Building Your First 1,000 YouTube Subscribers: Tips and Strategies
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What is Subscribers?
YouTube subscribers are simply referring to the people or accounts that are subscribed to your channel. They are the ones who was attached on your contents and wanting to watch more. Having subscribers can also mean that you have a teacher of your own, they will let you know what attracts them on your channel and asks you to do more contents.
Tips and Strategies on Getting your First 1000 Subscribers
1. Take it Easy and Break your 1,000 Subscriber Goal Into Chunks
Trying to reach a thousand of subscribers in a month is much harder than you think as no one exactly knows how long it will take but chopping it into a manageable chunks can help you reach your target:
100 Subscribers by April
220 Subscribers by June
380 Subscribers by August
500 Subscribers by October
650 Subscribers by December
800 Subscribers by February
1,000 Subscribers by April
Doing this can make you feel scary and more encouraging as you are looking and striving for a smaller, realistic goals.
2. Create Videos for One Target Audience
It is very important to focus on one niche on achieving your first 1,000 subscribers, in this way you can easily tailor your contents and focus on attracting audience who are genuinely interested on your content. They will for sure engage, share and subscribe to get more from your channel.
3. Post Consistently
When you get a couple of subscribers, it means there are people who are now interested on your content and wanting to have more, but if you don't have any subscribers yet, posting at least once or twice a week may increase the possibility of people watching your contents specially if your niche are one of the top niches that is very popular. It is recommended to get yourself a posting schedule so you can plan your content ahead of time so you will have more time to prepare and make your videos.
4. Your Videos Are For Your Audience, Not You.
Always remember that you are watching other creators content because their content is what you are looking for, so make sure to always create your videos for your audience, "What they can get from watching it?" must be on your mind when making a video. Every content whether it's for education or entertainment, they must have to get something from it, in order for them to be engage on your contents and subscribe to get more.
5. Keep Your Content Consistent
Uploading a bunch of niches on your channel can make your viewers be confused, for example, you have 2 niches which is gaming and cooking, and you are posting gaming topics this week and then cooking topic last week, the people who viewed your channel last week that is looking for more gaming contents from you and get a video of you cooking, might think that your channel is not really for gaming that will lead them not to subscribe and worst, unsubscribe as they don't know what to expect on your channel. Instead, you have to give them a reason to stay tuned for more videos and subscribe.
6. Make Eye-Catching Video Thumbnails
Remember that the thumbnail of your video is the first thing the users will see, they can pick any videos when they're searching for an specific topic so give them a reason to click on you! Creating a thumbnail from a screenshot of your video can make them watch them as well as it may seem as the climax they have to watch.
7. Create Searchable Video Titles
It is best to keep your titles to 60-70 characters, so they aren't truncated in search result and make sure to add your main keywords toward the beginning. One helpful strategy is to type the subject of your video into YouTube to see what comes up, as you see the result, you'll have an idea of the type of content the viewers are looking for. YouTube can give you suggestions for more searchable titles.
9. Be The Best Observer
Observing the result of your videos can help you create more engaging contents. "Did it work well? Did they like it? How can I make this video and engage more viewers?" are some of the things you have to observe after posting your video. Learn from your previous video and make the most out of it for your next one.
9. Promote Your YouTube Channel
Let's say you have chosen your niche, you create an eye-catching thumbnails, and you have used a searchable titles. Now it's time for you to promote your video. Posting a successful video isn't the end of it, promoting it on different social media accounts may help you boost your engagement rate and have more subscribers.
3 Easy Steps to make your contents using Shortspilot.ai
1. Click "Create New Series".
2. Connect your social media channel and choose one of many niches from the drop down, select your preferred voice and language then click on "create", wait for less than a minute and your video is ready!
3. Adjust the script or the title as needed and click on update, then post video and it will automatically be posted on your preferred social media platform.
What are you waiting for? Subscribe and build your own empire on YouTube.