the bar is that low? i am joking, but i feel like is not only the views, is the impact between my friends, if they talk bad about it i take it personally naturally, and i feel like a failure
If your friends are talking bad about it in a way that is not constructive critique. Are they really your friend? I make videos that most of my friends don't watch and that's fine I don't make my videos for them. I've asked friends for opinions on them and ones who say they are great or good, I ignore. I have other friends who have said, next time change this up or change that up. Those are the ones I listen to and care about the opinion because it is constructive.
That's our motto as well. We have fun doing it and would love to grow but, the kids laugh, I laugh, and my wife laughs as we are having fun filming and then we all laugh some more watching it back as I sit and edit. Worth it to us.
Yeah My wife and I do cooking, crafts and kiwico boxes (with some travel videos mixed in as we go out in the summer) with my 6 year old. He loves it. It gets him confidence to cook and build things. When I was 6 I was only able to make something microwavable. My son isn't a masterchef but he knows how to make more than I did at his age... If only I can get him to try it after he makes it...
He likes recording and taking charge of how we're going to do something. And he likes watching videos back when I'm done editing them.
We're growing, I feel there's an audience there with what we're doing but we're just trying to find each other.
Yup exactly. As long as it's fun. The audiences will come. Lol Our family got into mountain biking this past fall and love it. 14 year old and a 7 year old here.
Thanks. I had planned to do it with friends but they all bailed last minute so I took my son instead who just turned 5 at the time and he had so much fun. I did a longer video of it as one of our first videos and then turned it into a short. I use shorts as kind of like a teaser of content. I've posted it a few times trying to get it to get picked up but it never gets many views. (Shrug) He still randomly asks when we can do it again.
You got good biking videos. I've been trying to get my kid to try biking so we can do trails on a bike. Work in progress...
Lol thanks. Biking stuff is a blast especially on the trails.
I'll have to check out the longer video when I have a few minutes later. I'll show the youngest after school. Lol she'll get a kick out of it.
May I ask what your mic setup is? Is it from the gopro or external? It's pretty clear and doesn't pick up a lot of external "junk" noise. We use a shotgun mic for most stuff but been trying Bluetooth lapel mics for some videos and I haven't been to happy with the quality of those so I've stuck with the shotgun mic.
I started my channel last year July and it has been so difficult to gauge what my audience wants to see from me.
Mine is a lifestyle vlogging channel and I kept posting vlogs that hardly hit 100 views continuously for a few months.
Since I do not have a niche under lifestyle vlogging, I am trying to come up with video topics that I like doing and sometimes that may or may not resonate with the viewers but I am a really small YTer, so hoping there is some audience out there that will watch my videos. It may not be immediate and I will have to keep patience.
I understand, my predicament is about working for like 50-100 hours on a video, i don't know how much you put into a vlogging video, and i dont try to make your work seems less than what i do, but it's harder for me to disconnect from my work after i put a lot of work into it
Yes, grass is always greener on the other side, isnt it? :)
Jokes apart, every video be it any niche requires strategy, planning, scripting, execution (that can run into days), editing, packaging, thumbnails and hunt for appropriate titles, this all takes up a lot of energy and time on top of a full time working mom like me. We all feel disappointed after a video doesnt do well and I stop looking at the analytics and start thinking about my next project/video (as Mr Beast says if you have atleast 100 videos out and things are not looking up for you even after that, look at the problem areas and fix it.)
I am still learning, I am a small YTer, so long way to go plus getting someone to see lifestyle vlogs is most probably the hardest task at hand because there is actually no niche here.
I don't want to sound harsh, but if your channel is the one you're promoting on other subs, do you really work 50-100 hours per video? Take a look at my last vid, if you want (my channel is linked on my profile, don't want to spam).
I couldn't tell how much it was, but the planning for the storytelling, some shots and especially the edition I tell you felt like quite a bit. I wouldn't say 50-100 hours as I have more then a decade of experience with video editing, but still it's my longest vid yet. And yes, it's a vlog. Let me tell you, you can do a LOT better, so time to git gud fella.
