Did you know that you can communicate directly with YouTube subscribers via the YouTube community
tab?
It's another way to engage with your audience with other types of content besides this videos.
In this video tutorial, you'll discover the top three benefits of the YouTube community
tab, how to find it on your desktop and mobile device, and the top strategies you can use
right now to interact with your subscribers.
Hello, my name is Herman Drost.
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The whole idea of the community tab is to actually build a community on YouTube rather
on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media platform.
YouTube wants to keep people on YouTube rather than going elsewhere.
When someone stays logged on YouTube, they'll promote your videos and YouTube search and
YouTube suggested videos.
So, my recommendation is to definitely use the community tab so you can interact with
your audience and build a community on YouTube channel.
How do you check if your channel has the community tab?
Let's go to the computer and I'll show you where to find it.
According to YouTube, the community tab is now available for creators with 1,000 plus
subscribers at the time of creating this video.
If you have a community tab, you'll see a link right under your channel panel.
If you don't have a community tab, you'll see the discussion tab instead.
Here's how the community posts appear on a mobile device using the YouTube app.
Let me know in the comments below whether you've got the YouTube community tab or not
and what you think about it.
Here are the top three benefits of the YouTube community tab.
Number one, you can interact with your community.
For example, get feedback on the videos that you published, you can conduct a poll to ask
people what kind of content they'd like to see in future videos.
You can also share behind-the-scenes of how you make the videos.
Number two, promote your videos.
You can share a preview of your video before it goes live on your community tab by creating
a GIF for it.
After the video is published, you can also announce it on your community tab.
Number three, create activity on your channel for those days that you don't upload any videos.
For example, you can pull your audience or share tips from previous videos.
How does the community tab work?
Let's go up to the computer and I'll show you how it works.
If you click on the community tab, you've got three different options here: Add an existing
YouTube video, Add a poll, Add an image.
As you can see, I've added a poll at the top here.
Here's a video that I promoted to my subscribers.
As you can see, I mostly post thumbnails of videos that I wish to promote to my subscribers.
Here's a couple of comments from my subscribers.
You can like the comment, dislike the comment, heart the comment, or reply to the comment.
You can't pin any comment to the top like in regular comments on new videos.
If you want to add an existing video, you just click on Add an existing YouTube video.
Then you have these options here.
You can do a video search, you can select the URL, or you can select from your YouTube
videos and select any of these videos then your video will appear on the community tab.
Then you can also add a poll.
You just click Add a poll and then just put your question you want them there, then put
option one, option two, or add another option.
After you've constructed a poll, you just click post and it'll appear on the community
tab just like I've done here.
If you want to add an image, just click Add an image, then you can drag an image here
from your computer.
You can just drag a thumbnail along to it and then add your message at the top, and
then click Post.
Or you can select an image from your computer.
You just select Add your message then click Post.
How do you know subscribers get notified about your community posts?
On the YouTube app, they can select videos only, or videos and posts.
The post will show up on their subscription feed.
They can also receive notifications from you by clicking the bell icon.
Make sure the box Include creator posts is checked.
They're going to receive all notifications occasional or no notifications.
I recommend selecting all notifications and click Okay.
Here are my top strategies on how to use the YouTube community tab.
Number one, make sure you tell your audience about the community tab.
You can explain to them that they'll start seeing pictures, polls, GIFs, and videos in
this subscription feed.
You can also link to your community tab in the description in your cards and end screen
so it makes it easier to find for your subscribers.
Number two, ask your audience for content ideas.
If you get stuck for content ideas for future videos, why not conduct a poll on your community
tab so you get feedback from your audience.
Number three, promote your videos.
Share preview of the upcoming video by creating a GIF that you share on your community tab.
After the video is published, you can also announce it on your community tab.
Number four, you can share something personal.
Perhaps you can share some personal photos of what you're doing outside of YouTube.
Number five, cross-promote videos from other YouTube channels.
For example, it might be a buddy in your niche that shares some information that you didn't
cover on your own channel.
You could share one of your own videos on their community tab in exchange for one of
their videos on your community tab.
Number six, recognize your fans.
If one of your fans has a great video you want to share with your audience, you can
add it to your community tab.
You can also add on top questions from your subscribers.
You can also heart the comments from viewers or apply to them using images and GIFs.
If you've done a collab video with your fans, you can give a shout-out to your collaborators.
Number seven, you can engage with your audience on those days that you don't publish any videos.
This shows YouTube there's still activity taking place on your channel on those days
that you're not publishing anything.
My recommendation is to definitely use the community tab so you can interact with your
audience and build a community on YouTube channel.
Let me ask you a question: Do you currently have the community tab?
If so, how are you using it?
Post your answer in the comments below.
I'd love to read them and I'm sure others would too.
One of the bigger problems is how to attract more subscribers to your channel so you can
interact with them in the community tab.
No worries, just make sure you watch the next video on how to rank your videos in YouTube
search, YouTube suggested, and Google search.
When your video is rank in the search engines, they can be working for you 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, for years to come.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.