I bought 1,000 real YouTube subscribers... here's what happened (YouTube promotions)

[@Marcus-Jones]

Watch this video next to see me break down what happens when I bought 5 million views kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4vQn52rYsuDpdE Also, want help to reach your first 1k subscribers? If so, click here link.how-to-reach-1000-subscribers.com/learn-more

[@21stcenturyscots]

Is this buying of subscibers and clicks not violating youtube's terms of service?

[@user-dc6yr4it4r]

Hello dear, Hope you are well, and thanks. Your KZbin video content is just amazing. Your channel has No Problems. Your video needs to be on pages with SEO and Off-page SEO. If you do on-page SEO and off-page SEO for your channel videos, your channel subscribers and views will increase day by day. I have completed lots of orders with success. I am a professional KZbin expert. I will help you if you want. If you have any questions just inbox me Thanks & Regards.

[@patrickhaffey2181]

Okay you skipped a step. You showed how to click promote. Did that. But there was no prompt to put in a card number to spend the money to promote it. How do I do that?

[@easylistening-ad27am]

@@patrickhaffey2181 Sometimes your payment information is saved in a payments profile, which is associated with your Google Account (Google wallet, etc))

[@jjdmdesigns]

Is there a reason I wouldn’t see this feature on my phone? Does it need to be done on computer?

[@BillyWright-xg6ig]

Its kinda crazy how nobody is talking about SMM KPM, they are by far the cheapest panel in the world

[@petarkolakovic8417]

yea pretty schocked tbh, they are the cheapest platform to buy subs that I have come across, tnx man

[@Ameliaa_ASMR]

I used promotion, I chose low CPMS countries from the video and I'd like to share what happened to my channel. I chose a video that already had the most views. I started the promotion on Feb 7, 2024 and ended on Feb 21, 2024. I spent €75.35 and this happened. I started with 14 subscribers and now I have 2,842. The video went from 165 views to 43,181. Also, the views of my other videos have grown. Overall I'm pretty satisfied with the result. Thank you for this video😃

[@Cinematic_Revelations-24]

So its not patched yet

[@4rtivist]

@@Cinematic_Revelations-24The real question is if the monetization aspect is patched

[@witheredcanadiangames9329]

i' m trying to start a promotion but it's not working my card doesnt show up bruh

[@4rtivist]

@@witheredcanadiangames9329 you have google adsense set up?

[@ElevatedMindz]

@Ameliaa_ASMR would or have you ran another promotion again, and over all did your watch hours go up after the promotion?

[@jazsebastian]

Awesome thanks brother I tried something similar to this some months ago and thought it was a raging success, but it was not, google ads was a real scam haha and the view count is a lie. Looking forward to implementing your new method here via youtube studio as opposed to the google ads interface. Fingers crossed we get some traction, great video mate all the best!! :)

[@soundeffectasmr]

If you are reading this, I hope your channel grows in 2024! DONT GIVE UP!

[@W1KTORious]

Thanks man!

[@louWoooo]

Ayyy 🫡

[@MIDNIGHT_MINDS_PSYCHOLOGY]

Wish you all the best 🔥

[@GerUnreal]

Its not easy for a german KZbin Channel, but Thanks man!

[@JonathansColdBloodedCritters]

As for you! We will all make it one day ❤

[@Yetr]

Thanks for sharing your experience! It's interesting to see how the KZbin Promotions feature can boost subscribers quickly. However, the long-term engagement and genuine connection with your audience are still crucial for success. Quality content and organic growth seem to be the key elements for sustained success on KZbin. Keep up the great work, Marcus! 💪🚀

[@jeanineskitchen2607]

I agree,there was a crazy roller coaster where i went up to 1400 subs in 48 hrs and lost 700 in a day, I seem to have finally stablized at just over 400 and im trying to stay without promoting i tried and it didnt work for me people leave. I want to grow organically so I can do this for a few years I hope. But I love the advice Marcus gives so far i have done what he suggest,its just crazy how this algorythem thing works. I do a cooking channel and 2 not great videos got over 1000 likes and over a 1000 views? I felt I have better food content but whatever. I'm retired and cooking is a passion so im in for the long haul. sorry for the novel.

[@bluntpathway]

This is true, thats how I am trying to grow my channel.

[@WaybackRewind]

@@jeanineskitchen2607true these subscribers gained through the promotion don’t seem to hang around as much as the organic subscribers.

[@SnipLabs]

Thanks! At the beginning of the promotion i was on 100 subscribers. £18.50 later and 2 weeks on, I'm on 1,050. Was not expecting these types of results!

[@pointlez]

you promote your shorts?

[@Exyronite]

It’s my birthday today and i still haven’t got a subscriber today

[@LoopLab_]

Wait till they terminate your channel 💀

[@AliyahDavis-xr5nf]

@@Exyronite Hello Peacegoize Would you like to learn how to grow your KZbin channel by increasing your views, subscribers. Watch hours and viral video strategy?