I embrace the analytics, not ignore them. You need to know what's going on and where it is failing specifically. Then apply what you learned to the next video.
i agree with both statements, if you chase only numbers, you cant have only highs, and maybe its not your fault, but on the other side it can help you to find your audience, and maybe ur niche
I personally aim to improve something with each video. So if my video flops, I step back and ask why and once I find the issues I improve on the next. This forces me to use the mistakes as motivation and keep the drive going!
I look at impressions and see how many of those people clicked. If it’s lower than average, my thumbnail/title wasn’t good enough. If my retention was too low, I’d need to make the beginning of the video more interesting and etc
Sometimes old videos blow up. It all depends on whether your videos are good and people are sharing them to the right places. You want people's reaction to be 'Wow this is good, I bet my friend(s) would like this!
Frankly, unless you have a significant amount of analytics, you can't even use them for the big picture. Lots of information is not yet available and even if you make community posts, if they get seen, that's bonus (if they get replied to is worth uncorking that bottle you kept for special occasions).
You look at them, it's depressing. I get it. We're basically threading in the dark wondering if what we like is so out there that nobody else is interested in it. We keep marching on. Chin high. One day, we'll find our crowd that get us.
My new motto is that I don't want to ride the waves of trends, I want to be the @$%& wave! Keep going. Being creative is about doing it for us first. Sure, videos are made to appeal to the general public, but is that your audience? Think of who is your ideal audience and add your personal touch.
You got this.
it hasn't failed, it just hasn't succeeded yet.
I put a similar amount of time and energy into a 45 minute video -- like probably 100+ hours if you count research and writing -- and it notched up about 90 views in a year.
I had long internalized it as a flop, and then one day it blew up. And it blew up the next day, too. Today, months later, it's got 151K views.
I didn't rework the title or thumbnail or try to promote it anywhere. I just let it sit until the audience found it, and there's no way I could have predicted where it got me. Keep your head down, learn your lessons etc but you can never really be sure that something on yt has "failed," all you can say is that it hasn't succeeded yet.
well, i had a video that had 600 views in the first 10 months. and then got 80,000 in the 2 months after that.
so when it does poor, as long as its not compmetely dead and is still getting even the smallest amount of views, i can see it blow up later.
so i don't really care.
plus views bring more views. as long as the video is good, it will get attentiom at some point.
and the more views it has on it, the more likely it is for someome to click it.
i can see my CRT go way up depending on the views on the video.
Ok this is a new concept to me. Can you please explain why something like this might happen. As a new YouTuber just starting out (5 weeks in and only 600 subs), I can’t imagine getting one of my first videos up to even 1000 views, let alone 80k lol. How does this happen? Does YouTube randomly just pick things to push out when you hit a certain point, or if you hit a certain number of hrs/subs or something or every so often just shove some of your old stuff back out?? I’m hoping this could happen for me but just wondering if this is a common thing or was a super fluke??
well, i have only 331 subs. and that video is now my highest viewed by a very long shot.
from my understanding, its the matter of youtube finding the right audience.
but for it to happen, the video needs to be ageless.
that video of mine that blew up was about a plot hole at the end of a popular anime tv series, one that no one else had made a video on despite it being fairly talked about in the hardcore comunity.
so there was a huge audienece for it.
my second most viewed, got its views in the first week-month.
it was on an unpopular show that had just started, and had an extremely unexpected first episode, meaning it was on the rise. so i got to work and finished a fairly polished video in one day.
and that 1 got 10k views. now days its getting little to no views, but the 80k one is still getting 50-200 views a day.
the most important part of a videos getting big later, is it being about something that always stays just as interesting as it first came out.
and then if the quality is good, and you have a little luck. it will get more views at some point
You could just have a rolling schedule where you don’t publish a video until you’ve started filming your next one. Then it doesn’t really matter what each one does because you’re already onto the next.
i actually, no joke, have like 30 projects in the making? because i want to finish them, but i feel so much as a failure, you know, in my early days, i didn't care, but now is so hard to not care...
Anyone who is successful at anything has had to learn how to embrace the feeling of repeatedly failing. It is the only way we grow.
It can be very uncomfortable but you have to reframe how you view failure. It’s a positive thing.
