Fullscreen vs. Freedom vs. Your MCN?

As I'm reading complaints from OP I would like to say: please don't complain about subs & views. For my first YT channel I ever got it take 5 YEARS to get 100 subs and 2k views. 5 YEARS, not days, not even months. It took me 5 freaking years (from mid 2008 to mid 2013). Still my maximum of subs was 450 in 1 year on last channel and ~120k views on same channel in 1 year. It isn't for me real success, unless you can get 30k+ views in 4 days after spreading video on Interwebz for video which you didn't even expect to gain that kind of reach (it took 5 months to get that reach in just 4 days).
Be smart and don't run for money and quick success on YouTube, success and money goes slowly in begining but when you get something like I wroted (another example is just one short clip from friend of mine which he made after presidental elections here in Croatia in January - his video got viral in just 2 days... From almost zero up to 20k views. He isn't actually proud for that, he is proud that knows me because I helped him before 3 years when he started on YouTube) then you can say, whoa that is some good channel (or video).
My 2cents here

Thank you for the feedback and I will take everything you've said into consideration. I do YouTube because I have funny messages that brighten people's day and I want whoever is possible to hear it, to hear it and laugh with it. I just want exposure because I believe my content is good, when watched by the correct target audience. I'll def use your tactics to stay motivated.[DOUBLEPOST=1446829863,1446829651][/DOUBLEPOST]
You're very welcome, and you are right about the age bracket too. I am a grandmother of 8 about to be 9. If your video language resembles the language you use (edited) here, this would definitely be one reason the Restricted Class was applied to your videos. YouTube is unfortunately aiming for a family-friendly model and videos with strong language don't fit that, no matter how funny they might be.

I have an idea though! Your setup looks like something which could possibly be taken to a real world live standup comedy club with mature themes. You could try introducing that into your success plan; do live club-based standup, and when you have a following there bring your real time audience along to YouTube.

Does that sound like a plan? If I were younger you would call me a "sistah", as like you I am Afro-American; I just happen to live in England.

I would do it but stand up is EXTRODINARILY hard and you need a LOT of stories, A LOT of composure and A LOT of elaboration because it could take you months worth of jokes for only a 30 minute stretch of time. I will keep it in consideration, I definitely have the charecter for it but you never know. Just gotta keep expirimenting.
 
Thank you for the feedback and I will take everything you've said into consideration. I do YouTube because I have funny messages that brighten people's day and I want whoever is possible to hear it, to hear it and laugh with it. I just want exposure because I believe my content is good, when watched by the correct target audience. I'll def use your tactics to stay motivated.

Italics: less swearing would be better in videos, but yeah today you make me a little bit happier (watched latest video only, my mobile bandwidth is limited). If I found audience correctly, that is male and from 20 to 30 years old (just because of language IMO). If I'm correct I can help you reach that with my college buddys and friends of mine (average years are 22 to 25 years old) via my personal Facebook account.
 
I swear. The world swears. It's who I am, so neccesarily, I can't change it. Dumb it down? Yes, it is possible, maybe refrain from the "b" word because women find it disrespectful, whatever.

Kain carter, @hotdamnirock,my idol, swears in all of his videos... cmon. Most people swear, it's that simple. I am not a family friendly account, I am a 16-25 account, where over 40% of the current market is at. 90% of my views come from 16-34 years old (per. personal YouTube analytics).

...and, as I said, swearing in your videos is one thing, but swearing in your title and description is something else entirely and is asking to be completely buried by YouTube. People can't watch your videos if they can't find them and that is a surefire way to keep yourself from showing up in searches or recommended video lists.


The people reviewing my content are not answering my question of how I can gain more exposure, instead, they are getting a general opinion on my content and are telling me what is holding me back from progression, in their own eyes.

Everything I said was in regards to gaining your more exposure, not your content.

Yes, it's from our own eyes, but it's also eyes that have already walked the path, made the mistakes and have learned from them. You're asking for advice, but don't want to follow any.


Regarding my snake "b***ches" video, nobody is going to search for that, but I did not make a video with a viral title.

