The Truth About Streaming On Twitch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- Streaming can be an incredibly enjoyable, rewarding, and high-paying hobby or career for some people. The reality though is that there are millions of active channels going live every single month.
In September 2021 alone if you went live on Twitch, you were 1 in over 7 million channels that went live.
There are a lot of misconceptions spread about what it takes to become a streamer, what it’s like to be a streamer, and generally about this industry every single day.
I want to tell you guys the truth about streaming on Twitch, specifically the truth about three things, what it takes to be successful, how much money you’ll earn, and the biggest lie I see every day that we will save for the end of the video… about why you aren’t growing, that I know will upset people sadly.
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How To Grow On Twitch?
If you want to grow your Twitch stream, it is important to be critical. Being critical isn’t a bad thing, people say, “Oh don’t be so critical of yourself!”.
But there are a lot of things you can control and improve, such as your visuals, audio, and most importantly your content that you’re creating. Watch back your VoD and be honest with yourself, is it up to scratch. Does your mic sound good? Are you engaging? Is it easy to watch and enjoy or is there something that is off-putting? Be honest, push yourself to grow, and become a better entertainer!
Because at the end of the day, the only way you are going to grow your stream is by growing yourself and being critical in a positive way.
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Video Start!
0:33 Introduction!
1:20 OWN3D Sponsor Segment!
2:04 How Your Motivation Can Cause Your Stream To Fail!
3:40 How To Motivate Yourself To Create Content Or Stream!
6:30 The Truth About How Much Money Streamers Earn!
8:40 The Truth About How UNSTABLE Twitch Revenue Is!
10:38 The Truth About Why You Aren't Growing On Twitch!
13:06 The Truth About How HARD It Is To Grow On Twitch!
13:55 The REAL REASON Why You Might Never Grow On Twitch!
How To Motivate Yourself To Stream On Twitch?
Motivation is literally just the reason why you’re willing to act, if you say that you aren’t motivated it just means you don’t have a good enough reason to act, or you can’t see a good enough reason to act. So ask yourself, why aren’t you motivated? Why is your reason not good enough?
If you don’t feel motivated then you need to do three things.
The first: Write down why you want to be a content creator, be VERY honest with yourself about your reasons. For myself, I want to be a creator because I love making people laugh and connecting with others… and I didn’t get enough attention as a child.
The second step is to start using SMART goals, these are your secret weapon to productivity. I have a whole video on what they are, I will link it in the description for when you’re done with this video.
The third step is to stop looking at work and thinking about motivation and instead think about discipline and routine.
Jerry Seinfield is the best example of this, he used what is now called the Seinfeld strategy. This is the concept of creating a daily task or routine that you never stray from. In his example, he got a large wall calendar that had 365 squares, one for every day of the year, and every single day he would sit down and spend time writing out jokes.
When he had written a joke, he would put a big red X through that day on the calendar. If he kept at it, eventually he would start seeing a streak of X’s form, and the longer he kept the streak the more he felt disciplined and “motivated” not to break the streak.
The thing is he didn’t say the jokes had to be good, he just said he had to work on writing jokes, and as he did, and this will surprise you, he improved... the jokes became better, he became faster at coming up with them.
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🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Video Start!
0:33 Introduction!
1:20 OWN3D Sponsor Segment!
2:04 How Your Motivation Can Cause Your Stream To Fail!
3:40 How To Motivate Yourself To Create Content Or Stream!
6:30 The Truth About How Much Money Streamers Earn!
8:40 The Truth About How UNSTABLE Twitch Revenue Is!
10:38 The Truth About Why You Aren't Growing On Twitch!
13:06 The Truth About How HARD It Is To Grow On Twitch!
13:55 The REAL REASON Why You Might Never Grow On Twitch!
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Genuinely not harsh or disheartening, at least for me. I've watched enough vids and did enough research to understand that I don't want to stream for the usual reasons that others do. I am in it to make friends and build a community of people who want to have fun and express common interests. If I end up making money, that's just a small bonus. Plus learning about all this behind the scenes stuff is just fun for me.
being honist is better than liying
Thank you very much for all the work and tip. Your vods have helped my stream to evolve its look over time, those im still small Im super happy to have what followers and views I have. And yes you make me laugh out loud all the time. Keep up the great work!
