- I'm gonna give you 30 YouTube tips,
to make YouTubing easier for you.
We're doing it rapid-fire style
and we're starting right now.
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Always remember to white balance
your camera so that your colors can be on point.
Use a tool, like TubeBuddy,
I'll put a link to that down in
the description below.
To know when the best day is
and the best time is to upload your videos.
Channel optimization is extremely important.
So make sure that you have your playlist
laid out properly, and you have your
channel tags in there, and you have your
channel art that represents what it is
that you're doing.
And you put text on there,
to let people know that you're
going et cetera, to optimize your channel page.
And real quick, let me know,
down in the comments below,
any YouTube tips that you have
to make YouTubing easier for other people
that are gonna be watching this video.
Any YouTube tips I see down there,
are definitely getting a heart from me.
Of course, it goes without saying,
because we're on YouTube,
always optimize your videos.
Speaking of optimization,
if you are a small channel,
go for very specific, key word phrases,
that's gonna help you rank better,
instead of trying to compete
for broad phrases that all the large
channels are gonna dominate.
Don't be afraid to reach out to other people
in the genre of videos that you're making
and try to collaborate with other YouTubers.
You'd be astonished at how helpful this is
at growing your channel.
Oh my gosh, I'm astonished!
Install the YouTube Creator studio app
onto your smartphone.
They make it for iPhone and Android.
It's made by YouTube,
so that you can keep up on your comments
while you're on the go.
Because it's extremely important
that you are interacting with your community.
Even as a small channel, you know,
it might not seem like that big of a deal,
but making sure that you check in
with your comments, at least once a day.
So that, you know, for those people
that do come in and subscribe,
if you're a small channel,
so that you can make sure
that you're answering those people.
Go to your subscriber list
and check out the channels of your subscribers.
Interact with them, leave them comments
on their stuff.
I love it when I get hearts,
when I comment on peoples channels.
It makes me feel so cared for.
Even though it takes, like, a split second to do.
Make sure that your channel branding is solid.
If you need help with this,
there'll be a link to Tuber Tools
down in the description below.
Try to use the same, or a similar
video format in all of your videos.
So that your viewers can get used
to how you structure your videos.
And so you can get used to how
you structure your videos.
It makes it so much easier.
If the style of content that you make
allows you to record your videos and clips, do it.
If saves you a ton of time in the editing process.
Even if you're using a DSLR, like I do,
it helps to use a remote control.
To make that process even smoother.
Try to add some style to your videos, if you can.
You know, pump up the contrast a little bit.
You know, add some saturation.
If you wanna get creative in the background
that you have, go ahead and, you know,
add some Christmas lights, or,
you know, whatever it is that you wanna do.
You know, just try to do something
that helps your videos stand out from everyone else's.
Make helpful videos.
I talk about this all the time.
If you're making helpful videos,
then people will want to subscribe to you.
If you are using an external microphone,
try to get that microphone as close to you
as you possibly can.
Do not leave it sitting on the top of your camera
because it's too far away.
Instead, put it on a stand.
Or set it on something that's closer to you,
so that it can pick up your audio quality better.
I used to actually have it on a stand below the camera.
But now I use a boom pole,
and my microphone is actually right here.
Just a little bit out of frame.
Play with your pacing,
play with the tone of your voice.
Play with the fluctuations of your voice, you know.
If you wanna talk about something
and you wanna be excited about it sometimes.
Or if you wanna talk serious, you know, talk serious.
Because, you know, people connect
with the emotion that you put into your camera.
You know what I mean?
Like, they're listening to you, you know?
It's important that, no matter what it is
that you're doing, that you transition
your emotion through your camera lens.
If you can avoid it, try not to record
in a place that has airplanes flying over
in the middle of the day.
If you don't know what to say in your videos.
If you keep getting tongue-tied, or whatever,
and it's just kind of messing up your videos,
then use a script, or an outline,
or bullet points, or talking points,
whatever you wanna call it.
It's gonna help you out.
I have videos on my channel
that'll teach you exactly how to do it.
Front load your videos.
Ask people to subscribe and comment
towards the front of your videos.
And when you do this, don't just say,
"Hey guys, if you want more videos
like this, subscribe to my channel,"
don't do that.
My buddy Chris, down in Colombia, that's for you.
Because I just watched one of your videos.
Basically, you know, instead of saying,
"If you want more videos like this, subscribe."
At the beginning, of your videos, for a new viewer,
they don't know what type of video that it is
that you are giving them.
So saying, "More videos like this."
They don't know what type of videos you have.
So you need to tell them exactly
what type of content you're gonna give them.
And then ask them to subscribe.
