How Twitch Affiliate STOPS You From Growing!
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Small Streamers and New UA-camrs, aka you, hold yourselves back by focusing on the absolute worst and dumbest parts of creating content!
I am not exaggerating at all when I say that if most of you watching this stopped focusing on things like Affiliate, Twitch Partner, and average viewership, you’d actually start growing properly!
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How To Grow On Twitch?
If you want to grow your Twitch stream, it is important to be critical. Being critical isn’t a bad thing, people say, “Oh don’t be so critical of yourself!”.
But there are a lot of things you can control and improve, such as your visuals, audio, and most importantly your content that you’re creating. Watch back your VoD and be honest with yourself, is it up to scratch. Does your mic sound good? Are you engaging? Is it easy to watch and enjoy or is there something that is off-putting? Be honest, push yourself to grow, and become a better entertainer!
Because at the end of the day, the only way you are going to grow your stream is by growing yourself and being critical in a positive way.
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 How Streamers Hold Themselves Back!
0:39 Own3d's Brand New FREE Plugin?!
1:15 Why Bigger Numbers Don't Mean A BETTER Creator!
3:45 How Twitch Affiliate Hurts Your Growth!
5:55 How Small Streamers Stop Themselves From Growing!
7:19 Why Having High Average Viewers Stops Growth!
10:30 How To Grow On Twitch Properly!
11:45 What Really Makes Streamers Grow!
What Bitrate And Settings Should I Use For Streaming?
The easiest way to understand bitrate is by calling what it actually is, your upload speed to the Twitch servers.
Now you’ll need a higher bitrate depending on how high quality you want your stream to be, this means 1080p 60 frames per second will need a bitrate of 6000, which roughly equals 6megabits upload speed on your end being taken up
By lowering your resolution and framerate, you can make it a lot easier to stream, for example, if you set your base canvas size to 1920x1080, but change your output to 1280x720 otherwise known as 720p you drop down to only needing a bitrate of 4500 or 4.5megabits.
If you still want 1080, you can even just lower your framerate from 60fps to 30fps and then adjust to 4500bitrate.
For more information visit this Bitrate graph: stream.twitch.tv/
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🕘Timestamps:
0:00 How Streamers Hold Themselves Back!
0:39 Own3d's Brand New FREE Plugin?!
1:15 Why Bigger Numbers Don't Mean A BETTER Creator!
3:45 How Twitch Affiliate Hurts Your Growth!
5:55 How Small Streamers Stop Themselves From Growing!
7:19 Why Having High Average Viewers Stops Growth!
10:30 How To Grow On Twitch Properly!
11:45 What Really Makes Streamers Grow!
Should I start streaming even though I need to make a ps account that says I’m 18? Is there any legalities that could get me in trouble?
I was overly focused on making money on Twitch. I tried too hard. Had a sub count I never reached, a bit goal above it that was quite high too. I got burnt out, and when I came back after a month I realised how stupid it was. Now I love streaming again in all honesty. I don't even want to make this my job, I just got carried away with the thought of extra cash instead of appreciating the fun I could have
Edit: just got to the 9 minute mark on the video and this is now my outlook. I already have a job and had one when I had this mindset, I should be doing this for fun lol
Check me out and give me tips just new more views when live
@@0rion Not Sure? Legally I Don't because Technically Some Could Have Paypal Etc. And Have Everything Appear Legit But i Simply Do Not Know Because i'm 28 thus don't Have to deal with this same sort of thing
I can Relate to Getting things while i was underage when i was 10 - 16 but again i was not Getting Money so i don't know how that works
But i will Say this If You Want To Keep Up The Illusion then don't say you are Underage, Just Keep Up The Facade, But i would not say it's the Optimal way to go
I’m thankful to have found this channel when I did. Eljay, your advice has helped me more than you know. I realized only a few weeks ago that focusing on numbers doesn’t help but when I focus on having a good time and playing fun games then I seem to get more people clicking on or stopping in on my streams.
I have found that as long as there is one person in the chat that you can chat to, nothing else matters! It makes streaming more fun when you have at least 1 person to interact with!
IAmATwitchNoob on twitch btw ;) I stream Splatoon 3!