If anything this will promote people to want to get better awesome videos bro let haters hate, you’ve helped me to keep going and although it’s a slow process I will keep at it because I care about my stream and have goals other than money and if I ever get the chance of success you will know what that genuine goal is and that your advice helped me get there take it easy bro 😁✌🏼
_"It's okay to want to have growth. But, you need to appreciate what you have now..."_
This was the single most important thing I needed to hear. My motivation to stream began as one thing,
but time has changed it into another. It's been 5 months now and like an entity,
my streams are evolving and so am I. Thank you for your continued advice.
Glad the video helped, Yarnage :) Appreciate the kind comment!
How’s it go you still streaming bud?
This wasn't harsh. This was real. And real sometimes hurts, but like making mistakes it helps you improve and grow. Thanks for the reality check!
It's always what I say whenever people say that streaming is the "easiest job in the world". It's not really because of the difficulty to stream but rather the difficulty on how to become successful at streaming. Some people criticizes successful content creators by saying "only you do is just play video games and get money" and it just makes me sad. They never really imagined the time, effort and sacrifices of some successful content creators in order to get there.
Exactly, I get frustrated seeing mainstream media make fun of E-sports as well. People reading a teleprompter being paid a great salary make fun of 18 - 20 year olds who have become incredibly skilled at games then compete with others while drawing millions of viewers online.
People lack empathy and understanding about the industry, so they belittle it. Great comment, Ron!
@@StreamScheme TRUE, I also love E-sports and I hate what the mainstream media says about the players and belittles the industry. With that said, I think their view is changing little by little and more viewers are being attracted into the industry!
Omg true even tho I’m a small streamer streaming it’s hard when you have to try to stand out in a sea of other content creator and intern have to also need to out think all of them to even just a few people
Not harsh, streamers need too hear this because streaming has never been about money but it seems that is what it is now. I am getting ready too kick off my streaming channel as well as a unique aspect of production that is not being done right now. This was brilliantly done and definitely will be telling people about this video. Keep up the content
TH-cam also hasnt been about money to begin with also?
I definitely needed to hear this. Being a smaller streamer definitely has its ups and downs when it comes to motivation but I feel like growth and learning about your audience is the best part about the journey. I've been streaming for nearly over a year, not really knowing what I wanted until now. I know this advice will help me set expectations for myself, and hopefully I can grow as a content creator. I hope to look back at this comment in the next couple of years and be proud of my growth as a content creator and a person!
Awesome as always Eljay. Growth is certainly happening, it’s steady but I can see the the effort is paying off! Thank you for your straight no frills advise! I have a long term goal to one day pop into your chat with a little purple tick ✔️ and give you a big virtual hug for the advice and motivation!
Really great tips! Nothing here that I would outright disagree with
Fantastic video. Had some of my viewers/friends link me this in discord this morning. A very important, healthy dose of reality. I'm not huge myself (climbing up to 50 CCVs) but I talk about business and growth a fair bit on stream and am asked regularly about it, and what's here pretty much mirrors how I've been feeling. I'll definitely be sharing this video whenever the topic comes up again.
This hit really close to home and I'm really thankful to hear it all.
As a young adult who quit their job to start streamin, it's been incredibly difficult and much more work than I could have imagined.
I think these are really important things to tell new streamers, and I really appreciate it, all 3 topics were things I needed to hear.
Thanks again Eljay, cheers!
I loved this video!! So many people see streaming it's self as the grind, but I treat streaming as the reward for the grind off stream!
Such a good way to look at it!
Facts!!!!!
The tip about uploading other content is so good and a lot of people don't seem to realize that Twitch livestreaming isn't the only thing out there. Even if you have a stream setup, OBS has a record function as well. I'm planning on moving house in a few months and am planning to record and edit videos to upload while i'll be offline and unable to stream.
