Diligent Seeker - Let's Talk YouTube (Day 2)

YouTube

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Introduction Prayer Monday Review Question Discussion All About YouTube Prayer

I’m so glad you made it today and that you share the same interest and concern about supporting ministry!

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Intention

Tools

Technique

Results

To consider what we are trying to accomplish with our ministry as we move online

What tools work and don’t work for our goals and intentions

What is the best techniques or strategies we can use to execute

How to we measure our results

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Social Media is a form of online communication, however communication can be anything

In-person meetings and church servoces Conference Call lines Traditional email and text messages as well as scheduled messaging Online meetings like GoToMeeting, Zoom, MS Teams, Webex, etc.

Facebook, YouTube, Periscope, Instagram, Twitter, SnapChat and others

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What works well on YouTube

Easy To Use

Users do not need a sign in and can easily find Videos or Channels

Ideal for Longer Videos

YouTube is designed to make it conducive for Viewers to watch the entire Video before.

Easy to Share

YouTube wants a s many to see it as possible to make embedding easy.

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Monetization

YouTube will pay 55% of add revenue that is associated with a video. As a result they will promote Videos that are being viewed.

Built in Editor

Easy to edit video online without needing to download

Live or Recorded Video

A few extra steps makes live Video of any length easy to stream.

Not really a con, but the setup can be a little challenging to know you have the correct permissions enabled.

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Usage Report Card

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Features

YouTube “How-to Heaven”

Cost

Free

Login Required

No

Live Streaming

Yes

Setup Challenge

Medium

Real-time Chat

Yes – with setup

Online Edit Features

Yes

FaceBook “Old Folks Social Meedia”

Instagram “Young and Fun – HashTag Heaven”

Periscope “Where the intellquals hang out”

Usage Report Card

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Features

YouTube

Montization

Yes

Export Capabilties

Yes

Scheduling

Yes

Who owns it

Google

Custom URL

Possible

Requirement

Google email

FaceBook

Instagram

Periscope

Figure out a name you can get on all pages you will use

What is your domain name? If you don’t have a domain, consider buying it – Today!

If possible match the same name everywhere – even if it’s an abbreviation If you can’t match the name, consider using your domain to make the naming convention easier.

Create the pages as soon as possible to reserve your page.

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Create Google Email

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Create Channel

Make default video child friendly

Click to request live videos

Create Video Thumbnails

Schedule Live events

While are are talking, lets discuss a few small items that can help your efforts tremendously

Make live links Making a link that is “clickable” makes using it easier Create short links Tinyurl.com and the like make links more manageable Create Branded links Use your own links like dilligentseeker.com/FBgroup

Test your design on Mobile Look at your channel or design on mobile, Tablet and computer Text has a great impact If you can text information you often get a sure read Simple Wins the race Where possible create one place where all information can be stored.

This isn’t specific to YouTube but just a few random tips I wanted to share !

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