| Introduction |
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| About This Book |
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| Foolish Assumptions |
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| How This Book Is Organized |
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| Part 1 Getting Started with YouTube Channels |
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| Part 2 Making Good Videos and Not Making Bad Videos |
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| Part 3 Growing and Knowing Your Audience |
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| Part 4 YouTube Channels Are Serious Business |
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| Part 5 The Part of Tens |
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| Icons Used in This Book |
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| Beyond the Book |
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| Where to Go from Here |
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PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH YOUTUBE |
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Chapter 1 Making a Home on YouTube |
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The YouTube Phenomenon: Why You Need to Be on YouTube |
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Audience, audience, audience |
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Incorporating YouTube into your business and marketing plans |
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Wasting lots and lots of time |
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Seeing What Makes a YouTube Channel Unique |
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Angling for subscriptions |
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Managing Channels for Fun and/or Profit |
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Chapter 2 The Basics of YouTube |
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What You'll Find on YouTube |
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Working with a YouTube Account |
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Logging On to Your YouTube Account |
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Creating a YouTube Channel |
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Verifying Your YouTube Channel |
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Setting Up a Custom Channel URL |
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Joining the YouTube Partner Program |
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Chapter 3 Building Your Channel from the Ground Up |
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The Your Channel menu item |
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Customizing and Branding Your Channel |
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Creating the Channel icon |
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Uploading the channel icon |
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PART 2 MAKING A GREAT YOUTUBE VIDEO |
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Chapter 4 What Makes a Good Video a Good Video? |
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Picking the Right Camera for Your Needs |
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Knowing What Makes a Good Video |
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Mastering the Genres in Your YouTube Videos |
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Producing your very own vlog |
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Making an educational video |
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Making tutorial and how-to videos |
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Let's play (and make) gaming videos |
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Capturing sporting events |
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Viral Videos versus Evergreen Content |
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Chapter 5 Making Plans Both Large and Small |
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Establishing Your Channel's Mission |
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106 | (6) |
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Being different, being valuable, being authentic |
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Surveying the YouTube landscape |
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Understanding Your Target Audience |
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Going narrow versus going broad |
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Knowing why your audience matters ! |
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Finding out the nitty-gritty about your audience |
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Planning an Outstanding YouTube Channel |
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Planning the channel layout |
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Crafting a Content Strategy |
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Recognizing that content includes video and more |
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Looking at content formats |
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Delivering content consistently |
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Being flexible and reactive |
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Going live for more engagement |
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Chapter 6 Acquiring the Tools of the Trade |
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Checking Out Your Camera Options |
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Working through the (camera) basics |
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Seeing Your Way with Light |
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Setting up 3-point lighting |
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Setting up high-key lighting |
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Chapter 7 Putting It All Together to Capture Some Video |
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146 | (7) |
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Completing your checklists and shoot sack |
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Planning a realistic shooting schedule |
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Practicing good habits before a shot |
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Shooting a Great-Looking Video |
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Composing and dividing the screen |
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Determining the best shot |
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Moving and grooving the camera |
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Following the 180-degree rule |
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Shooting extra footage and B-roll |
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Capturing the perfect take -- several times |
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161 | (4) |
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Practicing diction and dialects |
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Chapter 8 Fixing It in Post: The Edit |
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Picking the Right Software Package |
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165 | (4) |
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Knowing Where to Get Started with Editing |
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Attempting a test project |
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Handling file formats, resolution, and conversion |
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Filling the gaps with B-roll |
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Adding bells and whistles |
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Adding Music to Your Video |
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Adding built-in music in video editing tools |
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Incorporating stock music libraries |
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Putting music in your video |
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Cutting your video to music |
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Cutting your music to video |
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Incorporating Voiceover and Sound Effects |
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Exporting the Final Version |
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Chapter 9 Preparing for Upload Day |
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Preparing Your Channel for Uploads |
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190 | (4) |
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Checking your YouTube account hygiene |
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190 | (3) |
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Enabling channel features |
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193 | (1) |
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Tending to Video SEO Matters |
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194 | (7) |
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195 | (2) |