Straight facts!!!!!!!
Love your content dude. Always so helpful to new and small streamers
Thank you for your honesty. It definitely helps knowing that after four years I am still trying my best to work into my stream because it's my dream. I have had to fight family and friends, release a lot of people, and still push through. Not only is it hard from Twitch side, but also having support at home is also necessary. I have been watching your youtube content for some time now and it's really helped me understand the nature of the beast basically. Thank you again and bless you for what you do.
Great advice, as always. Happy you published this vid in the end. Will be sharing it!
I'm really glad that you made this video! I personally stream just as a hobby but being someone who always likes to improve I take one tip every video and I apply it to my stream to make it a little better. Thank you again for all the hard truth advice you give, it truly means a lot.
Glad I could help! Hope you always enjoy making content! :)
Your always keeping it real! Great content as always, please keep it up! What a King
That last part of the video is the biggest yet hardest pill to swallow. I’ve had friends or people from my chat tell me, “I wanna stream to help my parents” and this is before they’re even an affiliate. A lot of people see the outcome and not the process and base their decision off that and that alone. Also, something I feel like is important to point out is that just because someone hits Partner, they think they’re making millions and their successful. For me, I think success from Twitch is if you can sustain yourself with the money coming in. Because if you’re able to replace your income from a job with Twitch, you’re successful at it. Great video as always! 😁
Love the videos keep it up ❤
Hey man just wanted to stop by and say thank you for making all these videos. I started my streaming journey back in september of this year and your videos have helped me keep at it, keep trying to improve and keep doing what i love doing, talking to others who are just as passionate about gaming and nerding out as i am. so...Thanks
Good luck mate! Glad the videos have been helpful!
Really enjoyed this video as you didn't just put people down in it, you go about how to overcome the obstacle. Still learning but taking small steps and I feel each stream gets a little better. Please keep up the guides and looking forward to joining in on the next stream. And big thanks for naming a pokemon after me :P
As a new streamer, your honesty has driven me to work harder. I’ve watched so many off your videos that has just motivated me to improve not only my equipment, my stream and my content but also motivated me to succeed. I love your advice and I’ll keep an eye out for further videos for more advice. Thank you❤️
Any growth is down to your own hard work, Rambinio! I appreciate the kind words, but it is all you!
@@StreamScheme ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My motivation, well I don't exactly have one.
I wanted to stream quite a while ago but things got in the way etc...
About a month ago I took about 2-3 weeks researching what games I should stream to be fun for me and the viewers, and also watching a bunch of videos on stuff about streaming. You have been the best advice I've taken so far and it helped out tremendously, like more than you can imagine.
It's been about 2 weeks of streaming now and things are going great for the most part. I've come a long way in just that time, I've set personal and channel goals, gotten better equipment, and reached out to people to help me. I seriously can’t thank you enough for the videos and streams, they've put a spark back into me to start this again.
I really enjoy getting it all set up so everyone has a good time and interacting with all the new people that show up even if they only type a letter they didn’t mean to send lol.
If anyone out there reading this wants to start, do it but DO NOT expect anything. I went in with a really open mind and a passion for all the things said here and more to stream. If you do decide to do this I really hope it works out for you in whatever you are trying to achieve.
This is another path down the journey of my life that I am now walking down, and am I really happy I’ve decided to take it once again.
Thank you to anyone that took the time out of their day to read this, I really appreciate it.
Every time you put out a video, or following the old ones always helps me out when i hit a wall in building my stream ideas. Plus your discord is a great community to ask for advice.
Really kind, the discord community are honestly amazing, incredibly proud of the positive and actionable nature of the server!
great video - I love the direct guidance.
The last part was so inspiring, i feel the fire in me. It makes me so so happy to hear this as i am on the correct path.
Dont give up! Keep that fire alight!
as usual a realy great video, love it 🙂
Another amazing video❣️
I subscribed after watching two of your videos, you’re a godsend for beginners like me!
