Many businesses use Youtube as a tool to increase their web presence and to communicate with their fan base. Many businesses also use Youtube as a way to inform people about their brand or company. Youtube is also used by many individuals who upload various videos such as movie and TV clips, music videos, educational vidoes and short original videos.
The very first video on Youtube was uploaded onto the site on April 23 2005, entitled 'Me at the zoo'. The video shows the one of the founders of Youtube, Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. Now it isn't no Steven Spielberg production, but they just uploaded it to show the capabilities of Youtube at the start. Here is the very first video uploaded onto Youtube:
In this article we will show you how increase your views on Youtube and what to do to increase your popularity on Youtube.
Name
The Name is one of the most important things in when it comes to uploading your video on Youtube. Users search for the name, so it is important to name your video accordingly. For example, if you have a fitness or body building channel, some good names for your videos could be; 'Massive Chest Workout', or 'Lose Bellyfat Quick with this tip'. Inserting Keywords is the key here. Remember keep the title simple and make sure you state what the video is about in the title, but don't give too much away. You do still want your viewers to watch the video, don't you?Description
The description is one of the main parts of the video. Viewers will look at the description first to see whether the video is interesting or not. In the description part you should detail what the video is about, how users will benefit from the video and what they will learn from the video. You can also use the description to promote yourself and your many links, (website, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) this way you will gain a lot of traffic. Check out how the power users use the description page. Some examples include; Ray William Johnson, Ryan Higa, and Smosh. They also promote their merchandise which provides them with even more ways to make money. Try to insert keywords that you think your audience would be looking for in the description. Make sure it is not short and is descriptive.Tags
Some people say tags aren't as important as other aspects. However when it comes to getting more views to your YouTube videos make sure you tag your videos accordingly because the people that say tagging isn't important, don't know anything. Again insert the best keywords that you think matches your video. So, if you had a marketing video showing people how to make money, the keywords would be something like; money, online, how to, rich, successful, etc.Share your video like mad
Do not stop sharing your video. Share it on Facebook, Share it on Twitter, Email it to your friends, get your friends to share it, use social bookmarking sites. Use our guide to find out the best social networking sites. The main aim is to get your video viral so everyone knows about it. If you have a Facebook fan page or know anyone that has one get sharing on it. Get Facebook likes on your content and if you have followers on Twitter share it on there. Encourage viewers of your videos to share, comment and subscribe to your videos. Your video should be viral in no time.Fill out the About section
If you are regularly posting videos on YouTube then updating the About section on your channel would be a good thing to do. Viewers would like to know a bit about the person behind the videos. You can also use this section to promote your social networking pages and also your website. Using a fancy HTML banner also helps. You can put down the channels name and maybe a picture or anything you want really.Leave a Video Response to a Popular video
Find an already popular video that has a ton of views and is related to your video. Post your video as a video response to the video. A really popular video can have millions and millions of views, and your bound to have a cut of those views.
Someone's bound to click on the video, right?
Annotations
The things that come across the screen when you are watching a video such as 'comment, rate and subscribe' and stuff like that actually helps increase video views. You can use the annotation to link from one video to another such as linking 'Part 1' to 'Part 2' and things like that. You can use the annotations to advertise yourself and your services as well.Now we're not saying that using these techniques will straight away give you millions of views. But slowly and gradually your views will increase and your videos will gain more popularity. Remember to involve your audience and encourage them to thumbs up and like the video as this increases popularity. Also encourage viewers to subscribe to your channel, share your videos and comment.
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