If you are investing the time and effort to build your streaming career but aren’t pulling in the followers of viewers, it may not be what you are doing in your streams, but how you market your profile.

Your Twitch profile is the first thing many prospective viewers see. If this isn’t engaging and stimulating, they will make a snap judgement and conclude that your stream won’t engage or stimulate either. With 25,000 gamers streaming on Twitch at any given moment, there are plenty of other streamers that viewers can explore instead.

Here are five ways to make your profile stand out from the crowd and attract more followers, and ultimately, more viewers on your streams.

Use Twitch Banners to Publicize Your Schedule

If you want to draw in repeat viewers and followers, you should have a regular schedule. You wouldn’t go to the movies without checking a schedule before-hand, Twitch is no different. You should make a Twitch banner which shows when you will be playing what game that week. That way, anyone that comes across your profile can see what you will be playing when and can make arrangements to join the stream that will be most appealing to them.

Link Your Profile to Your Other Social Media Networks

Your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages are a great source of potential followers. Leverage other social media platforms to reach a wider audience. This doesn’t just mean spamming them with notifications. Post insights into your life to connect with fans more personally, and always include a link to your Twitch profile so fans can find your schedule.

Set Chat Rules

Clearly-defined expectations of how your followers communicate on chat and other messaging platforms are key to building a healthy Twitch stream without interference from trolls. As your channel grows, moderation will take up more of your time. Having a clear set of chat rules will help you moderate and will set the channel’s standards for how to communicate in a fair and respectful way.

Highlight What Makes You Stand Out from the Crowd

You should have one particular feature about your streaming channel that helps you stand out from the crowd. For example, Rudeism plays games with unique controllers he makes himself, including guitars, baguettes and other household items. On his Twitch profile, he outlines this near the top. It sets him apart from other users and will get people interested enough to watch his stream.

Whatever your stream is particularly useful for, be it game reviews, novel ways of playing videogames (such as blindfolded), setting near impossible challenges or simply your engaging personality, this should take a prominent place on your Twitch profile.

Give Your Streams Engaging Titles

In order to effectively title your streams, you need to know why people generally click on streams. They click on streams that are in their language, with highly-ranked players who hold records in certain games. Therefore, your stream title should include these where appropriate.

Enhance your Twitch profile today to give your follower numbers a quick boost and get more viewers on your streams.