This Stops 95% of YouTube Channels Growing
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- There are 5 things you need to do to grow a RUclips channel and there is a strong chance you're only doing one. Learn what the other four are and how they will grow your RUclips channel
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This was a great video, but I miss the old school days of RUclips when you could just be creative, make stuff you like, find your niche, and people would watch. RUclips has just become the next generation of the film/tv industry now imo, and although I respect those, and all forms of media I just miss the golden OG days of RUclips like 2009-2014. But again this coming from a guy who has 3 dead channels now I do appreciate these videos because they still give me hope, just got to keep adapting/evolving/and start the creative grind from scratch again. Thanks for the content Ed.
true however you can essentially do that as well. It depends
The OG era was actually 2007, absolutely no rules and a fantastic platform where you could find litteraly everything at any given time, youtube has become too ''intelligent'' but yet not really because i wish i was surprised instead of being offered a video i watched 12 times already, anywayz
@@PeachRap I'm talking about OG days for content creators to grow their careers, not the platform itself
@@achimp3675 easier said than done, but yes still true
I agree with this comment 10000%
I’m working on growing my own channel and after all of these amazing educational AND entertaining videos, i realize that there’s a lot more work that needs to be put in that i didn’t even know I needed to do!
What I've learned about getting viewers - if I show any clothed body part in a thumbnail my views double. Many gals create half naked images for a thumbnail but it won't be seen in the video itself. I have no desire to mislead viewers for more views but for those comfortable with it - just show some skin baby! HAHA!
Thanks for the info. Creating quality content is only the beginning.
Another great video Ed! Thank you for the info. The animations were beautiful btw! 😊
Thanks for posting these creative ways to explain such simple concepts. It's very helpful! As for original content (and not the most amazing production quality) being successful... I think it's still possible, it's just like he says in the video, find out how to present the stuff people want to see or "trending" idea but relevant to your content. Idk how to explain that better. Anyway, thanks for giving THIS girl inspiration to grow her channel! 😉
This was brilliant!
QQ for the research outside the niche, for the channel I'm researching when I go "incognito" the suggested videos are all still in the niche. Suggestions?
Great video we will be incorporating your advise going forward Thank you 💫
Just gotta find my audience. Not sure how to branch out. Especially for the content I want to make.
I just want to cry. Why do I have to work this hard, all these years yet getting just 1, 2 views
Thanks for all info in this video greetings f Egypt ❤
Nice, really liked the chain metaphor 👌 the biggest challenge is making videos your audience wants, that you want to do! They can usually tell pretty fast if a creator is just making content they think will do well vs content they're genuinely into, imo
I just got started. Doing what I can to see growth showing people how to develop positive habits so they can be ready for when difficult things happen in life.. Thank you for sharing this information on growth.😊
To the person who is reading this, don't give up on your channel. Keep going, Its going to be better. 💯
Thanks
Oh thank you EC, I almost about to give up. Okay will still try. New friend here. Stay connected..
Needed that bud!
Thank you 😊
Ty…I know I shouldn’t say this but…could I pls get some subs? :)
Been really trying to "do my own thing" and not pay attention to other's "success", but when I see a newer channel with 3 videos immediately jump to 1k subs / 30k views on long poorly edited videos it just wrecks the soul a little bit. Thanks for the advice and cheers to the grind.
You'll get their just keep doing your own thing and what you like doing.
Yep... It sucks
I feel this so much! It drives me crazy when I see people who don't edit, don't make thumbnails, have grainy footage and yet have tons of comments and views. Makes me feel like why am I bothering to edit and put so much work into MY videos when it's literally getting me nowhere. It feels like no matter what I do, better thumbnails, better editing, better lighting, better background the results are exactly the same.
I just realized that RUclips may not pay the bills. Yet some people watch my content and I’m sure it helps those seeking it. I enjoy making videos and I’m doing the projects anyway so might as well video it. Good luck to anyone reading this and you will succeed. Just keep moving forward. Thanks for this content to help us find our way.
Yeah, I feel the same way. In no way would I want others to not find success. It’s just perplexing.
I've been uploading videos to RUclips for 16 years ( guitar lessons ). Way back when I first started, I could upload a video and it would get hundreds of thousands of views, without even trying. Now I'm lucky if I get five thousand views on a video, even though the quality of my videos are way way better when I first started. I just don't know what to do any more, lol. You also have to consider that amount of videos that are being uploaded to RUclips now; about 500 hours per minute, that's a crazy amount! Uploading a single video to RUclips would be like a drop of water going over Niagara Falls. For every guitar lesson song I upload, there are probably at least a hundred other videos of the same song out there. There's just so much competition now.
