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sparkthego

sparkthego

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Hi,
I have started motovloging just over 1 month ago and I aim to get 1 video a week at the minimum. So far other than people who I told about my channel or people I met on the website no one has looked at my videos impressions are low and click through are 0 except for the ones I clicked on. Is this expected for starting a channel or am i beating a dead horse?

Pease let me know your ideas,
Thanks.
 
I think I recorded like couple of years, till I started getting some views. But then again ,I never do or have done any of the promoting stuff on social media. Well, besides this forum. Now days social media seems to be the main way to grow. I am still on low view levels, and ok with that.
If you feel confident that what you create is good, then share it with friends\acquaintances, you think the topic would interest. Try to pry for some feedback from them. And most importantly, try to focus on topics that actually interest you, because I've noticed passion will reflect in the outcome. I've tried to manufacture topics a lot, over time, just to keep posting on regular basis. But I myself can see and hear the difference in the videos, that really interest me.
 
New channels start out slowly, that's how it goes for 90% of all YouTubers. Most of my early subscribers and viewers were friends and family! Once YouTube sees you are persistent and will stick around, THEN the algorithm starts to promote your stuff and the channel starts growing.

You can try using other social media stuff like Facebook and Instagram to speed up the process, that works for some people but its never worked well for me.
 
Thx for your input, it's probably a bit of a blessing that YouTube does not promote content util you've been at it for a while, I think the title reflects what I feel about some of the videos that i've produced. Sometimes the video does not come out the way I envisaged.

In regards to promoting on social media, i'm not sure how important this step is. To me success on youtube is from either click through via impressions and subscribers who genuinely like what you put out not only watch because they are friends on social media.

But what I can take from this is YouTube might start promoting me more if I show them I serious about making videos.

Thx
 
Social media is your friend when it comes to getting your content seen. There are quite a few topics on this within the forum if you have a read through some of the older posts.
But seriously, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc help get your content seen.
You are correct that your friends and family are not going to be the means to an end, but those that support you will help you grow.
I mainly focus on Facebook, although do use the others as well. Create a page on Facebook for your channel that you can use to then join relevant groups. The groups to look for are for fans/owners of the bike you ride, and relevant ones for the content you create. Not all allow pages to join, so you may need to join them as your individual Facebook profile. You need to interact on them as well, don't just go in guns blazing spamming your content, take an interest in others before you even think about sharing any videos, and def don't spam them, just keep any videos you share relevant to the group you are posting it on.
Networking when you start is a great way to get an audience, watch and subscribe to lots of other similar/local channels to yours/you and comment with sincerity on their content, let them know you enjoy their stuff and they may take a look at your content.
You have to be proactive to grow a channel, it won't happen without your effort.
Also, work on your video titles, descriptions and tags. If you don't fill them in well, then YouTube won't know who to suggest your content to. A good title would include what someone may be searching for on YouTube, like the bike make and model. Don't title them like this: "Vlog 1...." or "S1E04....." etc, if you feel a need to number them, put that at the end, not the start as no one cares what number vlog it is, they just want to know what it is about.
There are plenty of other little tips, I am sure others will pipe in with them, but best thing to do is not worry about the numbers to start with, worry about putting up content people will enjoy. As @Theodor mentioned, if you want to watch your vlog again after having recorded it, edited it, proof watched it and then uploaded it, then quite possibly others will want to watch it too. If by the time it gets onto YouTube you are sick of that video, you might be better off not sharing it... but not in every case! :-D some folk are way too critical of their own work!

TLDR: Get on Facebook and make a page for your channel. Network with other motovloggers, you'll soon find a close community by doing so. Make content you want to watch over and over!
 
As a bit of feedback to your channel (just subbed but not watched any of your videos yet). You could do with reformatting some of your thumbnails as they don't fit the window properly on YouTube, so are less appealing potentially, Your latest thumbnail fits the window, but is quite dark, so hard to read, the previous 3 don't look like you used a 16:9 1920/1080 image for them?
 
My two cents - I started out with nothing as far as following. Then I was participating in a group ride. Other riders asked about it and then that turned into them watching the video, me going on more rides with them, and spiraled up to about 50 subs but a lot of views.

Then the adpocolypse hit and I had to promote a lot more on social media so I could reach that magic 1K subscriber mark.

If you are looking for a type of video that really draws viewers - bike reviews/impressions.

You will find your voice/style over time so do not get discourage for a few years. I watch some of my early stuff from time to time just to cringe a little and think about where I started.
 
HippoDrone said:
Create a page on Facebook for your channel that you can use to then join relevant groups. The groups to look for are for fans/owners of the bike you ride, and relevant ones for the content you create.
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Great advice, I didn't think of it in this way and I can see how that would really work. I am already a member of several Facebook groups Kawi riders etc. I also take your point about not spamming people with your content, perhaps just gently let them know that content is there if they are interested in watching. Thx.
 
