5 Twitch Growth Tips — Guide & Transcript

[00:00] Not too long ago, I shared with you five tips on how to grow your Twitch channel in 2018. And so far, from what I can tell, that video has been a huge success. Nearly 60,000 views.

[00:12] So guys, thank you so much. So, in a weird kind of way to celebrate, because that's what I like to do, I just love creating content, here are five more tips on how to grow your Twitch channel in 2018.

[00:24] Let's get started. Hello guys, how are you today? My name is David Abrako from twitch.tv slash David Abrako. Boom, right behind me, this is my newest stream of Halo Online.

[00:39] Yes, I actually streamed that today, and I am so excited to say this. That has been my most successful stream ever. I capped out about 128 viewers at a time. That's a lot for me, considering my average is like 40 or 50.

[00:54] I gained over 50 new followers and I had over 1,000 views in a matter of two and a half hours so just saying if I can do it there's no reason why you can't do it as well okay so my previous

[01:07] twitch tips video like I said was a huge success and people seem to really enjoy it I'm always getting new followers because of that video I literally have people coming into my stream at nighttime and saying hey David just watch your twitch video tips I just combined words twitch

[01:21] tips video and it's actually working for me and then they follow me and they become a regular and they start watching my streams. That's huge. People actually come from YouTube to Twitch to follow me and you know just to say thank you for the video. The fact that my tips are actually

[01:36] helping you out that just means the world to me so thank you so much for your support. Okay so to celebrate in a way I'm going to give you five more tips on how to grow your Twitch channel in 2018

[01:48] starting right now. Number one, use a face cam. Now, you don't need a face cam to be successful on Twitch, believe me, you don't, because if you look at people like Rhymesauce, I don't think he

[02:00] ever really uses a face cam, but then again, I don't really watch him all that often for that reason alone. Personally, I love watching streamers who only have face cams. Okay, that doesn't make sense, but you know what I mean. I only watch people with a face cam because I like to get to

[02:16] know them. I like to see who's playing, whether it's he who's playing Halo or she who's playing Minecraft. I like to see the person behind the controller, behind the keyboard, or whatever. And if you have some privacy concern, which I completely understand, not everyone's, you know,

[02:31] out there like I am. I just put my legs out there for people to judge me and believe me. Then they've done that. But yeah, if you're shy on camera or you just don't want your face showing, then have fun with it. Do what the doc does. Put on a fake mustache. Put on some kind

[02:45] of ugly wig or a hat or even a mask and just have fun. So there you go, just a, I guess a tip within a tip. Alright, tip number two, set up chatroom commands with

[02:59] MooBots So for those not aware your chatter can typically use commands in chatrooms For instance exclamation points time will display the current time of the streamer Especially for people in the UK they like to know what time it is

[03:13] here on the East Coast in the United States. And it's really useful. But for my chat room, I typically use my commands for Prime, Amazon Prime and Twitch Prime and all that stuff. My commands command literally shows you a link to my website showing all the commands

[03:28] I do. There's donate, there's game, which shows the current game I'm playing. There's a bunch of other commands like YouTube, Twitter, all that stuff. So basically, I have a lot of commands powered by MooBot. So yeah, go to twitch.moobot.tv, I think it is, or something

[03:47] like that, but I'll link it right below. Check it out. MooBot is free to use. I do send some money their way here and there just to, you know, support them because that's what I like to do. I use their service pretty much daily now, so why not support them, right? So, yeah,

[04:01] just use chatroom commands. It makes your chats feel more official, and if anything, it makes it more interesting for your chatters. Tip number three, display an interesting non-obtrusive overlay. And yes, I was careful to use the word non-obtrusive. I've seen many streamers

[04:19] out there with over-the-top overlays covering the game more than it should with like two cameras, a counter up there, a followers goal over here, like a Twitter feed. No, keep it simple. Keep it simple. For mine, I have my website up, actually no, I have at David DeFranco up top,

[04:35] and then my recent followers and recent subscribers, I think, they're my face cam, and sometimes a followers goal. The viewer counter in the top left, very small, goes out of the way, and in the bottom right, I have a little tip jar, which shows the bits dropping in. That's pretty

[04:51] much all you need and actually most streamers probably need less I say need because you don't need an overlay but in my opinion using an overlay in your first stream makes it so much more interesting and it makes your stream more flashy but again just try to be non-obtrusive do not be

[05:07] one of those streamers who just plasters their stream with an ugly overlay just try to go with one that blends in with your gameplay and just one that doesn't get in the way basically and also

[05:19] So, player.me is the website I use for my overlay. Excellent website. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. You get to see things in real time. You get to customize all the things yourself. And it's just a great free website. Player.me, that's also linked up below alongside Moobot.