[@AliyahDavis-xr5nf]

@@LoopLab_ Hello Peacegoize Would you like to learn how to grow your KZbin channel by increasing your views, subscribers. Watch hours and viral video strategy?

[@MatCaveGaming]

I used the promotions feature a few times and my favorite result is that it drove traffic to my other videos. That became my primary purpose for using it. Having a pinned comment, end-screen and card on the promoted video lead those viewers on a path to other videos. I set it up with a specific path and it worked. I was thrilled! Basically, promoted 1 video that resulted in increasing activity on other videos. This is a feature I will most likely come back to in the future, but certainly not something I would recommend being used on a regular basis. This is a sometimes feature. Rare occasion at most. Excellent video as always! I have learned a lot from your channel. Greatly appreciated!

[@Sky_Watchers]

Hey 👋 I follow you lol

[@AIGodSkills]

Yes it works

[@TheLordPanic]

Yeah but my question is that do those watch hours on those other videos contribute to the partner program? That's the key. Another idea I came up with have 2 YT accounts. Where you promote your main account on a secondary account that way your main account violates no rules and the views and subs you receive are perceived as organic.

[@MatCaveGaming]

@@TheLordPanic From what I understand, the watch hours of the promoted video during the promotion when clicked on from the promotion, do not count. BUT, any watch hours that the viewer puts in on another video they watched because of seeing the promoted video, do.

[@TheLordPanic]

@@MatCaveGaming that’s interesting. It’s actually a good strategy

[@jerseygirlASMR]

Thank you so much! You helped me reach 1000 subscribers today

[@SuccessTube27]

YEAH>?@@taqiahimani

[@jerseygirlASMR]

@@taqiahimani his advice worked as you can see I only started posting videos three months ago

[@gabriellamass]

who you grow so fast?

[@SuccessTube27]

@@gabriellamass 🤓

[@visaarena]

😢

[@LindaNystorm]

I think its completely cool to buy some subs, likes etc in the beginning but only if you really have quality content. I didn't want to work my a** of just to get couple of likes. I got myself little push from Fame ster in terms of subs and only after that my channel started to get organic traffic. Great video btw!

[@TheLordPanic]

Yeah I came across a reddit post that said the exact same thing. They were mentioning that ads are not good for long term strat ut a great way to give your account that initial boost.

[@QuentinExplores]

I am starting to think the same. My first videos were definitely not great (old camera gear + we all make mistakes when starting something new) but now with experience and new camera gear I get a lot of praise on most recent uploads. The problem is, YT still does not make a lot of video impressions because I am a small channel, and YT is a numbers game so no one subscribes. So I am starting to think I should just make YT promotions until I reach 10-20K subscribers, then the numbers game should just do the rest.

[@BedroomTips001]

​@@QuentinExplores Truth which is what most big channel don't wanna tell us ,some run private ads on other media and channel it down to KZbin run ads till u get a substantial numbers then leave it to grow organically

[@d4s0n282]

@@QuentinExplores hows it doing?

[@Sketchexplainer1]

How can I use fame star. I just started my channel

[@AngelsEdgeOfficial]

I fine-tuned your analytic. I sat here with my husband last night and saw one video that already had about 5.5k views in three weeks get another 5K in one-hour last night after fine-tuning your teachings. I also figured out some things on my own. Retention rate is good for many of my music videos. Keep in mind, some may just want to gain more followers for whatever personal reasons they may have. I just loved listening to your videos, Marcus. I learned quite a bit from what I already knew. Cheers!

[@ateaima]

Wow, nice exploring this method in youtube! Thank you for sharing. I will do this when I uploaded at least 10 long form videos.

[@accountBlowersMazansi]

You will grow this year on KZbin God bless

[@AsianCelebrityScoop]

Hopefully ❤

[@jeanlovestarot]

@@AsianCelebrityScoopmanifest. Definitely

[@Ho-ran]

Following up on this; what he says at the end should tell you whether you should try this or not. I have had enough watch hours for a few months but need the subscribers to catch up. I tried this with two videos and promoted them until mid-January 2024 with just a small amount of money. and within 15 hours I had 300 more subscribers and now I can at least apply for the program. It does work.

[@yothere4863]

If you don't mind me asking how did you have it set up because I'm not getting the same results has him and I feel like I'm doing something wrong It's for a food channel

[@Ho-ran]

@@yothere4863 I have it set up the same way he does in the video…

[@Ho-ran]

@@yothere4863 Oh to be more specific I did the low buying power countries only and left out The United States

[@TheMimiShows]

Do you know why your viewers are not subscribing?

[@yothere4863]

@@TheMimiShows I'm getting around 1 Sub for ever like 80 views which I feel is a pretty good ratio. Is it not.

