When it comes to watching videos online, YouTube is the first thing that comes across our minds. Not only for viewers, but the platform is also providing so many YouTubers their bread and better who are making their living out of it.
In this detailed post, I would be bringing up some of the common points why most YouTubers fail and why they are not able to earn the recognition on the platform they had thought about while getting into YouTubing. This post is for all those wannabe YouTubers who are thinking of making it big on the platform.
Hopefully, this post will help you to get started with the right mindset and direction.
Let’s look into those points one by one and see how you could get into professional YouTubing without failing.
YouTubing Without Passion
Getting started on YouTube is like starting your own business. There is no room for people not to have passion for their work. If you are taking YouTube as some get-rich-quick money-making scheme, it is better to not waste their server space by making your account.
The only people who make it big on YouTube are those who are ready to go to their extreme level to bring outstanding content to their viewers.
It needs a lot of passion along with patience to make to attract a large audience over time. Passion is the foremost thing that beginner YouTubers lack. They think that once they upload a video, it would get a ton of views instantly which is wrong. You need to regularly produce great content on your channel in order to increase your audience. This is only possible if you have passion for your work.
Copycat YouTubers
As it may be clear from the heading itself, there is no place for copycat YouTubers who just copy someone else videos and post them as theirs.
YouTube as a platform is very strict about such instances. It is evident that if you are one of the above categories, sooner or later, your account will get banned.
Mostly, YouTubers practice such acts for getting easy views on viral videos and earning some quick bucks. However, there is rarely any channel that could get through with such an act.
If you are copying a video from another channel, you are not only making your channel vulnerable to ban but also ruining the time and money the other channel spent for creating that video.
Not Using the Right Equipment
As a YouTuber, many factors come into play in gaining a massive audience.
Using the right set of equipment plays a major role.
If you are not using the right set of cameras, microphones, and editing software, even if you have talent, you won’t be able to showcase it properly.
Apart from passion, you should also have presentation skills which are only possible when you use modern-day technology. Our eyes have become more adaptive to better technology. Gone are the days of 3gp mobile videos, people now prefer to watch HD videos even if the content is of moderate quality.
Content Quality
You must have heard this phrase “Content is King”!
It is absolutely true. The reason why one video becomes viral overnight and another one strives to gain views is the content only. Great content attracts a mass audience. There is no secret to gaining views on YouTube. It only depends on the content quality and the scope of sharing it within your network.
In short, make an outstanding video and share it as much as possible within your network.
Not Understanding Your Audience
Well, most YouTubers strive to gain views, comments, and likes on their videos. Once you get those, it becomes your responsibility to analyze your audience, their likes, and their views about your content.
If you observe any big YouTuber, they will mostly tell their viewers to put their views about the video in the comments section so that they could understand whether the video they made was actually good for their audience or not.
Once your start reading your audience and what sort of content they need from your end, your success graph is bound to increase exponentially.
Audience Engagement
I have covered some parts of this point already. Audience engagement is the key to understanding your audience.
There are so many ways you could do that. YouTube live, Facebook lives, and whatnot, you can engage with your audience directly using various ways and get to know their viewpoint.
Of course, you will get mixed reactions, it is your duty to work on the common points and improve those in your next set of videos.
PRO TIP: Most of the time, YouTubers use these methods to decide their next video topic if they are having a mental block.
So these were the top five points to ponder if you are getting into professional YouTubing.
For a truly passionate and talented guy, there is no limit to reaching success. The only pro tip that I could give at this time, analyze your competitors and try to get better content with a better presentation in front of your audience.
Do let us know in the comments section if you have something to share with us about this post. We would be glad to see to your queries and help you become a successful YouTuber.
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