As a person who has been trying to grow her channel the past 5 years I have to say that your tips are very helpful! I think it's important for us small creators to not lose our spark and remember why we started our channels. It is a way to be creative and connect with like minded people. Help them, inspire them, entertain them. Even though my community is small I consider my viewers my friends and I always get so happy to see familiar faces in my comment section. Growing a channel is not easy but if your goal is not just numbers and money you will be unstoppable ❤
Great video, getting subs is really easy when you already got some knowledge, but when you are starting UA-cam it can be really frustrating. I wanted to delete my main channel which now has over 150k subs because I was struggling so much at the start (Luckily I found out that using a bit of famester could give me a little push in terms of subs and views. After that I was getting so much organic audience, and my channel just exploded).
I’ve watched tons of “growing on UA-cam vids” and they all talk about audience - butI have no idea who that may be for me! However this is the first time I’ve heard it phrased as “brands you’d like to work with”- this gives me a much more concrete view of things. Thanks~ 🐈⬛
I really spent time to make this vid so I’m very happy to see your positive comment 🐈⬛💫 I hope the questions + worksheet help you guide your channel :)
This is one of the best videos for small creators who just started, and your software recommendations for rough cuts and thumbnail testing have been added to my list. Thank you so much for the clear breakdown.
This is such a useful video. I am planning on growing my channel aswell and I can also say the random searches I make that make my videos go out there and help me gain subscribers is crazy. Thank you Mako.
@@humanXperiencesRetold just going on to UA-cam and searching random keywords that cross your mind and se what is trending under that specific key. It’ll then guide you on what video to shoot
Thank you for sharing your authentic experience and tips! I’ve gained 506 subscribers in a month, which is a crazy growth to me. But I feel like getting monetized is still a hard thing to achieve. I’ve only met 68% of criteria about subscribers and public watch hours at the moment. Anyways, good luck with your UA-cam journey and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your content in the future:)
I love your perspective about niches and how you simplify storytelling. Also, the way you integrated the Nord ad made me chuckle. I would be interested in a UA-cam payment video, mainly because your channel has videos on many different topics and I'm curious how UA-cam pays a channel like that.
I started my channel fuelled by my passion for technology and with each video I feel more encouraged by the growth in the audience/subscribers! I post once a month as that enables me to post the quality of video that I’m happy with…given that the algo rewards highly engaged with content 😊
As someone that is trying with youtube for over 2 years, I feel i really needed this tips, thank you so much! ❤ I hope to put in action what you just said and grow
I love you Mako because you are so true (authentically you) in a world where that is...rare. You are also brave and you did something that a lot of us want to do (hopefully some day soon) to quit the grind and follow our heart and intuitions, our dreams. Sometimes your videos make me cry. My name is Keri Lise, artist in Washington, USA 🙏💛🪞🌸
Hey Mako, i love your honesty and transparency on sharing your journey to growing 20k subs! Firstly congrats that's such a big milestone girl!! You deserve it!✨And it must've taken a lot of courage to quit your job and pursue being a youtuber instead - that's my ultimate goal too but it's just not time for me yet! I would love to connect with you one day! 💗 Looking forward to more videos from you
as someone who just started their channel this was soo helpful thank you for taking the time to put this together and sharing your tips!! I’ve only done vlog style videos so far which has been a lot of fun to film and has taught me a lot about editing but looking forward to trying some more searchable scripted videos💫
Hi Mako san! This video was very informative and helpful. I have been following you the past couple months and really enjoying your content. As someone who is from Japan and lives in Japan I love seeing your content blowing up. 応援してます！！
Would you recommend brand new UA-camrs with zero subscribers to post shorts first in order to build up their subscriber count before posting long form videos or is it fine to post videos from the very beginning even with zero subscribers?
Thank you for creating this video! I been learning about how to grow my channel and see which direction to take. This video is extremely helpful. Overall, I want to become a better communicator and share lessons I'm learning along the way while improving all areas of my life.
