3 BIG Mistakes SMALL Streamers STILL MAKE!
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Streaming is too saturated and too competitive these days, there were over 8.5 million Streamers just last month, on average there were 100,000 channels live at any point just on Twitch. If you're trying to learn how to grow on Twitch, then this video is for you.
The truth is that all 8.5 million of these channels are split into just two categories, the people who are ACTUALLY trying to grow and the people who are making these 3 Mistakes that Small Streamers are still making, in today’s video.
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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.
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2:00 Small Streamers Don't Know What Streaming Actually Is!
3:00 How To Stand Out As A Streamer On Twitch!
4:30 How To START Making Good Content On Twitch!
5:28 Why Small Streamers NEVER Grow On Twitch!
6:20 How Viewers ACTUALLY Use Twitch!
7:15 Why You Will NEVER Be Discovered On Twitch!
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11:10 What Separates Streamers Who Will Grow From Streamers Who Will NEVER Grow!
13:20 The ONLY Tip You Need To Grow As A Twitch Streamer!
14:30 Your Push To Start Being Discoverable!
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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1:10 OWN3D Sponsor Segment
2:00 Small Streamers Don't Know What Streaming Actually Is!
3:00 How To Stand Out As A Streamer On Twitch!
4:30 How To START Making Good Content On Twitch!
5:28 Why Small Streamers NEVER Grow On Twitch!
6:20 How Viewers ACTUALLY Use Twitch!
7:15 Why You Will NEVER Be Discovered On Twitch!
10:30 FREE Animated Twitch Overlays With Download!
11:10 What Separates Streamers Who Will Grow From Streamers Who Will NEVER Grow!
13:20 The ONLY Tip You Need To Grow As A Twitch Streamer!
14:30 Your Push To Start Being Discoverable!
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The TikTok one? In the description.
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Thank you so much for this
As a small streamer myself, I honestly agree with everything your saying. I have 70 followers currently on twitch and anytime I stream I usually have maybe 1-3 viewers if I'm lucky and sometimes I may peak to maybe 5, but I quickly go back down to 1. Ngl having the low viewership is discouraging for me, but I don't wanna let that stop me from doing something that enjoy which playing video games and showing off my skills. So definitely take everything you say into consideration. I've actually been thinking about trying to use youtube as a way to help with my growth, but I'm just not good with editing, but I definitely wanna try. Thank you for your wisdom and great advice.
Hey, I sit around 100 - 150 average right now, and feel discouraged so I feel you hahaha This video is aimed at myself as well honestly, it is hard work forever! But it is fun work as well when we find our focus.
I know this feel! Make your viewers invisible and enjoy yourself!
That's the number you should expect at your size! Dont feel bad about yourself but the lack if discoverability
Hey I’m in the exact same situation as you. I have 70 followers and average 1-5 viewers as well
Exactly where i am 1-5 viewers and 40+ followes 😭💪
Eljay, I've been meaning to tell you this for a good while now... Thank you. Thank you for the mountain of incredible information you've provided for myself and everyone looking to dive into streaming. Just two months ago I began my streaming journey with nothing more than a wild idea that maybe I could someday have a community of my own. With your help I've been able to grow at an insane pace and I already have a humble community that I love to interact with. When I started I didn't even know what OBS was, but with your help I was able to grow smart and dive in with a splash. So thank you for being such a great mentor for all of us.
This is a very kind message, I really appreciate it :) hope all goes well for you and I’ll do my best
Much appreciated! I've had ideas to be more interesting for a while, but was consistently getting stuck in the mindset of "It won't be worth it, I'll just mess it up" but you've put forward a great point! So what's the harm in trying!
I've been really losing the drive to create content and keep a regular schedule on my stream. Hearing the things you had to say here was kind of the swift kick I needed to get my head straight and dive back into it. Keep doing what you're doing! It's honestly helping so many get the most out of their time striving to become discovered! Thank you.
