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The Right Way To Track Your Youtube Channel Progress
Wish You Knew The Right Way To Track Your Youtube Channel Progress? Everyone I chat with about their YouTube Channel talks about “views and subscriber counts” – and I really wish they would stop. Those are like “vanity metrics” which give you a Dopamine shot of “feel good”. In reality there are far better metrics to pay attention to – here are my top 3. STEP 1 STOP counting YouTube video Views and Subscribers day after day after day. STEP 2 INSTEAD, pay close attention to these 3 metrics in the YouTube Studio Anlytics: watchtime clickthrough rate (CTR) traffic sources […]
How To Control How Much Time I Spend On YouTube
Today’s topic is, “How To Control How Much Time I Spend On YouTube?” Hi Mariah – thanks for reaching out with your question: How can I stay off YouTube? I used to barely go on YouTube but now I spend my whole day on it and I get distracted and stop doing my homework. I don’t want anything to do with YouTube anymore and I want to be someone that isn’t addicted to my devices Like everyone else who got a smartphone, I installed the social apps, but it didn’t take me long to realise just how much TIME I […]
What is the importance of having a YouTube Channel? Benefits of starting a YouTube Channel
Have you ever asked yourself, what is the importance of having a YouTube channel? Well, you wouldn’t be the first one to ask that, for sure. I was interviewed a while ago by a delightful lady named Janeen Vosper and it was a 60 minute podcast episode chock full of great information. I’ve just captured at 10 minutes slice to answer these question that Jeanine asked me and I thought you might enjoy it too. JV: Hi, it’s Janeen Vosper here. Welcome to another episode of the, “We Are Women” Podcast and I have Teena Hughes with me this […]
How to create an animated Intro using Keynote – for YouTube videos
Have you been wondering how to make an animated intro for your videos? Well, have I got a treat for you today! Hi, this is Teena Hughes from TeenaHughesOnline.com and I’m going to use some software which you probably already have on your computer. I’m using a Mac and I’m using Keynote. If you don’t have a Mac, that’s okay. You can use PowerPoint, which is another presentation software that you might have on your computer. Ready? Let’s get started. I’ve opened up keynote on my Mac and I’ve chosen the wide white theme. Once we’re in here, you’ll […]
Is SEO dead? Today’s Inspiration 005 is Neil Patel
I’ve heard, “Is SEO dead?!” bandied around for the past few years, and today I got an email from Neil Patel with the same topic. Great timing Neil! After reading the post and agreeing with the result, I decided to choose Neil as my Inspirational Quote of the Day :-) Here is the video: Hello. Hello. Today’s inspiration comes from Neil Patel. I’ve just read an article from him today, and the heading is, “Is SEO dead?”, (Search Engine Optimisation) which really caught my attention. So after reading the article, I was inspired and so I’d like to just […]
Why does my video get stuck at 0% when I try to upload to YouTube? Most common reason
Why does my video get stuck at 0% when I try to upload it to YouTube? First things first, cancel the upload and try this technique first. What a great question. Hi there, Rebecca and Raymond! There could be many reasons why the video you try to upload gets stuck at 0% on YouTube. The main reason I can think of is that it might be quite large and luckily there is a way to solve that. I have a habit whereby I reduce the weight of each video I make, so it’s a lighter weight before uploading to YouTube. […]
Can I change a video filename after I have uploaded to YouTube? FAQ 007
Gavin emailed me and asked: “Can I change a video filename after I have uploaded to YouTube?” Unfortunately Gavin, no — you cannot change a video filename AFTER it’s been uploaded. But now that you know that, it’ll be easy to avoid doing that again. I have several Checklists I use when I’m creating videos, and the YouTube Upload Checklist reminds me WHAT to do for each video I’m creating. Watch on YouTube >> The Filename should exactly match the Keyword Phrase used throughout When I’m planning to upload a video I consider these steps (and I mark them […]