YouTube Creator Blog: February 2012

Near Austin during SXSW? Join us for a Partner Meet-up!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

AGENDA:WHERE:goo.gl/YixYCDevon Storbeck, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "The City of Samba."

Meet marydoodles, our February YouTube Partner On The Rise

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

On The RisemarydoodlesYouTube homepageEpic Rap Battles of Historydragonsteddy bearszombie-style self portraitselusive narwhal

First off, I’d love to give a big shout out to every single teacher who caught me drawing in their class but never made me stop. It was very rude of me. I apologize. I’ve always loved creating art and I LOVE movies and making videos! So to be able to combine the two...it feels like the best Christmas ever and it’s not even Christmas. And the most amazing thing is that this is all supported by many many many individuals (like yourself) who watch. So thank YOU! And thanks to the folks at YouTube for recognizing my channel and to all my friends over at Epic Rap Battles of History for letting me ride your coattails (I will dry clean your coat). It’s awesome to be able to connect with other artists and fans alike and I hope to inspire you as much as you’ve inspired me. Art is more accessible now than ever before and I feel lucky to be able to sharedji/kjmOMG! I JUST SPILLED HOT TEA ALL OVER MY ARM!!!On The Rise ChannelChristine Wang and Devon Storbeck, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "The Orangutan and the Hound."

Learn new skills with YouTube Creator Workshops

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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Making Webisodes 101 (NYC): 2/28/12 from 2-3:30pm, Sign-up

Green Screen Techniques for Beginners (NYC): 3/1/12 from 10-11:30am, Sign-up

The Art of Vlogging (NYC): 3/6/12 from 2-3:30pm, Sign-up

What do you want to learn about?Google ModeratorWant to be alerted of future workshops and seminars?YouTube Creators@YTCreatorssign-up for your area’s local Creator Clubemail you about upcoming seminarsAustin Lau, YouTube Partner Development Programs, recently watched "Heavenly Huevos Rancheros."

YouTube Release Notes: More ways to communicate

Monday, February 20, 2012

You keep adding and watching more videos, so we’re working to keep adding more ways for you to watch, share and enjoy the channels and videos on YouTube. This week in Release Notes we’ve got a new way to promote your Google+ profile on YouTube, more options in the Annotations Editor, posting to your Channel Feed and more.

Google+ profile on YouTube
Want to share your Google+ profile or Google+ Page on your YouTube channel? We’ve added a feature to let you promote your presence on G+. We’re looking for other ways to bring the benefits of Google+ to your YouTube channel, so as always please give us your feedback!

Post videos/playlists to your own feed
You can now share videos and playlists in your Channel Feed by posting a Channel Bulletin. When you’re on your Feed tab you’ll see a box “Post to Feed,” where you can enter a comment and add a link to share a video or a playlist. When you’ve posted the bulletin, it will show up in your Channel Feed with your comment below the video. Viewers who are subscribed to your channel will be notified when you post to your feed in their homepage feed.

Homepage and Channel Feeds
After experiments and lots of your feedback, we’re releasing an update to how events are displayed in the feed. The update focuses on three main changes: (1) the video title is more prominent for upload and sharing events, (2) aggregated events now feature a “+more” button which will bring more attention to the event than the previously smaller notification and (3) adding videos to a playlist has a new cleaner styling.
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Annotations
Customizing your videos is easier with our new annotations features. We’ve been adding more options to the Annotations Editor like a new annotation type, a full color palette and a new timeline. We’ve also added annotation styles, which lets you choose a templated design to apply to your videos. You can quickly pick a design for your annotation and apply it your video. Start using these today in the Editor by clicking the arrow next to any upload in the Video Manager.

The YouTube Team recently watched, “KevJumba vs. NY Yankee Nick Swisher Ping Pong FaceOFF.”

Partner Support Talks with... ChescaLeigh

Friday, February 17, 2012

On Thursday, February 23rd, the YouTube Partner team will be hosting a partner meet-up in New York City. During the meet-up, we'll be live streaming the latest episode of Partner Support Talks with.... featuring a YouTube partner answering questions submitted by YouTube users like you!

In this episode, Partner Support Talks with...ChescaLeigh! We'll sit down with Franchesca to talk about how she's achieved success on YouTube. We'll also ask her YOUR questions, live, on the air.

Want to know what inspires ChescaLeigh’s top videos? Wondering what it was like to be interviewed by Anderson Cooper? You have until next Monday to submit your questions (and vote for others) here to be answered live: http://goo.gl/3YQHy

Tune in to www.youtube.com/youtube at 5:30pm EST on February 23rd to watch the show live! We'll also post the show on www.youtube.com/partnersupport after the show.Lindsay Hampton, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "SUPER BOWL SHOULDER WORKOUT! "Gimme All Your Luvin'"."