100% . I try to constantly thank the one or two streamers I have with me. I think a lot of us doing this as long as we are making a couple people happy that’s all we need. Good luck!
Im gonna be honest, this guys " helpful" twitch videos seems like hes just telling everyone to quit streaming, because its hard. Youre telling me Twitch Partner isnt a big deal????? ITS LITERALLY THE VERIFICATION THAT YOURE A DEDICATED STREAMER FOR TWITCH., so yes it helps tremendously with marketing. But okay BUDDDY. I hit Affiliate my first month doing it my own way, i got 150 followers. and avg of 3.2 viewers. So dont sit here and say "if youre streeaming to get affiliate, youre never gonna get there" like who says that. WORK YOUR DAMN HARDEST. I streamed 90 HOURS my first month. Treat it like a job before it is one and youll hit affiliate.
@@ttvZachpope7 I like the way of how honest you are buddy!
The key to succes is in your own hands. No matter who what says! It’s all in your 🧠.
Ps; i started streaming to😁
This
well what if you NEVER get someone to interact with? no matter how much effort you do. (my case)
I just started and wanted to thank u for all the mindful tips. I turned of my viewer count form the get go and am super happy with streams that are very interactive wit the chat rather then watching the numbers. The fun part is always visible not only to you but the viewers
eljay I just want to say your videos have helped me grow SO MUCH as a streamer! I started with literally no audience and in just a month I've hit affiliate and averaged 7-10 viewers! And best of all, I've really improved the content on my stream and my twitch page while having so much fun with your help. Tysm!
you've been so helpful with me since ive started streaming and i'm very thankful for your advice. THANK YOU!!!
Your channel is great and your content has so much value! I started watching it way before I started streaming and when I finally did it I had so many of the things I learned from here in the back of my mind! I hit affiliate in 5 days (of course, not counting the actual 7 days) and in two weeks I have an average of 15 viewers! Thank you so much!!!
I am a simple streamer. All I want to do is have fun playing games and chatting to people. I didnt always have that mindset. When I first started, I will admit I was one of those people who had a goal of affiliate. I was lucky I got it pretty quickly. After that, I had a bit of a low energy phase of "why am I doing this, I'm not growing anymore". When I thought about it deeply, I knew streaming was never about the money for me, but to have fun and chat with my community. When I focused on that, I started to grow! I am still a small streamer, but I am so lucky I have regulars, people who chat in my streams, and have fun with me. To me that's all that matters :)
I hope your streams are getting more views now ♥️
Im gonna be honest, this guys " helpful" twitch videos seems like hes just telling everyone to quit streaming, because its hard. Youre telling me Twitch Partner isnt a big deal????? ITS LITERALLY THE VERIFICATION THAT YOURE A DEDICATED STREAMER FOR TWITCH., so yes it helps tremendously with marketing. But okay BUDDDY. I hit Affiliate my first month doing it my own way, i got 150 followers. and avg of 3.2 viewers. So dont sit here and say "if youre streeaming to get affiliate, youre never gonna get there" like who says that. WORK YOUR DAMN HARDEST. I streamed 90 HOURS my first month. Treat it like a job before it is one and youll hit affiliate.
@@ttvZachpope7I agree with you. Some of his videos are helpful but most of them are clickbait because people are more prone to click on a video going against their narrative to try and see why
I wish I could make more of your streams. Not for advice but for you, you're genuinely fun
Solid vidya. Crystalised a bunch of stuff I've already been thinking. The biggest thing though is that if you're doing what you need to for growth then affiliate/partner/etc. will come naturally. Don't grind for anything, just have fun and be fun.
Eljay, thanks for the advice! I can definitely see myself in everything you just said. Taking everything you said to heart.
