I am celebrating my 100th week on YouTube and hence have created a longer story
vid as well as all my shorts this week. It’s a paranormal murder mystery. Enjoy!
Watch to the end to find out how to get a free copy of the eBook
too.
Survival of the Fittest: Werewolves & Witches & More
On the surface, a quiet sleepy town, but it has ancient and deep secrets.
Lil, the sheriff of this small, supernatural backwater, is the only thing
standing between the cheerfully oblivious humans and the powerful
supernatural beings that live alongside them. When a body washes up on the
shore of the lake, Lil must face off against the supernatural conflict
that threatens to tear her town apart. With the stakes higher than ever,
can Lil uncover the truth and solve the murder of the werewolves’ alpha
before it’s too late?
Also available to buy from Amazon, Smashwords & Others.
Last week at Tales with Tasha the aim was to make everyone smile with Fantasy Comedy Stories. Mostly I was in a mood for cute magical creatures and these are the shorts I came up with.
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy them.🥰
Defender of the Weak?
Some critter are not quite what they appear to be - this can be a good thing.
Pet Pet Pet
Dignity and diplomacy are not always viable bedfellows...
WARNING! Don't Touch!
When it comes to a witch's familiar there are certain expectations.
Protect The Puppy!
It's not your fault you didn't know he was a werewolf!
No! Bad Boy!
Dragon Whisperer, yeah right, more like glorified babysitter!
Don't Be DECEIVED!
Don't pet the unknown magical creature, even if it is cute!
I have watched many, many YouTube how to videos on what to do to make the
algorithm love a video, and I have tried lots of their tips. What I am coming
to realise is this:
It does not matter how good your video content is if you are a small
channel, the only way to get ahead is to play the game and chase the
algorithm.
One proviso, is that I am talking about my experience with YouTube shorts,
which is one of the best ways to grow a channel from scratch at the moment.
Longer videos require other techniques as well, but there is a lot of
crossover.
The number 1 tip that seems to finally be working for my channel is this:
❗Write the title before even starting the video.❗
I spent months deciding on my stories, then trying to come up with titles that
would grab viewers, and I was getting a steady viewership, but it had
completely stalled in new subs and viewing number. In the past 2 weeks I have
completely changed my strategy and my views have gone up considerably, so has
my like count, as well as gaining new subscribers. I mean, it's nothing
astronomical yet, but growth is growth.
This is my strategy:
Sunday, go to "What is popular on YouTube" playlist.
Look at the most successful topics.
Create click-bait titles for my five shorts for that week, based on various
hot topics.
Decide on my overall story themes (first week I did Midsomer Murder
parodies, this week comedy horror)
Come up with stories that incorporate the title somehow, but fit the theme.
Note that the end of my title does not hide the true nature of my short, I
do not want to lie to people and make them feel betrayed. However, it does
count on the fact most people scan the beginning of the title first and
don't bother with the end.
The story itself is a ridiculous murder in a craft shop in an old mine.
It technically fits the title and it's supposed to be funny, so will
hopefully make them smile and even if they have been tricked, they won't
mind that much.
Results
From getting anywhere from 10 to around 100 views on a vid, using this
technique I managed to get all of last weeks vids to around 200 views, and
some of my older titles are getting some more views too.
I link to a different playlist at the end of Monday's vid and the
playlist for the week from every other vid that week.
Of course it does depend on the topic, and sometimes I get it wrong. This
week, Monday's vid, only has 40 views and I'm planning on changing up the
title some more once I can think of how to do it, however, Tuesday's, is
currently at 1,150 and still going up.
Changing the title can work too - one of last week's vids did not do well
overnight, so I changed up the title and managed to bring it up to the same
level as the others. It's a bit of a game against the algorithm, if you
haven't realised that yet 😉.
Conclusion
There are many factors in creating a good title, but getting the popular buzz
words in there, seems to be a really, really important one. So far the one
that gets the most traction for me is "Scam/Scammer". It is a sad fact of life
that negative connotations get more hits. However, if I can get a bit of
humour into someone's life using a click-baity title, I count it as a good
thing.
We shall have to see how this continues to pan out.
Updates
25-Aug-22: Wednesday's vid has ~480 views this morning, so not as good as "Scam", but "Scandal" seems to be a good word.
Still messing with Monday's title to try and get the vid seen - have not found a golden combination yet 😉.
SCANDAL at the PALACE! Princess of Nowhere!😲 #shorts (1 min story) (FUNNY Ghost Story)
Sometimes a superhero has motives that are not always clear to those around
them. Sometimes they are required to make sacrifices for those they care
about. This is the fourth and final superhero micro fic of the week. Tomorrow
this week's longer story comes out - perfect for listening over coffee or
before bed.
Because I am doing the AtoZ this year, and I will be posting early in the day
to catch as many visitors as possible, the current day's video will actually
appear on the following day's post since the vids don't go live until 4pm. So
pop back on Saturday to see this week's longer story, or pop on over the
Tales with Tasha
tomorrow to get it when it goes live.
Please, LMK what you think in the comments, and if you enjoy it
and would give it a thumbs up to like the vid on YouTube, that would be
amazing.💕 Thank you.
Even superheroes can suffer from self-doubt, especially when their superpower
isn't as flashy as other peoples! Another micro story of our intrepid
superheroes for all to enjoy. Thank you so much for dropping by.
Please, LMK what you think in the comments, and if you enjoy it
and would give it a thumbs up to like the vid on YouTube, that would be
amazing.💕 Thank you.
@beren_writes
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