[@hajpans]

Awesome content as always! 💪💪

[@thetopfootycoach]

Thanks for the video, gives me at least a decision to think about, as always appreciate the videos

[@divertrecords]

Very informative video, thank you. I'm not obsessed with marketing but I wanted to kickstart my channel and this knowledge helps me.

[@Ebikeboogie]

Gained 4k+ subs using this method took about two weeks! Thank you!!

[@austinwebdev]

Its counting the subs DIRECTLY FROM the promotion. If a person watches a different video on ur channel and subscribes then they count that as organic because u pushed that session time with the quality of the videos. If they see ur promo video on a device where they arent logged in and then they go on their phone and search u up ans subscribe it gets counted as organic. If they share a video or send it to theirself or a friend it gets counted as organic. Also having views and subs makes other people more likely to watch or sub because of social proof.

[@DivineDissident]

I would think the watch hours would also count from those other videos they watched, that part is not making sense to me.

[@bettingbelle]

We found the exact same results here. It was so dramatically successful that we decided to pause all promotions because subs were growing so much faster than views. We also started using it only on shorts so that it didn’t affect watch time so much.

[@angielski_inaczej]

You seem like you're not telling the truth. Just advertising the product.

[@bettingbelle]

@@angielski_inaczej I mean - think what you want but if you check like social blade or something you can see that on Halloween we had 5k subs and we hit 22k after like 6 weeks, maybe less. Also, if I was trying to promote it I wouldn’t criticize the fact that watch time was terrible and views didn’t grow as fast as subs. Frankly, subs are a vanity metric at this point and KZbin algorithm cares more about views and watch time. So while the boost helped, it’s not a magic bullet for success.

[@Ho-ran]

@@angielski_inaczeji can back this up, I tried it and my channel blew up over night literally (probably because all of those low buying power countries are awake when we sleep lol). I went from 400 subs to 1,300 in like 15 hours. I got worried that it was growing too fast so I just stopped the promotion after a week.

[@ReachFilms]

what does this even mean???? you think the poster is working for google? come on now@@angielski_inaczej

[@WhyKlef]

Ohhh, I like that idea... shorts only. Thanks!

[@ajvaldez]

Great Video!!! Thanks bro, I am going to try this.

[@adorethered]

The only critique I have with targeting low cpm countries is the prevalence of bot farms in those countries. It sucks because the subscriber cost is super low, but they are often not real people but bot accounts, and as such your videos and organic algorithm will be damaged as a result. This is a typical truth taught in most digital marketing courses (including googles own digital marketing certification course), unfortunately moral of the story is you get what you pay for. Generally it's better to run ads on tier one and MAYBE tier two marketing countries. It's much more expensive but the chances of them being a real person that's really interested in your content is much higher as a result.

[@Jamesgalc-gs8wu]

This is a fantastic comment and should be pinned. Any more gems to share?

[@GAVINHR]

Late to the party on this but it 100% worked, was growing my second channel, had 10k watch hours but only 900 subs after a year, used the promotions tab to promote the video that had gained me the most subs just to see what happened, same findings - in the YPP it showed I had met the requirements and the promotion subs had counted.

[@joel_hunter]

@Gavinhr did you get a bump in watch hours as well? I have subs but am lacking watch hours on my long form content.

[@Cenapsis]

I cannot thank you enough for this golden advice, Marcus. For over a year, my channel was gaining about one subscriber for every 650+ views. I set up a $100 two-week YT promotion with the low CPM group. After a little over a week, I've gained over 3,200 subscribers and at least 12k views! Wonderful and proven advice! Thanks, again!

[@menamedmilk]

ur content is great tho

[@TravelDiary-m4p]

did it work with monetization?

[@kiplerff2438]

for safe youtube followers Smmbump

[@PrettyPennyClub]

This was a really interesting video, but anyone looking to grow a sustainable channel should ignore the lure of buying anything. Simply focus on content. The subs and watch time will look after themselves and finding an audience naturally will surely lead to better results longer term.

[@ThaRealestGamer]

Bro you actually HELP people THANK YOU❗️❗️❗️

[@ThePowderHorn]

To the new KZbinr..you can do it! Keep up the good work!

[@davetriesthis]

So my channel had 4000 subs on Christmas (thanks Santa) and I watched this the next day. I did a test too. Picked a good traffic video but not the highest from search. Did a $50 spend across about a week. Picked up 200 subs in 24 hours. Almost all within about an hour so it looks like YT dumps all the ad buy at once. That 200 maxed out the about $4.50 a day spend. So I shortened the campaign by three days and just got 203 more. Now I'm already monetized and subs aren't as important as views or interaction but most PR teams still use subs as a measure so it's nice. But it definitely works and I think it works best with content that's already got some algorithm action.