I started streaming with the goal of hitting affiliate, and I finally hit it yesterday after 33 days. This channel was a big help. Thanks Eljay! Now that my goal's complete, I'll just focus on having fun while streaming. I never intended to grow huge when I began.
same here! been streaming minecraft for almost 4 weeks, I hit affiliate last night :)
This is my goal as well, just wanted the emotes .. been at it for like 2 months 33 followed 2.4 views, closer every stream :3 33 days seem fast, Gratz
It took me almost 5 months once I became serious last July (2021). Happy that you've found your fun zone, I wish you the best of luck
Aha lucky I was on my way hitting it couple weeks ago getting 4-5 consistent viewers then after stream 50-70 then I stopped for a week and bit and lost all the viewers lmao
Damnnn it took u 4 weeks it took me basically couple months but this year I became affiliate now it’s harder to get more followers because of the damn ads I have 57 followers but I speed run the last of us remake alot also play other games
Gotta love the unintended cameo at 1:45! Love the content my dude!
Thanks, Eljay, always enjoy your videos. I remember I cheesed getting to affiliate and regretted it, because I really wasn’t ready to hit the ground running once I got there.
Many (most?) followers are one-time viewers. It’s easy to click that button when you come in with a raid, or when you happen across someone’s stream while your favourite streamer’s on a break, or whatever; and you never, ever go back to the channel. So number of followers doesn’t really mean squat.
Viewers are more important than followers, because they’re actual people who are making time to watch your stream. Even then, how many viewers are watching you actively? They might be gaming and have you on in the background. They might have two or three tabs open and have you muted while they watch someone else. They might not even be in the room!
So the figures are pretty misleading, ultimately.
U are literally correct ! I literally quit after I reached affiliate but I plan on grinding super hard a lil in the future but wow everything u saying is facts. 🔥
I really appreciate this man it’s motivated me to do it for the right reasons again after a long time of forgetting why I do it.
Watching all of your videos on twitch, thanks for putting these out keep grinding man
Always helpfull great content! This popped up in my news feed however I did watch it before and the amount I have found myself happier on stream and still engaging since I stop paying attention to viewer numbers is mind blowing best advice I have gotten.
As always great advice. I use these so much to try to grow. Thank you SO MUCH
Yoooo I absolutely love your content and how straight forward you are! I’m mad you said the wrong time zone 🤣🤣🤣 my time zone is right for meeeee 🤣
This has been really helpful as my husband and i just started streaming! I'm actually really proud of the progress we've made in just two weeks, and we just finished editing a video for UA-cam from our streams!
Always great advice given. I do not worry about viewers or subscribers, it is appreciated but I much rather just have fun and meet cool people.
Thank you so much for ur awesome tips and videos Elijay! 🙏As a new streamer I thought hitting affiliate/partner is like a KPI - an indication of whether I am doing well as a streamer but watching ur vids really helped me see a different perspective and I'm really excited to try out your tips and advices! 🧡💛
Thanks for the vid man! I just hit affiliate yesterday and I'm going to continue to try to grow!
Hey Eljay, I've been doing a lot of thinking about my own content. What I want to create, where I want to be in x time, if it's even something I'm capable of, etc... I just want to say that I appreciate the value that you bring to your respective creative platforms. You're doing this because you're passionate, and want to share that with others. I would say this is also a really important lesson that we, as your community can learn from you, create something that you want to share. If you can't see yourself wanting to share, or feeling proud of what you created, take a step back and ask yourself what you would be proud enough to share with others. Then do that!
you seem very, very exhausted, with the Vapoureon spam, and i feel that.
Solid video as always, good points!
Been an Affiliate for over a year and getting Partner seems like a pipedream. However, streaming's fun and I'm learning all the time. Thank you for all the video advice you've dropped for the past few years, they've been a huge help!
love these tips and your sense of humor! thank you for reminding us of what's really important
Your advice and tips are really useful! Honestly makes me really motivated to start creating content again
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Thank you so much for this advice!!! I started streaming recently and felt bummed not having much ppl watch me but I’m in it for the experience and journey ! Your tip of watching yourself makes sense-I’m a self employed musician and I was taught to record myself practicing and listen back for inconsistenties in my tone, tempo etc. If I don’t even want to listen to myself, or with streaming, watch myself bc I’m not entertaining or interesting, what makes me think anyone else will?
I know a lot of people who quit playing their instrument when they graduated from a conservatorium (uni for musicians.) I think it's a similar thing. The goal is motivating and once it's gone, you're kinda left out in the cold. You either create your own goals or do something else.
