Hey man, just ready this thread from start to finish and im really inspired. I just started my own youtube channel in a niche I love and am passionate about.
I have a few questions.
- How do I get traffic to my videos if I dont have any subscribers? Do I pay for ads? I have been posting to reddit and forums/groups related to my niche. But not sure if there is anything else I can do.
- My channel is faceless, but my videos require a lot of research for each one. I'm aiming to publish 2-3 times a week, but would it be worth it to also have someone write scripts for me to increase the amount I can output?
- Kind of a broad question, but what would you recommend to me as someone starting a new channel?
Thanks and congrats on your success!
Thanks so much for the kind words!
1. Do NOT pay for ads. Create searchable content and make sure your keyword is in the FRONT of your title and also in the first line of your description.
2. If you can afford having someone write the scripts for you, then i would hire someone out. I HATE writing so scriptwriting was the first task I outsourced.
3. Haha, indeed quite broad. Here's a copy and paste message i left on another thread:
1. Put your main keyword FIRST in your title
2. Invest a good amount of time and/or money into a thumbnail designer. Thumbnails will make or break your videos.
3. You dont have to reinvent the wheel when you're first starting. Simply copy other videos that have done well and create a better version of them.
4. Posting DAILY on a new channel is the most ideal growth strategy, just dont suffer from burnout.
Hope this helps!
Thank you for the amazing thread it's been incredibly helpful.
Quick question.
I have a channel pulling in 4 millions views per month in the fitness niche. '
My CPM is $4.21 but my RPM is only $0.60.
Any idea why this is so low? All of my videos are monetize but I'm only making arounf $2.5 - 3k from 4 million views.
I have all the ads on besides 'non skipable' and on average have 3 ads per 8 minute video.
My average view duration is pretty low tho (2 minutes), any insight would be amazing.
There could be a few reasons:
1: Is your channel in english? If it isnt, that equals a low CPM
2: Are any of your titles related to brand name/ specific/ high end products? If not, that might equate to a low CPM (i.e. bicep workouts)
3. It's quite hard to raise CPM but you might want to try videos like "CHRIS HEMSWORTH: Here's How to Train Like Him"
Targetting more popular names/ specific places/ people might raise the CPM a tad bit. CPM is tricky to raise though.
Your team knows the skills and everything so why not just they create there own channel and earn 20k$ like you , why they working for $5 for you
So it's been a while, no one one my team makes only $5/ project from me. The least is $15 per project and thats because i try to treat them well.
But the reason why they dont do it themselves is because they may not know how. Their ambition may lie in just scriptwriting because they love scriptwriting. I'm just here to help them fulfill their goals whilst fulfilling mine.
There's a lot more to YouTube than just the creation process. I am CONSTANTLY analyzing videos round the clock and deconstructing what works and what doesnt work.
@wengthemeng congrats again on your success!
Wanted to ask you - what are your thoughts on giveaways on YT? I see you did use this tactic - is it working, what are some legal stuff related to this, what do you have to include in your youtube info, etc? Thanks.
I used to do giveaways but have stopped just because i want to keep my channel ethical. It's a good tactic, however, i usually include a disclaimer in the description regarding the giveaway. I havent heard me or any one else run into any problems.
Or the classic question, why would a "successful" creator willing to be hired-hands accepting jobs making content for others who's gonna be his own competitors for small sum of money compare to what his self-claim revenue. Why don't he just scaling up his "empire" by him self.
Wouldn't it will be much easier and convenience if he just stays under the radar ransacking Youtube's money left and right. He has the "experience". He has the "knowledge". He has the "skills". He has the "capital". He has the "team". Yet, he's just other's goon. I wonder why.
So this "creator" youre talking about- im not really hiring full on creators- im compiling a team to BECOME the creator as a whole. The video editors dont have the knowledge to research, script, voiceover, thumbnail, or optimize the video. There's a lot of parts to it.