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3. Camera Types
• Should I use a Cell Phone to Shoot Video? - Yes and No
• For Outdoor, Action & Underwater (Just buy a GOPRO)
• Basic Starter Video Camera – Buy the Flip UltraHD - $299
• Higher End Video Cameras
• Canon Vixia HF200 ($500)
• Canon's Vixia HG20 ($1200)
• Panasonic AG-HVX200 ($3,600)
• YouTube Max resolution is 3840x2160 (about 8-Megapixels)
• Camera should shoot directly onto SD Card
• Video Camera Source: reviews.cnet.com
5. • Products
• Service
• Information
• Promotion
Video Content
What Should My Video Be About?
All Videos are great for SEO purposes. So make videos for
everything you can.
6. FREE - Video Editing Programs
• If You have a Mac go with – iMovie
• If You have Windows go with –
Windows Live Movie Maker
• iPhone/iPad go with – iMovie for iOS
• Android OS go with – VidTrim or AndroVid
7. Items to Include in the Content of Your Video:
• Web page URL or Business Phone Number
• Add Your Own Promotional Ad in the Video
• Subscribe Link for YouTube
• Part Numbers of Product or Any Services Used
• Add Your Facebook, Twitter & Google+ Links
• A Video Specific Coupon Code
Adding Music in a Video
• Avoid Any and All Copyright Music
• It is OK to Use YouTube Royalty Free Music - After
upload
8. YouTube and Promoting
• Create a YouTube Page & Link it
with Your Google+ Page. Also Add
Links to your FaceBook & Twitter
• For Help to Customize your
YouTube Page Goto:
(http://support.google.com/youtube/)
• Apply for the YouTube Partner
Program
• Don't use YouTube’s Built in video
image stabilization
• Don't use YouTube’s Built in video
editing software. It Stinks.
9. Video Title
• Make it compelling – this is your video’s headline
but title and thumbnails are often the primary
elements driving viewers decisions of what they'll
watch.
• Always represent your content accurately.
• Keywords first, url and branding at the end.
• Create a title that reinforces the thumbnail.
• For serial content, add the episode number to the
end of the title.
• If video becomes stale update the video title so it
continue to grab views. Also update Thumbnail.
10. Video Tags
• Tags are descriptive keywords that will help
people find your videos.
• Create a set of standard tags for your channel
that can be applied to any video you publish. (E.g.
filmmaking, animation, comedy, “Funny Videos,”
“Pet Videos,” etc.)
• Include a mix of both general and specific tags.
• Make sure Tags thoroughly and accurately
describe the video.
• Include keywords from your title in your video’s
tags.
11. Video Description
• Only the first few sentences of your
description will appear in search results or
above the fold on a watch page – so make
them count! Accurately describe your video
and link to your channel page.
• Drive viewers to subscribe (and include a
subscribe link). Include links to your site and
social sites. Include a recurring keyword
tagline. The keyword tagline is a group of
sentences that describe your channel.
12. Video Extras
• If driving traffic to your site then start the
description box with your page url
http://www.yourwebpage.com
• Create a Channel Trailer for the Fan Finder
Program
• InVideo Programming:
– Channel Watermark
– Featured Video or Playlist
13. Tip to Make a Perfect YouTube Thumbnail
• Grab still images from the video you created. This will make sure the thumbnail is consistent
with your video.
• YouTube’s guide for the size and format on the thumbnail is 1280 x 720, with the following
formats .JPG, .GIF, .BMP, or .PNG. Keep the image size under 2MB and an aspect ratio of 16:9
• Use a Person or Product in the thumbnail. People associate the thumbnail with what is in the
content.
• If you have a person in the thumbnail use a close up image with the person making eye contact.
If the video is a product then use a close up of the product.
• Check to make sure that the thumbnail will look good in a large format and also in a small
format. YouTube will use the image in many different sizes on their site.
• Images should be bright and focus on the item or person.
• You can also use your company or product brand on the image area.
15. Where to embed videos?
Everywhere - Newsletters, Facebook, Google+,
eBay, You Own Webpage etc.
Webpage Ebay
16. How to Get Cheap Quick Views
$10 a Day Might Get You 1000 Views Per Day! WOW!
17. Making Money With Your Video
• YouTube
Partner
Program
Allows You to
Share in the Ad
Revenue
• An Ad Sense
Account is
Required for
Monetization
18. FAN FUNDING: In YouTube Goto Channel > Status & Features > Fan Funding
19. Q&A & Resources
Help with Your Youtube Videos
YouTube Help From Google
http://support.google.com/youtube/
Article: How to Make Yourself Famous on YouTube
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Yourself-Famous-on-YouTube
YouTube Thumbnails are a Major Piece of Your Channel
http://minimatters.com/blog/need-know-youtube-thumbnails/