As someone who is just barely getting into the idea of streaming, this was so helpful and motivating and really makes the whole venture sound like something achievable. Thanks so much for your insight.
"You are your own competition, no one else is." Love this! Only thirty-ish seconds in and already enjoying this advice video as someone prepping to start streaming on Twitch.
I’ve been holding off streaming on twitch because I find it really intimidating, but your videos are really helpful and uplifting, and after watching them I’m going to try it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I am just starting out as well and...to be honest? I am kind of scared. It's a lot to deal with, but we have to remember to have fun, consumers can pick up on it like a hornet.
I am a coding beginner wanting to share my process to encourage other people getting into coding as well. That's why I am thinking of getting into streaming and your video gave me the courage to kick start that. Thank you!
I'm keeping it simple, playing bingo on twitch for abt 30 mins a day while talking abt life. I'm almost 40 and i figure "chill mom" is the vibe I'm going for. "Cos I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom" lawl My goal rn is to make a little pocket change while doing something I enjoy and connecting to other ppl.
I was surprised about the "calling out lurkers" pretty much every community I've visited interacted with is greatful for the lurks. I hadn't realized "calling them out" was a thing. Excellent video 👌
Lurkers are great and streamers love them! Maybe I didn't explain well enough in the video... calling lurkers out is when you specifically talk to someone who has never spoke up in your chat bc you see their name in the viewer list. Not everyone is watching to participate in chat, and it can cause them to just leave
As someone who's just getting back into TH-cam content creation and will be starting my Twitch journey next week, I can’t tell you how incredibly valuable this video and the information in it is. I was just homeless for 6 years and ironically enough starting my TH-cam journey during that time. As of four months ago, I'm now in my own place and have bought some equipment and have space to dive in and learn how to stream properly. I've shared and gave so much praise to this video and downloaded it so I will ALWAYS have it as a reference in the future. You've done more for me than you know in helping me on my path and I want to thank you tremendously for doing so🙏🏿 Keep up the amazing work as it's providing a great service to those in need of guidance and inspiration 🙏🏿
The biggest thing with trolls that I understand is that you have the microphone, they don’t. That instantly gives you the advantage over them. Everyone is listening to you, not them.
New to twitch about a month. I am a Medically Retired Veteran, using Twitch to stave off Brain Atrophy. Thanks for this clarity, I have been stumped for 2 weeks as to how to edit my About me on my main page. now I have custom Screens, etc. all nice and spiffy. Thank you so much.
I wanted to start streaming to complement my work on TH-cam - I was afraid I wouldn't find any good and honest no-bullshit tutorials. I clicked your video first and was not disappointed. Thanks a lot for making it, you had some great insights and tips and you didn't spend too much time on any one topic. I really appreciate the "I'm not a tech guru" disclosure either haha. Not everyone has to know everything and I like it when people admit there's stuff they are not familiar with! Makes them more authentic and trustworthy!
This is SUCH a nice, informative video! I just started streaming daily a few months ago and I see my stream growing slowly but steadily and some of these things brought up here are things I need to think of constantly. Something I absolutely love about this video is how encouraging you are, I feel like some videos on how to get started on twitch are very "why do you want to do this" "rethink your options" just things that are very discouraging to even try to stream at all, not everyone is looking to do this as a fulltime thing but rather something to have fun with once or twice a week.
As an up and coming small streamer, I appreciate all this advice especially about the lurker thing (lowkey my moderator has that problem) cause some viewers aren’t chatters and that’s fine like you said I’m there to entertain not to be entertained
I’ve been streaming for over 3 years and this video helped me so much. It really helped me see my weaknesses and strengths. I’ve learned so much here, thanks for the amazing in depth video, appreciate it!
Your video is what I needed. You actually provided all the information I was looking for. I love your honesty and your chill way to explain how twitch works. This totally changed my prospective!
Not only do I really appreciate this as someone that is setting up to start streaming for the first time, but I HAD to point out that I have the same water fountain (several of them) for my cats and all four are obsessed. Lmao!!! I have a history of creating successful social media platforms but haven't ever done anything like Twitch. As a disease I'm dealing with progresses I cannot go out and do the active hobbies I used to enjoy, and I already work from home and have a beautiful, aesthetic, cozy home office with a bad ass setup (and EVERYTHING I need to game/stream outside of a freaking capture card, ugh) so I turned to my brother (a seasoned Twitch streamer) to ask for advice. He's going to help me get my software setup and give me some pointers and help me create away scenes etc., but I am a RESEARCHER. So, to TH-cam I came, and I found you first! I love seeing a woman that doesn't seem to be SUPER young giving this advice. I'm 33, but I love being online and gaming and it's an accessible hobby I'm ready to jump into in hopes of building a community. Thanks for doing this! I'm going to be binge watching your content all night.
