{"id":1403,"date":"2020-05-10T23:46:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T18:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2021-10-22T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:15:37","slug":"how-this-vine-star-brought-his-fanbase-to-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/how-this-vine-star-brought-his-fanbase-to-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"How This Vine Star Brought His Fanbase To YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny Gonzalez is a former Vine star with a whooping 3 million followers. Known for his dry and sarcastic humour, it wasn\u2019t long before YouTube fell for his bells and whistles too. Danny leveraged his pre-existing Vine following to go viral on YouTube. His reaction videos, parody songs and unusual pranks fetched him over 3.6 million YouTube subscribers. Here\u2019s how Danny made the massive transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. He puts a unique spin to his pranks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny moves away from traditional pranks and positions his pranks as \u201cawful\u201d fails. For example, in his viral \u201cTrying Troom Troom\u2019s Awful Pranks\u201d video, Danny asks his dad whether he wants an ice cream, and when his dad replies with a yes, Danny presents a light bulb that looks like an ice cream. This video boosted his subscriber count from 600,000 to over 1 million subscribers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trying Troom Troom&#039;s Awful Pranks\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-syp3840Dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. He reacts to trending topics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny finds topics that are already trending and builds on them. His reaction video \u201cI\u2019m Very Worried About This Movie (Swiped w\/ Noah Centineo)\u201d where he reacts to the trending Netflix movie \u201cSwiped\u201d, has over 5.4 million views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;m Very Worried About This Movie (Swiped w\/ Noah Centineo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_dxjgROKQJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. He experiments with unscripted content on his second channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny\u2019s second channel \u201c2 Danny 2 Furious\u201d has a whooping 750,000 subscribers. He dedicates this channel to unscripted or unplanned videos. His second channel is a great place to test the waters and reach out to a new audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Answering Questions In A Chair\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nC43qtGy-6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. He collaborates with creators from the same genre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny often makes videos and goes on tour with other commentary YouTubers like Drew Gooden, Ryan Trahan and Kurtis Conner. This is a great way to expose his videos to a highly targeted audience and build on his virality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ultimate Commentary Video (w\/ Kurtis Conner and Danny Gonzalez)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YIafrsAWS1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. He uses an inclusive strong call to action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny concludes his videos with a witty catchphrase to increase subscriptions.\u00a0 \u201cSubscribe to join Greg, the strongest army on the internet. Don\u2019t look that up.\u201d He directly calls out to his fandom which he has named \u201cGreg\u201d and throws in the term often to make his fans feel inclusive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The TikTok Mom Is A Superhero Now\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UiXm7chHF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. He gives random shoutouts to his viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny uses a great strategy to make his viewers turn on the bell notification icon for his videos. He encourages viewers to comment on his videos saying\u00a0 \u201cI turned on notifications to your channel\u201d in order to get a shoutout. Towards the end of his videos, Danny picks a random comment and thanks his fan for turning on notifications to his channel. This not only increases comments but also keeps his viewers engaged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memes That My Older Relatives Post On Facebook\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IgReQBE0kaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be it Vine or YouTube, Danny sure knows how to keep his fans entertained. We can see that \u201cbuilding fan engagement\u201d is at the heart of Danny\u2019s viral strategy and this mantra is working wonders for his channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in getting your YouTube channel seen by a huge audience? Get started here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/\">www.flintzy.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Header image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dannygonzalez\/\">@dannygonzalez<\/a> via Instagram)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Danny Gonzalez is a former Vine star with a whooping 3 million followers. 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