For me, the goal of Twitch has always been to help me stay motivated to practice, and to get solo repertoire together. I started with only having written 3 or 4 full arrangements and I'm at nearly 40 now.
I feel better about turning down "exposure" gigs now because I know I can perform on stream without having to leave my house.
Daft as it sounds, as soon as I stopped caring about growth and started being myself, that's when I started getting regular viewers. I think viewers can smell a streamer desperate for viewers a mile off.
This touches on the thing that's always bugged me about Twitch and the culture surrounding it: people act so desperate. Desperate for viewers, desperate for followers, desperate for subs, desperate to make affiliate, desperate to make partner, desperate for bits and donations, etc. It's one big frantic hustle where many act like they'll literally drop dead if they don't reach their goals within a set time. This is often reflected within the streams themselves where the thirsty desperation of the streamer is palpable.
Best advice I ever received when it comes to streaming/youtube content is to do what you love, not to hit some vanity goal. If you grind so hard that you hate what you are doing any viewers will pick up on it! Thanks Eljay for the video.
Im gonna be honest, this guys " helpful" twitch videos seems like hes just telling everyone to quit streaming, because its hard. Youre telling me Twitch Partner isnt a big deal????? ITS LITERALLY THE VERIFICATION THAT YOURE A DEDICATED STREAMER FOR TWITCH., so yes it helps tremendously with marketing. But okay BUDDDY. I hit Affiliate my first month doing it my own way, i got 150 followers. and avg of 3.2 viewers. So dont sit here and say "if youre streeaming to get affiliate, youre never gonna get there" like who says that. WORK YOUR DAMN HARDEST. I streamed 90 HOURS my first month. Treat it like a job before it is one and youll hit affiliate.
@@ttvZachpope7 If that's what you want to do great, but that can lead to burnout as well, especially when you are also working a fulltime job, different advice for different folks, and congrats on affiliate great work!
@@superneles Thanks bro i appreciate it. and i believe financially if you want to do it you can its just all about the risks youre willing to take. You can save up money, to fund your living for a couple of months off of work. Depending on where you live its possible. What set me off about his video was him saying that being partner isnt that important when it is on twitch. Think of it as their verification like instagrams verification. Again, it just seems like hes telling people to quit streaming because "its tremendous hard work" it is, but its not harder than Blue Collared work there is. And its 1000x more fun. All im saying is its like with anything else, if you put your hard work and effort into it. Youll accomplish goals
Love the vids. Can you do one on having multi-platform chat on screen? Like if im streaming to YT TTV and FB at the same time, I want to consolidate all 3 chats into one chat window. seen many people do it but havnt found a good tutorial yet.
so glad i found this channel bc i wasnt really growing but i tried some tips and i began growing on my twitch
Couldn't agree more other than to be yourself imo. I dont look at the numbers anymore and haven't for a while. I just do it because I enjoy it so much. I like playing a variety of games and have random conversations with people in my chat. Its taken a lot of stress off me to focus on those things and enjoy it without worrying about getting to this level or that level. Good video.
Great advice as always! What would you think about making a video on ways to improve one’s physical and mental health to optimize their streams? Maybe some tricks and routines that help you out? It’s kind of similar to your talks on confidence and motivation.
He ain't your therapist bro
@@BenIsShiny I’m just saying he could give a few tips to people. I’m not in dire need of help. >_>
@@BenIsShiny weird comment
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I love your content because you keep it sooo real! Thanks!!
This is something that I really needed to watch. I got affiliate early because I didn't care and wanted the options open but it hurt me in the long run and want to quit. Now I know where to refocus my efforts.
This video has a lot excellent info - discoverable, good, content is the primary thing everyone should be concerned with... watching those numbers can just get depressing and take your content down a notch.
Eljay as always with the great advice. Hitting affiliate changes nothing if you "hacked" your way to it. If you have zero viewers to begin with then theres still zero people there to donate bits or interact with widgets or whatever you add to your stream. Make a stream you enjoy and stream because you enjoy it. If you are just streaming to make money you will burn out when that money doesn't come flooding in like you hope.
Also thanks for all the advice, these videos are very helpful.
