How Livestreams Can Help Your Channel Grow In 2023

As we may know, YouTube’s latest requirements to be a Partner are pretty absurd to say the least.

YouTube requires you to have at least 1K Subscribers & 4K Hours of Public watch hours in the last 12 months OR 10 Million Shorts Views in the last 90 Days.

Both of these requirements can seem a bit unrealistic in the short period of time that YouTube sets.

However there is a way that we can still monetize your brand through your YouTube channel using livestreams.

1. Livestreams help you build a closer connection between you & your viewers due to the fact that they’re going to be able to chat with you in real time.

2. Livestreams will be saved on your channel automatically no matter the duration & will continue to get views once you ended with live.

3. More views = More public watch hours = Closer to being a YouTube Partner

How Your Live Streams Can Be Successful

There’s a lot of ways that your channel can become successful, sometimes it can even be overwhelming but here are a few simple ideas that with the right consistency & discipline, will help your channel & your brand excel to the next level.

1. Making A Strong Title & Thumbnail

   • Making a strong thumbnail & title will automatically hook your viewers into staying on your livestream.

   • A good title & thumbnail is one of the most important keys into having a successful channel.

   • Your viewer should know what your video or livestream is about before even clicking on it.

   • If you hook the viewer before them even watching the video then you’re off to a great start.

2. Plan Your Livestreams

   • Ask yourself what type of goals do you want to achieve?

   • Subscriber goals, donation goals, viewer amount goals?

   • When you start your stream, make sure you tell your viewers exactly what the plan is for that stream.

3. Write Down Some Notes Before You Start Streaming

   • This can help a lot if you have a “bad memory”

   • It keeps everything neat so you know exactly what to do while you’re on livestream.

4. Don’t Expect To Blow Up ON You First Few Streams

   • If you expect to blow up on your first few streams, and it doesn’t happen… You’ll be disappointed & you’ll lose motivation.

   • Expect the worst possible outcome & push through it, it’ll be better in the long run.

   • My trick to you is to pretend that you have Hundreds if not Thousands of people watching you

Conclusion

Treat your livestreams like YouTube videos. Not only will your viewers feel comfortable watching the content they want but it will be way simpler for you because you’re not trying to have a different character, you’re just being yourself.

Be consistent. Don’t let numbers or short-term success take over your mind because what you’re aiming at is long term success & stability with your brand.

Keep pushing through the hard times & remember that the best time to start is ASAP. Tomorrow you’ll regret not starting today.