How to Get Subscribers on YouTube

For the last couple of years, YouTube has seen more web traffic than any other streaming video website. Whether you're advertising your business or just posting humorous clips, this means you have an incredibly large audience to watch your postings. When viewers really enjoy one of your clips, they can subscribe to your account, updating them whenever you post something new. To get more subscribers and boost your exposure, follow these steps.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Invite your friends to subscribe to your account. There's a special link that does this for you in the "My Contacts" window.

2. Comment on other people's posting and leave a link to your video on the page. Many YouTubers appreciate positive feedback and will return the favor by checking out your clips.

3. Post a message on your video's page that asks viewers to subscribe to your account. This is somewhat shameless advertising, but if your videos are good, people won't mind.

4. Make high quality videos. Filming clips on your cell phone or digital camera detract from their overall presentation and drive viewers away. If you don't have a good camcorder of your own, borrow one from a friend or a colleague.

5. Create videos with interesting plots, dialog, settings and style. Your clips' characteristics depend on your reason for making them, but they should always be entertaining and catchy.

6. Become a subscriber of someone else's account. You can leave a message on their page telling them how much you like their videos and asking them to check out your own. This is a little pushy, but in many cases it works.