Since the reboot of my gaming channel on Youtube called njenkin around 4 years ago, growth has been steady, but not spectacular. The reason being, I think, the colossal volume of videos being uploaded every second on the site across the globe makes it very difficult to be found.
I only monetised the Channel after 3 and a half years as I wanted to be certain I had something of quality to offer the viewer and could do it consistently. This I feel I have done and can continue to do so. However, for any Youtube Channel to take that next epic leap forward to professionalism it has to be able to generate enough ad revenue to stand on its own two feet. Looking at the Stats, although gradually increasing, I can see it's going to be very difficult to survive from Youtube Ad revenue alone in the short term unless something incredible were to happen. A lot of smaller and increasingly medium to large Youtube channels are also feeling the same way.
So what's the answer? Give up?
No!
It's important to make videos for fun if you're passionate about the subject matter. I recently stumbled across a new Video site called VIDME. Founded in 2014, it's much smaller than YouTube, but recently started to offer monetisation opportunities.
I've only put up one video on it so far to test the water. Still finding my feet with it, but the site reminds me a lot of how Youtube used to be before it were acquired by Google. Seems initially more friendly to the smaller creator with the potential for a lot of growth. Whether this will be the case, it's impossible to predict, but I thought it would be worth a test run to see what happens.
In order to monetise content, a member needs to have 50 Followers. At time of writing this blog, I have zero, but the first video was only put up today. Hopefully we'll get there soon so I can give this a proper trial.
At the end of the day, the site is free and smaller channels have got nothing to lose. Below is my first video on the site.
If you get a chance, please take a look. If you sign up on VIDME, then be sure to give me a Follow. It all helps !! This doesn't mean I'm suddenly leaving Youtube. Should be there for the foreseeable future.
Nick :o)
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