Posts Tagged ‘Guide’

Back in December YouTube rolled out a new homepage and an upgraded site design, making changes to everything from their analytics to channel design, the video manager and more. Last month they made even more changes, announcing new updates to the YouTube Browse page and Video Editor, as well as their Video Editor. We thought we’d take this opportunity to provide you with an in-depth overview of how the new YouTube Video Manager works and all of its functionality.

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

At the end of November, YouTube Insights was replaced with YouTube Analytics, a new and improved tool with more detailed reports and statistics to help YouTube creators get a much better idea of how viewers are connecting and engaging with their videos. We take a look at how the new YouTube Analytics are set up and what information can be gleaned from them.

Thinking about starting a blog? Before you even think about sitting down to set up your blog and write your first post there are several questions you need to ask yourself. These seven important questions can help you determine whether you’re on the right track, how you should proceed and whether you should even be starting a blog at all.

With stop motion practically taking over the Internet, a lot of creative people are being inspired to try this technique out for themselves. But where do you start? We had the opportunity to talk to YouTube partner, filmmaker and stop motion expert Kyle Roberts for some insight, tips and examples.

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 [...]

Everyone is talking about Google+ right now and since more and more people are signing up and adding us to their circles each and every day, we thought there was no better time than now to put together a guide about all the features of Google’s new social network.

Don’t have any subscribers on YouTube and can’t figure out why? We’ve put together a list of five likely reasons to help you get to the root of the problem.

Protocols for emergency evacuations, disaster management were nothing new for the army – but now the Pentagon has issued a Handbook for Social Media, detailing how military personnel should use social media services like Facebook and Twitter. The Handbook has been issued by the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, Online and Social Media [...]

We’ve put together a list of 7 fantastic social media videos that will take you through everything from the basics of what social media is to how it can improve your business and increase brand awareness, how other companies are using social media and more.

Playlists are a fantastic YouTube tool that not enough video creators and video viewers take advantage of. We’ve put together a guide to tell you everything you need to know about YouTube Playlists, from the benefits of creating playlists to how to make a playlist and everything in between.