Author: doughewsonyt
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The YouTube Feature Streamers Are Sleeping On
YouTube has been all-in on live streaming for a long time. For the past 5 plus years, they have been slowly adding functionality to their live streaming bag of tricks. With the announcement earlier this year and late last year of even more functionality heading our way, there is one recently added feature that not […]
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YouTube Creators CAN Customize Their Playlist Tab – Here’s How!
Most YouTubers know that the Home page on their channel is very customizable in regards to how the “shelves” are presented. Horizontal and Vertical playlists, live streams, shorts, Member’s Only videos, and more. But what about the Playlist tab? On the surface, it appears to be a summary of Created Playlists under that very title. […]
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YouTube Thumbnails Are Hard – But They Don’t Have to Be…
Any new or even more seasoned YouTube creator will tell you thumbnails are a tricky beast to master. Gaining the skills of a graphic designer whilst trying to also learn compelling and enticing as a matter of course can be a long road to walk down. The latter can be expedited by finding a good […]
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Featuring Other Channels on Your YouTube Channel – The Channel Tab
You never hear much about the Channel tab. Every YouTube channel has one. Typically you’ll learn over time to optimize the Home tab, Playlists, and even how to use your Community tab (once you get it at 500 subscribers). But what about the Channel tab? What’s it there for? If you have your subscriptions set […]
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Changing Your YouTube Profile Picture is Easy in 2021
In the past, YouTube have made you jump through extra hoops to update your profile picture, especially on mobile. Desktop users had a few ways of doing it, but there was some variables in the past. Today, YouTube have provided us with a central hub for the customisation of our channels, which includes your channel […]
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Use Your Elgato Stream Desk to Moderate Live Streams!
The Elgato Stream Deck has been the go-to control interface for streamers for a few years now. Typical uses include running your streaming software, sound effects, controlling your Elgato Lights and many other integrations with platforms and third party add-ons. The streamer has had the ability to drop customised chat messages directly to their live […]
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How to Upload YouTube Shorts – Early 2021 Edition
Since the latter part of 2020, YouTube have been pushing a new type of content on their platform called Shorts. Shorts are meant to be a competitor to the hugely popular Tik Tok platform that has been taking the world by storm in the last year or two. Other platforms are also weighing in with […]
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Streamlabs Mobile App Saga
Over the last couple of months I have published a LOT of videos based around the Streamlabs mobile app for live streaming, or as it’s currently known, Streamlabs: Live Streaming App. This was not primarily out of choice – the app’s recent updates have caused a stir amongst creators, particularly on the iOS side of […]
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YouTube Studio Updated With Channel Customization Menu
Over the last few weeks, YouTube have been rolling out a new menu in creator’s Studio dashboard. This menu item called Customization combines all the channel layout features into one central location. I was fortunate to be one of the earliest channels to receive the update as it rolled out over a 2 week period. […]
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