How to get the first 1000 subscribers on Youtube fast - beginners guide

In this article, we will analyze 7 ways to gain the first 1000 subscribers for your YouTube. I will also talk about how to prepare your channel for promotion.

What is the first 1000 for?

Let's first understand why the first 1000 subscribers are so important. And why will it be the most difficult?

The fact is that when you are just creating your channel, YouTube does not have a base of subscribers who watch your videos. Therefore, he does not understand who to show them to. That is, your videos are lying dead weight not because YouTube is bad, just until he understands who is interested in them.

In addition, without 1000 subscribers, monetization cannot be enabled. And without advertising, YouTube is not particularly interested in moving our videos.

Before we get to the main part, I want to give a recommendation - don't merge!

Not always everything will turn out perfectly. Videos won't always get views. But this is not a reason to score on YouTube. This is an occasion to change your approach and try again.

Remember how we learn to drive. We do not expect that we will succeed perfectly from the first time and we will beat the Formula 1 driver. Also here: be patient and persistent.

I really want you to succeed and feel the buzz from your channel. Done? :)

What should happen before the start

Before we attract people to our channel, it is necessary to prepare it. Thesis, what should we have so that we can adequately accept the first subscribers and not merge them because of our illiteracy:

1) Designed channel of a certain subject - choose one, perhaps two adjacent directions, so that people understand what is happening on the channel and whether there is a benefit for them here.

2) 4-5 interesting videos on our topic - it is logical that we need to show something to people when they come to us.

3) The video must be optimized for YouTube.

For more information about optimization, see the free checklist "Step-by-step scheme for starting a YouTube channel from zero to a million", where I described all the steps for the development of the channel.

What do I need to do for the first 1000?

We need to show YouTube to whom it should recommend videos, and let the algorithms choose the audience for our channel.

Simply put, you need to give YouTube external traffic.

And here, attention is very important - this traffic should be from real people. No cheats or anything like that.

I explain on my fingers.

YouTube counts for a full viewing of 5 seconds of video playback. When we participate in cheats, we get views of 15-30 seconds. And that's not our target audience. Yes, you will have beautiful numbers, but this is just fiction.

As a result, we get the following picture.

YouTube sees that our video is, say, 20 minutes, and people watch it for 15 seconds. What conclusion does he draw? That's right - the video is not interesting to people, so you do not need to promote it. They dug a hole for themselves.

Therefore, no cheats!

Next, I'll give you working ways in which you'll get your first live 1,000 followers and make friends with YouTube algorithms.

7 ways to get the first 1000 subscribers on YouTube

1st way - ask your friends to subscribe to the channel and watch your videos until the end

I agree, the method is rather banal. But I used it myself and I can assure you that it works great.

To minimize the strain on people, I did the following. When I had a new video on the channel, I wrote to people in person: "Hi, can you put a like comment on the video and leave it in the next browser tab without sound?"

If you have employees, you can also give them the task of watching videos from start to finish on silent mode.

If we use this method to gain at least 30-40 views with high depth, it will be very cool. In the first stages, every viewing counts.

The 2nd way is to comment on large channels where there is our audience

What is the point - there are authors who have already gathered an audience on our topic. We find their channels, subscribe and start witting in the comments.

In order for this method to bring results, do not forget about simple rules:

1) the comment should complement the author and not contradict him;

2) the comment should show our expertise;

3) it is better to write a comment immediately after the release of the video - so there is much more chance that it will gain likes and will hang in the top.

Fact that by the time the traffic is received, the channel should be designed and have several videos, I think, can no longer say. I hope these are now obvious things to you.

3rd way - video advertising in thematic chats Telegram, WhatsApp or VKontakte

Almost all professional communities have chat rooms - it does not matter whether they are SMM specialists, builders, psychologists or fitness trainers. Almost all people tend to unite in interest groups, and in our case - in chats:

We can use these chats to advertise our videos, but here it is important to be adequate and not to spam.

An example of adequate advertising in the chat: "Colleagues, I shot a video "How to glue wallpaper", what do you think? I invite you to a discussion in the comments!"

An example of inadequate advertising: "Guys, wow-how, watch a new video on my channel "How to pump up the press in 2 minutes!!!"

Of course, the second option can roll, but it is so......

4th way - placing links to videos on thematic forums

Similar to point 2 about chats: in any professional community there are forums.

Open the search engine, type "forum of builders", "forum of psychologists", etc.:

Then we either agree with the administration on the purchase of advertising or create our own branch and repost our videos there.

My first videos were posted on the forum FB-killa.ru - which is one of the largest forums for advertising on Instagram and Facebook.

The 5th way - posting links on your social networks and reposting videos

Almost everyone has Instagram or VKontakte, where there are 200-300-500 friends-subscribers. This is also a resource that can and should be used to gain views.

Every time we post a new video, we post about it on our Instagram profile. In the post, we tell you what the video is about, and make a call to click on the link and watch it. We do the same with VK and Facebook, only there the link is simply attached to the post:

6th way - placing videos on sites such as vc.ru, Zen, or other thematic sites

We choose a thematic platform where our target audience sits. For example, Yandex.Zen. Start your own blog. We convert the scripts to our videos into small articles and add an attractive titles. In the end, we insert the video itself so that it is a logical continuation of the text. And so we publish.

I personally did this on the site VC.ru, because it fits the theme of my channel and my audience is gathered there.

The 7th way - buying advertising in thematic publics or sites

The method is extremely effective, and with its help, you can fill the first 1000 subscribers in just 3-5 days.

This is a paid advertisement in thematic public VK, Facebook, and Telegram.

Yes, you will need an advertising budget. But this is the fastest way to attract the target audience to the channel.

What it looks like: in the search for VK or Telegram groups, we enter a key query, say, "psychology". We write to the admins of the groups that we want to buy advertising with the publication of our video. We coordinate the advertising post, pay money, and voila - from one such publication you can get 300-500 or even 1000 subscribers to your channel.

Here you can see for yourself what is more important to you: the economy or growth rate.

8th way, bonus - search engine optimization video

This method must be combined with all the previous ones, otherwise, there will be no sense in them.