I have been watching a lot of your vids recently, even using one of your amazing overlays, thanks again. Yet the videos also told me I needed to do something but being a bit harder for me being mute. I started to use a TTS (Text to speech) program and really hope that might help to get in touch with my chat :3
Hope it goes well, good luck!
It definitely wasn't harsh, these are comments people do need to hear.
I've had to take a break from streaming due to work and life.
However I'm planning to return in June and I am already planning stuff out, so I can be more discoverable.
I tried growing as a variety streamer and it didn't work and I've learned that the hard way. Because all I was burn my self out.
Really happy to hear it wasn't harsh, I just really don't want to be "that guy that sells snake oil and yells, "You can do it!" "
Good luck on the return! Glad to hear you're working hard! :) #earlygang
These videos are pretty great! Been binging a lot of them lately
Gave me more of a push to consider actually schedule my streams and see what works .and try something new and have goals to work towards, I've got the resources and such, now i just got to use them. Thanks man, I'd love to see you in my stream one day! :)
Another awesome video. Thanks, Eljay! I just started 2 months ago and been steadily growing thanks to your tips. I've noticed a recurring tip/theme to your videos and it's *consistency*. It's kind of disheartening to not see views grow or followers but I'm going to keep trying to make good content and try to do better the next time.
Hey thanks for the kind comment! I think consistency and improving yourself are the two major keys to success at anything! Streaming just will always have other difficult factors to it that make it hard to do both of those things.
And hey, #earlygang :)
Great stuff as always! Love the idea of using your title as a summary for the stream, but also a self-pitch to see if your stream idea is good to you. Cause if you wouldn't click your own stream, why would you expect someone else to?
Exactly how I think man, also the reason I re-watch many of my videos.
Thank you so much for making this video after watching I realized that I really was making low quality content and all of these tips make a lot of sense! I also thank you for not trying to sugar coat it because I do often find my self trying to rationalize why I am not doing some of the things you mentioned! Your videos are a huge help!
Great advice! I am at the beginning of changing my mindset to treat my streams like recording sessions for videos and shorts, and also to plan some challenge/event based streams that can translate to UA-cam well! e.g. If I can't do X then I have to do Y. Keep the videos coming in the mean time!
Wasn't entirely sure about how this would pan out, but honestly you made a lot of excellent points and I absolutely plan on taking these ideas with me into my creations in the following months.
Thanks so much for the tips dude, keep up the awesome work!~✨💕🌸
Thank you for this advice. This video has been very helpful and i could say even a push in the right direction. You just pointed out difficult but also easy it is to start out. I personally never thought of looking at the beginning of streamers time and focused on the now. Its always been an issue of confidence but I think i wont be that worried about that now. Thank you!☺☺
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Glad you like them! Thanks for such a kind comment, it is really appreciated! :) #earlygang
Thanks for the video mate! I always make the excuse that I don't have time to make UA-cam videos while working full-time as well as streaming but I've been stuck in that mindset that it needs to be HYPER polished before it goes out good to see that if the content is engaging enough it can still do well!
Great video!
What attracts me to a streamer: Family-friendly content, relaxing environment and/or gameplay (one guy I follow makes donuts in his bakery at night!), and the streamer's willingness to engage with their viewers. That's what I put into my own because that's what keeps me coming back to theirs.
Ngl I did most of this without even being told to and it works. Went from 0 to 7-8 average viewers in only a week, still growing. You HAVE TO be able to talk to yourself. You HAVE TO
So true
I actually really appreciate this. We all need that wake up call. I’m just starting out, have a couple UA-cam videos and streamed a couple times. I still have to learn the in’s and out’s of everything, but every little bit of information is incredibly helpful. I actually just streamed earlier today and I’m gonna cut it down to bits and post it everywhere. Gotta start somewhere, right?
Thank you! I found you back when I began streaming and try my best to take all of your advice to heart. I've been growing since I started making content again and I don't think it would be that way if not for your helpful videos.
