Tag: Doug Hewson YT
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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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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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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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Schedule On Desktop, Go Live on Mobile!
This one is for all you YouTubers out there! Ever wanted to schedule your live stream in advance from your YouTube dashboard on your main computer, but plan to stream when out and about on your mobile? Well you CAN! In this video, I show you how step by step. This is what you’re going […]
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Creator Insider Tom Leung Hints at New Features Coming to Studio
In a recent Twitter discussion, Tom Leung, Director of Product Management at YouTube shared some insights into possible upcoming features for YouTube Studio. One is imminent, and the other is some ways off. Firstly, just around the corner is the ability to bulk upload, a feature that was in Studio Classic, but not seen in […]
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