Yo! You're putting out some seriously good content man! Love it!
Good luck!
After taking notes, sending this to lots of my RUclipsr friends. Basically expressed what I've always thought but couldn't exactly put into words about RUclips growth.
Same! For me it seems that as you focus on one area, another suffers. Ex: focus on quality and improving skills, but consistency suffers because it takes longer to create.
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Creating an audience is probably the most challenging. Getting people to click on the the video and having great audience retention is difficult. We all need to keep pushing good content and one day we will make it 🙏🏾
Amen 🙏
Yes!
Yes! Omg! This part! Sending positive vibes to everyone!
Nope
I reacted to reddit stories on my channel! I would love it if you had a look!
You've got a ton of b-roll clips in your videos that help you tell amazing stories - I'm in awe, enamored and jealous. 🙌🙌🙌 How do you organize them for easy recall?
I want to know too
He names it. Clip 1, 2, 3,4…
Only thing I can add to this is keep going, if you're a creator out there ans are truly passionate about it, don't let slow growth stop you from chasing your dream. Of course this is much easier said then done and I still haven't figured it out yet but I will keep trying to improve and hope you can do the same alongside myself.
"Keep going" is 100 times more valuable then spending 30 minutes a day trying to figure out what everyone else is doing.
@@ChuckHaney Couldn't agree more, as cliche as it sounds youtube really does come down to how bad you want it, are you willing to make tons of content with few views while of course following general stuff like good vids, thubnails etc. and if it doesn't work out I want to make sure it wasn't my fault that it didn't work out.
If you are passionate, you'll keep going. That's pretty much the whole point of the concept of passion. Views don't matter very much to passionate people in terms of content creation. It could matter to them financially, but it doesn't affect the passion for creation one bit. If a person loses passion for making videos, it's because they lost the passion for the craft, not just depressed because of the numbers. If you take your time and make well crafted things, then the people who share the interest will follow. People who like Yu-Gi-Oh! don't care give a damn about production value. If someone adds it, great, it will be appreciated, but nobody comes for the quality of production unless that's the point (channels that produce hq montages/short films). I had a very niche audience because I had a very niche style of videos (showcasing Japanese comics that I got) and I tried to put in more quality or do some fun/interesting things to elevate it, even superficially, ever so slightly. But none of that mattered. I care about quality. If I didn't, I'd still upload videos because people would come regardless. But RUclips was never something I wanted to make a career. I don't care too much about video making. I care about learning and understanding things and when I was really into these comics (I still am but time and storage space kinda halted it for now) I wanted to share it and practice my spoken English. Now that I found a job through it (I animate advertisements for these comics) I speak English more than any other language pretty much so that purpose of the videos is over and since I care about quality and still haven't finished preproduction on an older video, I'm not making anything else because that was never the passion.
I'm currently passionate about creating dynamic personalized data bases and calculation simulators, so all my creative energy is going towards that. When you are passionate, you don't stop. The number of views you get is not a passion because it has nothing to do with creation. That's just psychology and analytics and most people don't care about that as a science. It's superficial attachment. An obsession rather than passion. People who make RUclips videos and want to make it their career, need to first and foremost care about making videos.
There is a great video called The Toolbox Fallacy and to quote it "a writer writes". If you care. If you are passionate. You'll do something about it. This also applies to things like charity. People love to contempt the rich about not donating or caring about various causes, while they themselves are not doing anything to help. That's not care or passion. That's just following a trend (a moralistic one on this example).
Don't tell people to keep going. If they care, they'll keep going. If they don't, good, let them move more towards what they actually care about or try to find it out if they don't know yet. "Keep going" should only apply to those who feel inadequate doing the things they love, not those who lose passion for something they ultimately don't really care about.
Make the stuff you want, people. Make the thumbnails and titles you think are nice, not other people. Stop with the vague clickbait. Make us click because we care and not just plain curiosity unless that's the point. At the moment, I avoid these like the plague because I can see how dishonest it is. Reason I clicked on this video is because I had it recommended for a long while now despite me avoiding it so I decided to finally give it a watch since the subject matter is already something I'm a little curious about (from discussions with other people) and if it was so heavily recommend still after all this time, I guessed it was beloved so perhaps it is good. It was alright.