Awesome video! I’ve been searching around for any kind of video to help give me the boost to keep on going and improve and honestly your video is the only video I could get through. I think it was very well done and all of your points are things I felt slipping on my own channel and you did an awesome job reminding me to do better! Also for somebody like me getting 30k views was insane can’t even imagine 500k
I've honestly been looking for a way to make my streams more engaging as a small streamer (aside from acknowledging chat which I try to did every time. Did just watch your vid on getting more chatters btw, very helpful :3) and your "chat can turn off my controller* idea is quite inspiring, as were the examples you shared from other streamers at 11:10 . I tried putting a challenging twist on a game recently and, while I feel it did slightly better than my other content, I have a few ideas now for getting chat involved and for just spicing up my content in general.
You'll be glad to know ive always took your advice about still treating ur stream like u have viewers even if you have 0 its perfect practice to being more natural on stream sadly i had to step away from streaming for awhile for personal reasons but the return is coming and thanks to all your helpful videos i know i can make it
Thank you Eljay, awesome as always, I have recently started creating more UA-cam content (game reviews and stream comedy completions etc) and already I am noticing some new people coming to twitch, your videos always help give me a little boost and realise this is what I want to do! :) I don't think these words were harsh they are wise! :D
Ok wow, loved this video. I am trying to do a push to grow this year and I have been trying to think of ways to do so. Needed that little extra "You can do it". I have even downloaded software to learn editing but I might try TikTok as well! Thanks for all your help king!
Hey just wanted to say thank you again for all of your videos! It really helped me get going on twitch and I just hit affiliate after just a month of using your techniques! You make a big difference and thank you so much for the work you do!!
Bro, you have just made one of the best videos for Twitch streamers I have ever seen! Honestly, the main message here, stream to create content and publish your content, goes a long way! Thank you for the inspiration! I look forward to my growth on Twitch and will be following this advice to the letter!
All really good points! Coming up with content ideas can sometimes be daunting, but you can do it! It's something I am struggling with atm, but I keep trying!
I just want to say thank you for taking time out of your daily life to upload a video like this to help us Small Time streamers out and I promise you you're not going to hear no complaining for me I really appreciate the advice that you're giving and I like that you are speaking the truth even if it is a little harsh and people do need to hear that at times and I'm going to take what you have suggested and incorporate that into my streams so I just wanted to say thank you and I'm the type of person that always pushes to do better and take criticism even if it is a little harsh because again you got to hear that so thank you and I hope you're having a great day
Honestly thank you sooo much, I came to watch your explanation vids so I could boost myself and my stream and its actually working so much appreciated man high respect for you because i knew nothing about what I was doing at the start and now I may not know too much but I am starting to get more control over my content and i’m beginning to grow more and more and its all honestly thx to you ❤
I always appreciate your videos and advice Eljay.
Back when I started streaming, it was clearly to make a job out of playing games, and to a degree yeah its still something id like to do.
But
Last year I started making YT content(COD Warzone since it was what I was playing), and it wasnt until the 3rd video that I started finding the flow I wanted and realized how to make my content different from others, and you know what that was:
Editing.
Something I had done very little of before, but now im quite confident, and I realize I actually enjoy it as much, if not more than streaming. I like more longform videos so that makes it difficult to edit shorts / tiktoks in between, but ive made the odd ones here and there, but mainly I keep pushing myself to learn more editing techniques, to improve each video in one way or another, heck the one im working on next is the most intricate ive done to date because of stuff ive learned.
So in the end, I found another passion I never knew I had, and while I love streaming (And yes im actually putting your advice to work) I cant help but love editing YT videos more, especially so I can put stupid little jokes in that make me laugh.
I discovered you a week ago and honestly have been watching a lot of your videos, and all I have to say is it's inspiring me to keep on the grind. Keep up the great content!
