Community/Facebook groups

[xingcat]

I moderate a community on Facebook, and I find that there's a lot of noise that goes on with a lot of people just wanting to push their channels in front of each other. The best communities are ones in which there's lively discussion as well as a little bit of self-promotion, so be picky when choosing them.

 

[WesmyGaming]

I moderate a community on Facebook, and I find that there's a lot of noise that goes on with a lot of people just wanting to push their channels in front of each other. The best communities are ones in which there's lively discussion as well as a little bit of self-promotion, so be picky when choosing them.

Thanks for the advice, it really is like you say, but since it hasn't gotten me anywhere to fight in the sea of self promotion, I wanted to tackle it differently. I think I need a remodel on that end

 

[xxheathermarie]

I'm really active on a Facebook group. I comment all the time, and when I make posts it gets lots of comments. But when I share videos I get 3 likes if I'm lucky.... I think people don't let self-promotion :l

 

[WesmyGaming]

I'm really active on a Facebook group. I comment all the time, and when I make posts it gets lots of comments. But when I share videos I get 3 likes if I'm lucky.... I think people don't let self-promotion :l

Yeah I know some of them frown upon self promotion, but I thought it could be a good way to build an audience. What do you do now? If you don't mind me asking

 

[xxheathermarie]

Yeah I know some of them frown upon self promotion, but I thought it could be a good way to build an audience. What do you do now? If you don't mind me asking

I made my own Facebook "fan" Page and share every video on there, and share ones I am really proud of to my entire Facebook. I instagram "story" that I have a new video up and put the link in my bio. Post the videos I'm really proud of on that Facebook page I mentioned (Hey, a view is a view, even if they're annoyed ). And I post on a forum site related to Disney every now and then. For my most recent video I tried Facebook ads. I paid $7.... Not going to well, cause I only have 60 views . But worth a shot... Some of my videos do really well, others not so much.. Honestly, I can't tell you why.

 

[KiddieToysReview]

Waste of time, in the big scheme of things.
For a brand new channel with 10 subs and 5-10 views a video, sure 3 views from Fb is 30% of traffic.
As your channel grows, most, like 99% of social media, is a waste of time.
Better to focus on making good content and learning how Yt works behind the scenes.
Your viewers are on Yt, not somewhere else.
Most of the stuff in Fb and G+ is just spam dump and link farms. Just creators dumping their links. The real audience, the viewing public, those without channels to promote, are not sitting around in G+ and Fb communities waiting to discover the next awesome video.

 

[WesmyGaming]

I made my own Facebook "fan" Page and share every video on there, and share ones I am really proud of to my entire Facebook. I instagram "story" that I have a new video up and put the link in my bio. Post the videos I'm really proud of on that Facebook page I mentioned (Hey, a view is a view, even if they're annoyed ). And I post on a forum site related to Disney every now and then. For my most recent video I tried Facebook ads. I paid $7.... Not going to well, cause I only have 60 views . But worth a shot... Some of my videos do really well, others not so much.. Honestly, I can't tell you why.

Ok, thanks you for all these infos, it'll come in really handy[DOUBLEPOST=1480533286,1480532840][/DOUBLEPOST]

Waste of time, in the big scheme of things.
For a brand new channel with 10 subs and 5-10 views a video, sure 3 views from Fb is 30% of traffic.
As your channel grows, most, like 99% of social media, is a waste of time.
Better to focus on making good content and learning how Yt works behind the scenes.
Your viewers are on Yt, not somewhere else.
Most of the stuff in Fb and G+ is just spam dump and link farms. Just creators dumping their links. The real audience, the viewing public, those without channels to promote, are not sitting around in G+ and Fb communities waiting to discover the next awesome video.

Hum, yeah, those are very valid points as well, so you're saying that if someone learns how YouTube works, and makes good content, the viewers will come without you needing to spam your videos around G+ and Facebook.