WHY it's good to NOT go VIRAL | Small Content Creator Growth Journey
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2024
- Hey there,
this video is all about being a small content creator and the dream to grow your account to be able to make money doing something you love to do. This journey is not easy and knowing only 8% of people make it to get monetized can be really draining. The key is with those that stay consistent, don't give up when the videos don't get the views you're hoping to get and learning from every new video. Trust the process, the algorithm will take care of it later!
00:57 Downside of going VIRAL
01:43 Being Seen by the RIGHT People
02:19 Reaching the Wrong Audience
02:49 Finding your Niche
03:55 The content People Care about
04:47 Trap of Comparison
06:00 It will ALL make Sense
#youtubegrowth #youtubejourney
Thank you.
Thanks for motivating us small Content Creator.
100% Gratitude~ Thanks Thanks From Singapore
Thank you! I actually recently visited Singapore in February for the first time! Makes me happy to know it reached the right person!
Thank you so much for your polite reply! @@arcanecoral . Glad to hear you visit our beautiful lion city, Singapore.
This was very motivating. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, keep it up!!
Everything you said makes sense. Deep down I felt like slow go is better than rise quick and fall.
thank you for this video! i definitely learned this lesson with shorts… you can’t just follow the trends and analytics, bc even if they get you subs, they’re not people who will engage with your day to day content. 🤍 great video! stay strong fellow small creators! 💪🏼
Exactly!! Sometimes we need to change it up a little and understand what our end goal is. It's usually to be seen and it won't work out like that right from the beginning. Making small steps at a time! I already learned so much these past 7 months of creating! Thank you and keep it up!!
@@arcanecoral yessss! you nailed it. have fun creating, i’ll be watching 🥰
We are ready to give 3-10 years for our college till we start earning money, we should probably give ourselves at least 5 years for youtube. But yes we should be hardworking throughout the process similar to what we would be in college. Passion is also important while doing content creation, milking views is easy but may not help you become great. Arcane Coral Best of luck for the future journey!! I hope you make through and become successful in the future.
Thank you and I agree! We need to learn how to show up for ourselves not just for others like school or work/our boss.
Imma start my own channel in the future. Not now because of exams. Hope your videos help me enough. Let's meet at the top some day till then let's keep working!!! 🔥
It is important to find the small niche where you are the best in YT. There are very few people who are going deep into certain topics and their knowledge makes them valuable for viewers.
True!! You know what you're talking about! Thanks for the comment :)
Thank you so much for this. Getting pretty much no views after uploading and spending days on the video - it's uplifting to have this recommended on my home page. As you may know, a lot of us starting out, we don't really have that many like-minded people who get what we're trying to do in our in-person circles.
I appreciate you for making that comment! Feels good to see others being in the same position, still figuring everything out. It can be hard knowing the work that you put into the video doesn't get the recognition it deserves yet. But it will happen! Even with this video, it had 100 views and then just went down, I changed the title and thumbnail font color and now it has 900 views. It's like painting on a canvas, it all starts with one line or video no1, as we keep adding lines we see a picture and the same thing with our videos. Keep it up!!!
@@arcanecoral Absolutely love your canvas analogy. Completely agree! But never thought of it in terms of a painting. Looks like we've been communicating telepathically 🙃- I tweaked the thumbnail and title slightly last night and it's made a world of a difference.
You are right. I would say, don't bother about the numbers just keep going with something you love to teach or talk about.
Thank you for the kind words.
Yess! I can agree on so many levels Arcane. As a small creator myself the last thing I want is to get a video that gets like 100,000 views all of a sudden. I would rather grow my community gradually and get some viewership from those people that decided to follow me over time.
Exactly! It's way better long term
You're spot on. Thank you so much for the advice. 🧡🙏
happy to help 🫶🏽 keep it up!
I often feel like I'm speaking into the void! 🤣 It really seems like virality favors a specific type of personality and vibe. It's as if anyone who doesn’t fit into the algorithm’s preferred box just gets overlooked.
I feel you. I think the same thing happens in person, if you are a certain way there's a high chance the mass doesn't like you and it leads you to think you need to act a certain way to be liked. Same thing applies to the algorithm. It just means it will take longer for the algorithm to find your people if what you do and how you think isn't mainstream, but those people that search for your type of content will appreciate to hear you and that's all that matters! Keep creating!
@@arcanecoral Thank you for the encouragement! I will keep forging my own path and create content that truly resonates with who I am.
I like it when people watch my videos! Especially the ones about Taylor Swift
As a social media platform, I do find that CZcams is mostly very positive. People say nice things.
Yes, especially in the small content creator community everyone's helping each other out! :)
I have that same experience that my videos required a lot of work and those who view it tell me that they are very good, but they only get 100 or 200 views.
I have been stuck at 40 subscribers too, it went to 41 earlier today but then went back to 40 😄
In the beginning I uploaded a new video every 2 days to get more people to watch my content so it gets exposed to more people. That helped me a lot!
@@arcanecoral interesting. Posting long form every 2 days will be a challenge for me 😄 :) but thank you for letting me know. It is a good idea.
Really needed to hear this. Thank you for sharing your perspective!
great advice! youre so right. Your audience will find you.