This is awesome. Thanks so much for reminding me to get back on the wagon and make my streams better like they were when I first started. Much love bro
6:06 Did anyone else hear Richard Ayoade's voice here for a second? Jajaja
In all seriousness though, thank you for these videos! I just followed your stream the other day and I love your community!
I've seen a bunch of your videos already, and I love them. Thanks again for making them!
These are always such helpful videos. I stopped and took a look at my schedule for this week and decided to change up one of the titles to make it more funny and interesting. Thank you for the wonderful advice. Do you have any videos on editing? I've been looking for something to help edit my vods into videos and make better youtube videos.
Eljay I just want thank you for the awesome advice! I've been afraid to even touch tiktok, but my little community has been clipping some funny horror moments so I'll start with those. I'm having so much fun streaming and can already see improvement from weeks ago by following your advice, and just being myself!
Hope the TikTok guide helps :) Honestly, I think it is very powerful when used right! :) Good luck mate!
I'm a "small" german streamer and i like your vids as i learned a lot of them. A lot of the infos i've wrote down in Word, started sorting them and read them again and again to get them into my brain.
Thanks for this and I look forward to the next videos!
I am just getting started and I stumbled on this video as I was doing some planning. Great video and much appreciated!
Great video as always! Quick question, what is that animated chat overlay you’re using?! 👀
I don't really have any streamers I look up to at the moment other than my friend who just got his first sponsor. Listening to your video made me think on how to use the fact that I'm often the lore nerd for anything I'm into and how I can incorporate that into my streams. I'm playing through Dragon Age atm which is one I know a lot about so I'm mostly explaining in world stuff and what things are going to change between the first and the rest. I also plan to explain the novels and comics when they occur chronologically. Your video has made me feel a bit more confident in embracing my lore nerdy self and let it out more in stream.
Thanks for another informative vid dude.
You're right, I need to try harder and sort out tik tok content or shorts!
I always appreciate the lessons you deliver and the way in which you do it.
happy to bump you in the algorithm lad, quality advice and sound rationale
Well said! I streamed one of my videos, with the mindset that I would later take it and make a video out of it. It was a 15 hour stream in total, and I averaged 1 viewer (which was my friend). I took that video, edited it down to a digestible 10 minute video and now it sits at around 400k viewers. I don't even stream on twitch anymore, I switched to UA-cam pretty quickly lol.
13:43 is this a "The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon"-reference? ;)
joking aside, do you think, if you're streaming on youtube, then uploading a relevant short for the stream's content would be good to boost the livestream numbers, when the stream starts shortly after the upload?
for example, in csgo showing a specific smoke with a tiny frag montage using that smoke, then showing the effect of the smoke in the stream playing only the map for that day.
These videos have been so helpful! Ive been binging your videos and taking notes to help myself and starting streaming!! Theres so many helpful tips thank you so much!!!
Thank you for all the informative videos, I just started streaming a month ago and your videos have been the most help I've found, keep up the good work and thanks again
I have literally been binging your content for the past few days even before my first stream on last friday and all your tips have had such high value. I'm still a bit unsure about a lot of things, like people telling you all the time "Don't be a variety streamer, focus on one game only" and I wonder if I can still play two games, I wonder if my game I chose is too oversatured with 12-22k viewers (Genshin Impact) and so on and on. And while I still have all those worries, there's a bunch of stuff I still learned from the binge. I made sure that my titles are engaging, I've thought about a couple play of words and jokes from the game as titles for the next streams, things that make people click on me out of all these. According to friends who've been into streaming a while the numbers for my two streams are pretty well, but to grow a community is the hard way.