"A writer writes."
Nope, if you are a new channel, you will not get monetized. Period.
Thank you Soo much for these encouraging words. It's really hard to keep going and not see change but coming a cross words like this means a lot.
There's one final link to the chain that makes all the difference and it's called Famester.
What is that?
I didnt stop growing, because I've never even start to.
Another solid video! I love the pattern interrupts you are using for your own videos, the cut in with graphics, scenery change on top of the great story!
Thank you, I wasnt sure if the random scene changes would work without being tied to a reason for them but so far its seems to be working out well
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i totally agree
Yup
What’s I think is most incredible about this video is how the first 5 seconds are an absolute masterclass on how to succeed.
He grabbed our attentions, established the metaphor, and made it interesting all in one perfect scene.
What a legend.
Yep; he’s getting very very good at this. Hope Ed can keep finding new topics.
@@AT-zb3mj Ive got a million
Thanks :) I think the intro took me longer to write than the entire video haha
@@FilmBooth I’m genuinely pleased to hear that. :)
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The trouble with RUclips today is that there are far too many videos telling you how to succeed and not enough showing you something worth watching. My advice to RUclipsr's is do it for fun, make the best video you can and accept you are never going to make a living from it, never allow the algorithm to dictate your video content, do what you enjoy doing.
true
i started youtube about two months ago and im already monetized is that good?
@@flowvr That's good going.
That’s probably the most bullshit advice I heard for a long time. This doesn’t make sense, you CAN have fun and go for views If you choose the right niche
@@flowvr idk if that’s good, I gained 300 subs in 1 week of uploading shorts. But ig that’s a bit different so idk
I was terrified I was doing something wrong when I clicked this 🙊 but taking stock of everything Ed said, remember it's all part of the process of growing your channel, it won't happen overnight. Keep showing up, try to become more efficient with your workflow and critique your videos from the perspective of your audience!
I’m sure you’ve mentioned this at some point but I would love an honest breakdown of how much time in hours that you spend on each part of your videos: thumbnail, creation, editing, etc - it seems often we are given the final results without actually telling us how HARD it would be - and so we (I) take the advice but don’t get the same results - and I think a key piece is us knowing - just how much time someone like you spends on this…I really think knowing that would help us evaluate our own work honestly.
Same
Sure it is har but it is fun if you make it your hobby instead of a job
I'd love to see the answer as well. Great question.
Same!!
Not to be cynical, but content creators in the "How to Grow RUclips" niche aren't gonna say that because everyone would be terrified by how much work it is. Would you really want to start a RUclips channel if someone told you "For each video, I spend 4 hours on the thumbnail, three hours on filming, 9 hours on editing and even before that, the planning and research phase for keywords and topic ideas is about 2-3 hours each week". People would stop watching and stop making channels. Which is bad for RUclips and bad for these content creators-their channels won't grow. So everyone keeps quiet and lets the myth continue....works for the cc, they get views and subscribers, and works for RUclips-they get moar content to put ads on.
Thanks for including me in such a great video!
The way some channels grow over night with a couple of videos with tons of comment they don't acknowledge, tons of likes and blow passed the much-needed subscribers is incredible to me. I started my channel this year, I think in February I just now reached 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours which took over 20,000 views to accomplish. I think I have posted 25 videos in 8 months and have not posted in over a month and a half because of health issues, I am 70, I will find the time this week to do a few more videos, yesterday I finally created a playlist something I had neglected to do and hope to finish that and than keep those lists up to date. But back to the 1st of my comments and those that become stars overnight.....something smells fishy. Or are they paying youtube to boost their channel??
Great comment, this is very motivational for me who is getting closer to your age group.
Don't stop... Keep Going!💯
Great video! The orange thumbnail is perfect!
Thanks Grahman! Give it a try, it seems go have magic powers!
Oi vey this video is so good. Thank you for creating content that doesn't regurgitate talking points on YT that mean nothing and aren't reality. I see people making the same mistakes you outlined time and time again. Figure out your audience, do your homework and execute. Stop worrying about frivolous details. Stop thinking you need to post every 7 days. The answers to the test are already on the platform, you just need to go out and find them. This is without a doubt the most value-add channel in the niche...and it's not very close.