Mako, thanks for advices! I started 6 month ago and have only 17 subs. it's kinda sad, i think i should change something. But i try and stay positive 😀
Thank you so much for your video. I watch a lot of youtube channels when i think that i want to become a youtuber and you tips will be beneficial in the future. You shared a ton of things about youtube.
Thank you for the "too much" information in your video😄 I thought its one of the most useful and details video about the whole process of starting out😊
"Creating nurturing videos from the beginning is very important. It's a great opportunity for you to show your personality, which is a great way to connect with your subscribers."
Curious to hear more about why you quit your first three channels and what you did differently with this is your fourth channel? I am currently thinking of quitting this particular UA-cam channel and making another one because I feel like the audience only wants content around a niche I'm not interested in making content about anymore.
Thank you! So the first channel got monetized but I kind of burned out and stopped. Second time, I tried to revive the channel for the entirely different audience which didn't work at all so I decided to start brand new which worked really well for me. Another thing I did differently is to try to make my videos bingeable!
Well organised and concise! I like that u always mare clean videos.No bs straight to the subjects in choice.Good advices if i ever want to start a yt channel.Until next time take care and thanks for the video!🌷🥀
Just my opinion but i think making videos on how to set up your cameras, how to record, how to get the best lighting, how to adjust settings of the cameras,, how to edit videos through the software, etc, etc would be awesome for your channel.😊
Amazing Mako! Thank you for giving us the secrets 🤫to UA-cam. I enjoy your videos as they are very relaxing to watch and you seem like awesome cool person
Great video! There is a really distracting sound on the audio though, not sure if thats just me. Sounds like white noise or static. Little distracting so just thought i'd highlight for future vids. Thanks for the tips! :)
it's definitely on my list! in the mean time, I talk about cost of living in these videos if you are interested :) ua-cam.com/video/XgIQHYm5qxI/v-deo.htmlsi=t2hQO2ppsPvxsxZ6 ua-cam.com/video/G_NNygPJJ2k/v-deo.htmlsi=Ld28fnGZZkUc5Elj
Great video! Very informative. I just finished shooting material for my first UA-cam video! I have been podcasting for year and a half now so I recorded my sound in a podcast studio and now I will be adding video to it I am a bit nervous to be honest 😅 I have a question: I have noticed that most video thumbnails have people’s faces in them. Do you think it is very important for success to add your face? I struggle with face eczema and too scared to show my face in the video :-(
Thank you so much, I tried to make my video as informative as possible and im so happy to hear your feedback 🫶🏼 I do think it’s easier to connect with your audience when you show yourself but If I were to do a faceless channel, I would probably use Memoji so that my audience can still feel connected :)
I'm not a UA-camr, but some of the ones I like to watch that don't show their faces much sometimes use thumbnail shots of them walking or doing something from behind or from a distance - that way, the audience still sees a real person without you having to show your face.. You could experiment with something like that, it could be quite a fun creative exercise too 😊
Thank you! Such a practical video 🫶 I was wondering; which setting do you use on your rode? I also have rode wireless go ii but I struggle to use it, I don't like the audio quality... but yours sounds really good! 🤎
Your affiliate links come up in Japanese and with a captcha style stumbling block. I thought you'd like to know. It's likely to really reduce your affiliate link benefits.
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I used your discount code. Thank you
@@edwardchung3576thank you so much for your support 🙏🏼🥹
As a person who has been trying to grow her channel the past 5 years I have to say that your tips are very helpful! I think it's important for us small creators to not lose our spark and remember why we started our channels. It is a way to be creative and connect with like minded people. Help them, inspire them, entertain them. Even though my community is small I consider my viewers my friends and I always get so happy to see familiar faces in my comment section. Growing a channel is not easy but if your goal is not just numbers and money you will be unstoppable ❤
I totally agree! ❤ its so easy to remember your why :)
Great video, getting subs is really easy when you already got some knowledge, but when you are starting UA-cam it can be really frustrating. I wanted to delete my main channel which now has over 150k subs because I was struggling so much at the start (Luckily I found out that using a bit of famester could give me a little push in terms of subs and views. After that I was getting so much organic audience, and my channel just exploded).
