Yozo's Advice I guess?

This is not intended to be a full list of advice - more ramblings of potentially lesser known tips and advice that I think really aided me in my journey to partner.

--Audio--
I could go on for days about audio but when it comes down to it. Your Audio is the most important part of streaming. There are a million guides on youtube etc for this so I'm not going to go into a huge amount of depth here. I'm also sorta garbage at audio myself so... In short:
	- your first investment in your channel SHOULD be a decent microphone
	- learn what settings for compressor, limiter and noise suppression/noise gate works for you
	- If you are not me and don't make inhuman noises on stream, look into nivida broadcast, especially if you have a really loud keyboard
	- AS A RULE OF THUMB: Your voice should always be in the yellow section of the volume and your game should be at the top of the green
	- There is no shame in asking your chat if volume is ok every time you start a new game. People usually won't tell you if your audio is bad unless it's REALLY bad unless you ask them
	- PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO PEOPLE'S VOLUMES IN COLLABS. Set up extra time beforehand and record them talking and listen back to it. Individuals will all have different mics/speaking volumes so adjust their volumes in discord accordingly.
	- As a Vtuber you naturally will be less expressive visually than a regular camera streamer. Make sure you know how to express feelings with your voice alone. If you can't, then practice.
	- Use a BGM (there are tons of free ones!!) to cover up dead air during your just chatting segments/streams. Just make sure it is not too loud

--Shilling--
No one will know to come to your channel unless they know it exists. Don't be ashamed of posting your channel a bunch sure, some people may find you annoying and its REALLY hard but just do it.

--Visual stream settings--
	- Always keep chat on stream. People love seeing their name and streaming is an inherently social activity so allow chat to be a part of the stream by always keeping it displayed. If you don't have a lot of people coming to your stream, make the chat time out or just make it not have a big empty "CHAT" section in your UI. It's really awkward when you come into a stream and there's just bot notifications in the chat section.
	- Overlays, transitions, panels, emotes and other art assets are entirely optional and you don't need to spending a shit ton of money before starting vtubing.

--Consistency and Branding--
I think this is where most people go wrong so bare with me while I explain a bit. Ideally, you want people to think two things about your stream "I feel like watching X type of content. I will watch (you)" and "It is X o'clock, it is the time I watch (you)" How do you achieve this? Consistency in both stream time and in your brand.
	Consistency in time is easy in theory but hard to achieve in practice. Set a schedule. Stick to your schedule. Make cancelations and guerilla streams minimal. yes, you might REALLY feel like streaming or playing the game you are streaming at a certain time, but you'll do MUCH better holding back and being consistent.
	You might not believe you have a brand since it sounds very corporate but essentially your brand is "who people think you are" and you can control this through your actions. You want to be consistent in your "style" of content. This could mean many things from playing the same types of games or setting the scene similarly. If that doesn't make sense here is an example: You watch streamer X because they are very good at a certain game and then they start doing ear licking ASMR. You probably won't want to watch their ASMR because you're only interested in their main content.
	Secondly your brand does extend to your stream assets, voice and MOST of all your model. Make sure these are all aligned and you'll have an easier time when these are all aligned with people's expectations of your content.

--Stuff I couldn't find a place for--
	- If you struggle with topics to talk about on stream, just write a list of things to talk about throughout your day before stream and keep it on hand. I did this for the first 2 months of streaming until I got used to finding things to talk about.
	- Don't be afraid to try new things and try new content. Innovation will really help you stand out.
		- Conversely, don't be afraid to drop things that aren't working out for you just because you spent a long time trying to make it work.
	- People love special events. Do them as often as they come up naturally (if things align)
	- Collabs are good for growth but generally bad for viewership. Don't do them too often.
		- Minimize awkwardness in collabs by minimizing the amount of PoVs (i.e. only having one host) unless you're playing something like amongus. Doing this will allow you to have chat involved and don't have a whole bunch of muted (or non-muted) "thank you"s!


--Final Note--
Everything with streaming can be boiled down to two aspects really, "Get people to come to your stream link" and "Be entertaining". It's up to you and your skills to fulfill those two criteria. I wish you the best of luck and keep trying hard!!