Thank you! and exactly. It's like moving to a different country not knowing anyone. It takes time to find the right people and the same thing is with content creation or finding your niche and audience.
thanks for this, great insights :)
Thank you for supporting!! Didn't think my video would reach someone with a big audience :)
Very motivating!! I’m trying to be more consistent with uploads, something I struggle with! This video helps!!
Thank you for the kind words! Every video that I record is outside of my comfort zone but I see the big difference when staying consistent and having a "learner" mentality.
I needed this. Thank you.
I only have 206 subscribers, but I love doing what I’m doing, and I’m not giving up.
Thank you for sharing! Only if you enjoy what you do you will doing it. I believe in you!!
thank you! These kinds of videos always get me inspired to post more videos. Love it.
Glad I can help! Keep the content coming :)
I agree. Today again (it happens often) I saw a video from someone saying that we need to look for and follow the viral trends etc. I was thinking about this, but if you go viral and you made a video from a trend, what will you do next? You will likely be stuck in that topic and it is not good (that trend video may not have been exactly part of your niche), or you will get the wrong subscribers.
Yes!! I think it’s so important to learn how to be most authentic in front of the camera, because that is how you will grow organically and attract the people that like you for being you. No matter what niche you’re in every person is adding their own seasoning to the topic and that’s what makes people to follow new accounts, seeing another style of content. :)
@@arcanecoral yes exactly :)
Excellent video, thank you very much for making it ☺️ You have a good perspective.
Funny, the B roll you use at 6.25 is the same I used on my first video, but I used the earlier sequence in that video as that same person has different expressions/emotions. And I put him as part of my thumbnail 😄
Thank you & haha love that, pexels b roll videos 💯
@@arcanecoral yes exactly haha :))
Having a viral video was useful.
Until about 2 weeks ago I'd been posting for about 6 months, with some interest, but a long way from my monetization goal. I was getting a bit demotivated and reconsidering the time and effort, then for reasons which are completely unfathomable, one of my videos just blew-up. It was so much fun to watch the numbers rising almost before my eyes!
Anyway, that single video pushed me well over the 1000 subs and within a couple of days I was past the very challenging 4000 hours, and monetized! Yeah!
The pace has slowed way down again and making any real money (about $2.00 a day at the moment ... and falling!) will perhaps require a different strategy now. But getting over that first hurdle is a lot of work and I probably couldn't have done it without that single viral vid.
Thank you for sharing your story. And I agree that it helps especially when you thought about giving up, I just wanted to share that there's also the side where you get demotivated posting after having a successful/viral video and that's where a lot of people quit. It's about seeing it as a journey that goes up and down and constantly improving a little.
Great video! Good points, you are smart!
I appreciate your support, thank you🫶🏽
Thanks for sharing this. I just starting out so haven't captured any attention yet but I'm seeing progress in my work flow when it comes to making videos so that is a huge positive for me, even if this channel doesn't work out. I have content I want to make for my business once I launch it and this will help me put my best foot forward.
Thank you for sharing your story! It's always good to put yourself out there whether it's seen or not. It's good to have that mindset. And you will see with time what works for you and what doesn't. I noticed for example how important good thumbnails are. It's crazy to think that so many people see your video recommended but the thumbnail really has to be on point + title & topic for the people wanting to see your video. If you look at my most viewed videos you will see they all have usually less than 4 words on the title and an interesting topic that kind of changes the way I think about a situation and people want to change their mindset/life to live better. It's just about creating value in some kind and getting better with speaking, editing etc. until the algorithm sees you and recommends your content to the right people. Keep it up!! :)
Encouraging!
Keep going yall! :D God Bless
Yess :D we got this!!
Thanks for this!
Thank you for the support! Keep the content coming!1
I can relate to this video a lot. About a year ago I had a video go viral and now it has 1mil views, but I can’t seem to grow. I only have 2k subs now and my channel is dying. Could anyone help me?
Heyy, so the problem is that if you don't post consistantly the algorithm will automatically not show your content to as many people anymore. So it will take some time to get back to higher views. Second your video that went viral was probably about a trending topic, so either look for more trending topics and try to find your niche so people want to follow to see similar content in the future.
goddammit...you are posting from 7 months......it hurts
What hurts 😅
@@arcanecoral you know what i am saying ...i am also a newbie
@@Expearth2821 you mean because I posted for 7 months and I’m still not monetized? It usually takes a while to get the requirements… I only have 900 of the 4,000 watch hours. Didn’t think that it’s easier to get the followers than the watch time
Change the thumbnail its no longer relevant 😅 can't wait this vedio to blow up
Thank you! I actually used that thumbnail because my previous video had 126 views after having a video with 3k views to show how different the view numbers can be for a lot of small content creators.
The slow growth that occurs with channels is, in my opinion, a GREAT THING! Especially if the channel is following the Google E-E-A-T method. "E-E-A-T is an acronym created by Google which stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness." I believe that you are well on your way to a strong and lasting youtube channel! Just keep plugging away! Great Video!!
Great tip, thank you!
Hey there,
Just watched your video and I'm really impressed with your content! I believe there's even more potential for growth, but something seems to be holding you back.
Let's chat about how we can increase your reach.
Great inspiration 😇🌟 I'm happy to be selling books 📚 It would be awesome to get enough watch hours to monetize 🧲💲💰🎯
Thank you for this motivating video! I'll keep creating videos and just enjoy it
Thank you! And yes keep creating and grow with the process! It's way nicer when you learn to enjoy it. :)
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