Youtube is obviously one of my favorite platforms. I love it for a lot of reasons. I love video,
I love doing these weekly tutorials, I love the community on Youtube. But one of the main
reasons I love it, is since I`ve been doing these weekly tutorials, Youtube has become
my #1 traffic source, as well as the fastest way to grow my e-mail list. It`s been really
really incredible and the reason for that is a little tool called Youtube Cards. And
that`s what today`s tutorial is all about so if you`re wondering what Youtube Cards
look like, hit that little eye in the top left-hand corner for me, and right hand corner
for you, and see what pops up. You`ll see a list of websites, as well as
videos and playlists, pop up. Youtube has said that these cards are eventually going
to replace annotations entirely. And the big benefit that Cards have over annotations,
is that they work across screens, and they also work on mobile devices. So if you aren`t
using Youtube Cards yet, here`s how to do it.
To find Youtube Cards, go to Video Manager, and Edit (the video that you want to add the
cards to). And you go up here to Cards, and you`ll see right beside it is the older version
Annotations. Click on Cards, and you`ll find all the different options that you can add
to the video. So you can add your website, which you do have to verify but it`s a reallysimple
process; A fundraising initiative, so you can send your viewers to a donation page;
Merchandise, if you have merch that you`re selling if you`re let`s say a musician or
a comedian or an artist of some kind; you can also direct to another video or playlist
on your channel or another person`s channel; and of course, you can also promote someone
else`s channel as well. So let`s say I want to create another card
for another video in my playlist. It`s as simple as this: I hit that option and then
I click the video, and I say Create Card, and you`ll see that that card is now at 2
seconds in, on the video. And I can move that card to any point I want in the video. And
then you just click on the little eye and it`ll tell you which videos or uh websites
or playlists you`ve linked to in your cards that your viewers will be able to click on
as well. You`ll see this is the video I`ve linked to,
and it goes directly to that page. Now as far as adding a Card to your website,
like I said you have to verify your website. Mine is already verified so when I do this,
it`ll pop up with my information and the title of the Card which you can edit. And then I
write `Get FREE Social Media Tips!` as my call to action, because when you subscribe
on my website you do get free social media tips every single Tuesday.
You can change the teaser text but I just keep it the same as the call to action…
and then I upload a new image. It will pull an image from your website, but I choose to
upload a new image. And I just made this image in Canva, which I`ll link to below. Uh, and
so it`s a unique graphic, specifically for this Youtube Card. So then you create the
Card. And you can see that it`s now in the list here, under associated website.
If you`re going to start using Youtube Cards, let me know in the comments section below
what your channel is. I`d love to see what you guys are doing with them. And if you need
help with your Youtube strategy, I`m just a comment away, just leave your question in
the comments section below, or you can tweet me @sunnylenarduzzi.
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