So you want to upload your first video to YouTube? If you haven’t found your way around the site yet, follow these step-by-step instructions on how to get your video up and running on your YouTube channel!
1) When you first open YouTube, click on the “Upload” button in the top right corner of the page
2) Once you see this page, click on the yellow “Upload Video” and select your video file. The types of video formats accepted by YouTube include:
3) While your video is loading, take this time to title, describe, tag, and categorize your video appropriately. You can save these changes and they will be published once your video is finished uploading.
4) Once your video is done uploading, you will be provided with a link to watch it.
5) Check to see that everything on the page looks accurate. If you need to make any changes to the title, description, tags or privacy settings, click on your Channel’s drop-down menu and click “My Videos”
6) Now, choose which video you would like to make changes to, and then click “Edit”.
7) From here, you can choose to edit your title, description, tag, category, and even the date of your video. If you scroll down, you can also select 1 of the 3 thumbnail image options provided by YouTube to appear as the thumbnail icon of your video. Note: once you become a YouTube Partner, you are able to select from a wider range of thumbnail options, or you can select an image from your personal files!
8) By clicking on the “AudioSwap” tab, you can even browse through a library of YouTube music to preview or publish into your video.
9) By clicking on the “Annotations” tab, you can add notes, comments, or links to other YouTube videos to appear within your video.
10) Once all of your edits are complete, be sure to click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page and you’re done!
I’m sure this post may have seemed obvious and unnecessary to some, but I hope it provided some YouTube neophites with enough information on how to easily upload content to YouTube. I hope your path towards partnership is a little more paved as a result of this tutorial!
*The images for this video were added at a later date
These YouTube partners may rank either at the top of YouTube’s Channels page OR at the top of my heart. Either way, they’re producing great content, and they have a steady throng of followers/subscribers/fans/worshipers who tune in to see what videos they’ll upload each week. I’ll throw in a clip of each so you can get a better idea of exactly what they’re doing with their time.
Real Name: Ryan Higa, 21
Category: Partners, Comedians
Rank:
Subscribers: 3,438,668
Channel Description: Japanese-American Ryan Higa and his friends (known as “The Yabo Crew”) make topical comedic commentaries which usually entail Higa ranting alone in front of the camera. He is the most-subscribed YouTuber of all time.
Video Clip: Ryan’s Thoughts on Rebecca Black and Racism…
Real Name: Ian Hecox, 23 and Anthony “Tony” Padilla, 23
Category: Partners, Comedians, Entertainment
Rank:
Subscribers: 2,326,661
Channel Description: Web-based comedians who upload videos relating to video games, current event nonsense, and their own random thoughts. They have several supplementary “shows” within Smosh, such as “AskCharlie with Charlie the drunk guinea pig,” “Ian is bored,” and “Lunchtime with Smosh.”
Video Clip: Smosh’s 2010 Video Recap Remix
Real Name: Gabby Montero, 22 and Emerson Spartz, 23, Adorian Deck,17
Category: Partners, Reporters, Education
Rank:
Subscribers: 343,961
Channel Description:
OMG Facts was originally a Twitter account created by 16-year-old Adorian Deck in September 2009. At various times throughout the day, Adorian would tweet random facts he’d discovered. Within four months, the account had reached 300,000 followers and was being followed by celebrities.
In the meantime, Gaby Montero and Emerson Spartz, founders of GivesMeHope, were inspired by OMG Facts to create a facts site and saw several opportunities. Their first observation: what about people who don’t use Twitter? Second, they thought there must be a better way to choose which facts to publish than the unscientific method Adorian used on Twitter.
Basically, it’s a channel that updates with videos on random facts about, well, random things!
Video Clip:
Real Name: Michael Buckley, 35
Category: Partners, Comedians, Pop Culture Commentary
Rank:
Subscribers: 1,040,692
Channel Description: Michael Buckley writes/hosts/produces/edits/writes his own material that mostly covers pop-culture news and current events. He occasionally covers sports and politics but would much rather talk about what happened on X-Factor or Hannah Montana.
Video Clip: Celebrity Gossip – Justin Bieber Works Out!
Real Name: Michelle Phan, 23
Category: Guru, Beauty
Rank:
Subscribers: 1,253,710
Channel Description: A makeup artist who, with the help of her friends, gives her loyal subscribers weekly videos on how to apply makeup, style hair, and put together stylish outfits. Target audience is majority female and in the 14-24 demographic age range.
Video Clip: How-To Blow Dry Your Hair