Okay stream number one we’re gonna take over the Internet yeah this is harder than I thought hello my name is Terry and welcome to create a central the channel that helps you create content that you’re proud of it sucks to stream to nobody you put so much time And energy into your content and then nobody turns up it can be devastating stick around to the end of this video though when I’m gonna teach you how to stop streaming to nobody I’m gonna teach you how to get your first ever viewers your first ever audience first of all Let me tell you that you are not alone so many people stream to nobody and in fact a lot of people stream to nobody for a long time on top of that there are so many people who quit in this phase because this this is very very difficult This stage is incredibly difficult to get out of so a lot of people actually quit before they ever managed to get out of it so with that in mind just know that it is something that everybody goes through it’s not because you’re bad or your content is bad this is something That we all have to deal with we all have to overcome this and a lot of people actually don’t overcome this so if you are taking the steps to watch youtube videos and get advice on how to get over this you are already putting yourself ahead of a lot of people trust Me lots of people think that it’s too late or that it’s too difficult in 2019 to grow a channel I’m here to tell you that that’s not true so if you’re one of those people who streams to nobody watch this video put these tips into practice And they will help you let me know down in the comments below if you put any of these tips into practice and it has helped your channel out so tip number one choose the right category a lot of people who start out on Twitch start off As gamers and that’s fine but a lot of people pick games that are really bad for beginners to explain what I mean we need to understand the directory for the majority of people looking for new streamers to watch they browse the directory and for most of those people It is sorted from highest amount of viewers down to lowest amount of viewers now twitch did implement a new feature recently which allows you to reverse that what most people don’t use that most people browse twitch with the standard top to bottom sorting and that’s absolutely fine So knowing that bearing that in mind what does this mean for you as a brand-new streamer what this means for you as a brand-new streamer is that the more people who are streaming in a game category the less likely it is that anybody’s going to find your channel This is why the game that you choose is in incredibly important games like fortnight podgy League of Legends even overwatch are incredibly saturated they may have the most viewers but they also have the most streamers trying to stream it and so this floods that category of lots and lots and lots of different Child pages and this makes it even more difficult for you as somebody with zero viewers to stand out and in my opinion it’s best to avoid these games altogether when you’re brand new now on the other hand you don’t want to stream a game that has nobody viewing it I find It’s best to find a game that is sort of middle of the road and what I mean by that is a game that has you know good a good amount of people watching it but as the least amount of people streaming it and that can be very very difficult to Find a game like that but if you’re taking those examples of fortnight and League of Legends you’re in the worst case scenario so just have a think about the game that you are streaming what the key is is go and actually look in that directory and see how many people are Streaming lucky actually go and click on it and have a look what are the chances that your channel is going to be found in this category and what you need to do to work that out is look at how many people are there how many pages there Are and remember that you’re going to be backed right down at the bottom how long is it going to take for somebody to scroll down and find a zero viewers stream which is what your stream is and ask yourself this are you gonna scroll down that farm if it’s pages and pages Probably not remember your aim you isn’t to have thousands of viewers not yet you’re a mare is to grab the attention of a few people and that’s much easier to do in a less saturated category there are websites that can help you with this there are websites that can help you Figure out which games are more saturated or less saturated and when but don’t worry about that not yet you don’t need to what you need to be doing is going to the directory yourself clicking on browse having a look at some games and seeing how many people are in that Game before you decide whether to stream it or not so now that you’ve chosen your perfect game what are your next steps how do you grab people from that game into your stream well on Twitch you only really have one way of standing out and that is your title you can’t really Change your thumbnail and at the moment nobody probably knows your name so really the only control you have over getting people into your stream is title and this makes titles incredibly important remember people don’t know how great your stream or your overlays are yet they don’t care about that what they Care about is finding a stream that interests them and one of the best ways you can do that is by putting on a compelling and engaging and exciting or an attention-grabbing title your stream title is a fantastic opportunity to sell your stream lots of people put very Generic of land titles such as chill stream come hang out let’s chat or even worse just the name of the game that they’re streaming and in fact I’ve actually seen people before with no title at all I don’t even know how they did it but they had no title whatsoever This is just such a waste of an opportunity this is the first opportunity you have to grab somebody’s attention and if you’re not utilizing that somebody else is and they’re going to get the viewer and you’re not the aim of your title should be to tell potential viewers some think about your Stream in one sentence give them a reason to check out your street are you hilarious tell them do you have a specific goal for your stream tell people do you have a specific conversation that you want to talk about or do you have something special and exciting you’re doing that nobody else Is doing great put it in your title let people know remember no matter what game you pick whether saturated 1 or a non saturated 1 you are