1. Post More Videos
- Upload as often as you can and be consistent.
- You should post at least once a week. But if you can upload quality content more often, you should do that.
- Casey Neistat is one of my favorite YouTubers. In his first 5 years, he gained 500,000 subscribers. But when he started uploading daily vlogs, he got 500,000 more subs in 5 months.
- Casey said, "If you wanna succeed here, you've gotta show up for work. Every. Single. Day."
- At the time of this writing, he sits at 4 million subs and averages 11,000 new subs every day!
2. Use Other Platforms
- Post your videos on Facebook natively. Upload to your blog. Post videos on Twitter and post everywhere you can get eyeballs.
- Growing a strong YouTube audience is easier when you use other platforms as well.
3. Featured Channels
- Strategically partner with other channels to grow your subscribers.
- On your homepage, you can add "Featured Channels" of other YouTubers you like and recommend.
- If you get similar channels to feature you, you'll start to get new viewers very quickly!
4. Collaborate
- If you have some momentum and at least a few thousand subscribers, chances are that another YouTuber will be happy to collaborate with you.
- Find channels with a similar audience and similar size.
- Then, send your followers to that page by doing a shoutout or incorporating them into your video. The other channel will do the same for you.
5. Make Good Channel Trailer
- Introduce yourself to new viewers by creating a channel trailer.
- The video will autoplay when a non-subscriber visit the homepage of your channel.
- It's an opportunity to get people interested in your content and watch more videos.
- Make a captivating video that describes what you're all about.
6. Focus on Trending Videos
- If something big is happening that your audience cares about, make a video related to it.
- Capitalize on something that's popular in your area, on the news, or just trending everywhere.
- For example, hundreds of YouTubers made Pokémon GO videos when the game came out and took the world by storm.
- Google Trends will help you find big keywords and show you what's popular in different areas.
7. Create Evergreen Content
- What's trending now will eventually fade away. Evergreen content will be relevant for years.
- Creating content that is timeless and stays "fresh" for viewers is a goal every YouTuber should have.
- A lot of timeless content will create too much momentum to fail.