Moon & Star: new mod, new video, new investigation

[shinji72]

Yeah you're totally right on the lull. I've to produce little more, even if that means simplifying a little bit. 

I see other Youtubers making video, with no speech, about armors and houses mod...

But I dont' want to step in the same business.

I could try to do more gameplays (like Teso).

They would give me less views but are easier to produce... 

So I could have a standard day for Skyrim Mod Watch and then upload some gameplay when I have the time...

 

What do you think could be a good day to maximise the audience?

 

[nutluck]

Well Gopher typically does 1 mods video a week. Lately he has had lulls but at this point he is big enough and puts out enough video's that having a lull with one of his series is not a big deal for him.

 

So if you can manage one skyrim mod a week I think would be a good start. I also agree talk during the video. I tend to turn off those with no comments on them. When i watch a mod video I want to see the mod and hear about it. Tell me what is good about it, tell me what is bad about etc.

 

Things to help get view that I feel work from watching youtuber channels grow and personal opinion. Some of this is based on Lady Lexy a youtuber that does skyrim, FONV, and minecraft lets plays. When I started watching her about 9 months ago she wasn't much bigger channel than you are. She final broke 1k on New Years day and now she is almost to 3k. So with that in mind.

1) Talk to your followers, when you have time respond to comments and make your followers feel connected and involved. You are small enough now that is not a issue, eventually if you get big enough you can't do that anymore but at that point your channel should be big enough it isn't needed.

 

2) Avoid lulls and try to be consistent on content, to get people in the habit of checking your channel. The more content the better but making yourself consistent is more important. Find the amount of content that works for you and then stick to it. For example Mods review every Friday and a lets play every monday. Or what ever works.

 

3) Be informative and as entertaining as you can be. People will watch stuff that gives them information about the mods, the pro's and con's and if you can be entertaining at the same time that is a big plus.

 

4) Pick something that is popular to be your main focus. Example both Lexy and Gopher's main focus is Skyrim, they do other stuff too but they focus on Skyrim over the others. Because skyrim is the most popular of games they cover. Jingles another youtuber covers a few things but his main focus is on World of Tanks for example. So you can do other games and stuff, but make sure what ever you choose as your focus has more content. You want to become known for that topic. So if you pick Skyrim, just make sure there is more Skyrim content than other stuff. Again this is less of a issue once you are well established. By more content I don't mean more video's but more air time. So if you do 1 30min video of TESO make sure You have more than 30 mins of videos for Skyrim if Skyrim is your focus of course, either one longer video or 3 15min video's.

 

5) Be yourself and have fun with it. People can spot those who are not having fun and just doing it for views or are acting in a way they think will make them popular. Far better to just be yourself, have fun with the video's and enjoy yourself. Do that and people will pick up on it, you might grow slow but you will know the followers you pick up will be their because they like what you are doing. Getting a core strong following is the first step and I think this is how you do it. Word of mouth by actual fans that enjoy yourself and believe in your channel is the best thing that will grow your channel over the long run.

 

6) Decided what your goal is with this now. Is your goal is to just have fun making youtube video's? Or is your goal to have this be a bonus income(few can do this for a living). Decided now as it should effect how you approach this.

 

7) Pick a target group. For example Lexy targets people who just want to watch her have fun playing games, Gopher targets Nexus/mod fans with his mod video's and his lets plays by showing the mods in action, plus with him he picks up people who just want to watch him play as well. Jingles focuses on reviews of tanks and play tactics for World of Tanks. Another example if Brodul who covers a lot of crazy silly mods, he covers serious mods too but his main focus has always been crazy out there mods. So not only should you at least early on pick a primary game to focus on but also decided who your main target audience will be.

 

8) What ever you decided to focus on make sure you give it enough coverage. What I mean by that is if you do mods, then cover them well. Give the viewer enough information about the mod so that they can make a informed decision about the mod if it is for them or not. That was the number one reason I first started watch Gopher and still a big reason why I watch his stuff including his lets plays. I see the mods in action how they work and then know if this is a mod for me.

 

9) Final thing, don't worry to much about growing your channel early on. Most youtubers grow in spurts. Lexy for example at first never thought she would be 1k followers, it took her almost a year to hit 1k. Now she is almost at 3k, it took less than 4 months for her to go from 1k to almost 3k. Once you get going things will grow on it's own, just focus on doing a good job and getting better at making video's and if you find your niche your channel will grow but it could take a long time.

[nutluck]

You know I just realized you asked what would be a good

DAY

 

I read that as what would be a good

 

WAY

 

*sigh* that was why I made my huge post.

 

As for day, I honestly don't think it would matter, I mean that is the beauty of watching things online. You can watch them 24/7 when you have time. I think the day and time you post it is less important than just being consistent with your content.