I’ve watched tons of “growing on UA-cam vids” and they all talk about audience - butI have no idea who that may be for me! However this is the first time I’ve heard it phrased as “brands you’d like to work with”- this gives me a much more concrete view of things. Thanks~ 🐈⬛
I really spent time to make this vid so I’m very happy to see your positive comment 🐈⬛💫 I hope the questions + worksheet help you guide your channel :)
Your room is crazyyyyyyyyy😮 Please can we get a tour? House tour, room tour? Ugh!!! I'm obsessed😭 It's SO beautiful and SO simple!
This is one of the best videos for small creators who just started, and your software recommendations for rough cuts and thumbnail testing have been added to my list. Thank you so much for the clear breakdown.
thank you, so happy to hear that it was helpful :) the software I use for rough cuts is really good!
This is such a useful video. I am planning on growing my channel aswell and I can also say the random searches I make that make my videos go out there and help me gain subscribers is crazy. Thank you Mako.
Thank you so much for commenting 🫶🏼💕
It’s only a pleasure Mako
@@kagisotlatsana :)
Do u mind explaining what you mean by "random searches?" Thank you 🙏🏾
@@humanXperiencesRetold just going on to UA-cam and searching random keywords that cross your mind and se what is trending under that specific key. It’ll then guide you on what video to shoot
Thank you for sharing your authentic experience and tips!
I’ve gained 506 subscribers in a month, which is a crazy growth to me. But I feel like getting monetized is still a hard thing to achieve. I’ve only met 68% of criteria about subscribers and public watch hours at the moment.
Anyways, good luck with your UA-cam journey and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your content in the future:)
Thank you so much! That's an amazing growth since the initial growth is always the hardest. best of luck with your journey to you too :)✨
@@mylifeasmako thank you 😊
@@mymatchalatte77 :)
If you haven’t yet, consider live streaming to help with watch hours. Just sharing because that’s how I completed my watch hours!
I'm really impressed by this video and enjoying it. You're amazing and creative. Keep going, and you will hit 100k very soon.
thank you so much 😊
thanks for taking the time to make the worksheet and this video
thank you for watching and commenting :)
Watching your videos helped me build the courage to post my first video! Thank you so much Makoさん!
thats so sweet! thank you for watching :)
Great tips! Happy to see your channel growing 💙
Thanks so much! 💙
I love your perspective about niches and how you simplify storytelling. Also, the way you integrated the Nord ad made me chuckle. I would be interested in a UA-cam payment video, mainly because your channel has videos on many different topics and I'm curious how UA-cam pays a channel like that.
Thank you so much, I’m so happy to hear that because I try my best to make ad integration as entertaining as possible :)
I started my channel fuelled by my passion for technology and with each video I feel more encouraged by the growth in the audience/subscribers!
I post once a month as that enables me to post the quality of video that I’m happy with…given that the algo rewards highly engaged with content 😊
I love watching motivational stories like this. I’m still working towards monetisation, this reminds me to keep going!
thank you so much ❤
Got so much value from this video! I've been doing UA-cam for years now, and I'm really trying to take it seriously this year. Thanks Mako! :)
Thank you so much, so happy to hear that :)
As someone that is trying with youtube for over 2 years, I feel i really needed this tips, thank you so much! ❤ I hope to put in action what you just said and grow
same and its officially a steep climb
thank you so much ❤
I want to thank you for this useful video this year. I'm excited to grow my channel and witness the improvement day by day.
thank you so much for watching!
