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Reused Content: What It Is and How to Avoid It on YouTube
Summary As a creator, understanding YouTube’s policies around reused content is crucial for maintaining a successful channel and avoiding potential monetization issues. In this blog, I’ll dive deep into what reused content means, the consequences of posting it, and how you can ensure your content meets YouTube’s guidelines. By the end, you’ll have a clear…
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StreamYard Custom Layouts: A New Way to Customize Your Live Streams
Introduction StreamYard, a popular live streaming platform, has recently launched an exciting new feature called Custom Layouts. In the past, users were limited to a set of preset layouts designed by StreamYard. However, with Custom Layouts, users now have the ability to create and customize their own layouts according to their specific needs and preferences.…
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The Newest Way to Engage Your Community on YouTube
For some time, YouTube have been rolling out new features and updates to 2 areas of focus. One is YouTube Shorts. Shorts creation tools have been constantly rolling out on mobile devices since Shorts was launched in 2021. The other area is the Community Tab. The Community Tab and by extension the Community Posts have…
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How To Edit A YouTube Video AFTER Upload
YouTube provides many tools inside of the Studio dashboard that aim to help make the creator’s process easier. One such tool is the Editor feature, available for all uploaded videos. What can you do with it? The YouTube editor is found in the YouTube Studio dashboard. You can go into the Content menu and select…
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Here’s Why Many Millions of Creators on YouTube Have Just Received the Community Tab
October 2021 – just over a year ago, YouTube dropped the requirement for the Community tab and posting features from 1000 subscribers to just 500. Creators were still settling into that new paradigm. Smaller channels had a new mid-way goal on their way to the 1000 subscribers required to get into the YouTube Partner Program…
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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…