If people aren't going to use those words to search for your video, don't use it. By not using appropriate tags, you're not only missing out on views from people who may search for relevant topics, but is it misleading and something that can quickly get your video pulled as that's something YouTube takes very seriously.


Try to adhere to a schedule? It says in my banner "New Video Every Monday & Thursday"...

In my Outro, at the top, it says new video's every Monday & Thursdays...

On my INSTAGRAM, it says New Videos Every Monday & Thursdays... what are you missing?

I have uploaded twice a week for the last 6 weeks, but I deleted the videos that did not perform well.

Obviously, I'm missing the videos you've removed. By deleting the videos that didn't perform to your standard, it makes it seem like you post videos haphazardly- no matter how many times you say that you post every Monday and Thursday... and, as a new viewer scrolls through your videos, that's likely what they will think as well.

Never post something that you aren't proud of or willing to stand behind and never delete unless you have to. One, it makes it seem like you don't adhere to the schedule that you promise and, two, you never know what will take off. A video may not get any views for months and then, for no obvious reason, go big....and, even if they never do, someone might enjoy another one of your videos and decide to watch every video on your channel. You just lost out on those views.


Enthusiasm? Who's enthusiastic about spending days thinking of ideas, hours of editing and rendering and hours of advertising and promotion just to get the same, sub-par result?

If you're doing it all just for results and not because you enjoy it, you're doing it for the completely wrong reasons.


Thank your for your review, but if you could answer the question on how I could gain more exposure, whether it's through an MCN or not, that would be much more beneficial. :)

For someone who wants to focus on getting exposure, you seem to be doing everything you can to not get it. Myself and others have told you, from our own experience, how to get it, but you seem to either take it as an attack on your content, have an excuse on why you did things the way you did, or simply dismiss it altogether.

By swearing in your descriptions and titles, you are severely limiting your exposure.

By using deceiving tags and descriptions, you are severely limiting your exposure (and risking your video getting pulled).


I would have that amazing growth if I knew how to get exponential exposure, whether I had to pay or not... That is my question which only few have answered. Will an MCN get your exposure?

No, an MCN won't help in that way. If you want your channel to grow, YOU have to do it yourself.

If you're willing to pay for it, get yourself an Adwords account, make a bid, and pay YouTube to show one of your videos (typically between $.01-.04 a view). After spending a few thousand dollars, you might get the results you're looking for.

Otherwise, if you want people to watch your videos - make it so they can find them by using accurate tags and descriptions. You have a video talking about people not washing their hands after going to the bathroom, yet not once in either tags or description do you use the word 'bathroom.' I can not stress the importance of proper tags and descriptions enough.

Once people can actually find your videos, the easiest way to gain more exposure is to interact with your viewers. Respond to their comments and ask for any ideas or topics they might want to hear you talk about. The more you show that you care about them, the more likely they are to subscribe, return and to share your videos.
 
Italics: less swearing would be better in videos, but yeah today you make me a little bit happier (watched latest video only, my mobile bandwidth is limited). If I found audience correctly, that is male and from 20 to 30 years old (just because of language IMO). If I'm correct I can help you reach that with my college buddys and friends of mine (average years are 22 to 25 years old) via my personal Facebook account.

Hell yeah man I would LOVE some support and just a chance to make people laugh ha. And check out one of my more relatable videos, titled:

"Did I ask that? Dumb a** females answers"
306 views 54 likes!

or

" My Long Lost Eskimo Brother "[DOUBLEPOST=1446864460,1446863984][/DOUBLEPOST]
...and, as I said, swearing in your videos is one thing, but swearing in your title and description is something else entirely and is asking to be completely buried by YouTube. People can't watch your videos if they can't find them and that is a surefire way to keep yourself from showing up in searches or recommended video lists.




Everything I said was in regards to gaining your more exposure, not your content.

Yes, it's from our own eyes, but it's also eyes that have already walked the path, made the mistakes and have learned from them. You're asking for advice, but don't want to follow any.




If people aren't going to use those words to search for your video, don't use it. By not using appropriate tags, you're not only missing out on views from people who may search for relevant topics, but is it misleading and something that can quickly get your video pulled as that's something YouTube takes very seriously.