And the most important thing I learned, from anyone stopping by who may see my comment: turn of the view count. During my first stream I was pretty hyped and I didn't see the view count, cause I didn't see my own stream and forgot to open the twitch app on my phone. When I saw I had 8 viewers I was hyped. Yea, 3 of them were my friends but there were still 5 strangers watchng my stuff that's awesome! Midway through the stream it dropped down to 3, once we even had only 2 which were literally two of my 3 friends mentioned earlier. I got so upset and I tried to mask, but ofc it was discouraging. The same happened on my other stream yesterday. First I was upset that the max I "only" got were 5 people and the other half of the stream were 3-4 with a very quiet chat in comparison to friday, so I got super selfconcious. I had improved my audio, my layout, everything - why were there less people? Ever since then I told myself to not look at it, because I feel like the moment I had figured out how to see your view count, I was doomed. I was happy, excited, streaming like this is what I do every day until I saw this 2. Don't look! It doesn't matter. :)
Hell yeah, another nice video with great input :D Thanks for your work & giving me ideas for my own stream
Eljay! I just wanted to say, I did my very first stream last night, and it went amazing! I gained my first 15 followers, averaged 7 viewers, and even got my first raid! I took a lot of your advice to heart, and people were even saying it was one of the least scuffed first streams they've seen! (Uh, I did totally manage to forget to increase the font size for the chat box 1🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️) but other than that, your videos and tips have really helped me so far, so thank you so muxh for your wonderful tips, tutorials, etc!
Appreciate these videos. I guess the hard part is starting. Like you said, someone just sitting in their room playing games isn't hard, it's the effort in trying to be different and entertaining for viewers to be worth watching. However, for a lot of us small streamers it's hard because that's all we have access too, it's a part of the growth so I guess that's where it's hard because you want to be entertaining but don't access to the tools to help and if no one cares to watch how will you ever hope to grow if the service isn't sustaining itself. Understand what I'm saying? It's a hard balance in the very beginning and why a lot of small channels fail cause it's not sustaining for them to grow its why viewers and engaging your community is important to any channel.
Guess the key is consistency, you'll get demotivated, you'll want to give up but just hang in there one day you can put more resources into growing the brand and expanding the content.
Been streaming for over a year. Creating content on TikTok / UA-cam since I started. I say all this to say that this video is 100% facts. You explained this better than anyone has. More people need to hear the truth behind streaming and content creation. Well done!
Great video and very helpful to me. I really like the part trying to find a better category and try to figure out how to improve my content. Not sure how to improve that content in a flight simming environment but I will try, thanks. One thing, your example small streamers had 14 to 25 viewers a stream… does that make me a micro-streamer with maybe 5 viewers a stream at best, lol 😂
Alright Okay!! Making videos for TikTok and yt Shorts then :D As well as editing videos out of the stuff I have.
Do you recommend recording the stream separately or downloading the streamed after it's over?
Watching your channel it has helped me grow over the past year and a half, albeit slow steady growth, but everything you say has helped me go from 3 average to 30+ avg now. There is a bump in the road for every milestone. But keep pushing and innovating in your own way helps.
Great videos, man. Definitely appreciate the knowledge
Thank you for making this video, I have learned very valuable information, the last 6 months of streaming, I lacked consistency, making content on other platforms and worst of all laziness, but that’s gonna change, I’m gonna work as hard as I can to grow, at the end of the day I’m still treating twitch as a hobby, I hope I use everything I learned from your videos to get results 6 months later
As a small streamer I tend to spend a lot of time planning what are we going to do on stream and try to balance my passion of art and gaming, sometimes even making fanarts of the games we play.
I used to edit the footages to upload them on UA-cam but I got a bit discouraged after feeling like nobody was watching either the speedpaints, the vods or the compilations, as if neither of these work. I want to get a written schedule so people will know better what to expect from me and when, as discoverability is also very difficult for me.