I started kids channel recently and posted my 4th video today. Thank you for your tips ❤
I love you Mako because you are so true (authentically you) in a world where that is...rare. You are also brave and you did something that a lot of us want to do (hopefully some day soon) to quit the grind and follow our heart and intuitions, our dreams. Sometimes your videos make me cry. My name is Keri Lise, artist in Washington, USA 🙏💛🪞🌸
Aww thank you so much for your kind words 🥹💕 Beautiful comments like this is the reason why I can keep making videos, thank you! 🫶🏼
I just started with UA-cam and I‘m still scared to fail but your video helped me really thank you :)
Hello from another Japan based UA-cam! We have just started our UA-cam journey and this video was a brilliant resource! Thank you!
hi 👋🍵thank you so much for watching!
Hey Mako, i love your honesty and transparency on sharing your journey to growing 20k subs! Firstly congrats that's such a big milestone girl!! You deserve it!✨And it must've taken a lot of courage to quit your job and pursue being a youtuber instead - that's my ultimate goal too but it's just not time for me yet! I would love to connect with you one day! 💗 Looking forward to more videos from you
thank you so much for following my journey💗✨
I really appreciate your original b-rolls! It sets you apart. Thankyou for the extra effort and information.💕
thank you so much, I put a lot of efforts in b-rolls! I'm really glad to hear that
as someone who just started their channel this was soo helpful thank you for taking the time to put this together and sharing your tips!! I’ve only done vlog style videos so far which has been a lot of fun to film and has taught me a lot about editing but looking forward to trying some more searchable scripted videos💫
so happy to hear that 💫
I am here since the quitting video and so happy for your success!
thank you so much for following my journey! :)
Thank you so much for your advice Mako! Just downloaded the worksheet!
Thank you, hope you like it!
Thanks so much Mako, it was so helpful! Did you make the worksheet by Canva as well? It's so pretty 🌸🌸
Aww thank you 🌸 yes i made it on canva :)
my how much youtube paid me video is now out 👀💕 ua-cam.com/video/Q9JrNsNrUj4/v-deo.html thank you guys so much for requesting the video✨
Yes pls!
@@iamjerose-oldchannelthank you for letting me know ♥️
Yes, please 😊
@@AnjanaMohanWijetilekkthank you 🥰
Yes, i'm curious! 😊
Very solid advice. Thank you for taking the time to talk about your process
Glad it was helpful! :)
Hi Mako san! This video was very informative and helpful. I have been following you the past couple months and really enjoying your content. As someone who is from Japan and lives in Japan I love seeing your content blowing up. 応援してます！！
thank you so much for following my journey :) ありがとうございます💗
Would you recommend brand new UA-camrs with zero subscribers to post shorts first in order to build up their subscriber count before posting long form videos or is it fine to post videos from the very beginning even with zero subscribers?
Ummm I personally think if your ultimate goal is to get views on longer form videos, it's better to focus on longer form videos from the beginning! :)
Thanks Mako, this was really a nice collection of advice. Merci from France!
thank you :)
Yoooo this was so helpful and straight forward, I joined the mako club☺️!
aww thank you so much ☺️
Thank you so much ! I am a bit longer now on yt but it was always a on and of relationship! So I now really want to be consistent!:)
Thank you for creating this video! I been learning about how to grow my channel and see which direction to take. This video is extremely helpful. Overall, I want to become a better communicator and share lessons I'm learning along the way while improving all areas of my life.
I want to be a better communicator too and learning everyday :)
The most important is to enjoy the content making process. ❤
Everything else will fall into its place.
Or fall apart.
Who knows.
Hey, it's UA-cam.
I agree, that is very important!
