Hey YouTube.
It's ya girl Lia.
Back again with another video.
And today's video if you can't tell from the title is another video to kind of help other
Small Youtubers.
Now I decided to start making videos to kind of help other small Youtubers cause me myself
I'm a small Youtuber myself.
Haven't even been on Youtube a year yet but I thought people have questions.
I search videos like these and I want to help people who also search videos like these to
kind of inspire them and help them along their journey.
Because I know a lot of people get discouraged when they don't have the amount of subscribers
that they feel like they should have at a certain point but you're not alone.
So today's video is on how you can gain real genuine subscribers here on YouTube and addressing
why I don't do Sub for Sub.
Now I don't do Sub for Sub.
I just hate it.
I hate when people come on my video and say generic " Great video.
Can you check out my channel."
" Great Video.
Can you check out my channel."
You didn't watch the video.
Sometimes I want to quiz these people and be like what was your favorite part?
Just hate those things and they bother me and I don't allow them on my account.
Those kind of messages automatically go to spam.
So if you guys are out here doing those.
You guys know if you guys if your comments are showing up on people's pages that's because
they approved them.
Those messages go to spam.
So I never have to approve those messages.
I don't do sub for sub because I don't want ingenuine subscribers.
I don't.
I follow about 317 people here on Youtube.
That's a lot of subscribers.
A lot of content and I love genuinely love the 317 people that I'm subscribed to.
I love their videos.
I have been following them for years some of them.
8...
Upwards of 8 years some of them.So yea when I subscribe to somebody.
I genuinely love their videos.
I'm not going to check you out cause it's not going to help you out.
It'll have the number but you won't have the view count.
So if you want the subscribers and the views.
My right now subscriber count is at as I'm recording this 1,500.
And I have almost 130,000 views.
130,000 views.
1,500 subscribers.
That's a lot of..
Those things correlate.
You guys can see where I'm coming from with the amount of subscribers and the amount of
views I have.
Some people out here with 1,500 subscribers.
The same amount as me could have 2,000 views.
3,000 views.
Your people aren't watching.
The subscribers and the views aren't adding up.
So what you want and how to grow on Youtube.
You guys want the views and the subscribers.
You want genuine people watching your feedback.
And how you get those genuine people is one.
One of these things is going to be.
This isn't an obvious thing.
This isn't one of those things where it's like.
I already knew that.
What can help turn on your subscriber view.
Like let people see how many subscribers you have.
Now that can be like for what why.
I didn't turn my subscriber view.
People couldn't see how many subscribers I had until about February of 2017.
Um I started January 2016.
I'm going to insert a video or picture right now of how many.
I took a screenshot of how many subscribers I had on January 1st because I said come Talia
in 2017 you will increase your subscribers.
And people will really find your videos.
And now what 6 months later I have what 1,300 more subscribers than I had in January.
It's only 6 months later.
I turned my subscriber count on so people could see my subscriber count in February
2017.
And I thought people are going to see I only have 300 subscribers and their not going to
follow me anymore.
I'm going to gonna have nobody.
There was no change into my subscriber.
My subscribers grew even more after I turned my subscriber view on.
So do that.
We all start at 0.
We start at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Everybody knows that.
So not having it visible doesn't help at all.
In some cases.
And this is what made me turn it on.
I saw a comment on a page where somebody was like I don't even subscribe to someone if
I can't see their subscriber count.
I'm more inclined to subscribe to you if you have 200 subscribers and I can see those 200
subscribers as opposed to not having your subscriber count on.
So definitely have your subscriber count on on your channel.
I know it's going to be tough.
If you 200 subscribers I know you guys wanna not or even less than that.
If you have 5,10, 15, 20 subscribers.
I know you might not want the world to see it but trust me.
I promise you it will not affect you.
You will still get genuine whole-hearted who will want to support you at 5,10, 15, 20 subscribers.
Another thing promote, promote, promote.
In January nobody knew about my Youtube channel but close friends and people who happened
to find my channel.
And that's why I had about 200 after being on Youtube I think at the time it was 5 months.
January would have been about 5 months of being on Youtube.
Had 200 something and nobody knew.
You know not close personal friends.
I didn't advertise on Facebook.
I didn't have an Instagram account.
I didn't have anything to market my videos and then in February I started my Instagram.
Go follow me lialavon89.
I started that Instagram and I started promoting.
Using hashtags and all that.
I started joining groups on Facebook geared towards the things that I talk about such
as hair and beauty.
Started posting my videos there.
Getting a lot of traction from that.
So yes market your stuff.
If you're a gamer.
If you're watching this video and you're a gamer.
Market your stuff.
I know it's . Like you're like oh I don't have that good of a content.
People will still love you and people will still grow with you.
And people will recognize that your channel isn't where it's gonna be but it will get
there.
You know people like Jacylyn Hill, Jackie Aina.
All these people started out somewhere and you're starting out somewhere and your subscribers
will be like I was with you at 200 girl now you at 200,000.
So yes market yourself out there.
Whether your have twitter.
I don't use twitter like that, but some people say twitter is better than Instagram at getting
the word out.
So I'm not even utilizing all the marketing capabilities that I have.
