Guides

You could be creating the best YouTube content in the world, but if you aren’t marketing it then the odds of your channel really taking off are slim to none. In his presentation of the YouTube Partner Playbook, Ryan Nugent talked about how to engage the YouTube community, social media and bloggers in order to promote your content and bring in more views.

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Back in June, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab revealed that YouTube was working on a new initiative—a document chock full of tips to help partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize their overall YouTube success.  This week the YouTube Creator Playbook has gone live.  The playbook is a 70-page guide packed with important tips, best practices and strategies to help you build your audience on YouTube.  It’s free to download and is an amazing resource for YouTubers of all shapes and forms.
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On the road to YouTube success, one of the best ways to monitor your growth and performance is through YouTube’s analytics feature, Insight. In his presentation of the YouTube Partner Playbook, Ryan Nugent offered up some tips on how to use YouTube Insight to learn from your successes and failures, and fine-tune your content so that you can be the best you can be.

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YouTube is working on a Partner Playbook, chock full of tips to help their partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize views.  At a YouTube Partner MeetUp in New York on June 16, 2011, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab presented a draft of the Playbook.  This is part two in a series presenting tips gleaned from Ryan’s presentation of the YouTube Partner Playbook.

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Ryan Nugent of YouTube’s Next Up Lab says, “50% of the work is making a great video and the other 50% is what you do when you upload it.” After the jump, we lay out some helpful rules and guidelines for optimizing your content.

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So you have an idea for a promising Facebook game, or an application? One of the most critical business decisions you will have to make is which development partner you should hire. Here is a list of key elements you’ll need to take in account during your development partner selection process to help you minimize risk and position your application for success;

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One example, I like, features Ashley Argota of “True Jackson, VP” and Gage Golightly of “The Troop” suggests signing off the computer and don’t reply to a hostile messenger. They also suggest blocking bullies from access and make a copy of the message to show to an adult you trust.

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So you want to get more YouTube views, but you don’t know where to start? You’ve got the perfect title, tags and description, your video is hilarious and you’ve been promoting like crazy on your Facebook and Twitter page, but your video is still not getting the recognition you think it deserves? We’ve got you covered with a few little known tips that could help skyrocket your YouTube video views.
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You want to attend the SXSW interactive parties because they are the perfect place to grab a cold drink, eat some great food, network, see old friends and listen to some great music. Parties are hosted by some of the leading heavyweights in the tech industry, so you’re sure to make new friends and solid connections while enjoying endless free food and drink. Because there are so many parties, I have picked the top five must attend parties.

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The basic set up is free, easy to use, and, perhaps, most importantly, it provides a private, manageable, and secure online space for businesses to communicate. If your board room created a social networking site, this is what it would look like.

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