Hugely informative and impressive work as always. You're a constant inspiration for improvement and I'm forever trying to take something away from each video I watch whether it's the first time or the 10th time I've watched it (I've not actually watched one 10 times, just saying XD) So. Given that I figure I've got consistency down along with keeping my schedule going and using smart goals I guess it's time to make a goal for the alternate platforms and when I'll learn how to edit vids (I've yet to try another platform)
Keep being awesome dude!
Good video great points. Will definitely share.
Thank you for the honest information. Need more of this.
Great video! Personally I love that you are realistic with your viewers. It shows you value our time and want us to invest in something that will pay off in the end. I find your videos very comforting because they don't hide the cold truth about content creation. I feel more prepared for the uphill battle of growing a twitch community. Hope you have a great week Eljay! See ya in the next one.
Is it weird that at 6:18 I teared up, amazing video man very helpful! Mentally and emotionally. Love how you broke it down deeper then surface level.
This is a really, really good and truthfull video 👏👏 Spot on! 💯
Your vids never fail to help someone out
Glad they help mate! :)
Thank you Eljay for making this! Don’t feel bad about uploading this, this is part of a roadmap for being a successful streamer that people need to hear!
You're videos have helped me grow my stream slowly using attainable goals. That have kept me hitting that go live button. Thank you for your work and videos
I really love your work. You're really smart, and understand how to speak to people who need to listen. As an example, you mentioned how something like 30 viewers is about the size of a class in school, and that you loved making your classmates laugh. That's a really excellent way to communicate the importance of connection and retention, to do with personally appreciating an audience and what it means.
Keep up the amazing work, cutie.
Hey there!
Over the past few days, I've seen a lot of your work and I'd just thought I'd say that it's been really beneficial for me!
Whilst I tend to find myself quite self critical already, your content has really helped me hone in what I should be looking for/at when it comes to producing content on twitch.
Hope to see more great work from you as you've already given me so much to edit and make changes to help make myself what I know I can be! :)
Hey, thanks! I appreciate the kind words! It really inspires me to keep going!
One eye opening thing I’ve learned about myself is that I’m very very picky about what it is I want to stream with. Streamlabs for example gave me so many issues, because I wanted to use it at the best possible settings. However, after some introspective criticism I realized that I needed to not be so hard headed and just appreciate what I can do now, and eventually work up to that phase of streaming that I idealize myself doing.
Finding your channel has helped me realize my passion was misplaced at first, but now that I’ve found the true challenge of becoming a streamer it seems to have only fanned the flames! So thank you for being realistic and setting the bar high, because it only makes me want to try harder!
Fantastic video, great message. If people get upset at hearing this because they only want to hear “I’m great and if I’m not successful it’s because of something I can’t control” then you don’t need them in your audience anyway. Much love!
Once again you get me to watch a full video. 15 minutes and 33 seconds of bloody awesome content. After my 1640 hours of streaming on Twitch making 0.3 cents an hour while streaming and less than 0.1 cents an hour if I count the time behind the scenes. You just pushed me over the edge I am afraid of... Editing. But sadly I am now falling to realise that you are to 97% correct. Thank you for the great advice. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for another great video. Being a content creator is very hard. You have to give the audience what they need, entertainment or knowledge. It is almost all on the streamer to get growth. I have learned that an inconsistent streaming schedule, will lose most of your viewers. Keep up the great work!
I know the 2 things hurting me the most is a schedule and editing. Also I think what you said was needed for new streamers just starting out I only been at this starting in the summer and i learned so much. Watching videos like yours has helped a lot ^_^
Ugh dude your videos like this give me life they remind me I love doing what I do and that I took a realistic approach to my stream and gives me a feeling of motivation
I'm always glad to look at your videos, thanks you for your work.
Glad you like them!
It’s the truth brother. Awesome video. I love making content for others to enjoy, I have such a crazy work schedule so I can’t go live a lot but I can edit videos and clips. Thanks for all the info.
