Just joined any advice for a newbie streamer?
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Saigith
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Hello everyone, I just started streaming and was wondering if you had any advise for the road to 500 concurrent? Streaming is something that I have wanted to do for some time, I just don't know how to really get started. Help?
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MavenOfMisfortune
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If you're streaming for the purpose of getting partnered, you're likely not going to make it very far. You have to enjoy streaming and be able to bear a lot of 0 viewer streams. Because the number one thing that helps starting streamers as far as I've seen is persistence. Streaming often and consistently helps build an audience and also helps you develop your rhythm and figure out what works for you. Followers and watchers don't come quickly. I've been streaming for over a year now and only have around 230 followers and I still get 0 viewer streams sometime. Perhaps that's a failing on my part, but I'm still making progress every day.
Other than that, I'd say your next two biggest tools are curiosity and networking. Watch other streams, see what you like, see what you don't like. If you really like something they do, try a few google searches to see if there's information available on how to do that thing. Guides aren't uncommon, especially for common streamer tools or features. While you do that, make sure to get to know other people, not only streamers but industry contacts and communities and the like. Collaborate and exchange with people you like, show interest in what they do, support them. They don't have to be big to be important. They can even be just starting as well. Just follow your heart and think about what you want your channel to be associated with.
Those three things, I think, are the biggest. I might not be an authority, but they're what I believe. I'm doing my best to grow like that, and I hope you'll take those values to heart as well!
Other than that, I'd say your next two biggest tools are curiosity and networking. Watch other streams, see what you like, see what you don't like. If you really like something they do, try a few google searches to see if there's information available on how to do that thing. Guides aren't uncommon, especially for common streamer tools or features. While you do that, make sure to get to know other people, not only streamers but industry contacts and communities and the like. Collaborate and exchange with people you like, show interest in what they do, support them. They don't have to be big to be important. They can even be just starting as well. Just follow your heart and think about what you want your channel to be associated with.
Those three things, I think, are the biggest. I might not be an authority, but they're what I believe. I'm doing my best to grow like that, and I hope you'll take those values to heart as well!
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Prollos
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Totally agree with everything Maven said, whilst you have a great goal of 500 concurrent viewers ( hopefully one day you get it ) I'd advise setting little goals for yourself, such as follower goals, that way when you achieve these smaller goals you'll feel like you're accomplishing something as you try to get to your main goal.
Another trick to learn is be used to talking to yourself from time to time, I've been in 0 - 10 viewer chats and the worst thing is to see a streamer just sitting there being quiet, just be ready to engage chat even if its one person as that one person may tell a friend about the stream and slowly the viewership will rise and they may become a regular.
Branding can be a keen aspect too, having a clean overlay and nice title bars below the stream can make a impression to the viewer that you care about the stream as you've took the time to dress it up a little instead of just a screen of the game with a webcam placed over.
finally just stream for fun, the great thing with this as your attitude is people will quickly see that and will probably want to stay for the good time, a constant thing I see on twitch is new streamers going in both feet hoping to make money from it and its the wrong attitude, it takes time and hard work to build a stream to the point where you can make a living from it.
good luck with your future endeavours on twitch though \o/
Another trick to learn is be used to talking to yourself from time to time, I've been in 0 - 10 viewer chats and the worst thing is to see a streamer just sitting there being quiet, just be ready to engage chat even if its one person as that one person may tell a friend about the stream and slowly the viewership will rise and they may become a regular.
Branding can be a keen aspect too, having a clean overlay and nice title bars below the stream can make a impression to the viewer that you care about the stream as you've took the time to dress it up a little instead of just a screen of the game with a webcam placed over.
finally just stream for fun, the great thing with this as your attitude is people will quickly see that and will probably want to stay for the good time, a constant thing I see on twitch is new streamers going in both feet hoping to make money from it and its the wrong attitude, it takes time and hard work to build a stream to the point where you can make a living from it.
good luck with your future endeavours on twitch though \o/
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Malta1565
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Cohh has some Videos on his YouTube with streaming advice for new streamers. You might want to give those a look also. Good luck.
