Hello lovely people of the internet!
If your new to my blog hello hi hows it going? I blog once in a while and share my videos on Youtube with y’all. I need to get better at posting real life stuff going on and I have had a few things on my mind social media related.
For over a year now I have been posting makeup videos on Youtube and as the quality gets better one thing I cant seem to get a handle on is this whole subscriber thing.
I thought possibly like every one else that yes this will be my big break I’m not that shabby with makeup and have had many opportunities to show my skills but I haven’t seen any growth am I doing something wrong? Is there a magical thing I’m not doing right?
I know I have to keep telling my self its not about the subscribers but to me its some sort of validation that people enjoy the content that I work so hard on putting out. I can’t even imagine how many so called “makeup artists” there are doing the same exact thing and I understand the high volume of people doing exactly this.
So here’s what I do when I upload a video I add tags to the video I try and make the title some what relevant and catchy, I spread it out through social media, twitter, instagram, facebook, and on here my blog. I have even tried to put out an ad and nada. I feel like I’m doing everything that’s said to do in the creator handbook.
I have tried to comment on peoples videos as well but one time I did that the girl called me out and was so rude and was like “well I don’t mind checking you out but the least thing you can do is subscribe to me.” I just suggested to look at my channel and no where did i mention subscribing anyways… I feel like this whole s4s thing is a load of crap I have done it only to be the one to follow through so I’m stuck following people that didn’t subscribe back but that’s not the type of follower I want. I want someone to watch me because they like me and want to be a part of my little corner on youtube. Not some to comment with an ulterior motive is that so hard to ask for??? So needless to say that I have not been commenting or saying follow me and I’ll follow you I always get the shit end of the deal.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m frustrated with it. I really want to keep doing videos and see where it goes but I’m getting discouraged is anyone else feeling this way too? Trying to get your name out there while being taken advantage of? Not seeing growth and in need of some sort of validation so I can say “they like me, they really like me”
I was going on 3 weeks without uploading some times I think whats the point but then I remind my self that no one is forcing me to do this, this was my choice even though its getting super discouraging now but I owe it to my self to stick to it and see where it goes. I just needed to vent about a few things I’m finding frustrating on this journey and see if anyone has encountered this as well any feed back would be SOOO appreciated!!
As always thank you so much for those who continue on this journey with me on here in this little blog and on youtube as well! Shameless plug if you haven’t already subscribe I’d love to be friends 🙂
If you made it this far your awesome!
xo
Karen Rafaela 