If you want to drive more traffic to your YouTube video, you've got to promote your
video after you upload it. In this video, you'll learn 10 free ways to promote your YouTube videos
after you posted on YouTube so you can get more views and subscribers. Let's go. Subscribe and
click the bell notification icon if you want to be notified about how to generate traffic,
leads, and sales on autopilot from YouTube. Number one, create a square video that's
under one minute long from your YouTube video and post it to Instagram. You can rescale your 16:9
YouTube video into a 1:1 square video using your video editing software. A free online tool you
can use to rescale your video is Kapwing. I'll place a link to it in the description below this
video. Add the title at the top of your square video and include some of the content. At the
end of your square video, add a call to action like, "Click the link in the bio for more info."
When someone clicks the link in the bio, it will take them directly to watch the video on YouTube.
Here's how to easily get your custom subscribe pop-up link using TubeBuddy.
Click on the TubeBuddy icon. Click on Promo Materials. You've got the most recent upload, your
most recent upload for embedding, most popular upload, channel page link, and you've even got
the channel page with subscription pop-up link. Just copy the most recent upload URL and it says,
"This link will always direct people to your most recent public upload." Make sure you also include
hashtags that are relevant to the content in your video so it can be found on Instagram.
Number two, Instagram Stories. This is a 15-second vertical video you can upload to Instagram every
day. You can preview your upcoming video or share actionable tips on a daily level. Make
sure you also include a hashtag that is relevant to the content that you're posting to Instagram.
Number three, Facebook groups. Use the search box on Facebook to find groups that are relevant to
your niche. Follow the rules of the group before posting. Otherwise, you might get
banned from the group. Instead, try to engage in conversations within the group by answering
questions. When members become familiar with you, they'll more than likely check out your channel.
Another thing you can do is create your own Facebook group that's related to your niche.
For example, I have a Facebook group called Tube Video Boot Camp that has over 1,000 members.
Feel free to join my Facebook group by clicking the link in the description below this video.
You'll be able to interact with like-minded creators that are also striving to grow their
YouTube channels. Plus, you can get answers to your questions from other members on the group.
Number four, transcribe your video content. When you upload a transcription of your video content,
it displays closed captions under your video. This helps viewers that are hard of hearing or
have the sound turned off be able to read the captions that are below the video. How
do you create your transcript? You can edit the auto-generated transcript from YouTube,
or you can save time by getting it done by a professional company.
I get my videos transcribed by GoTranscript. I'll include the link to GoTranscript in the
description below this video. Another great benefit of getting your video transcribed
is that you can repurpose the written transcript into blog posts and for social media posts.
Number five, create a blog post. Take the transcript that you just created and post
it on your blog or website. Embed your YouTube video in the post. When you create a blog post,
make sure you optimize it correctly by creating an optimized title, description, and tags. You
can also link to other related videos within the post. When you optimize your blog post correctly,
it'll improve the probability of your blog post being found in the Google Search engine. This will
appear in your YouTube Analytics as an external traffic source. For my channel, my number one
external traffic source is Google Search because it drives a lot of traffic to my YouTube videos.
Number six, email all your list. Not all your viewers will receive all notifications of your
new uploads. Therefore, it makes sense to create an email list off YouTube. Even when
viewers subscribe and click the bell notification icon, they won't receive all your notifications
of new uploads. I use an email list provider called AWeber to store thousands of emails
and to send out emails automatically. AWeber also allows you to track the open
rates of your email list, as well as create free landing pages. I'll place a link to AWeber in the
description below this video. The landing pages enable you to easily create an opt-in form where
you can offer a free download like a cheat sheet, report, free video course in exchange for the
contact information. Over time, you grow the email list that you own and is not dependent on YouTube.
If something happens to your YouTube channel, you still have your email list that you own.
Number seven, collaborations. This is where you collaborate with another person that is in a
similar niche as your own. This is a great way to expose your content to their subscribers and their
content to your subscribers. Before you approach another person for a collaboration, think about
what value you can offer to their audience. If it's something new, valuable, and relevant to the
audience, then go ahead with the collaboration. Number eight, translate your content into a
different language. Go to the Audience tab in YouTube analytics and see which countries are
driving the most traffic to your YouTube videos. If there's a country that doesn't speak English
that are driving a lot of traffic to your video, think about translating your video into
a different language than English. I'll place a link in the description on how to translate
your video to English or another language. Number nine, create a custom subscribe link. The
great benefit of creating custom subscribe link is that when somebody clicks on the link, they'll
be automatically subscribed to your channel. You can add the subscribe link to YouTube about page,
in your YouTube description, on your blog, and on the social media sites. Here's how to easily get
the permanent link for your latest YouTube video using TubeBuddy. Click the TubeBuddy
icon. Click Promo Materials. Where it says channel page with subscription pop-up link,
copy the URL. It says, "This link will direct people to your YouTube channel page and display
the 'Subscribe to Channel' pop-up." If you want to use the full, non-shortened URL, copy this link.
Number 10, answer questions. Go to a site like Quora and answer any questions that are
related to your niche. You can use a transcript that you created previously to post on Quora
and also embed your YouTube video there. Other places where you can answer questions related
to your niche are in Facebook groups, forums like Reddit, and also in comments of your competitors'
videos. Just make sure you don't spam the platform but reply to the question with an
in-depth answer. If you do that, people will be more motivated to check out your channel.
Let me ask you a question. Would you like to know how to get YouTube to promote your YouTube
channel and videos for free? If that's a yes, watch the video on the screen right now on how
to promote your YouTube videos organically so you can get more views and subscribers.