Obviously, I'm missing the videos you've removed. By deleting the videos that didn't perform to your standard, it makes it seem like you post videos haphazardly- no matter how many times you say that you post every Monday and Thursday... and, as a new viewer scrolls through your videos, that's likely what they will think as well.

Never post something that you aren't proud of or willing to stand behind and never delete unless you have to. One, it makes it seem like you don't adhere to the schedule that you promise and, two, you never know what will take off. A video may not get any views for months and then, for no obvious reason, go big....and, even if they never do, someone might enjoy another one of your videos and decide to watch every video on your channel. You just lost out on those views.




If you're doing it all just for results and not because you enjoy it, you're doing it for the completely wrong reasons.




For someone who wants to focus on getting exposure, you seem to be doing everything you can to not get it. Myself and others have told you, from our own experience, how to get it, but you seem to either take it as an attack on your content, have an excuse on why you did things the way you did, or simply dismiss it altogether.

By swearing in your descriptions and titles, you are severely limiting your exposure.

By using deceiving tags and descriptions, you are severely limiting your exposure (and risking your video getting pulled).




No, an MCN won't help in that way. If you want your channel to grow, YOU have to do it yourself.

If you're willing to pay for it, get yourself an Adwords account, make a bid, and pay YouTube to show one of your videos (typically between $.01-.04 a view). After spending a few thousand dollars, you might get the results you're looking for.

Otherwise, if you want people to watch your videos - make it so they can find them by using accurate tags and descriptions. You have a video talking about people not washing their hands after going to the bathroom, yet not once in either tags or description do you use the word 'bathroom.' I can not stress the importance of proper tags and descriptions enough.

Once people can actually find your videos, the easiest way to gain more exposure is to interact with your viewers. Respond to their comments and ask for any ideas or topics they might want to hear you talk about. The more you show that you care about them, the more likely they are to subscribe, return and to share your videos.

I think I took your initial feedback in the wrong tone and am now realizing how helpful it will be. I will remove the swears from the YouTube titles, use TubeBuddy to redo my tags and continue to work hard from today on. I actually will spend a couple hundred every paycheck to get YouTube advertisements because I really don't know how to get exposure any other way. Any sort of promotion costs money and everything I've been doing to self promote myself has just flopped. I got to get thumbnails for all my videos too. I guess my fire has just died out a little bit, because I want to be so big and want a lot of people to hear my message, that when that doesn't happen, I get upset and wonder what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for all the information and dealing with my stubbornness, I legitimately never knew YT was so much against swears because all the people I watch and personally enjoy on youtube, such as TBH MWN, hotdamnirock & A Friend, all swear and act completely themselves.
 
Thanks for all the information and dealing with my stubbornness, I legitimately never knew YT was so much against swears because all the people I watch and personally enjoy on youtube, such as TBH MWN, hotdamnirock & A Friend, all swear and act completely themselves.

Over the past few years, YouTube has strived to be more and more family friendly. I'd wager that the bulk of the people you enjoy made it big before then and, now that they have a few hundred thousand or even million subscribers, it doesn't make a difference.

I would hold off on spending money for now- instead just work on the tags, descriptions and, as you said, the thumbnails. If in a month or so, if things don't start to progress as you want, it's always an option.

I'd never suggest to change who you are... if you have to put on a fake mask to make videos you'll only burn out quicker, just work on getting more people to find your work and, if they like it, for them to share with their friends and build you from there.

Best of luck.
 
Freedom is overrated. Things made so much more sense in prison. You get your three squares a day and mind your own business.
 
So right now I have a little over 19K subscribers, I get at least 400K views a month, what network is good for my channel? I do mostly gameplays and flash animations. Should I still do Fullscreen, or join another network? Or join YouTube MCN?
 
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So right now I have a little over 19K subscribers, I get at least 400K views a month, what network is good for my channel? I do mostly gameplays and flash animations. Should I still do Fullscreen, or join another network? Or join YouTube MCN?

It all depends on what you want or expect from a network.
 
I'm mostly trying to look for revenue, and CPM.

Those are 2 things a network won't help you with unless you're a huge channel. More than likely, they're using the same Adsense ads you'd get if you weren't partnered with them, but you'd get the full income instead of giving them a percentage.
 
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