Do you want to get more Youtube views and subscribers?
I recently replied to a question online from David:
“I’ve been making videos for over a year for my real estate business, I upload them directly to Facebook and Youtube, and pump them out to my sphere of influence and the city the videos are for.
I’ve been getting more FB page likes which is great, but when you go to my YouTube channel they don’t get much action. Any advice on more YouTube views?”
My 7 tips for this great question:
Hey David, bravo on making videos — woohoo!
I had a look at your Youtube channel, and all I see is the exact same video thumbnails with lots of “updates” in the titles. When folks visit your Channel, this isn’t very exciting to look at, unfortunately — there is too much ‘sameness’. They may think that your Youtube channel has been ‘hacked’ and it’s the exact same video posted many times.
The GREAT news is that this is easy fixed :-)
I’d start by:
- writing a list of the top 10 (then 20, 30, 40) questions you’ve ever been asked about real estate
- when you’ve got a list of questions starting with How When Where Why etc, make a quick short video to answer ONE question per VIDEO
- add a great Call To Action (CTA), possibly like, “Got more questions? I’ve got more answers about real estate for you! Pop over to (the link for the website in large font); allow at least 10 seconds on the CTA part at the END of the video so the viewer has time to write down your link
- upload a different Thumbnail image for each new video: make each QUESTION the TITLE and put it on the OVERLAY on the thumbnail, so when I next look at all your videos, I can quickly see which QUESTION I want to know more about. Here are some examples of my video Thumbnails on my Youtube Channel:
- (a) do all your video SEO as mentioned by others, and (b) link all your videos together in a Youtube Playlist (or create more than one playlist, depending on categories, content). Here is a link to my different Youtube Playlists >>
- post those YT Question Videos all over the place, on your website, in your newsletter list, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn etc – and ask followers and clients for all THEIR questions and then answer them with more videos
- when you answer a ton of questions related to your niche, folks will watch more than one video, they will hopefully like what you’ve got to say, and will start to know, like and trust you — and then Subscribe, click, Like etc.
- make sure EACH VIDEO has a Call To Action sending folks off Youtube to go sign up for more great info from you, like a sign-up form on your website, where you offer something of great perceived value like a PDF, Checklist, Cheat Sheet, video tutorial, audio file, ebook etc. This item needs to answer the burning question which the video covers — but in greater detail.
These tips will give you a great place to start, because a zillion people are typing QUESTIONS into search engines and Youtube, but not many folks are typing the phrase (or interested in) “real estate market update” :-)
The best thing to do straight away
Do one video per day for ten days, and make sure to push them out all over the internet.
The next best thing to do straight after that
Think about saving time and effort, and start a “batch processing” system.
- create 5 videos in one day, edit and set them up to drip feed one per day for 5 days
- do this every 5 days, and build your videos on your Channel
- keep asking your clients, potential clients and people on your social media accounts for THEIR questions about your industry, and use those — you’ll never run out of ideas :-)
Will these tips help you to get more Youtube views and subscribers?
Absolutely! Let me know how you get on, ok?
And if you have any questions whatsoever, please do let me know.
Have fun and best of luck!
Teena!