[00:00] You see, I've always So I'm gonna do starting a whole social media strategy. [00:13] chasing a pipe dream. on Twitch and downloaded OBS, and by pro streamers, I [00:26] I'm honestly kinda nervous, do is to press that big It's not that big, it [00:39] But yeah, let's go! Pressing that button. Uh, I have no idea if I actually am, so [00:52] phone and see if I can confirm. My first viewer, it's me! decide which game to play. [01:04] so I could just hang out and talk to chat deliberation, I picked a game. Oh my god. Look at the cookies go! [01:18] You know, I guess I'll just wait for engage in some enticing gameplay. Two hours and 834,000 cookies later. [01:30] finished my first stream! Yay! record of it on the internet. Alright, so it's day two now, and I'm [01:44] I really need more of a plan, so I'm esteemed Disguised Toast himself? career by making a Twitch account and [02:00] because you will not get any viewers." learned from my research. elevate your stream from "I am a complete noob" [02:13] Two, you wanna pick a consistent time to Now I just gotta find a fan, which leads outside of Twitch, because... [02:27] Discovery system is? subscribers on this YouTube channel! and if you're not subscribed, you know, [02:40] Anyways though, I made a community post, Oh my god! Welcome to the chat, Saphiella! I am trying to merge some [02:55] watermelons, as you can see. I had four whole people join the stream, than zero from yesterday. [03:07] and it may have averaged out to just one start somewhere, right? than it does to stream to no one. [03:20] feeling pretty good about myself. Basically, I just played a bunch of games Zelda, Pokemon, and way too [03:32] days into the challenge. I do have like some people who tune into most of those are my IRL friends, and my [03:45] So, yeah, growth is And I knew that growth wouldn't be easy, But I guess I really want to make it big, [03:57] and try to have more of a strategy. happens to be a Twitch partner, The hard part about Twitch is you don't [04:09] you're gonna have zero viewers, absolutely trolling as was not doing it for me. [04:23] where there's not that many streamers, Okay, so during the call, Rox suggested been blowing up recently. [04:35] because there are so few streamers, but really ready to go stream my first impressions of the game, [04:47] It's close. Holy crap. was completely silent, [04:59] Backpack Battles is so much fun! game? Then what do I do?" like, super sucked into. [05:14] the items in your backpack but the actual fighting because my mechanics are shit. [05:26] Let's do this. piece of advice that Rox gave me dedicated to Backpack Battles. [05:39] The thing is, though, making YouTube so I was kinda nervous to go all in. So over the next few days, I streamed a [05:52] the streams to my new channel. and my Twitch watch a RANDO suck at the game. [06:05] then sure, it wouldn't matter. and a better Backpack Battler. Some of the stuff is kinda obvious, like, [06:21] "Huh, you know, it's actually very boring thinking out loud instead." As for getting good at Backpack Battles, [06:34] were at least diamond in rank. credibility as a streamer. game that I'm good at, [06:47] And so I climbed my way up. platinum, to still platinum. I have been trying to grind all day, [07:02] So, it's that kinda day. Time is ticking away towards day 30. And I'm still stuck at 93 platinum. [07:15] know, change strategies, move on." "Oh, I'm so freaking "Well, oh, but once you hit diamond, your [07:30] content better and stuff." I'm gonna hit diamond. of trying to hit diamond... [07:44] Oh my god. game so much the past few days. I have at least a few builds that work [07:58] like I know so much lot more educational and And with my new diamond-level gameplay, I [08:10] So, I continued streaming every day, VODs, and surprise, surprise! So, clearly the takeaway is [08:23] But anyways, it is currently day 14, And I'm just not seeing the probably need to expand my reach. [08:37] and you need people to This is kind of a funny hand-dresher. TikTok and Instagram Reels are way better [08:49] And my hope is that by making them, I can and funnel some of them into Twitch. strategy super hard. [09:01] I made a brand new TikTok and single hour of my day I could But as each day passed by, I started to [09:15] maybe one of my videos had blown up, stats and fall back to reality. Instagram, still a flop. [09:29] it felt like my Twitch viewership was Ugh, I'll be honest, guys, I'm feeling Like, what I'm realizing is, even though [09:43] Five or six of them are my IRL friends, up every day when I stream. worse, even though I probably haven't. [09:56] just talking to yourself. not even an hour today, I don't know, guys. [10:08] And honestly, during this time, there And I was like, "What is wrong with me? Like, the main thing keeping me going was [10:21] and I just wanted to see it through. And sometimes life works out in funny right when I was literally [10:33] and had my best stream yet. Thank you so much for the raid, vidim888! Oh my god. [10:47] streaming to literally no one, But yeah, I do really have to thank and helping raid me, because, ugh, the [11:00] Because then it puts you, like, you know, likely to click on you, And honestly, this one really good day [11:14] Okay guys, so in the 10-ish days I have impossible to grow, like, affiliate is pretty reachable. [11:27] because that's when you start making And you can have subs and custom emojis, And also, I found out that being a Twitch [11:39] And, you know, the next milestone after So, yeah, I think affiliate is a good I continue to power through. [11:52] to get traction as well, even when I wasn't streaming. and let's see if we hit 50 overnight. [12:08] 55 followers! overnight if I'm lucky. Somehow, I got six followers overnight? [12:20] popped off or something. Well, relatively speaking, of course, but Leave these comments! [12:32] Also, I'm so sorry about this, like, Anyhow, after 26 days of Nice work! [12:45] so to get started, go to my dashboard, fun tax information, I am Yay! [12:59] and the most common way where you can pay $5 to get access to fun make some custom emotes. [13:11] some cute anime girls, emote of my face way more, But anyhow, APM rolled around and I had [13:25] Today's stream was so insane! everyone use all the different emotes, today, I got like 15! [13:37] but others were from like just random And I don't know, I'm just really touched overexcited and kind of inted [13:50] but it was totally worth it! On day 27, I took a day off to celebrate some more backpack battles. [14:04] but ultimately streamed And on day 30, you guessed it, I did one Holy crap! [14:17] What can I say? Oh my god, that was the best way to end I had the most concurrent [14:30] and I just had so much fun chatting with just like watching the game. Well, let's start with the stats. [14:42] followers on Twitch and 22 subs. average of 10 total viewers, that's pretty darn good. [14:55] I don't think I realized just how hard it 10 concurrent viewers," But having walked the walk myself now, I [15:07] But anyways, since I hit affiliate a few Do I want to keep going? strategies, do something else? [15:19] You see, at the beginning of the video, I And lowkey, I think the answer is me. be a variety streamer. [15:32] and definitely play games here and there, You know what I mean? tried at first, right? [15:46] Twitch growth right now. I'm hoping that by growing the variety streamer of my dreams. [16:00] because I learned so much from the about what I really want. I really encourage you to give it a try, [16:12] that you gave it a shot. channel, and I hope to see you next time. Bye!