hey guys guy level here and today I'm
gonna be giving you a whole bunch of
twitch tips okay so before we start we
need to acknowledge the fact that we
just hit 10k on YouTube and it's thanks
to you guys thank you so much I never
thought that 10k was gonna be a number
that I would ever see on my channel and
yet we reached it in about a year in a
couple of months 10k so thank you guys
so so much I really like the support has
been so so amazing and non-stop and I I
don't have the words I don't have the
words I can only say thank you so much
alright enough rambling about that thank
you thank you okay so me giving a bunch
of tips obviously most of the tips are
alright like general that means they
don't necessarily apply to your specific
stream technically you are the only one
to know exactly what will work on your
stream or not you know what your viewers
like you know what they don't like so I
can't give advice that applies to every
single streamer so take it with a grain
of salt as people say not sure what that
expression is the tips will be separated
in seven categories so the first
category is going to be creating the
channel the first steps second category
is customizing third category is on
screen basically what you display the
other one is attitude promoting
networking and then some general tips
keep in mind that I've made a bunch of
videos on this channel so some tips I'm
gonna go quick through them but I have
videos where it's more specific so
keep an eye top right of your screen for
the little "i" I'll try to put as much
references as I can so you can just
click on the "i" and get to the video
all right let's jump right into it
creating the channel the first steps
something that is very overlooked but
choosing your name try to avoid numbers
underscores anything that's gonna make
your name hard to remember try to avoid
it the best type of name is the name
that I can just at a quick glance look
at it and automatically know how to
pronounce it obviously avoid edgy and
inappropriate names the thing is if you
ever blow up on this channel which you
can never really predict you're gonna
have some trouble disable email
notifications when you first create a
channel twitch tend to send you emails
anything that happens on the website you
don't want that clogging your email so
disable as much notification as you
want obviously if you want to get an
email every time someone goes live by
all means but it can get pretty annoying
important step
activate past broadcasts I've seen so
many new streamers with good streams but
they don't have any vods if someone
clicks on your link while you're offline
they should be able to get a good feel
of what a good a good feel of what the
stream is like and that is usually
accomplished by watching your vods i
know clips are cool but if someone can
watch a stream from beginning to end
it's even better in case you intend to
broadcast to a mature audience will set
your stream to a mature mature stream
basically if you know you're gonna have
strong language you're gonna be cursing
a lot it's usually not a problem but
people will try the report you were
strong language if your stream is set to
mature then they have to accept to watch
it first so it can save you little bonus
tip is to activate dark mode you don't
want to strain on your eyes just
activate dark mode if you want to know
more about how to create your twist
Channel and all the first steps to take
I have a video on that click top right
let's go customizing customization of
the channel using a face in your avatar
will most likely get you more clicks
when you share your stream on any other
social media platform make sure your
offline image says the word offline on
it for first timers that means if
someone from your family wants to
support you they need to understand that
you're not currently live they don't
know anything about twitch having the
big word say offline will help them
understand that you're not currently
live when customizing said offline image
watch out for the top and bottom because
you have small gradients for the video
player banner and then watch out top
left and top right because twitch will
give you a little box to activate
notifications top left and then another
box to suggest you watching vods top
right so when you're creating the
graphic design for your offline image
you might want to take that into account
I've seen streamers take advantage of
that they would actually put activate
notification with a little arrow that
points to the different boxes and then
watch my vods you have to click on your
name to reveal your banner on the twitch
website
viewers don't know that but having a
banner is actually quite important
because that's what your mobile viewers
will see when they click on your profile
when creating your banner keep in mind
that it's going to be darker and also
cropped I have a video on that most
people look at things from left to right
from top to bottom that means that the
panel that you're gonna put top left is
a very important panel usually the most
important panel is going to be the about
me it's the bio it's where you introduce
yourself to the people reading the best
place to put a donate panel is top right
that way they don't have to scroll down
to find it if they have an impulse of
generosity color scheme is one of the
most important things when it comes to
branding so make sure that everything
matches not only the colors but also the
graphic style a little self promo tip if
you can't hire a graphic designer to
make your artwork you can go to Gumroad.com/gaellevel
Gumroad.com/gaellevel I have a bunch of
free packs and then the other ones are
super cheap if you have vod's
that don't reflect your channel's
content that means if you had a very
very bad stream or a lot of technical
difficulties don't be afraid to delete
this vod until the next stream everyone
who clicks on your link while you're
offline will see that vod it's the
first thing that's going to show up
usually vods disappear around 14 days I
believe but if you're a Prime member it
will disappear after 60 days clips and
highlights are forever so if you have a
very good stream you would like to
preserve just highlight the whole stream
you can do that from the video producer
you can actually add thumbnails to your
vods from the video producer making your
channel way more presentable and looking
like a youtube channel now you can
download your vods from the video
producer but you can also use twitch
leecher which is a third-party program
that will allow you to download specific
