Small Channels NEED TO STOP Making this BIG MISTAKE!

One of the most important parts of a YouTube video is its beginning so why do so many YouTubers use the same, boring, three words to start them? Let's investigate!

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0:00 - Time for a YouTube rant
1:08 - The first 30 seconds
2:48 - YouTube KNOWS your video
4:14 - More video hook tactics
5:34 - Everything comes back to time

[smarty.adviser]

Attention, small channels! Don't miss this important video discussing the big mistake that many small creators make. The speaker offers valuable insights and practical tips to help you avoid this common pitfall and set yourself up for success on your YouTube journey

[SeanzViewEnt]

Thanks to your help I now have surpassed 128, 000 subscribers

[Unstoppabletravel]

My biggest rant right now with YouTube Content creators is clickbait titles and videos that tell you how to grow your channel or how to gain views, etc. Then when you go into the video, they always bring up a channel, not theirs to show how much money the channel is making. Social Blade does not indicate if the channel is truly monetized or if the content creator is actually making any money. I have called out content creators for misleading titles and information. I've challenged them to use their said techniques to create their own channel and film it all when they get monetized without using their current channel to drum up support. I really hate when there are no factual supporting sources or evidence and it's all based on speculation. There are too many of those clickbait channels that it has gotten out of hand and in my opinion, YouTube should start delisting those types of content.

[ogmofula]

At this point, I don't know what I'm doing right or wrong. I've worked on my intros, titles, thumbnails and heavy editing. Although nothing seems to work. Nonetheless, this was yet another insightful video. The intro was a banger. Thank you Rob. 🙏

[LooseFab]

im a small automotive channel and i just cracked 100 subs thanks to you guys! Thanks for all the advice!

[JohnnyB.]

I also noticed myself thinking "In this video" or "in today's video" started to feel lengthy and boring, so I say "As you saw from today's title, we're going to be - " it works much better because I can get right into the juice! Great video Rob! :)

[EmmanuelMotelin]

This works excellently with storytelling. I find myself compelled to watch a video if I am hooked in the first 1 minute. Thumbnails are also great too!

[COIFISHGAMING]

In this Video I am gonna Rick Roll you.

[DanielLaurencin]

Yes, I does always use those 3 words and.

If you skip from 0:30 to 9:30 in a 10-minute YouTube video, it will show 1 minute of watch time. YouTube tracks watch time based on the actual time spent watching the video, rather than the video's total duration. Skipping ahead or jumping to different timestamps within the video will only count the time that was actively viewed. In this case, since you skipped from 0:30 to 9:30, you effectively watched only 1 minute of the video, and that's what will be reflected in the watch time statistics.

[GhostPandaStorm]

I don't do the "in this video" intro but I have done the "Today I'm going to show you (blank)" before and recently I've done "if you want to (achieve goal), then here are three ways to go about doing that" Great video as always, guys.

[cartermelon]

I hope I don’t sound like the bad guy here, but I’m seeing so many comments, and something small creators need to do is stop feeling bad for yourself. If you want this so bad, or as bad as you claim to, you wouldn’t waste your time and energy feeling bad for yourself. Take in this amazingly useful content, and keep grinding. Stop looking at your views. Stop caring so much. If you just want to make money and be a YouTuber, you’re never going to make it. If you see this as a hobby and just grind out videos, and learn, you’re much more likely to find success. But seriously, stop trying to make others feel bad for you. Most people here are in a similar situation as you. Do something about it.

[TheCornucopiaProject-bdjk]

I know what my problem is: to honest and too reserved, other people call it boring.
It translates into both my thumbnails and title. A good thumbnail creates impressions and a good title creates views..
A good hook creates longer views and quality content creates returning viewers.

[beatboxchannel]

I remember 3 years ago Rob usually makes this kind of mistakes 😅. Good that you're teaching us. 👊

[DapurBiru]

Never give up guys! All the best creators

[EighthHouseSun]

LOL! I am laughing... as I am literally in the middle of editing a video where I start in part of my intro "in this video"....😂 I thank you for this. So many of your points made so much sense to me, I was like wow he is right! I never thought of it this way before. I am going to give your advice a try and cut that out of my intro for this video and see how my retention rate goes! YOU are awesome, my friend. Thank you as always 😁

[DiD]

I always start with a "setting the scene" type of dramatic writing, usually from the near the end of the eventual story. I paint the scene in words with a very short passage and then get pretty much straight in there.

[WhizzKid]

This is not the worst. The worst is when they say This video's sponsor is... They will lose viewers.

[healthclub_]

YouTube considers the actual time spent watching a video as a metric. Therefore, let's consider an example: if a video is 2 minutes long and you watch the entire video at 0.25x speed, the watch time will be calculated as 8 minutes. Similarly, if you watch the video at 2x speed, the watch time will be reduced to 1 minute.

[CayleeInChaos]

Haha we love a Youtube rant and quiz! Intros are the worst, I feel like I struggle with them every time...but they're definitely getting better according to my analytics! I'll never say those 3 words ever again. 😂 Keep pushing, guys - WE GOT THIS! 😊

[FPRides]

Thanks a lot VidIQ team for helping the (small) YouTube Creators to becoming succesful. I'm almost at 100 subscribers and i'm really proud of that :D, thanks!