It's Been Over 1 year 352 videos later NO GROWTH AT ALL

Really looking forward to hear how your success goes on.
Also make sure if you ever get in trouble with that partnership we have a shitlist thread that can maybe help you a little. Don't go trusting blindly, and for your videos have you tried targeting proper keyword and tracking what keywords you are ranking for. Use extensions like VidIQ or tube buddy, Dont use too many tags instead use proper tags only as they will help you in getting into suggested position.

PHPInjected said:

Have you tried posts from high social media accounts? What about articles on heavily trafficked websites? That other channel could have artificial subs, I mean you yourself could order 50k subs right now. Have you bought any media coverage? Perhaps getting your channel an ad spot on a site with heavy traffic that sells halloween costumes or something that has traffic that's for children will increase your subs. Have you tried forum posting?

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I was thinking the same thing, maybe the other channels bought fake subs. One thing I do on YT is place Amazon affiliate links for related products. You might make up a little for what AdSense isn't doing, by placing affiliate links to the toys on Amazon. Another thing, try using keywords on the videos, to try and get more relavent AdSense ads to come up.

Could i take a look at your channel?

I have an idea for a sister channel you could create in a niche thats still growing i believe. Its a totally different niche but it can work with toy videos

abhijit12345 said:

Hey I may not be the SEO GUY but I do know soon many children who are stuck to YouTube streaking the fk out of it and watching some weird stuff my advice's

1.branding-yes they ask me to type the band and the type of thing they want

2.clickbait man those kids never know abt SEO and shit all they look for is what the title and the pic shows I would suggest you to clickbait as hell

3.using crazy thumbnails,yes I have noticed they click a lot on those weird thumbnails which as a grown up you would never imagine

4.I would suggest you to get a shutout from any of the channels in children don't know abt link in the description and stuff but it would help is what I think

5.giveaway,anyways you told that you get send free stuff why not do giveaways and ask them to subscribe

6.show that subscribe button at the end of each video and tell subscribe..lol in its funny but it works ahhaha

That's it taught it would help

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This is by far the best advice here, I would add, to the asking to subscribe (with a kid voice saying like "Click here to SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEST PLAYING CHANEL IN THE WOOOOOORLLLDDDDD) and some another button to see more videos in the outro you could A/B test several boxes with different types of videos trailers (playdoh, barbies, action figures, video games, etc) / show one video similar / show only thumbnails / show only text.

I would advise you too, to make a unique tag for your channel, like 123ChannelToys###DunDun98, in order to have your videos appear in the suggestion sidebar. Focus on trying to keep them in a closed loop, see another video beeing suggested as a breach always inside your channel.

As for advertising, I wouldn't go to toy channels asking for a shout-out, go to the music channels, like kid bop and A LOT of others and you shout out them and they shout out you. I don't know how much kids have access to Instagram, but I can see it beeing the perfect one for kids content, but maybe a facebook page, as it is open to everyone, more accessible, and more parents have facebook than they have insta, plus you can go to parent groups, mingle amongst them and mention your channel.

You could try too, to find lists of children safe content and have your channel beeing featured there, not a parent, but I would search for this for ideas of safe media to entertain my kids.

Last but not least, start conversations with the kids, ask questions in the videos, reinforce the questions in the comments, ask them to comment (answer), example, what is your favourite playdoh or something related to the video in question. Engagement is very important and this way you will increase engagement.

Ask in a couple of videos to show the videos to their friends, do a giveaway (I can see it beeing effective, I just don't have any ideas, maybe, ask you papa and moma to share the video like subscribe and comment, and then you choose a commenter, verify their shares and give the toy).

I think I had something more to say, but I don't remember anymore lol. Hope it helps.

Oh just to add to my previous response a SEO measure that you can quickly test, have a keyword rich description, even if it sounds retarded (kids are a bit retarded) and translate them in google translator into multiple languages (Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Japanese, French, Punjabi, German, Polish, Sweedish, Italian, Icelandic). Why?
One, because there are kids that have access to the internet all over the world, that speak multiple languages, there are millions of migrants everywhere kids usually speak in their native languages, so do try (saw this 'hack' on a big player in your niche, the comment section was filled with different languages and millions of views), the european languages, are there because they are 'first world' meaning, Adsense pays better, plus, even more views.

It's not that hard to have your latest videos descriptions translated, if you must choose between all of these, go with Spanish, Portuguese (All america covered), Arabic, German, Russian, Hindi and French.

Understand the YouTube and Google algorithm
Read and experiment
Quality videos
On page seo
Off page seo

i'm not a content creator i just have a bunch of youtube channels subscribed, here is my point of view that makes a channel successfull

number 1 and most important -> 1 video per day always posted at the same time, this is what i find the most important, you have to create a routine for the viewer if he likes your channel he will keep watching the videos if they are posted always at the same time.

number 2 -> don't make more then 6/7 min videos or they become boring, avoid also a lot of cuts on the scene.

number 3-> click bait titles, some thumbnail troll stuff

number 4-> a good video editor can make miracles but not the most important

i can't remember anything more but i guess you must be failing in some of these steps

The problem is your audience OP, they are not at the age where they can use the internet like an adult..and since adults make up 99% of people who buy stuff online...then that leaves the fact that you are depending on little kids to convince their parents to buy them whatever it is your daughter is promoting on your toy channel.

Sounds to me like you got to convert two people at the same time, the kid who's attention you need enough to make them go interrupt their parents Sunday morning sex to bug them about a toy they saw and no want more than air.

Now you gotta to convince the warm lead of a parent to actually buy that toy...im sure the parent will look at your channel say cute kid to your daughter and will move on.

