How to get SO good at YouTube you can't stop going viral

I was getting thousands of views per day within 2 weeks of starting this Channel I didn't post in forums get shoutouts or use some secret technique all I did was upload two videos and nothing else today you'll learn how to get those results for your own channel chapter 1 Breaking the algorithm getting YouTube's algorithm to blow up your channel is actually really simple here's how it works explained by the largest Creator on the platform if people are clicking and watching then it gets promoted more and that's all that's literally all the algorithm does is reflect

what the People Want it really is that simple success on YouTube comes when you make videos that people click on and watch the hard part is doing it better than everyone else but based on my experience with two successful channels and my research into the methods of the best creators on the platform I have created a stepbystep process to take your videos to the Moon in fact your next video will Mark that changing point in your channel if you do everything I tell you to chapter 2 a good idea messing up in the idea stage

under Minds the entire video which makes this step the most important to start create a list of whatever you can think of that sounds interesting to people in your Niche focus on what your Niche wants what they care about what they're scared of or even what they're insecure about the real question here is what video titles can you craft that address the needs of your audience figure out what content will live up to the title later and that's not even all there is to it see if you can catch the mistake with this video here

it's about just one single feature that wasn't super interesting most people in my Niche didn't have a reason to watch this however this video was relevant to far more Terraria players because the idea was way more broad so your ideas can't be super specific they must be attractive to most people in your niche finding ideas can be challenging at first so a little trick that I like to use is to just leave all that thinking to the pros I'll study Trends and popular videos from my Niche and then try to take ideas a step further

or put some sort of twist on [Music] it wait stop you cannot make the video just yet you'll see why in just a second chapter 3 thumbnails and titles you still need to make the title and thumbnail so you can actually calculate the quality of that idea you see for it to be a good idea there must be at least one very compelling reason to click on the video if you can't figure out a way to do that then maybe you should watch this video here or maybe your idea just sucks if that's the case

do not use that idea here's a video where it's very obvious what the reasons to watch are for starters you want to see what liquid sand looks like when it's moving around in a recording but you'd also like to know how it works and what it looks like to swim in in and for this video the reason to watch is that Terraria players love to know about new features and therefore this video will be interesting because it covers a new feature to the game so the reason to watch is to learn about the Oasis in

Teraria that is some [ __ ] the reason to watch can't require a bunch of rationalization otherwise it's a really weak reason nobody cares about your video until you give a solid reason to watch it like this find for yourself the difference in how enticing these two videos are when it comes to designing the thumbnail it's essential to make a thumbnail that lets anyone in your Niche immediately understand what's going on you can't rely too much on the title here because most often viewers look at the thumbnail before they look at the title so don't

use a poorly shot photo or an uncropped screenshot otherwise your thumbnail is just too bland and confusing next to all the others most YouTubers don't even use a single frame from their video to make the thumbnail instead they take new photos often piecing multiple together to create an image that most effectively represents the idea of that video now for the title it's the best opportunity for giving a reason to watch my reason typically comes from titling the video as a question but it's also a great strategy to instead give extra context about your video just

make sure that the reason to watch is still clear chapter 4 plan the script remember earlier how Mr Beast described the algorithm well think of your entire scripting process as your plan for this part making people watch your video for as long as possible even something like a vlog where you've recorded everything first requires you to consider what footage you have and then create a storyboard because without a strong strategy to maximize viewer retention you will lose viewers incredibly quickly a great way to think about all this is a big water tank with a leak

in the bottom at the start of your video you're at a full tank but it drains quickly and once it's out viewers start looking for something better to watch the only way to keep viewers is to do a little refill by giving value to your audience say or do something interesting something important or helpful even just make them smile something like that also be aware that the tank drains at different speeds depending on your audience some niches and age groups have an attention span of around 20 seconds While others can last maybe 2 or 3

minutes knowing that you should spread out your key points of information evenly throughout the video to consistently refill the tank start by separating the video into different sections each with a couple bullet points to list the takeaways Next plan out some pockets of dopamine little edits montages or jokes to give the vi a quick break without these your video flies by way too quickly which overwhelms the viewer and prevents them from absorbing anything chapter 5 script writing do you remember a minute ago when I talked about that water tank well here is where it really

comes into play once you start allow viting on the takeaways you just listed explain them as simply as you can a 10-minute video that could have been 3 minutes will be so boring that the average view duration will likely be just a minute but'll flip this around a 3 minute video which is so compact that it feels like 10 minutes will be so entertaining that the average view duration is likely closer to 2 and 1/2 minutes but that being said trimming down your video too far actually hurts engagement it makes it feel really chaotic and

kind of soulless so while your wording should get to the point quickly it should still resemble the spirit of a natural conversation so make it feel like you're actually talking to the viewer they should be an Engaged listener thinking about what you've said and asking questions if you constantly tell things the exact same way it gets monotonous but if you switch it up sometimes use an analogy or an example tell a story or ask a question it makes the video much more engaging but as you may have noticed there's now an even bigger problem you

