If you want to rapidly increase the watch time, views, and subscribers on YouTube channel,
go live from your computer desktop. [music]
You don't need 1,000 subscribers, and you don't have to install any software. Stay tuned
throughout the video as I show you how to live stream from your desktop without 1,000
subscribers. Hello, my name is Herman Drost. If you want to grow your audience on YouTube
and generate traffic, leads and sales on autopilot, hit the subscribe button and hit the bell
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Log into YouTube channel, click the camera icon that says create a video post, click
go live. Now you got stream beta, manage and webcam. Select webcam, enter your title. Select
your privacy settings to be public, anyone can search for and view; unlisted, anyone
with the link can view; private, only you can view. I'm going to select unlisted for
this demonstration. You can also schedule this live stream for later. Just move the
slider to the right, select the date and you can select the time. I'm going to go live
now, so I'm going to move the slider to the left to turn it off. Click more options, I
can schedule for later, which I just showed you.
Here you can add your description, which I've added already. You want to select your category.
I'm going to select how to style, and also you want to select your webcam. Instead of
my FaceTime camera which doesn't work, I'm selecting my pro-stream webcam which is a
Logitech webcam. You can also select your mic. You click the drop-down here, go to internal
microphone, Blue Snowball and my pro-stream webcam. I'm using my Blue Snowball, which
I'll show you later. It's just a USB connection. [music]
If I click advanced settings, then I can allow chat, I can enable age restriction, I can
select this video contains paid promotion such as paid product placement sponsorships
or endorsement. I'm not doing any of that, so I'm going to leave that off. Take the arrow,
go back, click next. Now I'm going to smile to take a thumbnail. It looks pretty good.
Keep in mind you can always change the thumbnail later for a custom thumbnail. Click the link
in the card if you want to learn how to create a clickable thumbnail using free online graphic
software. If I click this pencil icon, I can edit my live stream data. I can just check
through it all again, I've got my title, I've got my privacy settings, I've got the date
and time, I've got my description, I've got my category how-to style, I've selected my
Logitech webcam, I've selected my Blue Snowball mic, and I've already fixed the advanced settings.
Then just click save. I've save to settings. Now I'm already set to go live.
[music] Let's see what happens. Going live. Hey, everyone,
this is a test live stream to see how my Logitech webcam is working and how to go live without
1,000 subscribers from your desktop computer. As you notice on the top left here, I've got
how long the live stream is going, how many people are on the live stream, so it's only
just myself. Then down here on the right, I've got my live chat stream. I can say anything
I like, let's say, "How are you?" Then I just tap this button here, then you can see the
chat appears at the top here it says live chat. I click the three dots, I've got participants,
I've got the pop-out chat and toggle time-span. If I click participants, I've just got myself.
If I do the pop-out chat, I've got a pop-out chat that appears on the left. I can move
that anywhere around on my desktop. Since live chat is on the right, then I'm just going
to leave it like that, I don't need a pop-out. Well, down the bottom here, you can check
your mic. You can turn it off or on. If I click this arrow, you can send the URL of
my live stream to the social media sites right here. I can also embed it, and I can copy
it. After I finish the live stream, I can just
click end live stream. Are you sure you want to end your live stream? Click end. Now it
shows the playbacks, peak concurrence, new subscribers, duration of live stream, total
watch time and average watch time. I can edit in the studio. Now I can edit the title, description,
tags, etc. I didn't add any tags, supposed to be a good place to add tags. Also add it
to a playlist. I could add cards. I can add a end screen. I can also add a custom thumbnail.
I just click the three dots, and I can change the thumbnail.
I can also click advanced, and then I can change recording date, category, language,
allow comments, not allow comments. location, etc. If I'm happy with the recorded live stream,
I can switch visibility from unlisted to public and click done. If I go back to my finished
stream window, I can skip edit in studio and click done. If I check my videos list, I'll
see my live stream at the top of the list. Let's check it out.
[music] Now you know how to go live from your desktop
computer without 1,000 subscribers or using any software. Let me ask you a question, what's
your biggest fear of going live on YouTube? Post your answer in the comments below, I'd
love to read them and I'm sure others would too. "Herman, how do I go live from a mobile
phone?" I'm glad you asked. Just watch my next video on how to go live from YouTube
Mobile whether using an iPhone or Android device. Thanks for watching, and we'll see
you in the next video.