Yes, it will once again be necessary to revisit the painful topic of success on the Internet. I'm taking a creative break right now. Although I'm writing texts every now and then, I don't publish anything at the moment, neither videos nor blog texts. There's a podcast every now and then, but that's it.
So I have time, I'm taking a lot of time right now. I have a lot of time to think and watch. And I'm watching my girlfriend and her activities on the Internet, her efforts to slowly build something up.
To make it short, she has been active on TikTok for over a year and has already built up a considerable number of followers there. There are currently about 12,000 followers. That's really good, she's able to stream live there and she's managed to ascend into TikTok's program and it's seeing steady growth.
She is also active on Twitch, after two weeks she had been able to monetize her channel so that she could be included in the affiliate program. For this, other streamers need months.
https://www.twitch.tv/evilangelx3
I've been active for a bit longer, I don't use TikTok and I have Twitch, but I don't use it at the moment.
But I do YouTube and I have my blog. I have a podcast, several of them. I've been using Instagram for several years now. Some of them have been over ten years. And I'm unsuccessful in everything I do, extremes.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LautFunk/featured
I have a small number of loyal and really adorable viewers who are really active and also look at the things, comment and are always happy when something comes. But that's a fraction of what I should or could have.
I sat down and looked closely at what my girlfriend does and what I do.
This should not be judgmental and should not sound like this, that is very important to me. Because success is success and we are talking about full success.
My girlfriend does these typical things on TikTok, these things from little sketches, these dance things and into her live streams. You can either watch her play or listen to her eat or sing. So typical things that work on TikTok.
Of course, there's also a huge bunch of people who don't give it to her and are extremely negative. But if you specifically hide this, as she does, you simply see the majority and these are just people who feel positive and also celebrate what she does.
I do topic talks, I mostly deal with not easy topics. I talk, I think and I philosophize, as I said before, about current topics that concern me or that are currently relevant in the world.
I can do that relatively well, writing not so now that I am dyslexic. But with words I can handle quite well and so it is more to talk about topics.
Of course, I also get a positive response there. But it is much, much less. I also get a lot, a lot less hate. Of course, this has all its advantages and disadvantages.
Only if I now look at how often I have done something, tried and how much I am active on different platforms and how little or no feedback I get, whether positive or negative, does one or I lose motivation somehow.
If then also life circumstances change and the production becomes a bit more difficult, then it has come all the more that you put this on hold at the moment and I have these problems at the moment.
So if I don't produce, I can't try to be successful, that's the logical reversal of it.
I have often said that commercial success is completely latte to me. Because the costs I have to carry out my hobby are really minimal in addition to electricity.
We're talking about a few dollars a month. This is totally manageable and feasible even with the smallest, minimum budget.
I have often discussed and articulated that I would like to have a little more resonance for what I do and that I would like to have more comments and discussions.
I was told it would be difficult because I'm active on so many networks and platforms to find a point where you could do that. Yes, I agree, but you can also comment on the platform where you just saw it from me. This is not an issue, I get it relatively quickly and would then just react to it and enjoy it.
For me, the thing with success is really to relate to the interaction with my creation. Of course, I would be happy about a little more money, we all know how expensive equipment is. But money is not the most important thing.
But even in the YouTube video of me, where it was about why there is already a break, this was not the subject of discussion. I am demotivated by the lack of interaction.
I really thought that several different comment options would lead to more coming. This is not the case despite simple operation.
If I consider that there is a commentary on the monologue podcast, where there are over 60 issues, that is already violent.
In the area of YouTube videos, there are more comments on the blog, but still very few, but it's okay, after all, there are sometimes comments on a post in the blog.
In Instagram it is also the case that every now and then I get comments under any photos or under small videos that I post there. It is more a collection of events from my life or the peculiarities. With the ability to reach you there, I can use it to announce my videos or podcasts, as well as the blog posts.
However, there is hardly ever a comment among these contributions. It's more the photos and videos that deal with the content of my life that people are interested in.
And when I get back to my girlfriend and her activities, that's really the case. That if she's streaming while she's gambling, most of it's there. Of course, it will be interesting for some with the streaming and the gameplay and for others, the talk is interesting, because it's actually only about the person of my girlfriend and a bit about me.
I actually think I would have to put my person in the front light, make myself a little more present. I thought I would do that by stopping in the camera speech or stopping on my voice that can be heard on the podcast.
But it also seems to be important that you convey a feeling of closeness, to your viewers or to hear. Because how often I hear, even though they don't see me in my girlfriend's streams, that my voice is very pleasant and some even sleep when I sometimes hold a monologue there, because my girlfriend is smoking right now. That people fall asleep because this voice is so reassuring is kind of funny.
Such things, such moments, such statements still give me hope that at some point I will get recognition, but also feedback. What I hope and wish to draw strength from it to continue.
Until then, I have to somehow mobilize all my forces and continue that I somehow bring content that is also interesting. And not only is a certain amount to have content, so demanding content is challenging for me.
Yes, that's what I want for the future. A little more strength that I overcome this thirsty stretch and enjoy the positive feedback I get, even if it's little. But there is one and that is very positive.
How do you see that? And what is your opinion on that? I would like to read about it in the comments.
Your Sasha
Addendum and update of 7.7.2021
As you can see from the enclosed graphics, this is really the case that I am very unsuccessful on the Internet. I will now try to amplify my activities for a few months, to be presenter and to publish against more.
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