The latest news, trends & tips for YouTube, including YouTube marketing, advertising, SEO and more… Here we share best practices maximizing YouTube, whether that means getting engagement, views, shares, conversions, or optimizing videos on YouTube for search, we’ll teach you all we know. We’ll keep you up to date on all the newest YouTube trends, features, strategies and best practices for YouTube videos and YouTube channels.
The Google+ page/YouTube channel integration has been in beta for about a month now, and YouTube is getting closer to opening it up to everyone. There will soon be an option for everyone to make the connection in the next few weeks.
YouTube has announced the winners of the Next Vlogger 2013 contest. 15 lucky winners will now receive $4,000 in production stuff, a Google+ Hangout workshop series with experts in the field, and the chance to collaborate with a whole bunch of other vloggers around the world.
Dove's Real Beauty Sketches is the most-viewed online ad of all time, according to Unruly. It's also the most shared of 2013 and the third most-shared of all time. Dove tapped into an emotional subject and really delivered the goods, and it's one of video's shining moments.
YouTube Creator Academy starts up on June 3-June 16 with a course called "Maximize Your Channel." The free online course is open for registration all the way through to June 16. The course is designed to maximize the features of YouTube's One Channel design.
YouTube is announcing 100 hours of video uploaded every minute. It tells us that YouTube continues to grow and that's great. But more content being uploaded to YouTube means it will require more effort to get noticed, and you need to be prepared to do the work.
How can certain networks that are successful on cable figure out this YouTube thing? One way is to realize what kind of audience is on YouTube and go after them, rather than appealing to the same audience that watches the cable network. YouTube is all about direct relationships with consumers.
YouTube is tinkering with a new kind of shoppable ad system on the Tresemmé channel. The best part for me: you can actually stay on the channel while you watch videos. The products are in a sidebar and you don't ever get whisked away to another site until you're ready to buy.
You got an account in good standing? 1,000 subscribers? You're set up with SMS verification? You too can start Live Streaming YouTube in a few weeks. Right now, many creators should be able to see an "Enable" button that gets them closer to live nirvana (the state of being, obviously not the band).
If Youtube wanted to solicit any valuable information they would break down where the views are directed towards. As youtube continues to blossom, I feel less interested in what the company can provide to me as a hosting service for my explanatory videos.
YouTube's Comedy Week looks like it might be really funny. But they're not relying on merely spreading the word: they've got videos chock full of stars promoting the event. From The Lonely Island to Sarah Silverman to Epic Meal Time to even Arnold Schwarzenegger.
As of May 2013, here are the top subscribed channels on YouTube. After SMOSH has broken a number of records and will likely be the first channel to hit 10 million subscribers soon, a look at the other channels and what they do seemed to be in order.
YouTube have announced a pay by subscription option for the first time in their history but we'd like to take a moment to celebrate those channels that are still free but we'd gladly pay for if we had to. Let us know some of your favourites channels too.
What can we learn from movie trailers wen it comes to video marketing on YouTube? Considering that many movie trailers have created extraordinary buzz on YouTube over the years, learning how they market themselves can be an effective strategy for any video content creator.
Starcount, a social media measuring guru, is holding an event called the Social Star Awards on May 23. They enlisted the services of Portal A to create a video for the event starring Harlye Morenstein and the GoDaddy lucky kiss nerd, Jesse Heiman. The event is being held in Singapore.
The long-rumored YouTube paid subscription channels are here. They're selling for 99 cents a month, have two week free trials, and offer deals if you want to subscribe for more than a year. Now, will the content be worth it?
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