Thank you for all the hard work and advice you put into your content. It has helped to sit back and think how I need to plan for my streams, but I know have a lot of work head of me and that nothing great happens over night. I've been streaming for 4 months with 1 to maybe 3 viewers at a time but I have no plans of quitting!
You helped me so much. This is what I needed to hear. The brutal truth. If I didn't watch this video, I'd still be stuck in my sugarcoated thoughts. I'd be indecisive and impulsive. You have no idea, but you helped me alot. :)
Hey Eljayem! I just wanted to say I watched almost all your video and I start streaming today! I'm so excited! Thank you for your tips, trick and your truth! I am trully gratefull for your help it being so easy to follow. Have a good day! xoxoxo
Love your video's, i have learnt so much in just a few of them
Great video and great advice, it doesn’t get any more real than this. This has got to start as a hobby and not as a get rich scheme, you have to hustle and network to build a community, luckily the streamer community is the most welcoming there is. It will cost money and time at the beginning, but the sacrifice pays off in many ways.
I absolutely love when u made the point about motivation and asking yourself why you dont have a reason
Thank you for this. This whole content creation and streaming thing was originally intended to be fun and a place where I try new things and have fun while learning. It seemed like a good transition over from my career in live events. I like your tips because they focus on things that many of us joined for. We want to entertain people and have fun getting to know people.
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing it wrong because my focus hasn't been on monetizing anything. I'm just trying to figure out how to get better before I even consider taking money from people. A lot of your videos help us have patience with that.
I started streaming because of the interactions with viewers, who enjoy the game I play as much as I do. Not for the money not for the fame. I grew in about a month from 0 to 275 followers and to 10 average viewers.
That to me is amazing enough.
All the tips you provided do help a lot some more then others depending on the content offcourse, thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Another one saved to da playlist, thanks for the quality info 🙏 straight facts here
Hey Eljay! I’ve watched almost every video you’ve posted since last year in about 3 days. I finally did my first stream yesterday and I enjoyed it a lot! I got 1 person to pretty much watch almost my whole stream. He was chatting with me and everything. He were having actual conversations in chat so I know it wasn’t a bot. I even did a discord call with him & we were playing fall guys together. I was all cool and felt legit. Then he ask me to join a discord that would help me grow. I explained to him that I wanted to grow by myself the right way and he seem pretty understanding about it. Even stayed for literally the rest of my stream. What threw me off was he later said something along the lines of “ I really want to help you grow but you’re gonna have to do something you do like, but I think you can make it to affiliate in one time so I want to help you.” This set off a bunch of red flags for me. Mind you he said this after I told him that I also want to do a play through of Outlast for the first time. He told me that he’d watch me again. So it just feels really weird & I don’t know how to handle the situation. Some advice on this would be amazing 😅
I have to admit, I am one of those people who is currently unemployed and decided to give twitch a try. That being said I've watched your videos from back when I was setting up my stream to the present day. I've been realistic with my goals and focused on the mental health benefit - because streaming really helps with my social anxiety and general isolation.
From my perspective, don't feel too bad about those of us who are trying twitch to help our situation. I may not be making enough to support myself, but I am making enough to help pay for things that improve my chances of a regular job. Your advice has gone a long way to help with that, so thank you
Exactly the video i need now. Thanks!
dude, that seinfeld method you mentioned... i was tthinking about that these days - but not in such a clear and concise way. thanks!
Definitely some things I needed to hear
Thanks for the info/motivation speech
The best streaming tips are also the hardest to hear! Great advice, and I hope many will get a useful slap to the face out of it!
Preach, brother. Truth is hard.
Thanks for the video. Made me think. Appreciate it.
Glad to hear it, hope it helped!
Great video eljay! I’m sure it will help people out there with unrealistic expectations or motivations for streaming
Love your videos, I still have a lot to work on and learn to be better. I know I definitely need to work on talking more.
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Love your videos and they are helping me learn all the basics before i start streaming in December!!
Good luck mate!
@@StreamScheme Thanks man appreciate you!