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201 | (12) |
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Going public about YouTube privacy |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (3) |
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Entering information about your video |
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206 | (7) |
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Publishing and Unpublishing Videos |
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PART 3 GROWING AND KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE |
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Chapter 10 Building Your Audience |
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219 | (22) |
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220 | (4) |
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Deciphering audience evolution |
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Determining what you want your audience to do |
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Appreciating the importance of community |
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Determining your subscription source |
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Understanding Subscribers and Their Value |
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Persuading viewers to subscribe |
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Specifying how subscribers get updates |
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Controlling channel settings and privacy levels |
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227 | (3) |
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Seeing why comments matter |
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Setting up your channel for comments |
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Reacting to inappropriate comments |
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Configuring Community Settings |
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Getting Viewers to Engage |
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Capturing the Captioning Opportunity |
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238 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Knowing Your Audience |
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Getting Started with YouTube Analytics |
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242 | (12) |
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Reading YouTube Analytics reports |
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243 | (3) |
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Breaking down the report components |
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246 | (2) |
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Setting up report filters |
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Understanding visual charts |
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Learning about Video Views |
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Seeing which content is the most popular |
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Determining whether viewers are watching or leaving |
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Understanding Your Audience |
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258 | (3) |
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Optimizing Discoverability |
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Seeing where viewers find your content |
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Finding out where (and how) viewers watch your content |
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264 | (2) |
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Making Sure Your Audience Is Engaged |
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266 | (2) |
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Imagining the Future of YouTube Analytics |
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PART 4 YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS |
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Chapter 12 How and Why Businesses Use YouTube |
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Understanding Video and Business |
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272 | (2) |
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Understanding Your YouTube Business Components |
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274 | (9) |
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Community and content creators |
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279 | (2) |
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Integrating YouTube with Other Campaigns |
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283 | (4) |
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YouTube isn't Google, either |
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Chapter 13 Expanding Your Audience with Google Ads |
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Understanding YouTube Advertising |
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Recognizing the importance of ad policy |
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290 | (1) |
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Looking at YouTube ad types |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (4) |
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Creating a Google Ads account |
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Linking your Google Ads account and YouTube channel |
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Determining Your Ad Targets |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (1) |
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Setting Up a YouTube Ad Campaign |
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Going with a general campaign |
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Creating an ad group and setting up targeting |
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306 | (2) |
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Setting up remarketing lists |
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Looking at Your campaign details |
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Measuring Clicks and Results |
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Looking at campaign information |
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316 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 YouTube Monetization: How to Earn Money on YouTube |
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323 | (1) |
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Setting up YouTube monetization |
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324 | (2) |
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Analyzing ad performance with YouTube Analytics |
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326 | (1) |
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Getting your YouTube revenue information |
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327 | (1) |
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Seeing which metrics are offered |
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Making changes to your video strategy based on the data |
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330 | (5) |
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Brand safety and suitability |
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Federal Trade Commission Guidelines and COPPA |
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332 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Ten Key Steps to Improving YouTube Search Results |
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338 | (1) |
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Understanding Working Titles |
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340 | (1) |
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Optimizing Thumbnails for Viewer Session Time |
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340 | (1) |
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Managing Video Descriptions |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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Understanding Channel SEO |
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343 | (2) |
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Avoiding Misleading Metadata |
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Chapter 16 Ten Things to Know About Copyright |
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Remember Who Owns the Copyright |
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Attribution Does Not Absolve a Copyright Violation |
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348 | (1) |
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The Profit Motive Is Irrelevant |
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Get Permission for Using Copyrighted Material |
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351 | (1) |
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Don't Let Copyright Issues on YouTube Lead to a Strikeout |
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YouTube's Algorithms Are Good at Finding Copyright Infringements |
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Copyright Is (Almost) Forever |
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