I dont really comment on your videos but I have really enjoyed your channel and watching you grow a lot in the past 6 - 8 months.
yeah hell with that. If I have something to post, I'll post it. If not, I don't. Even if a month, 2 months go by without posting something. I don't post just because someone says you need to post regularly. If I don't have something to add, I don't.
Absolutely LOVE your content. It's really helped me to pinpoint ways to do better content on my channel and make videos more fun and interesting. So when I say this, it's with complete respect. You might want to review this video and check the audio levels between the different sections and mics you were using. The balance was off and there was a lot peaking with the audio even in the VO sections and was turning up and down the volume while listening. Plenty of tip videos on RUclips for balancing your audio but if you need any tips, not that you'd need any from me but I do video production and editing for a living and have had some great audio guys that have pointed me in the right direction to quick ways to balance everything.
TBH, your videos are always such good quality anyways I'm sure it was probably just a setting that got messed up. LOVE YOUR CONTENT
Great job Ed, you weaved that narrative so well with the chain. 10/10
When I first started my channel, I was skeptical of how difficult it was to continuously push out content Every. Single. Week. I had sleepless nights, the money I spent on filming equipment seemed like a waste, and I overall had no motivation to grow this channel... but I kept focused. Not only did I listen to the feedback, I learnt from my mistakes, focused on a niche and, most importantly, stayed consistent. Now... my channel is thriving more than I ever expected. If I can do it, you can too!
Good luck!
I will try and do that too,but it's not easy to retain a channel especially a Small one .I started feeling weakness for my channel is growing slowly every day.
U got 200 subscribers fam
@@MHHSTATISTICA Yeah I’ve had my channel for two years and I’m still not magnetizable
I’m glad your channel is successful I am not losing hope it’s been a while for me as well
Before I’ve even watched this video, I can already tell you have perfected your craft. This has been the most eye catching thumbnail yet. And with almost 2k views in 30 minutes you have my attention. Thanks for everything you do Ed! Yours is the most entertaining channel in RUclips education and your work and effort really shows in your videos
Thx for sharing why most videos suck. Btw you don't have that many subs or views for somebody that knows how the system works
For anyone reading this. Don’t give up and keep working hard and putting effort into your Channel!
You got this and you can do it!
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Great advice, Ed! Reinforces the deep dives you did in your avatar and thumbnail workshops. Sometimes we need to hear the same thing again and again but said differently for it to trickle through, eh?
And after all is said and done, if RUclips doesn't suggest it, none of this matters. Eg 1 i have two video on another channel released one day apart. Retention is the same, clickthrough rate is the same but RUclips has suggested one of them 100 fold more than the other and the results are accordingly. Eg 2 video with 17% clickthrough rate vs video with 9% clickthrough and after 10k suggestions of the high clickthrough YT just stopped sharing it, but kept sharing the other one. Same topic similar thumbnails, similar length, similar retention and engagement. YT killed the higher performing video. So this is all nice and well, but at the end of the day you can do all this and if YT doesn't do their part you are buggered. YT loves videos about making money on YT as it encourages people which is in YTs interest.
I feel like these tips you give out are so incredibly meaningful, yet I feel like there's also a lot of tips I just cant seem to use considering I'm the "generic RUclips gamer".
There's such a difference in creating "original content" and creating "gaming content" to me, like you'd need to reinvent sliced bread to blink out.
I really wish I knew how to be more creative or funny but honestly I think I'm just gonna be hardstuck😆
Same here I was starting out to do gaming but then I saw literally no growth and I started to become worried and I thought if it was me who was the problem and well yeah...LOL I can confidently say I'm not interesting lol so I'm sort of switching to reactions. I still want to do gaming and what I'll ask myself is this..."what will my viewers gain from watching this" (for example knowledge of some sort of thing of a game, could be just to have a laugh and make the person feel better, etc) "what can I do that is different that I could bring to the game" (bring challenges to the game: Minecraft But i have to....| Call of duty but i can only... I mean just go wild LOL. Just bring something new and fresh especially if your planning to play old games. "What are my competitors NOT doing that I could potentially take advantage of" I'm changing my editing style and adding stock images as I'm explaining what's going to happen in the video because I'm doing the game Wrestling Revolution 3D its old and I was just uploading my gameplay but then I was like no one wants to see this LOL so I decided to switch it up and brought challenges "One Punch = One Spoonful of hot sauce" "WR3D but I have to beat every match under 5 minutes". I'm not having any results because like I said I'm slowly switching to being a reaction but I am planning to do gaming but I am fourtanetly focusing on one reaction category and it is reacting to EDM artists so maybe iIll do something that has to do with music and bring it to WR3D. The advice I gave may or may not help but its at least something :)
yuppers and it’s the sad truth. I mean I have a few other ideas other than gaming, and it’s something I’m actually looking forward to it, I hope it does do well tho. Best of luck my human friends!