Ooh so I always struggled with engagement beyond just chatter. I can chatter all day. But my friend has a system whereby people would spend their stream points on a treat for her cat or a fuss or something. I can never think of a way of engaging people with my game beyond the usual ‘here are my thoughts, where do you think I should go next?’ If you have any insights on that it’d be appreciated. Of course I know there’s no replacement for just ‘sparkling chatter and stories and talking’ but I’d love to involve my viewers in the actual games more.
HeyShadyLady Back in the day I played a lot of skyrim. My group are reuniting to do more high energy group games, Among Us, keep Talking and nobody explodes etc. But I’m thinking of doing more of my old passion games like dragon age, skyrim, Stardew valley. The sorts of games I know i love and can talk about,
Camp rock meme voice: *"She's really good!"* Seriously, thank you, so. much. This guide, and all your others, are incredible. I don't feel anywhere near as daunted starting now, and i'll probably rewatch this video 3-4 times, THANK YOU!
I'm watching this in January 2022 because I've decided that I really wanna try streaming this year and so much of the advice here is really helpful even today! Thanks for sharing and here's hoping I do get the courage to take that leap soon.
"I really hope I can edit this down to like 30 mins"... oh, I felt that 💖 But this is GREAT, so happy that you shared your experience and thoughts. Your advice is relatable and inspiring.
This is so helpful, thank you 😭 I’ve been wanting to start streaming for a few years now but felt I was missing out on too much knowledge to actually start. This is really informative!
Just started to get into streaming again and I'm so grateful for this video. This is such an in depth, helpful and realistic way of educating people on how to start! I'm very good at quitting but hopefully this time I actually take it seriously this time around (I mean that mildly and in the best way)
This was really thorough and after 6 months of streaming I could relate to a lot of it -- but also learned some important ways to think about streaming (and trolls).
Been streaming since the pandemic, and though I did happen to know a lot of this, the burnout section was so cathartic and affirming. Also I just wanted to say I think you did a great job with this video and it is videos like these that gave me and many any chance at all to start up. Keep up the great work
I think I’m gonna just start from square one on twitch. And make a schedule for myself. After watching this video, it’s given me a new found motivation to really get serious about the few things that I actually want to do
My 1st time looking into this subject and I am SO glad you were the 1st video I watched! I thought this would be so over my head (as I am 100% new and only like to play one game) Thank you SO much and love the glasses!!
Insanely great video in regards to production and information delivered. The fact that you hit on self awareness, letting your followers miss you, and setting daily goals POST stream is YUUUGGEEE.
Would definitely love a tutorial on making overlays! I am hoping to get into streaming soon, and my wife also streams, so it would be nice to be able to help her make some nice ones :)
You are a very personable person and I love your personality. You were really honest throughout this video and it was great to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this!
This video was sent by the gods, I swear. I've just started streaming with the goal being to get more attention to my art and my upcoming comic. I had one stream which was really fun and even had a person engaging in chat. But gosh I am just super nervous to stream for some reason. I just get so anxious!
This was very engaging, and had loads of useful information for someone like me who is trying her hand at streaming. Thank you so much for your time and effort!
I’ve always wanted to be a streamer but I’ve always put myself down with it. This video has really given me the confidence to start, just ordered all the stuff for my setup and the stream begins tomorrow. Thanks a lot
This is great content! Thank you so much for this! I would like to see you discuss about streaming in terms of accessibility. I’m a Deaf Queer Streamer and it’s frustrating to see lack of captions on Twitch and other streaming platform. I’d like to see more discussions on this! Thanks!
seconded! I’m disabled and am effectively HoH bc of receptive language/auditory processing issues, and I notice a lot of more successful disabled/Deaf/HoH streamers have similar privilege in that we appear ablebodied or don’t “sound deaf” (quoting other ppl here, obv I don’t think there’s necessarily a single way of sounding deaf lol), but even with that privilege, it might make creating content less fraught, but it doesn’t make it easier to engage with OTHER ppl’s content. and obv autocaptions aren’t super great, but tbh they’re better than nothing. it’s all rly frustrating and makes the “spend time in the categories you plan to stream in” advice in this video really hard to implement :/
I might be late to the party but thank you so much for this video. I may be getting ahead of myself by watching this because I don't even have a gaming setup, but I really want to try out streaming! This is definitely a dream of mine that I want to get started on, and this video just motivated me a whole lot more. Thanks for everything :')
11:28 unfortunately no matter how hard I try I can't seem to get any growth at all on youtube/twitter/tiktok/instagram and it's really starting to make me feel unwanted. I try to keep a positive attitude though and I keep trying to improve and keep showing up anyway. One of these days something is just going to start working.
