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V is for Valour #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

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V is for Valour "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." -Bethany Hamilton

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.
Putting ourselves in front of a camera, or even just behind a microphone takes courage. All of us with blogs or who write books etc, know how hard i...

U is for Undertaking #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

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U is for Undertaking

"A schedule defends from chaos and whim." – Annie Dillard

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.
The YouTube algorithm likes channels that have a regular schedule and don't have big gaps between videos. This is very important for new channels and smaller channels that don't have the hel...

T is for Thumbnail #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
T is for Thumbnail

"Why would they have book covers if we aren't supposed to judge the book by them? It makes no sense." – Ingrid Weir

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

Thumbnails, contrary to popular belief are not just the annoying things on the ends of our thumbs that have a nasty habit of splitti...

S is for Subtitles #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
S is for Subtitles "I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time even I can't understand what the f**k I'm talking about." – Ozzy Osbourne

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

There are a surprisingly high number of people who use subtitles when watching videos. They are not just useful for those wit...

R is for Review #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
R is for Review

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

As an author, I have always been told, do not engage with reviewers, be they good or bad. I once got a 1 star review saying my book was "Full of lies" – it was fiction about vampires, so can't fault them on that one, but it was a very odd review to leave. I wen...

Q is for Queueing #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
Q is for Queueing

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

I don't know about anyone else, but one of the most useful things for me in social media is the ability to queue up my posts. This is also true in YouTube.

When we upload a video, we have the following choices:
Private Unlisted Public ScheduledAll my vids ...

P is for Planning #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
P is for Planning

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

Making Youtube videos, coming up with ideas, posting them – all of it is hard work. What can really help is planning. It's time to put to u...

O is for Organic #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What They Don't Tell You
O is for Organic

"Word-of-mouth marketing is a crucial component of organic growth…" David Rusenko

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.
Don't buy YouTube subscribers or use stupid tricks to fool people into subscribing to your channel.

In both cases, it won't work.

Bought subscribers do not watch vide...

N is for Name #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

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N is for Name

"We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away." — Neil Gaiman

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

Every author out there knows, titles are important. Now the name of your channel is something like a title. We've taken all this trouble to decide what our channel...

M is for Microphone #YouTube #AtoZChallenge

YouTube - What they Don't Tell You
M is for Microphone

"One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment." – Bode Miller

My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the embedded vid for that.

One of the things to think about when creating YouTube vids is the equipment we need.

The minimum you will need to start a YouTube channel is:

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