[Barbara Grufferman] YouTube, YouTube, YouTube!
Everyone I know is watching YouTube!
But stick around, because today I'm going to show you
there's a lot more to YouTube than cute and cuddly kittens.
[The Best of Everything] [with Barbara Hannah Grufferman]
Want to learn how to knit, do the tango, fix a faucet?
It's all on YouTube. And the best part? It's free.
But do you know how to leave a comment or share a video?
Or how about starting your own channel?
Well, today we're taking a little field trip to Magnet Media Studios,
where they're going to break down the best of YouTube.
Come on, let's go!
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Ryan, it seems like everybody is watching YouTube videos. >>[Ryan] Mm-hm.
Even my mother—especially if it's starring a cat. [laughter]
But I think that a lot of people are only watching the videos. >>Hmm.
Why don't we show everyone today how to not only watch,
but also maybe share with their friends, maybe leave a comment,
and even start their own YouTube channel. >>Sure.
Why don't we start from the beginning. What do we have to do?
I would just go straight to YouTube.com. >>Uh-huh.
And if you don't have an account, click sign in
and it will prompt you to create an account— >>I already have one.
Let's just show everyone how we can start one.
And so why don't we name it after my dog. >>Okay.
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>>[Barbara Grufferman] "Welcome, Gunther." Okay, so we're ready to go.
I could watch YouTube videos without a Gmail account. [Half of all people on YouTube are 45+]
Absolutely. >>But if I wanted to do all of these other very exciting things,
like share and comment, I need that Gmail account. >>Exactly.
So this first time, it's basically just going to try and help you
find some content that you might be interested in, something that's relevant to you.
And you could do as much or little as you want, but it'll start recommending content based on that.
Well, I know that Gunther is really interested in life after 50. [People 46-64 spend more on technology than any other age group]
Okay. >>So maybe he could find a YouTube channel like the Best of Everything After 50. >>That sounds about right.
Perfect. Let's dial it up.
Which happens to be on the AARP channel. >>Perfect.
So what do we do, go to the search? >>[Ryan] Yeah, just go right into the search bar there.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] So we'll look up AARP >>[Ryan] And you can just search for it.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] Okay, there's—and then we'll go— >>[Ryan] There's the channel.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] Oh, and there we have me. And there is The Best of Everything with Barbara Hannah Grufferman!
[Ryan] Now that you've found this, if you want to be able to find this easily again—
Yes. >>You have a feed, basically, a subscription feed that you can see.
They also call it the "sub box,"
where you can see what's coming up, new videos from people you're interested in seeing.
If you want to have that happen, you can just click on the old Subscribe button there.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] Oh. So let's do that now. Okay.
So we've subscribed to The Best of Everything After 50. [People over 45 spend more time online than on TV]
Perfect. This is a good place to start.
Why don't we find some other channels that you'd want to keep tabs on and subscribe to them?
Maybe The Cheap Life sounds like a good one? >>[Barbara Grufferman] Great. Let's.
And that's right over here. >>[Ryan] Yeah.
So because we're on the AARP channel, it's showing channels that AARP is featuring.
So why don't we watch something and maybe interact with it a bit? >>I'd love to. How about we watch the—
>>[Ryan] Dating After 50? I like it. >>[Barbara Grufferman] Okay!
[YouTube video of Barbara Grufferman] Over 50 and single?
Well, stick around, because I'm going to help you gear up,
get out, get online, and have fun again!
[The Best of Everything with Barbarah Hannah Grufferman]
Okay, I've just seen it, and I'm really interested in leaving a comment.
[82% of people 45+ watch YouTube] Sure. >>How do I do that?
You can just click right in this comment box. It says All Comments.
It even is confirming that there this first time. >>[Barbara Grufferman] "Comment as Gunther." Okay.
"This is a great video for people
who want to start dating again after 50."
He's so well-spoken for a dog. >>[laughing] Ruff ruff!
So what else do I want to do? What if I want to share this?
How do I do that? >>Sure. There's a Share button right there.
If you click Share, it's going to bring up a whole bunch of options.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] So you can just click on these?
>>[Ryan] You can click on any one of these if you want to share just on that network.
And you'll see it even has an option here that's already checked automatically that's going to include that whole playlist.
So if you share it wherever you share, it would share that whole playlist.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] The whole playlist because there are now about 14 or so videos. That's great.
>>[Ryan] There is an email option to send an email right through here.
Or you can literally just click right in where this link is, this URL,
you could copy and paste that wherever you wanted. >>[Barbara Grufferman] Just copy. Perfect.
Here is something to click on about Add to. >>[Ryan] Right.
[Barbara Grufferman] Can you explain this to us? >>[Ryan] Sure. Absolutely.
This is basically just a way— There's a lot of information on here. There's a lot of videos.
[Over 40% of people over 45 are online] You're surfing around. It's easy to lose track of what you wanted to watch.
So you can basically save things for later.
This is what this Watch Later option is.
If you click Add to, you can add it to your Watch Later list,
which you can just come back to any time.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] So shall I click on the Add videos to top of list? >>[Ryan] Sure. That's fine.
It's just going to keep this one at the top.
If you had a big long list already of things that you've been adding to, it will put it at the top.
Once we've clicked on this that we want to watch later or it's a favorite,
[Most Watched YouTube Video Ever: "Gangnam Style"]
then we want to create a playlist,
and then we can see if we want it to be public or private. >>Exactly.
So we can create a name. For example, Favorite Dating Videos, let's just say.
And instead of public, we want to make it private. >>[Ryan] Sure.
There's a third option called Unlisted, which basically means no one will see it.
Unless you send it to them and they've got the link they can see it.
If private, no one can see it but you. You have to be logged in. >>Great.
So there's a couple of options in there. >>How do I access what I just did?
One quick, easy way from here is just click on your name up in the top right.
It's going to drop down a bunch of options.
Now you'll see right across the top you've got these thumbnails.
Here's Favorite Dating Videos. >>[Barbara Grufferman] Perfect. Favorites. Watch Later.
Likes, which I haven't done yet.
My history, showing what I've watched. >>[Ryan] Anything you've watched. Exactly.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] And my little playlist. >>[Ryan] There's your playlist.
>>[Barbara Grufferman] That's great. That's very easy.
So what else can we do with YouTube?
Let's see. We've commented on a video.
We can also—it's kind of like on Facebook— >>What about like? >>That's what I was going to say.
If you don't want to go through the whole step of, "I have this to say,"
maybe you just want to subtly acknowledge, "I like this video, I want to give it a thumbs up."
So really one of the things that we should encourage everyone to do once they get started
is to go into the search bar
and just put in some topics or people that they're really interested in. >>Yes. Absolutely.
Ryan, we really showed everyone how we can not only watch the YouTube videos
but how we can leave comments, how we can like, how we can share,
subscribe, and even create our own playlist.
So I think we've covered pretty much everything. >>Yeah. Those are the basics.
You're ready to rock and roll and enjoy some stuff on YouTube.
Yeah, and it's pretty easy too. >>It is.
Until next time, remember this.
We can't control getting older, but we can control how we do it.
[Best of Everything After 50] Watch, like, share, subscribe.
It's that easy to live your best life after 50.
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