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So me and a couple of buddies were thinking of making a gaming channel on YouTube in the next month or so, reviewing older, more obscure games that people may miss out on. It seems to be working out well and it looks like it'll be a lot of fun to make, but there's one massive problem that's been bugging me.
See for context, a friend of ours started his own gaming channel on YouTube but that was more of a straight Let's Play kinda thing. He advertised his videos by commenting on the really big YouTubers, and also offering codes from the Humble Bundle in exchange for traffic and subscriptions. Without going into too much detail, that did NOT work well for him, going so far as hate mail from the fans of said YouTubers.
So my question is: How do we get the word out to people about the channel in order to get more viewers without making people angry?
The social media outlets seem like a good start but it seems only a short term way of getting viewers. I only have about eighty friends to spread the word to, where do I go after that?
Thank you for reading my post, and I'm very grateful for any advice you can give.
So me and a couple of buddies were thinking of making a gaming channel on YouTube in the next month or so, reviewing older, more obscure games that people may miss out on. It seems to be working out well and it looks like it'll be a lot of fun to make, but there's one massive problem that's been bugging me.
See for context, a friend of ours started his own gaming channel on YouTube but that was more of a straight Let's Play kinda thing. He advertised his videos by commenting on the really big YouTubers, and also offering codes from the Humble Bundle in exchange for traffic and subscriptions. Without going into too much detail, that did NOT work well for him, going so far as hate mail from the fans of said YouTubers.
So my question is: How do we get the word out to people about the channel in order to get more viewers without making people angry?
The social media outlets seem like a good start but it seems only a short term way of getting viewers. I only have about eighty friends to spread the word to, where do I go after that?
Thank you for reading my post, and I'm very grateful for any advice you can give.