[@AIGodSkills]

Hi Dave , can you tell me how to shorten the subs ? I spent $100 and hit the 1K Now I tho k I can pause the spending. Is that correct ? Thanks in advance 😊

[@davetriesthis]

@@AIGodSkills if you go to the promote section you can pause the campaign. If you can't find that tool click on any video three dot icons and select promote and it'll bring you to the dashboard

[@PokeFX_Tube]

You asked for a follow up on this! I got you bro. I was able to track down where are the other subs coming. Seems this are people who interact with the people who actually subscribed with the ad. So it's like a domino effect. Now, I also noticed that the ad was killing my metric, so I created a 30 second teaser to invite watch the full video on my channel, and bingo! I have like a 50-60% watch time duration and getting subs. Btw, the other thing I did was adding the full video as a click, so when they click they actually watch the video without the "ad view", so it's counting on my watch time! Cheers mate

[@stupidboiler]

mind explaining the last part?

[@accandid]

Thanks for the tips and hard work pumping out content!👍 I think organically getting subs is still better even though it looks good to see the large amount of subscribers on the channel. The KZbin grind is such a mountain of a climb, it pains me to see when people consistently pump out content but the growth doesn't follow. I hope everyone that reads this may continue to strive for that goal of becoming successful and get monetized!

[@1ND1V1DUAL1ST]

I'm trying I put work into my videos but it seems everyone I know that started after me grows faster than me and they don't even put in half the effort.

[@accandid]

@@1ND1V1DUAL1ST I had the similar problem before but I think I am at the point now where I am okay with the slow progress, still discouraging but looking forward to perfecting what content I am gonna make to stand out. Keep pushing forward!!! You got this! 🎉🎉On the plus side you are almost 5x the subscriber I have 😂

[@1ND1V1DUAL1ST]

@accandid I go back and forth between not caring and getting into competitive mode and thinking I'm failing. You're right though, I'm not gonna quit but it definitely gets discouraging sometimes. We got this, we just have to make it through the night to reach the sunrise. I'm sorry for complaining, but it also makes me feel better that someone understands. I wish you much success, if it makes you feel better it looks like you just started and the amount of subscribers you have now took me around a month or two to get so if you stay dedicated you'll be surpassing me in no time as well 🤣🤣.

[@do-rightjr1]

It can’t happen overnight organically is tough but worth it tbh

[@CyberMusicLab-xt1vt]

@@1ND1V1DUAL1ST I took a peak at your page. If you're open to advice: it's difficult to tell what your content is about by browsing your thumbnails, try providing more information in your thumbnails, use good contrast between your text and image and give the viewer a hook to draw them in. Just my 2cents, I didn't watch your videos, so feedback is only base on the thumbnails and titles, which are very key to getting views.

[@CallMeViiru]

ESTONIA HERE! Love Your videos! 👍👍

[@HoldThisBeard]

I did youtube beta promotions. I started my channel in august. Have been spending about 350 usd now. I have now 39.000 subs in 7 months. Around 12.000 subs is from promotions.

[@Haze_FPS]

Still doing it the old-fashioned way, pray that i hit 100 soon. Happy New Year everyone🎉 ( Update i'm at 61 now and was at 48 yaay )

[@NoKillz]

i just drop a sub :)

[@Haze_FPS]

@@NoKillz and i just appreciate you :)

[@Kakusuo]

I hope I reach 100 soon too

[@Haze_FPS]

@RahaanPlayz tnx man

[@StuffCentralstuffs]

Good video, that's for the information! Imma see what I can cook up 🤔

[@cerebraltackle]

Well done, well explained, we'll executed! 💯👊

[@reso_2]

Finally reached 1k subs,thanks to u❤

[@30KSteps]

Congrats! 🎉 It's only going up from here man.

[@Marcus-Jones]

Massvie W

[@reso_2]

@@Marcus-Jones ty bro so much

[@dasonproduction6157]

Dason Production KZbin

[@dasonproduction6157]

Good

[@Ho-ran]

now this is some solid research. Nicely done

[@Marcus-Jones]

Thank you

[@rucifail]

Just wanted to say thanks. I followed your tips on using Estonia, Indonesia etc with English as the language. I promoted an old video from over a year ago to when I was still learning how to do YT and re did the thumbnail and description to hopefully help improve the CTR. The video only had 56 views on it after over a year. I had 700 existing subs, and I already had +6000hrs watchtime. Since the promotion was approve around 12 hours ago, I've already gained 100 subs and the video has a further 300 views on it. I chose to do a $50AUD promotion to run for two weeks, I can't imagine that the growth will continue in the same manner as it has in the last 12 hours, but hold onto your hats if it does! Thanks again and Happy New Year!

[@yapma1234]

did u try it on this channel or another one?

[@rucifail]

​@honestnerd ​@honestnerd I got 1200 new subscribers for $50AUD.... but they're not very active subs and not one commented on the promoted video. It doesn't appear to have affected my channel as it still behaves exactly as it did with 700 subscribers. I'll do another in a few months but targeting my own country not the ones listed in the video.

[@advancedhittingtraining8233]

So for a channel not yet monetized, will those subscribers count towards the monetization program?

