Why Is 10,000 YouTube Views Important? As someone who is a veteran YouTube creator, 10,000 YouTube views does not seem like a big deal to me. However if you're starting a new channel this can seem a bit daunting and you're probably wondering how the heck do I get views to a new channel? Getting 10,000 views is significant because it's now the threshold you have to reach in order to turn on monetisation to you channel. This was recently brought in to tackle users benefiting from ad revenue when they upload hateful content. This all kicked off then The Wall Street Journal accused PewDiePie of being racist whilst he ran innocent ad content on his videos. Yes this is frustrating but I can understand why YouTube doesn't want someone being able to actually do this deliberately. So, the 10,000 views threshold was brought in as a deterant to stop people doing this. This is annoying for those who are genuinly uploading peaceful and noon-hateful content and trying to start a new YouTube channel because they enjoy doing so. So how do you get to 10,000 YouTube views and start making ad revenue? Here's what I'd do... 1. Take Advantage Of Popular Trends If there's one thing that can get you a lot of views on a new YouTube channel is making videos around current trends. Channels that focus around 'top trends' get a lot of views because obviously, people are interested in certain things at certain times which are being searched for in high volumes. You don't have to focus your channel on 'trends' but you can include something that is trending in your videos as long as it makes sense. For example, let's look at fidget spinners. Fidget spinners have exploded in popularity in the last month (may-june 2017) Although they are winding down, they have proven that adding the current trend into your videos can have a huge impact. Everyone and their dog has tried to incorporate these spinners somehow, whether it be someone drawing one, doing a trick with one or crushing one with a hydrollic press. Even though your channel is new and your video is new, if you place it with the right title and tags you can expect to get some overnight views, especially if you jump on these trends right away. For example, a video called 'ten top fidget spinner tricks' is going to be suggested to users by YouTube because it's highly relevant right now even though it's from a new channel. I have found using this 'trends' method extremely effective. I have based videos around popular film characters before anyone else has, and as a result been given huge amounts of views quickly. I even did this when my channel was brand new. 2. Get Your Video Shared Professionally This next step to getting your first 10,000 videos views is very effective when done properly. This method whilst not always free, can get you to your target quickly. This method involves finding Influencers in your field that will share your video with their audiences. This works best when you target people who have large followers who relate to your niche. These are the steps; 1. Find an Influencer, you can do this by searching for a YouTuber, Facebook page, Instagrammer. (always look for people in your niche) 2. Send them a professional email explaining you'd like them to share your video for something in return, usually a one off payment which you can make through Paypal. 3. Repeat Whilst this is a good way to get your video in-front of people quickly, it will cost you money usually. Not a lot, usually between $10-$50. But bare in mind, you could reach your 10,000 views with one share of your video. You should contact a few different people at the same time to make sure you maximise people getting back to you. Some may not respond, and that's okay, but when you approach them front a business stand point most will open up your email. Once you've found an Influencer, you can then build a relationship with them and continue to make deals over time leading to more and more views. 3. Build Up Your Other Social Accounts You can get 10,000 YouTube views easily if you have established social accounts on other platforms like Facebook. Facebook works great for sharing video and some pages get millions of views organically by people sharing them easily. more and more people are focusing on sharing video on Facebook because it gets shared so quickly. If you don't have a Facebook page, starting one is very easy. The best way to build up a Facebook page quickly and get 'likes' is to pay for them. I know people don't like to pay for things, especially when they're starting out, but, if you want to build a YouTube channel long term, you gotta start investing in it. If you run ads on your Facebook page you can only pay when someone likes your page. You don't need a ton of likes to get the ball rolling either. You can start by buying $10 worth of ads which might get you 50 page likes. If you have 50 'fans', they can start sharing your content if it's good enough. With a bit of savvy and some luck, your YouTube video can go viral on Facebook. If you combine point 1 where you create a video on a current popular subject and this one, you could find that your video get's shared quickly because it's highly relevant. Once you have a couple hundred Facebook page likes, you can ease off on spending money on getting 'fans' and start to focus more on content that people want to share. A great example of shareable content is food. The Facebook page 'Tasty' gets 100000's of views on every video because they make short food recipe videos that people love due to them looking 'tasty'. You can see from the screenshot above that this Facebook page has some serious 'likes'. It's important to remember that even they started somewhere and I'm 99% positive they would have bought some ads to stat off with.
Also remember that nothing is overnight, you have to start at the bottom and be creative to get millions of views let alone 10,000 YouTube views. If you keep creating relevant content to your niche that's trending and quality, shared and fun to watch, you'll have your 10,000 views faster than you thought AND you'll be able to start making money with ads too.
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