I started for fun and I'm honestly having the best time of my life streaming. Meeting new people, playing with them just idk brings me joy. If I don't become big its fine I like where my growth is atm :)
I love to hear u saying what I already thought! I like to make videos, edit them and also edit some nice pictures memes or whatever to put in the edited videos ^-^ I was always to afraid to try but now I will try to stream and make youtube videos out of them. I searched for a niche, Im just afraid its a bit too niche ^^ Ill see
Thank you for everything you do. Every time I watch your videos my self confidence goes up. I am affiliate on twitch, I've had one payout on the part year. I stream games I enjoy and I have many extras that I use when I do. I stream Star Citizen daily, I also use Tobii Eye tracker 5, HCS VoicePacks (for crew members on my ship) and I treat the "game" as a little in another universe. While everyone runs around, I role play as my character, waking and doing normal life stuff, it's the way I enjoy playing the game. I play with my friends on discord and my main viewers are my daughter and my best friend when he can watch, so my average is between 0 and 1.2. I do have sponsors, I know it's a niche game, but it is what I enjoy and I pay the way I want. I'm in the weird position to either leave twitch and move to UA-cam (even though I stream to both), when I do get viewers, UA-cam viewers are more likely to chat with me. This was a great ego boost that has helped me but feel bad for stressing to no one... My sponsors enjoy my streams and it is very unique. Plus I use more extras than stole if the bigger streamers that play Star Citizen. It's weird, in also finding that intelligence is a detriment (no offense, I've just seen other friends streams and they are dumb as rocks), I guess people fully like the role play and slow paced and planned ideas. I'm also finding that games like apex and CoD get huge views, those hangers do but interest me, I love simulation style games and I won't stream anything other than that
Thank you so much for your videos they are really helpful and help me but feel bad for being a small steamer, for context, I started streaming in 2015. The one thing I know I need to do is edit my VODs and upload them to UA-cam, I'm just so busy with real life that I don't have much time.
I started streaming about 3.5 weeks ago, I just hit affiliate yesterday (last nights stream i gained 15 followers lol) and I am having so much fun building a community! I personally started streaming as a way to make more friends online and I can say I have been successful so far!
Also btw, my biggest advice is to just look at it as a hobby. It fun to fantasize sometimes about "making it" but that in it of itself can be very subjective. Try your best to focus on the "making it" aspect as just having a few people who come back to your stream for entertainment.
Im gonna be honest, this guys " helpful" twitch videos seems like hes just telling everyone to quit streaming, because its hard. Youre telling me Twitch Partner isnt a big deal????? ITS LITERALLY THE VERIFICATION THAT YOURE A DEDICATED STREAMER FOR TWITCH., so yes it helps tremendously with marketing. But okay BUDDDY. I hit Affiliate my first month doing it my own way, i got 150 followers. and avg of 3.2 viewers. So dont sit here and say "if youre streeaming to get affiliate, youre never gonna get there" like who says that. WORK YOUR DAMN HARDEST. I streamed 90 HOURS my first month. Treat it like a job before it is one and youll hit affiliate.
I only reached affiliate because when I was getting into streaming a friend of my buddy raided me and got me to affiliate. However, every single person from that raid never came back. That’s when I realized I need to focus on a healthy streaming goal rather than just being an affiliate streaming aiming for partner.
so I've tried streaming a few times i have been told my stream is visible but i cant get my videos of my stream to come through clear do you have any suggestions on how to fix that? love your videos btw keep up the great work
For me it's not about numbers it's the fun times connections with awsome people that evolve into friendships I'm a dad streamer and unfortunately grew apart from a lot of friends as i grew up .
but meeting people from all over the world still to this day is something I look forward to every stream 😁 if something comes from it awsome! but that's not what I'm looking for I don't want the Golden ticket to make it big. friends and family is the Golden ticket to me ,but I agree 100% with what your saying keep up the content! I appreciate it ! And appreciate you for being real and you keep being you brotha !! ❤️
I love the videos and they have helped me a ton, I'm happy with 5 or 6 people hanging out.