Hi! I feel like I’m somewhat qualified to answer this. In total, I’ve been on TH-cam for about a year doing kpop dances. Recently I started a gaming channel and a twitch. Overall, I haven’t had much growth, and in the beginning it really got to me, but now I know how to over come it. - straight up ignore the stats (it’s quite extreme, but you’ll have more fun once you don’t care about the views) - acknowledge the stats but shrug it off - don’t try and create fan based content. By this I mean don’t do QnAs, fan recommendations etc until you have people do actually do them with. When you get 1-5 comments, it can be demotivating that there aren’t more people, and it really highlights that. My advice is just to wait off until you start getting questions or whatnot without you asking. If you’re curious, on my dance channel I have 30 subs and average between 15-50 views. On my gaming I have 8 subs and 5-30 views. On my twitch I average at about 1-2 viewers per stream and 20ish followers :)
Thanks for this video! I think I'm gonna finally commit to Tuesdays and Thursdays for my schedule since I travel for work a lot the other days. Meana says hi Toasty!
I’ve always wanted to be a content streamer. I’m so introverted lol😅, but I like relating to people when it comes to different topics. You gave all of us sooooo much great info! Thank you for this video😊! I’ll keep all of this in mind when I start my twitch channel in a few months😊.
Why are you so underrated? Like, I like the way you talk, my attention was glued to this video( that's why I just followed you on twitch). I actually want to start streaming but I don't have the perfect location for it (our place is so loud) and I just started my sideline job so I could make money and afford the equipments, I also don't want to show my face (I have weird content ideas but I swear it'll be entertaining 😂), my english isn't perfect when I speak. But I'm persistent, and this video just encouraged me more so...
Thank you so so much for this! AND THE TIMESTAMPS especially! Took a bunch of notes, gonna get over the overwhelm (1-3 days lol) and uhhh get back in the saddle! Loved this video and will come back to it when I configure OBS and all that stuff. Gonna check out your other videos too. Thank you thank you!!
i had a dream few nights ago that i became a streamer idk even know why i am watching this when i have barely working laptop, but this has been on my mind lately, but first i am so looking forward to getting a job when the summer starts so i can start saving up for a computer
Thank you so much for sharing all your twitch knowledge!! I'm trying to start up my twitch channel again, and I will definitely be taking lots of your advice. You are amazing!! :)
Found you in my recommended and this was such a useful video thank you! Also side note, I'd love to know how you do your hair in buns like that, so cute!
This was a great video with a lot of helpful information. You mention consistency and it's importance, I like how u added the little guitar riff and mouse click between segments. That's the kind of consistency that helps viewers associate something with you.
you are correct...i didnt know what twitch even was until mi saw your show...i was watching guitar related content when i saw how pretty i thought you are.and it made me hit your button to get a better look...and then i saw the title...and it intrigued me.heck,i thought you are so uniquely pretty in your choices of makeup,style,intelligence.niceness.and u do seem very nice and cool.but you are adorable.red and black are my favorite colors even...but thank you for the info.you did a great job i must say.very professional i think.you are good girl...lol.take care sweet girl and stay safe...
This is incredibly helpful - I've been thinking about content streaming for years but never pulled the trigger on it due to not having any ideas how these things worked. Thank you for this tutorial! As for what videos that would be super helpful (assuming you haven't made it yet), you mention using video capture from streams for TH-cam videos, but video editing is really intimidating. I'd love to see a tutorial (or a rec to a tutorial) on beginner video editing specific to streamers and streamer to video content.
Girl thank you I been wanting to stream on Twitch for years but never played games so I’m like 10 years late to the party but I’m a streamer other places just new to this and this was helpful.
Thank you for the great advice! The other videos I’ve watched haven’t been as thorough. I wanna start streaming but I’m having trouble figuring out what I could stream as well as what my friends and siblings might say 😅 I think it’d be fun tho
I know I'm a year late and the game has probably changed since this video was released. However, I'm already doing most of these things (which im very proud of myself for) I just wanted to give you props for being so straightforward about everything! I've only been streaming for a couple weeks now but I'm busting my @$$ and having a blast doing it too! 😁 The one big takeaway that I learned from this though is the raiding advice. I'm going to have to start doing that after my streams! TL;DR Thank you so much! Even though I'm working hard to cover all my bases, I still learn something new every day! You're awesome!