Finally someone that I can relate
I'm basically the generic gamer as well😅😅
Fleshing out something different is challenging in gaming
find a game you really like and are naturally good at. then watch other channels in that space, and figure out what information they are not providing, that you could produce. the more specific the better. for example, i make videos about building in Sons of the Forest. this is niche within a niche, and the other youtubers did not have the information i knew i could provide. i don't have the most explosive growth, but i did get 1000 views in the first week, starting from nothing, with almost zero production value
@Solar rpg right time, right game, right info is huge. i feel like my channel hits this sweet spot, even though it's brand new with very low production value
I've been on YT for a good 4 yrs. Even if I read literary works, am a professional voice actor, it is obvious that success depends on your niche, findability and capacity to entertain people with shorter and shorter attention spans. There is only so much to do in certain niches. Cheers.
Yeah, I find myself caught between wanting more viewers but hating the "game" so much, I refuse to make the type of video (refuse to call it content) that does well. I make music but don't want to do memey stuff or talk videos.
Weird, my channel grew because of my video’s lmao
I always find myself skipping through most of these instructional videos on RUclips but for some reason whenever I come across yours.. Somehow I always make it to the end of the video without even realizing it.
Thanks for making this process so much easier and more interactive to understand (love the way you keep my attention focused on your video) I really appreciate it!
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I never comment on these types of videos....but....I wanted to say "WOW". I'm so impressed with your content lately. I'm starting on my major growth trajectory using these same concepts, and I loved how you made them easy to understand and "linked" them together. See what I did there. Keep up the great work and consider me a FAN of the channel.
Nothing happens if you don’t start
Wish all you want
Plan all you want
Dream all you want
If You Don’t START, You Will Still Remain Where You Are
Thanks for supporting my channel 🙏🏻
Really like the 5 step process you talked about. I think it'll help me out a lot! Just a quick question, how do you know what your audience will like when you don't have a big enough or "constant" audience? At that point, is it better to just experiment with ideas?
Thats the first hurdle, getting that audience to then learn from. Search is most peoples method of building that group of people.
@@FilmBooth Thank you so much for replying! And ok, that makes a lot of sense. I'll definitely try to focus more on that! :)
@Avneet 2.0 I also look at similar channels that are doing well but in the same niche as me and see what their audience is saying in the comments. You can get a lot of good ideas that way. Good luck with your channel!
@@cominghomewithsusanne That honestly sounds like a great idea! And thank you so much, good luck with yours too! :)
@@avneet2.0 you're welcome! Happy Saturday! :)
Me that got 1K subscribers in just 3 months, this is true. RUclips only recommends certain videos.
A lot of these are things I learned about running a start-up. And honestly, that's the mindset you should have.
We've gone past the point of "record what you're passionate about and eventually you'll grow". RUclips doesn't care about that anymore because it's not making them money. The only good thing that's come out of this is that the algorithm has learned to reward quality evergreen content instead of clickbait.
If you want to grow on RUclips, you have to treat your channel like it's a business. And if that's not for you, then I'm sorry but you're probably too late.
Yes, it's like running a business, because it involves money.
@@avgeek1930 it's like running a business, because it's about providing value to customers. without value there is no money
I wish you nothing but success as I loveee watching your videos! I’m kicking myself as I wish I would have started my channel sooner. Thanks for the tips ✨🥰
I would add that different channels will grow at different rates, it is important to keep doing what you enjoy!
It’s the thumbnail and title I’m stuck on because to me the thumbnails are great but they’re not reaching the goal
Ed, I've been binge watching your content for months. I absolutely LOVE what you are doing!
My channel is benefiting so much from your tips. Thank you!!
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Yup. Making huge changes to my kids one too. I appear to have spent my last couple of days in RUclips studio editing out those cliff edge moments long after the upload. That’s a cracking video for anyone who has a channel and hasn’t seen it.