[@rucifail]

Yes​@@advancedhittingtraining8233

[@rucifail]

@@advancedhittingtraining8233 yes

[@thaytrilamnong]

Wow, that's a bold move! It's always important to be cautious when it comes to buying subscribers. The engagement and authenticity of your audience are crucial for long-term success on KZbin. Excited to hear about your experience! 💪👀👀

[@quizzatv]

This is so true. I would actually advise against doing this. It will kill your view count and your engagement rate. Organic growth will no longer be a think after using this

[@Mactakun]

Nah this is essentially showing your videos to more people. It is organic growth, just accelerated with money.

[@TheArenaGod]

@@Mactakun agreed. most of my growth out of this method came organically. promotion shows it giving 100 subs when im really gaining 700 that day. watch time is through the roof in a nice spread among all recent videos. i have promoted 3 videos so far this past month and my channel growth is astounding. audience retention averages only get silly on the promoted videos.

[@RadWulfXX]

This has been super helpful brother. Thank you. I have been trying to better market my music videos further across the world and this might do the trick :)

[@RunieDayeVT]

I tried using promotions I did get alot of subs from it, the downside is they are all dead subs and don't look at your videos. That's why I started over to earn it organically

[@AllAboutPurple]

That’s a great point but was starting over necessary?

[@RunieDayeVT]

@@AllAboutPurple yup XD 80% of audience was Nigeria and India they don't stick..

[@WaybackRewind]

True. This works if you only want subs just for bragging rights. They don’t watch your videos and tend to disappear after a short time. I got like 10,000+ subs from promotions and my views didn’t budge one bit.

[@AngelBery]

Just started 25 days ako. Had 200 subs. Until I started promoting my videos. Now I'm currently at 1933 subs, 21,000 views. I'm happy. I don't plan to use ads forever but it's a good kickstart specially if you do not have social media audience yet.

[@ShinigamiRyan]

Congrats on the bots.

[@AngelBery]

@ShinigamiRyan are they? They pretty responsive as bots. So I'm okay with that for now. Anyways, I'm just enjoying my trips and creative (not much) hobby. 😊

[@MariaFashion-Niqab]

Itu bagus... Bisakah Anda memberi saran bagaimana Anda melakukannya?... Apakah Anda mempromosikan berdasarkan Pertumbuhan Pemirsa atau penayangan video dan jenis iklan apa? Terima kasih banyak sebelumnya

[@AngelBery]

@MariaFashion-Niqab i boosted for audience since I already hit 1k subscribers. Just to reach more people. And I choose specific country, which is my home country.

[@jasonkay-GET-INTO-PROPERTY]

Good result. How many have shown on your "earnings" tab for monetization goals?

[@rexanneseth2000]

Interesting topic. I learned something new on this. Hope your channel grows exponentially this year! I am at at 41 subs but being patient about it. I know my time will come 😀

[@technodesignia]

You are a Legend buddy! Thank you for sharing and well organised🙏

[@GOINGSTRONGPODCAST]

Small Content Creators just keep grinding hard work pays off good luck

[@ThomasTornevall]

This is quite interesting actually, because the question is - depending on how you actually handle subscribers and views - do you really get followers who are interested in what you create, or just random people who aren't? For example, I value having followers who also like what I do.

[@tech9igns14]

Hmm, cant seem to find my previous message. Sent just over a week ago. I was on 245 subs when id sent it. I've followed your method & its taken my subs up to 2.8K. Still a few days left till it ends. Infact i took out another; for £20.00, the first for £75.00. Ive also swapped & rotated the video's i used for the campaign. & they've all caught views & subs. Ive accounted about 70 subs from the videos according to the data, & ive know idea where the other 2k plus subs have come from 🤷🏾‍♂️. Definitely not complaining. Thanks man 👍🏾👍🏾

[@PossibleIronMan]

I Love your Comment

[@rasalresid9147]

I wish I had this video back when I was starting. I was so mad because I had great content but wasn't getting any attention. 1k was mission impossible. I was lucky when I found out I can boost my channel with initial subs just enough to start getting noticed. I got myself first couple of hundred subs for very low price (I personally used a little bit of Famester). After that my main channel gained a ton of organic traffic.

[@AlbertRyanstein]

but you only have 70 subs

[@JDM-Chaser]

​@@AlbertRyanstein some people have multiple yt accounts under one gmail

[@RenegadeElite101]

@@AlbertRyansteinAnd no videos. He must be trying to advertise, brag, or perhaps he’s using a private account 🤔

[@khrisfitness]

My channel had 117 subscribers only yesterday and now over 1k in just 24 hours by spending as little as £40. 🙏🙏 thanks Marcus for a fantastic video! now I need to work on my views to start making passive income. This is the best video ever!

[@RacekorStuff]

I followed the "Low CPM, English speaking" instructions yesterday and today I got the notification "Your Google Ad account is suspended - Your account violated the Circumventing systems policy." So these might not be great instructions anymore.

