Turn off YouTube Ads on your videos
YouTube advertising can be a great revenue stream - but it can also distract your potential customers. If you are using YouTube to attract customers, and the number of views on your videos is relatively small, you may want to consider turning off the ads. The...
Making your videos sound professional: sound dampening
Bad sound can ruin your videos. Most people will watch a video with bad visuals, but great audio. But the reverse is seldom true. In this quick episode, I share how I've used sound dampening material in my recording studio to remove the "echo" from my online...
2014 Year in Review
Can you believe it’s December? What a year it’s been! I just opened an email from Chris Guillebeau titled “2014 Annual Review” and was inspired to look back at my year (and I’m hoping this blog post will inspire you to look back at yours.) The idea to turn Brighton...
Online Training with Evan Jarvis of Gripsed.com
Evan Jarvis from Gripsed has a YouTube channel where he teaches people how to play poker. He's been playing poker for over ten years, and started Gripsed to share his knowledge and experience by training aspiring poker players. Evan's YouTube Channel: At...
How to set a YouTube homepage
When you create a YouTube account, YouTube creates a "home page" where it shows your activity: videos have you liked or commented on, channels have you subscribed to, mixed with videos you have uploaded. If you are a video creator, then you need to set a custom...
Setting up a home studio for YouTube
You don't need a home studio to start posting videos to YouTube - but having a dedicated space for filming is great. In the video below, I share a tour of my home studio (AKA, the guest bedroom.) And I have a post on setting up a home video studio that goes even more...
Closed Caption your YouTube videos to improve SEO
Google and other search engines can't see inside your videos - so you need to tell them in order for them to share your content with viewers. Most people do this with three tools: well written titles, detailed descriptions and proper tags. But there's one more tool...
YouTube Channel Evaluation
When I started my business, I offered an amazing deal on Fiverr (sorry, this was too amazing of an offer to continue.) It gave me a chance to dig into many channels and help the creators with their YouTube presence. This channel (FurLifeLiving) gave me permission to...
YouTube Marketing fuels Noah Hammond’s Business
Noah Hammond Terrel has been using YouTube since 2008 to fuel the traffic for his business - getting over 4 million views. Noah uses YouTube to show up when people need him most. He helps with personal and business growth. YouTube is the second most popular search...
3 YouTube Analytics you should be watching
YouTube Analytics provide great insights into your channel - but they can also be overwhelming. If you're new to Analytics, then start with top three metrics to watch - I make it easy. Views, Traffic Sources and Retention are the three easy metrics that I view on a...