5 Hacks to Make the Most of YouTube
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5 Hacks to Make the
Most of YouTube
Dan Abel
Director of Marketing, Reverb
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5 HACKS
Get Discovered With Search
Retain to Sustain
Understand Your Viewers
Create Your Cadence
Hack Below the Fold
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Get Discovered With Search
Master Metadata
• Title: Searchable terms first, distinguish format
• Description: Be specific and transcriptive
• Tags: 10 or fewer relevant tags
• Classification: Music vs entertainment
Clickworthy Visuals
• Thumbnails
• First 3 seconds of video
• Channel and banner image
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Retain to Sustain
Put Content in Context
• Get to the point
• Context is everything
• Quality is subjective
• Converse and collaborate
• Short-form video, long-term vision
Prioritize the Right Metrics
• Watchtime and audience retention
• Traffic sources
• Card clicks
• Playlist views
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Understand Your Viewers
Key Metrics
• Watchtime & Retention
• Source: Traffic, Device
• Engagement: Likes, Shares, Comments
• Clicks
• Subscribers
• Geographic
• Video vs Channel vs Playlist
High Retention
Low Retention
WT vs ViewsTraffic Source
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Create Your Cadence
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Hack Below the Fold
(TubeBuddy, vidIQ)
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Questions?
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