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- There are two ways to get to the add info card screen.
The first opportunity is when you upload a video.
As you go through the workflow you will reach
a video elements page where you can click add cards.
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Alternatively if you have already uploaded your video
from any YouTube screen click your profile image
in the top right hand corner
and go to the YouTube studio.
Click on videos from the left hand navigation panel
and then hover your mouse over the video
you want to add cards to and click the details button.
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On this page about half way down on the right hand side
you will see the same link to the add cards screen.
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To add a card, scrub the timeline of the video
to the point where you want to add the card.
You can either use the options here
or press the plus button here.
We will add a video first.
On this screen you can search for the title of either
your own videos on your channel or any video on YouTube.
Once you've found the video you're looking for
click on it to automatically add the card
to the timeline.
This is how the info card will look
and it lasts for about five seconds
during that point of a video.
If you want to change the text seen here
you can type in teaser text in this box.
You do only have 30 characters to play with however.
The custom message is what the viewer sees
if they click on the information button
next to the teaser text.
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For longer videos you might need to use the zoom feature
to get the exact time stamp you need.
And there are also undo and redo buttons
over on the left hand side of the timeline.
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Each card on the video will be shown as a notch
on the timeline which you can click and drag to reposition.
If you want to delete the info card completely
use the bin icon at the top.
You can also add playlists as info cards.
It defaults to show your own playlist
but you can search for any public playlist on YouTube.
You can also add a YouTube channel
but you do have to type in your own custom and teaser text
for the info card when it comes to channels.
When it comes to added links,
these are a little more tricky as YouTube
will only accept approved links.
These include approved crowd funding and merchandising sites
as well as websites associated to your YouTube channel.
To set this up you will need to go to the advanced tab
on the channel settings
and click on the advanced channel setting link.
On this screen you can then add an associated website.
If you do add a website link you will need to write
your own card title, call to action, and teaser text.
As well as a custom image.
So make sure you have all of this prepared in advance
before you start to think about adding website links.
Finally, you must also be part of
the YouTube partner program to add associated web links.
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So you might call this video
"The Complete Beginners Guide
"to Using Info Cards on YouTube" and if you found it useful
and would like more beginners guides just like this
check out the playlist over here.
Did you see what I did there?
If you are really keen on getting viewers to click
on those info cards
then it is worth directly addressing them in the video.
But there is a caveat to this.
They're going to abandon
the current video they are watching.
So it's probably best to save these info cards
for the second half of the video
when it's already provided some value to the viewer.
Another thing to consider is that you can only use
five info cards per video so if it is a really long video
of an hour or so you'll want to use those cards sparingly.
And not on every single thing that you reference in a video.
If you're adding info cards to shorter videos
and you want to avoid stacking cards on top of each other.
Try and give yourself at least 20 to 30 seconds gap
between each video card.
And if you do want to automate the management
of these video cards a little bit,
then we've got just the tool for you.
If you install VidIQ, you will see this tool button
next to each video.
Click it and then click the copy cards option.
From here you are able to copy info cards from one video
and transfer them over to one,
many, or all of your other videos.
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