YouTube offers many tools for promotion within the platform. Becoming a featured channel is one of such tools. And also one of extremely effective. It is a bit different from the Recommendation feature on YouTube and in this article we will explain what it is and how you achieve it with the help of grossing views.
SO WHAT IS IT ANYWAY?
The recommended video on YouTube is the one that is offered to a user on the thematic basis of the videos he has watched already. This function works through analyzing your viewing history and recent google search. On the other side, a featured channel stands for the one that the YouTube algorithm suggests by itself. They may not be connected to your history of views, but YouTube thinks a user will be likely to watch.
For you as a blogger or own a business, this feature helps to widen your target group and generate a constant income of new followers on your profile. Thus your growth is faster.
HOW CAN MY VIDEOS BECOME FEATURED?
Basically, you have to tag other channels with similar content. It is like a good manner among the bloggers that embrace the same niche. The YouTube algorithms are permanently gathering, processing, selecting, and displaying the content that is able to attract more people. To get your channel selected, you have to upload high-quality content that correlates with general YouTube guidelines and rules of the community. Also, you must focus on:
- descriptions
- titles
- hashtags and other text stuff.
The algorithm will be gathering your statistical data like the number of subscribers, likes, dislikes, views, etc. If it is sufficed with the data, it will select your channel and show it in the “Featured channels” section.
Anyway, the quantity of views is one of the key statistics that will help your channel to become featured because it shows the value of your content. Further in the article, we will describe the most popular ways to increase your views.
- Paid service
Using paid service is one of the methods to get more views quickly. The main thing to remember is that you should use it carefully. The topic of purchasing views or subscribers is controversial and is illegal. You should not buy too many views at once in order to prevent your account from banning. Also, you should always remind yourself that paid services are only a tool that helps you to promote faster, not a substitution for all other strategies. Here’s a useful reference where you can buy some in addition to your real YouTube views.
- Collaboration with other bloggers
This method is quite connected to the topic of featured channels, as we have stated above. There are a few most effective ways to work with other popular users:
- Enter discussions that can be going on in comments of other blogger or start a dialogue yourself
- Leave links on your channels in each other’s videos
- Make your channels mutually featured to enlarge your target audience
- If you happen to live in the same region, you can meet for a collective video (if not, you can try to make online meetings)
- Meet other bloggers at special conventions to make new friends and exchange experiences. Having fun included!
Keep in mind that all your actions should serve one purpose – increasing people’s interest in your channel, which provides more views, likes and subscribers. So always try to leave the best impression about you.
MAKE YOUR CONTENT WORTH FEATURING
First of all, your content ought to be easy to find. Do a little keyword research to determine what words you must use in your text pieces. Then, look through your front page and see if all the pictures are uploaded in a proper manner. Your profile picture and channel header have to be the same style. Create a logo for your channel. Prefer mild colors that are pleasant to the eye. Another important thing that plays a significant part in gaining more views on YouTube is a thumbnail picture. It has to be bright, include a good up-shoulder portrait or a relevant image of the video’s plot, your logo or a few words about your video.
Tip: don’t forget to group your content into playlists, which will keep your viewer hooked up a little bit more.
TELL A LOOOOOONG STORY
In 2012, YouTube made Watch Time a primary significant metric. Since that time, you have to nail it to get more views. Your content can be monetized after your total Watch Time is over 4000 hours. It doesn’t mean that you stop at this point, you only proceed grossing numbers further. You don’t have to upload too long videos. Around 10 minutes is believed to be enough, but can depend on the specific niche you embrace. Anyway, making videos of perfect length is a good help in getting more views on YouTube.
A FINAL ACCORD
Getting more views is one of the effective methods to become popular not only among viewers, but other bloggers as well. The more popularity you have, the more opportunities they see to multiply their audience through making your video featured. As for the ‘featured channel’ function is mainly automatic, collaboration with other people is a must. For all matters, YouTube is a social network, one of the most popular in the world, and you simply must communicate to keep up.