YouTube is one of the most popular places to watch videos online. More than 2 billion people around the world use it every month. Whether you want to see a new movie trailer or a food recipe, everyone goes to YouTube because it's easy to use.
But when businesses use YouTube to reach their target audience, it's not easy to keep track of the type of content and schedule videos. If it's not the content, posting the videos at the right times could be frustrating. To avoid this, you need a tool for managing social media.At this point, it's important to use smart hacks for different platforms. We had you covered with our Instagram hacks guide, and now we have some amazing YouTube hacks for you. These tips and tricks will help you get things done quickly and well.
We'll talk about 26 YouTube hacks that will help you get the most out of the platform, including ways to navigate YouTube and shortcuts for the subscription button.
Effective YouTube Hacks You Should Know
YouTube has helped a lot of expensive brands get a lot of attention on social media. Nike, Chanel, Victoria's Secret, Lego, Disney, and many more brands are on the list.
Marketing on YouTube is a win-win if you want your brand to be at the top of the list. You can make several YouTube channels about your products or services and get the right people to watch them. If you sell a tool, you can post short videos that explain your business, just like we do on our channel, Social Champ.
YouTube has a lot going for it, and you can do a lot of cool things with it. Here is a list of tips and tricks that can make your YouTube experience better.
1. You can save YouTube videos and watch them offline.
Out of the internet but still, want to watch YouTube videos? This list of tips and tricks for YouTube has your back.
You can download videos you want to watch on your way to work at home and watch them when you don't have internet. Smartphones can choose to do this. When you open the video, the icon to download it will be below the title.
2. Set up links to begin at certain times
You've probably seen time gaps in a few YouTube videos. These breaks in time help the viewer jump to a certain part of the clip. Use this trick if you want to split the video at certain points in time and share the clips in different ways. Do these things.
Click the share button.
Check the box for "start at."
Change the timing to suit your needs.
Copy the address.
3. Download a small picture of the video's thumbnail.
Use this YouTube hack if you want to share a short clip from one of your videos on social media.
Copy the ID number (video ID is 11 characters at the end of the URL).
- Paste the video ID at this link: img.youtube.com/vi/[VideoID]/maxresdefault.jpg
- Put the entire link into the browser & save the image.
4. You can turn a YouTube video into a GIF.
Make GIFs from your YouTube videos because GIFs get more attention from users than longer videos. These creative GIFs are a great way to answer your customers in a way that fits with your brand. Use these steps to turn a video into a GIF.
Start the movie.
Add "gif" to the URL before YouTube. it would look like this: gif.youtube.com/[VideoID]
You can change your GIF to suit your tastes.
5. Send videos live to YouTube
YouTube hacks can help you speed up and improve how you do all your favorite things. Now that YouTube has live streaming options, it's easy to go live. To use YouTube live, you will need to download a piece of software that lets you stream live.
From the PC:
Sign in to YouTube and click the camera with the plus sign in the top right corner.
Tap "go live."
Before you go live, YouTube will ask you to sign in and make sure you don't have any restrictions on your live stream.
From mobile phone:
Most of the time, experienced gamers and creators use their phones to go live on YouTube.
Open YouTube on your phone and click on the plus sign in the bottom right corner.
Choose "go live."
After choosing the option, follow YouTube's directions to start using YouTube live.
6. Add auto-transcriptions
YouTube is the most popular way to watch videos online, and if you want to use it well, you need to know some YouTube hacks.
YouTube is smart enough to automatically create transcripts for every video that is uploaded to it. Video transcription makes it much easier to pull out quotes and copy them. Follow these steps to see the video's transcript:
Click the ellipsis with three dots next to the save button.
Choose to see the transcript. It will open a sidebar that already has the video's automatic transcription.
7. Make a YouTube URL with your brand.
URLs for YouTube videos are usually shown as long strings of letters and numbers that are hard to remember. But with this hack, you can make a custom URL for your YouTube channel. There are a few things you need to do first, though.
To make a custom slug, your channel needs to be at least one month old, have at least 100 subscribers, and have an icon and channel art. Follow these steps to make a branded URL once everything is done.
In the top right corner, click your profile picture and then click Settings.
Click View advanced settings under where it says your YouTube channel.
In channel settings, click the link next to "you're eligible for a custom URL" to get your URL.
Then, click the box that says "Get a custom URL." A list of the custom URLs you've been given will appear. You can make it your own by adding letters and numbers.
Agree to the rules for using a custom URL, and then click change URL.
8. Share a link to automatically sign up
With these YouTube hacks, you can do a good job of automating a number of tasks. On your channel, you can add auto-subscribe links and calls to action. Follow the mentioned steps to create a link that opens with an automatic subscribe prompt.
Find your custom URL or channel ID. This is where you can find it on your channel page: https://www.youtube.com/user/[ChannelID]. For example, the channel ID for "Social Champ" is "Social Champ."
Here's the link: www.youtube.com/user/[ChannelID]?sub confirmation=1. Paste your ID there.