always going to be competing with somebody and you have to sell your stream you have to convince people that your stream is the one that Is worth checking out not this other person’s so you might be thinking boy hey I’ve seen other streamers with really generic and bland titles and they’ve got thousands of viewers that’s true but they already have an established audience they already have people that will tune in no matter what The title is no matter what they’re doing they have their established audience already you don’t you don’t have that luxury so you have to think differently and you have to use every opportunity you can to grab those new viewers grab their attention reel them in with a fantastic title now this third Tip is a power tip this is something that a lot of brand new streamers overlook but it is something that is really really easy to do and will help you out a lot remember how earlier we were talking about the directory and how it is sorted by views well sitting at Zero viewers can actually potentially be harmful for your growth and what I mean by this is when somebody is browsing through that directory if they see you on Saturday viewers they might think that there’s a reason for that they might subconsciously think nobody’s watching this channel it must be about channel Now I know that’s really unfair because you haven’t had the opportunity to prove yourself yet and you really want to but you have to remember from a from a viewer mindset they don’t care about that they care about finding entertaining content so you have to Prove that you are good and it does feel a little bit like sometimes with your site zero viewers that there might be a reason for that now I know this isn’t fair that you are cited zero viewers you’re brand new it’s not your fault but there Is something that you can do that can immediately put you on one viewer over zero and that’s having a bot in your stream now I don’t mean view botting view botting is bad you should never do that it’s against cos but why do mean is having a chat bar and having that chat Bot sat in your chat most of us get BOTS to do things like shoutouts moderation currency and custom commands but what a lot of people don’t realize is that that chat bot actually counts as a viewer if you set it up correctly it will count as a viewer and that’s immediately putting You from zero viewers to one so not only are you one step up that theoretical ladder you are putting yourself above everybody that’s streaming to zero people and in some cases that can be a huge deal but even further to that why stop at a bot knowing that your first Few viewers are so impactful for getting you up that directory making you look like you’re worth watching why not grab a few other people in there so something that a lot of people don’t take into consideration is friends and family why don’t you ask some close friends if they Have twitch accounts to come and hang out with you on Twitch and if you or your family or your friends they don’t have twitch accounts then offer to set one up for them I found that people are quite often very willing to help you out If it takes half an hour out of their day and it doesn’t cost them anything quite a lot of people will be willing to just come and say hey even if it’s just for half an hour they will come and sit in your chat they will say hey they will Check out your stream sometimes they even ask questions about what you’re doing and that’s really good because that gives you an opportunity to start engaging with chat doesn’t matter that you know them it matters that you are learning those basic skills that you’re gonna have to learn and while they’re Doing that and while you’re chatting anybody that does come across your stream you look better because you look like you’re chatting to a chat it looks like somebody else has chosen your stream so they must have chosen it for a reason so I’ll choose it also you have to get Into that mindset there is this snowball effect on twitch where the more people watch you the more people will think you’re worth watching and that can be very unfair for brand new streamers but it’s just the reality of it so every little advantage you can give Yourself within the realms of TOS are in the realms of not cheating you should absolutely be doing so this next piece of advice might be a little bit controversial for some but I truly believe that when you’re starting out you’re brand new and you have zero audience that you should be streaming as Often as you can now you don’t need to be doing 24 hour streams this is something that I personally don’t think is a really good idea especially when you’re newer you can do them for charity streams or special events that’s fine but as a brand new streamer you’re not Gonna have that stamina you might be able to think that you can do this for a long time trust me you won’t be able to a lot of established streamers struggle to do a 24 hour stream there’s no way you’re gonna be able to do it don’t over Stream yourself like that but what I mean is is the longer you are SAP in that directory for statistically the more likely it is that somebody’s going to find your channel so the more that you can go live within a week the better now if you’re going live once a week you Are gonna grow very slowly it’s gonna be difficult for you if you’re going live five times a week it is much more likely that somebody is going to find you now of course depending on your life situation you may have a job you may have a family whatever you have Responsibilities that’s absolutely fine but the more that you can do even if that’s an hour a day the more that you can do the more likely you want to start to gather that momentum and get some new viewers and get your first viewers engaging with your stream those have Been my tips to gain your very first viewers on Twitch let me know if you have found anything in this video useful like the video leave a comment down below and subscribe to the channel for more tips and tricks on to how to make content that you’re proud of You Video Information
This video, titled ‘How To Get Your First Viewers On Twitch’, was uploaded by Creator Central on 2019-05-22 21:17:36. It has garnered 45316 views and 1827 likes. The duration of the video is 00:11:07 or 667 seconds.
Are you struggling on Twitch?
Streaming to zero viewers?
In this video, I will teach you how to get your first viewers on Twitch!
I also offer some tips and tricks you may not have thought of yet!
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