keeping viewers retention & Knowing your content is good enough

Coda

Coda

Content Producer
So lately my channel has been getting good views, as well as a few extra subscribers however looking into my stats, viewer retention is super low, roughly 40 seconds on my tekkit series ( they leave before it even begins:( ) I understand let's plays are not very good at attracting new subs but I thought this series was going to pan out a little bit better ( its doing fine tho, and im happy!)

now for my second question, How do you know what your putting out will be any good? I am putting a lot of work in my series by cutting out the boring stuff and doing a lot of the grind that comes with tekkit off camera, and planning what i do in advance so i have a clear idea and execution.

Overall im happy with what im getting, even though i do want more, lol
 
You could do is making a preview of the clip where something nice happens and put this 10-15 sec fragment before the actual video, so it might grab the attention of your viewers to stick along.

preview (with something funny happening or something) -> Intro -> Video -> (Outro)
 
Lady Chou-Chou said:
You could do is making a preview of the clip where something nice happens and put this 10-15 sec fragment before the actual video, so it might grab the attention of your viewers to stick along.

preview (with something funny happening or something) -> Intro -> Video -> (Outro)
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that's a good idea, doesnt fit in with my current series, or how i invision it, but ill def do this when i do a horror game or something in the near future.
 
Have fun, and keep the quality (Sound and video) At its maximum, thats all. No magic tricks, no low key alley deals, it may take longer than cheating the system and doing videos you dont like making but it will be a fun ride to the top.
 
Sinc said:
Have fun, and keep the quality (Sound and video) At its maximum, thats all. No magic tricks, no low key alley deals, it may take longer than cheating the system and doing videos you dont like making but it will be a fun ride to the top.
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With cheating the system, you are only fooling yourself and YouTube isn't stupid and would most likely ban you if it is done too obvious.

It's better to be honest and small than lying and 'big'.
 
I was going to suggest length of videos can come into play - but you are doing good in that department. I usually just try and be energetic, talkative, involving the audience in different ways, and try and engage them when possible.

I knew a guy that used a clip from his NEXT video as his intro to his current video, with the obvious music/text overlaying it, as sort of a teaser to get people amped for the next episode, as well as getting them to want to see what lead up to that event they saw in the intro.
 
The best way to know if what you're putting out is good is to watch it yourself. All of it. Now days I try to watch and be less biased by looking at what might bore me and what won't. Of course I still have a long way to go but lately I'm pretty happy with the way GTA IV is going in terms of editing. I'm getting the cuts to a point where there's not enough boring bits for me to care. Unfortunately I have to keep some of the boring bits as they lead up to some of the funny bits and otherwise removing them could force the funny bits to not make sense. Another way is to upload the whole thing in a low quality version (to avoid wasting bandwidth) and show it to your mates and see what they think. Don't just post it on your facebook though, litterally contact each 1 indavidually. xD
 
Usually for anything over 10 minutes, I've been making my videos basically highlight reels where it only shows the good parts or parts relevant to the story. Try doing that and see if it helps.
 
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