@@mylifeasmako Hey, thanks for the reply! Wishing you all the best 🍀
Mako, thanks for advices! I started 6 month ago and have only 17 subs. it's kinda sad, i think i should change something. But i try and stay positive 😀
I know the feeling, I was refreshing my page way too much to see if I gained any subs… yes! Stay positive and I hope this video and worksheet helped 🌸
Thank you so much for your video. I watch a lot of youtube channels when i think that i want to become a youtuber and you tips will be beneficial in the future. You shared a ton of things about youtube.
yes! I hope the video and worksheet will help you when you start a channel :)
Thank you for the "too much" information in your video😄 I thought its one of the most useful and details video about the whole process of starting out😊
haha thank you so much 😄 I'm so glad to hear that!
@@mylifeasmako looking forward for your next video 🙆🏻♀️
@@irinahaditanojo9454 thank you so much
Congratulations po
These are such helpful tips especially for someone who’s just starting to grow the channel. Thank you! 🎉
Thanks for the tips,i start mychanel yesterday😊
thank you, I hope this helped :)
Congratulations!
thank you!
Thank you! For this. I’d love a part 2 to be honest!
thank you so much! I'm thinking to make a follow-up video :)
"Creating nurturing videos from the beginning is very important. It's a great opportunity for you to show your personality, which is a great way to connect with your subscribers."
Curious to hear more about why you quit your first three channels and what you did differently with this is your fourth channel?
I am currently thinking of quitting this particular UA-cam channel and making another one because I feel like the audience only wants content around a niche I'm not interested in making content about anymore.
Thank you! So the first channel got monetized but I kind of burned out and stopped. Second time, I tried to revive the channel for the entirely different audience which didn't work at all so I decided to start brand new which worked really well for me. Another thing I did differently is to try to make my videos bingeable!
Well organised and concise! I like that u always mare clean videos.No bs straight to the subjects in choice.Good advices if i ever want to start a yt channel.Until next time take care and thanks for the video!🌷🥀
thank you so much! thank you for watching even though you don't have a youtube channel :) really appreciate your support ✨
Congrats on all the subs. on a battle here. its so much work
Thank you so much! It really is but its worth it :)
Yeah I know, I am looking to shoot more videos in Japan next year :)
Thank you for this info. I just started my YT Channel Grown Girl Glow Up last week. I will use these tips ☺️
Just my opinion but i think making videos on how to set up your cameras, how to record, how to get the best lighting, how to adjust settings of the cameras,, how to edit videos through the software, etc, etc would be awesome for your channel.😊
thank you so much for your ideas :D
Amazing Mako! Thank you for giving us the secrets 🤫to UA-cam. I enjoy your videos as they are very relaxing to watch and you seem like awesome cool person
Thank you so much! I try my best to keep my videos as relaxing as possible so I’m happy to hear that 😌
This video is so helpful!! Thank you. I’m going to watch it again.
thank you so much!!
Thanks for the tips. Great information for us new channels
thank you for watching! :)
Thank you
Great video! There is a really distracting sound on the audio though, not sure if thats just me. Sounds like white noise or static. Little distracting so just thought i'd highlight for future vids. Thanks for the tips! :)
Thank you so much for letting me know! may I know where you hear the noise? Is it the entire video?
many thankssss❤
thank you for watching
Your voix is so pleasing and satisfying
thank you
Thank you so much for sharing such a valuable and very helpful tips for UA-cam beginners.
so happy to hear that, thank you for watching :)
Very helpful❤ thx mako
Thank you for watching❤️
This is such a useful video, so inspiring for small creators like me ❤
hahaha your one of my favs now, im following the tips to build a channel too. ❤❤🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😊
Thanks, great video.
Great tips. I hope my channel grows 🤞
I hope so too! 🤞🤞
Thank you sharing this tips. I always look for tips. But your video was very useful and right to point .very good 👍
thank you 👍
Nice video quality. I enjoyed the different scenes and the tips as well. Thank you
Love from india🇮🇳❤
Thanks for your tips❤. It’s so useful for me now. Have a nice day ❤❤❤
Thank you! You too! ❤
can you maybe make a video on the costs of living in Japan like the income tax etc.
it's definitely on my list! in the mean time, I talk about cost of living in these videos if you are interested :) ua-cam.com/video/XgIQHYm5qxI/v-deo.htmlsi=t2hQO2ppsPvxsxZ6 ua-cam.com/video/G_NNygPJJ2k/v-deo.htmlsi=Ld28fnGZZkUc5Elj
Thank you so much! A great encouragement for my new Channel ❤
Thanks a ton Mako ❤❤
Thank you always for commenting ♥️
This is soooo inspiring :D
You are amazing :)
Thank you so much! :D thank you always for commenting!