[@Danny_Walk_Stay]

me too... but I appeal and my account got unsuspended after that. But I am so scare after that and will not dare to press the promote button anymore.

[@RacekorStuff]

@@Danny_Walk_Stay I ended up also getting unsuspended, and then ran a couple promotions with really good results. I got roughly 1,300 subscribers for $50 between 3 different promotions.

[@bluntzy0414]

Glad I saw this.. guess it has been patched🫠

[@MuscleMindsFitness_]

Words of Wisdom! Thanks and good luck Everyone

[@JonathansColdBloodedCritters]

Theres so much more that goes into making youtube then i thought! Good luck to everyone this next year ❤

[@Mr.Sage001]

If you are reading this, I hope your channel grows in 2024! DON'T GIVE UP! 🙏

[@TheBlastedMan.]

Hope everyone’s channel grows this year! I just started my own!

[@pinballjunkies]

Never give up, we subbed ❤

[@Ami.r]

You will be successful 👍 👍 👍

[@mybourbonjourney]

I hope mine grows as well! Cheers, and thanks for the great info! 🥃

[@QuizzingaNow]

This works! Thank you so much ❤❤❤ I was struggling to hit the 1k subscribers mark, I was at almost 700. My 4k watch hours were done two months ago. This boost helped me enter the YPP! I'm grateful to you and your video 🙂🙂🙂 You saved me a few months of struggle, which we all know can burn you out when it's faced with slow results.

[@pnwdevv]

Subs from promos still count towards YPP?

[@QuizzingaNow]

@@pnwdevv In my case, they did..

[@RuleKidsTV]

Hey I just subscribed to your page.

[@pnwdevv]

@@RuleKidsTV What about me

[@RuleKidsTV]

@@pnwdevv I subscribed also.

[@easylistening-ad27am]

Great video! Thank you!

[@PokePond]

Getting there, closing in on 1k organically 😊

[@pinballjunkies]

We subbed, good luck!

[@8DollarBeats]

How long did it take?

[@PokePond]

@@8DollarBeats On my first channel 10 years. On this channel 5 months. Bigger market audience and used everything I learnt, 👍

[@Ami.r]

Good luck 👍

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

Good luck to you, I ain't even close to 1k subs (I have 16 subs from before I deleted all my videos).

[@MaxEnglishCoach]

Argentinian here! Great content my friend! :D

[@YouTube-Growth-Specialist]

Hi Dear, I hope you are doing well. I am a KZbin video SEO expert. I was analyzing your KZbin channel. I am really impressed by your videos, but your KZbin channel has some issues. You have made many videos, but your KZbin channel is not getting as many views and subscribers as expected. Because you have no complete SEO for any videos, no channel tags, and no video tags, if you SEO your videos, your subscribers and views will increase, and your channel will grow. Your video quality is very good, but the channel is not increasing due to not doing video SEO. By doing video SEO, the channel grows faster. I can help you if you want.

[@MarcusMaths2]

Following up on this video, I just wanted to say thank you. I gave these methods a try and it absolutely works, the growth received in such a short time is next-level and have already recommended YT promotions and this video to others. Great job!

[@JeeMG]

It’s really helpful. Thank you so much 👍👍

[@VlogCreations]

Is it not possible that the extra subscribers came from organic views? Being that your channel was gaining so many new subs at once, KZbin could’ve been promoting it?

[@sunnyhaze76]

Lol my fav american youtuber😀 whats up ross,btw,i would like to subscribe to your website but need another payment option😩

[@lessonzilla]

Started my channel in 2021, still not reached 1000 subscribers... to all channels trying to make it, all the best! Keep going.

[@TangeniFX]

Great data. am gonna use this to drive traffic to my videos

[@chaosevolution]

Thanks for the info!

[@people2chronically-online]

Keep in mind you should still promote to America and have title cards to other videos, the KZbin promotions probably won’t be active but if you are actively helping it could put you on KZbin’s algorithm

[@CopesteticMillionaire_]

May KZbin journey in 2024 be filled with prosperity and purpose.🎉

[@Finding_Our_Way]

I gave this a try and followed your instructions. I have my watch hours, but not many subs. So far on day 2 of the promo, and subs have gone from 420 to 661. Great trick to help get monetized. Thanks

[@pinballjunkies]

We subbed to ya, good luck ❤

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@pinballjunkies thanks!!

[@advancedhittingtraining8233]

Good stuff, but when I go to Promotions on my channel studio, it says that subs through a promotion do not contribute to KZbin Partner eligibility.

