YouTube can be both a fun hobby if you have the time for it or a full-time job that makes you a genuine income. If you’re one of the growing group who has chosen the latter, then you’ll find that it can be daunting.
Putting in the work to run a successful channel isn’t as easy as it sounds, but with the right tips in mind and the tools needed for success, you can find yourself becoming YouTube famous in under a year.
So without further ado here are our 5 best YouTube tips to help you run a successful page!
1. Establish an efficient strategy
Having the right game plan going into YouTube is a great way to kickstart the foundation for a successful channel. A few ways to create the proper game plan for your page is to ask the right questions.
What do you want out of your channel? What’s the incentive for people to follow your content? How will your content be? What will be the style, mood, and theme? Who ae you even targeting int he first place?
All of these questions are necessities to have answers to if you want to run your channel. You need to know what your goals are going into YouTube so you can push yourself to work harder. You have to know who you’re targeting as an audience so you can figure out how to make the right content. The point is that in order to run a successful channel, you need to have a successful strategy.
2. Find the right niche for you
Before you can truly nail down who your target audience is however you need to establish a niche.
One of the most commonly-repeated strategies for finding the right niche is to niche down. Come up with a list of things you know you’re interested in, you have the right knowledge on, and you can make good videos on and figure out what’s the best for you.
Don’t start a cooking and cleaning and furniture channel. Try to eliminate the ands in-between and simplify your channel. You can diversify later down the road, but in order to get a strong start somewhere you have to work off of a specific topic and idea.
3. Be attention grabbing
So you’ve opened your page, found your niche, and decided on a style. What’s next?
Well, you have to be attention-grabbing. You have to be able to get your viewers’ attention, and keep it long enough in order to get subscribers. One way to do this is via good editing. Maybe you’re not the most charismatic person, but with some good video editing you can accomplish a lot.
However if you’re a sociable person who can talk in a way that will retain your audience’s attention, then good for you! Utilize your skill to get your first followers.
4. Come up with a post formula
Your posts need to have a formula. You can’t just randomly post whenever you decide. It’s not a way to obtain and keep followers at a consistent rate.
Maybe your videos need a lot of work. Then you should consider once a week. Maybe you make quick, sitting in front of the camera vids. Then you can try to post many a week, if not once a day. Maybe you make full-feature documentaries. Then maybe twice a month will suit you.
Depending on how your content is, you can establish the right formula.
At the same time, you need a formula to make your posts unique and consistent. You might have a style of hooking your audience in in the intro. Use that in each video, altering it as seen fit (you want to be consistent not repetitive!).
If you want to run a professional channel that can at some point become a real source of income, you need this.
5. Make an appealing-looking page
Finally, the final big tip on this list is to have a nice page. The average YouTube user does value look to some degree. Messy or cheap looking thumbnails may keep people away from your videos. Similarly, a poorly-done homepage is dangerous for your engagement.
A high-quality profile picture alongside an aesthetically appealing page banner are a good place to get started. If you can’t design properly you could also consider consulting professional designers.
Now that you’ve got the tools you need to run a profitable YouTube page, it’s time to start making content!
