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YouTube reduced the requirements on the Community tab
from 1000 down to 500.
And this is going into effect in the next handful of days,
or depending on when you're watching this video,
it might already be available now.
If you are trying to get monetized,
you definitely wanna watch this
because I'm gonna be talking to you
about how you can use the Community tab to get more views
on your videos, how to get more watch time,
and how to create a stronger community
just by using your Community tab
and we're starting right now.
And really quick, I wanna thank Mark Sidebottom Crafts
for actually asking this question about the Community tab
so I can make this video about it.
First, let's talk about different ways
that you can use your Community tab.
They have a 'Polls' function
that will let you ask your community questions,
so for example, if you wanna find out
if people drink more caffeinated coffee
than decaffeinated coffee,
then you can use your polls for that,
but a better way to use it is to use it to ask questions
to your audience that will help you understand them better.
For example, you can use it to ask your viewers
if they prefer you to upload it on a Wednesday or a Friday,
you can use it to ask your viewers
which title that they would be most likely
to click on the most.
You can also use it to ask your Community
if they prefer your live streams more or your shorts more,
or your normal videos more.
Another feature that you can use
inside of your Community tab
is just actually writing out questions to your viewers.
Now, this is a great way to get video ideas from viewers
to really dig into the nuance of the people
that are watching your content.
Here's what I mean; when you're using the Post feature
you can simply ask people, "what video do I not have
on my channel that you would like me to make?"
And by doing that, you're going to create a huge list
of video ideas from the people that are interacting
with your content. In addition to that,
you can also ask very specific questions to your audience
that will help you learn how to get them to click
on what it is that you're doing more. For example,
I recently ran a Community Post question
where I asked people if they identified more as a YouTuber
or if they identified more as a content creator?
And a lot more people identified as content creators,
which makes me think, "okay, well maybe I'm gonna start
testing some of this content creator language in my titles
to see if people will actually respond to that better."
In other words, I'm using that as a tool
to help me understand what you identify as,
so that I can better connect with you
when I'm publishing my content.
Another feature that you have with the Community tab
is the ability to post images.
Now, when it comes to posting images,
some things that you wanna make sure
that you're thinking about are:
is the image that I'm getting ready to post
something that the Community at large
would actually find interesting? If the answer's yes,
you're good to go.
Does this image that I'm getting ready to post
in the Community feed help people get excited about a video
that I'm getting ready to publish
or that I'll be publishing in the near future?
If the answer is yes, then you're good to go.
Does this image and the story that I write
around this image help people get to know me
and connect with me a little bit better?
If the answer is yes, then you're good to go.
But if you are thinking of posting an image and you're like,
"yeah, it actually doesn't fit
into any of those categories."
Then in that case, maybe you wanna reconsider
or you just wanna define your own purpose
for that particular post
because really important thing, a quick side tip here,
really important thing about YouTube
is you wanna make sure that you're being intentional
about everything it is that you're doing,
including how and when you're using the Community feed.
Okay, now let's get into the views, watch time
and the monetization stuff.
First, you can increase your monthly view counts
by sharing your content in your Community feed
on a regular basis because Community feed posts show up
on homepages and they show up in mobile feeds
as of the time of this recording,
because of that, this is a great way to get people
that are already interacting with your YouTube channel
to come back into your YouTube channel,
to come back into your content.
If you are trying to get into the YouTube Partner Program,
which I'm assuming that you are
if you're on that road to 1000 subscribers,
then in that particular case,
you also wanna make sure that you level this whole thing
up a bit, by doing the following:
when you share content into your Community feed,
instead of just sharing one video it's advantageous,
or it's gonna help you out, if you share links to a playlist
that contain that video,
instead of just sharing the video by itself,
the reason for this
is because when you put together a playlist for,
let's say three videos in that particular playlist,
and then you share that playlist in your Community feed,
then in that case, when somebody clicks
on that particular playlist, they go into it
then the only options that they're gonna have right there
in front of them are all your content.
And the 'next up' spots are also gonna be your content
because it'll go playlist video, playlist video,
playlist video in the 'next up',
instead of it going into someone else's content.
And technically that's not really the next up spot,
but you get the idea in terms of the video
that they would be watching next
if they're just sitting back
and having a lean back experience on your content.
Another thing to think about
when it comes to your Community feed
and the very specific content that you're sharing into it,
is once you do get into the YouTube Partner Program,
you can also use this as a way to bring attention to content
that typically gets a higher CPM and by doing that,
when you're sharing your videos in the Community feed
on a regular basis,
not only are you increasing your view counts,
not only are you increasing your watch time,
but you're also increasing the amount of ad revenue
that you're pulling in as well,
once you're in the YouTube Partner Program.
So once you do get monetized,
go in and look at the videos
that have the higher CPMs on them and share that content
to increase your ad revenue as well.