Your happiness and proudness in this video warms my heart
Your explanation about motivation, was so eye-opening to me right now! Thank you very much for doing this videos, i really appreciate them :)
I never comment on motivational videos , but this one you nailed it as to who I am and a lot sharper than I thought. Your 2 motivations is me all the way. Fourtauately I am retired and have a life pension and had figured it will take me a slow few years to grow. I am a old late streamer but I should do well in a few years by time I am 65 years old. You should look into making something for seniors. Not so much to make the end goal of money but something to do to keep them lively for we knows they like to entertain. Great Video!!
An awesome video as per usual, LJ! 😁👍👍
The truth often hurts however, with that being said, in this instance I appreciate you for sharing the harsh reality & truths that most content creators don’t want to go into. 😄👌
Cheers to you, my man! 🥃🥃
Love your honesty. It might sound harsh to some people but in the end we all need a reality check. Also early gang yayy👍🏻
#earlygang Let's go! I hope it comes across less like a harsh reality check and more an honest explanation that it isn't as easy as people make out.
I started streaming regularly with a schedule for about 2 months now and I only just now realised why I keep going back to it when I only have 1-2 people watching. It's because I LOVE to talk. I love talking so much no one even has to listen 😂 but I also love teaching people things and answering questions. I love people and I love talking and I love gaming. So of course twitch has been fun ❤️
I appreciate all the awesome tips ElJay!!!
Definitely not disheartening at all. Youre 100% right about EVERYTHING here. Thank you!!!
Hit the nail on the head, Eljay. I feel like I’m on a plateau at the moment, and it would be all too easy to pack it in and walk away. But I still feel like I’m doing a lot of things well, and I’m constantly looking at ways to improve. They don’t always come off, but it’s better than staying still and stagnating.
Aim for the stars! And even if you miss, you might end up with a positive community of 25 - 50 viewers who love your content!
@@StreamScheme That's all I ask. I wouldn't want 1,000 people in chat, I wouldn't be able to keep up!
Thank you for this!! I have been wanting to stream for 3 reasons (like you said). None of them are for money or popularity. I just get discouraged that my viewers went down and I know I shouldn’t be. I’m going to try and change that. ☺️
You're right though; I've had a dude complain that he doesn't want to make content or record, but can't understand why no one is watching him play Apex Legends. It's not harsh, it's the truth, and I'm tired of people lying to themselves too.
Thanks for the video as always, keep rocking!
This sort of content is gold, best I've seen from you. It's not criticism it's contructive critcism, two completely different things. Keep up the amazing work dude!
I appreciate that! I do hope it helps!
Thank You So much , your Videos have so much valuable information. 👍
this was actually really well said. Thank you so much. I needed to be reminded
Your videos really Help me & provide good tips
All your own hard work at the end of the day! I appreciate it though!
Thank you for making this. This video just reminds my why I need to keep trying to improve my content. I need to figure out how to be entertaining and what about me is likeable.
Glad it was helpful!
I can relate a lot of this to artwork! Of course you’re not gonna make that $100 illustration from the get go! You need the time to hone your skill and share your work!
“Also I didn’t get enough attention as a child” Damn, I felt that! Same, but also part of my motivation is having a break from artwork that I’m already burnt out on, plus talking to familiar usernames!
“And you don’t get there until you’ve worked hours on end for nothing” I could be that guy and say “well its TECHNICALLY for nothing if you get there!” But there’s no telling if you’ll get there at all! And especially at the start, it’s gonna FEEL like it’s for nothing.
Thanks for the tips! Consistency is not my strong suit as I’m a night owl, but I’ll make it work!
So many people think social media in general is an easy job. ITS NOT. It takes MORE hours than your usual 9-5 and I don’t care what ANYONE SAYS. Being a content creator is the HARDEST thing. Its not easy money. It takes so long to build an audience and even LONGER to figure out how to build that audience on each platform. Its not an easy job.
Did my 2nd affiliate stream yesterday after starting my channel 2 months ago and BOOM 20 subs by the end of the 2 hour stream. Thanks so much for your videos Eljay you bloody legend.
quit streaming a few months ago. Did it as a hobby and loved it for a while. Once I started making money from it I genuinely started to enjoy it less.
