Imagine if you had four videos that were scheduled to be autoposted on YouTube, how much time
you'd save.
You also wouldn't get stressed out about creating and publishing your next video.
In this video, you'll learn the top benefits of scheduling your videos and demonstrate
YouTube scheduling feature.
My name is Herman Drost from drostdesigns.com.
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Here are the five top reasons why I schedule my videos.
Number one, save time.
If I schedule my video to be published a couple of days ahead of time, then I know I've already
done all the work and I can move on to my next video.
Number two, reduces stress.
I publish new videos on Mondays and Thursdays.
If I schedule them ahead of time, I don't have to worry about my next video.
Number three, no need to be at my computer.
If I know that I'm going on vacation for a couple of weeks or going to a conference,
I schedule my videos ahead of time.
This allows me to publish my videos without being at the computer.
Number four, no need to worry about publishing times.
Since a large part of my audience comes from India, I like to publish my videos early in
the morning.
This may mean that I'm still sleeping or just getting up for breakfast.
For people from India and other parts of the world, they can leisurely watch my videos
around 7:00 PM when they're out and about.
This means I've already got a lot of activity on my videos before I even get up in the morning.
Number five, consistency.
If you create a sequence of videos, you can schedule a video to be published every couple
of days for the next seven days.
They automatically get published according to the scheduled release date.
Here are the steps to schedule your videos on YouTube.
Step one, select the video that you wish to schedule.
Just go to your video manager, then click Videos to see all the videos on your channel.
Alternatively, you can just put the main topic of your video in the search box and click
Search.
I'm going to select this video, click Edit.
Step two, make sure your video is set on private from the drop-down list.
This will enable you to optimize your video before you schedule it to be published.
Make sure you got a keyword optimized title.
Summarize your video in the first three lines of your description.
If you're re-directing viewers to a URL, make sure you place that within the first three
lines of your description.
Enter your title and other relevant keyword phrases in your tags.
Also include your channel name.
If you have the TubeBuddy extension installed, it will automatically suggest related tags
you can put into your tag.
Alternatively, you can click on Suggest, it'll give you suggestion for search and suggestion
for related.
Step three, Add cards and end screens.
Just click on Cards to add your cards and click End Screen & Annotations to add a end
screen to the end of your video.
Step four, transcribe your video.
Just click Subtitles/CC to transcribe your video or upload a transcript.
Make sure you save the changes by clicking Save Changes.
Step five, upload a customized thumbnail.
I've already got a customized thumbnail here, but you can click Change Image and select
one from your computer.
If you got the TubeBuddy extension installed, you can just click Create Thumbnail.
Click the link in the card if you want to know how to create a customized thumbnail
using TubeBuddy.
Step six, schedule your video.
Click the drop-down, click Scheduled, select the date that you wish your video to be published.
I select July 1st, 2018.
Select the time that you want your video to be published.
I'm going to select 7:00 AM.
Make sure you also select your local time so you don't publish it at the wrong time.
Just click the drop-down box and select Local Time.
After you've finished setting up the scheduling of your video, click on Publish.
You can see my video is now scheduled to be published.
Here are five important things to keep in mind when scheduling your YouTube videos.
Number one, create a list of on-going topics.
Create a list of topics for your next few videos so you won't get stuck staring at a
blank screen.
Click the link in the card to watch my video on how to come up with new video ideas.
Number two, batch record your videos.
Instead of recording one video, why not record several videos in a row so you'll save time.
Of course, this means you got to plan out and write your scripts in advance.
If you need help scripting your videos, click the link on the card to get my seven-step
formula for running a video script.
Number three, speed up your editing process.
A couple of different ways to speed up your editing process is to learn the keyboard shortcuts
for your video editing software.
Another way to speed up your video editing is to have your intro and outro files ready
to go.
All you have to do is drop them on the timeline so you don't have to recreate them.
Number four, create evergreen content.
Having evergreen videos ready to be published helps reduce the stress in case of emergencies.
It could be sickness, it could be a vacation, or like the other day, somebody cut through
my internet line and I didn't have any internet for a few days.
Number five, create a series of videos around one topic.
If you take a deep dive into one topic, you can easily create a series of videos.
You can then add these series of videos to a playlist and get even more traffic.
Let me ask you an important question.
Do you normally schedule your videos ahead of time?
If so, how far ahead?
Post your answer in the comments below.
I'd love to read them and I'm sure others would too.
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