Another thing that you can do in your Community feed
that will help you get more views
and just more overall exposure on YouTube
is something that we like to call a 'Tabcollab'.
A Tabcollab is simply where you share
another content creators content into your Community feed,
and they share a piece of your content
in their Community feed.
The cool thing about Tabcollabs is you can do it
with content that you already have,
you don't even need to make new content for it.
If that's not a win, I don't know what it is,
but what you wanna think about though,
when you are doing the Tabcollabs is you wanna make sure
that you are sharing content that would be of interest
to your audience, so you just don't wanna share random stuff
in there, you wanna share very specific things
that you think your audience would enjoy,
for example, when I do a Tabcollab on my channel
or if I just simply share any other videos
from any other channels onto my Community tab,
I make sure first, before I share it,
that it's a great fit for you
and that's gonna add value to you in some way,
but Tabcollabs can be extremely effective
for growing your YouTube channel overall,
and just bringing general awareness
to what it is that you're doing.
If you look at this screenshot, you're gonna see
Roberto Blake has driven an extra 2,408 views
to my videos over the last 90 days,
just by sharing a few videos in his Community tab,
that might not seem like a lot,
but some of those people went on to watch additional videos,
some of those people subscribed,
and some of you might even be watching this video right now,
just because we used our Community tabs
to help spread awareness about each other.
I originally started doing this with Brian G. Johnson
and we saw how effective it was, so then once, of course,
we figured out how effective it was, the flood gates opened,
so to speak, on doing Tabcollabs
and as a pro tip, if you are already an established channel
and you're watching this video,
or once you do get established if you're not yet,
and you start working with sponsors,
this is a great way to also bring additional awareness
to your sponsors who might also have content
that's being made for them on other YouTube channels.
For example, what you're looking at on the screen right now
is where I share Daniel Batal's video
about setting up a merch store using Spreadshop.
Spreadshop is a great place to get your merch, by the way,
but by sharing that there,
since we both have that relationship with Spreadshop,
in addition to the videos that we already make
on our channels for our audiences,
it also gives us that opportunity
to share each other's content and help bring more attention
to the companies that we work with as well.
And real quick, since we are talking about them,
I do wanna let you know
that even if you're not monetized yet
on your YouTube channel,
you can still set up a merch store through Spreadshop,
and you can put a link to that merch store down
in the description below,
and it's all free to set up and to send people to,
and you can start making money from them for free.
I'll put a link to Spreadshop down in the description below,
so you can go check them out,
or you can just go to Spreadshop.com.
But anyway, when it comes to the Community tab,
it's a Community tab so because of that,
it's also a great place to share things
like your YouTube milestones and that sort of thing
that the Community can get behind,
so when you share that kind of things,
it just kind of, you know, helps people be like,
"hey, you know, congratulations."
And just kind of helps them track along with the progress
that you're making as well.
Those types of posts, like milestones and things like that,
those typically tend to get a lot of engagement on 'em,
but when it comes to engagement,
there's some really important things that I really want you
to understand when it comes to the Community.
You're gonna notice that YouTube gives us stats
on our Community posts, but don't let those numbers
throw you off. For example,
you'll see this post here about YouTuber burnout,
which is typically a low response topic anyway,
it only got three comments and 66 likes in the feed,
but you see the spike in views
when you look at the actual video stats,
and this one, it only got 22 comments and 175 likes,
but you can see the impact that this one had
on the video itself here.
The reason that I wanted to show you that
is because when you're sharing content,
you might look and see like,
"hey, not a lot of people are liking this.
Not a lot of people are commenting on this,"
but what you actually wanna do
when you are sharing video content is you wanna go look
at the actual video results
and you want to look at the stats there to see the impact
that your Community post is having on the videos
that you share. Now, look,
I understand that if you're just getting started the impact,
in terms of sharing a video and then that flow over
from your Community feed going into the video,
it's not gonna be as big,
however, as your YouTube channel grows
and you continue that practice,
all of those little bumps are going to end up adding up
into bigger bumps over time. In other words,
as your YouTube channel grows,
all the numbers that might seem like they're insignificant
right now and you're just getting started,
those numbers start to add up in a major way,
that's why it's so important to make sure
that you are taking advantage of all of these things
that YouTube has available for us.
It's also important to know
that if you are going to be using your Community feed,
that you can schedule posts in your Community feed as well,
so you don't have to sit there and think like,
"oh, hey, I got to make sure I run
and make a Community post."
You can sit down over the course of an hour,
if you would like to,
and you can go ahead and schedule a bunch of posts
in advance. Now, YouTube also has a bunch of other features
that will help you get more views and other interactions
with your YouTube channel.
I just recently made a video about it,
you can click into that video right here,
so you can make sure that you're using those as well,
so you can go ahead and click into that now.
Thank you so much for watching. I'll see you next time.