YouTube stars spill their secrets to getting famous

If you want to get famous on YouTube, all you have to do is upload videos of yourself eating vegetables as obnoxiously as you can, each and every day. Or something like that.

VidCon 2010 was a blast, and for anyone trying to achieve fame on YouTube, it was a veritable goldmine of tips and tricks for internet stardom. YouTubers and YouTube fans alike swarmed LA sharing their love of online videos – and how they got millions of views on theirs.

One thing everybody seemed to say was that content is, and always will be, king. No one’s going to watch you doing nothing in front of the computer all day (unless it’s part of a staring contest), but they will watch you hop around in a kangaroo suit. Good, interesting content doesn’t necessarily have to be TV-worthy, but it’s got to be interesting enough to catch people’s attention.

The great thing about this is that all you really have to do to be interesting is be yourself. Let the quirky buffoon hiding inside you jump out in front of the camera. If you’re crazy about rubber bands, sing a song about them dressed in a rubber band suit. If you secretly like to get your boogie on in the shower, pretend your bedroom’s an extension of that and dance your brains out. IF you LIKE to SHOUT out EVERY other WORD you SPEAK, let THE world HEAR your VOICE! Just don’t be embarrassed to let it all out, even if you end up looking like a fool. Viewers love personalities, and the more you let yours shine, the more fans you’ll get. There’s a reason it’s called YOUtube.

Of course, you can’t confine that personality to just one video. Update your channel regularly; do it weekly, if a couple times a week or even daily. Get engaged with your fans by replying to their comments. Ask a fellow YouTuber to guest star in some of your videos. YouTube is a community, and being a part of it will get your far ahead.

Keep in mind, though, about the perils of doing nothing in front of your computer – nobody’s interested in that. It’s bound to happen when you shoot vlogs since it’s only natural to get those little lull moments during takes, but that’s where some basic editing is crucial. Just snip out the clips where you have brain farts, and you should be fine!

In this video from curioustravelers, Hermione takes her fabulously fuchsia glasses to VidCon 2010 and gets these tips (and more) from some of the top YouTubers:

What do you think? Any of the suggestions in that video that you really do or don’t agree with?

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YouTube Comment of the Day:

xfirealchemistx has made a comment on Father Lover (Mother Lover spoof):

I love it. The best spoof of Mother Lover I’ve seen yet. How’d you get your dad’s to do this though? lol