Language warning and no call-to-action video.

[Marty S]

I have a rather popular channel on youtube, nearing 1.5 million views. Most of my videos are training tips with a call to action, but every so often I put out a video that is more or less - entertainment and channel publicity.

The thing is, some of these videos turn out to be my most popular, because of the nature of the content, the foul language in it, and the disturbing fact that people really like to read or see bad things happen in videos.

Well my bad beat videos have become very popular, and I just released this one so as to keep the interest and viewership high in my channel.

YouTube - bad beat poker

(seriously, language WARNING)

Let me tell you, these videos really help my overall viewership and I do get a lot of subscribers from them, even without a call to action. They are also the type of videos that other webmasters will quickly post on their own site and forums so I get a lot of link back reference from them.

Since they have done well by me, you may want to produce something like this for your own niche, and combine it with contemporary music and movies to make it have more impact. You can use your blooper content to change the angle of your regular messages.

[Lance K]

Been there done that. Calling a few of those bad beats doesn't do them justice. They were just brutal.

[Marty S]

Well I have a lot of footage like that because I record all my tournaments. The bad beats add up that way.

But I did feel I could take advantage of them somehow, and for video producers out there - maybe you can too. Reconsider how to use the stuff that didn't work out and make it funny or entertaining somehow.