see with you you shortening your videos so much you struggle to reach that 8 Minute Mark where this sweet sweet cash comes rolling in so here's where the really highle stuff comes in I like to call it valuable [ __ ] I first discovered this when watching a Ryan Trahan video about a soundproof room I was surprised at first that the video lasted exactly 8 minutes but while watching I couldn't help but admire what Ryan was doing and by the end of the video I had learned one of the most crucial YouTube strategies you see

the duration of that video was not a coincidence his video could have lasted 5 minutes but he extended it using valuable [ __ ] check this out the creator of the world's quietest room is a man named Steve Steve orfield of orfield Laboratories I'm scared of this man for a number of reasons not only does he send two-word response emails but also orfield Laboratories literally sounds like the place a demagorgon would be hiding in the next season of stranger things it's quick and subtle but it's funny and that gives value to the viewer also it

builds a more personal connection to who's watching which makes him stick around with you for for longer all of the ways that Ryan fluffed up his video added something to it rather than stretched out what was already there before we talk about just forgetting all of this and letting AI write everything we need to talk about the most important part of the script the intro if you do not take those first few seconds to meet the expectations people had going in they will stop watching so take a good look at your title and thumbnail what

made someone click that what information what pacing and what mood are they expecting your entire video but especially the intro needs to align with those three principles as for specifically what you say there is no single answer you just confirm to them that your video will be what they expected and then immediately start delivering but please I am begging you do not ask for likes for subscribers or for money that is not what they came here for now about AI it is a great tool to help with your script writing I use it to find

better vocabulary to shorten sentences and to improve my flow but I would never use it to write a script that's because AI is just stupid it's trained using books and websites and therefore writes kind of the same way but YouTube videos aren't written the same as books all right sure using AI is lazy and it messes up the video but what I'm about to say is even worse and guess what you probably do it too I sure did back in my Terraria Channel I would draw out the second half of my script and just kind

of half ass it well it's true that people are more likely to keep watching the second half if they made it through the first half they're only more likely to keep watching but I counted on people staying once they got around to that halfway mark the writing editing and everything else would get way worse then I put in an outro that gave credits and stuff like that it took me a while to learn that there is no such thing as an outro on YouTube talk about why I hadn't blown up yet is because I was

thinking of my channel one video at a time and therefore viewers looked at my channel the same way one video at a at a time but what if they looked at my channel five videos at a time 10 videos at a time you know there is no better way to tell YouTube to blow up your channel than to have people binge your videos so plan for that don't let viewers get bored of you keep the second half just as good and then they're far more likely to watch another of your videos next okay with all

of that being said the most important thing for you to do is to avoid not writing anything because you're just trying to get it all perfect writing is a process it's never going to be perfect the first time chapter 6 recording so about recording I actually uh recorded my first two videos on my iPhone and a Blue Snowball and the videos actually did really good what's actually important is to just get as many Clips as possible you can't have one continuous shot of you talking you need a variety of things for the viewer to look

at for my Terraria Channel I would spend on average 10 hours recording footage just so I could switch the clips every 5 seconds and yes it is worth it the impact on your attention is massive chapter 7 editing the core of editing is pacing you see the style can be whatever you want but pacing pacing always has to be as fast as possible to really give you a sense of what it should be let's look at the bare minimum a 90-minute nature documentary this is a very slow paced genre yet at a random point in

the film the video cut to three different clips in 15 seconds an average of 5 Seconds per clip while the style was extremely minimalist just some background footage music and a voice over the editing maintained a Brisk pace so if this is just about the slowest editing you can possibly get away with what does that have to say about your videos which Linger on the same clips for 10 20 seconds and that's not even to mention the pauses that you make while you're speaking no one wants to see you staring around trying to figure out

what you have to say next um or any part of your video that's just a couple seconds long where nothing's happening cut that out too besides that the style of editing should match up with the genre of your video and the audience you have the wrong editing style can really ruin your video so figure out how the best creators in your Niche edit and then learn how to make something similar okay here's the most underrated editing tip ever create a variety of how much energy your video gives off the stark contrast of a hyperedited section

abruptly turning into a mellow a-roll segment forces the viewer to jump back into Focus these changes in pacing keeps the viewer from zoning out wait do you hear that that kind of like rumbling sound that's called a riser oh that was a hit these are just two examples of sounds that make the video way more immersive just as important are transition sounds ambient sounds and some Folly sounds sound design creates a really nice audio experience which will help keep the viewers watching for a little longer so I definitely recommend it I used to use freesound.org

but now use in photo elements and sound effects aren't the only way you can spice up the audio rather than throwing in a couple background songs that kind of work create a more immersive experience by choosing a larger variety of Music a lot of the pacing and mood of a video comes from the music so find songs that work really well for what you're aiming for so yeah that is the basic process but for someone like you I think you want something better so click here for the more detailed version of all of this