Posting this for the pieces of stale white bread that need to hear it: - no. of women in the 2020 twitch top 10 watched: 0 - no. of women in december yt gaming top 10 watched: 1
@@caustic9921 I think what they're saying is that being a woman doesn't necessarily put you at an advantage when it comes to being a successful streamer. Some people think that women have an advantage in the streaming business because the community is predominantly male.
Are you saying trans women should'nt stream either? Or are you saying women can't make it on twitch or any other streaming platform because they're the wrong gender? There are so many women that have big audiences on twitch so I don't know where you get the stats.
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I made my first $0.01 today from Twitch ads! Woot, two days after making affiliate, lmao.
congratz! id be stoked about that...
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OMG CONGRATS!! Keep up the work man you’re doing great!!! ❤️
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@@CheetoZo_3 I have made about $50 so far with subs and such, pretty cool
As someone who is just barely getting into the idea of streaming, this was so helpful and motivating and really makes the whole venture sound like something achievable. Thanks so much for your insight.
totally agreed what u said here..i get it by watching just the beginning of the vid...this vid can motivate new streamers
Not me watching a 40 minute video and not even realizing.You just influenced me to join twitch and be a streamer.I feel confident because of you
Omg im so glad to hear that 🥺❗ thank you and good luck :D 💕💕
@No Script L.A I did actually I never followed through though.did it for couple weeks that's all
"You are your own competition, no one else is." Love this! Only thirty-ish seconds in and already enjoying this advice video as someone prepping to start streaming on Twitch.
This is the realest, no bs advice I've ever seen anyone give on twitch, thank you😭
you're welcome, im glad it helped you!!
Agrees, I just say the first minute or so and I was like " YEP, this is the one".
I’ve been holding off streaming on twitch because I find it really intimidating, but your videos are really helpful and uplifting, and after watching them I’m going to try it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I am just starting out as well and...to be honest? I am kind of scared. It's a lot to deal with, but we have to remember to have fun, consumers can pick up on it like a hornet.
As a female streamer, I feel blessed to have a friend that offered to be my mod to look out for trolls in the chat.
I hope you make it!
How's it going ??
Kudos!
my friends dont have time so i take my phone created s new a account and see whats happening on my chat and delete something if its trolls and stuff
My first stream I had a spammer in the chat
I am a coding beginner wanting to share my process to encourage other people getting into coding as well. That's why I am thinking of getting into streaming and your video gave me the courage to kick start that. Thank you!
This was excellent and very informative! Thanks for this!
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even as someone who's streamed for years, there was a lot of good info in this!!
omg thank you riley 😭
Going to have to agree 100% on that one. Fantastic video Shady 👍🏻
I'm keeping it simple, playing bingo on twitch for abt 30 mins a day while talking abt life. I'm almost 40 and i figure "chill mom" is the vibe I'm going for. "Cos I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom" lawl
My goal rn is to make a little pocket change while doing something I enjoy and connecting to other ppl.
whats your twitch name i wanna come check it out!
If you’re still streaming pleaaase tell me your twitch name
I would love to know your twich name also :D
she really just dropped this super interesting stream descritpion and dipped huh
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I was surprised about the "calling out lurkers" pretty much every community I've visited interacted with is greatful for the lurks. I hadn't realized "calling them out" was a thing.
Excellent video 👌
Same experience here! Granted I've really only seen like two streamers but they seem appreciative of lurkers.
Lurkers are great and streamers love them! Maybe I didn't explain well enough in the video... calling lurkers out is when you specifically talk to someone who has never spoke up in your chat bc you see their name in the viewer list. Not everyone is watching to participate in chat, and it can cause them to just leave
@@HeyShadyLady that makes sense. Like you mentioned sometimes I don't want to chat I'm just here to.. y'know.. lurk
@@kiraqify I’m usually doing other things while listening/watching streams. I simply don’t have the time for participating in the chat all the time.
As someone who's just getting back into TH-cam content creation and will be starting my Twitch journey next week, I can’t tell you how incredibly valuable this video and the information in it is.
I was just homeless for 6 years and ironically enough starting my TH-cam journey during that time. As of four months ago, I'm now in my own place and have bought some equipment and have space to dive in and learn how to stream properly.
