Getting people to watch your YouTube videos isn't always easy. If you don't have your foot in the door, or you don't have a lot of connections, it's pretty tough to rack up a substantial number of views. Often you're competing heavyweights who pour tens of thousands of dollars into advertising campaigns to get those millions of views, others use their connections, partners or subscribers to promote their videos, while others go viral by blind luck ... But is that really the Case?

There are tricks to the trade that can help you get more views on YouTube, and onto the screens of thousands or even millions of people. Here are the top and most effective ways we've found to get more YouTube views.

Part One: build your YouTube Brand
1. Choose your identify
focus is key. Whether you specialize in beauty, travel, technology, humor, gaming, or otherwise, make it clear to the audience. You will learn to make consistently great videos, and earn subscribers that come back for more.

2. Follow your passion
Make sure that you are passionate about everything you are saying and doing on your YouTube channel. If you don't then none of the rest of the list will matter, and you won't have any fun!

3. Make great video thumbnail is the first
Your video's thumbnail is the first thing people see so make it count. You can increase views by using bright backgrounds, or closeups of your face showing strong emotion to grab attention.

4. Show off a great channel logo
Your logo is a big part of the first impression that people will see representing all the hard work that you put into your channel, make it good!

5. Use awesome art for your banner
The images that you use on your channel will influence viewers to hit that 'subscribe' button.

6. Make a compelling channel page
Your channel page is the home base for anyone looking at  your body of work. Use great artwork, a thoughtful description, and organized play-lists

7. Add some contact info
Make yourself accessible, and promotion opportunities might come your way. A fellow Youtuber might want to connect, or a fan might want to interview you on their blog.

8. Have recurring segment
If you have popular structured segments that you can perfect, you will get a ton of views every time you publish a new video.

9. Upload often
Youtube viewers subscrbe to channels that are clearly active and posting new videos all the time. try to start out with at least one video per week.

10. Have a content calendar and stick to it
With so much youtube competition, your subscribers need to know that they can rely on you for consistent content, make 2 key decisions:

1. How many videos will you produce each week?
2. When will you publish them?

11. Choose good titles
Viewers tend to click titles that are intriguing or useful to them. exciting terms like ''Amazing...'', are best to get people's attention.

12. Keep your titles brief
Don't give everything away in one long sentence. Keep your video titles relatively short, and leaving them wanting more, keep titles below 50 characters.

13. Cross promote your videos
Always try to turn one view into many views! when someone is watching your video, you can mention your other videos, or put links to them in your description.

14. Pick the right tags
Tags are a key factor in helping youtube get your videos in front of the right people, they will inform the search algorithm when people are looking for content, and will also viewers an idea of what your videos and your channel are really about.

15. Use annotations
Youtube has built excellent features to include interactive moment during your videos, as well as multiple calls to action at the end.

16. Use keywords and seo
Think carefully about the specific words you use in your titles, they will have a big impact on whether new viewers can find you in the first place.

17. Use google trends
Google trends is the best way to see what people are getting more and less interested in over time, make videos about topics that are on the rise!

18. Use multi part episodes
If viewers want to know what happens next, then they are more likely to follow your channel long term.

19. Keep the audience in mind
Pay attention to trends in your niche, for example, if you talk about TV shows,make sure you know what shows are rising i popularity rather than only shows that you think people SHOULD want to hear about.

20. Always ask for a subscribtion
Many youtubers miss out by forgetting to simply ask people to subscribe if they enjoyed the video. just be sure to keep the call to action quick and simple.

21. Use channel trailers
Channel traillers are an awesome way to establish what your channel is about, and why people should care, treat it like a movie trailer that shows the best that a you have to offer and gets people axcited for more.

22. Include useful info in video description
Use the description as an opportunity to tease the great content in your vide, and encourage viewers to stick around, your description also helps you be found in searches.

23. Add a channel watermark
You can build in your own personalized watermark that will show up on each video. this is a subtle reminder embedded right onto the video content that they can (and should) subscribe.

24. Look for helpful resources
Subscrie to places  like vlogging guides, buffer blog, and communities like YTTalk to learn best practices.

25. Attend events
From local meetups, to massive international events,there are many opportunities to attend youtube related events, use these opportunties to network with other content creators, and meet your fans!

26. Learn from your most popular video
use successful videos as inspiration for similar content and build a reputation for viral videos that people love to watch.

27. Avoid too many ads
Ads can be a good thing to let you make money on youtube and fund great content, but don't go overboard. you will get more views on Youtube if your subscribers think that you aren't just in it for the money.

28. Be transparent with your audience
If you do want to make money with your videos, just make sure you are honest about it. for example, if you are being paid to review a product, mention that in the video. it doesn't mean you can't give your honest opinion!