OK Beanie Ed for the win... Secondly this is such valuable content as usual! Thank you so much for making your story telling so VISUAL... It really helps me keep focused as I have ADHD... It's SUPER easy for me to get distracted, but you know just how to keep us hooked!
The beanie has stolen the show 😂 ill have to get another, Im glad I can keep you hooked, ADHD is not an easy thing to live with
@@FilmBooth it really isn't... But I'll have you know, an ebay notification popped up and I SWIPED IT AWAY FOR YOU 😂😂😂That's how hooked you kept me! #BeanieForLife
I don't even bother to monitise most of my videos any more. I don't care at all. I just upload things that I feel I would want to watch that nobody else does. Even if the production value is low and it doesn't stand out, if nobody else has made it then people will find it when they search for it.
The goal isn't to grow a channel. I like RUclips rather than TV show grade video. I often watch videos from 10 or more years ago when everyone was real and there wasn't click bait.
I agree.keep it up bro
Very good video.
But for a begginer youtuber, I think that not only the theory is important and also practice. I've learn 60-65% from my own experience. Of course your videos are very educational and helpful but also practice and own experience and analysis is very important.
For example, by mistake I manage to have 2 videos with 10k views (long videos not short ones). With your help and other educational channels I understand why, but the fact I had the experience on my own I manage to understand better than only theory :)
Honestly my first aim on my channel was to create a community, because my target is quite small, but there is not so much competition. And I am happy to see that I have comments and engagement from my viewers.
Firstly I was not sure about my target public and started with the wrong idea and public target, and after 4-5 videos I switched my direction. And now after 15-16 video I still looking to find my style and experiment what is working and what not. I think after 1 year and more videos and analytics I will now for sure on which way to go.
Because I don't have any real competition on my niche, I really need to educate, find and attract the public which will like my type of content. Actually the public needs to discover my content.
So now I am plan to attract new viewers, but i nthe same time to not lose the current fans.
1:09 - I don't understand what the Avatars section means.
Being back on RUclips due to being disable for 10+ years was worth the wait ... I was working on my wedding and event photography self employed. Now I use the skills to do video work due to RUclips making account with new rule of 4k+ hours. Stay bless
That's awesome bruh asf 🚨🔥
Love your Content!
That is awesome advice! Thank you
The ideas are clear and well defined, but I don't see them in reality. At least not for the area I create in on RUclips. I've seen young channels in woodturning that have shot past me in growth and I cannot see that it's due to thumbnails, creativity, planning, copycatting or research. There must be other factors within the algorithm, that probably work in combination with these 5, but something difficult to discern and repeat.
What I love about your channel Ed is that you genuinely show what your teaching in your own content, everytime (orange jumpsuit thumbnail!) It's like half living case study half tutorial.
Never, ever, ever give up. Keep reminding yourself that the alternative is a soul crushing job that will keep you a wage slave for decades !!
Love how Ed always manages to create such a great story using funny anecdotes
Indeed!
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First time ever. Ever. Clicking subscribe immediately after watching one video. Well done boss! Excited to learn more.
I started changing the way I approached End Screens using your methods and my last video has a 20.6% end screen click! My channel average is 1.9%. This works
i would really love to implement end screen elements but i have to share my sponsor's ad in the end of the video. DEFINITIVELY saw my views plummet since i implemented it, but it brings home the money! What can i do? I'd hate to stop the flow of the video and put it in the middle..
everytime i want to initiate something i watch your videos now am ready watch this comment after 2023 jun19 i target over 100k
Waited for this one the whole day! Hopefully one day I can be a part of filmbooth, I love what you do and how you do it Ed! And Tyler is awesome as well :)
Love your videos my friend! Definitely have been slowly implementing your suggestions and tips as my channel grows! My channel is all about wrist watches but in a fun light hearted way !;) I see you like a good watch! ?
The analogies you come up with to tell a story with the information are amazing, one day I aspire to be able to the same, in the mean time I'll be working hard on improving all 5 links in my chain ☺️
People don’t realize how much work is involved in becoming successful on You Tube!
This video was a Storytelling masterclass! Keep your audience craving for the mistery to be resolve! And BTW the mistery was solved and it was awesome! Thanks as always mate!
Best channel in the niche for sure, thanks Ed! My viewer retention is good (about 60%) but my click through rate stays around 2.5 - 3% and I'm struggling to increase it... I have a thumbnail, title and topic problem I guess. As frustrating as it is I'm also really enjoying the challenge and the journey. Thanks again for all of your work Ed!
thats amazing 60% retention rate
Good luck!
