1 1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,903 (cheery music) 2 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,250 Networking and collaborating 3 3 00:00:06,250 --> 00:00:09,240 is another way to get more subscribers. 4 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:10,750 Go to events! 5 5 00:00:10,750 --> 00:00:12,370 If you have the opportunity 6 6 00:00:12,370 --> 00:00:14,780 to go to YouTube events, then go. 7 7 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:17,490 I even flew to Singapore once for this reason. 8 8 00:00:17,490 --> 00:00:19,560 You can learn quite a bit at these events. 9 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,610 I got to see Vsauce speak, 10 10 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:23,150 I met Lilly Singh 11 11 00:00:23,150 --> 00:00:26,220 along with a bunch of other Southeast Asian YouTubers 12 12 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:29,600 that were in a similar position to myself at the time. 13 13 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,700 It's always helpful to show your face 14 14 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:33,610 and let people know you exist. 15 15 00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:35,100 Plus, you get to share tips 16 16 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:38,400 or possibly arrange a collaboration. 17 17 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,180 Or, if you have an opportunity to go to an event 18 18 00:00:41,180 --> 00:00:44,960 related to your field or topic, then go. 19 19 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,590 This is another opportunity to meet people 20 20 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:50,440 and collaborate with people in your field. 21 21 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,200 When you have guests appear in your videos, 22 22 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,010 then that guest will likely share the video 23 23 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:59,500 to his or her social media audience as well. 24 24 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:02,220 Usually, how collaborations work between YouTubers 25 25 00:01:02,220 --> 00:01:06,680 is that two videos are made and no money changes hands. 26 26 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,830 You will be a guest on their channel 27 27 00:01:08,830 --> 00:01:11,470 and they will be a guest on yours. 28 28 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:13,450 The more channels, 29 29 00:01:13,450 --> 00:01:16,430 sorry, the more that the channels have in common, 30 30 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:19,360 the more subscribers each of you will acquire 31 31 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,000 from the collaboration. 32 32 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,440 That's what I've noticed. 33 33 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,810 Most of the time, 34 34 00:01:23,810 --> 00:01:26,410 the people collaborating have a similar level 35 35 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:29,610 of YouTube performance, so if you get, I don't know, 36 36 00:01:29,610 --> 00:01:32,440 5,000 views on most of your videos, 37 37 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,540 then you'll most likely be collaborating with someone 38 38 00:01:35,540 --> 00:01:36,530 who gets, I don't know, 39 39 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:41,530 3,000 to 10,000 views on their video, something like that. 40 40 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:45,210 You might get lucky and someone will be generous enough 41 41 00:01:45,210 --> 00:01:47,170 to help you out by promoting you 42 42 00:01:47,170 --> 00:01:49,970 without really getting anything in return, 43 43 00:01:49,970 --> 00:01:53,880 but for the most part, it's a give and take type of deal. 44 44 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,880 If you can't collaborate because of your location, 45 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:57,990 then don't worry. 46 46 00:01:57,990 --> 00:02:00,750 Collaboration is a very useful tool, 47 47 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:03,503 but people can still succeed without it.