HippoDrone said:
As a bit of feedback to your channel (just subbed but not watched any of your videos yet). You could do with reformatting some of your thumbnails as they don't fit the window properly on YouTube, so are less appealing potentially, Your latest thumbnail fits the window, but is quite dark, so hard to read, the previous 3 don't look like you used a 16:9 1920/1080 image for them?
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Awesome! will do, thx.
 
R-Rated said:
My two cents - I started out with nothing as far as following. Then I was participating in a group ride. Other riders asked about it and then that turned into them watching the video, me going on more rides with them, and spiraled up to about 50 subs but a lot of views.
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Great Idea! thx.
Also I take it there a little "hack's" to boost view i.e. bike reviews/impression. Probably good to get a little boost in the channel but don't want to fall in the trap of overdoing it just to get views, want to stay true to the purpose of my channel. Thx.
 
I am not sure about "hacks"? Do you mean paying for subs or views? I wouldn't do those.
 
R-Rated said:
I am not sure about "hacks"? Do you mean paying for subs or views? I wouldn't do those.
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No that's not what I meant, I mean for example:
I don't care much for electric motorcycle, but if I did a review on one I would probably get a boost because its a bit of a trending topic.

So what I mean about "hack's" is to make a video solely for the purpose of getting views but is not necessarily inline with the purpose of the channel. I mean I think it would be ok if I did this sometimes but I wouldn't want to over do it in my channel.
 
sparkthego said:
No that's not what I meant, I mean for example:
I don't care much for electric motorcycle, but if I did a review on one I would probably get a boost because its a bit of a trending topic.

So what I mean about "hack's" is to make a video solely for the purpose of getting views but is not necessarily inline with the purpose of the channel. I mean I think it would be ok if I did this sometimes but I wouldn't want to over do it in my channel.
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Sorry I misunderstood your meaning of hack.

Oh yes definitely ride and review bikes you might not have considered! I have had my eyes opened to several potential new bikes that I would have written off without trying. There were others where I was excited to try and walked away afterwards feeling let down.

I know other motovloggers disagree that if a rider is not going to buy then they shouldn't try the bike but that is where demo days pays off greatly. I even talked a fellow motovlogger into trying a bike they thought was not for them. But when they got the bike they were in love with it.
 
Interesting and searchable topics are going to get more views than a regular old motovlog in my experience. If you can time your release and topics decently, you can break a few thousand views and those viewers may or may not watch your other videos and subscribe.
Bike test rides, product reviews and things of the like will help get your videos in front of people. VidIq or TubeBuddy can help a little bit with keyword searches when it comes to those videos also.
Time helps too, it takes a while for people to stumble across you in the sea of YouTube videos :D I release on different days every view months and skip a few weeks just to see how it really affects views. On searchable stuff, it doesn't affect it that much so far (Still a really small channel), but I do see my motovlogs and side topic stuff fall off.
Keep it up, you'll get it figured out!
 
Skipshift said:
Interesting and searchable topics are going to get more views than a regular old motovlog in my experience. ...
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Skipshift said:
On searchable stuff, it doesn't affect it that much so far (Still a really small channel), but I do see my motovlogs and side topic stuff fall off.
Keep it up, you'll get it figured out!
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My main focus from start is to focus on searchable content, thus far all my 6 videos are heavily focused on searchable content and there is one motorcycle ride review (as my first video).

However I understand from what you are saying that searchable content is not going to help the new YouTube channels much? That is really valuable to know and perhaps I should try an different approach, but most importantly make sure I'm still having fun with it all.
 
If you do searchable content, either do it better or faster [shorter video] than other videos already done on the subject. This will get your video noticed and bumped up in the search rankings. I have a few GoPro-related videos on my channel that are getting more views and are ranked higher than videos out longer than mine, by more established channels.

-John
 
I look at YouTube as a place where there are no free lunches. As s motovlogger you are part of a community. Embrace them, watch their content, give comments, thoughts, suggestions and compliments. Watch, and interact with as many motovloggers as you can, and your voice will be respected, and hopefully this will pull more views to your site.

Social media is a big help. I only use Facebook, and Instagram (considerably less) and just those two help a lot.
Promoting your bike by making it your title can draw a lot of views because other riders, or those interested in riding, will be drawn to your videos. Once you establish what you ride, how and/or where, you make your mark on YouTube, and from there you can branch out other topics and content.

- Wolf
 
scooterwuf said:
I look at YouTube as a place where there are no free lunches. As s motovlogger you are part of a community. Embrace them, watch their content, give comments, thoughts, suggestions and compliments. Watch, and interact with as many motovloggers as you can, and your voice will be respected, and hopefully this will pull more views to your site.

Social media is a big help. I only use Facebook, and Instagram (considerably less) and just those two help a lot.
Promoting your bike by making it your title can draw a lot of views because other riders, or those interested in riding, will be drawn to your videos. Once you establish what you ride, how and/or where, you make your mark on YouTube, and from there you can branch out other topics and content.

- Wolf
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Great tips!

-John
 
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