Beginners 📝 Step By Step Detailed Checklist and Video Tutorial for Posting to YouTube
Justin Babcock • December 18, 2020
You are trying to post your first video to YouTube, but there are a lot of options. And you are a little uncertain about what to do.
We get it. So, we created
step-by-step instructions
to help.
Step-By-Step Guide
Go to your YouTube Studio, https://studio.youtube.com/
- Click on the create icon , click on upload videos
- Click on select video
- Click on select the video file you created in the previous step
- Complete the upload form
- Enter your title
- Enter your description and add a link to your website (see video for more detailed instructions)
- Choose a thumbnail
- Select a playlist
- Select no this is not made for kids
- Click on more options
- Enter tags
- Set language is English
- Set date to today
- Location is [your Google My Business Listing]
- Click next
- Click on the add button next to end screen
- Click on the square where it says plus element (import from last video)
- Click on Save
- Click on next
- Click on public
- Click on Publish
- Copy the video link to your notes so you can use it in social posts or other marketing platforms.
If you want more step-by-step instructions for blogging, email marketing, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google My Business, Facebook Ads, or Google Ads.
Click here, and we will send you our entire marketing checklist.
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