[@Finding_Our_Way]

@@advancedhittingtraining8233 ya for some reason it seems to count toward the subscriber count, but i dont think the watch hrs. Perhaps its a error in youtube code or somthing, because i was notified i have the requirments now to apply for monetization. 🤔

[@Finding_Our_Way]

Update: I ran a $50CAD promo following these instructions for under 2 weeks, i went from 420 Subs to 1,673 subs. These DID count towards monetization for me, and was approved within 24 hrs. Somthing to note, i had my watch hrs already. And The data that shows how many subs are from this promo doesnt add up with my channel. But for my particular circumstance this worked and has motivated me to start putting out "How to" content in my Niche. Thanks for this video!! :)

[@R0guezMZ]

I hope your channel grows in 2024!!

[@ilkayboraoder]

Bro!!! you really made my day. Thank you

[@ItsBate]

Interesting! Great to see the data, will check this out!👏

[@WhenAnimalsAttack]

Ive watched the whole video. The fact that your watch time gets effected makes this whole thing not worth it. Not to mention the inactive subscribers which makes it even more pointless. Great job with the video btw. 🍻 Organic growth all for the win!

[@animeinsane9611]

how do the watch time/hours get affected??....

[@mattias811]

Quite often the low cpm followers are not active they are literally as effective as bots . More spend per person gives more real value with future likes and hours . The ones that floods when you are doing promotions all over are is litteraly following thousands, they will not be active . The same goes for instagram , quality over quantity .

[@JustCalllMeStar]

So what should u do instead to get those people

[@VultusHistoriae]

If you have passion and desire for it, you will make it. organically. Fingers crossed for all small youtubers trying to get there on your own unique content 👏💪💪

[@dariusz.9119]

These "promotions" seem like a "legal" KZbin bots and not real viewers

[@Zivuzx]

Maybe you got the right idea here but who knows.

[@nomadphotographer]

Don't Give Up! is the key! Consistency is the correct way! See you on the top guys!! good job!

[@Sryvo]

Does this hurt your channels cost per view? Not sure where I seen, that by doing this, you also lower the amount of money you'll be making on your channel per view.

[@Marcus-Jones]

Not that I saw. Yes, the adrevenue from the promotion viewers wasn't high, but as mentioned in the video, it didn't seem to impact any organic stuff.

[@RobsNumismaticArchaeology]

I just used promotions for the first time. I promoted a short that I already had 27k views on to bring traffic in. Before promotions I had 460 subs and after promotions I now have 776. And...I only used $15!! My full length videos now are gaining more traffic. Still need 3k more for watch time unfortunately.

[@YokosoOtaku]

The 1k subs wasnt the worst for me to get organically. The watch hours have been the tricky part for me. IMO its easy enough to get subs quick by just loading your existing videos into an online AI short generator and posting them regularly. I'm fairly partial to slow organic growth over fast growth though so i dont think Im too interested in this.

[@Life_of_John]

Do you have a link to an online short generator? Thx

[@Ho-ran]

What AI system do you use to cut your vids into shorts?

[@YokosoOtaku]

@@Ho-ran I pay for OpusClip at the moment

[@jsocials]

The thrill of organic growth thumps all but struggling with subs. My 10k views got me 80 subs which i was happy abour but for 10k views should be higher. People subscribing to a channel is alot harder than initially thought.

[@YouTubeTeacherRemote]

Google Ads helped me with watch time

[@DOSEOFPEACE]

You will be there . Yes you 😊

[@7evensakenlights]

Smooth indeed

[@DrOMEB]

Pretty wild, first day 301 new subs, but only 23 according to promotion. The video also has a 57% retention rate 3:00 in. Video only shows 1.2k views on the video, but real time counter shows 2.6k. Something wonky definitely going on with the numbers.

[@TOP_FI5]

Hope we all succeed in this youtube journey :) Reached 100 subscribers today

[@TOP_FI5]

@ChemistryLab13 thank you for the motivation😄

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Awesome! 286 subs here.

[@TOP_FI5]

@@MobileGamingChronicles subscribed😀

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

@@TOP_FI5 thanks. I'll look at your content now.

[@SimushParty]

ok crossing my fingers it will work testing it right now!!! will update...stay tuned:) Thanks Marcus

[@SimushParty]

After 16h only it the promotion option as Marcus suggested got me already +35 subscribers…let’s see what will be in the upcoming 48h…interesting!!! Thanks Marcus

[@SimushParty]

Ok ✅ I’m in shock 😳 extra 3h…+50 subs 🤩 thanks for the tips Marcus ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tigersharksgamecorner]

So I crossed the 700 subscriber mark and apply for KZbin Partner Program. Do you know if the promotion pauses as KZbin reviews a channel? Or does it keep running? I’m asking because I haven’t seen any more impressions or views in the past 4 hours on the video since I applied for YPP this morning. I have only used 13% of the budget that I selected.

[@RYANandMICHELLEchannel]

The promotions are usually only running for 1 hour a day

[@tigersharksgamecorner]

@@RYANandMICHELLEchannel oh gotcha! Thanks for the reply! Makes sense, after I posted this I noticed more views/impressions 24 hours later.