8:58 That's rough buddy, I pray for you lmao
I feel I did well getting to affiliate, I got there in like two weeks, I’m not sure what goals to set just yet. I’ve been trying to make goals on getting better conversation going. I tried my first topic based stream and it helped with chat a lot at some points, but I want to focus more on the creating natural conversation as I stream. I’ve only been doing dead by daylight and at moment have tried to have help with getting good conversation going and just getting activity up. I’ve also been trying to put a lot into making my stream look better and now I want my mic to not pick up my mouse and keyboard clicks as much but I’m not sure how to do it
Great advice! I absolutely agree with you. TL/DR version; Dont focus solely on numbers, youre gonna burn yourself out and stun your growth, have fun! Be yourself and make connections!
Long rambling story:
I use to just focus on my follower count and views because i accounted them towards self-worth. It stopped me from growing and stopped me from playing games with my friends for fun because i was so convinced once i hit Affiliate, i would suddenly gain popularity, with my Channel Points and My custom emotes.
As someone who is still starting out, enjoy time with yourself, when you stream act like your doing a sceipt for a UA-cam video, its okay to talk to yourself. Another thing i think is super important, is to get to know people and make connections, i started watching streams with commen interests, we mingled and became friends, and now we watch each others streams, ive even met new friends through those newly made friends! Have fun! Grow as a person, get out of your shell and met new people! 🎉
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Serious question. I am a very small time streamer, just getting into it. But I was curious how this affects.
A lot of times I start watching a video and have to go deal with something. And come back and watch it later. How does that affect the persons video algorithms??? Thanks a million. You do great work.
I recently hit Twitch Affiliate without even noticing lol until I checked on my computer, but now I am working on scheduling and just streaming consistently 🔥
Ok well I'm glad I've been taking it easy. Thanks for this
I have changed my mindset - I have the viewer number covered while I’m live and I have already started (two days ago) to learn how to edit my vods down into UA-cam videos and TikTok’s 😊
I started streaming march the 13th and hit affiliate today
I just made sure to have fun and bring the people watching me along for the fun instead of just focusing on the numbers
Going to start my first stream ever next week. Expecting only 2 viewers, my self and my girlfriend 😅 Which game is best for discovery. Is Dark souls 1, or 3 good for discovery? Or maybe cuphead, the DLC? Thinking to have every death = Punishment rulett. Is this an ok ide for first stream, without any viewers, or should I wait untill i hopefullyget some viewers? I feel like thst rulett thing might mske good clips, sp it might not matter that i got no viewers? Have seen lot of your videos, including the one, on which games to play, feel like these games kinda fall under that criteria, while still beeing games I want to play. Would love any input. Love your edits btw, so helpful for å new streamer.
I have been watching your videos for awhile, and they’ve all helped tremendously! Today’s question is super off topic though. Where did you get your jacket? I’ve been looking for something just like that with absolutely zero success.
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@@StreamScheme well thank you lad!
Great advice eljay as always 🔥
future! Great tutorial and wholeso community! Stay safe in these tis and keep your heads up! Do what you want that inspires you,
Wait! I need to focus on creating good content instead of being entitled to views? Joking ofcourse, thanks for the great advise! It's really hard not to focus on the metrics but content takes priority indeed! Also had the Vaporeon copypasta happen to me, was probably one of my first bans 😅
I have a friend that jumps into just about every stream I do, and he gives me tips on how I can keep other viewers engaged afterwards
i have a question what's the best plaform to stream i mean like youtube or twitch or obs?
I just got affiliate! yay me but. I never really pushed for affiliate. I do like followers and recently grinded for followers, but my main goal is building a community that people want to come to watch. Like I love when people follow me just to "support" my stream, but most of those people never come back to view anything, so having that extra follower doesn't mean much. Like I strive for growth but I know growing a interactive community, that people want to come to, will take a long time
I say to myself, every singel stream start or if i think of streaming " Hey, you do this as hobby. Remember that! If you get to Affiliate the Yay! but this is just to be as hobby and means to Escape from Reality " Kinda type of thinking.
Thank. 👏You. 👏For. 👏Making. 👏This! 👏 😊💗
As someone who's projecting to begin streaming by 2023, I needed to hear, despite knowing it, to NOT FOCUS ON THE NUMBERS! I have been actively taking your advice and planning, writing things down, on what would make good content, what would be a good stream etc as well as looking into that evergreen content. All of this has been pushing myself further to make better, more engaging, quality videos while I plan how I shall stream.
