11 Killer Ways To Promote YouTube Videos For More Views

Do you have a YouTube channel and wonder how you can increase video views on YouTube?

If your answer is yes, read on to learn how to promote YouTube videos.

The fact is that it doesn’t matter how much time you invest in creating your videos; if you don’t market and promote your videos, your work will never be seen by the majority of your audience. It’s like throwing a big party without letting anyone knows the location of the party.

And this is the time to change it and become one of the YouTubers everyone sees.

YouTube video promotion is an art that anyone can learn with a little discipline.

In this guide, I have presented strategies and techniques that you can follow to market and promote your YouTube videos.

These tips are tested, proven, and work for videos from almost any niche. Think of this post as a checklist to follow once you’re done producing your videos.

Best ways to promote YouTube videos:

1. Video Title (Optimize it for more clicks)
2. Video Tags – Utilize the 500 characters limit
3. Use a good thumbnail
4. Use Intro and outro video for Branding
5. Promote videos on Social media channels
6. Start a blog for YouTube channel
7. Use YouTube Playlist
8. Use Call to action
9. Interview Influencers In Your Niche
10. YouTube’s Creator Academy
11. Share your latest video with your YouTube community

So without further delay, let’s learn the art of YouTube video promotion!

So without further delay, let’s learn the art of YouTube video promotion!

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How To Promote A YouTube Video or Channel & Get More Views

I have covered all major YouTube promotion techniques in the sub-topics below.

Note: In upcoming posts in our YouTube promotion series, I will explain these sub-topics in detail. If you are a professional YouTuber or are planning to become one, you should subscribe to our blog updates or download our iOS/Android app to stay updated.

1.V Title (Optimize it for more clicks)

The titles of your videos are a major deciding factor between them being widely seen & shared across the internet, or only getting a small number of views. The titles of your videos are a crucial factor in whether they are viewed and shared on the Internet or receive only a small number of views.

It’s a good idea to do proper YouTube keyword research to find what people are searching for and then crafting a great title around that

Here are some tips for writing great video titles on YouTube:

• Keep them short and to the point.
• Add the current year if you can (Ex: Best Tips for 2018).
• Make it attention-grabbing.
• Include keywords at the beginning of the title (where possible).
• Use “Power Words” (Ex: Best, Awesome, Incredible).
• Use emotional triggers words (Ex: Sensual, Lonely, Passionate, Censored).
• Capitalize your headline title. Use this tool to help you.

2.Video Tags – Utilize the 500 characters limit

One of the biggest mistakes that hinder the growth of your YouTube video’s organic promotion is incorrect tag usage.

Tagging in YouTube works differently than it does in a blog post. If you’ve never paid attention to YouTube tags, now’s a good time to start. You can even go back and edit all of your old tags.

Here are some rules for using YouTube video tags:

• Use a unique branded tag so that your videos are shown in related videos. Ex: Use your brand name in all videos. (See below screenshot.)
• Use your main keywords as the video tag.
• Use a variation of your keyword as a tag (take help of the YouTube auto-suggest feature).
• Find the tags used by high ranking videos & use those in your video.You can use the TubeBuddy Chrome extension to help you find tags used by others.
• o remember, YouTube video tags are an important factor for the organic ranking of videos.

• Use A Custom Thumbnail on YouTube

  Verified YouTube accounts can take advantage of the custom thumbnail feature. A good video thumbnail helps you stand out in the related video and suggested video section.

  Here are some tips for thumbnails:

  • Have a resolution 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 use a 16:9 aspect ratio as it’s the most used in YouTube players and previews.

  I don’t want to confuse you with these technicalities, but it’s important for you to know this so that you can craft a thumbnail that works well on desktops as well as mobile devices.

  

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  You can use Thumbmaker to design a thumbnail for YouTube videos in minutes.

  Make sure, you follow the latest standard of YouTube thumbnail:

  • Have a resolution of 1280×720 (with a minimum width of 640 pixels).
  • Less than 2 MB in size
  • The aspect ratio of 16:9 works best
  • Use your image in the thumbnail to envoke emotions

  Watch this video to learn more about creating clickable thumbnail.

  

  4. Use Intro and outro video for Branding

  There are a few branding things that you should do from now on which will ensure every video stands out. One of those things is using a branded intro and outro.