A ‘Next’ step for YouTube nonprofits

Friday, February 17, 2012

Last year we launched YouTube NextUp to accelerate the growth of the next big YouTube stars. Then in October, we announced YouTube Next Chef and YouTube Next Trainer to turbocharge up-and-coming cooking and fitness channels by great YouTube video creators. We’re excited to share the latest addition to the Next Creator family of programs: YouTube Next Cause for nonprofits.
YouTube Next Cause is designed to help organizations that are already changing the world better use online video to drive action. At a one-day summit in San Francisco on April 2, selected participants will get access to everything from training in YouTube fundamentals, to promotion and community engagement tips, to one-on-one consulting sessions to grow their YouTube presence.
We’ve always sought to make YouTube a platform for nonprofits to broadcast their messages. And we’ve seen amazing things happen when the YouTube community comes together in support of great causes. With 4 billion views a day, we want to make sure nonprofits have the tools they need to reach the global audience on YouTube and turn video views into donations, volunteerism and awareness.
Applications for YouTube Next Cause are due on February 27, 2012 at 11:59PM PST, and the selected nonprofits will be announced on March 5th. This program is open to organizations that are part of the YouTube Nonprofit Program (full eligibility requirements). You can apply online at: http://goo.gl/ODbI6.
Check out what nonprofits are doing on YouTube at youtube.com/nonprofits. And tune in around March 5th to learn more about some of the great nonprofit organizations chosen and what they’re doing to change the world!

Hunter Walk, director of product management, recently watched “Using YouTube with a Purpose - Helping Kids in Bangladesh.”

Introducing our February “On The Rise” nominees

Friday, February 10, 2012

On The RiseyourOfficial YouTube bloghomepageFacebookTwitterThePortraitArtCaliforniaTravelTipsmarydoodlesyoyomax12wwwboyinabandcomEricTheCarGuychannelDevon Storbeck and Christine Wang, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched “9 Year Old Jonny Mizzone - How Mountain Girls Can Love - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.”

Partner Support Talks with... LiamKyleSullivan and ChesterSee on February16th

Thursday, February 9, 2012

On Thursday, February 16th, the YouTube Partner Support team will be hosting a partner meet-up in Los Angeles. During the meet-up, we'll be filming the latest episode of Partner Support Talks with.... featuring a YouTube partner answering questions submitted by YouTube users like you!In this episode we'll sit down with two partners - LiamKyleSullivan and ChesterSee - to talk about how they've achieved success on YouTube. We'll also ask them YOUR questions!Is there something you'd like to ask Liam about his YouTube history? Want Chester's advice on best practices? You have until next Wednesday (2/15) to submit your questions (and vote for others) here to be answered live: http://goo.gl/2rb4LWe'll post the show on www.youtube.com/ytcreators after the show.Lindsay Hampton, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "FootballWife - Super Bowl 46 Highlights: Giants Win! Eli Manning."

After NextUp, Next Chef and Next Trainer, What’s Next? You tell us!

Monday, February 6, 2012

One of the most rewarding projects I worked on in 2011 was the Next Creator program (comprised of YouTube NextUp, YouTube Next Chef, and YouTube Next Trainer), which has catapulted 91 content creators’ careers across 15 different countries by providing them with production and audience development training, new video equipment, heavy promotion on and off the platform, and mentoring by leading movers like YouTube stars DeStorm, FreddieW and Michelle Phan and industry experts like Chow.com and Billy Blanks.

But what’s next for the Next Creator program? There are still millions of creators who could benefit from participating in the program, so we’re excited to continue to expand the program further. That’s where YOU come in! We'd like to hear which type of content we should launch for the next round. Maybe you're a budding beauty guru and want to see YouTube Next Beautician; or, perhaps you're a habitual big personality vlogger and have been waiting for YouTube Next Vlogger.

Whatever you want to see next, let us know by voting on some categories and by suggesting your own here. You may vote and submit as many as you’d like before February 19th. We'll then evaluate the top-voted suggestions and bring some of these to you this year!

2012 is going to be an incredibly exciting year for YouTube creators. Stay tuned for more initiatives that will empower you to take your YouTube career to the next level--coming very soon!

Posted by Bing Chen, Global Creator Initiatives Manager, recently watched Ryan The Truth Higa’s “Swog”

Partner Meet-Ups in February & March!

Friday, February 3, 2012

goo.gl/qMTjDgoo.gl/Txe9tgoo.gl/pFSsIgoo.gl/1qNiWTaylor Marcus, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "Keyboard Cat Redux."

Changing the Channels by March 7

Thursday, February 2, 2012

As we shared in December, we want you to have more options for how you organize and showcase your content on your YouTube Channel so you can continue to grow your audience. To that end, we launched a new design for Channels, which allows you to select one of four templates to better fit your needs as a creator, as well as customizations to keep your viewers engaged and coming back. In order to provide your viewers with a consistent experience across YouTube, we’d like you to migrate your current Channel to the new design by March 7. We will automatically convert all Channels on the site to the new design on March 7, so update yours before then to make sure it is set up to your liking.

If you haven’t already, you can opt in by clicking the blue “Try the new design” button on the top of your Channel page. You may also switch back to the old Channels design repeatedly before March 7 by clicking the “Switch Back” button in the appearance tab of the Edit Channel menu on your new Channel.

To help you get your Channel fully ready, we have resources within the Help Center.

Your feedback on the new design has been tremendously helpful as we continue to make refinements to improve both your and your viewers’ experiences.

We hope that you have a successful transition to this new design.

The YouTube Partnerships Team

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