I've shared and gave so much praise to this video and downloaded it so I will ALWAYS have it as a reference in the future. You've done more for me than you know in helping me on my path and I want to thank you tremendously for doing so🙏🏿
Keep up the amazing work as it's providing a great service to those in need of guidance and inspiration 🙏🏿
This really helps and makes jumping into streaming less scary! Thank you so much!
Glad it helped you!
The biggest thing with trolls that I understand is that you have the microphone, they don’t. That instantly gives you the advantage over them. Everyone is listening to you, not them.
i love how you said that you need to "talk to yourself" because I talk to myself A LOT on a daily basis and this helps me be a better streamer lol
Ok so I was freaking out a little as i thought your second tank was falling over.. it's a mirror lol
😂😂😂 oh no lmaoo
New to twitch about a month. I am a Medically Retired Veteran, using Twitch to stave off Brain Atrophy.
Thanks for this clarity, I have been stumped for 2 weeks as to how to edit my About me on my main page. now I have custom Screens, etc. all nice and spiffy. Thank you so much.
Watchin' it now! Thankie! Streamers unite! *holds a cat up in the air, wiggles it around*
hope you like it!! ^-^
I wanted to start streaming to complement my work on TH-cam - I was afraid I wouldn't find any good and honest no-bullshit tutorials. I clicked your video first and was not disappointed.
Thanks a lot for making it, you had some great insights and tips and you didn't spend too much time on any one topic. I really appreciate the "I'm not a tech guru" disclosure either haha. Not everyone has to know everything and I like it when people admit there's stuff they are not familiar with! Makes them more authentic and trustworthy!
This is SUCH a nice, informative video! I just started streaming daily a few months ago and I see my stream growing slowly but steadily and some of these things brought up here are things I need to think of constantly. Something I absolutely love about this video is how encouraging you are, I feel like some videos on how to get started on twitch are very "why do you want to do this" "rethink your options" just things that are very discouraging to even try to stream at all, not everyone is looking to do this as a fulltime thing but rather something to have fun with once or twice a week.
This did NOT feel like a forty-minute video.
Super informative, thanks a bunch! 😁
As an up and coming small streamer, I appreciate all this advice especially about the lurker thing (lowkey my moderator has that problem) cause some viewers aren’t chatters and that’s fine like you said I’m there to entertain not to be entertained
I’ve been streaming for over 3 years and this video helped me so much. It really helped me see my weaknesses and strengths. I’ve learned so much here, thanks for the amazing in depth video, appreciate it!
Your video is what I needed. You actually provided all the information I was looking for. I love your honesty and your chill way to explain how twitch works. This totally changed my prospective!
Not only do I really appreciate this as someone that is setting up to start streaming for the first time, but I HAD to point out that I have the same water fountain (several of them) for my cats and all four are obsessed. Lmao!!! I have a history of creating successful social media platforms but haven't ever done anything like Twitch. As a disease I'm dealing with progresses I cannot go out and do the active hobbies I used to enjoy, and I already work from home and have a beautiful, aesthetic, cozy home office with a bad ass setup (and EVERYTHING I need to game/stream outside of a freaking capture card, ugh) so I turned to my brother (a seasoned Twitch streamer) to ask for advice. He's going to help me get my software setup and give me some pointers and help me create away scenes etc., but I am a RESEARCHER. So, to TH-cam I came, and I found you first! I love seeing a woman that doesn't seem to be SUPER young giving this advice. I'm 33, but I love being online and gaming and it's an accessible hobby I'm ready to jump into in hopes of building a community. Thanks for doing this! I'm going to be binge watching your content all night.
I’ve been out of the game for a few years and I’m thinking of getting back into it then boom you upload this.
yayyy, i hope it helps you out! :o best of luck, lemme know if you have any questions you'd like to see a video on !
Ooh so I always struggled with engagement beyond just chatter. I can chatter all day. But my friend has a system whereby people would spend their stream points on a treat for her cat or a fuss or something.
I can never think of a way of engaging people with my game beyond the usual ‘here are my thoughts, where do you think I should go next?’
If you have any insights on that it’d be appreciated. Of course I know there’s no replacement for just ‘sparkling chatter and stories and talking’ but I’d love to involve my viewers in the actual games more.
@@Sanisgillon that's an excellent topic tbh!! is there a specific genre of games you tend to play?