Thank you for the inspiring video Eljay, keep being awesome! ♥
ps: I wanted to ask you to review my Twitch for critique, but I don't feel confident doing that yet, maybe when I'll be a little bit more sure of myself :,>
Another informative banger. You nailed all of it. Thanks again man!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope it helps! :) #earlygang
Just recently discovered your channel and thank you for this, all great stuff to consider for the future while saving up for at least a laptop 😅
Hi Eljay! I recently found your content and have been watching a lot of your videos for advice as I'm going to start streaming soon, and I've been finding it very helpful. However, there is one thing I haven't been able to find any advice on, not just from you but from anyone. I've been able to find videos and advice on what you should do BEFORE you start streaming, but not what you should do ON your first stream. I've never seen anyone's first stream before (except for VTubers but they have a very specific way of doing a first stream that I don't think applies to the normal streamer population) but I think it would feel awkward to introduce myself briefly and immediately jump right into content. If you (or anyone else reading this comment) have any advice, I would appreciate it!
I did actually cover this, super early on the channel and recently as well.
I honestly think if you watched my 32 tips video (second most viewed) and my How to Grow to 25 average viewers video, you'll be pretty much covered :) #earlygang
@@StreamScheme I think I watched those already, but I'll watch them over again to see if I missed anything. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing info like this! I recently started streaming (as of June 2022) and was unsure about what I could do to grow while remaining genuine. This video has helped a lot and my plan is to start streaming three days a week; definitely so I don't exhaust myself since I have disabilities (:
Thanks for all your awesome videos bro! I'm loving making content and streaming with friends/viewers. I'm super small but admittedly it's fun and now just has become part of my normal life.
Hi Eljay thanks for all your words of wisdom. I’ve been following you for a while now. As a small streamer I agree with you your viewers are important whether you have one or hundreds. Thanks again❤
I am currently prepping to stream and this video 100% validates the road and thinking I have about it all. Thanks for this!
I'm a small streamer myself. Even if this advice just seemed like common sense I completely didn't realize how entertaining my streams actually have to be.
I sat down after what you said and tried breaking down what makes my content good or entertaining to a live viewer. All I came up with was.. I'm wholesome sometimes, engage with chat, and wait for something random to happen in hopes of it being funny or something to talk about.
All my yt shorts and tiktok videos are all based off of those random moments. Relying on something random comes back as random in consistency.. You cannot predict random and cannot completely rely on random events. Not only do I rely on random.. I also pretty much only play Valorant or Overwatch which both games are full of streamers already. Its very very competitive and hard to find ppl on through categories and even if you look through the least viewed streams.. There are just so many the chances of finding me are very very slim..
I've branched out to yt shorts and tiktok, but still very hard to grow if I can't find the content people want to watch and are willing to use their time watching longer then 5 minutes.
I will get better through everything I learn and everything I work on changing to become more entertaining. But now I see why I'm not as successful as my piers.
Thank you, Stream Scheme
If you want to grow then you might have to do less of what you want and more of what the viewers want. This might mean taking a break from your regular games and playing some cult classics (think Hollow Knight, Cuphead, horror games). If these aren't your jam I'd recommend trying SOMETHING new rather than waiting for a funny moment that may never come. Shouldn't rely too heavily on luck to succeed BUT one can increase their luck using proper tactics. Always be trying something new, adding something new and keeping things fresh. If you're on camera try wearing something different, or that'll capture the eye. Keep going!
Agreed. This is a burner but I grew so much when posting on other platforms but personal life got in the way and after that I grew lazy. I genuinely enjoy making content and aim to get back on it!!! I enjoy every person that comes in my streams just to say hi or stop by!! It means alot!! Thanks for the video!!
Love the videos dude. Thanks for the advice again :)
Between this and the podcast you got the best content creation advice out there, KEEP EM COMIN
Appreciate that! Hope the content helps mate! Thanks for the support! #earlygang
Started a month ago, I'm now affiliated, I'm so happy and excited for the future!! I have used many of your tips, spent hours planning and tweaking, just need to start posting more content to other platforms to really get going! (All from my xbox btw). I used to make excuses about why I can't stream, but lately I have been so passionate to hit the live button and start!! Thank you so much for the help!!!
just commenting for the algorithm love ur content keep it up!