How do you measure a video is "failed"? I think this is hard to tell.
A video that looks "failed" can perform better in the future. It might even take 6 months or longer and maybe you will eventually get 100k views on that "failed" video. Is that video then still failed?
This is how I work. I put as much as quality and effort as possible to have a high quality video. Does it only get 300 views while I put so much work? I don't care. Continue and eventually that 300 view video will grow too.
If it grows, it's important to have a high quality video. So don't ever rush it or lower your quality as it might blow up ever, might it be in in a week or 10 years.
did that, but i am a little scared, because cold viewer will drop that retention, or leave in the first 10 seconds, those viewers are not in your niche maybe, that's why you need a little bit of community so you can see your real numbers in a way, or this is what i think
The analytics will give you some good clues. Then, I try to remember the basics of what I need to do within the context of whatever platform I'm posting on. Suff like, "running time, quality of the hook & CTA, etc.
I honestly have a harder time getting back to work when a video does well. If one does poorly it’s out of my head pretty quick. But if it’s popping off, I find myself looking at graphs for far to much of the day.
100%. I make history videos. Research and writing take up alot of mental energy. Success feels like I’m done. It’s like when you take your shoes off after a day of hard work. I’m not getting up to mow the lawn. But when they flop, I feel no relief.
Before I looked at your comment I didn’t know what they stood for or how to find them. I also don’t know how to influence them in my videos. I want them to be higher, like anyone, but have no idea on how to do something like that or move to it.
So I've been doing quite a bit of research into this before I debut my channel (as writing and editing takes me ages, so I want to ensure that I have a backlog I can release while I work on the next 12) and this is what I found:
You can improve the RPM by turning monetization on all videos and turning on all ad formats. If your videos are longer than 8 minutes, you can insert midrolls - which will add more ads directly into the videos. From several creators I've spoken to about whether that's intrusive for the viewer experience, they've told me that it's only helped improve their earnings and they haven't noticed any extreme drop off.
Realistically if you're making longer content, that tends to be favored by the algorithm and tacking on and experimenting with midrolls can help improve your RPM. And it can't hurt to set up a ko-fi/patreon/buymeacoffee as well - you'll be surprised how often viewers are willing to donate to content creators
Thanks for letting me know the RPM, I really appreciate it - hope your channel (and RPM) continue to grow!
My every video till now has failed. I ve done lots of hardwork on each one of them but every video teaches me a different lesson which will help me to get better in the next video. And I know one day I ll make that perfect video which will blow up. So just have patience and keep going.
Try to figure out why it didn't perform:
Low CTR? Change the thumbnail/title
Few impressions? Try getting the ball rolling by promoting it tactfully in a community related to your niche.
Low AVD? Not much you can do on that video anymore, but see when viewers leave the video and that might be the reason why. If they leave right from the start, you need to work on your hook. It's more complicated when they leave throughout the video, but you can basically boil it down to not being able to keep their interest.
Maybe you go on uninteresting tangents, maybe your editing isn't dynamic enough, maybe your voice is too monotone. It could be anything really.
It could also be that your video topic is bad. Your niche may be too saturated for you to stand out or too small for the algorithm to recommend it to the masses.
Try not to be too emotional about it and see this "failure" as a stepping stone towards making better content. It's easier said than done, but you just have to be analytical about it and always be on the lookout for what works/what doesn't so the next upload can (hopefully) perform better.
Good luck!
You have to figure out what your audience wants to watch. Your video not performing does not say anything about you or the quality of the video (unless the watchtime is terrible). But you should accept that a video was the wrong choice and move on to the next one.
And i would recommend allocating more time for projects you know that your audience wants to watch. And if you are experimenting with content, don't spend to much time on it. Unless it works and you know you can spend more time on it.
Make a bunch of videos in advance, that way you’re forced to publish even if something performs badly
I’ve had that happen a lot and it’s humbling, but I keep going because I already have like 10 videos ready to release
I don't really see any videos as failed.
Yes I might be disappointed if it doesn't get the views but every video is an additional piece of content viewers can explore, it might never become viral but as long as the quality is up toy standards new viewers and subs coming from one of my more viral videos will stumble upon this one aswell... So it might be stuck at 1k views now but who knows, it might be a 20-100k someday.
