Expanding and Dominating

Now you know the basics of how to build and grow your YouTube channel. What’s left is to keep posting and keep gaining new followers.At the same time though, you should also keep honing your craft, keep building on what’s working and keep watching to see what the other top YouTubers are doing that is working. Here are some tips that will help you to keep growing your audience and to keep gaining new viewers:

Use Tags

Use tags to help with your SEO. These should be words that relate to your videos and to what people are likely to be searching for. This will also help your to videos to show up in the ‘to watch next’ list and the ‘related videos’ column.

Try YouTube Advertising

YouTube Advertising isn’t just a way for you to monetize your videos – it’s also a great way to get more exposure for your own channel. A lot of YouTubers like Tai Lopez have managed to gain thousands of followers by putting their videos at the start of other YouTube content and this can be a very powerful tool for getting seen by more people.

Watch Your Stats

YouTube provides a lot of metrics and statistics through its analytics page. Make sure you keep an eye on this and on what’s working for each of your videos. This way, you can grow your channel by doing more of what’s working well and less of what isn’t. Without feedback, you’re essentially flying blind.

Creating a Showcase Video

You can create a showcase video that will live on your Channel and tell new visitors what you’re all about. This is like an advert for all the content you create and it can be an excellent way to grab attention, to stand out and to gain new subscribers.

The Best Titles

With any content marketing, your titles matter massively. Take a look at a channel like Elliot Hulse and you’ll see that his titles often talk about things like becoming more manly, being the ‘king of everything’, or being an alpha male. These are clickbait titles that cause an emotional reaction and as such, he gains a lot more viewers than he would if he only tackled regular content.In fact, being different and being interesting is one of the most important things you can do in general.VSauce is a channel that does this incredibly well. VSauce videos talk about everything from philosophy, to math to physiques but they do so in a way that everyone can relate to and that is constantly engaging and surprising. This content is so well researched, so unique and so fascinating that it was always going to be shared.

Thumbnails

Finally, make sure that you are using a high quality of thumbnail. This is one of the few means you have to separate yourself from the competition and to stand out so it must look high quality and relevant to the topic of your video.

Conclusion

And there you have it: everything you need to know to get started with YouTube. Of course there’s much more to learn, but a lot of it you are going to discover ‘on the job’. The most important thing is to start uploading videos and to putting out content. As you do, you’ll refine your process, you’ll see what works and your video quality will improve.It can take a little time to find your rhythm, so make sure that you are making videos on a subject that you enjoy. From there, you can then go about perfecting your technique and gaining a massive, loyal set of viewers.To start with, focus on:• Creating high quality videos• Uploading as regularly as possible• Taking a systematic approach• Doing basic SEO• Sharing to social media• Building a community• Coming up with interesting topics and titles• Networking and forming partnerships
What you’ll find as you do all this as well, is that it can be highly rewarding in its own right. As soon as you add a well-made video to your homepage, your entire business will look more serious and professional and you’ll feel much more capable. The same is true for creating a vlog and becoming a minor celebrity in your niche.The payoff here is incredible, so make sure to dive in and give it a go!