What not to do

To avoid fake engagement steer clear from the following: 

• Buying subscribers. 
• Joining New YouTuber Facebook groups hoping that strangers will watch your videos. 
• Purchasing an existing channel and pivoting the content. 
• Go into debt to purchase expensive gear. 
• Quit your day job before being monetized for a few months. 
• Commenting wildly on videos asking people to check out your channel. 
• Linking your videos in the comment section of other YouTube creators. 
• Trying to comment first on a larger channel, again, hoping that other new YouTubers will check out your content. 

YouTube is a space where you need to build an audience from scratch.

Eventually, people will buy into your personality and stick around because they are drawn to the way that you present content. But to expect people to want to watch a slice of your life straight off the ba...