- I'm sure you're well aware of
in terms of that update rolling out.
But I've got some just minor details
I need to share with you.
In addition to that, we're talking about
some live streaming features
and new analytic and YouTube related news.
But before we get into that, I do wanna let you know that
this stream, this new segment today,
is brought to you by Tubespanner.com
which is an all-in-one YouTube toolkit,
and you can try them out down in the description
tubespanner.com/Nick.
I've got more about them coming up here in just a little bit
but it's an awesome tool
that you definitely want to see more of.
So the news starts right here.
So basically, when it comes to YouTube shorts monetization,
there are some people that are trying to get into it,
they're in the partner program,
but they accidentally close the thing
after they sign the agreement
and they just don't know where to go
to get everything set up.
So because of that, I do wanna just let you know
and I like how this is overlaid here, this is interesting,
but basically what you wanna do is
you wanna click on the earn tab, and then from the earn tab
then you're going to see a little option right there
to start the process
for going through the things that you need to go through
in order to monetize your shorts.
So if you are a content creator that is uploading shorts,
you need to make sure that you are doing that
so you can get in on this YouTube shorts money,
even though it's just a little bit.
But one thing I can say is
people are sharing some crazy screenshots
all over the internet about this.
Like, some people are sharing,
I think it was Zach King shared one
for like 6 million views
he made I think like $3 and some change.
But I made like over a dollar just in February so far
and not even a lot of views on 'em.
So if that works that way with my content
then hopefully you'll be able to, you know,
get something similar going on.
But the detail that I wanted to share with you about this is
to qualify, you have to be in the YouTube partner program.
So if you're seeing people talking about this
and you haven't gotten that notification yet,
just make sure that you do know that
you have to be in the YouTube partner program.
No guideline strikes,
you have to have signed the agreement that they put out,
and YouTube is going to start monetizing them
automatically once you are in.
So I put out a short yesterday I think it was,
and I was like, "Hey, this is what you need to do."
In the meantime, do that.
But YouTube is going to start monetizing them
automatically for you.
So you're not going to need to do that very soon,
if it's not rolled out already.
But one thing that I do wanna remind you of is
right now when you go and you check your monetization
on your YouTube shorts, as you go in,
you are going to be defaulted to that 28-day view.
So what you wanna do to see what you've earned
since you've actually started getting monetized there,
since you started earning revenue on your shorts,
is you wanna make sure that you do set your date range
to February when you're looking at that information.
And that is going to make sure that you're only looking at
the money that you've been making since we started
here in February, since that got enabled.
Next, hours live streamed
is now available in YouTube analytics.
So if you're a live streamer, this is pretty awesome
because if you're a live streaming addict like myself,
then in that particular case, it's interesting to see
how long you've live streamed for.
So what you do is you log into your creator studio
and then you go into your YouTube analytics,
but once you're in your analytics,
up in the top right hand corner of your screen,
you're going to see something that says advanced analytics,
if you're on a computer,
you wanna click on that and then it's going to take you
into something that looks like this,
but you're not gonna see all this stuff
that you see on the screen, like right over here right now.
Instead, you're going to see
this little icon right over here.
So you want to click on that,
and then this whole panel over here opens up
with all this additional information,
and you want to look right down here in the bottom corner
and you're going to see hours streamed.
Now, keep in mind that this is streamed since September 1st.
Unfortunately, as soon as I saw this, I was like,
"Oh my gosh I gotta go in and see
how long I've streamed in total,"
but I've only got 54 or 52 hours logged on my live streams,
but it only started counting September 1st.
But if you wanna see this,
if you find that interesting and you wanna keep track,
then that's a great way to see
how much time you spent in total live streaming.
Next thing on our list is YouTube has now,
and this one's gonna be weird maybe. No, that works, okay.
So this one is a feature that YouTube has now deployed.
So if you have more than 50 subscribers,
you should be able to do this now on your mobile device.
This is called their Go Live Together feature.
With this, you need 50 plus subscribers.
It is not a replacement for Streamyard
or anything like that.
Basically, this is a really basic thing.
So if you wanna have like graphics on the screen
or you wanna have more than one guest, things like that,
then you're not gonna be able to have that.
This is just bare bones,
like if you wanna have a conversation with somebody
or something like that.
But if you wanna do all the fancy stuff
then in that case, of course,
I recommend that you still use Streamyard for that.
But when you are doing this, you wanna be careful,
and this is the something that
I really wanna highlight for you,
so that you don't end up having
somebody else get your channel terminated
or get you a strike on your channel.
So one thing that is brought up
in the conversations around this
is what happens if, let's say Nick is live streaming
and then I bring on a guest onto my live streams,
or that you and me go live together on my channel?
Well, if I don't vet you first
and I don't fully trust you 100% before you come on,
or I don't know you
or don't know what you might do on my stream,
then in that particular case, I shouldn't have you on.
Because anything that someone else does on your live stream
either as a guest or
while you're using this particular feature right here,
you are held accountable for it.
So if somebody else is playing music in the background,
you're gonna get the strike.
If somebody else says something
or does something in the stream
or shows something in the stream that they shouldn't,
you're the one that's gonna get the guideline strike for it.
So just make sure when you are
bringing guests onto your stream in any capacity,
if you're bringing them on in any capacity at all
make sure that you are vetting them first
and that you are extremely clear with them.
Turn off your TVs in the background, turn off your radio
or any songs you have playing in the background.
