Top 7 Things To Follow To Promote YouTube Videos And Grow Your Channel

Are you a content creator? Have your views and likes gotten stagnant on YouTube? Although you post regularly but there is no increase in the number of subscribers? If these questions keep bothering you then we are here with a solution.

Well these are the questions that can come to anyone’s mind these days as the pressure of social media is increasing. Since YouTube also is one of the premium sources of earning for a lot of people, they need to make sure that their videos are trending. So below are some tips to promote YouTube videos and set up a trend for newcomers.

Title of the Video

As content is the king, in the same way the title is the bishop. You always need to have catchy titles to the videos so that one can read the line and have the urge to go through the video simultaneously. By catchy title we mean to have a relatable word in it. Also, it should be crisp and short. Try to capitalize the letters used. One can also search the keywords being used and make something out of it. Keywords prove to be the best feature for the video.

Video Tags

Utilize the 500-word limit provided to you for the tags intelligently. Search for the keywords that you have in the video and make them your tags. Also, you can search the similar genre of your video and then copy the tags from high ranking videos. Try to include some search keyword variation in the tags. Tags are quite essential while searching for a video hence, make the most out of them.

Thumbnails

They are the first impression of the video hence; they should be the catchiest ones. You can always go and create a separate thumbnail for the video or else put the quirkiest moment of the video as the thumbnail. Never just put pictures of texts as part of a thumbnail. It should have a combination of both. A standard resolution should be of 1280 x 720 (with a minimum width of 640 pixels). Upload in either .JPG, .GIF, .BMP, or .PNG. Keep it under 2MB. Try to follow the aspect ratio of 16:9 as it’s the most used in YouTube players and previews. Make a thumbnail apt for both the desktop as well as for the mobile screens.

Intro and Outro for the Video

This is like the lungs for your video. Make sure you have an intro video of the main content that you are going to portray in the video. This helps the audience to get a gist of the video and hence you can also add some suspense element in the starting. For the outro video it should be more like you talking about the whole promotion of the video. If you have some relatable content then you can ask the viewers to comment for the same. This section mostly includes the thanking and promotional part for the video.

Use of Social Media Platforms

Utilize the power of the internet by sharing the links of all your videos to each of your social media handles. You can also connect with some groups to make sure the promotion reaches the maximum scale provided. Promote your video on Facebook groups, Instagram pages, Twitter and also on Pinterest.

Stories

YouTube has introduced its new feature of the stories in its panels. So, you can create the hype of the video by releasing stories related to it like a week before. This also helps you to interact with your audience very organically. You can use the story feature to make the video more anticipating and awaited.

With the Trend

Try to follow the latest challenges and the trends and make something out of it. We know the videos you create are the most organic part of your art but sometimes when the viewers are stagnant try to do these trends and challenges and make the hype go up again by tagging and asking other people to do the same. Hence, creating a community for the same post.