[05:34] Number four, approach haters cautiously. Now, first of all, I should say this. And this goes for anywhere on social media, whether it's Twitter or Instagram, even Snapchat,

[05:47] YouTube, whatever, Twitch especially, if someone comes into your stream dissing you and calling you these offensive names and whatever for no reason whatsoever, it's best to ban them and move on with your day. Because believe me, it's just very unlikely you're going to

[06:01] change a hater's mind because their mindset is kind of warped as it is. I don't know why. We can explain why people act the way they do That just how society is sometimes Yeah it best to ban them move on and concentrate on the people who are actually engaging in a positive conversation with you and other people in your chat room

[06:20] However, however, those rare instances where you're feeling a little salty and you want to have fun with haters, then go for it. And actually, I have an example for this. I think it was like a week or two ago, I was playing Half-Life 2 or some other game, or Night Trap maybe, Night Trap,

[06:38] and this guy basically came in saying, hey loser, and I just kind of played it off. I'm like, hey dude, what's up? You know, just being nice, and then he actually stayed, and he kept watching me,

[06:50] and he ended up saying you're actually a cool dude. I'm like, thank you, appreciate that, and I think he followed me. So that was kind of a rare but fascinating moment. This person basically came in calling me an ass or a loser or something like that, and I was being the bigger

[07:05] person I said hello how are you then he actually enjoyed my gameplay and followed me isn't that interesting like a hater came in to diss me but then they ended up staying and liking me as a person I don't know if that says more about them or me but either way I kind of played it off and

[07:21] maybe I got lucky and they actually stuck around so thank you if that's you watching this video I appreciate it and number five this is a pro tip I have never seen anybody use this tip and believe because it works wonders, and I'm calling this a pro tip, be ready, pro tip, find older

[07:37] games on Twitch, and try to become the number two spot, number two spot, now, why not number one, well, because, come on, chances are really good, you and I are not going to be number

[07:51] one in any kind of popular game, or even a fairly old popular game, if that makes sense, But I chose this pro tip for a reason because it works beautifully for me. What you need to do is go to twitch.tv, okay?

[08:06] Click on Browse. And look at the long list of games. Okay, so in the top ten, you typically see the obvious games like Fortnite, League of Legends, Overwatch, blah, blah, blah. Those games, you're likely going to get buried.

[08:18] You're not going to get a lot of viewers. You're going to get maybe a handful here and there. Because, well, let's face it, people are willing to watch maybe, what, like the top 10 or 20 streamers. I mean, I know I am.

[08:30] If I see a game, I'm typically going to stay in the top row of that game. However, do this. Play an older game that's, for whatever reason, listed towards, like, the top 20 or 30 browse menu on Twitch.

[08:45] because that usually means a really popular streamer is playing a slightly older game such as Half-Life 2, but then chances are really good. Let's say that top streamer of Half-Life 2 has 2,000 views.

[09:00] The second streamer for Half-Life 2 is likely going to be much, much, much lower down here. I'm talking maybe 10 or 20 viewers. Maybe not even that many. So there's no reason why you can't be number 2 with 20 viewers or 30 viewers, right?

[09:17] I mean even with 5 viewers you never know because when people go to that top streamer of an old game like Half 2 they going to be curious and say you know what I haven watched a Half 2 streamer in a while if ever for that matter

[09:30] I'll go check it out on Twitch and say, oh look, there's David, there's Tim, there's Sophie streaming Half-Life 2. Who's this person? And guys, that is when the magic starts to happen. They click on the second streamer, the third streamer, and that just happens to be you.

[09:45] And that is your chance to engage in conversation and keep them interested. Because I cannot stress it enough, guys. It works. It works wonders.

[09:57] So, don't always worry about getting a lot of viewers on games like Fortnite or League of Legends and whatever. You can play older games. Just make sure those older games are ranked highly enough and then go in there and take advantage of that uncommon popularity, I guess you could call it.

[10:13] So, yeah, that's definitely a process to keep in mind. And actually, hold on. Yeah, this is my stream, so I'll play it. Let's click on browse, alright, in real time. And let's see what's going here. Okay, here we go.

[10:25] This is really weird. Here we go. There's a game called Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus being streamed right now. And there's two streamers, two streamers. This person has 16,848 people watching right now.

[10:43] and they have over 800,000 followers. But let's get to streamer number two. They currently have 20 viewers, which doesn't seem like a lot,

[10:55] but they have 25 followers. So out of 25 followers, 20 people are watching. And I guarantee you, these 20 people are not followers.

[11:07] Not all of them, anyway. Maybe 10 of them. I don't know. But guys, that just goes to show you, Look for an oddly popular game at that moment in time. Jump in the number two spot, or even number three.

[11:19] And again, that's where the magic starts to happen. Anyway, guys, I'm done. Those are the best tips I can give you, especially number five. Again, the pro tip, it will change the way you look at Twitch. Don't always focus on the popular games.

[11:31] Sure, they can help over time, but sometimes you'll just get lost in the mix. There's nothing wrong with playing an older game that's popular at the time. so, alright, guys, twitch.tv slash David and Franco, my channel is linked right below,

[11:45] if you want to follow me, check out my streams, I stream pretty much every day but Sunday, I've been streaming a lot of Siege lately, a lot of Fortnite, a lot of, um, Saint Seeds actually, that game's pretty good, and maybe, maybe more Halo Online and Night Trap, and

[11:58] that's the duty of Twitch, I can stream what I want, you can stream what you want, it's pretty much infinite, so guys, good luck, thank you so much for your support, and I'll talk to you soon. Peace.