Wow... Keep up the good retention rate!📶
I feel I'm going backwards. I am trying to do better, make better, get better, more cuts, more B-roll....more..more...more! And I'm making less videos. I'm making less recipes. I am trying all these new complicated things (well complicated for me because Im not a filmaker, a photographer, and editor) So....I am totally losing ground. I have NO IDEA who my avatar is ( I literally only have a few views anyway..so my avatar is non existent). The more videos I watch to get better, the less I seem to get anything done because its getting too much. How do you know when to simple it down....or when its not time to try something new? Or try to improve on your videos? Like when do you know WHAT exactly at the stage you are in to be focusing on improving..when there is TOOO much to focus on improving? Does this make any sense? Even my comment is overwhelming my brain!
If you're currently reading this, please don't give up. Keep pushing forward as you will overcome this obstacle, and in due time, a larger audience will discover your channel. Remember that persistence and determination can lead to great success.
Am starting out... hopefully it all goes well
That's where the algorhitmus at least to some extent dictates the audience. Because if a video goes viral and a lot of people subscribe because of that video, then the audience just grows in that direction.
Hopefully it was a video of the main content of your channel, because if a channel is not monothematic, that can get quite a hick hack. Because then you have to decide in which direction you want to go - at least if you want to grow as fast as possible. At least that's the case on my German channel.
This video was a work of art. Using the chain as a visual aid was genius, and honestly this may be your best video in my opinion
If I could vent just a bit, I keep watching all this stuff about avatars and research, etc, And I have no doubt that it's all solid advice. My problem is I keep seeing fast-growing channels that I know haven't done any of this. My sister's channel is one example. All she does is cook in her kitchen, being her absolute authentic self. Her videos are long, she rambles a lot, shares a lot of personal info. Her videos don't have any great lighting or sound, she only uses her phone and doesn't really do much editing at all.
She certainly hasn't sat down and created an avatar, and I seriously doubt she pays much attention to her analytics. But in 3 years she has amassed over 20,000 subscribers, and was monitized in the first hear. Similarly, one of my first videos, which was terribly shot, too dark to see for half of it and has only 30% retention, continues to get pushed by youtube and remains one of my most popular videos. Nobody can tell me why that video performs so well. Meanwhile videos that are much better looking. much tighter and getting retention over 50% are moving slow.
Not trying to blame everything on RUclips but it does seem that over time they continue to make it harder to succeed. Like adding an additional step to the subscribe process, making it harder for people who subscribed to see that you've posted new content. Then the 4000 watch hours thing.
The last time I had a channel I made crappy-looking videos where all I did is sit at a desk and talk. I didn't upload regularly at all, sometimes going months between uploads. But that channel got monitized had 5000 subscribers before I finally abandoned it. When they notified me I had made partner I didn't even know what that meant. So I don't know man. I'm not discouraged because I'm doing what I'd be doing anyway without a channel. But there's just too much out there that contradicts what most experts say you have to do to be successful on the platform; too many successful channels not doing any of it.
Very creative presentation for a list of items. Your ideas and the way you present them is original and entertaining. Your transitions are great and not just useless jump cuts. the value in each sentence of this video is appreciated.
Another great one, Ed! Every time I watch a video from you something new clicks. I certainly don't have most of the elements in this chain down (at least not all for one video). I spent 9 hours editing a video the other day, hours more of topic research, thumbnail design and choosing a title, and it was a HUGE flop - 7-minute long rant about my experience reading Bridgerton without a thumbnail and super basic title and it did really well. I think the 30 minutes a day advice is really manageable and will help me focus on that side of things more!
Watched your rant - it's challenging to strike the balance between accessible creations & the deeper creations we love to pour our passion into, hey? I know that feeling.
@@jordanthornton Don't know why it took so long for me to notice your reply...! Thanks for checking out the video, and yes, it really is a balance. I'm trying to focus on patience and consistency as the foundations to my being here on RUclips and hope that, with time, I can improve my skillset to make the things I find interesting, interesting to others also :-)
this guy doesn't know basic english. LOOK UP AVATAR IN THE DICTIONARY.
Short, sweet, to the point! ❤️ Thank you 🙏🏻 I can’t wait to put all this into practice!
He is on point!