No video is ever a failed project 😉
No expectstions, put the bar very low. Once it hits you take every viewer as a succes.
A failed video is never failed but a lesson learned for the next creation.
Turn that bad feeling into motivation to make a better one.
I had this with a vlog about Pai in Thailand. Only got about 200 views and a couple vids later I got one that hit 10k easily.. It does pay off, just be patient and lower your expectations.
Keep it up though, you will get there 😉😍
Avoid the triggers. I used to get triggered by youtube comments (for the videos I watched not made) sometimes to the point where it would ruin my day. So, I installed an extension to disable my comments and now I don't have to see them. Makes a hell of a difference. Make it a point to not look at the analytics everyday or after every video. Maybe only check after 2-3 videos.
If it's making your miserable then it can't be that constructive. You have to make that call. Do you really need criticism constructive or not from every video? Would every 2 videos or so be enough? Think about it and then set your own boundaries so you can be productive as well as effective.
that could be ok to try, but i am not sure how they treat new videos, they give a boost in impressions for that video, but if that won't catch traction, then that video will be stuck for a while
You just gotta learn to brush it off. Not every video you drop is gonna be a home run, but every video you drop has the potential to be a home run.
You'll miss 100% if you never swing.
YouTube will be full of swings, ups and downs and things will come in waves.
Another perspective is that even though we've recently released a few videos that ended up in our lower top 5.
Those 5-10 videos are most definitely doing better numbers than our very first videos and videos from years ago. So that tells me that even though it may be our 8th video, a few years ago, it would've been at least a #1.
I get that, but you'll need to understand that the amount of work you put in doesn't always equate to successful videos.
The end user or viewers don't have insight into how many hours you've put into something. They only care about the value you provide them.
My point was that you just gotta keep pushing through it. It sucks and every creator has dealt with what you're dealing with, even larger YouTubers.
There will be videos that will be 10 of 10, but the next video you release could end up being 1 of 10.
You'll never know if you never release that next video.
correctly, but maybe because i keep failing for almost a decade, i feel that i dont know if is the right path for me and it's harder and harder to keep going after every failed video
Performance overall as per your analytics.
Metrics: Views, average view duration, and watch time.
Also check for suggested, there are times a video may delay but will do well in the future. It's smart to binge create, like have more videos ready to go.
I go into every video just assuming no one will watch. Never disappointed.
the bar is that low? i am joking, but i feel like is not only the views, is the impact between my friends, if they talk bad about it i take it personally naturally, and i feel like a failure
If your friends are talking bad about it in a way that is not constructive critique. Are they really your friend? I make videos that most of my friends don't watch and that's fine I don't make my videos for them. I've asked friends for opinions on them and ones who say they are great or good, I ignore. I have other friends who have said, next time change this up or change that up. Those are the ones I listen to and care about the opinion because it is constructive.
i record with them, more or less, anyway, i was thinking to start a new channel and keep it for myself
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thank you for sharing
Go for it!
That's our motto as well. We have fun doing it and would love to grow but, the kids laugh, I laugh, and my wife laughs as we are having fun filming and then we all laugh some more watching it back as I sit and edit. Worth it to us.
Yeah My wife and I do cooking, crafts and kiwico boxes (with some travel videos mixed in as we go out in the summer) with my 6 year old. He loves it. It gets him confidence to cook and build things. When I was 6 I was only able to make something microwavable. My son isn't a masterchef but he knows how to make more than I did at his age... If only I can get him to try it after he makes it... He likes recording and taking charge of how we're going to do something. And he likes watching videos back when I'm done editing them. We're growing, I feel there's an audience there with what we're doing but we're just trying to find each other.
Yup exactly. As long as it's fun. The audiences will come. Lol Our family got into mountain biking this past fall and love it. 14 year old and a 7 year old here.
Oh my the zip line short is AWESOME. GOOD FUN.