It's not a big deal, just a slight structure change
and a little bit more information
can really go a long way.
Go into your analytics, for your video,
and see where people are dropping off.
Right before the drop off point,
add a card at that point.
So that the people that are watching the video,
have a greater chance of going and watching
another video of yours,
before they actually drop off.
Don't add a logo at the very front
of your video, before your video starts.
People will absolutely hate that.
Another airplane.
Use the features within the YouTube system.
YouTube provides features and they keep
features for reasons.
They keep the cards because people click on them.
Because they're mobile friendly, because they work.
They get action.
It might not be a huge percentage, that you get.
You might not get a huge amount of clicks.
But you do get clicks.
And all of that stuff adds up over time.
Especially as your channel grows.
You have a large archive of videos and all of that.
All of that stuff accumulates into more watch time.
Which is very important.
That includes the inscreens.
Make sure, even though some people
complain about the inscreens, they work.
Make sure that you use the inscreens,
in your videos, as well.
Take advantage of YouTube's branding watermark.
Which is that little red thing,
that I have, right down over here somewhere.
Use that feature.
People click it and they use it
to subscribe to your channel.
Take advantage of it.
If you want one, kind of like I have,
or exactly like I have, head over to Tuber Tools.
I have them available over there.
They're like, $2.00.
If you can find a subreddit that
applies to your channel, share your videos there.
If you can find Facebook groups,
that apply to what it is that you
talk about on your channel, share your videos there.
With every video you upload, toss it on Twitter.
And make sure that you use hashtags
that are relevant to the content
that it is, that you're making.
It's gonna save you a lot of headache
and a lot of stress if you make some
videos in advance.
If you put some in the can.
So say, on recording day, when you're
planning to make your videos.
Make some extra videos.
So that in the event, say you get
in a car accident, God forbid.
Or something else comes up in your life
and you just can't make videos
on your normal day, make sure that
you have some in the can so that
you can be prepared for that.
It takes off so much stress.
This is actually one of those videos, for me.
Make awesome thumbnails.
Thumbnails, are in most cases the very first
point of contact with your content.
Well, they are the first point of contact.
Your thumbnail and your title, for new subscribers.
Or for people who are not even subscribers.
For people who haven't seen your channel before,
so make sure that your thumbnails are awesome.
Keep an open mind about the things
that you hear people talking about
in regards to YouTube.
What I mean is this.
People talk about click bait all the time.
They talk about, "Oh, you know, this is
click bait, that's just, whatever."
Here's the thing, click bait works, right?
There's two different kinds of click bait.
There's click bait that is misleading.
There's click bait that when
you click on the video, or on the thumbnail,
it has absolutely nothing to do,
with what the video's about.
The title has nothing to do with it.
The thumbnail has nothing to do with it.
That is negative, very bad click bait.
And that, you actually shouldn't do.
The other form of click bait,
is stuff that actually grabs attention.
The stuff that people actually want to click on.
Stuff that challenges the opinions of people.
Stuff that makes people think,
"Oh, are they talking to me?"
That's also click bait.
But it's not negative click bait.
Because when people click on the video,
they're actually getting answers
to the question that they asked themselves,
when they saw the thumbnail.
Or, you're actually delivering the content
that they clicked on your thumbnail
or your title, wanting to know.
- Hey, it's Brian G.
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- Brian G. Johnson, folks.
Link to him down in the description below
and a card up here.
Make sure you go check him out.
He also makes videos for YouTubers.
Keep in mind that there are many ways
to succeed on YouTube.
For some people it's subscribers.
For some people it's view count.
For some people it's just driving traffic
to a website, or just doing something
to get exposure to their business.
Success on YouTube does not only
equate to subscribers.
Some people are very successful on YouTube,
that use YouTube as a tool.
And they have less than 10,000 subscribers.
So keep that in mind as well.
And focus on whatever goal it is, that you have.
Or for whatever success metric, that you have.
And not so much on that number
that's next to the red button.
Edit your videos.
Edit out your ums and ahs.
Nobody wants to sit there and watch
somebody process what it is,
that they're wanting to say.
If you want an example of that,
I, ah,
I think that it would be,
kind of, you know,
kind of, like this.
You know what I mean?
It just kills the whole momentum of everything.
Nobody wants to watch that.
Work with templates.
Have a base video file.
That has your intro in it.
It has all of your other calls to action.
It has your end card.
It has everything in it that you normally need.
So that all you have to do is drop
your videos in and then start editing.
It makes everything a lot faster that way.
And you don't have to recreate that file
every single time.
I hope you picked up some good tips from this video.
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I'll see you next time.