HeyShadyLady Back in the day I played a lot of skyrim. My group are reuniting to do more high energy group games, Among Us, keep Talking and nobody explodes etc. But I’m thinking of doing more of my old passion games like dragon age, skyrim, Stardew valley. The sorts of games I know i love and can talk about,
Camp rock meme voice: *"She's really good!"*
Seriously, thank you, so. much. This guide, and all your others, are incredible. I don't feel anywhere near as daunted starting now, and i'll probably rewatch this video 3-4 times, THANK YOU!
man this is some real legitimate advice and I really appreciate it
"its not your viewers job to entertain you,its your job to entertain them" very true !!! 👍
Thank you sm!! This was so so helpful and honestly made me more confident in starting streaming :)
yayy im glad it helped out :D best of luck with your streams!!
I'm watching this in January 2022 because I've decided that I really wanna try streaming this year and so much of the advice here is really helpful even today! Thanks for sharing and here's hoping I do get the courage to take that leap soon.
"I really hope I can edit this down to like 30 mins"... oh, I felt that 💖 But this is GREAT, so happy that you shared your experience and thoughts. Your advice is relatable and inspiring.
This is gold, straight to the point, dunno if any updates came these past 2/3 years but everything was on point. Great tut Shady, thanks a bunch!
This is so helpful, thank you 😭 I’ve been wanting to start streaming for a few years now but felt I was missing out on too much knowledge to actually start. This is really informative!
Just started to get into streaming again and I'm so grateful for this video. This is such an in depth, helpful and realistic way of educating people on how to start! I'm very good at quitting but hopefully this time I actually take it seriously this time around (I mean that mildly and in the best way)
Just made a twitch today and this was so unexpectedly helpful in more ways than I could have hoped, tysm for taking the time to create this! 🥰❤️🙏🏻
This was really thorough and after 6 months of streaming I could relate to a lot of it -- but also learned some important ways to think about streaming (and trolls).
Been streaming since the pandemic, and though I did happen to know a lot of this, the burnout section was so cathartic and affirming. Also I just wanted to say I think you did a great job with this video and it is videos like these that gave me and many any chance at all to start up. Keep up the great work
Just joined Twitch, your's is the first video I have seen, thanks for the tips, very helpful :)
when u started listing out signs of burnout i was like....... "yep. yep. mmhmm. thats me!" i'm currently on a break LMAOOOO
I think I’m gonna just start from square one on twitch. And make a schedule for myself. After watching this video, it’s given me a new found motivation to really get serious about the few things that I actually want to do
Superb video Shady especially the part about analytics, I didn't expect it to be this good. This is like a "master-class" on Twitch! Very well done!
Thank you so much!
"You are your own competition" i like that
My 1st time looking into this subject and I am SO glad you were the 1st video I watched! I thought this would be so over my head (as I am 100% new and only like to play one game) Thank you SO much and love the glasses!!
Thank you very much! 🥺❗
Insanely great video in regards to production and information delivered. The fact that you hit on self awareness, letting your followers miss you, and setting daily goals POST stream is YUUUGGEEE.
Thank you so much!!
Would definitely love a tutorial on making overlays! I am hoping to get into streaming soon, and my wife also streams, so it would be nice to be able to help her make some nice ones :)
You are a very personable person and I love your personality. You were really honest throughout this video and it was great to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this!
This is a fantastic video. Thank you! I started streaming a week ago and im looking to understand my next steps. This video is incredibly helpful
This video was sent by the gods, I swear. I've just started streaming with the goal being to get more attention to my art and my upcoming comic.
I had one stream which was really fun and even had a person engaging in chat.
But gosh I am just super nervous to stream for some reason. I just get so anxious!
I have found the holy grail of streaming tutorials/advice. You seem super educated! Thank you :D
This video was a lot more thorough than other beginner streamers tips videos. Thank you so much! You just gained another subscriber!
wow.. just wow. Im so happy i discovered your channel before ive started streaming
For some reason listening to you is extremely soothing and encouraging.
This was very engaging, and had loads of useful information for someone like me who is trying her hand at streaming. Thank you so much for your time and effort!
I couldn't figure out why my videos weren't saving, now I know why. It was such a pain, thanks for the help :)
The streaming burn out is SO RELATABLE! AaaAAaa why must you call me out on this? BUT ALSO! This video has GREAT info ✨ Definitely recommend!
