How to get first net?

It may seem quite challenging to start a channel, especially when you are in the early stages of your channel and you have no subscribers. The first 100 subscribers are very important and once you achieve this then you are on the right path to gaining more fans. Here are some tips to help you get your first 100 subscribers on YouTube.

1. Optimize Your Channel

Do not rush into posting any videos, instead, spend some time perfecting your YouTube channel. This includes:

• Channel Art & Icon: Ensure that you have good-looking but official channel art and an icon that reflects your channel’s theme. This will help to make your channel unique.
• Description: Create an engaging and accurate tagline that will inform viewers about what they should expect from you. Include key search terms.
• Keywords: Keyword research should also be conducted around your niche to discover what people are searching for. It is recommended to use these keywords in the title, description, tags, and even thumbnail.

Engaging in these activities informs YouTube about your channel and its content so that it can serve users relevant videos similar to yours.

2. Produce High-Quality Videos

However, to gain those first loyal subscribers, it is critical to create high-quality and entertaining videos. Before uploading, ask yourself:

• Am I providing an entertaining, engaging, or informative video for the audience?
  
• Is it well-lit, with good sound, no camera shake, and clear and crisp video?
  
• Is it long enough to be informative but not too long to make the audience lose their attention?
  
• Yes, I would watch this video. If not, modify it till I do!

Spend time perfecting each video and trimming it to eliminate any unnecessary or unimportant sections. Another advantage of writing a loose script is that it is also effective in organizing your thoughts and making your points straight to the point.

3. Upload Consistently

The only sure method of garnering a large audience is by creating an upload schedule and adhering to it. This makes the subscribers get used to new videos being released frequently. Still unsure about what schedule would be best for you? Start by committing to upload.

• Initially, once a week
  
• Once again, when you start getting into some sort of rhythm twice a week.
  
• At least 3+ once you are receiving several subscribers that require frequent updates.

Whether the schedule chosen is tight or flexible, one has to ensure that they stick to it. Do not post randomly or take a long time to post when building up those initial subscribers.

4. Promote Your Videos

However, after optimizing your videos, YouTube will start recommending your videos to the viewers, but you can do this manually after uploading a new video. Here are some easy ways to promote as a small YouTuber.

• Post it on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and subreddits relevant to the niche of your work. Also, friends should share as well!
  
• Compose useful comments to other videos that are similar to yours; do not simply type ‘Watch my video!’
  
• Consider other channels that are of the same size so that you can share resources and promote each other’s brands.
  
• Post your videos on websites, forums, and groups that are relevant to your content. Avoid spamming!
  
• Produce videos in series that are likely to be of interest to people who may be looking for information on the internet.

This should be done for each video while at the same time investing most of the energy in developing great video content. That means quality plus promotion is the magic combination!

5. Engage With Your Audience

When you start getting those few viewers and subscribers, it should be a priority to interact with your still limited audience. Relationship and community formation equals loyalty. To engage viewers:

• Always respond to all the comments positively and diplomatically.
  
• Make the viewers think by asking them questions.
  
• Conduct polls to know what content they would like to consume.
  
• Either provide permission to feature subscribers of their content or address their queries.
  
• Once in a while do open-air and casual question-and-answer sessions.

By doing so the viewers will feel like the content is for them and they are being listened to which will make them much more likely to subscribe and tune in.

Getting the first 100 subscribers is not an easy task and would demand a lot of time and effort. But by learning the trends of your niche, refining your content, uploading videos regularly, sharing videos, and being sincere in your interactions with the first fans – you will reach that figure faster than you think. So, persevere, be yourself, and the most important thing is to enjoy the process!

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