
The difference between just uploading a video on
YouTube,
and uploading a video on YouTube that gets LOTS OF VIEWS, can actually
be pretty small. What’s surprising is that most people don’t know how to
jump the thin line into the “lots of views” boat. What’s even MORE
surprising is that jumping the line doesn’t always rely on great video
content! In fact I’ve seen a million amazing videos attracting barely
any views.
Considering YouTube gets 24 HOURS of new uploads every MINUTE!, maybe the fact that some get noticed and some don’t isn’t that mystifying after all.
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This first post in a series of tutorials, tips and strategies, will
give you 9 steps to help you get more views, and get you off the ground.
1) Name your video file with relevant keywords before you upload to YouTube.
For example: if it is your latest cover of "Rihanna - Diamonds" then
the obvious name for the video file is rihanna-diamonds.mov
2) Title your movie with catchy keywords AND BE SURE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH.
Similarly you need to create a title that contains your keywords but at
the same time is enticing to click. You may even want to go to YouTube
and see what is already there when you type "Rihanna Diamonds". When I
did that, the number one video that came up was obviously the original
from Rihanna which has over 270,000,000 views titled simply "Rihanna -
Diamonds". One technique is to title your video with a similar title to
another popular video. E.g you could use something like "Rihanna -
Diamonds (Cover) by Asher Fergusson". This will give you a good chance
of ranking in the "related videos" section of YouTube and therefore
bring a ton of extra views.
Here is the free tool from YouTube that enables you find the most popular keywords.
3) Fill out the video description with at least 2 - 3 paragraphs of text.
This is an important step that most people overlook. YouTube wants to
know what your video is about and the video description section is the
best way to validate this. So I recommend you either write a 2 minute
transcript of the video or at the very least 2 paragraphs explaining its
contents. It should include all your main key words in a natural way.
For a
music video you can put the lyrics to the song or at least some of them.
4) Put all the keywords from the title and description in the "tags" section. The next step is to fill out the
YouTube tags
section with all the main key words and phrases that relate to your
video. This is a super important part of YouTube SEO (Search Engine
Optimization) and really helps your video show up in different search
results. For example you could use; Rihanna, Rhianna, Rianna, Cover,
video, Diamonds, unapologetic, Asher Fergusson. These tags are based on
both the example video’s keywords and the keywords of other popular
YouTube videos.
Network your video
5) Share your video with all your friends - quickly!
YouTube loves new videos and gives them an extra chance to rank well in
the first week or so after being uploaded. So to take advantage of
this, you'll need to be a ninja and share the video in every way you
know. Get
Facebook likes, learn
how to get more followers on Twitter
and then send it to everyone there. Email it, and tell your friends to
do the same if they like the video. If you have a Facebook fanpage then
this is perfect content for that page and depending on the fan base can
quickly get you a lot of views.
6) Make a video response to an already popular video on YouTube. Using the above example video, the perfect video response choice is
Rihanna - Diamonds.
This means that your video will appear below this video that has
already had over 270 million views. If your title and thumbnail are
enticing enough then there is a chance you'll get 1000's of referring
views.
7) Encourage sharing, allow comments, video responses and embedding of your video.
Everyone likes to be heard and if you allow for comments then you will
give people that chance. The other thing about comments is that it
creates a community around the video and if a conversation is taking
place then people will keep coming back. Allowing video responses to
your video means a lot of extra people could link to your video via
theirs, resulting in many more views. Similarly, if you allow anyone to
embed your video on their website, it is like free advertising and the
video could easily end up all over the internet. This is often how the
most views are achieved with a video.
8 ) Embed your new video prominently on your website to create 2 way traffic.
This serves to give your video a link but also additional views that
don't require someone to see it on YouTube. All you need to do is to go
to your video on YouTube, click the "< Embed >" button and copy
the code. Then go to your website and paste the code in the html
wherever you want the video to appear on your site.
9) Have your fellow bloggers reference or embed the video on their site as well.
If you have friends who also have websites, ask if they can embed the
video for you. Having them write an article is also very good and will
increase your views tremendously depending on the traffic they already
receive to their site.
10) Buy YouTube Views. Lastly, one little known fact
is that with most music videos the record label usually buys somewhere
between 1 and 3 million views and 1000's of likes upon the launch of the
video. This is to quickly increase the credibility and help the video
go viral. Here at Galaxy Ninja we offer this service and regular work on
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So there you have it - How to get more views on YouTube in 9 simple, quick and free steps.
The main ingredient in building the knowledge of how to optimize your
video for YouTube is achieved with practice. Like most things, the more
you practice, the more skilled you will become. As a result, the more
traffic you generate, will in turn create more business opportunities.
By utilising this social networking site you'll figure out all kinds of
little known tricks and be expertly guided through many tips and
techniques that will help raise you above your competition. Good luck
and enjoy hours of fun while you learn to be a Pro YouTube Ninja!
Let us know how you go with these tips in the comments section below.
If you do all these things you may be surprised how many views you
suddenly get!