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Transcript: What’s up, everybody? Welcome back to the Movavi Vlog! Roman here! Today, using our example, I’m going to showyou the best way to upload videos to YouTube. Also, I’m going to explain which video fileparameters are best, what access settings there are, and the important things to rememberwhen you’re publishing your video. Let’s get started! You’ve just finished editing your video- ready to upload it and get hundreds of thousands of views? Before you start, let’s check if your videofile is suitable for publishing. The good news is today’s YouTube isn’tas picky as it used to be – it can now accept uploads in many popular video file formats,including MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, and more. The trouble is, there are now so many videofile formats that the average user is bound to encounter issues with video uploading. To avoid being sideswiped by an unexpected‘invalid file type’ error message, follow our Movavi Vlog tips! We always upload our videos in the file formatrecommended by the YouTube Support Team. That’s a container MP4, video codec H.264,and audio codec AAC. You can be sure that any video in this specificformat can be uploaded and published with no problems. Also, and more importantly, videos... See more →

Key quotes:

  • "HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Another way to boost your YouTube engagement — which has a direct effect on your channels’ success — is to leverage the Community tab."
  • "You can find it on your channel’s page: Here, you can post content just like you would on Facebook or Twitter, for example, in order to engage your audience (both subscribers and non-subscribers)."
  • "That’s why it’s doubly important to encourage your audience to engage with you and leave comments, as well as to subscribe to your channel."
  • "YouTube uses these stats — subscribers and engagement — to measure the quality of your videos and your channel."
  • "If your videos make people want to share them out, leave a comment, and/or subscribe to your channel, that means your videos are good enough to pop up higher up in people’s search results."
  • "HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: YouTube can be a very powerful tool when it comes to growing your business, your website, or your personal profile as an influencer or thought leader in your niche."
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Transcript: - I'm gonna tell you how to get more views by using your video descriptionson YouTube like a genius and we're starting right now. (upbeat hip hop music) What is going on? My name is Nick, welcome to another video. If this is your first time here and you want to learnhow to grow your channel, make videos, and all types ofother YouTube related stuff, start now by subscribingand clicking the bell so you don't miss anything. And real quick, I'm recording this video live on Twitch right now sofor behind the scenes stuff of what's going on here on this channel, and our live streams, and all of that, make sure that you head overand you follow me on Twitch. I'll put a link to that downin the description below. Okay now back to the content. Did you know that you can get more views, you can get more watch time, and you can increase theamount of subscribers that you're getting if you use your video descriptions in a smart way? Seriously, you're missingout on tons of opportunity for more views and morewatch time and all that by not using your descriptions properly. Check this out. So one of... See more →

Key quotes:

  • "However, you need to promote or market your videos in the right way in order to gain maximum views."
  • "Following the right strategies of YouTube marketing will definitely ensure that your channel is highly successful."
  • "However, in order that your video reaches out to maximum people, you need to apply the right marketing techniques for the same."
  • "So, what techniques can you opt for, in order that your YouTube channel attains maximum views? The right method of YouTube marketing Employing the right YouTube marketing techniques will ensure that you achieve great success in promoting your YouTube channel."
  • "The following strategies will ensure that your YouTube videos will attain maximum views."
  • "3 Promoting your YouTube video channel: Once your video has been uploaded, it needs to be promoted appropriately such that it reaches the right target audience."
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Key quotes:

