Suggestions for Developing FFXIV Music Video Channel

[TeraRamis]

It's not about whether your content is good or not, it's about whether the title, description and tags cause it to come up in searches that people do, or have similar keywords that cause it to come up in the related videos section. After that the title needs to be interesting enough to make someone click it.

So for example, put "The Twinning" in one of these places and maybe it will come up in people's youtube.

Yep. YouTube's algorithms are just cruel and unpredictable things. One of my favorite channels, Orchestral Fantasy, does ASTOUNDING work and has never gotten much over a few thousand likes for any video.

https://youtu.be/pcuBk202yyc

Honestly, YouTube is just terrible.

[LilithStormchaser]

Thanks for the ideas thus far. I updated all Thumbnails by at least adding text. Some pictures were also replaced. I also added a significant number of content-appropriate tags to each video.

I subscribed to Orchestral Fantasy. That’s some good stuff.

A video editing course is not really in the cards at this time, nor is hiring professional staff. I do this for fun, and for free. I will continue to see what others do and seek to learn from their examples. I will also continue to consult our community for advice.

[Breakbeat]

Honestly, YouTube is just terrible.

Well, sort of.

In the sense that they are akin to "mainstream music companies," or mainstream FM or satellite radio, I agree. There are but three major record labels (Sony, Universal, Warner) and they decide what to promote, what commercials and music videos to shove in front of your face or into your ears, etc. Underground music doesn't get promotion, though there are gems underground that shine brighter than anyone on stage accepting an award. YouTube is exactly like this; if you want underground or less popular music, you must search it out proactively.

However, in the sense that it is a repository for most of the video and audio that humankind creates (or has created), it is amazing. Will they promote local, underground artists to me? Nah, probably not. However, I can find that local, underground artist on YouTube, if I search for them. That, in and of itself, is awesome.

On topic, I agree with most of what's been said above. Unfortunately, you need YT views / comments / likes to get YT views / comments / likes, so lots of times networking outside of YouTube will be productive for your channel.