Moin. Leo here, I’ve broken my arm and are unable to write cool blogposts at the moment. So here is a rant, transcribed with DaVinci Resolve Studio and ran through MartinGPT (aka I bossed him around to structure this for me). Unfortunatly some of my witty style has been lost in the process. – Leo...
This template helps you create a channel banner in the right dimensions, so that it’ll look good on any device. Channel banner measurement basics Advanced Usage Tips Questions or need a banner made for you? You can hire us! Alternatively, you can also get help from other creators on discord.gg/youtubegaming.
You want to get started with YouTube streaming – great!YouTube works as most live streaming platforms in its core, but let’s go over the most important bits together. Before starting a YouTube streaming you need to actually create a stream. The creation process resembles closely a video upload because after the stream is done, the...
OBS is an amazing tool for creators, if you want to live stream; record your videos or even do both at the same time. This guide will focus on beginner advice, and a later guide will tackle more advanced advice regarding the use of OBS and the YouTube Live Dashboard. If you haven’t already, you...
Streams on their own are very fleeting: You’re live, you get some viewers, and once the stream ends it’s done. No more view – and even if a VOD is available, it typically gets nowhere near as many views as any other kind of video. It is hovever possible to rescue the content and give...
Moin. The Hero–Hub–Help model which YouTube developed in 2014 has been a helpful tool for video marketeers to help them understand what they can do on YouTube. Namely: Hero content is big events, which you can advertise in a big way. It gets huge attention on the day it’s happening, and then quickly becomes uninteresting...
If you just received your fist strike on YouTube, your first course of action should be to calm down. Do not delete any videos. You are in an uncomfortable situation, yes. But you aren’t lost, and there is plenty of time to fix the situation. Now, let’s understand the situation: Is it a community guideline...
Did you try everything to grow your YouTube channel, but nothing is working? Then you need to read this tutorial.
Making thumbnails can be difficult and frustrating. Even if you have the technical skills to make them pretty, they still might not work out and get abysmal click-through rates. So why is that? Well, that’s what this YouTube thumbnail tutorial is about. It’s a bit theoretical, but you should get a fundamental understanding on the...
When talking about taking streaming or content creation in general to the next level upgrading audio equipment is one of the first things to do. For reference on what might be a good fit for you, have a look at our audio guide to happiness. In this review/ guide we will talk about one possible...
Moin. If wielded well, social media can be a powerful tool. It can reach new audiences, boost your old videos, and might even make your video go viral. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s first start with what doesn’t work. We’ll get to what works later, down to the strategy for each section....
You are a creator and a company wants to work with you.Great! Don’t undersell yourself. Even if you think you don’t have any value yet because you’re just a small channel, you probably have more going for you than you realize, namely production cost and market value. Production costs ‘Production costs’ can be divided into: Material...
Audio is the most important part to get right of a video. This may be counterintuitive at first – it ought to be the actual visual part (ie, the video), right? – but: A lot of viewers watch your content on mobile, and on mobile phones, 480p often is clear enough, especially if you are...
Today we’ll be talking about mobile production for YouTube and YouTube Live. This will be a broader approach to mobile production but we’ll go into more gaming-specific details further down the article, so bear with me. Most of us in 2020 have a smartphone ready to use at all times, so making content isn’t limited...
We often see small YouTubers, especially of the gaming variety, talk about “The Grind”. With the idea being that there is a period in the beginning of having a channel where you just need to make videos consistently. And after an undetermined amount of time, YouTube will pick up your videos, recommend them to everyone,...
This guide is about the thing that makes copy-pasting stuff from the internet difficult, known as copyright. I called this guide the “fuck copyright” guide because of the immense frustrations that build up trying to deal with it. I’m not a lawyer, so I can’t actually give you legal advice. I’ve just had several painful experiences...
So if you want to get started with YouTube, especially as a gaming channel you might not want to spend a fortune on equipment just to try it out. I mean it’s the same with every hobby. You don’t start archery and buy the best bow on the market, but you don’t start with the...
Moin. When browsing YouTube, I find that a lot of good content has kinda mediocre thumbnails, and more often than not, gets very few views as a result of it. So, I wrote this guide to help you with them. Thumbnails, Titles and descriptions together work like a poster: The thumbnail there to grab your...
The central question that leads to this guide is: “How do I get more views?” The short and simple answer: Optimize your videos for search engines. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is some kind of black magic that, when used correctly, makes your videos appear in the search results. It’s easy to learn but hard to...