Thanks for this, and for the reference to the TikTok/UA-cam video, as I'm trying to learn that too
Happy to help! and I do hope it helps! :) #earlygang
What mic arm is that? I’m looking for a new one. Thank you for all the information you provide!!
Nice Video. Thx for the great infos. 😉
I love you and thank you for this ...I needed this 🙌 🙏 ❤️
Thank you for the tips I can now hopefully improve my twitch streams thanks again
I tend to often agree with you, so I'd say good job with your videos. You're right, most of people just make excuses. It's true that some content needs viewers (like pointcrow's video) to do anything at all but just start with something else interesting that doesn't need them. Once you get enough viewers, playing with them is an awesome idea!
Just found you on my recommendations. Second video I’ve watched and so far VERY helpful. My problem with the webcam part, I don’t want to show my face. I want to keep that part of my identity anonymous. TheDooo does it and he’s one of my favorite UA-camrs
Thank you for this video. I will definitely be taking this information to heart and try and grow my channel in the proper way.
Hi ElJay!
Thanks for all your videos, you inspired me to pick up streaming and it's been an incredible creative outlet for me, and I can't thank you enough for the help you give the community. You were askin for streamers to watch and I gotta throw a shout for xTwoShoes. The guy has some serious entertainment chops and makes content super similar to yours. ElJay + TwoShoes collab would be baller. Much love.
Thanks Eljay. I needed this today. I need a quality boost myself. So my channel isn't live till then. I could go audio-only till I get a better camera and overlays.
Hey Jay Great video ! i wanted to ask something, how do you add that timer and let the chat turn off your Controller at 3:54 thank you
This is really helpful! I'm a new streamer myself, believe it or not, and am constantly trying to think of ways to make people actually want to engage with chat and myself, ways to entertain viewers, etc. It's a grind but things are starting to pick up!
Thanks for this vid, I'm new to streaming, not even a sub button yet kinda new. The tik tok advice is something I'll take on board, I can't wait to have enough people in chat to be able to get them involved in my game play, when I do get someone in chat I try and engage as much as possible, but I know I need to work on my confidence when I'm streaming to no one.
Do you have a video showing what you use to edit down your videos into clips for YT and TikTok??
Thanks for the video, it’s the kick in the butt I needed lol
Yes :) released 2 videos ago, and linked in the description.
I love your videos, thank you so much!! So many good things to learn😌
So I want to start streaming, but don't know how. I want to do a unique channel on Twitch where it's primarily horror focused reaction content and occasional gaming. I'm going to watch your videos so I can get the best tips possible. I'm gonna be honest, I'm not confident in myself as far as my ability to make interesting content, but I'm sure as hell gonna try! Thank you for uploading these tips for us!
this is absolutely one of my favorite videos from you - thank you so much for being so real and genuine.
What would you recommend? UA-cam shorts or tiktok ? I've been streaming for abit and nearing 3k followers but have been stuck at 20 - 30 average and want to level up
Rn I'm working on getting a nice vtuber model done but I don't really do much outside of twitch anymore
I’d recommend full UA-cam videos on discoverable topics, but otherwise Tik toks and shorts (shorts on their own specific channel) :)
@@StreamScheme I see thanks for the response might look into tiktok
thank you so much for this video, it helps inspire and maybe even push me in this direction for once....I feel like I would love to stream and talk with other people about my passions and this one really helped.
I really love your tips and tricks videos. As a new Vtuber, but an older IRL streamer, I can relate to a lot of these points
Wonderful advice and content as always Eljay. I'm still clicking on your videos over a year after subscribing. 👏🔥💥
I appreciate that! It is wild to see so many amazing familiar community members still working :)
@@StreamScheme If it wasn't for your channel, I would have given up by now. I recommend your channel to anyone who asks me for advice on streaming.
"it's better to try and fail"
This is my thoughts exactly. Idk why but I feel like there's less "regret" (maybe there's a better word) when you've at least tried. If you don't even try, you'll never know if you could've succeeded...and that just feels so much worse, and I speak from experience of never having the guts to ask my parents for acting or singing lessons when I was younger and - to this day, I still wonder how it would've gone if I had actually asked for them.
