 Freedom, so much to talk about, so little time. So let's jump right into this. Normally in these videos where I'm talking about community interaction and that kind of thing, we would talk about commenting or how important it is to be on Twitter and that kind of thing. But that's not what we're talking about today. Today we're talking about a different kind of community interaction. Today we're talking about community interaction when it comes to, well, doing things with the community. That sounds strange, but stick with me for just a second. So I'm gonna use an example here, the ALS bucket challenge. Now, someone else had made a point earlier, I think it was last week, about getting in on trends. And it's very important to identify trends early so that you can stake your claim in search results and as well as being one of the prime examples of the way that something should be done. Of course, before anyone does something like the ALS bucket challenge or any sort of tag video, they look for other examples to see what other people have done. And you want to be that person that people check out. You wanna be that person who got there first or who got there within the first week or two and who is ranking very well because their videos have done well over time. This is not just for the ALS bucket challenge. Really, this can have to do with any trend that you identify. So if you, for instance, noticed that a lot of people are talking about a new game that's coming out, maybe an indie game, check it out if it seems like something you would enjoy playing, play it on your channel. Now, of course, you don't wanna go too far off from the kind of content you normally do or whatever. Or if you're not a gamer, if you're a vlogger, let's say you notice that a lot of people are doing some kind of boyfriend, does his girlfriend's makeup tag or something. Go ahead, jump on the bandwagon and do the best possible job you can. And of course, pour your heart and soul into it because that's what YouTube is about. Identifying a trend before it becomes a trend or as it's beginning to become a trend is the key to doing very well if you can take Zesty Mike's advice and tag for SEO, search engine optimization. Getting your video on that front page when people start searching for it can help you stay there over the long haul. And really, that's what it's all about. Here on YouTube, you want to gain traffic, you wanna keep traffic. And if your claim to fame is that you were one of the first people to put out a video on the ALS bucket challenge. Is that really so bad? If it gives you a constant source of views, if it introduces you to hundreds or thousands of people per day, is that really so bad? Some people take this to the extreme and some people do absolutely everything that comes their way. And this is not necessarily the best thing because if you're a gaming channel and you're doing a lot of vlogging tags, it's not really related to your content so people probably aren't going to subscribe for the rest of your content. They may subscribe, but you're gonna end up with a lot of people who just either don't come back or only come back ever so often just to check up on you. My claim to fame as of recent on my gaming channel last year in, I think it was September, October, I started playing a game called Cookie Clicker. Cookie Clicker is a web-based game and no one else at the time thought that it was going to be big on YouTube. Everyone was talking about it on Twitter and Reddit and a few other social networks. I was very lucky in the fact that I played it for like 12 nights straight on my gaming channel and I'm very glad I did because to date, those videos have raked in, I think, a quarter of a million views and those views were not from my regular subscribers. Those views were from people who were just now finding out about Cookie Clicker. They wanted to start playing Cookie Clicker and they wanted to watch other people play Cookie Clicker. So yeah, and of course, because I never really revisited that game, I probably have a lot of subscribers that subscribe for Cookie Clicker that I never really made happy. However, I also gained a following that I never would have possibly gotten before. So, you know, sometimes you have to balance things. Anyways, I've gone on long enough. I'm gonna go ahead and sign off till next time I'm Anthony with Freedom. Like, subscribe, comments please. Let's discover freedom. Click the first video to learn what is freedom and how it helps you grow. Click the second video to learn about sponsorships for all freedom partners, even if you have just 10 subscribers. And click the other videos like How Do I Leave Freedom to Learn More? Click Get More Views to learn how to build your audience faster on YouTube. 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