Your Title Can Make or Break Your Video
45sImmediately highlights the critical importance of titles, creating urgency and curiosity for viewers seeking YouTube growth.
▶ Play Clip[00:00] In today's video, we're going to be
[00:01] talking about one of the most important
[00:03] things that can make or m your YouTube
[00:05] success, and that is your title. Listen,
[00:08] you can actually have the best video in
[00:10] the world, but if your title doesn't
[00:12] stop people in their track and make them
[00:14] to click, that video is simply going
[00:16] nowhere. So, in this video, I'm going to
[00:18] show you exactly how to write a YouTube
[00:20] title that goes viral. Not just decent
[00:23] titles, not okay titles, but titles that
[00:26] grabs attention, sparks curiosity, and
[00:30] make viewers click. I'm going to first
[00:32] of all talk about why titles really
[00:34] matter on YouTube. Here is the truth.
[00:36] YouTube is simply a battlefield for
[00:38] attention. Every single second, over 500
[00:42] videos get uploaded on YouTube. So, how
[00:45] exactly do you stand out? It's not your
[00:47] thumbnail alone. It is not just your
[00:50] content. Yes, it starts with your title.
[00:53] Your title is the very first promise
[00:55] you're making to your viewers. If it
[00:57] looks boring, confusing, and
[00:59] uninteresting, people will simply scroll
[01:02] past. But if it sparks curiosity and
[01:04] promises value, boom, you just want a
[01:07] click. And guys, clicks are everything
[01:09] because no clicks means no views, no
[01:12] watch time, no subscribers. And of
[01:15] course, that leads to no growth. So the
[01:17] first lesson is this. Titles are not
[01:19] just an afterthought. They are the main
[01:22] strategy. I'm going to be talking about
[01:23] the five biggest mistakes that creators
[01:26] make when titling their videos. Before
[01:28] we talk about what works, let's talk
[01:30] about what does not work. And new
[01:32] YouTubers are the major people that
[01:34] makes all of this mistakes every time.
[01:37] Number one is a lot of new YouTubers
[01:39] craft titles that are too vague. You see
[01:41] a new YouTuber titling a video like my
[01:43] day at the park. Nobody cares about your
[01:45] day at the park except you're a
[01:47] celebrity. Another mistake small
[01:49] YouTubers make is that their titles are
[01:51] always too long. And guys, I've always
[01:53] made this mistake until I learned
[01:55] better. And when I changed the tactics,
[01:57] everything changed. YouTube simply cut
[01:59] off after about 60 characters. So this
[02:02] simply means that once you title a video
[02:04] and that video is more than 60
[02:06] characters, YouTube is going to cut it
[02:08] off and the only thing people are going
[02:09] to be seeing is the first 60 characters.
[02:12] What if the sense in the video is not in
[02:14] the first 60 characters? How will people
[02:16] find the video interesting to click on?
[02:18] If people don't read the whole thing,
[02:20] they simply move on. Another mistake is
[02:22] that your title does not have any single
[02:24] curiosity. If your title gives away
[02:26] everything, then there is no reason to
[02:28] click. For instance, you want to talk
[02:30] about Toody and you know that a lot of
[02:32] persons already knows Tuddy. But you
[02:34] want even those people that knows about
[02:35] Tuddy to watch your video. Instead of
[02:38] writing how to get views for your
[02:40] channel using two booty, why not write
[02:42] how to get views for your channel using
[02:44] this secret app? Another mistake small
[02:46] YouTubers make and feel like they are
[02:48] wise is that they use a lot of
[02:50] clickbait. Clickbait with no delivery.
[02:53] If your video does not match the hype,
[02:55] viewers simply click away and very very
[02:57] fast. For someone like me, I hate
[02:59] clickbait a lot. If I'm watching a video
[03:01] and I see that what you're talking about
[03:03] is not what is in your title or what is
[03:05] on your thumbnail, I simply click away
[03:07] and that would even make me lose
[03:09] interest in your channel. Another
[03:11] mistake is your title is always all
[03:13] about you and not even your viewer. You
[03:15] see titles like my new camera setup.
[03:18] Titles like this do not connect. Instead
[03:20] of saying my new camera setup, why not
[03:22] say the camera setup that makes my video
[03:25] 10 times better? Sounds familiar, right?
