NextUp Articles

YouTube Capture, Custom Social Notifications, NextUp Contest, & More... [The Reel Web #70]

Today's Reel Web episode is focused entirely on YouTube news and updates from the past week.  While we certainly love the fact that YouTube is rapidly evolving, it sure would be nice if they'd take a week off so that we could digest all that's ...

NextUp at YouTube, Shows Takeoff to New Destinations, & More... [Reel Web #69]

In this week's Reel Web, we take a look at several online video related news items including: new mobile video apps released for Vimeo and YouTube, details about YouTube's newest NextUp competition program and its focus on collaboration, the pros vs. cons of using YouTube ...

Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Winter's Coming Edition

So, winter's coming. It might not feel like it just yet...but it is. We had all best be prepared to face it head on. Actually, that reminds me I need to catch up on Game of Thrones again before Season 3 begins in March. Anyway, ...

YouTube Re-Launches NextUp Competition in US: YouTube Focuses on Collaboration

If there is another focus in the upcoming year for YouTube, it appears to be collaboration between two or more channels.  Tucked into a chapter of the YouTube Creator Playbook as a good idea for building an audience, collaboration has also come up recently as ...

Free Views for YouTube Partners, Vloggers, Link Building, Xbox & More [The Reel Web #33]

This week on the Reel Web, we cover 10+ minutes worth of online video news and trends from the past week including, a new program for YouTube partners that aims to provide free promotion, Google+YouTube integration, research on the power of video for link-building, Xbox, ...

What Is YouTube Looking for in its Content and Creators?

The YouTube NextUp winners have been announced and I must say I'm pleased with the results, even as someone who was in the contest and did not win. After looking at SocialBlade's chart of all the NextUp contestants and their stats, a few things became ...

YouTube NextUp: Is it About Talent or Networking

Tomorrow, April 8th, public voting closes on the contestants in the YouTube NextUp contest. The top 50 contestants will enter the final round of judging by YouTube employees and up to eight other top YouTube Partners. The top 25 are awarded $35,000, four days of ...

Maybe YouTube Shows Partners Too Much Love?

YouTube yesterday announced a new initiative aimed at giving a handful of select up-and-coming partner channels an extra boost. It's called YouTube NextUp, and is part of the overall YouTube Next initiative--their new partner-growth division staffed mostly by employees of the recently-acquired Next New Networks. ...