Category: YouTube

• August 5, 2019

  Google Hangouts On Air Gone!

  Are you a YouTuber that regularly live streams with multiple guests using the Google Hangouts on Air feature? You may have noticed that as of August 1st, that feature disappeared. Don’t know what to do? Well, I’ve got you covered! I recently did a run-down of some Google Hangouts on Air replacement options, the details…
• June 12, 2019

  YouTube Rolls Out New Subscriber Bell Analytic

  Just yesterday, YouTube announced via their Team YouTube channel and Twitter account that they are rolling out a new analytic card in their YT Studio for the creator’s subscriber bell notifications. The new card can be found in a channels’ Analytic menu under the Build an Audience tab. The card shows two data points regarding…
• May 28, 2019

  YouTube Announces Changes to Subscriber Count Display

  Last week, YouTube announced via their Twitter account (@TeamYouTube) that they will be making changes to the way the subscriber count for channels are publicly displayed from August 2019. They linked to a YouTube Help Community post that outlined the details. All public facing subscriber counts will be truncated to a uniform format: counts under…
• April 6, 2019

  YouTube Limits Mobile Live Streaming to Channels over 1k Subscribers

  In the last 24 hours or so, creators on Youtube have reported that their ability to stream to Youtube via the Youtube app on iOS and Android have been blocked. A message has been coming up informing the creator that they now require 1000 subscribers to live stream via mobile. Interestingly, this is only for…
• March 26, 2019

  Automate Posting Your Youtube Uploads with IFTTT

  In late January 2019, Youtube depreciated some of its auto posting functionality when it removed the ability to automatically post the link to your newly public video to Twitter, Google+ and other platforms. Creators were justifiably disappointed. Well do not fear, there is a way to replace the automatic functionality by utilising the online service…
• February 28, 2019

  Is Sub for Sub Finally Dead on Youtube?

  YouTube Community Guidelines Explained – Fake Engagement Policy In this video Youtube Community Guidelines Explained, Doug discusses the updated Community Guidelines regarding Fake Engagement – is sub for sub really dead? What does it mean for competitions and giveaways? Let’s discuss! Fake Engagement Policy link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3399767
• October 10, 2018

  How to Create a Youtube Banner in Canva

  Channel Art is always a challenge for new YouTubers and those without graphic design skills. In today’s video, Doug will show you how to create a Youtube banner in Canva. There are many tutorials on how to make Youtube channel art. Doug would like to highlight the great online tool called Canva, which is also…
• October 9, 2018

  YouTube Music Policy Tool

  In this quick YouTube tutorial, we will look at how you can check a song’s YouTube use status using the Youtube Music Policy Tool. Using copyrighted music in videos can be a dicey pastime, so Youtube have provided their Music Policy tool to help navigate how songs are handled if used in your Youtube videos.…
• September 5, 2018

  Adding Social Media Links to Your YouTube Banner – But Should You?

  You can add a plethora of social media links to your YouTube channel banner, but should you? Doug will show you how to add them, and answers the “should you?” in today’s YouTube Quick Tip.
• September 3, 2018

  Adding A Subscriber Watermark to Your YouTube Videos

  Today we show you a quick tutorial on adding a subscribe button to your videos on YouTube. This is in response to a viewer question on a recent video. Learn how to add the clickable subscribe logo or watermark using Creator Studio on your computer.