How to Grow Gaming Channel in 2023 - THE ULTIMATE GUIDE

Summary

This video script offers essential tips for growing a gaming channel on YouTube, emphasizing the importance of playing games you enjoy to resonate with viewers. It suggests focusing on 1-2 games to develop expertise and creating engaging content by showcasing your personality. The script highlights the need for good voiceover to make videos interesting and the power of storytelling to captivate and retain viewers. It also provides four storytelling techniques: introducing setup and characters, creating problems, incorporating highs and lows, and leaving suspense. Additionally, the script covers video editing tips and strategies for gaining initial subscribers, such as trend jacking and optimizing for YouTube search.

Takeaways

• 🎮 Choose a game you enjoy to create content that resonates with viewers and focus on 1-2 games to develop expertise.
• 🧡 Make viewers interested in you as a personality as much as in your gameplay to build a loyal audience.
• 🎙️ Incorporate voiceover in your videos to make them more engaging and to help viewers connect with your personality.
• 📈 Use storytelling techniques to make your gaming videos more captivating and to increase audience retention.
• 📹 Edit your videos to add value, such as by cutting out uninteresting parts and adding music that matches the mood of the gameplay.
• 🎵 Select music that complements different scenes in your video to enhance the emotional impact.
• 🔍 Use keyframing to create dynamic effects like zoom-ins on important in-game moments.
• 📝 Add text overlays to highlight dialogues and important information, which can make videos more engaging.
• 🔍 Trend Jacking can be an effective strategy for new channels to gain initial subscribers by creating content on trending topics within the gaming niche.
• 🔄 Keep an eye out for game updates, news, and trends to create timely content that can attract viewers and subscribers.

Q & A

What is the main challenge in growing a gaming channel on YouTube?

The main challenge is the high level of competition within the gaming niche, as only a select few, the top 5%, actually see their channels grow.

What is the recommended approach to choosing a game for your gaming channel?

The recommended approach is to play the game you like the most, regardless of its popularity, as enjoying the game will make your viewers enjoy it as well.

Why is it important to focus on 1-2 games when starting a gaming channel?

Focusing on 1-2 games helps you gain more knowledge and skills about them, which will assist in coming up with better content ideas.

How can a gaming channel creator make people interested in them?

By showcasing their personality and entertaining skills, as viewers invest not only in the content but also in the creator's personality.

What is the significance of using voiceover in gaming videos?

Voiceover is significant as it can make a boring video interesting and help in making people interested in the creator, thus enhancing viewer engagement.

What is the top-secret technique mentioned for making gaming videos more engaging?

The top-secret technique is storytelling, which can instantly hook and retain viewers, increasing watch time and potentially making the video go viral.

What are the four points provided for implementing storytelling in gaming videos?

The four points are: 1) Introduction of Setup & Character Development, 2) Create a Problem, 3) Highs & Lows, and 4) Leave Suspense.

How can editing techniques contribute to making a gaming video more engaging?

Editing techniques such as cutting out non-engaging parts, using music that matches the mood, using keyframing for effects, and adding text for dialogues and important information can make a video more engaging.

What is the purpose of leaving suspense at the end of a video?

Leaving suspense at the end of a video encourages viewers to binge-watch multiple videos, signaling to the YouTube algorithm to show more of the channel's videos to that viewer, thus increasing views and the chances of gaining subscribers.

What are the two methods suggested for gaining initial subscribers for a new gaming channel?

The two methods are Trend Jacking, where you create videos on trending topics within your niche, and utilizing YouTube search to understand what viewers are looking for.

Can you provide an example of Trend Jacking in the gaming community?

An example of Trend Jacking is when Dream created videos related to PewDiePie's Minecraft seed during the time when PewDiePie's Minecraft series was trending, which helped Dream gain his initial audience.