Top 10 Tips to Get Your First 1000 YouTube Subscribers NOW
Want to monetize your YouTube content? We show you how to get your first
1000 subscribers so you can hit that goal.
If you’re new to YouTube but want to monetize your content you’ll need to generate 4,000 hours of Watch
Time, and you’ll also need 1,000 subscribers to qualify. Here are 10 tips to
help you attract those first 1000 subscribers to your YouTube channel
#1 Apply Directly to
Your Audience to Subscribe
There is a school of thought that suggests asking for subscribers, may
sound a little desperate, even cheesy, but it's simply a part of the YouTube
fabric. People ask you to smash that like button to improve the YouTube
algorithm and engagement rates. I've never had a single comment on one of my
videos complaining about asking for subscribers and if you never ask, you may
never get.
#2 Use Resources to
Encourage Subscriber Sign Ups
A way you could encourage your viewers and subscribe is to use animations
on your videos to make the subscribe button pop. You can get all sorts of
resources from all over the internet. Simply try what fits for you and you may
see an upsurge in your subscribers.
#3 Take Advantage of
Your Watermark Branding
Our next step is to take advantage of our watermark branding. When viewers
click on this icon, it takes them to your channel where they could subscribe
after watching more of your content. It's edited and created via the branding
page on the Creator Studio. Make sure the word ‘Subscribe’ is included in your
icon, and don’t introduce it right at the beginning or at the very end of your
video. You want it to act as a visual distraction, maybe 30 to 45 seconds into
the video.
#4 Add a Call to
Subscribe on Your Endscreen
While you can’t add subscription links in YouTube Cards during your video,
you can add a subscribe button to your Endscreen. Have a play around with
graphics and animations for a really strong call to action (CTA).
#5 Use an Auto
Subscribe URL
Next up is a neat little trick. Whenever you share your YouTube channel add
a command to the end of your link, like this: www.youtube.com/vidiq?sub_confirmation=1.
When users click on it they are prompted to automatically subscribed to your
channel before actually visiting your YouTube channel page.
#6 Use a Pinned
Comment to Ask for Subscribers
Another way to directly appeal to your audience for a subscription is to
write a comment and then pin it to your videos. When you do this, that pinned
comment appears at the top of the comments list. Now again, I feel as if
honesty is the best policy. Be open and transparent. Tell your audience why
you're pinning these comments, why you're asking for subscriptions. Maybe it's
because you want to invest the money you earn back into the channel with new
equipment or products.
#7 Add a Subscribe CTA
to Your Video Description
You could also add a similar message to the video description of all of
your videos.
#8 Be an Active Part
of the YouTube Community
Another thing you can do is reach out to an entirely new audience by adding
value to other channels. That might be watching their content and posting
awesome comments that either get pinned or liked by the channel creator and
create a conversation. When people get involved in those conversations, they
might think, "this video creator perhaps has value on their own
channel." So, try and attract a new audience who may really enjoy your
content and subscribe.
As an example, we get all sorts of awesome comments from you on our videos.
I'm sure many other video creators are reading those comments, agreeing or
disagreeing, generating a conversation, perhaps visiting your channels and
subscribing. In a recent example, we had a video creator who got an audit on
one of our live streams, and that drew in a significant number of new
subscribers to his channel. He increased his subscriber base by 5% just by
contributing to our YouTube live stream.
#9 Post Content on a
Regular and Consistent Basis
Our next tip may sound obvious, but it does need reinforcing. Post new
content on a regular basis. For some viewers, it may only take one video to
convince them to subscribe to your channel. But for others, they may watch a
video, enjoy it, but they don't subscribe. Then in their YouTube homepage, they
see a never new video from you, they watch it, enjoy it and say, "Yep,
I've seen a couple of videos from this person now. I enjoy their content. I'm
going to subscribe."
#10 Make Your YouTube
Channel Homepage Welcoming
Following on the theme of encouraging viewers to become subscribers, make
sure that your channel homepage is very welcoming. Use a channel trailer, give
a good description about what your channel does including a good channel
banner, and of course, plenty of playlists that tell the viewer exactly what
your channel's about. In fact, when you're sharing videos, share the playlist
video link. That means that when a viewer is watching your video, they're
within your playlist environment. There may see it more videos that they like
from your channel and eventually subscribe.
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