Make sure nobody's gonna walk in, you know,
wearing anything crazy or anything like that.
And try to keep it as clean as you possibly can for that.
But to be specific, they say the host channel
and I'm quoting this, "The host channel is
responsible for the live content
and should ensure that all guests in content that co-stream
comply with all of YouTube's terms,
including our community guidelines, copyright policy,
and all other applicable policies.
For instance, if a guest violates a community guideline
on a stream, the host channel will be responsible.
Before going live, educate your co-streamer
about what they can and cannot do.
The host will have moderation tools
available during the stream
and can remove the co-streamer at any time.
So if you have somebody come on
and they start, you know, acting up a little bit,
get 'em out of there.
Because, you know, you're trusting them by bringing them on
and if they come on
and they start making a little bit of problems,
then in that case, you want to get them out of there
so that you don't have to really worry about that.
So a couple updates that I want to bring to your attention,
the very first is if you are a Streamyard user,
they have added the option to
add a lower third to your title on your content.
So like while you're streaming,
you can have your name and a display
just like you can see down here
to where you can put supporting text
that mentions your website
or you know, to remind people to subscribe, as an example.
Little things like that.
So if you are a streamer, make sure that you check that out.
And in addition to that,
one other thing that I wanna bring to your attention
that you're going to absolutely love as a content creator,
and you've heard me talking about this a lot
if you're on my regular live streams,
it's called Tube Spanner.
So with Tube Spanner,
it's what I'm currently using right now for my link in bio.
You can see that on the left hand side of the screen.
Basically it's the first link in bio
that's made specifically for content creators.
So you can add this to your TikTok,
you can add this to your Twitter account,
your Instagram and all that,
and when you push people to your bio,
it's going to showcase your YouTube channel,
a video that you select,
you can also add like images into this.
You can fully brand it with your background,
like your own custom background, things like that.
But they also have a bunch of other features
that are super helpful for content creators.
Like they have the other side of the screen
on the right hand side, it's called the Upload Assistant.
What this does is you can select from a bunch of different,
and these are all preset by you,
you can select a bunch of different upload templates.
So for example, you can say,
"Hey, this template's for my live streams
when I'm talking about these things,
this template is for videos
when I'm talking about these things,
this template here is for when I'm putting content
you know, somewhere else on another channel.
This one right here is if I'm promoting
these specific products or something along those lines."
But the really cool thing about this is that you can also
if you look over on the far right hand side of the panel
that's on the left, I know that's a tad confusing
I should have done better there,
but there's a little area there called "smart tokens."
With these smart tokens, what you can do is
you can fill all these out in advance
and you can say like, "Hey, this is my affiliate disclaimer"
and I just need to click this
when I'm uploading a video as an affiliate,
and it's going to add that affiliate disclaimer down there
that I need to add by law.
In addition to that, if you have like squad hashtags
or you have, you know, anything
that you want to link to on a regular basis
or that's just appropriate for some of your content,
you can select those individual items.
It's fantastic and helps you
really speed through your video descriptions.
But in addition to that,
Tube Spanner has a ton of other tools
that will help you out as a content creator.
And let me turn off dark mode here.
So the social bio link that I told you about,
you can share your content everywhere
without having to leave YouTube.
So if you promote your content on like Twitter for example
and like Facebook and LinkedIn, you can schedule all of that
and just have it going out like right there.
So you can do all of that from within YouTube's interface.
In addition to that, they have the upload assistant
which is what I was talking about right here.
And as part of the upload assistant too
you can even drop video links in there.
So you can select your video link
or you can select the the ad videos option down there
and it shows you thumbnail previews.
I'll be demoing this later in another video.
But they have script writing templates,
so if you write scripts for your videos,
they have an AI script-writing tool
that blows all the other stuff out of the water
because it uses something called "hold and modify"
where it holds certain parts of your script that you like
and then you can just modify the parts
that you're like "eh, this could be better" or whatever,
You can just modify that part
without having to rewrite the whole thing, which is great.
You can even test your thumbnails
before you publish your video.
You just upload an image into this and add your title
and then it's going to show you exactly
what your thumbnail will look like on YouTube's homepage,
on suggested videos on YouTube.
But it's gonna show you embedded into the interface
so you can see like, "How well does my thumbnail stand out
against all of these other features?"
It's an incredible tool and there's a bunch of other stuff
that comes with this as well.
But I really recommend you check it out.
I've been working with them a lot on this in terms of
just helping it be steered in the right direction.
You know, it'd be an awesome tool for content creators.
So it's like, "Hey, let's build this into it.
Will this help me? Yes. Okay, let's do it."
(Nick chuckling)
So you're gonna absolutely love it,
but you can try it out for yourself
at tubespanner.com/Nick
or you can just go to tubespanner.com.
It's just that Nick helps us know that
you went over there from this stream.
But again, AI script-writing tools, social tools,
thumbnail builders, you can take notes on videos,
all kinds of really, really awesome stuff.
So make sure that you check that out as well.
And that's the news.
And just as a heads up,
I'm gonna be live streaming tomorrow as well,
doing a Q and A for YouTube,
so if you have questions about
what it is that you're doing on YouTube,
make sure you swing by for that.
It's gonna be at 9:00 AM Eastern.
And besides that, have a fantastic rest of your weekend.
Make sure you hit the like button on the way out
and I will see you next time.
And if you're watching this on the replay,
I've got some stuff for you here
that YouTube thinks you're gonna enjoy.
Take care.