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Why am I not running a contest on *YouTube* even though it works to rank videos higher, even though a bunch of top *YouTubers* are doing it, and even though I've run contests before? 

Will you please watch this video and find out because this might save you a ton of wasted time, effort and energy and perhaps even violations on *YouTube?*

If you have a channel or if you are just a viewer on *YouTube,* you might be able to save time and energy not participating in other contests.

## Are YouTube Contests a Waste of Time? 10 Reasons Not to Create and Participate!

If you will enjoy reading and contributing to the discussion for this post, will you please [join us on the *YouTube* video below](https://youtu.be/JlU2QdgpKq8) and leave a comment there because I read and respond to most comments on *YouTube?*

https://youtu.be/JlU2QdgpKq8

If you find anything helpful in this video or funny, will you please leave a like because you will feel great helping other people find it?

Now, why am I not doing contests even though they work so well? 

Because I don't like being on the receiving end of them.

Because I've run contests before, I know they do work well, and yet one of the big reasons I'm not doing contests: *YouTube* has a pretty stringent [contest policies and guidelines](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1620498?hl=en). 

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Now, I know they are not often enforced at least relative to the number of contests I see that don't appear to follow them, that doesn't mean they can't be enforced though.

If we have learned one thing [on *YouTube*](https://www.youtube.com/c/jerrybanfield) it's that often things can slide for a long time like ads on videos that probably shouldn't have had ads on them, then all of a sudden, there is a massive wave of enforcement. 

I would imagine, at the rate we are going, the *contest policies* are going to get a massive wave of enforcement in the near future because there are so many *YouTubers* not following the [guidelines](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1620498?hl=en).

You have probably seen videos by now, here is what the contest does. 

The contest says, *"If you like this video, subscribe and hit the notification button, and then post a comment saying you did it, then you'll be eligible to win."* 

Read more on my website at *https://jerrybanfield.com/create-youtube-contests/.*

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