At the end of the day, I want to make quality content, and those numbers can really hijack your focus. As a growing UA-camr I have the ability to experiment, test what works for me first before finding that niche of individuals that prefer a type of content over me than the other. It's also so true, where I have put out videos that I've felt were absolutely baller, and in the analytics they didn't perform at all. Nevertheless I have to press on, and tell myself so long as the video is something I would want to share, that's all that matters.
Thank you again for this video! ♥
Deep down I think my goal was to make good content, my issue was how do I gauge that being so new, so I would watch vids back and make smart goals, now I think my issue is like you said is this a game or play style I want to keep playing for a long time, or is there another game I love and will enjoy more.
Hey this might be a dumb question. But I feel like I remember before a discord being mentioned to get advice on and stuff? Is that still a thing?
Yep, in every description 👍
Question(s) regarding on FB live: I use OBS Streamlabs and test Facebook to live on my page, then suddenly my friend calls me on messenger then the streamlabs suddenly ring and the call appear. Is there a different way using just the page not as a whole account? It might happen again and ruin the stream because of that call, I wanted to create an account for streaming but I hate having multiple accounts.
Hey Eljay I have a question! So a viewer of mine has decided to raid me each and every day after their stream because they have taken a liking to me. But a lot of the time they will actively promote their own discord, or how close they are to a goal and would like so help from "my" stream viewers. Furthermore, "his" followers constantly ask to raid him (even though he streams before I do). I don't have any rules against self promotion and he seems like a cool person, but at the end of the day I don't know them and they're really persistent with the promotion which is sort of making me uncomfortable. what should I do? stop being jealous or stop the advertising?
Add a rule against self-promo, if it continues, ask them to stop self-promo, if they don't respect that, warn them politely that its fine if YOU shout them out, but them instigating sets a bad example, and if it continues after all of that...ban them.
Awesome video 👍 stream scheme thanks for the great tips and I'll keep making videos for fun and to go viral
Your videos have honestly helped me out so much!!! I had some success during my early days of streaming but I fell off due to having no internet for a while living out in the middle of nowhere! lol Now I'm back on track and your video have helped guide me in the right direction! Thanks Brother!!! - Hop
I’ve been watching your videos but it’s hard to come up with titles for me, what’s a tip if you have a rough time with making stream titles
I have a video entirely about stream titles :)
I’ve actually failed my first try streaming a year ago, rebooted everything this year using your knowledge like the actually plan you came up with like making content on other platforms before coming over to twitch and turning off view count. And my streaming career is doing extremely well, made affiliate in a month and a half even tho I didn’t care to get it, also averaging 10 viewers per stream. Got 150 followers 30 subs and creating a small community that really supports me and each other.
My Facebook gaming reels get 10k-35k views that’s where the bulk of my content comes from. Still can’t get it to translate over to UA-cam but it’s working for twitch and Facebook
Yesssirrr! Keep going man!!
I got into streaming because it is a form of live acton creative expression that I enjoy, I reached affiliate not too long ago after 2 months and It felt really good! I know that it is just a baby step and truth be told any time I go live I focus on the reality of the situation which is that most of the content that I will have from the stream is going to be in the form of edited down gameplay segments later in time and not during the stream because I dont have a huge following. Either way I enjoy the content creation and video editing aspect as well as the live interaction with viewers.
My issue I’m having is there is actively 4 or more people chatting but only shows 1 or 2 viewers
I started streaming November 30th 2020, but it took me until February 12th to get it. And yes, I did constantly stare at it.
Couldn't agree more Eljay the real grind starts after you get affiliated
If your goals are set your like the number of followers or subscribers you have you will burn out really quickly like I understand why people do it like its one of the easiest way to track like your "Progress" but I think learning how to enjoy the journey instead of the destination really goes a long way.
