- A lot of you have been asking for this
and it looks as if YouTube have finally abated.
If you have over 1000 subscribers,
you've probably been seeing this notification.
You now have access
(megaphone amplifies) to the Community Tab.
- [Man] VidIQ
- [Woman] VidIQ
- [Man Whispers] VidIQ dot com
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Over the past year if you've been sifting though
the subscription feed on you mobile YouTube application.
You may have been wondering
where are the these Voting Poles coming from?
Why can I see a picture
or why is this channel advertising another channel?
These are all Community Posts that have been available
to some creators, over 10,000 subscribers for a while.
It's been available to some selected channels
under 10,000 subscribers,
but now it seems to be rolled out to all channels
above 1000 subscribers.
So that's the first question.
Do you have the Community Tab feature available?
Do let us know in the comments below.
Hello everybody.
Welcome to VidIQ.
My name is Rob.
If this is your first time in these glorious
YouTube surroundings, we are the tool and channel
that aims help you get more views in less time
by educating you on your YouTube journey.
Our Chrome extension tool will help you analyze YouTube,
research videos, audit your own channel
and take actionable steps.
It is free to download.
A link is in the description.
The Community Tab then,
I did an "everything you need to know" video about this
a year ago when we first got our hands on it.
So if you want to know the ins and outs of
what it is and how to use it,
check that video out.
Here though are some dos and don'ts.
General, super obvious advice first.
If you've either just got the Community Tab
or you've had it for months, use it.
You will be amazed at the results.
We often find that when we post in the Community Tab
we get as much engagement and feedback
as we do from videos that we spent hours making.
Voting Poles in particular are so easy to make
and you get so much feedback from them.
In our case, thousands of votes and dozens of responses.
If you want to canvas a percentage of your audience
in five minutes, then asking them a question
putting a Voting Pole in a community tab
is the fastest way to do it.
And then maybe you could use the results
from a Community Tab post for a video.
Just like we did with our channel trailer video.
Which you can watch over here.
For video creators there's a really exciting aspect
of Community Posts, but for YouTube users
this is terrifying, because
what YouTube will do is occasionally
send these Community Posts to people
who aren't even subscribed to the channel.
Now I was stunned
when I saw this in the YouTube help article.
So I thought, what better way to find out if this is true
by posting a Community Tab poll about it.
And guess what the results where.
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More than 40 percent of the 1500 people who answered
either weren't subscribed to VidIQ
or had no idea who we were.
Now that probably wasn't a super accurate result,
but you have to imagine
that some of those people that responded
genuinely don't subscribe to VidIQ.
So imagine being able to reach people
who haven't officially invested in your content
through clicking on the subscription button.
There is something to bear in mind
before you jump into the YouTube Community Tab however.
It's not like your traditional social media timeline
like Twitter and Facebook.
People are on YouTube to watch videos,
so they don't want to know
how many cups of coffee you've had in the morning
or when you took the dog out for a walk.
One Community Post a day is recommended.
And the simple reason is, as we mentioned earlier,
this gets into people's subscription fees.
So if all they're seeing is posts from you
and no actual video content.
They're either gonna remove posts
from their subscription feed,
or worse yet, unsubscribe from your channel.
Back to things you should be doing
with the Community Tab.
First one being.
(finger snaps)
Yes, what you're seeing here is a gif
or a gif, whatever you want to call it.
YouTube Community Posts support these.
I am surprised that feeds aren't littered with gifs
but presumably not enough people know
that you can use them in the Community Posts.
Regardless, now you know you can use this
to tease a bit of the footage from your videos content.
This strategy is generally known as breadcrumbing
and Cute Girls Hairstyles,
with its five and a half million subscribers,
does this to perfection.
They create Voting Polls on topics
based on videos that are upcoming,
and they advertise them in the Poll itself.
Once they've created awareness through this Voting Poll
and then the video goes live,
they'll post again reminding people of the video.
Just in case it's not hit peoples subscription feeds.
Judging from the engagement they get from these girls,
Cute Girls Hairstyles is a template
for how to use a Community Tab.
Now before you leap into the Community Tab
and have some fun with it.
Now might be a good time to remind yourself
of YouTube's Community Guidelines.
The last thing you want to do is
lose this tool the moment you get it.
So make sure you don't post any
sexual, harmful, hateful, violent content.
No harassment, spam, threats, copyrights.
Ya, just use your common sense.
I like to think of the Community Tab
as YouTube's megaphone.
It has the power to not only reach your audience
but those beyond with a powerful message.
Just make sure you use it responsibly.
If you're an experienced hand with the community tab
or your brand new to it. Let us know in the comments below
your experience, stories and tips.
(megaphone amplifies) To infinity and beyond.
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