Here’s how you can make a YouTube video if you’re in a bad mood (or decide that you shouldn’t make a video at all). WHY DO THIS: If you’re a marketer or business owner, you may need to be on camera for a video on a day that you’re in a bad mood. Maybe you […]
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Which is a better photo for your thumbnail? Is it a photo of someone smiling or is it a photo of someone with their mouth open? Should you use a smile ’cause a lot of people have these profile shots of them smiling or maybe it’s a serious shot looking off into the distance?
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Published: February 7, 2017 After an in-depth study (a joint effort of TubeBuddy and VidAction.tv), authors Dane Golden and Phil Starkovich have found that saying the word “you” just once in the first 5 seconds of a YouTube video can increase overall views by 66%. And views can increase by 97% – essentially doubling the viewcount
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I’ve seen this happen on YouTube more times than I can count, usually on the YouTube channels of B2B software or hardware or SaaS companies based in the Silicon Valley. The videos are getting extremely low viewcounts, due to a unique reason: The marketing team is posting too many videos on a given day. It’s
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On this week’s VidPow TubeTalk podcast, Jeremy Vest and Dane Golden talk about how YouTube videos have an important metric for bounce rate just like Google Analytics, except on YouTube they call it audience retention. Subscribe to TubeTalk: iTunes | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Google Play
Can videos shot of conference panels really engage viewers on YouTube? It’s very hard. But if it’s prepared for, with good audio, lighting and tight shots, that’s a good start. Then you need to do good post production to tighten down the videos to a series of very short segments focused on answering a single
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Ad blocking is rapidly increasing across all platforms. On the fastest growing part of the web, mobile, 419 million smartphone users worldwide now use ad blocking. And mobile ad blocking is growing at 90% per year. Ad Blocking Grows On desktop, the story is the same. The most recent figures, now a year old,
VidCon is coming! This next Thursday, June 23, through Saturday, June 25, video marketers (and lots of fans of YouTubers), will converge on the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California to talk about all things social video. VidCon was created and is run by Hank and John Green, the Vlogbrothers, who have done so many
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The Disclaimer Tech product reviewer Lon Seidman starts each of his video tech reviews with a disclaimer, one he wrote himself. Unless he’s bought the product with his own money, the phrasing usually goes something like this: “This came in free of charge through the Amazon Vine program. I’ve had no direct contact with Amazon
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Jeremy, Dane, Tim, and special guest Derral Eves talk about the new service YouTube Red. The panel discusses what the service is going to be like, what this means to YouTube’s businesss, and how it is ultimately good for creators, viewers, and marketers.
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