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# Getting More Fans On YouTube: A Musician’s Guide
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/getting-more-fans-on-youtube-a-musicians-guide/
- Published: 2016-10-19T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-19T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: A key piece of music promotion for a quite a while, video has long given fans a way to connect more deeply with music, so it stands to reason that. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/10/getting-more-fans-on-youtube-a-musicians-guide.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Marketing, Music Think Tank, YouTube & Video, Adblock Plus, Album cover, Amazoncom, Artist, Facebook, Google, Soundcloud, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Bzblog-how-to-get-fans-youtube-img01](https://a2.typepad.com/6a01b7c7aa2d2b970b01bb09475922970d-150wi "Bzblog-how-to-get-fans-youtube-img01")](http://a2.typepad.com/6a01b7c7aa2d2b970b01bb09475922970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)A key piece of **music promotion** for a quite a while, **video** has long given fans a way to **connect more deeply with music**, so it stands to reason that **YouTube** would rise to become one of the most **useful platforms** from which **artists** can **connect with fans**. Here we take a look at how they can **do so better**.

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In this latest article from [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com), **Jon Ostrow** explains how artists can better use YouTube in such a way as to grow their fanbase.*"*Add tags*: Again, just like links, you can add tags to both your channel as well as your individual videos. Make sure the tags you use for your channel are specific to you – consider your location, genre, lyrical subject matter, etc.* *Do not use tags such as ‘music’ as this is far too general to do you any good. The purpose of using a tag, similar to a hashtag on Twitter, is to help to aggregate your content into a specific topic so that people interested in that specific topic can more easily find your channel."* *[\[Continue Reading\]](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/social-media-marketing-for-musicians-how-to-get-more-fans-on-1.html?SSScrollPosition=0&ref=hypebot.com)*

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