Youtube / Tiktok content?

I'm honestly desperate for some advice here. Tl;dr: I have no idea what kind of content to record that will perform well on youtube / tikok and was hoping someone could give me some insight. If anyone has examples of shorts / tiktok videos for servers that perform well that I could learn from I would appreciate it. Not looking to copy anything, just looking for inspiration / ideas on how to promote my server. I have a server that I launched relatively recently and I need to get players on. For that reason I first hired someone to make me some videos, but I couldn't afford to keep paying them as I don't have much in terms of money. I have made a few of my own videos showcasing some pve features and pvp content on my server. The first two videos I posted were one of my own and one of the videos I had made for my server. Brand new gmail account and brand new youtube channel to try and capitalise on new channel content being pushed by the algorithm. My video received nearly 1400 views, the video I had made received 1500. The following video received 256 views and after that my videos have been completely dead. 0 views, though I think I know at least partially why they are dead. I am posting every day at the same time. I am also posting on tiktok daily, but the highest views on there was 770 for 1 video with 11 likes.
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Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Bump Bump
Omegartlx
Omegartlx4mo ago
First, you need players for people to actually stay on the server. Based on my personal experience, always heavily advertise your server before release. Get people to queue up in your Discord most of those players will stay for at least a week or two. That’s the perfect time to ramp up your advertising even more to build a steady player base. Once you’ve got that, start posting videos either showcasing your players or highlighting random features of the server. These should be shorts and TikToks, and make sure to use relevant hashtags to boost visibility. Other people can probably give you more experienced or detailed advice, but in my 6 years of running servers, this is what has consistently worked best.
Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Unfortunately I need players in order for players to stay on the server. I only have 2 people on a few times per week and only a few more people in my discord. As for advertising, I am trying to promote my server through youtube / tiktok because I can't afford to advertise it any other way. I don't have enough money to advertise on voting sites. I have made videos highlighting some features of my server, but they don't seem to be doing well. Thanks for the advice! I'll just continue making videos and hope they start doing better.
Omegartlx
Omegartlx4mo ago
Can i see some of the videos you made and also have you tried reddit and twitter they work pretty well too!
Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Of course! Gladly. This one I created myself and the rest are videos that were made for me. The other videos I made are scheduled still. https://youtube.com/shorts/qwPyoNxTNHU?feature=share
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Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Used AI to generate the title and description as I had absolutely no idea what to write. Also, I have not tried Reddit or Twitter yet. Didn't think either of them would produce any results, but I should really be on every social media platform. Which sub-reddits to you suggest?
Omegartlx
Omegartlx4mo ago
For me personally i use r/SMP, r/mcbuddies, r/mcserver for reddit. There is alot you could improve with your videos. 1. Add 60% opacity text with the ip of the server (Most people are to lazy to click the channel and usually dont watch till the end of the video) 2. Make the videos less ai. I know i know a little more effort but people really hate the ai slop right now. 3. Use trending music because tiktok and shorts detect the music and push it even more. Will add more to this list when i wake up tmrw. Please just remind me
Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Thanks! I'll definitely add the server IP to the videos. As for the AI, I understand and I agree. I only used AI for the descriptions of one or two videos and the voice over because I refuse to do the voice overs myself and it at least sounds quite natural. I'll remind you tomorrow. Appreciate the input immensely. I was preoccupied today, so this is a late reminder. YouTube and Tiktok both seem to hate my content and I don't understand why. YouTube my last video received 7 views in the last 24 hours and the last 4 or 5 videos I uploaded to TikTok have 0 views. Bump. Is there no one who could give me some helpful advice?
huntingzap
huntingzap4mo ago
You probably don't have a strong enough hook. also social media is like putting a coin in a slot machine. You just keep doing it until you hit the jackpot. I have probably 20+ videos that never took off, but I kept posting and got some drive
Ken_Shinigami
Ken_ShinigamiOP4mo ago
Thanks. Yeah, that's what I am doing at the moment. Just posting until youtube gives me some views. If they can give me more views I'll have a better idea of what works and what doesn't. I have around 14 shorts I made that I have scheduled so at least it's keeping the channel alive. My only problem is I can't afford to keep paying for hosting for years until I wait for youtube to finally give me some views. So I guess I'm just screwed no matter what I do.

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