Engaging your audience is the subject of this Short video for creators and businesses who post videos. Consider giving your audience a chance to experience you before you tell them what to do.
This video first went up on YouTube on April 6, 2025. The written post was added on October 21, 2026.
Engaging Your Audience: Why Wait Before Asking for a Follow?
Engaging your audience can start with giving viewers a chance to experience you before you tell them what to do. Opening a video with like, subscribe, share and follow can come before viewers even know if they like the video, in Loren Weisman’s view, so giving them a moment instead of an order may help.
- Giving your audience a chance to experience you before telling them what to do can help.
- Opening with like, subscribe, share and follow can come before viewers know whether they like the video.
- Giving viewers a moment, instead of an order, can be a better way to ask them to share or follow.
Engaging Your Audience: The Full Transcription
Letting Viewers Experience You Before You Ask
Consider giving your audience a chance to experience you before you tell them what to do. Opening some of these videos with this like subscribe, Share, follow. Before they’ve even gotten to know if they’re going to like that video, if they should share, if they should follow, give them a sec. Instead of giving them an order.
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Questions and Answers
Is it a good idea to ask viewers to subscribe right away?
Not in Loren Weisman’s view, since asking right away can come before viewers even know if they like the video. He suggests giving them a moment to experience you first, instead of opening with like, subscribe, share and follow.
What does engaging your audience before asking for support mean?
Engaging your audience before asking for support can mean letting viewers experience you before you tell them what to do. People may then decide on their own whether they like the video and whether to share or follow.
Why can a call to like and follow feel like an order?
A call to like, share or follow at the very start of a video can tell viewers what to do before they know if they like it. That can feel like giving them an order, so giving viewers a sec first may help.
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Engaging Your Audience Before Asking for a Follow