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What are they?

Over the years, YouTube has analyzed its top creators and how they engage with their audiences on the platform. They’ve identified 10 key fundamental principles to a successful creative strategy. While not all of them are totally necessary, the more of them you are able to implement into your content, the higher the chance that it will be discovered and shared. These 10 fundamentals are that content should be:

  • Shareable
  • Accessible
  • Conversational
  • Consistent
  • Sustainable
  • Discoverable
  • Collaborative
  • Interactive
  • Targeted
  • Authentic

Shareable

You need to make engaging content that your audience will love and want to share with their friends.

Accessible

If a viewer discovers one of your YouTube videos, can they appreciate it without having to watch all the other videos in your channel? Being accessible will allow for your videos to populate various different feeds and audiences that will expand your audience.

Conversational

Are you having a conversation with your audience? Make sure that there’s an element of speaking directly to the audience within your video. This should help you connect to your community and bond with your fans.

Consistent

Consistency can involve multiple things. Do you have a regular schedule that you stick to? Is the format of your videos similar across the board? Is the on-screen personality consistent with every upload?

Sustainable

If you make a video and it becomes super successful, will you be able to make more of it? This might not be the case if the video was very expensive to produce.

Discoverable

Will people find your content? This means ensuring that titles are correct, and that your metadata clearly identifies what your content is about. It also means that you need to make content that your viewers are searching for.

Collaborative

Many digital content creators collaborate with other creators to help grow their channels. For successful collaborations, make sure you have a similar target audience and create a guest spot that’s appealing. It’s also important to collaborate with creators who have already shown an affinity to your product.

Interactive

Is there a way to involve your audience in your content? If your audience sees that they are being heard and that your content is being shaped according their comments, they will appreciate it and come back for more.

Targeted

Do you know who’s watching your content? You can learn about your audience by engaging with them on social media, seeing what they like, what they don’t like, and understanding what they expect from your channel. The more niche your audience is, the more engagement you will see on your content.

Authentic

Your content needs to be authentic, authoritative, and most importantly show your passion for the subject matter. On camera, it will be clear from your body language if you’re passionate about your subject. Your audience will engage more with your content if they feel your message is credible and authentic.  

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Carlos Pacheco

Carlos Pacheco is the Vice President of Audience Development at Boat Rocker Media. Managing a team dedicated to online audience growth, Carlos has grown YouTube channels to have millions of subscribers and billions of views. Follow Carlos on Twitter on @carlospache_co for great social media tips.

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