How to be successful on YouTube: Grab your audience's attention when they press play
The beginning of a YouTube video is probably the most important part of your content. When you look at the analytics, it is clear that the beginning is where the drop off in viewership occurs; you need to pay attention to your hooks so that people stay throughout the entire video. How to keep your audience's attention: Get the hook. My advice is this here: Get your audience's attention just as you would writing a book or even making a video game. Make sure that the audience knows what the video is about from the beginning. Do not just focus on endless elaboration. Sometimes your hook can be something flashy or sometimes it can be something that provokes thinking in your audience. What is important to grab their attention. This is even more important with YouTube Shorts. You need to deal with a generation of kids who are not as interested in long-form videos. Getting that attention early not only helps viewership but creates trust among viewers. They keep coming back again an...