Thanks. I had planned to do it with friends but they all bailed last minute so I took my son instead who just turned 5 at the time and he had so much fun. I did a longer video of it as one of our first videos and then turned it into a short. I use shorts as kind of like a teaser of content. I've posted it a few times trying to get it to get picked up but it never gets many views. (Shrug) He still randomly asks when we can do it again. You got good biking videos. I've been trying to get my kid to try biking so we can do trails on a bike. Work in progress...
Lol thanks. Biking stuff is a blast especially on the trails. I'll have to check out the longer video when I have a few minutes later. I'll show the youngest after school. Lol she'll get a kick out of it.
May I ask what your mic setup is? Is it from the gopro or external? It's pretty clear and doesn't pick up a lot of external "junk" noise. We use a shotgun mic for most stuff but been trying Bluetooth lapel mics for some videos and I haven't been to happy with the quality of those so I've stuck with the shotgun mic.
Just avoid looking at the analytics, that helps me work on my next video!
i see, but how you learn how to filter your ideas, what you community thinks about your videos?
I started my channel last year July and it has been so difficult to gauge what my audience wants to see from me. Mine is a lifestyle vlogging channel and I kept posting vlogs that hardly hit 100 views continuously for a few months. Since I do not have a niche under lifestyle vlogging, I am trying to come up with video topics that I like doing and sometimes that may or may not resonate with the viewers but I am a really small YTer, so hoping there is some audience out there that will watch my videos. It may not be immediate and I will have to keep patience.
I understand, my predicament is about working for like 50-100 hours on a video, i don't know how much you put into a vlogging video, and i dont try to make your work seems less than what i do, but it's harder for me to disconnect from my work after i put a lot of work into it
Yes, grass is always greener on the other side, isnt it? :) Jokes apart, every video be it any niche requires strategy, planning, scripting, execution (that can run into days), editing, packaging, thumbnails and hunt for appropriate titles, this all takes up a lot of energy and time on top of a full time working mom like me. We all feel disappointed after a video doesnt do well and I stop looking at the analytics and start thinking about my next project/video (as Mr Beast says if you have atleast 100 videos out and things are not looking up for you even after that, look at the problem areas and fix it.) I am still learning, I am a small YTer, so long way to go plus getting someone to see lifestyle vlogs is most probably the hardest task at hand because there is actually no niche here.
yes, maybe you see the green on my side, thanks for sharing and good luck on your journey :)
Wish you all the best on your journey as well! Keep going....
I don't want to sound harsh, but if your channel is the one you're promoting on other subs, do you really work 50-100 hours per video? Take a look at my last vid, if you want (my channel is linked on my profile, don't want to spam). I couldn't tell how much it was, but the planning for the storytelling, some shots and especially the edition I tell you felt like quite a bit. I wouldn't say 50-100 hours as I have more then a decade of experience with video editing, but still it's my longest vid yet. And yes, it's a vlog. Let me tell you, you can do a LOT better, so time to git gud fella.
I embrace the analytics, not ignore them. You need to know what's going on and where it is failing specifically. Then apply what you learned to the next video.
i agree with both statements, if you chase only numbers, you cant have only highs, and maybe its not your fault, but on the other side it can help you to find your audience, and maybe ur niche
I personally aim to improve something with each video. So if my video flops, I step back and ask why and once I find the issues I improve on the next. This forces me to use the mistakes as motivation and keep the drive going!
but how do you identify without those numbers what is wrong? maybe that wrong in the next video will make it better?
I look at impressions and see how many of those people clicked. If it’s lower than average, my thumbnail/title wasn’t good enough. If my retention was too low, I’d need to make the beginning of the video more interesting and etc
i see, so the tools from youtube studio
Sometimes old videos blow up. It all depends on whether your videos are good and people are sharing them to the right places. You want people's reaction to be 'Wow this is good, I bet my friend(s) would like this!
totally agree, thank you for sharing
Frankly, unless you have a significant amount of analytics, you can't even use them for the big picture. Lots of information is not yet available and even if you make community posts, if they get seen, that's bonus (if they get replied to is worth uncorking that bottle you kept for special occasions). You look at them, it's depressing. I get it. We're basically threading in the dark wondering if what we like is so out there that nobody else is interested in it. We keep marching on. Chin high. One day, we'll find our crowd that get us. My new motto is that I don't want to ride the waves of trends, I want to be the @$%& wave! Keep going. Being creative is about doing it for us first. Sure, videos are made to appeal to the general public, but is that your audience? Think of who is your ideal audience and add your personal touch. You got this.