[03:27] Don't worry, we're going to fix all of
[03:29] this in this video. Hi everyone, my name
[03:31] is Dbora and on this channel I bring you
[03:33] on how to grow your YouTube channel. So
[03:35] if these are the kind of videos you love
[03:36] to watch, do well to give this video a
[03:38] big thumbs up, subscribe to the channel
[03:40] and turn on your notification bell so
[03:42] whenever I upload any video, you're
[03:44] going to be the first to be notified.
[03:45] Thank you. Now, here's where things get
[03:48] exciting. There are four ingredients
[03:50] that a viral title usually have. The
[03:52] first ingredient of a viral title is
[03:54] curiosity. People simply click on a
[03:57] video because they want to know the
[03:58] title. Instead of saying how to get more
[04:01] views, you say why your videos are not
[04:04] getting views and then simply add how to
[04:06] fix it. Why your videos are not getting
[04:09] views and how to fix it. Can you see the
[04:12] difference? The first is simply boring
[04:15] and the second simply makes you to
[04:16] desire the answer. The second ingredient
[04:19] for a viral title is specificity. to
[04:22] understand that on YouTube numbers and
[04:24] details always win. Instead of saying
[04:27] make money online, you say three apps
[04:29] that helps me to make $1,000 every week.
[04:33] You are being specific. Now they know
[04:35] that they want to make money online.
[04:36] They know that you're making money
[04:38] online. And now they will be curious to
[04:40] know the app that you're using to make
[04:41] that money online. And the fact that
[04:43] you've mentioned such amount of money,
[04:44] they will make them to even be
[04:46] interested in such an app that helps you
[04:48] to make so much amount of money in one
[04:50] week. Instead of you just saying make
[04:51] money online, that's so vague. The third
[04:54] ingredient of a viral title is emotion
[04:57] and urgency. In YouTube, words like
[04:59] shocking worst mistakes. Don't do this
[05:03] before it's too late. Simply triggers
[05:06] emotions and helps people to want to
[05:08] take actions immediately. Example is the
[05:11] biggest mistakes that small YouTubers
[05:13] still make. Now, when a small YouTuber
[05:15] sees your video, she will be so eager,
[05:17] especially one that has not been getting
[05:18] views at all. she will be so eager, he
[05:20] or she will be so eager to click on that
[05:22] video because they want to know what
[05:24] they're doing wrong and how to fix it.
[05:26] The fourth ingredient is value for the
[05:29] viewer. Before you title any video, ask
[05:31] yourself what is in this video for my
[05:33] viewer. Like what exactly do I want them
[05:36] to take home from watching this video?
[05:38] Example, instead of saying my editing
[05:40] setup, you say try the editing setup
[05:42] that will make your video look
[05:44] professional. If your title combines
[05:46] curiosity specificity emotions and
[05:49] value, you are simply golden. Now, let
[05:52] me give you some plug and pay title
[05:53] formulas that works in almost all the
[05:55] niche on YouTube. You can literally copy
[05:57] this and just fill in the blanks. Number
[05:59] one is how to do something in short time
[06:02] frame. Example, how to get 4,000
[06:04] watchtime hours in 30 days. Number two,
[06:07] the number mistakes everyone makes about
[06:10] topic. For example, five mistakes new
[06:12] YouTubers still make in 2025. Number
[06:15] three, I tried method or two so you
[06:18] don't have to waste your time. Four,
[06:21] this thing changed my results. Example,
[06:23] I tried five AI editing apps so you
[06:25] don't have to waste your time. Four,
[06:27] this thing changed my result. Example,
[06:30] this one strategy doubled my views
[06:32] overnight. Five, what no one tells you
[06:35] about topic. Example, what no one tells
[06:37] you about making money online. and six
[06:40] number hacks to desired outcome. Seven
[06:42] hacks to explode your YouTube growth in
[06:45] 2025. And last but not the least, before
[06:48] you do X, watch this. Example, before
[06:51] you start a faceless YouTube channel,
[06:53] watch this video. So, you can basically
[06:55] use all of these things I have to fix in
[06:58] whatever you want to fix in. And this
[07:01] will literally help you. These are
[07:02] simply proven. They trigger curiosity,
[07:05] give value, and make people click. You
[07:07] may be asking, Debbie, how can I come
[07:09] with titles for my video? I'm going to
[07:10] be giving you a quick process on how you
[07:12] can come with titles for your video.
