How to get more views for my youtube short films?

[Max Tobin]

For quite some time now (despite being 13) i have been directing short films with my friends and we are beginning to get more Professional, you can see for yourself http://www.youtube.com/user/Maxamillion72?feature=mhee
I was just wondering how i could get more views without having to spend money!
Help would be much appreciated!!! (and please watch for yourself

[teddy_bear_rawr]

tell your friends on facebook, twitter, myspace etc. post bulletins about it

[Jessica Asplosion]

Also, you can put in "misleading" tags. Enter in words that people where you live would often type in. It could be famous YouTubers, games, songs, just to name some.

I hope you gain lots of views in the future.

[Balram Maury]

If you want more views to your video on YouTube then you should use the social bookmarking sites and community sites. This can be easily done by adding a toolbar which is provided for Firefox for free of cost and the grouping of this toolbar is so amazing that it contains near about all social bookmarking sites. You can download and install it from here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/addthis/
if you are using Firefox as your browser then it is really simple to post your review links to these sites such as Facebook, MySpace, twitter,Reddit,delicious etc. it really helps to sharing any url direct from your address bar in your browser. Simply go to your url of the video from the address bar in your browser(Firefox) and click on + sign after the address of your url. After doing so you will be able to see all social bookmarking sites list. Most popular sites comes first so you do not need to worry about traffic and it can also optimize the back linking process to your video. In this way you can increase your views on your YouTube channel. The only thing which you need to create accounts to the sites listed in the toolbar. If you have any question then don't hesitate to ask me. Thanks!!!

[Glenn Ratcliffe]

It's all about presentation and networking.
To get comments, you need views.

To get views you need:
a) Good content.
And/or:
b) Good 'tag' words. The more the better (Youtube dose have an upper limit on the number though).
c) A good video description.
d) A good network of friends and subscribers.
e) Getting 'Likes'.
f) Don't forget to 'Share' your video's and 'Post a Bulletin' to your friends.
g) Video respond with your videos.

So, good content is the hard one. There are no rules, but try to be original, or stick to a theme, or both. Here's an example. Have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EbensR4Real
The trick is to engage your viewer from the start, and keep them watching till the end. Hard to get your video 'Liked', if it's not watched in total.

Tagging your video with as many of the right words is very important. People find your video's with these 'Tags'. Use many tags.

Do a full, and detailed description of your video (this will help when Google 'crawls' for videos). Provide links as needed.

Make friends. Reach out to other similar channels, and [Add Friend]. Offer Sub4Sub to increase your subscribers.

Double check your editing (smooth transitions, clean/even audio, ECT) before uploading. Sloppy editing on your videos, effect your chances of getting 'Likes'. Remember too 'Like' your own video (people in your network will see this, and be only one click away from watching your video).

After uploading:
Use the [Share] button, to put your video's on FaceBook/Twitter/MySpace/ETC.
On your channel, use the [Post Bulletin] to send your video (with a message) to all your friends.

Post video reponse's to your own video's. Seach for videos similar to your own, and then post your video's as a response.

Multiple views:
Thought should be given to your channels appearance (back ground, color scheme, play list's, profile wording, ect). A nicely designed channel will encourge your visitors to stay and watch more video's.

Also:
If you visit random pages and comment. People will see your avatar (one click, and there at your page), and have a link to you. Be careful of spamming. Some people get very upset.

Hope this helps

[Analee]

Definitely tell all your friends on the internet and in real life. Also tell your classmates!
You have some pretty good stuff, but I would suggest playing more with the angle in which you shoot to make the movies even more interesting