it's one of the scariest screens on
YouTube so many things to do so many
things to remember the world is waiting
for you to click that button so here's
eight things to tick off your upload
checklist when your video goes live
YouTube thrives on interaction and those
little cars that appear in the top right
corner of videos are one such clickable
interaction whoever it's promoting other
videos subscription links or polls cards
are a free fun way of getting your
audience more involved and they work on
mobile devices too these cards can be
added to your videos from the YouTube
cards page and with the vid IQ Chrome
extension tool you can save templates or
copy cards from one video to another
we've done a dedicated tutorial about
this before so why don't you click on
our card right now it's effectively free
advertising and it works as your
analytics will prove so we always
recommend adding at least one card to
each of your videos and the same logic
applies to end cards these are
full-blown nails you can stick on at the
end of your videos to push viewers into
more videos and maybe even subscribe to
your channel you can create these end
cards from you guessed it the end card
screen and our recommendation is at
least one but look at what you can do
with three cards combined with the
custom-made splash screen conveniently
we've also done a full tutorial on n
screens too so you know the drill now
for something often overlooked closed
captions or subtitles bless YouTube it
tries it's best when it's automatically
transcribing your voice but sometimes
what it puts on screen is pure waffle so
if you have the time and the patience to
script your words and then add these to
the video which YouTube will then
perfectly transcribe and here's a little
insight into how we make our vid IQ
videos we script every single word
because the narrator has a tendency to
well waffle and we can't do anything
about his spelling either
unfortunately now this next one is a
little bit of a no-brainer
if you're making good quality content
that people are watching you deserve to
be reward
if you set up your channel to show
adverts and receive revenue then
monetize your content earn cash and
invest it back into your passion just
make sure you use a little bit of common
sense for example don't monetize your
channel trailer video and don't put too
many ads on your videos because that's
just annoying
a little bit like this next that we have
playlists which makes sense for all
sorts of reasons first of all it helps
you bundle videos together of a similar
nature and it helps your audience
seamlessly move from one video to the
next and when the audience watch a video
directly from a playlist look at all
this extra free promotion you get
through your own videos it's absolutely
priceless and once your videos are in
these playlists you should always share
the playlist version of the video link
in social media to bring them into your
little corner of YouTube the longer they
stay them all over your videos received
from YouTube and don't forget those over
social media platforms sharing is caring
and giving your videos more exposure
whenever you post a video on YouTube
don't forget to tweet the link on to
Twitter and post a video on to Facebook
and any other social media platforms you
use because it doesn't matter if you've
created a masterpiece if nobody knows
about it there's probably millions of
hours of awesome content on YouTube that
no one's ever seen because the content
creator forgot to actually tell anyone
it exists and finally once your video is
out there your work is far from over
engage with your audience it's always
worth checking out your videos a day or
two after they have gone live to see how
your audience has reacted to them so
take time to read through those comments
sure give them a like even some love but
what commenters really want is a
response from the video creator
themselves even a simple thank you is
worth something to someone who has taken
a time to comment on your video and vid
IQ 3 comment template can help you
quickly respond to comments if required
so when you upload your next video
consider these 8 tips of top priority
and if you have a memory like a sieve
well it just so happens we've created in
a flow checklist that along with an
awesome SEO scorecard includes and
takes off each of these tasks as you
complete them how convenient is that
it's almost as if we made this entire
video just to show off this feature and
you know what you're 100% right but the
best news is this is 100% free when you
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