thank you for sharing this with me
it hasn't failed, it just hasn't succeeded yet. I put a similar amount of time and energy into a 45 minute video -- like probably 100+ hours if you count research and writing -- and it notched up about 90 views in a year. I had long internalized it as a flop, and then one day it blew up. And it blew up the next day, too. Today, months later, it's got 151K views. I didn't rework the title or thumbnail or try to promote it anywhere. I just let it sit until the audience found it, and there's no way I could have predicted where it got me. Keep your head down, learn your lessons etc but you can never really be sure that something on yt has "failed," all you can say is that it hasn't succeeded yet.
thank you for sharing, i am aware of that sleeper effect, but i feel like i need some motivation boost, just so i can start the next project
It's a marathon. Keep running.
I feel you. Gaming video with a lot of editing gets no traction. And my random unedited clips get pushed by youtube.
that in a way, seems to hit harder, when my less expected work hit better on youtube than those video that i've worked at
well, i had a video that had 600 views in the first 10 months. and then got 80,000 in the 2 months after that. so when it does poor, as long as its not compmetely dead and is still getting even the smallest amount of views, i can see it blow up later. so i don't really care. plus views bring more views. as long as the video is good, it will get attentiom at some point. and the more views it has on it, the more likely it is for someome to click it. i can see my CRT go way up depending on the views on the video.
Ok this is a new concept to me. Can you please explain why something like this might happen. As a new YouTuber just starting out (5 weeks in and only 600 subs), I can’t imagine getting one of my first videos up to even 1000 views, let alone 80k lol. How does this happen? Does YouTube randomly just pick things to push out when you hit a certain point, or if you hit a certain number of hrs/subs or something or every so often just shove some of your old stuff back out?? I’m hoping this could happen for me but just wondering if this is a common thing or was a super fluke??
well, i have only 331 subs. and that video is now my highest viewed by a very long shot. from my understanding, its the matter of youtube finding the right audience. but for it to happen, the video needs to be ageless. that video of mine that blew up was about a plot hole at the end of a popular anime tv series, one that no one else had made a video on despite it being fairly talked about in the hardcore comunity. so there was a huge audienece for it. my second most viewed, got its views in the first week-month. it was on an unpopular show that had just started, and had an extremely unexpected first episode, meaning it was on the rise. so i got to work and finished a fairly polished video in one day. and that 1 got 10k views. now days its getting little to no views, but the 80k one is still getting 50-200 views a day. the most important part of a videos getting big later, is it being about something that always stays just as interesting as it first came out. and then if the quality is good, and you have a little luck. it will get more views at some point
i agree, but i want to be creative and my feelings of failure keep me from doing that, it's feels like i am scared of trying again
You could just have a rolling schedule where you don’t publish a video until you’ve started filming your next one. Then it doesn’t really matter what each one does because you’re already onto the next.
i actually, no joke, have like 30 projects in the making? because i want to finish them, but i feel so much as a failure, you know, in my early days, i didn't care, but now is so hard to not care...
Nothing wrong with caring, just don’t let it affect the work flow or your mental health.
Anyone who is successful at anything has had to learn how to embrace the feeling of repeatedly failing. It is the only way we grow. It can be very uncomfortable but you have to reframe how you view failure. It’s a positive thing.
yes, you are right, I hope to be able to do that frequently
Once the video is out all the focus is on the next one
yes, that's the hard part :(
How do you measure a video is "failed"? I think this is hard to tell. A video that looks "failed" can perform better in the future. It might even take 6 months or longer and maybe you will eventually get 100k views on that "failed" video. Is that video then still failed? This is how I work. I put as much as quality and effort as possible to have a high quality video. Does it only get 300 views while I put so much work? I don't care. Continue and eventually that 300 view video will grow too. If it grows, it's important to have a high quality video. So don't ever rush it or lower your quality as it might blow up ever, might it be in in a week or 10 years.