  • "The key to YouTube marketing is getting your videos to rank in Google searches."
  • "In this article, you’ll learn: Below is a high level process of a great YouTube marketing campaign: You’re aware of the inputs and outputs needed to succeed: Create great video content that drives awareness for your brand and traffic to your site."
  • "I’m talking about taking extra time to create perfect ranking signals for YouTube and Google."
  • "Much like on page SEO and image optimization, the search engine looks at the name of your raw video file."
  • "That means you need to optimize your video file before you upload it to YouTube."
  • "If you want to rank videos for more competitive terms like “payday loans”, you’re going to have to build links to your video and embed the HTML on other sites."
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Transcript: Hey everyone in this video I wanted to show you how to add and squeeze to your YouTube videos and in 2019 the new YouTube studio actually changed the way you add end screens now you do it in the YouTube editor I wanted to show you how to do it I actually went back and added end screens to over 300 of my videos that were missing end screens I actually didn't make it a habit of adding end screens and by doing so it increased my traffic by 25 percent I get 25 percent more views now on all my videos because I added 10 screens to every single one and my end screen basically have two of my latest videos showing on the side or two recommended videos so when the video ends or it gets near the end it will show that to the viewer so they could click it so they could continue watching things on your channel so in this video I wanted to show you how to set up end screen so you could get more views on YouTube this was changed in 2019 and the new YouTube studio does things a little... See more →

Transcript: Hey guys what's up my name is Pete breaker and in today's video I'm gonna show you a very important but super simple trick on how you can get the best possible image quality on YouTube now depending on your channel slides and how many views you usually get YouTube chooses a different encoder to Rhian code the videos that you upload now as an example I'm gonna show you a clip that I've uploaded to my main channel and comparing this now to uploading that exact same clip to a channel that doesn't get a lot of views regularly now on the channel where I don't get a lot of views when I go to right click and stats for nerd you can see that the video is encoded in AVC now if you compare this to my main channel so if we also click on stats for nerds we can see that on a main channel the video is actually encoded in vp9 now if we compare the quality of these two codecs we can clearly see that the vp9 codec is much superior over AVC let's just have a look for example at these leaves here you... See more →

Transcript: Welcome to pnw enduro today's video is gonna be a little bit different I'm gonna talk to you about how YouTube is continuously making it difficult for people with channels such as mine to succeed well our rant I'm going to show you some footage from a ride I did back in the summer I haven't shared any of this footage yet so it's all new and hopefully those of you that are watching that have YouTube channels might learn a little bit about video quality you may notice when watching dirt bike videos on YouTube or any other action sports with POV footage some people's videos are going to look very crisp and clear while others are gonna look pixelated or grainy I can explain to you today why that is when you upload a video to YouTube it's going to select one of two codecs to play your video in there is the lower quality AVC one and then the higher quality VPO 9 for videos such as mine it's pretty essential to have the video play in the higher quality VPO 9 to see what i'm talking about well this video is playing right click on your... See more →

Key quotes:

  • "Here’s a step-by-step guide to the channel creation and optimization process: YouTube Video Optimization Checklist: From Launching a Channel to Creating Your First Video In case you’re too busy to read all of it, we’ll briefly introduce some of the key points to keep in mind: In other words, add clear descriptions and put the right keywords to reach the desired audience."
  • "Whether it’s a website, a blog, or a YouTube channel, you need to have engaging content which also brings value to your audience."
  • "The next time you plan to start recording or creating a video, ask yourself this question: “What value will it bring to my audience?” Continue your video creation process once you have the answer."
  • "Some tips beyond content for creating irresistible videos on your YouTube channel: We can talk forever about creating videos that people would love to watch, but not all tips apply to a specific audience."
  • "After creating your calendar and preparing the videos, go to YouTube and schedule them on the planned dates and time."
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Key quotes:

  • "Optimizing your video content for the right keywords will help gain organic views by informing users and the search engine just what your video is about."
  • "Your thumbnail image, like a hero-image, can work wonders when increasing your YouTube views whether they’re on the organic results page, suggested videos section, or appearing on social media."
  • "YouTube’s algorithms will present content here as they would for an organic result with one caveat: the video a user just watched may have less to do with the original query they put in, and more to with the relevancy to the video the user just viewed."
  • "You can create cards that can be used to: In regard to increasing your video views, you should use these cards to encourage users to visit your lesser watched content and subscribe to your channel."
  • "End screens are a great way to promote your own content before YouTube’s algorithms recommend other popular videos and pull people away from your channel and videos."
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