Reaching 100,000 Views on Youtube

I was frustrated because my very first video had just 250 views.

I had spent around a week or 40 hours to make this video. This was additional to all the other things I had done before launching my channel on Youtube.

Like,

Making a decent channel art. Writing the about page. Preparing my niche. Planning my content. Researching my topics. Ultimately, thinking about, what types of videos I can make on this channel?

After doing all this I just had 250 views on my first video that I uploaded on the 3rd of August 2018.

Every day I would look at my statistics and it would move in single digits after the 250 views.

An epiphany about 250 Views

I was trying to find some inspiration to continue further. Somebody who could motivate me, convince me. Tell me that, "Amit, this is not the end of the world. Here do this and it will work."

Where else to find motivation but on Youtube. I started listening to interviews with other successful YouTubers.

Some people had only 10 views on their first video. Others had 500 views. Some lucky ones crossed five figures mark with just one video. So everyone's journey was different. Everyone was growing at different speeds.

That is when one Youtuber said to an interviewer, "Imagine, 250 people watched my videos. If I had to bring 250 people into one room it would be a big event."

That was the epiphany.

I realized that every individual watching my video was important. The total is not important. Every single person has something he is looking for and that is important.

I changed my perspective, I started thinking, "Every single person who visits my channel is a guest. He or she is coming here for something that I can give. Education or Entertainment whatever it is."

This thought made me revere this wonderful medium called Youtube.

Learning my first lesson from Youtube

Someone really wise once said,

You only fail when you give up. 

Whoever said this was going to prove true in my case. One video is not going to become the death of my Youtube channel.

“Quitters never win and winners never quit,” I kept repeating this. I started working harder.

Instead of watching videos with Millions of views, I started watching a video with a few thousand views.

I learned that there is a completely different world out there of educational videos. Videos created by normal people like you and me.

People who create videos without any fancy crew. Simple educational videos that are filled with great content. Just one person speaking to the camera sharing the best knowledge there is to share.

What I learned in the process is that,

Content is the king. 

My second video was my story of Finding a Job.

Uploading One video Every Week on Youtube

Many Youtubers said that if you upload on a regular schedule then Youtube helps in promoting your videos.

So I started uploading one video every week.

22 Sep 2018 – Finding my First Job

01 Oct 2018 – How to use your hidden superpowers?

06 Oct 2018 – Freshers Salary in TCS

24 Oct 2018 – The Art of Selling

04 Nov 2018 – How Prospecting helped me in selling?

16 Nov 2018 – How to protect your idea?

24 Nov 2018 – Warren Buffet – Hidden Power

You get my idea.

I had to learn,

• how to research my topic?
• how to write a script?
• how to make a video?
• how to handle audio?
• how to edit my video?
• what titles, descriptions, and tags work?

Everything required to become successful on Youtube.

My video goes Viral

You know I was repeating this beautiful line.

Quitters never win and winners never quit. 

I feel that somehow this line pumped energy into my Youtube Channel.

On 14th Dec 2018, I had 259 views without doing much. I started observing my channel. One video on my channel was breaking out.

This was the fourth video on my channel uploaded on 6th Oct 2018. For some unknown reason, this video was getting picked up and blowing up after 3 months.

Breakout of my Youtube Channel with just one video getting all views.

It was crazy. Daily my views were increasing beyond the 200+ mark. Finally, on 26 Jan 2019, there were 2301 views on my channel most of which came from that one video.

This is the exact time when I felt that I have done something right. You can see it for yourself that my channel was never the same again.

Reaching the 100,000 Views Milestone

On 14th September 2019, I achieved this milestone.

My channel Musings by Amit was viewed by at least 100,000 people.

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Can you imagine what I would need to do to reach 100,000 people on my own in person?

I would have to hire a stadium if this was a one-time event.

Or Better,

I would have to do 1000 events with 100 people in each session.

Do you see the complexity of reaching 100,000 people in person? That is the power of the Internet and Youtube. I could reach 100,000 people sitting at my home with just a few videos on my channel. Doing the entire thing on the side.

You see I just had about 20 videos at the time I reached this milestone. Only 20 videos on my channel. Moreover, most of my views came from just 2 videos.

This message could save your life

Whether you are a future Youtuber or a present Business owner the power of Youtube can help you. It can save your life.

95% of digital marketing professionals just seem to learn enough to do the job. Period. 5% of them think deeper. About 0.5% have extraordinary expertise. - By Perry Marshall

I made a comparison with other channels having a similar number of videos and content to find that I belong to the 5% of digital marketing professionals who think deeper about their craft of making space on Youtube.

A lot of Youtubers who started earlier are nowhere close to this milestone. Many business owners fail to create traction for their products on Youtube. But somehow I was able to reach my milestone with just 20 videos on my channel.

I have seen 1000s of channels with 100s of videos that are still struggling.

Some of them come to me for advice. I see their channel and suggest changes. Once they implement those changes then the views, subscribers and watch time immediately change for them.

They get the idea of what needs to be done if they have to use the power of Youtube.

62% of businesses use Youtube as a channel to post video content - Buffer (2019)

If you are a Youtuber or Business owner then are you leaving a lot of audiences or customers on the table just because your reach on Youtube is poor.

In case you want your personal or business channel on Youtube to grow then I can help you achieve whatever milestones you have in your mind.

What next?

Well here is what you can do to help yourself and others.

1. Business owners - Get in touch with me to see how we can use Youtube to grow your business.
2. YouTubers - Get in touch with me to see what I am doing on my channel to grow fast.
3. Everyone - Share this article with your personal & professional friends, you never know whose life you are going to change next.

Thank you for reading this entire article. I will be pleased if you like this article. I will be delighted if you leave a comment (I read every comment). I will respond to you if you have any questions about Youtube.

Stay focused. Stay rich.