parts of your vod alright let's talk
about what you display on screen having
a starting soon screen will give your
regulars time to gather and will give
you time to post on social media it's
always better to post on social media
while you're already live it's kind of
annoying to click on a going live post
and see an offline screen or your
channel hosting another channel always
keep the viewer distracted during those
intermission screens during the starting
soon screen play some
music you can play a montage of clips
from your channel or you can just play a
random video make sure you have the
rights to that random video try to keep
your starting soon screen ten minutes
max if I come to a channel and I see
something like thirty minutes
just seeing the timer at thirty minutes
will make me leave having an actual
intro or a compilation playing at the
beginning of the stream will actually
get everyone hyped for the stream if you
have delay issues displaying chat on
screen will let people know when you
receive the messages obviously you
should have no excuse to not look at
chat all the time if you have delay
issues don't make people wait additional
time on top of your delay also watch out
for trolls because if they put any
offensive messages and chat and it's
being broadcasted you're displaying it
you are currently broadcasting offensive
messages so watch out for that set up an
emergency mute button or shortcut or to
hide your alerts in case you get spammed
by a bunch of trolls especially if you
have text to speech for your bits and
donations turn off your viewer count and
slobs you can just click on it or if
you're using anything else just don't
look at it try to hide it from yourself
so it doesn't affect you mentally always
keep a positive attitude and in your
head stream as if a hundred people were
watching at all times if you are too shy
to show your face on camera setting up a
hand cam or even a pet cam will keep the
viewers intrigued and entertained if you
are playing horror games displaying your
heart rate on stream will add a layer of
entertainment you can also add specific
scary alerts for the days that you play
those horror games I have a video on how
to do that flip your camera so it looks
like you're reacting and looking at the
content that you're broadcasting when
you have your camera looking in the
opposite direction it gives a weird
feeling it's basic cinematography people
use it in Hollywood movies to show that
a character is trapped or or to give the
audience an uneasy feeling so flip your
camera so that everything looks better
that's right ninja I know you don't flip
your camera it looks weird I'm coming
for you make sure you're not hiding
important in game you I like the kill
feed you
ammo your health it makes viewers that
play the same game kind of uncomfortable
when they can't see what's happening you
can hide the mini-map and in-game chat
because usually you viewers don't really
care about that the general appeal of
having a facecam is being able to see
your reaction so even if you have a cool
setup and you want to show off make sure
that people can clearly see your face
animated intermission screens are more
appealing to viewers as it keeps them
distracted it gives them something to
look at while you're away alright let's
talk about your attitude now as soon as
you go live the most important priority
to you should be the viewers the chat so
pay attention to chat but if you're too
busy in a gunfight or something like
that in-game let them know that you
cannot read chat at the moment that is
appliable even if your chat is
completely empty if someone jumps into
your stream and you're in a gunfight let
them know you're not currently reading
chat avoid mumbling you don't have to be
loud but you have to be clear a streamer
looking bored usually turns into viewers
being bored when your stream crashes and
it goes back up always let people know
what just happened and reintroduce
yourself reintroduce the stream as if it
was just starting that way if someone
clicks on the vod they can understand
what just happened they can understand
this is not normally how you start your
stream always engage chat even if you
have 0 viewers first of all you
shouldn't know that you have 0 viewers
you shouldn't be looking at your viewer
count but you need to still engage the
chat because the viewer count is not
that accurate on on Twitch the refresh
rate is not precise so you never know
who's watching always act like there's
always someone watching try to keep your
cool when you're dealing with technical
difficulties your streamer you're gonna
deal with technical difficulties forever
but getting mad will just make the
viewer feel awkward and they will leave
you can ask them for help or just do
small talk while you're trying to figure
out what's wrong also keep your cool
when you're dealing with trolls if it's
an obvious troll don't acknowledge them
ban them and then continue to stream
as if nothing happened if it's a subtle
trol warned them let them know hey
you're being a little obnoxious I'm
gonna have to time you out chill and
then continue to stream as if nothing
happened
try to be grateful to any type of
support let the viewers know that you
appreciate the zero viewer hosts the one
bits the one dollar donations etc don't
just be yourself
4head be an exaggerated more
entertaining version of yourself even
when playing a competitive game keep in
mind that your viewers don't expect you
to win every single game they're just
here to have fun and be entertained
so don't sacrifice entertainment for a
more focused gameplay if you want to get
good at the game you can always practice
off stream without any distractions when
playing with friends let them know about
twitch tos that's Terms of Service also
keep engaging with your chat otherwise
it'll feel like people are bothering you
people will feel like an intruder if
they come in and it just looks like
you're busy playing with friends get a
good grip of your chat trying to turn a
troll into a follower will only push
your regulars away and you'll end up
growing a community of trolls because
you were too scared to lose a viewer
mods are amazing people but always keep
an access to your chat just in case
they're tapped out or absent alright
let's talk about promoting the obvious
one never self promote in someone's
channel unless you're specifically asked
to use other social media platforms as
they were intended to be used not as
going live dumpsters when posting in
Facebook streamer groups always try to
post a picture or a video the algorithm
