July 16, 2021 Amjad Desai

How to Grow and Increase Your Youtube Channel Audience

Helloooo Marketers!!!

I’m sure all of you must be using video marketing as a preferred mode of communication, especially during the current times where most of your audience is consuming information online.

There’s no question that video marketing has become increasingly popular and convenient for businesses in recent years. 

While talking about video marketing, how can we not talk about the internet video giant?

Yes, you guessed it right!

While popular sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and even your own website are wonderful places to invest, YouTube remains the market leader, with people spending most of their time on the platform viewing videos.

There’s no better time to start thinking about how to market your YouTube channel than right now.

So what are you waiting for? 

Let’s start!

YouTube is the second most popular website on the internet (second only to Google). The platform has a fairly diversified user base, therefore your business will likely be able to interact with your target audiences.

YouTube has published a video that explains how to grow your audience on the app and improve overall performance.

 

 

Here are the top five channel-building tips.

Create a channel that appeals to a specific audience

To keep your postings relevant and keep people coming back, you must first evaluate the audience you’re attempting to target and what they want to see, both now and in the future.

Rachel Alves, who currently works as a Product Manager for Recommendations at YouTube says – “Think about who’s watching your channel, what they’re interested in, and how those interests are likely to change over the course of 6 months, to a year, to two years, if you’re in this for the long term.”

In order to grow, you must do two things:

  • Bring in new viewers
  • Continue to entice viewers to return for more

Find Your Expertise

There is more information available now than ever before, so in order to stand out, you must create stuff that is either better than what’s already out there or has a unique slant that people can’t get anywhere else.

This isn’t necessarily tapping into trends, which is a popular growth hack. However, if you strive toward a specific alignment, you’ll have a higher chance of growing an audience over time since people will understand what your material is about and how it relates to their interests.

View a Large Number of Videos

Conducting market research and competitor analysis is similar to starting a business, and developing an efficient YouTube channel is the same.

Creators should watch a lot of content in the genre they’re targeting to gather ideas for their approach and to improve their presentation selection based on the genre’s engagement rate.

Develop and Establish Your Personal Brand

Strong brand appeal makes your channel stand out when your videos are offered to viewers under recommendations.

Consider what fonts, colors, and styles properly reflect your brand, and make sure they appear in your channel icons, artwork, video description, and, of course, your video trailer.

Create a Fixed Schedule and Be Consistent

You must post consistently on a fixed schedule to become a part of your viewer’s routine in order to gain return views. 

Channels must evolve their strategy over time, but by aligning with a central theme, you’ll be more likely to acquire an audience interested in that topic. This will take time but consistency is crucial.

Ready to Build Your Channel Audience?

While there is no fixed strategy for boosting your YouTube performance, these key tips will go a long way toward increasing your channel’s viewership.

Ultimately, it’s through quality content that you can build engaged followers and, as a result, brand advocates! Stay true to yourself and your brand while communicating with your audience.

That’s the actual trick here, as creating outstanding, interesting, episodic content isn’t easy. However, there is a big opportunity in Youtube videos if you emphasize something you’re passionate about and analyze what works on other channels.

Amjad Desai

I’m a friendly digital marketing consultant from India, living in UAE. You’ll usually find me talking about productivity, marketing, social media, technology, automation, and life in general. I run Synclarity along with a friend. We’re a inbound digital marketing agency that help businesses deliver measurable results