This is so helpful!!!
Glad it was helpful! :)
i would love to see a how much youtube paid me vid!! this was super helpful :)
Thank you :) I will definitely put it in my content plan :)
Congrats & thank you
Thank you so much! This was super helpful ❤
Very informative and helpful insight, thank you so much!;)
Glad it was helpful! :)
Loved these tips❤
What teleprompter do you use to read your scripts? For now, I use my phone to film videos. Thank you!
I don't have a teleprompter for now, so I just look at my laptop sometimes to check the script!
@@mylifeasmako wow! I would have never guessed. You are very good!
wow my really second go around thanks for tips!!
thank u for watching!!
Hey, thanks for this. Crisp and to the the point.
thank you for watching!
Love your videos, I am a new subscriber 😊
Yay! Thank you! :)
Enjoyed your video. You are amazing and you look 👀 marvelous 🙋🏾♀️Love your channel
Awww you're so sweet, thank you so much!!
Wow, what an excellent video. Thank you
thank you for watching :)
Great video! Very informative. I just finished shooting material for my first UA-cam video! I have been podcasting for year and a half now so I recorded my sound in a podcast studio and now I will be adding video to it I am a bit nervous to be honest 😅 I have a question: I have noticed that most video thumbnails have people’s faces in them. Do you think it is very important for success to add your face? I struggle with face eczema and too scared to show my face in the video :-(
Thank you so much, I tried to make my video as informative as possible and im so happy to hear your feedback 🫶🏼
I do think it’s easier to connect with your audience when you show yourself but If I were to do a faceless channel, I would probably use Memoji so that my audience can still feel connected :)
I'm not a UA-camr, but some of the ones I like to watch that don't show their faces much sometimes use thumbnail shots of them walking or doing something from behind or from a distance - that way, the audience still sees a real person without you having to show your face.. You could experiment with something like that, it could be quite a fun creative exercise too 😊
@@Kat_Fe thank you for sharing great tips 🫶🏼✨
so practical, thank you!
thank you :)
Great video, Mako! P.S. It wasn't too much information.
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that!
Thanks a lot for such a nice video!
thank you for watching!
Great Video :) Keep it up!
Thank you! :)
@@mylifeasmako very welcome 😊
Nice tips❤️ thanks you so much!!!
thank you ❤
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure :)
hi mako, how some youtubers get a lot subscribers? and how to found niche to your content? I always confuse about this
I think making your videos binge-worthy is one of the ways to gain subscribers!
Thank you! Such a practical video 🫶 I was wondering; which setting do you use on your rode? I also have rode wireless go ii but I struggle to use it, I don't like the audio quality... but yours sounds really good! 🤎
Thank you! I don’t do anything special but I do make sure to record my voice at very low volume which helps with audio quality :)
Amazing advice
thank you :)
Mako 's new vlog is good !
Thank you so much 😊 I put lots of efforts so I’m glad to hear that!
Love it ❤️
thank you so much :)
That is incredible!!! Maybe I should switch to facefull instead of faceless channel lol
thank you!
Great Video! I would love to to watch how much UA-cam paid video.
thank you ♥
Hello I getting back making videos more often and want to be open minded about my videos
thats awesome! thank u for watching!
Your affiliate links come up in Japanese and with a captcha style stumbling block. I thought you'd like to know. It's likely to really reduce your affiliate link benefits.
thank you so much for letting me know, I will try to fix the link :)