hates external links so if you just post
your link the algorithm will push it
further down and you will get no views
from that viewers do not care about what
stream community you're part of so watch
out when it comes to promoting those
communities doing follow for follow
automatically makes a viewer assume that
your content is garbage it makes more
serious streamers avoid you but it also
means that your following will mostly be
other streamers who can't watch you
because they're streaming also
which can clearly see when you do follow
for follow they can deny you affiliate
our partnership companies won't sponsor
you etc learn the skill like basic
graphic design or video editing you're a
multimedia content creator you should
know how to edit a basic image or video
when going live on Twitter instead of
tagging a bunch of bots you could tag
game companies try to use as little
hashtags as possible
one retweet from those game companies is
worth infinite years of being retweeted
by a bunch of bots submit your clips to
clips compilation channels on youtube to
get your clips viewed by millions and
millions of viewers and draw some
traffic to your Twitter channel stay out
of drama avoid stating your opinion if
your opinion is based on bashing other
content creators even small streamers
have some big connections and you will
get blacklisted everywhere alright let's
talk about networking now avoid
mentioning the word networking when
approaching someone for the first time
it makes you sound greedy and fake
people who mention it when approaching
you most likely have no idea what
they're doing it's not a generalization
it's a trend find people in your niche
who create content that you genuinely
like establish a real friendship or be
good at faking it try not to fake it
please big communities and teams that
reach out to you to join them are often
support for support which isn't bad at
first but once you spend a large amount
of time with them and then you leave you
will most likely go back to where you
started from
because you spent all that time trying
to appeal to them instead of working on
your own content and building an actual
viewership for yourself coordinated
community raids are cool but it's not a
sign of progress for your stream
improving your content should always be
the focus in order to bring genuine
viewers / supporters being active in
other streams will bring you more
popularity than hosts and raids you will
have previously created a bond with the
viewer who decided to jump into your
stream no one is
your competition but yourself turn your
envy into progress by either taking
inspiration from the people more
successful than you or just do something
more creative and more original in order
to stand out don't expect one-for-one
support although you're trying to
network remember that everyone is trying
to push their content forward only
support people you think deserve it and
they only deserve it if you can be
genuinely happy of their success
all right the general tips in order to
wrap it up twitches algorithm doesn't
really really push random streams
forward so your best bet is to find
another source of viewers outside of
twitch that means that streaming as much
as you can is not enough to bring you
more viewers if all you do is stream a
lot and then you're not seeing growth
is because well there is also marketing
there's also advertising your stream so
take some days off to learn about
advertising and marketing and come up
with a plan consistency is key you
probably heard that a thousand times but
again it doesn't mean that you have to
stream as much as you can it means that
you have to be consistent with the times
that you stream it means you have to
keep somewhat of a schedule and try to
stream around the same time every single
time I know that all my regulars became
regulars because of the specific time
frame if I suddenly start streaming in
the morning instead of at night then I'm
gonna have a different viewership and my
other regulars will probably be busy or
sleeping lower your expectations on
every front it takes a lot of time to
find something that works for you
perfectly trends die games die you will
have to adapt forever
so don't let the numbers get to you
gaming just one follower in four weeks
doesn't mean that your stream isn't
growing if during that time you've
gained confidence
you watch your vods and improve certain
points you did the research and now
you're applying tons of tips you found
online now that is real growth that I
guess the last tip is don't take it too
seriously being a streamer is considered
a real job only
when you decide to take it as a real job
it will always be easier if you start by
doing it as a hobby by trying it out and
finding that it actually makes you happy
to do it
twitch can be the most amazing thing
that ever happened to you but it can
also be pretty hard on your self-esteem
especially if you take the numbers too
seriously so go easy on yourself go easy
on your stream make sure that you're
having fun make sure that it still makes
you feel good to stream whether it's for
one viewer or a thousand viewers it
shouldn't matter
the act of streaming should make you
happy so don't be afraid to take breaks
don't be afraid to let your regulars
know that you won't be streaming for a
week or for example or something like
that just take take a break until you
miss streaming and you can get excited
about streaming again make sure that
streaming is something positive in your
life so that's it that was way longer
than I expected I really wanted to rush
through it but if you really want to
learn more about streaming and get some
more precise advice more developed
advice you can go on my channel and
click on the little magnifying glass and
whatever the question you have type the
keyword if you're looking to do emotes
or you don't have any idea for your
loyalty badge if you want to learn how
to make overlays how to make animated
overlays how to make transitions and all
of that just look at my channel I have
so so many videos tutorials but also
advice and marketing promoting your
channel in all of that and of course you
can follow me on Twitch that's twitch.tv/gaellevel thank you guys so so
much for watching and thank you again
for the 10k 10k I don't know what the
next step is I'm so happy about 10k
I'm just gonna I'm just gonna show I'm
just gonna be satisfied with my 10k for
now but it's thanks to you guys thank
you so so so much for watching go out
there make me proud I will see you guys
next time Gael Level
out!
