Even though I’ve been blogging, posting on social media, and sharing my original songs for years, I still seem to have no idea about how to get more views. That’s why I like to consult with people who seem to know how to get more views.
However, when I think of how to get more views, I often remember the late, great screenwriter William Goldman’s statement about the movie business: “Nobody knows anything.”
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For example, yesterday I guessed that these two tweets would get similar amounts of views:
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Nope. One of those tweets got over twenty times more views and responses than the other one (and is still going strong).
So if I tried to translate that into how to get more views, I guess I should tap into people’s anger more often than their positive memories.
I don’t know if I can apply that to how to get more views in the future. I seem to be less motivated by and focused on how to get more views than on connecting with others in an authentic and helpful way.
I don’t know if the other images in today’s post provide any guidance on how to get more views, but here they are.
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A very recent memory that makes me smile is our friends Megan and Paul responding to my husband Michael’s previous story about how he tried to take a shortcut from using fresh garlic with jarred garlic (and how totally unacceptable that was) by giving him this gift last night at one of our favorite restaurants.
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I wonder if sharing the world observances and holidays every day is a good example of how to get more views.
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Here’s what I find when I look for “how to get more views” on YouTube.
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I may not know much about how to get more views but I am incredibly grateful for all how are viewing this blog, including YOU!
I don’t really understand why the number of views is so important, in itself. Especially from total strangers. But I don’t know if a single example is useful, because even if tapping into people’s anger got you more views and responses to one post than another happier post, it could be that issue did that relentlessly people wouldn’t return as often because you would be like everybody else. Also, possibly the more positive message wasn’t equally grabbing but not because it was positive, just because it was very similar to what you often post and people have already responded. I’m not sure you can tell a lot from that sample but “woke” might be a search term that attracts opinions.
I always appreciate your views, Maureen.
a) Sex sells, but I don’t know how that helps here; b) Try animating the women in the wrought iron arch singing your songs; c) ditto the frogs. (Brekekekek coax coax!)
p.s. I always wonder why, since my tweets do get a few views (very few), those views almost never translate into “likes.” Seems as if once in a while one might earn a “like.” Sigh.
It’s all a mystery to me, Barbara.
I have to say that I agree with quote at the top about no real logic as to why or how we get more views and it really is not an important metric in my world. If my numbers go crazy, as in no response or a huge number of responses I wonder why, but figure I did something wrong technically maybe, but I just enjoy posting and interacting with other readers mostly, no matter how many or how few.
I love the way you view the world, beth.
When I was in college, Ann, we had a very famous and successful basketball coach who often replied to questions with: Well, I don’t know, you know? That was a good, honest answer.
I know, Mark.
I’m late to the party, so to speak, but it makes me smile that you’ve shared so many frog pictures and I’m now in a house that, judging from the sounds, is surrounded by frogs. I’ve heard tree frogs and leopard frogs and last night went out around midnight and heard a bullfrog.
Also I like to be positive and not put others down but sometimes it makes me smile when people admit their mistakes. I’ve heard about a screenwriting professor who’d tell students about the time he told a student their screenplay was terrible and would never even be made. The title was “Harold & Maude”.
I love knowing that you’re in a house surrounded by frogs and I hope I’m soon surrounded by your blogs.