscribers.
The more benefit that you can give to other people,
the better off you're gonna be.
If you're curious about the type of stuff
that I personally use to make my videos,
I've put links to everything that I use
down in the description below, so you can check 'em out.
Currently I'm shooting this on Canon 70D.
I've got a Rode VideoMic plugged in,
just sitting on top of the camera
and I've got a GoPro.
Number five, you've gotta commit.
Making videos, coming up with video ideas,
recording 'em, editing the videos,
all of this stuff takes time.
It takes a lot of time.
And, especially when you're first starting out
and you're not getting traction yet,
it can be intimidating, it can be discouraging.
Because you're putting in all of this time and effort
but nobodies watching your videos yet.
But you have to commit.
If you want people to join your tribe so to speak,
if you want people to follow what it is that your doing
and be a part of what it is that your doing,
subscribe to your channel, share your videos,
things like that.
You have to commit to regularly making videos,
to basically breaking down the learning curve
of how to create and edit your videos
so that you can deliver quality content to people.
You have to commit to the grind, right.
Because, like I mentioned before about hustle,
I'm not a kid.
I have work that I have to do, right.
I have clients that I have to serve, right.
So I have my work that I do also.
But I commit to making YouTube
a part of what it is that I do,
so that I can tap into the opportunities here on YouTube,
so that I can share the knowledge that I have
and things like that as well.
I have a wallpaper that's on my screen,
in the videos that I shoot in my office
and it says do something today
that your future self will thank you for.
Right, that's part of commitment.
You're making videos now
and you're trying to tap into YouTube
and the YouTube community now
so that in the future you can thank yourself for doing it.
So if, doing the videos is something
that you're really interested in doing
and it's something that you really wanna do
and you see the opportunity,
I'm not talking about just making videos
for the sake of making videos,
I'm talking about having a purpose
and saying okay, this is why I wanna make my videos.
This is why I wanna put this stuff together.
This is the value I want to bring to other people.
This is what I want for myself.
If that is the way that you're looking at making videos,
then you have to commit.
If you go and you work a 40 hour job,
when you get home instead of watching Game of Thrones
or something else,
instead of hopping on Reddit
or instead of watching other peoples content
start making your own.
I mean look, here's the thing,
there are a lot of opportunities that can come
from doing YouTube.
The people that you come in contact with.
The people that you end up being friends with.
The people that you are just associated with.
The people that are seeing your stuff.
The people, you never know whose gonna watch your videos.
So if you commit,
and you're putting up videos on a regular basis
for the reason of trying to reach some type of end goal,
be it YouTube fame, be it making money,
be it sharing a message.
Maybe its making the world a better place.
Whatever purpose it is,
whatever reason you have that you wanna make videos for,
committing to that upload schedule
and committing to making videos on a regular basis,
you gotta do it.
Because if you don't commit,
nothing is gonna happen automatically.
Hook up your future self
by tapping into the opportunity of YouTube,
if that's something that you really, really want to do.
You gotta commit.
Again, for you first 10,000 people
that have subscribed to my channel
and that regularly watch my videos
and that are regularly in the comments.
Thank you so much, it really means a lot to me
and I'm glad that I can serve you
by creating these videos
and by sharing the knowledge that I have,
of YouTube and getting views and how to put videos together,
and how to grow here on YouTube.
I appreciate you being a part of my channel,
I appreciate you watching my videos, subscribing,
sharing my stuff.
I'm gonna make another one of these videos of course,
at 50,000, when I reach 50,000.
Right now the channels growing at,
as of today it's at like 2,500 new subscribers per month,
which is pretty awesome.
But that, it just keeps climbing as of right now.
So 50,000 is just right around the corner really.
Once I hit 50,000 then I'm gonna make another
one of these videos.
And then I have something huge planned
for the 100,000 video.
And it's completely blow your mind,
and it's gonna to be an amazing experience
for one of the subscribers that are on my channel
and that are an active participant in my community.
It's gonna be a huge, huge deal for somebody.
So you definitely do not wanna miss that.
If you know anyone else that makes videos for YouTube
and they need help growing their channels
and they need help making better videos,
definitely send 'em over here,
because the faster that we can hit the 50,000 mark,
the faster that we can hit that 100,000 mark,
so that I can completely
dump an amazing experience on somebody.
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So you can get more videos like this in the future.
And as always thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you next time.