You are not alone, actually A LOT of creators feel the same.
Love youre videos
Thanks M0gramm :) Hope they help!
Elijay, this video is the reason I hear your advice to my heart, your advice has actionable steps to be better and first and foremost is to make better content.
PLEASE make more honest content because in the streamer communitty already there is too much toxic positivity that makes really hard to find actual good advice.
I may not do everything I can, but with your videos and discord community, I get clearer steps to be a better streamer, so keep the good work coming.
Just want to say I've been implementing the brilliantly actionable tips in your videos for my husband's stream for 3 days now - and his first time streaming with these updates got him his highest in-stream follower count in his 2 years of streaming. By a lot. Can't wait to implement them for myself and show up better for my (very small) community. Thanks for these videos!
So happy to hear it’s going well for you guys :)
Thank you for the down to earth, realible and truthful content, instead of selling fake dreams.
Hope it helped mate! I really want to make sure I never push a fake dream.
You're one of the few content creators that I finish their videos! You've given me so much to learn and grow from as a content creator so know we all appreciate you!
Great video man. I'm a realist myself so I had no problem hearing the facts. We need more video's like these.
Ya never know right, we might all succeed but we might also end up with a fun hobby of 20 - 30 viewers enjoying our content!
@@StreamScheme Too true. You never really know.
Big thanks for the Videos. I tried some of the Tips and I'm happy with the results. Big Big thanks.
I get where you're coming from when you say this was hard to put out there, but this was honestly such a good video.
Thank you for saying it like you see it! Hopefully someone will take it for the good advice and viewpoint it is and benefit from it! I will certainly carry your words with me going forward!
Thanks for the videos, I’m from Brazil and your content make me reflect a lot how to improve myself
I always find your videos really inspiring. Thanks for helping us small streamers stay motivated
I first started streaming in the New Years of 2020, and what first started as a simple Flash Player appreciation stream before its shutdown turned into something of a passion that I am in love with even up to this day.
I'm actually surprised by the fact how many people start streaming for the sake of money - I kept on streaming just because I wanted to make people happy. I wanted to make them laugh, feel comfortable and if something ailed them, I would be there to talk about it. It's never really been about the money for me, but instead what kept me going was seeing my viewers every single day I was streaming. It's comforting to know that someone's eager to see you do stuff and invest their time on you!
Of course, streaming has never been just walking on roses. I started out with no previous knowledge and I used to have really choppy streams. For example, I was using VBR instead of CBR for a certain period of time and it felt awkward to have overlooked such an important detail. However, in the long run I felt good about finding and solving issues since that meant that my viewers would be having a better time on the next stream :)
You also kind of figure the limitations of your equipment as you go along... I can only stream in 720p 30fps, I had a cheap headset with a mic on it and had no camera. Upgrades cost money and unfortunately, you don't get much of it as a student. Luckily, my viewers were incredibly supportive of me and helped me procure an affordable camera as well as a good USB mic to get me started - things that I am so grateful for even up to this day ^^ There's a lot I still need to improve on in streams, but I'm eager to do so once I'm able to!
It's not a crime to have a different motivation when starting out, but I would say that it's a much bigger virtue and motivation to start streaming with the intent of wanting to do so for what it is - entertainment. People can tell the difference when someone's doing it because they enjoy it or because of something else. If you're serious about starting streaming, don't focus on the money but instead be happy over the little things that you earn along the way: The connections that you make, the good moments while you're streaming and the fact that each day is always different - you don't know who's going to hop in, follow or maybe drop a sub! For that reason, each and every single day is something to look forward to :)
It's rough at the beginning and like Elijah said, a viewer has a lot of streamers to choose from. So just be at your best, and even if you didn't achieve as much as you did your last stream, just be happy about what you have - even if you didn't get a new viewer, there's still the others who still look forward to what you do, and if they chose you over thousands of streamers, it's something to be happy about.
Nice video!
Beautiful tips ik many people who need to hear