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Youtube Annotations are cool. They’re an easy way to add in messages and links to a Youtube video without having to mess with fancy coding or weird additions within the video itself. What are annotations? They are notes that can be placed within … [Continue reading]
Remember that Library Podcasts you Might Find Useful post of mine from a few weeks back? Well ... I was just  interviewed on one of them! The Bibliotech podcast, one of the five podcasts from Dquarium, interviewed me. I chatted with Kayhan B., … [Continue reading]
Youtube is the world’s 2nd largest search engine in the world (the largest is Google ... which owns Youtube. Go figure). Guess what? Youtube understands searching and keywords. And they give us video creators plenty of opportunities to take … [Continue reading]
Still reading the Youtube Creator Playbook ... do you include a Call to Action in your videos? Being successful in online video, especially in Youtube, includes being able to build community engagement and an audience (which is done through … [Continue reading]
What’s important in your Youtube videos? The first 15 seconds. According to Youtube’s Creator Playbook, you have 10-15 seconds to hook your viewer into watching the rest of your video. It’s extremely easy to click away from a video - just click … [Continue reading]