I'm convinced this channel is now just an ad for VidIQ. This is the 5th video I've watched on this channel and ALL 5 have had the exact same content. Different titles and thumbnails, but 100% identical content.
1. Make Avatar
2. Do research (use VidIQ)
3. Apply Research
4. Measure metrics(use VidIQ)
5. Make changes if necessary
You should change rule 1 to "Don't insult your audience by so obviously repackaging content."
Thank you, Ed. The YT journey is exhausting so far. I think I'm pushing too hard, trying to learn a lifetime of what makes YT tick in a week. My head is about to explode. However, what I need to realize is, YT will still be there, if I take a break. I need to pace myself. Let that be a lesson for us all. Pacing oneself is important.
What happened to just being yourself? When did RUclips become about making yourself a marketing brand? All this analyzing takes away all the fun of creating...this seems to be geared towards people just looking to make money, not great content they actually like creating.
All of us want to find ways to improve ourselves. Always try to find the hidden secrets and surprise other RUclipsrs. This is a great vid to learn from and understand the fundamentals of what needs to be done. I feel we need to slow down and think it through. It’s almost like fast brain / slow brain. I don’t do this full time but I’m learning. To me it feels like a science class lol. Great vid and good luck to all of you! 😎
Started mine yutube over 2years ago ..gave up then started doing it for backing up my videos.. then boom got 4viewers and 1like.. by now I got 30 subs.. am proud of it.. but still using it as backup..and anytime a friend asks me about my videos I refer them to watch in my channel
Entirely valid points that will definitely help any channel where the main objective is to grow audience and potentially ad revenue. In other words it is great marketing advice. The problem is when marketing advice informs creative decisions. We've seen this before in TV and movies find something that has worked and flog it to death.
Perhaps the best advice is to find the FIRST person that came up with, to use your example, the orange jump suit and work out how they came up with that idea rather than copy it in some way. My guess is that they had a large enough audience or just didn't care about audience and did what they felt was a good idea.
Well said.💯
With all due respect, but I am really tired of all these videos telling other creator to figure it all out. There's nothing more frustrating and irritating to me than channels like yours that always tell others to change the gravitational constant of the universe, like we're all a bunch of Q's who can just do something, anything, like watching a how to video will collectively make us better vloggers and our channel will grow. Create great content, create thumbnails that make others want to click. Create content that makes people watch longer, engage with your viewers, blah, blah, like oh damn, why didn't I think of that? Like oh, okay, piece of cake!!! IMO the only thing videos like this are ever doing is getting more views and growth for you, not teaching or showing anyone else how to get/grow their own...
Great content as always. I’m taking on board as many of your words of wisdom as quickly as possible as I reinvigorate my kids’ channel. Almost 10k subscribers but after 2 years it’s still growing slowly. Tons of restrictions on Kids channels - thanks to ill thought out laws; no end cards etc., missing certain analytics and even comments have to be disabled. It’s an uphill struggle to find ways to get people to watch follow on content other than encouraging them to do so in each video.
If you have 10K subs you do not need to watch this shite
Or you can make videos that tell people what they want to hear, facts be d@mned. ;)
Good look everyone. Stay the course, you got this.
Blimey, people do like to make videos that give no thinking time. Would love a much slower version of this in greater depth.
The editing is insane 🥺
Thank you for the precious advice and good luck to anybody out there trying to make they way through the tube
You explain things VERY well. Thank you. Its now putting it into practice which is the tough part. 🤔
The amount of scene changes you have is insane. You're vids do the best Ed because you put the most time into each.
I love the fact that this vid is popping and it's "only" 5 mins long.
What video editing software allows you to do those seamless scene changes? And is it available for Android or PC?
Another great video. Not entirely sure I've understood what you meant by 'avatars' though? Do you mean like making a video for a hypothetical archetype of a person that you think would be interested?
I just post stuff on my channel for fun and things that I enjoy. Once a person post stuff just to get views and not stuff that they really enjoy, then it's being fake and it's a waste. And for those who try to get more views for monetary purposes?? It takes more than that to make any significant money on RUclips anyway!
Not sure if watching all these "how to grow your channel" video's and reading all the comments is motivating or demotivating.. They all give the same tips anyway.
I think just focussing on creating content YOU like will work best in the long run, mentally too because it's a headache trying to keep up with the thumbnails, titles, tags, keywords and what not to beat the algorithm