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YouTube Hacks, Tricks & Features You'll Want to Know About

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Education & Training with Joseph Doohan

Did you know it's also the second biggest search engine behind its parent company, Google! Unbeknown to most, there are a ton of cool things you can do with YouTube to improve your business operations and for companies looking to differentiate themselves in a cluttered media environment, video content is key!

Whether you use YouTube to watch videos, post them, or both, here are 10 YouTube hacks, tricks & features you'll want to know about!

 

1. create a link that starts a YouTube video at a certain time

From a business perspective, say for example you want to show your audience that you were featured in a Vlogger post on YouTube but your product wasn’t mentioned until 0.50 seconds in, you can fast-forward to the 0:50 minute mark, with a specific link that starts the video at whatever time you choose. 

 

2. YOU CAN SAVE VIDEOS TO WATCH LATER

Ever seen YouTube videos you wished you could bookmark for later? Maybe you’re looking for something else but think a video could be valuable at a later stage. Well, YouTube also has a ‘Save for Later’ feature. The ‘Watch Later’ playlist operates just like a normal playlist, so the instructions are identical to the previous step (except you can't invite others to collaborate on your "Watch Later" playlist).

 

3. see the written transcripts of people's videos

Did you know that YouTube automatically generates a written transcript for every single video uploaded to its website? That's right! and anyone has access to that transcript unless the user manually hides it from viewers.

 

You can create, share, & collaborate on video playlists

Just like on your other favourite media sharing sites like Spotify and iTunes, you can create a ‘playlist’ on YouTube. These playlists can be private or public, and you can share them directly with others so it’s a great resource to use to inspire something like an internal project!

 

add clickable links to your videos

To funnel traffic to your website you can add clickable links on YouTube called ‘annotations’. These annotations work kind of like call-to-action buttons.

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Joseph Doohan
Joseph Doohan - Las Vegas, NV
I offer business strategy advice for realtors

If social media is a big part of your business strategy here is an article on using Instagram spaces: https://www.thejoeeconomy.com/business/how-to-create-spaces-instagram/

May 06, 2020 12:32 AM