It's why I just freaking went for it when I decided that I wanted to start streaming the games I play...and they were surprisingly encouraging.
Hey!
First of all Thank you very much for your tips. It is quite hard to follow everything being new and streaming on laptop, with homemade duct taped lights and bad headphones and mic, and not the best internet, but as you said, NO EXCUSES!
I have a question though, I made a decision to stream in my language which is Slovak. I want to try it out for a few months and I may change it later, but for now, do you have any specific tips for streamers that are not streaming in English? Don't take me wrong, I have no problem answering anything in English but... I dont think that people will stay for long if I will mainly talk in slovak...
Another question do you think that it is a bad idea, to stream in different languages on different days? For exampe, monday would be English stream, so id have a chance to get English speaking followers. Wednesday would be a slovak stream to appeal on my existing slovak community? I'm just brainstorming here...
so my biggest struggle and I know it myself I just dont talk enough I dunno Ive never been a super big talker so its rough for me when people arent asking questions keeping me chatting is there anything you recommend? Ive tried talking what Im thinking for the game or what Im doing but its not that effective I end up mostly just mouthing what Im thinking because Im focused XD
I'm with your ideas, but wondering if you have more examples when it comes to the streamers that started small but made it big, either on twitch or youtube. One of the streamers you mentioned was the third to do something ever and most people are going to be nowhere near good enough at the games they play to try and replicate that. Now the other one was a great example as far as the content idea went, but they both had enough average viewers that they were on the right path already and just needed a push. What about those that are struggling to get even their first viewers? Perhaps you have a video to help the most beginner of beginners? Thanks.
I started streaming February of this year. Made affiliate before my two month anniversary. Excited to add channel point redemptions and waiting for my emotes to get approved. I agree with a lot that is said in the video. People want to be entertained and they are more likely to stay if they’re involved.
how does chat turn off your controller? i used dixper for that kinda interaction but have been looking for an alternative because the program doesnt work for a few people in chat, like after they make a purchase the skills wont work but the program doesnt give you the option to refund their payment i end up feeling bad
Thanks a lot for this! I really appreciate the hard work and effort. I have 3 questions:
1) I know you mentioned I got to be entertaining even at 0 viewers, but How do you vocally do this without anyone? You tell stories and stories hoping one person pops in and laugh? or do you just say what's happening in the game.
2) I have some ideas for content and challenges that MIGHT not be what people are looking for. Should I still aim try to make it? I think it's interesting, I just don't know if someone will actually search for that challenge.
3) Is the niching down on one single game actually worth it if I got other ideas for other games? For example, I try BotW, which botw I'm hardly getting growth, but I have an idea for the new kirby game. My doubt is, is it bad to put out BotW content and then kirby? then go to pokemon and zelda again?
Answers! :)
1.) This entirely depends on your content, biggest recommendation, go watch a UA-camr who records videos, go watch their videos that are recorded OUTSIDE of the Stream, see how they talk and make it engaging without a chat.
2.) Yes! Try everything! If it fails, you learn, if it succeeds you learn!
3.) Don't niche to a game! Niche to an audience demographic! Pointcrow does Nintendo, Challenges, Speedruns these are topics that share an audience demographic. AmbigiuousAmphibian does Survival, Challenges, strategy. These all share an audience.
#earlygang
@@StreamScheme Incredibly grateful for this reply! thanks a lot man. Grateful to have your content to help others. I really appreciate your time to reply to this.
Huge thanks! This video and your reply inspired me even more!
Have a wonderful day eljay and everyone!
Yo quick question: how do I decide what stream moments are good to be posted as a tiktok or even a full UA-cam video? I struggle with deciding that a lot and even in editing I struggle with deciding what to leave in and what to cut out
Watch my video on TikTok growth :)
Thanks for the motivation :D