[@realmikeshear]

Good video and thank you for the conclusion at the end. I probably will do this, but at the same time have very little expectations

[@DmpTrk2]

I wonder if KZbin will fix this

[@kongphirom]

Thank for your share that case I like ! great channel to more grow up viewer as well

[@sami3365a]

Wasn’t this uploaded some time ago? I recall watching it already but you deleted the old one? Some testing you are doing here? If yes, I’m curious about the out come.. 🧐

[@vomchieMH]

check his community post

[@sami3365a]

@@vomchieMH aah I see, thanks

[@Marcus-Jones]

The audio from the OG upload was bad. So I fixed it and re-uploaded :)

[@That_Sleepy_Pig_Eats_Dirt]

very informative, thank you

[@Koshikirby]

If your reading this I hope your channel grows

[@hannitran22]

thank uuu

[@FictionAddictions]

That is so sweet! ❤

[@HughHatrick]

Hi Marcus, after watching your video I tried the promotions. The first one got me exactly 100 subs but the second one got me over 3500!! Thanks so much for making the video. It's really useful

[@samsmusichub]

I'm finding value in this Beta promotions. The direct watch hours don't count toward monetization but the promotions have increased videos' authority and increased them being suggested to wider audiences. Hopefully the gained subs don't turn out to be bots or something lol but that would be against YT ToS. I think the total subs of 5k is due to the videos getting more organic views due to the attention from the ad and getting subscribers naturally.

[@theokwani]

Great video! I can’t wait till my channel takes off 🎉

[@PeacefulMoments4K]

I think youtube lowered the 1k subs to only 500 subs. Its the hours watched that seems the hard one to get now.

[@SagaTheGamerYT]

that is incorrect. the 500 is to open up some features but not full monetization.

[@PeacefulMoments4K]

@@SagaTheGamerYT aah ok! Thanks

[@GeorgeNidoLord10]

I personally did the promo myself for my channel introduction video where I went over what my channel is about and did it for the countries I had viewers already for and the countries you made mention of, and after $100, I got 20K plus views for the video and I got to over 5K subs thanks to the system! I originally started with just 14 and my sub count significantly grew, but I just need the watch time now to potentially get into the partner program!

[@YouTubeTeacherRemote]

0:16 KZbin changed the requirement for monetization about 6 months ago. It's 500 subscribers, 3 public videos, and 3000 watch hours.

[@Bullrun1000]

Limited monetization

[@YouTubeTeacherRemote]

@@Bullrun1000 huh?

[@Bullrun1000]

You don't get paid but you get other perks!

[@TylerJosephHarvell]

@@Bullrun1000yes such as superchats I believe

[@FactOasisChannel]

Great video, thank you I just subscribed and liked

[@PixiPlays]

I have ran 2 promotions on my channel so far and I have had similar results - A LOT of subscribers but they are very inactive, which made me question whether they were real or not lol and yeah the retention on both of those videos is horrendous!

[@BoBroOfficial]

yeah - i have made the same experience... i tried it once and gained 100 subs in a week.. but it feels like they are inactive or maybe "bots"? 😅 Then i cancelled the youtube promotion function. Will go organically on my own even if it takes longer.

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

What do you mean by "inactive subscribers? I am confused right now.

[@BoBroOfficial]

@@LifeOdysseyMotivation To me it seems that the subscribers that i have gained - dont seem to know that they have subscribed.. almost like its some kind of automatic sneaky hidden youtube function that we dont know about. I did not gain any comment saying that they like my content or anything else - they just subscribed and are somehow quiet... it seems like that at least..

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

@@BoBroOfficial ah I see. I am just a beginner and I created ny motivational channel in less than two months. On Dec 26, 2023, I just had 47 subscribers. Then I posted a shorts video titled, "How To Become A More Powerful Person". Then the next morning when I checked my channel, my subscribers became 88. A 50% increase and 2.3K views of that shorrts video. I was reallly surprised. Because I was excited, I posted again another short on December 27. But I got more than 100 views only. I am still wondering how the hell did I got those 47 subs in 12 hours? I can't figure out if it is the title? The content? The category? I don't know how did it happen?

[@BoBroOfficial]

@@LifeOdysseyMotivation yeah had the same experience in the beginning - my first few posts and shorts gained a lot of subscreibers and views and then i was all motivated ... posted other videos and they were kind of ignored by the algorythm. Then i had to figure out why - tried a lot more videos with different aproaches - different kind of videos for the same topic, different voice tonality, different more but similar hashtags, different types of thumbnails - and now i guess i have figured it out slowly. My shorts gain more likes and viewes, cause i add a nice thumbnail into the short - and my views in total are becoming higher. Its all about consistency and improving yourself in each in every video or short. Maybe a new cut here and there, a new soundeffect here and there, then maybe a new zoom in effect and what not. Just keep going and stay focused! As long as you are dedicated everything will work out totally fine! 💪💪💪💪💪