I’ve always wanted to be a streamer but I’ve always put myself down with it. This video has really given me the confidence to start, just ordered all the stuff for my setup and the stream begins tomorrow. Thanks a lot
This is great content! Thank you so much for this! I would like to see you discuss about streaming in terms of accessibility. I’m a Deaf Queer Streamer and it’s frustrating to see lack of captions on Twitch and other streaming platform. I’d like to see more discussions on this! Thanks!
seconded! I’m disabled and am effectively HoH bc of receptive language/auditory processing issues, and I notice a lot of more successful disabled/Deaf/HoH streamers have similar privilege in that we appear ablebodied or don’t “sound deaf” (quoting other ppl here, obv I don’t think there’s necessarily a single way of sounding deaf lol), but even with that privilege, it might make creating content less fraught, but it doesn’t make it easier to engage with OTHER ppl’s content. and obv autocaptions aren’t super great, but tbh they’re better than nothing. it’s all rly frustrating and makes the “spend time in the categories you plan to stream in” advice in this video really hard to implement :/
Thank you👍 I had not even considered that my webcam would be covered by Twitch's overlays. There are so many things you have learn.
I might be late to the party but thank you so much for this video. I may be getting ahead of myself by watching this because I don't even have a gaming setup, but I really want to try out streaming! This is definitely a dream of mine that I want to get started on, and this video just motivated me a whole lot more. Thanks for everything :')
the whole burnout section gave me actual life advice
11:28 unfortunately no matter how hard I try I can't seem to get any growth at all on youtube/twitter/tiktok/instagram and it's really starting to make me feel unwanted. I try to keep a positive attitude though and I keep trying to improve and keep showing up anyway. One of these days something is just going to start working.
I am a new Yt also, it is so hard to grow. I always get so disappointed.
TikTok is the easiest platform to DATE to go viral on! I recommend doing double time on there because it’s so worth it
Hi! I feel like I’m somewhat qualified to answer this. In total, I’ve been on TH-cam for about a year doing kpop dances. Recently I started a gaming channel and a twitch. Overall, I haven’t had much growth, and in the beginning it really got to me, but now I know how to over come it.
- straight up ignore the stats (it’s quite extreme, but you’ll have more fun once you don’t care about the views)
- acknowledge the stats but shrug it off
- don’t try and create fan based content. By this I mean don’t do QnAs, fan recommendations etc until you have people do actually do them with. When you get 1-5 comments, it can be demotivating that there aren’t more people, and it really highlights that. My advice is just to wait off until you start getting questions or whatnot without you asking.
If you’re curious, on my dance channel I have 30 subs and average between 15-50 views. On my gaming I have 8 subs and 5-30 views. On my twitch I average at about 1-2 viewers per stream and 20ish followers :)
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I can't believe I finished watching the whole video ! It helps me to understand more about streaming.
Thanks for this video! I think I'm gonna finally commit to Tuesdays and Thursdays for my schedule since I travel for work a lot the other days.
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I’ve always wanted to be a content streamer. I’m so introverted lol😅, but I like relating to people when it comes to different topics. You gave all of us sooooo much great info! Thank you for this video😊! I’ll keep all of this in mind when I start my twitch channel in a few months😊.
Why are you so underrated? Like, I like the way you talk, my attention was glued to this video( that's why I just followed you on twitch). I actually want to start streaming but I don't have the perfect location for it (our place is so loud) and I just started my sideline job so I could make money and afford the equipments, I also don't want to show my face (I have weird content ideas but I swear it'll be entertaining 😂), my english isn't perfect when I speak. But I'm persistent, and this video just encouraged me more so...
Thanks a lot for this video!! Would love to see a video on how you design your overlays and also on how to integrate them to OBS!
you're welcome!! and that's a great idea, i'd love to do some graphic tutorials!
Thank you so much, you were on my YT recommended and I'm so glad I clicked in. Your tips are super helpful and this is really thorough!
Thank you so so much for this! AND THE TIMESTAMPS especially! Took a bunch of notes, gonna get over the overwhelm (1-3 days lol) and uhhh get back in the saddle! Loved this video and will come back to it when I configure OBS and all that stuff. Gonna check out your other videos too. Thank you thank you!!
i had a dream few nights ago that i became a streamer idk even know why i am watching this when i have barely working laptop, but this has been on my mind lately, but first i am so looking forward to getting a job when the summer starts so i can start saving up for a computer
Damn this was juicy & healthy! Thx for this
“learn to talk to yourself”
already got that covered in my day to day 😂
You were very straight to the point and there was no sugarcoating! It kinda sounds harsh, but I liked it. Made me wanna listen more
This was incredibly helpful!! I’m about to start streaming and felt so overwhelmed. Your video was full of helpful tips! Thank you!
