My YouTube playlists are not working. What can I do about it? You've come to the right
place because I managed to rank multiple playlists on the first page of YouTube. Stay tuned throughout
this video to discover my top 10 tips for getting a YouTube playlist to work for you.
You'll not only extend your watch time, which YouTube loves, but you'll get more views and
subscribers to your YouTube channel. Hi, my name is Herman Drost. If you want to
grow your audience of YouTube and generate traffic, leads and sales on autopilot hit
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new videos. Number one, identify your top performing playlists. If you've already created
a bunch of playlists on your YouTube channel, you want to identify those ones which are
getting the most traffic. How do you do that? Go to channel analytics
on YouTube Studio and click on the reach tab. If you scroll down, you see the traffic source
playlists. Set the time period for the last 90 days and see which playlists are at the
top. For example, my top playlists on the last 90 days is "Video ideas for new youtubers"
and "How to grow your YouTube channel in 2020". Number two, place your best performing playlists
at the top of your channel home page. Your channel home page is like the frontpage of
a website. When people come to your channel home page, they're going to see your banner,
your channel trailer and your first playlist. If they like your content, they'll want to
watch more of your videos. If you're putting your best performing playlists at the top
of your channel home page, you're giving your viewers more content of what they want to
watch. As they watch more of your videos in succession, they'll be more motivated to subscribe
to your channel. Number three, move your highest performing video to the top of your playlist.
Look at the traffic's stats of each video in your playlist and identify the one that
gets the most traffic. Move the best performing video to the top
of your playlist, then others in descending order. The reason for doing this is that you
know that video has got a good track record for getting a lot of traffic. If somebody
watches that high-performing video, they'll more likely watch the next video in the series.
Number four, replace outdated videos with updated videos. If you've got videos that
are outdated in your playlists, replace them with updated videos. Outdated videos are not
going to get much traffic, but updated ones will get a lot of traffic.
Number five, replace low-performing videos with high-performing ones. If you've got videos
in your playlist that are no longer getting much traffic, replace them with higher-performing
videos. This will strengthen the performance of your current playlist. Number six, optimize
your playlists. The reason I was able to rank my YouTube playlist is because I optimized
the title, description and thumbnail. If you want to know how to rank your playlist on
the first page of YouTube, click the link in the card. The video will show you how to
correctly optimize your YouTube playlists, so you can rank on the first page of YouTube
search. Did you know you can also set your playlist
as an official playlist? If you set your playlist as an official series, YouTube will modify
how your videos are presented or discovered. Just keep in mind that a video can't appear
in more than one series playlist. Number seven, create a playlist series. The main purpose
of a playlist is to get viewers to watch more than one video. If they can watch successive
videos in a row, you'll extend the watch time on the YouTube channel. This will help YouTube
to promote your videos on the search engines for free.
Number eight, share your playlists everywhere. Instead of linking to a solo video in your
cards and end screens, link to a playlist so you encourage viewers to watch more than
one video. This will extend your watch time and gives viewers more of what they already
like. You can also add a playlist or multiple playlists in your description. Pin a playlist
to the top of your comments, so when people go to comment on your video, they'll have
the opportunity to watch more of your videos. Embed a playlist on your blog or website.
If people stay longer on your webpage by watching successive videos, that webpage can also rank
in Google search. Number nine, always create new playlists.
When you create a new playlist, it creates a new URL. A solo video has its own specific
URL, but a playlist gets its own URL. If you upload videos on Monday and Friday, you can
create a new playlist on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This will signal to YouTube
that there's activity taking place on your channel every day of the week. Continuous
activity on your channel signals to YouTube that your channel is very active.
Number ten, add every video to at least one playlist. It's easy to forget to add videos
to your playlist, but when you add videos to a playlist, it helps to keep your content
organized. You can even create multiple playlists for the same video. It might fit into multiple
categories. Just keep in mind, you can't put a video in more than one series playlist,
so you have to create regular playlists to add the same video to different playlists.
If you're a small channel, you can even add videos from other people's channels to a playlist.
If you do this, place your video at the top of the playlist, so you start the session
time and place the other videos in descending order. If you have videos from other channels
that are getting thousands of views, you can piggyback off that content. This will help
to grow your small channel. Let me ask you a question. Which of these top 10 playlist
tips will you be implementing on your own channel?
Post your answer in the comments below. I'd love to read them and I'm sure other would
too. By the way, if you want to know how to rank your YouTube playlist on the first page
of YouTube, watch the next video. I'll show you how to optimize your YouTube playlist,
so it ranks on the first page of YouTube search. Thanks for watching and we'll see you in the
next video.