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My first "viral!"

Hey all. I wanted to announce a small win: I have an art channel, so I do a lot of shorts, which have mostly been in the 500 view range since I started the channel in... October, I think it was. (Well, after that inevitable start of a handful of shorts gaining only a handful of views.) A few weeks ago, one of them popped up to 750, so my next goal was 1000 views. Thursday afternoon's short has blown thru that goal: Well over 13,000 views now, and continuing to rise, although slowing a bit from yesterday. not millions the way the big channels get, but a nice surpassed goal for l'il ol' me.

I know shorts are considered by some to be a sort of "lesser" form of viewing compared to long-form; and likely it's true that most shorts subscribers won't be interested in the long-form that eventually leads to enough watch hours for monetization. But just this one short has gained me nearly 20 subscribers in one day, which is a good percentage jump over the low 60s I had before that. A nice boost towards my next goal of surpassing 100 subs.

A few tips for those doing demo shorts of any sort, whether art or otherwise:

-- I've found my shorts (and long-form, for that matter) always get more views if my hands are in view in the thumbnail. This particular one, I think -- and it was just dumb luck -- has a moment of suspense because in that 3 to 5 second preview sample that plays in the feed, I'm seen picking up a card that I have just smooshed into thick paint on a gel plate, but the sample cuts off before I turn the card all the way over to show the result. So I'm going to try to aim for that little tantalizing semi-reveal from now on, although I don't think I'll always be able to manufacture it. I don't spend ALL my time smashing things face down onto a gel plate. lol!

Anyway, cheers, everybody. Thanks to Alexa for this lovely community!

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