013 YouTube-Jump On The Train
(In case you're doing a double take, yes, I changed the name of this podcast from the A/V Academy to the A/V Magazine. I felt a magazine was a little more "fun" than an academy would be.) It's time to get on board with YouTube. Seriously. The online video revolution is underway and the longer you wait to get started the farther behind you'll fall. Yes, it takes some effort to create video. But it only takes this six minute podcast to claim your YouTube account and set up your YouTube Channel. Once that's done every video you upload will have a multiplication effect on your overall online marketing. You see, YouTube not only hooks in with Google (its parent company,) it allows you to link your website, contact email, and social media through your Channel page. You have so many irons in the fire and your YouTube Channel can become the hub which connects them all! This episode is a step-by-step instructional; to follow along as you set up your YouTube account go here: https://www.youtube.com/ Toward the end of this podcast I bring up information on how to make your company's website banner work with the YouTube Banner Template. Here is a link to that template: http://yourtubetheme.com/2014/02/new-2014-youtube-channel-art-template-size/ Also, to see what I did to make my banner work within this template, here are links to: My banner My banner overlaid on the template The next episode will go over how to create a (or edit an existing) banner for YouTube by using the Open Source (free) Paint.Net graphics program. Here are links to: Download the program Watch a video to learn how to use it Oh, and start thinking about the content for your first video (or series of videos.) The sky's the limit!