Youre welcome! 🧡
My bff and me really said aww and Stardew Valley watching this! This is so comprehensive thanks sm!
This is absolutely so helpful 💕💕 I love how you broke it down in to separate parts and now I can come back and reference this when I need to!
thank you so much!!
You have NO idea how much this video means to me. Thank you for this.
I've been contemplating starting a twitch channel for over a year, this has been really helpful in just starting and not overthinking things!
Thank you so much for sharing all your twitch knowledge!! I'm trying to start up my twitch channel again, and I will definitely be taking lots of your advice. You are amazing!! :)
Best of luck with your streaming journey Tracie! Lemme know if there's anything you need a video on, always lookin for suggestions 😊💕
@@HeyShadyLady You will definitely be the first person i go to if I have any questions/suggestions! 💖
streaming is very intimidating to me and i constantly find myself doubting my own talent. thank you for the advice + tips!
Found you in my recommended and this was such a useful video thank you! Also side note, I'd love to know how you do your hair in buns like that, so cute!
omg the little animation in your intro is so cute! I love the aesthetic
This has got to be one of the most informative videos I have ever seen! Awesome video!
This was such a fantastic video!! Thanks so much for sharing so much of your wisdom and experience ✨
Wow, you are fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to make this video
Thank you for watching!
This was a great video with a lot of helpful information. You mention consistency and it's importance, I like how u added the little guitar riff and mouse click between segments. That's the kind of consistency that helps viewers associate something with you.
you are correct...i didnt know what twitch even was until mi saw your show...i was watching guitar related content when i saw how pretty i thought you are.and it made me hit your button to get a better look...and then i saw the title...and it intrigued me.heck,i thought you are so uniquely pretty in your choices of makeup,style,intelligence.niceness.and u do seem very nice and cool.but you are adorable.red and black are my favorite colors even...but thank you for the info.you did a great job i must say.very professional i think.you are good girl...lol.take care sweet girl and stay safe...
Wow, this is so insightful! You're the absolute best!!!!1
wow thank you :) glad u think so tehehehehehehehee
I'm just pumped to hear someone on YT say 'niche' correctly
I've heard people say "neech" and "nitch" so much that I really began to question if I was pronouncing it right as "neeshe" 😂😂
This is incredibly helpful - I've been thinking about content streaming for years but never pulled the trigger on it due to not having any ideas how these things worked. Thank you for this tutorial!
As for what videos that would be super helpful (assuming you haven't made it yet), you mention using video capture from streams for TH-cam videos, but video editing is really intimidating. I'd love to see a tutorial (or a rec to a tutorial) on beginner video editing specific to streamers and streamer to video content.
I've been looking at getting into twitch and this is the best video I've come across! Good job! Subbed and liked :)
I have put this off way too long and now I wanna take it on. Seen this vid and im glad I watched. Super good rundown for getting started! Thank you!
Girl thank you I been wanting to stream on Twitch for years but never played games so I’m like 10 years late to the party but I’m a streamer other places just new to this and this was helpful.
awesome video, thank ou so much!!
WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! A lot of great stuff in this video. I wish I had found this sooner in the process but thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you for the great advice! The other videos I’ve watched haven’t been as thorough. I wanna start streaming but I’m having trouble figuring out what I could stream as well as what my friends and siblings might say 😅 I think it’d be fun tho
I know I'm a year late and the game has probably changed since this video was released. However, I'm already doing most of these things (which im very proud of myself for) I just wanted to give you props for being so straightforward about everything! I've only been streaming for a couple weeks now but I'm busting my @$$ and having a blast doing it too! 😁 The one big takeaway that I learned from this though is the raiding advice. I'm going to have to start doing that after my streams!
TL;DR Thank you so much! Even though I'm working hard to cover all my bases, I still learn something new every day! You're awesome!
Posting this for the pieces of stale white bread that need to hear it:
- no. of women in the 2020 twitch top 10 watched: 0
- no. of women in december yt gaming top 10 watched: 1
Wait so if ur a woman don’t do twitch to get to the top?
@@caustic9921 I'm wondering the same thing 😱 yikes
@@caustic9921 I think what they're saying is that being a woman doesn't necessarily put you at an advantage when it comes to being a successful streamer. Some people think that women have an advantage in the streaming business because the community is predominantly male.
Are you saying trans women should'nt stream either? Or are you saying women can't make it on twitch or any other streaming platform because they're the wrong gender? There are so many women that have big audiences on twitch so I don't know where you get the stats.