Tag: YouTube

Grow on YouTube for Small Channels: 11 Settings to Turn On (or Off) Now

Every creator wants to grow on YouTube, but it’s especially important for small channels. There are no shortcuts but there are definitely some YouTube channel tweaks, YouTube hacks, and YouTube shortcuts that can help.  While it can feel impossible, if you do the work, you will grow your YouTube channel… and if you use TubeBuddy, you’ll grow even faster.  With that in mind, here are 11 YouTube settings every channel that’s looking to grow should change. It won’t take long. These are all easy changes to make but they can have an outsized impact, boosting your visibility, engagement, and overall performance.  Our advice? Open your YouTube Studio in another tab or window and follow along with our checklist of settings every channel looking to grow on YouTube should change. Which checklist is that, you ask? Let’s get to it! Here’s a guide on the top 11 YouTube settings you must turn on to grow your channel effectively. 1. Disable Automatic Chapters YouTube’s AI-generated chapters might seem useful, but they can often misrepresent your content and harm viewer retention. Left to its own devices, YouTube won’t do a great job of optimizing your chapter names for YouTube SEO.  Instead, manually add… Continue reading Grow on YouTube for Small Channels: 11 Settings to Turn On (or Off) Now

YouTube: Brand Marketer’s Biggest Untapped Medium

An Untapped Platform Due to its extensive reach and popularity, a YouTube marketing strategy seems like a no-brainer inclusion in any campaign. However, less than 10% of businesses have their own channel, according to Brand Watch. That makes YouTube one of the most valuable, untapped marketing platforms available today. If you’re one of the many business owners or marketers who hasn’t yet taken advantage of YouTube, today is the day to get started. The platform requires minimal investment, precision targeting, simple viewer-to-consumer paths, built-in ROI tracking, and greater ad reach for 18- to 49-year-olds than all cable networks combined. In addition, it’s a great place for potential markets to better understand you and your brand. And if you’re needing some inspiration before you get going, we’ve got you covered. Read on for examples of various brands across the industry that all use YouTube to connect with their target audience and gain brand recognition. Brands That Are Succeeding Let’s take a quick look at some YouTube usage stats:  That’s a lot of traffic. It’s also true that there’s a lot of noise on the platform, with 500 hours of video being uploaded every minute. And while every brand must find their… Continue reading YouTube: Brand Marketer’s Biggest Untapped Medium

Extract Tags from YouTube Videos with View and Copy Video Tags

When you extract tags from YouTube videos, you can build out your own highly targeted tag list.  Maybe you want to use some of the same video tags as your main competitor on YouTube, or maybe you’re looking to mine your own videos to ensure you’re using tags consistently. Whatever the case, TubeBuddy View and Copy Video Tags is the best way to extract tags from YouTube videos.  With TubeBuddy View and Copy Video Tags, creators can easily optimize their YouTube video tags, extract video tags from YouTube videos and save them to a list, and even see which tags competitors are using and ranking for.  Why YouTube Video Tags are Important Tags are an important part of SEO; optimizing your YouTube videos to be found by The Algorithm. Tags are not the most important factor; YouTube looks at title, then description, then tags in that order. Still, top three. Tags are key to how videos are categorized on YouTube and optimizing YouTube video tags for your content is important. Tagged videos are more likely to be recommended to viewers when they watch a video with similar tags. Whether you’re creating #makeup tutorials, #speedruns of your favorite game, or spending… Continue reading Extract Tags from YouTube Videos with View and Copy Video Tags

How to Stand Out as a Gaming Creator on YouTube

As a niche, gaming is pretty saturated. Gaming has even spilled beyond the confines of YouTube to have its own platform in Twitch. If you want to make an impact as a gaming content creator, this is a challenge. TubeBuddy helps gaming content creators stand out, but there’s not a lot of room for gaming generalists at this point. It pays to pick a sub-niche. The sheer number of gaming content creators is a challenge, but it’s also an opportunity; there are a lot of lessons to be learned from other creators.  With that in mind, below are the top things we see gaming creators doing right, and doing wrong, as they try to make a name for themselves in this competitive content niche. We’ve also included some ideas and lessons that every YouTube creator — not just those battling it out in gaming — can use.  Use the comments to let us know what you think we got right, what we got wrong, and your own thoughts and tactics. When creators work together, we all achieve better outcomes.  You Have a Dream You pick up your favorite title, plug in, and start streaming. The fans come rolling in. soon,… Continue reading How to Stand Out as a Gaming Creator on YouTube

Getting Started on YouTube: Some Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Being a YouTube creator isn’t easy, but nor is working on an oil rig… and I know which one I prefer. In 2016 I was a freshly promoted operations manager for a multi-million dollar drilling and wellhead company in the oil-rich Eagleford Shale of South Texas. In my work, I had suffered broken fingers, two blown discs in my back, a hernia, and a concussion. I was working 138 hour weeks and was disillusioned, seeing money getting thrown at safety problems and an unspoken “don’t ask, don’t tell” attitude to worker injuries.  On Easter I sat down with my dad and brother who were also working in the oilfield. We had a fun chat about what we would do if we ever got away from these jobs. I wanted to fish… but I knew I didn’t want to run charters or a commercial vessel. I love being out on the water with family. I didn’t want to spoil that by turning my hobby into work. That’s how my journey as a creator began. In 2016, I launched the Stanley Orchard YouTube channel.  I decided I would go all-in on sharing my family fishing experiences with the world in the hopes… Continue reading Getting Started on YouTube: Some Lessons Learned the Hard Way