PHPInjected said:

I believe I explained the concept to another member. Fake subs = more numbers = channel looks ore legitimate = larger percentage of channel viewers become subscribers.

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Could you please explain this further? How can this help my channel? I am in a simmilar situation. Great content but no one sees it!!

i think the mentality of doing as much as you can and never giving up thinking that the more content you produce may be some thing will go for you, i have stopped believing in quality content those are just the 1 percenters who get millions of views us newbies need like 100 videos a day to succeed on youtube, 100 videos = 1000 views a day garanteed and if you do even reddit that can scale up, my external sites show reddit gives me the most traffic after that facebook and a dedicated external site, i am have lost hope in youtube in terms of quality content, other day i saw a channel for cs go and he spammed meaningless videos which sucked and has over 1.2 million views 0 thumbnails, 0 SEO just spamming videos on a proven niche CS GO and he got those views some how may be niche is the key

Here is another thought

Get Buzzbundle, add keywords, reply with videos. Good reply on right place will get you moving

Add this to buying Views, Subs and Likes and you will rank eventually

What's your youtube channel mate.

Javardo69 said:

i'm not a content creator i just have a bunch of youtube channels subscribed, here is my point of view that makes a channel successfull

number 1 and most important -> 1 video per day always posted at the same time, this is what i find the most important, you have to create a routine for the viewer if he likes your channel he will keep watching the videos if they are posted always at the same time.

number 2 -> don't make more then 6/7 min videos or they become boring, avoid also a lot of cuts on the scene.

number 3-> click bait titles, some thumbnail troll stuff

number 4-> a good video editor can make miracles but not the most important

i can't remember anything more but i guess you must be failing in some of these steps

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Very nice points. Point #2 only works for certain niches though.

rrrider said:

Could you please explain this further? How can this help my channel? I am in a simmilar situation. Great content but no one sees it!!

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I like to give this example of a post on Instagram: it's harder to be the first one to like a picture than to be the 57th.
Same with comments: you would write a comment on a post with 20,000 comments with no issue but you would think twice before writing a comment on a post with none.
Same thing with subscribers.

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I believe I explained the concept to another member. Fake subs = more numbers = channel looks ore legitimate = larger percentage of channel viewers become subscribers.

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know any place that sells non dropping subs?

this thread is somewhat fizzled but I'll throw in my observations anyway.

first off I also operate a toy unboxing channel.
And just let me say this ... the "toy niche" is drastically different than anything else on YouTube and... mysteriously so.
YouTube and all of its video guru's preach about "engagement".
You have to engage viewers in your comments and you have to engage social media.

Download VidIQ and check out what the powerhouse channels are doing.
VidIQ is free and you can see other channels tags and social media activity .

You will see giant channels with .....
ZERO links to Google +
ZERO links to Twitter,
ZERO links to facebook,
ZERO links to Reddit, and
ZERO links to Instagram
......but.....HOW?

Which contradicts everything the guru's advise for success.
So, social media doesn't mean shit in the toy unboxing niche.
Buying HITS is a foolish joke. No child looks at a video and says "ooh this one has 1,575,000 views".
For them it's all about the thumbnail and subject matter.

Next, major channels totally DISABLE their comments !
ZERO engagement with all viewers. NONE.
YOUTUBE suicide for any other niche. But,,,,, NOT in the toy niche.

Next, check out this backlink checker: https://ahrefs.com/ on some toy competition.

I have read that YouTube SEO is the opposite of Google and penalizes you for backlinks because they are bought and fabricated and, do not represent a genuine, authentic interest in the video.

Yet, EvanTubeHD acquires 100's of thousands of backlinks every month.
They're a backlink production machine.
And that channel is huge and operating without penalty.
Another mystery in the toy niche.

I have seen channels with 20 million subscribers and 1.5 to 2 BILLION views.
and they ARE ALL nursery preschool channels.

I have also seen new channels skyrocket to 800,000 and 1 million subscribers in a matter of 4 to 8 months.
Like you, I crunched the numbers and realized it was financial insanity.

But we assume the owners of those channels are just like us.
When in fact the channel could be operated by a corporation.
Think about it.
A business that makes 5 to 15 million dollars a year with no building to maintain, no mortgage, no employees, no benefits to payout, no insurance, no property tax and, no law suits. Yes there are a lot of corporations working on you tube.

I've researched you tube for a year.
I have seen mentions of an unknown software or Bot that can make all of your dreams come true with views, subs, likes, unlikes, and comments. You own it and operate it yourself and, 800,000 Subscribers is no problem and next to free.

That's what might be happening.
Russians tend to be gifted in this area, while Americans (like me) refuse to believe such a thing could exist. But then I have seen an explosion of Russian toy unboxing channels making ugly ass videos with astounding numbers of views and subs.

Social media does not matter.
Engagement does not matter.
Comments and Replies do not matter.
Descriptions do not matter. I see thousands of them with ten words and less.
Buying views & subs does not matter and could cause you to lose all of your hard work with a mouse click by YouTube.

I would also like to take a look at your channel.

I suspect you are trying to hard and your channel is too polished for small kids who
like bright colors, plain backgrounds, simple images, simple music, nursery rhymes, surprise eggs, and finger puppets.

I also have a working theory that you need to market to the moms. But where.... a blog or a forum?
And that's only a start.
You still have to get your videos to the top and on that right hand column.
I have a theory on that....... which will remain my mystery.

just noticed your headline: "1 year and 352 videos later".
You've been making 1 video per day ? I would really like to see just one video now.
Almost all decent youtubers spend half a day just editing what they shot. So...
I'm really curious to see what you have been uploading.