  • YouTube intro: A 3-5 second clip that runs at the beginning to showcase your brand.
  • YouTube outro: This runs at the end and can be as simple as showing related videos for your channel or asking users to like & subscribe to videos.

  Getting a YouTube intro & outro video is easy, and you can create them yourself using Camtasia or you can hire someone from Fiverr.

  Below video outro is an example of quality that I got from Fiverr (

  Take a look at this video and see the outro I got created for me from someone on Fiverr: (Browse to 3.53 seconds for video outro)

  

  If you don’t have a channel logo yet, do get that designed, too.

  Check out: How To Build A Personal Brand (and why you need one)

  5. Share Videos On Social Media Channels

  If you are a video blogger, you should have some social media properties for your YouTube channel. This gives you an opportunity to create a community outside of YouTube & direct traffic from other popular social media/social networking channels. These

  These are the sites to promote your YouTube videos:

  • Facebook page
  • Twitter profile
  • Instagram profile
  • Pinterest profile

  You can use a tool like SocialPilot to schedule videos to be shared on your social media channels.

  

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  You can read about SocialPilot here.

  • Also see: Top websites like YouTube to upload videos

  One important tip here:

  • Always share your video after a regular interval.

  I typically share each video at least 10-15 times within eight months after publishing. Also, use hashtags when sharing so that others can easily discover them.

  6. Start A Blog For Your YouTube Channel

  If you are a full-time YouTuber, you shouldn’t miss out on creating a blog for your YouTube videos. These days, it’s pretty easy to embed YouTube videos onto a blog & you can start a blog.

  I recommend you to create a blog & use a video-specific WordPress theme. If you are already making money from Youtube, It’s better for you to use Managed WordPress Hosting so that you don’t have to worry about blog maintenance.

  Bonus Tip: You can also buy a domain name & redirect it to your YouTube channel. This way when someone asks you “How can I find you on YouTube?”, simply share the domain name. Use this coupon from GoDaddy to buy a domain name for $2.

  7. Utilize YouTube Playlist Or Add Video To An Existing Playlist

  A YouTube playlist is a great way to get more views on your existing videos. When you are done uploading a new video, add it to a playlist (either one you create or an existing one).

  If you are creating a new playlist, follow these steps:

  1. Give a meaningful name to the playlist & have a keyword in the title of that playlist.
  2. Add a detailed description of the playlist and put your keyword(s) in there.
  3. Group similar videos into one playlist.
  4. A single video can be listed in more than one playlist.

  YouTube playlists also appear in search results. By doing this, further discovery of your videos is increased.

  

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  Watch this below video to learn about creating a Playlist on YouTube:

  

  8. Use Calls To Action

  People on social media sites need to be told about the actions you want them to take.

  At the end of the video, or even somewhere in middle, ask viewers to like & subscribe to your channel. At the same time, you can ask them to share the video with others who might benefit from it.

  Most of the prominent YouTubers use “Call to action” technique to amplify their video reach with existing subscribers. If you have never done this before, start doing it from your next video onward.

  You will be amazed to discover that by simply asking your existing subscribers, the number of shares increases to a great extent.

  9. Interview Influencers In Your Niche

  This one is not a direct YouTube video promotion technique that will boost your channel, and it fits perfectly in the overall strategy of your channel promotion.

  Interviewing an influencer gives you an opportunity to get access to an already thriving community in your niche. Not only you will grab the attention of others who follow that particular influencer,  you will also get noticed by the industry as a whole.

  You can find the top influencers in your niche & you can interview them using Google Hangouts, Zoom or Skype. For Skype, you can use a tool like Ecamm call recorder. The free version of Zoom allows video recording of up to 45 minutes, which is what I use these days.

  10. YouTube’s Creator Academy

  

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  One mistake most of the growing YouTube marketers make is they just focus on publishing more videos & stop learning.

  YouTube is one of the fastest changing platforms, and it’s important for you to learn about all of the existing and emerging tips and tricks.

  

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  You can use Creator Academy by YouTube to learn some pro tips for making the most out of your YouTube videos (and your channel as a whole). When I started learning here, I was surprised to learn so many growth hacks & tricks which I would have otherwise missed

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