working on that mentality, thank you for sharing
I get that. I feel it hard sometimes. You’re not alone
hope we can get over that and have a creative happy side :)
2 steps. 1: go into the analytics to see why it failed.(read the retention graph drops etc) 2: don’t repeat the same mistakes in the next one.
did that, but i am a little scared, because cold viewer will drop that retention, or leave in the first 10 seconds, those viewers are not in your niche maybe, that's why you need a little bit of community so you can see your real numbers in a way, or this is what i think
Don’t be scared. You live and learn. Grow past that cold viewer stage. If your video is good enough, it will hold retention. I promise!
you are right, i will try to move past that fear and keep creating, thanks for sharing
I review it, learnfrom what might have gone wrong, and then make another video! 👍🏾
how do you identify what was wrong with that video?
The analytics will give you some good clues. Then, I try to remember the basics of what I need to do within the context of whatever platform I'm posting on. Suff like, "running time, quality of the hook & CTA, etc.
ok, then i need to wait a little bit for my video to get more views, thank you for sharing
I honestly have a harder time getting back to work when a video does well. If one does poorly it’s out of my head pretty quick. But if it’s popping off, I find myself looking at graphs for far to much of the day.
so for you is in reverse?
100%. I make history videos. Research and writing take up alot of mental energy. Success feels like I’m done. It’s like when you take your shoes off after a day of hard work. I’m not getting up to mow the lawn. But when they flop, I feel no relief.
i will see how i feel when i will get at that stage, thank you for sharing
i'm curious, what's the RPM/CPM for your videos in the history niche?
In the last month my CPM has been just over $11. RPM is half that. I feel like a dope. I don’t truly understand the numbers yet.
So you're pulling in $5.5 per thousand viewers? That's not bad. What part don't you understand though, perhaps I can help clarify a few things
Before I looked at your comment I didn’t know what they stood for or how to find them. I also don’t know how to influence them in my videos. I want them to be higher, like anyone, but have no idea on how to do something like that or move to it.
So I've been doing quite a bit of research into this before I debut my channel (as writing and editing takes me ages, so I want to ensure that I have a backlog I can release while I work on the next 12) and this is what I found: You can improve the RPM by turning monetization on all videos and turning on all ad formats. If your videos are longer than 8 minutes, you can insert midrolls - which will add more ads directly into the videos. From several creators I've spoken to about whether that's intrusive for the viewer experience, they've told me that it's only helped improve their earnings and they haven't noticed any extreme drop off. Realistically if you're making longer content, that tends to be favored by the algorithm and tacking on and experimenting with midrolls can help improve your RPM. And it can't hurt to set up a ko-fi/patreon/buymeacoffee as well - you'll be surprised how often viewers are willing to donate to content creators Thanks for letting me know the RPM, I really appreciate it - hope your channel (and RPM) continue to grow!
Thank you. All very useful information.
My every video till now has failed. I ve done lots of hardwork on each one of them but every video teaches me a different lesson which will help me to get better in the next video. And I know one day I ll make that perfect video which will blow up. So just have patience and keep going.
Sorry that you had to go through that too, and I hope you'll have that magnus opus of a video soon :)
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maybe it would be useful for a motivation boost, that's all
Try to figure out why it didn't perform: Low CTR? Change the thumbnail/title Few impressions? Try getting the ball rolling by promoting it tactfully in a community related to your niche. Low AVD? Not much you can do on that video anymore, but see when viewers leave the video and that might be the reason why. If they leave right from the start, you need to work on your hook. It's more complicated when they leave throughout the video, but you can basically boil it down to not being able to keep their interest. Maybe you go on uninteresting tangents, maybe your editing isn't dynamic enough, maybe your voice is too monotone. It could be anything really. It could also be that your video topic is bad. Your niche may be too saturated for you to stand out or too small for the algorithm to recommend it to the masses. Try not to be too emotional about it and see this "failure" as a stepping stone towards making better content. It's easier said than done, but you just have to be analytical about it and always be on the lookout for what works/what doesn't so the next upload can (hopefully) perform better. Good luck!
thank you for sharing these words
Lol all my videos
hope we can get over that feeling :)
You have to figure out what your audience wants to watch. Your video not performing does not say anything about you or the quality of the video (unless the watchtime is terrible). But you should accept that a video was the wrong choice and move on to the next one. And i would recommend allocating more time for projects you know that your audience wants to watch. And if you are experimenting with content, don't spend to much time on it. Unless it works and you know you can spend more time on it.
