Lauren Bateman explains why negative comments actually help your YouTube rankings. Haters mean people are paying attention, and engaging with them politely boosts the algorithm more than deleting does. She shares her own experience with abusive comments and how she uses them to drive engagement.
Hey, YouTubers. In this video, we're going to be talking about how to deal with haters on YouTube.
Now, haters kind of come with the territory of being on YouTube, but they're actually a good thing. And I'm going to explain why. Now, I've gotten some crazy comments on some of my guitar videos anywhere from people telling me that I was fat, that I was stupid, that I didn't know what I was doing, that I was a horrible teacher. I mean, there's been some pretty bad comments on YouTube. Fortunately, default channel settings, you can filter out some of these comments so that they are held for review, but sometimes they still go through because they're not that bad. But I want you to remember, having haters is a good thing because it means you're actually doing something with your channel and you're getting attention and most of all, you're getting engagement on your posts. My recommendation would be to engage your haters and try and get them to respond again to your comment. Remember, an important ranking factor in YouTube is the actual engagement on your channel. So while you might be tempted to delete some of these comments, don't be surprised if your audience jumps in on that person and starts telling them how they're wrong because they love you. My biggest recommendation would be to not take haters so personally. I know it can be very hurtful and you would wonder why someone would say something so dumb and so stupid stupid. But I just want you to remember to keep doing what you're doing. Don't let someone else's hate and hurt prevent you from changing your Life. With the YouTube platform, I always kindly respond and say, hey, thanks for commenting on my video and improving my engagement. Now YouTube's gonna show more of my videos. I really appreciate your help. Thanks so much. You don't have to be angry at them because that's just not gonna reflect good on you and your audience. Just thank them for helping rank your videos. There's nothing more that a hater or troll likes than helping someone. And I want you to understand everything we do. We all have opinions, and sometimes my opinion is going to disagree with someone. Especially if you're in the education business like me. The way I teach something may be different than the way someone else teaches something. So, for example, in this video here, I was assuming I was going to get a lot of haters because I was really egging people on, saying, like, this is why I think other teachers aren't so good at teaching guitar and why I think I'm great. Obviously, there were some teachers who weren't very happy with what I said in the video because it probably made them think about their teaching and I was maybe calling them out just a little bit. But videos like that do help engagement. They do tend to get a lot of views and they can help your channel. Just always be classy, always be respectful to your haters and I wouldn't be afraid of them. I would embrace them as it is validation that you are actually doing something right. Your YouTube channel if you guys are really looking to grow your YouTube channel I have a special training with some tips that I've used over the years to grow my YouTube channel to over a hundred thousand views. So if you guys want to go check that out I'll put a link in the description below. Also YouTube's going to pop up a couple more videos over there. Go check those out and hope to see you guys either in the training or in another video.