Is there a way for people managing their stream on their phone to put overlays on their stream without using a computer is that possible
I want affiliate just because I feel like the different things I can do for channel points can express my personality better but I’m not trying to do streaming as a job… just want to get enough people to where it seems like a kickass night when I can play video games and talk to a large group of people and hang out
yeah :D I do wish they would allow people to run Polls w/o being affiliate though, that kinda sucks but I stream for the fun of it :D
i am having fun and improving my skills
So there is an option to completely disable ads do you recommend we do that since we won’t really make money from it yet?
If you read that option again, it’s not what you’ve read it as.
If you’re affiliate there are always ads.
Hellowww 👀
I've been watching your video now for quite a bit. And I'm so happy that I did everything you teach in the video without watching the video 😂
I'm a fully new streamer and I always wanted to entertain people and damn I've hitted affiliate really fast. I had my 11 people watching me and the only thing what was missing after the first stream to reach affiliate was to stream on different days and 8hrs.
And still after this, it means the world to me. I enjoy talking to my small but very cute community and every single stream I see someone new!
It was like a dream I couldn't believe that after a week I reached affiliate. And still I'm doing everything right. I optimize my stream and testing new things and my chat likes it!
But I really have to say, just focusing on making money with streaming is the worng way when you start streaming.
Don't get me wrong I really enjoy it when my community reach goals for new stream asserts etc. but mainly I love to talk to all of them.
And I guess that the reason why it worked out for me so quickly.
And I still have a goal
It's not mainly become a partner but mainly my goal is to grow little by little and have great streams an become a really good Entertainer 🤗
To be transparent here, I really started streaming just to create a space that wasn't so toxic to engage in certain game types. I mainly stream Destiny 2 (saturated game), but it is a game I enjoy and reasonably good at it. However, there are other Destiny 2 streamers that have more resources and more experience. Regardless, I am still trying to improve with each stream and create things for other platforms. I just have to do a better job in delegating time for my other channels and be more engaging in my streams. Thanks for your information in these videos. I will make sure to catch one of your streams in the future. Take care!
Twitch content creation is a lot like blowing bubbles, fragile floating pretty pockets of air that once popped are like they never existed, diversify or at the very least post more stuff on UA-cam
Hey how do you rate your videos for kids or not for kids?
2:14 lol I feel called out
I just started streaming recently. Mostly just for the fun of it, and for my mental health. I've been having fun with it. I don't really pay attention to how many viewers are there. I respond to viewers that are in chat as much as possible. I've also been connecting with other streamers while I already knew. Doing this I hit affiliate in just 1 month.
I will admit that my desire to stream went down after getting affiliate.
When I'm always asked if I make money from streaming or making videos, I always answer not yet, but that's just a side affect and that I'm putting myself out there to try and entertain an audience and grow my own little community. Affiliate and stuff like that would be nice, but in the end its more about having fun. Great advice!
I feel this. I've put zero effort into growth or even discoverability and yet if my stats from the last two weeks stay the same, I'll hit affiliate in 2-3 weeks. I'm actually kinda dreading it because I want to thank my community with fun emotes and channel rewards, but I just don't have the time to even work on those things.
@@machinaexdomina I'm in a similar spot. I work a full time job, I did hire someone to make panels for me and all that and they threw in a few emotes, but I have no idea what I'm going to do. And if what twitch tells me it should be a month or so until I hit affiliate. I guess it's just a step at a time
@@spacecowgaming1311 I don't think you need all that fancy stuff just yet. Your viewers watch you for your streams and content! Ofc it's a nice addition but I don't think spending a lot of time on panels is necessary, especially when you already have a lot of other things to worry about
Number #1 Thing I got out of this is "JUST HAVE FUN!"
The only reason I want affiliate is for my streams to stay for 14 days instead of 7 kek.
But thank you for the reminder! I realy have to learn how to stream without caring about viewers
About the bot thing, i kept getting bot messages about getting viewer bots for my twitch. Got pretty annoying.
I keep getting a delay from real time to my stream and I’m small streamer and I want to fix that delay to real time I just don’t know how too
Looking back on when my headmate's partner suddenly made money from affiliate, and when some of my friends made affiliate and still haven't seen a dime, and the really wild part is, I find my friend's content more entertaining! But my headmate's partner knew how to capitalize on another streamer's absence and they knew she carried similar energy, so she streamed during those times and got paid for it. Networking is just so insane!