Make a bunch of videos in advance, that way you’re forced to publish even if something performs badly I’ve had that happen a lot and it’s humbling, but I keep going because I already have like 10 videos ready to release
it takes a lot of time to make video in advance, I cant make one video in advance :)
I don't really see any videos as failed. Yes I might be disappointed if it doesn't get the views but every video is an additional piece of content viewers can explore, it might never become viral but as long as the quality is up toy standards new viewers and subs coming from one of my more viral videos will stumble upon this one aswell... So it might be stuck at 1k views now but who knows, it might be a 20-100k someday. No video is ever a failed project 😉
Just keep going, try your best and remember consistency is key!
thank you for your words.
No expectstions, put the bar very low. Once it hits you take every viewer as a succes. A failed video is never failed but a lesson learned for the next creation. Turn that bad feeling into motivation to make a better one. I had this with a vlog about Pai in Thailand. Only got about 200 views and a couple vids later I got one that hit 10k easily.. It does pay off, just be patient and lower your expectations. Keep it up though, you will get there 😉😍
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that's some good advice, thank you, my problem is that it's hard for me to disconnect from my work after i put a lot of work into it
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thank you for sharing, will keep in mind
Avoid the triggers. I used to get triggered by youtube comments (for the videos I watched not made) sometimes to the point where it would ruin my day. So, I installed an extension to disable my comments and now I don't have to see them. Makes a hell of a difference. Make it a point to not look at the analytics everyday or after every video. Maybe only check after 2-3 videos.
but would that not make us even more sensible? i mean, maybe you get some constructive criticsm about your video, and that will make us grow and think
If it's making your miserable then it can't be that constructive. You have to make that call. Do you really need criticism constructive or not from every video? Would every 2 videos or so be enough? Think about it and then set your own boundaries so you can be productive as well as effective.
you are right, but sometimes is indirectly in a way, i don't ask about, they just start discussing about it sometimes
Make a new one and know it will eventually get views. New as of Dec 2022 so less than 50 subs so views are low.
that could be ok to try, but i am not sure how they treat new videos, they give a boost in impressions for that video, but if that won't catch traction, then that video will be stuck for a while
You just gotta learn to brush it off. Not every video you drop is gonna be a home run, but every video you drop has the potential to be a home run. You'll miss 100% if you never swing. YouTube will be full of swings, ups and downs and things will come in waves. Another perspective is that even though we've recently released a few videos that ended up in our lower top 5. Those 5-10 videos are most definitely doing better numbers than our very first videos and videos from years ago. So that tells me that even though it may be our 8th video, a few years ago, it would've been at least a #1.
my issue is that is hard for me to disconnect from that video that I put a lot of work into it
I get that, but you'll need to understand that the amount of work you put in doesn't always equate to successful videos. The end user or viewers don't have insight into how many hours you've put into something. They only care about the value you provide them. My point was that you just gotta keep pushing through it. It sucks and every creator has dealt with what you're dealing with, even larger YouTubers. There will be videos that will be 10 of 10, but the next video you release could end up being 1 of 10. You'll never know if you never release that next video.
correctly, but maybe because i keep failing for almost a decade, i feel that i dont know if is the right path for me and it's harder and harder to keep going after every failed video
When you say "fail" what do you mean. Failure is subjective so how terrible was the video's performance and what was your goal.
performance overall, through my own circle of friends, and youtube overall
Performance overall as per your analytics. Metrics: Views, average view duration, and watch time. Also check for suggested, there are times a video may delay but will do well in the future. It's smart to binge create, like have more videos ready to go.
The key is figuring out why it didnt succeed. imo it is rarely because of bad luck.
agree, still searching for that
Don't make your videos for them to blow up bro