It just became a whole lot easier for YouTube creators to raise funds for Kickstarter and Indigogo projects via YouTube. Yesterday YouTube announced that creators can now link directly to fundraising pages on Kickstarter or Indigogo through YouTube Annotations.
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YouTube has been busy fine-tuning the site, adding new features and responding to user feedback ever since they launched their major site redesign at the end of 2011. Last month they rolled out updates to their Video Editor, Video Manager and Browse page. This week they’ve announced their next set of new releases, including updated Annotations and some new social features. Find out more after the jump.
When it comes to your channel on YouTube it’s great news when you get a lot of views on a single video, but it’s even better news when you can get your viewers to check out several of your videos in one sitting. However, the nature of YouTube makes it simple for viewers to click away from your videos to watch another user’s clip in an instant. We’ve put together a list of five ways that you can increase the chances of viewers watching multiple videos on your YouTube channel to boost your channel views, fan base and overall YouTube success.
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Did you know that you could play games on YouTube? Using annotations, a number of YouTubers have put together cool trivia games, choose your own adventure videos and more, and we’ve put together a list of 10 of the best interactive YouTube games.
YouTube Annotations are one of the most invaluable tools offered by the video site and, interestingly enough, are also one of the most overlooked by online video content creators. If you aren’t using Annotations in your YouTube videos you are missing out on some great opportunities for maximizing your subscribers, your views, and the overall success of your YouTube videos and channel. Read on to learn how to use YouTube Annotations to maximize your YouTube success.
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