If you knew me a few years ago I was so hesitant to be on camera. I may look comfortable now, but I was just like you, not wanting to “put myself” out there online. I saw every flaw. I was spending too much time shooting multiple takes of my video blogs and doing way too many retakes. I remember one video specifically—it took me 12 takes to get one to make it right. I almost gave up on video blogging because it was too stressful and I was spending too much time just trying to get a 2 minute video done. I quit for a few months and regrouped and I knew I had to do things differently, I knew if ..read more

I have to admit, when I recorded my first video I was so nervous.  I was scared that I would have many takes and never get it right. I went in with that mindset and came out more discouraged than ever.  I eventually met  Amani Channel as my on camera mentor and he taught me how to be comfortable by giving me some valuable tips and like most things in life, you learn by trial and error. Video Converts As a blogger, one of the easiest way to connect with your audience is with video.  A study by eyeviewdigital.com shows that using video on landing pages and blo ..read more

I bet you've found countless ways to promote your blog using RSS syndication, but you might not realize you can promote your YouTube channel with RSS syndication as well. Using an RSS feed allows you to automate the promote process in countless ways. Since this is a short blog post, I'm not going to keep you in suspense about how you can put this YouTube promotion strategy to work, the first thing you'll need to know is how find the RSS feed for your channel. Here is the simple format you need, simply replace YOURUSERNAME with – you guessed it, your YouTube user name: http://www.youtube.com/rs ..read more

Quiet as it's kept, I reached another milestone on my YouTube channel last month. Since I uploaded my first YouTube video 4 years ago, I've been able to rack up over 250,000 views on my channel. When you consider the fact that all of my videos are geeky tutorials and most of them appeal to a tiny segment of the huge demographic of the typical YouTube audience, I'm quite pleased with that achievement. As I've mentioned here before many times, it also makes my heart glad to know that I have encouraged some of my blogging friends to take content creation to the next level and start their own YouT ..read more

YouTube introduced the new One Channel layout a few years agon, but there's a chance you still haven't optimized your artwork yet! “For optimal results on all devices we recommend uploading a single 2560 X 1440 px image” from YouTube Support I know, it's just one more thing to add to your to do list, but keep in mind that your YouTube Channel Page acts as your Home Page on YouTube. Now you wouldn't think of not putting up a banner on your blog's Home Page would you? The goal behind the One Channel concept is to make the design more responsive giving it a more attractive a ..read more

PLEASE NOTE: YOUTUBE NO LONGER ALLOWS US TO CREATE VIDEO ANNOTATIONS. USE CARDS AND END SCREENS INSTEAD.  Previously I shared how you can use Annotations to add InVideo Programming across all the YouTube videos on your channel. If you missed the first post and video, you can check out Part 1 in this series called Now That You Stated Making Videos Here's How To Get More Views on YouTube. As promised, in Part 2 of the series I'll follow-up by showing you how to create those coveted, clickable Call to Action links from inside your YouTube videos back to your blog. You'll see how to succ ..read more

It feels so amazing to know that I have inspired many of you guys to start a YouTube Channel. I'm really pleased to see you stepping outside of your comfort zone and getting in front of the camera or recording video screencasts and uploading them to YouTube. As a new YouTuber, you'll need some creative ideas and strategies to get more views on YouTube and grow your audience. The competition is tough so it's important to make your videos stand out above the others. There are hundreds of hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute of the day and we're all clamoring for attention from t ..read more

YouTube continues to command the attention of users across the globe with each fiscal quarter seeing huge increases in market share. Bloggers and marketers are paying attention too and uploading videos that show off their products and establish their expertise in the hopes of attracting an avalanche of new visitors to their websites. Every minute of the day 100 hours worth of video is being uploaded to YouTube. To top it off, studies show that more that 64% of  people are more likely to make a buy after watching an explainer video. Yet the truth of the matter is that many people fail to ..read more

Human body is amazing, isn't it? It's perfect. Everything has its place. Every part has its function. It makes us who we are; on the outside anyway. Sure we don't have to have all our body parts to function, live, and breathe. However, we do need most of them to position ourselves as best as we can in the society we live in. Whether we like it or not, our appearance has a profound effect on how people react to us. Imagine I had an eye missing; would you look at me the same way? Hold on; I have an idea… What do you think? (Arrgh…I just wasted 20 minutes of my day trying to figure out ..read more

YouTube is an amazing platform that you can use to expose your content or products to a huge audience and drive traffic back to your website. Google continues to make upgrades to the YouTube interface, both for end-users and administrators. Lots of these changes focus around making it easier for you to customize your videos and the look of your YouTube channel. The question is, how can you take full advantage of these extra features from YouTube? While the content of your videos is the most important aspect to increasing traffic, it also helps to have a visually stimulating YouTube channel pag ..read more