Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Get More Youtube Views. Ray talks about many different ways.

-YouTube ads
– https://buyyoutubviews.com/ Real people watching your videos, least expensive, but it makes Ray nervous
– https://sprizzy.com/ They run Youtube ads for you
– https://famefuel.co/ Ray really likes this one. He always gets the $29.00 package and it gets about 2000 views for his client along with likes and subs. They place your vid with similar videos. They also have a monetization service. YouTube is OK with them.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – ANYONE can shoot pro video – We talked about the benefits of using your smartphone to shoot pro video.

iPhone started the trend of digital HD video with a smartphone. iPhone and Samsung Galaxy shoot better video than the $8000 cameras from 10 years ago. Having the lighting just right used to be a bigger issue than it is now. Facebook and YouTube Lives are much easier with your phone and you have tons of options for mic and lighting connections. (Take a look at Movo.)

Ray’s not a fan of DSLRs for shooting videos. Phones give you way more options.

Word to the wise from Ray, be careful using cheap, small laptops to shoot videos. The batteries swell up and pop the screen.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – YouTube News You Can Use

Here are some news stories we talked about:
-YouTube Shorts Monetization: How Revenue Sharing Works
-Google launches Bard, its answer to ChatGPT
-Google Search podcast carousel going away
-An Easier Way To Handle YouTube Community Guidelines Issues
-YouTube is rolling out an update to how creators reply to comments with Shorts.
-Express yourself w/ YouTube Emotes
-NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ headed to YouTube beginning next season
-Google’s John Mueller Cautions Against Keyword-Rich Domains

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Generating Online Content with AI. Everything you need to know about AI.

Ray does social media posts for a local insurance agent. To get the posts he needs, he tells the software to give him 20 posts about life insurance. Then he feeds it to Canva and gets 20 graphics for the posts. AI is also good for video scripts, video descriptions, keyword research, hashtags, chapters for a book, and other stuff. It’s ChatGPT and you can find it at https://openai.com/ – it’s free for now. They also have a graphics creator and it’s DALL·E 2

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Online Video Distribution in 2023. Everything you need to know on how to do it.

One of Steve’s clients is an attorney who wants to record case study videos and then make blogs of it and distribute it. Ray suggested making a longer horizontal video that can be transcribed and used as a blog entry with the YouTube video embedded on the blog page. Then make a vertical short that can be distributed to YouTube Shorts, Facebook Page Reels, Instagram Reels, and TikTok.

If you want to administer the client’s TikTok, this article will explain how to do that: https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/add-users-tiktok-business-center – It has to be vertical and uploaded from a phone. Just hit the + button.

You need to friend your client’s profile on Facebook, and they can then make you an admin of their Facebook business page. Be sure the video is vertical, and look for the three dots and select Reels.

IG Reels. Make sure the client has attached their Facebook to their IG. that should allow you to administer the IG as well. Be sure to upload it as a Reel, vertical videos.
YouTube Shorts. Make sure the clients has made you a manager of their YouTube Business page. Vertical videos.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Using Video with Social Media. Ray has some keen case studies.

With your Facebook pages and groups, you need to give folks a reason to follow or join. Consider a variety of fun posts including videos. Facebook Live does well for Loganville News and Events, and Ray says hi to as many folks as he can. Up to 100 people with join in.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Creating a Hyper Local TV Network. Ray talks about what he’s doing.

His hyper-local TV network is for Loganville GA, and it’s available on all the streaming services like Roku. So far it business spotlights but they would like to add locally based entertainment shows and have it on in the lobbies of local businesses.

Ray also had case studies of Reels going viral and a Loganville Deals website he’s building.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Latest Updates Google Business Profile and YouTube Updates. Ray and Steve walk through the latest stuff.

• Starting soon, you will be able to monetize videos with music in them, as long as you share.
• The new YouTube trim tool for banner ads
• New mobile look for YouTube
• New Google algorithm

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Ray is out of pocket today, so Steve did a quick 10-minute update on  YouTube Shorts and Handles plus Smartphone Stats

Good info.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness –YouTube Shorts Revenue Share. Ray and Steve outline that and Steve has a cool Shorts case study.

Starting in 2023, YouTube will offer a 45% revenue share on shorts but you have to be a member of the partner program. To apply, you need 1000 subscribers and 90 million views in 90 days. Whoa! But for some, it’s very doable. Create and upload often.

Steve may not get there but has found he’s getting more attention with Shorts for his Trains Youtube channel. Zubtitle.com is a cloud based software that lets him upload an existing horizontal video, trim it to up to 60 seconds, and auto formats it to Shorts specs in a few minutes. Today he uploaded a Short and it got 1000 views quickly. It draws attention to his channel.

Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at http://www.rayslinks.com/movo

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