John was watching one of my videos where I told him to click the link in the description
but when he clicked on the link, it didn't go anywhere. What was I doing wrong and how can
I fix it? In this video, you'll learn how to add clickable links to your video description,
what types of links to add, and how to add a short link instead of a long one. [music]
Perhaps you want to redirect viewers to the landing page on your website
so they can purchase your course or you can add them to your email list. Here's
the incorrect way to create the link. First link is drostdesigns.com/1000subs. The second link is
www.drostdesigns.com/1000subs. The third link is a much longer URL and is highlighted in blue. Which
URL or website address do you think is correct?Let's find out. As you can see, my first two
links are not clickable whereas my third one is clickable and takes me directly to my
landing page. When you add a link to your video description, make sure it's clickable by adding
HTTPS or HTTP to the front of the URL. Don't make the mistake of creating clickable links. Another
mistake people make is sending them to the front of the website or blog instead of to the specific
landing page. For example, if I just sent viewers to the homepage of my website at drostdesigns.com,
they would be distracted by all the different links. Instead, I would send him directly to the
landing page with this full URL. This landing page keeps people focused on the content of my course
and gives them an opportunity to purchase the course if they want to.
If you want to discover my top strategies to get your first 1,000 subscribers fast,
click the link in the description to get my course. Only the first three lines of
your video description are visible to viewers while watching the video, therefore you need to
include your best link within those first three lines. This could be linked to your website,
landing page, the next video you want your viewers to watch or even an affiliate link. When they
click Show More they'll be able to read the rest of your description, but place the most important
content in the first three lines because that is what's the most visible in your description.
When someone clicks on the custom subscribe link in your video description, they'll receive a
popup asking them to subscribe to your channel. The quickest way to get a short custom subscribe
link is to install TubeBuddy or include a link to TubeBuddy in the description below this video.
After you've installed TubeBuddy, click the TubeBuddy icon at the top right,
click on Website Tools, click on Promo Materials on the channel page with the subscription popup
link, you'll see a shortened URL. Click on the icon that says Copy, add that short URL to the
first three lines of your video description if you want to get more subscribers. If you don't
have TubeBuddy installed, you can create your own custom subscribe link by watching this video
or include a link to it in the description below this video.
If you want to get your videos recommended or suggested by YouTube,
you want to keep your viewers longer on the YouTube platform by suggesting related videos
after the one that they've just watched. One of the best ways to encourage this is to add a
link to our later video in the first three lines of your description but how do you get the link?
Click on the Content tab in YouTube studio, then hover the video that you wish to add.
Click on the icon that says Details you'll see the video link under the thumbnail, click the
link that says Copy Video Link. It says link copied to clipboard. Another way to get a short
link for the video that you wish to add is click on the Share button under the video, then click
copy to copy the link. That's all there is to it. I often film action shots with my GoPro camera
while I'm out and about so I decided to do a review video of the GoPro Hero 9
and include a short Amazon link in the video description. Sign up for the Amazon Associates
program at affiliate-program.amazon.com. Click Sign in, click Sign in again, hover over Tools
and click SiteStripe. Now you want to enable SiteStripes so whenever you are browsing Amazon,
you see a text or image link at the top. To enable SiteStripe, click Learn More. As you can see,
I've got Enabled down here so yours might be disabled. You want to click on this image here
and now it's enabled. On the SiteStripe buttons, you can check Get Link and Share.
Now, if I enter GoPro in the Amazon search bar, I can get the text link, I can get the image link,
I can get a text and image link or if I click Custom,
then I can get the ad code to place on my website. In this case, I want to get the text link so I
just click Text. In my case, I just want to get the short link so I click Text. Make sure the
box Short Link is checked otherwise you can check the full link. Now I just have to copy that link.
Those need to paste that short link into my video description. Now on viewers watch my
GoPro review video and click the Amazon link in the video description I get paid a commission.
When adding affiliate links to a video description I highly recommend adding a
disclaimer at the bottom of your description. If you join the Amazon associates program,
you can get paid affiliate commissions for promoting any Amazon products on YouTube channel.
I'll place a link to the Amazon associates program in description below this video.
If you include any paid promotions in your video or video description
like a product placement, endorsement or sponsorship then make sure you check the
box that says My video contains paid promotion like a product placement,
sponsorship or endorsement. You'll find this box below your description under the title
paid promotion. Now, the correct way to add clickable links to your video description,
but how can you monetize YouTube videos without 1,000 subscribers? Watch the video on the screen
right now for 10 ways to monetize YouTube videos without 1,000 subscribers. You were glad you did.