[07:15] First of all, you have to write down the
[07:17] main title, the main topic of your video
[07:19] in the simplest form as possible.
[07:21] Example, affiliate marketing for
[07:23] beginners. Like you want to make a
[07:25] video, simply write it down. What is
[07:27] your video about? You want to make a
[07:29] video about affiliate marketing,
[07:31] importance of affiliate marketing and
[07:33] all of that. Just write affiliate
[07:34] marketing for beginners in the simplest
[07:37] form. Number two, to ask yourself what
[07:39] is the benefit or pain points of
[07:41] affiliate marketing. Is it any of $100
[07:44] on YouTube or mistakes that stops
[07:46] beginners from earning on affiliate
[07:48] marketing? Number three, you have to add
[07:50] one viral trigger like urgency, a
[07:53] number, or even a strong emotion like
[07:56] three affiliate marketing mistakes that
[07:58] stops beginners from earning. Number
[08:00] four is to write five to 10 variations.
[08:02] Don't stop at one. Just test different
[08:04] versions. You know, in the first
[08:05] instance, I said you should write out
[08:07] the simplest form of your video. For
[08:09] example, affiliate marketing for
[08:11] beginners. And then I went down to say
[08:13] all other things. You can apart from
[08:15] affiliate marketing from for beginners.
[08:17] You can write out other things. You can
[08:18] coin out other topics, simple topics
[08:20] from the video you are making. Don't
[08:22] just use one. You can use tools like
[08:24] Tube Buddy, Vid IQ to check what is
[08:28] trending and how many people are simply
[08:30] searching for the video you want to do.
[08:32] You want to do a video on affiliate
[08:33] marketing, right? By the time you use
[08:35] Tubeuddy, use Tube Buddy. Use Vid IQ to
[08:38] search for trending topics and use
[08:39] Tubeuddy to search for the keywords that
[08:42] those people are typing on search
[08:43] engines. So to recap, avoid all those
[08:46] common title mistakes I've listed
[08:47] earlier. Always use the four viral
[08:49] ingredients. Curiosity, specificity,
[08:52] emotion, and value. Simply plug your
[08:55] idea into proven title formulas. Like I
[08:58] said, don't use one title. Always
[09:00] brainstorm and test until you get the
[09:02] viral title. And no, you don't have to
[09:04] get one title. If you've titled a
[09:06] particular video and you check your
[09:08] impression and your clickthrough rate
[09:09] and it's not doing so very well, use the
[09:12] next title you've crafted. So this
[09:14] simply means that as you are shooting a
[09:15] video, your video should not just have
[09:17] only one title. You should not just set
[09:19] up only one title for your video. Have
[09:21] up to five titles. So that by the time
[09:23] you check you by the time you upload
[09:25] with a particular title and you see that
[09:26] the title is not doing very well. And
[09:28] how do you know if your title is not
[09:29] doing well? If your impression is
[09:31] increasing and your clickthrough rate is
[09:33] reducing. Now in fact if your title is
[09:36] not doing well, your your impression is
[09:37] not going to increase because a lot of
[09:38] people are not going to click on it.
[09:40] When people are not clicking on it,
[09:41] YouTube is not going to show it to more
[09:42] people. And that simply means that your
[09:44] impression is not going to go up, right?
[09:46] So test different titles and always
[09:49] change. This also implies to your
[09:52] thumbnail. But this is not what we're
[09:53] talking about. If you want me to do a
[09:54] video on how to create viral thumbnail,
[09:57] if you like my thumbnails and you want
[09:58] me to do a video on how to create viral
[10:00] thumbnails, drop at the comment section.
[10:02] If you simply apply all this, your
[10:04] titles will get more clicks, your videos
[10:06] will get more views, and your channel
[10:08] will simply grow at a faster rate. Now,
[10:12] I want to hear from you. Drop one of
[10:13] your titles in the comment section and
[10:15] I'll simply help you improve it. And if
[10:17] you found this video helpful, don't
[10:18] forget to smash the like button,
[10:21] subscribe, and turn on your notification
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[10:24] of my videos. Thank you for watching.
[10:26] See you in the next one. Bye.
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