As YouTube continues to add monetization options for YouTube creators, Facebook has slowly working on some new tools that help Facebook creators do the same. Now they're becoming more accessible to more creators and the obvious
I started on YouTube in 2006, but when I decided to launch Video Creators in 2013 I put together a system for channel growth that I've used on strategy projects for Disney, Warner Brothers, Budweiser, eBay, and more.
YouTube offers several options and tools for monetization, but live streaming can perform differently than regularly produced and uploaded videos in terms of how they make money. Barbara E Mac live streams on her channel every week and
At VidCon 2018 YouTube announced a lot of new tools and features. We'll review each of them, but focus on the 3 new monetization features they're rolling out for creators, including ticketing, merchandise, and memberships. STORIES
Sometimes we can look at a channel on the outside and wonder, "Why is that channel growing so fast?" It's frustrating when we think our channels should be growing just as quickly as someone else's channel, like PewDiePie.
When you want to promote a series of videos on YouTube rather than just a single on-off video, it's a bit trickier because a viewer can watch any video they want in any order they want. But there's
Last week Instagram announced IGTV! Instagram TV allows users to create a channel and upload videos up to 10 minutes in length. Videos can also be edited professionally and uploaded with a thumbnail, title, and description,
YouTube rolls outs around 200-300 changes to their algorithm every year. That's a lot of changes, most of which we'll never know about. It's impossible to keep up with all the new tweaks and tests the YouTube search
If you want to download an thumbnail from a YouTube video, there's two ways to do it. The first way works if you're downloading a thumbnail from your own video. However, if you want to download a thumbnail
With everything else going on in life, being a YouTube creator is often a small part of what we do. There's plenty of other things demanding for our time and attention, like school, family, relationships, work,