So Twitter, Instagram, Tumbler, Pinterest.
I post my videos on Pinterest.
I post my photos of me and my hair on Pinterest.
That drives people in and I can see.
If in your analytics.
I'll do a video on analytics if you guys have any questions.
You can see what drives your people externally.
A lot of my external is from FaceBook, Pinterest, Instagram.
Market would be by second thing.
Third tip.
Have good content.
I know that goes without saying but really have good content.
That is the strongest thing.
You don't have to sub for sub or draw people in and say come look at my content if your
content is actually good.
People will find you.
You'll be pushed up in Youtube world if people come to you, actually like your videos.
And actually really love your content.
So have good content.
If you guys went.
If you're editing your videos right now and you can't even watch it all the way through.
If you can't even get through it how can your subscribers get through it.
You have to have that.
Number four be genuine on camera.
That might be something that everyone says too.
And that might be common knowledge.
But for me my first couple videos.
If you watched my first video one through probably ten.
I am not genuine.
My personality is not shining through.
I have a speech impediment that I address some times in my videos.
Or not a speech impediment but a lisp a little bit that I've very.
I've embraced over the last couple.
All the years of my life.
When your growing up and have that you embrace those kinds of things.
But I was scared to record.
And I was scared people wouldn't like my content because of the way I hold my month.
So in my first couple videos I'm very like Hi, my name is Lia Lavon and I am on here
to talk about".
I'm over enunciating things and my friends.
I had my best friend watch my content and she gives me the real.
Won't hold anything back and was like you fake, you phony, you fugazy.
You all that.
You need to come here and you need to show people your real genuine self.
So I started turning on the camera and I started being my real self.
So yea be yourself as much as possible.
If you cuss in real life.
Cuss.
Like be on here.
Be real.
Some of the smallest youtubers I love they be keeping it all the way 100 and that's exactly
what I like.
And that's exactly what I suggest for you to do.
Um what number am I on.
Am I on five yet.
I'm on 5 already.
Don't worry about your camera, your lighting, and all that.
People get on here and people halt themselves from starting their channel because they're
scared of their lighting, their camera quality, their editing.
They don't have a Mac Book.
They don't have all this.
I'm here to tell you I have 1,500 subscribers right now.
Genuine subscribers who found my content.
None of them are sub for sub.
Real people who are interested in my content.
I'm filming on a camera right now that cost me about 247, $247.
Been using it forever.
Um I'm outside right now because I don't have lighting.
I don't have good lighting.
I don't have these ring lights or anything like that.
I have a set of umbrella lights that were $50 on amazon.
That really don't work that well.
So I still use natural light.
I'm outside.
This is my backdrop.
It cost me nothing.
I guess it cost me my rent.
I'm paying for it in rent but I might as well use it.
Shoot I'm paying for it.
My backyard.
Yea, my tripod.
Amazon $10.
I edit on an iPad.
So my computer is a ChromeBook right now.
So I don't think Chrome book has editing system.
But I have an iPad.
So I use iMovie for iPad.
Which is free on iPad.
And yea.
So I don't have the coolest transitions.
I'm trying to find apps where my name can like pop up in the corner or my Instagram
so if it pops up right now that means I found an app.
But if it doesn't I'm still using iMovie.
So yea don't get hung up in your quality of everything.
Don't get out here and spend $2,000 on your channel when you go what I do for very inexpensive
and find genuine subscribers.
My subscribers don't care that I do all this.Your genuine supporters will support you with whatever
quality you have.
So do not feel like you have to get the Macbook.
You got to get the Sony a5000.
You got to get all this because some times your can be investing all this money but never
see a return on it.
And some people out here really want to make money.
I didn't say this at the intro but I'm not one of these Youtubers who is trying to become
a big Youtuber.
I work 40 hours a week.
I love working in corporate America.
I'm going to work my way up on the corporate ladder and be one African-American women stunting
out here in corporate America.
So I do all this because I genuinely want to.
This is a hobby for me.
So I'm not looking to make bookoos of bookoos of money off of Youtube.
So I'm giving you advice as somebody who genuinely loves being on YouTube and genuinely has subscribers
who are you know faithful to my channel no matter how cheaply I record things.
Like that's why I say don't invest a lot.
Don't throw all your eggs in this basket.
When I was little I wanted to take piano lessons.
Begged my mom to but me a Casio keyboard.
Took lessons for about 2 months and that Casio keyboard sat in my room forever.
So yea I don't want you guys to buy a camera.
Buy all this equipment.
Buy $1,000 camera, starting filming, and realize this isn't what you want to do.
Make sure you're genuinely interested in it because can tell that you're genuinely liking
what you're doing in making these videos.
So yea those are my top 5 tips.
At the time that I'm posting this like I said I have 1,500 subscribers.
That's means I've grown 1,300 genuine subscribers in 6 months.
Some people are like I don't want that.
I want a million in a year.
Be realistic.
Be realistic because people can tell.
Youtube isn't.
I'm passionate about Youtube but Youtube isn't my career.
And if you're passionate about Youtube and you don't focus on all the numbers they will
come.
I promise you that.
So yea make sure you like.
Make sure your comment.
Make sure your subscribe and I will see you in my video.
Bye.
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