How To Watermark A YouTube Video - What The Web Wednesday

How To Brand Your Video Content On YouTube

It's been a while since I have posted a What The Web Wednesday Tip so I thought it was time to post another idea for your website and/or blog.  In the post How To Reduce Bounce Rate I gave some ideas on how keep readers on your site longer and embedding videos was one of those ideas.  To increase your branding I suggest following the five simple steps below to post your logo on your video as a watermark.

5 Simple Steps To Watermark Your YouTube Videos

1. Login to your YouTube account and click Video Manager (located above your header photo)
2. In the left sidebar, pick the drop down menu arrow beside the Channel item
3. From the list that appeared pick branding
4. Now upload the image you want to use as your watermark
5. After the image is loaded you can choose how long you wish for it to appear (I suggest for the entire video) and save your settings.

For an example of how the watermark looks once it is applied to your videos see the How To Cut A Red Pepper With No Waste demonstration below.



You can see the Those2Girls watermark in the lower right hand corner. If you decide you want to remove the watermark, follow the same steps but in step number 4 click remove.  It is that easy. There is one issue, if your channel has advertisment overlays it may cover it, but if the viewer clicks to close the ad your watermark will appear again.

DID YOU TRY IT? POST YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN THE LINKUP BELOW SO WE CAN ALL CHECK OUT YOUR WATERMARK. If you participate be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the other URLS listed in the linkup.

For more ideas visit our WEB HOW TO's Pinterest Board .

Easy Tricks To Get New Blog Views - What The Web Wednesday

Wanting To Be Noticed

You spend all that time writing, editing, and cropping photos for your latest blog post only to be frustrated by the lack of post views.  Below are some easy tricks to get your blog content noticed.

7 Tips To Increase Blog Views

1. Start with great content. Think if you would stop and read this post?
2. Have a vibrant image. A bright photo or eye-catching graphic can make people take notice.
3. Link back to another post.  This will help reduce your Bounce Rate and keep people engaged with your blog.
4. Post a giveaway.  People love to enter contests and by using a givewaway widget it can help spread the word about your blog.
5. Share your post on your social networks. Post links to your latest blog post on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram or any website where you have built up a following.
6. Use hashtags on your social posts to find those with similar interests.
7. Join a link-up like the one below to connect with other bloggers that are posting content too!

How To Participate In The Link Up

For this link up there are just a few things to do

1. Scroll to the end of this post click the Add Your Link Button
2. Put the link to the actual post (not just the link to your site) in the first field
3. Type a quick title about the post
4. Your email (not visible on the link up)
5. Then click submit link
6. For every link you leave visit another post on the link up and leave a comment on it
7. Share this post on one of your social networks

As a thank-you for participating in the link up I will be adding all the links listed to my WEB HOW TO's Pinterest Board throughout the month.

How To Reduce Bounce Rate - What The Web Wednesday - January 28 2014

Tips To Reduce The Bounce Rate On Your Blog / Website

What Does Bounce Rate Mean?

Bounce Rate is a term you may have heard of before but didn't quite understand it's meaning.  Think of it this way, you google something, you click the link that looks best suited for your inquiry, then you noticed it didn't pertain what you were looking for so you hit the back button. Basically you moved on without giving the website/blog a chance. Hence the term "TIME TO BOUNCE"

Google tracks the rate of this action on your site's analytics. The bounce rate is usually a very high average 70% or more, so your goal is to reduce that number, meaning that the viewer chose to stay on your website and/or blog because they found it of interest.

 

3 Ways To Reduce Your Bounce Rate

These are a few ways I work on reducing the bounce rate

1. Link to other posts on you site that relate to the topic
2. Add the Linkwithin widget that shows thumbnails of some of your other posts at the bottom of the page and links to them.
3. Embed a video. You can create your own vlogs, but if that is not your thing, head to YouTube and find a video that coicides with your subject and embed it into your post.

Have an idea on how to reduce your bounce rate? Leave it in the comments!

Have a great Web How To, then join the What The Web Wednesday Link Up!

How To Participate In A Link Up

For this link up there are just a few things to do

1. Scroll to the end of this post click the Add Your Link Button
2. Put the link to the actual post (not just the link to your site) in the first field
3. Type a quick title about the post
4. Your email (not visible on the link up)
5. Then click submit link
6. For every link you leave visit another post on the link up and leave a comment on it
7. Share this post on one of your social networks

As a thank-you for participating in the link up I will be adding all the links listed to my WEB HOW TO's Pinterest Board throughout the month. A new link-up is posted on the last Wednesday of each month.

What The Web Wednesday - December 31 2014

Kicking Off What The Web Wednesday

Starting today and hopefully continuing on the months to follow I plan to put up a WHAT THE WEB WEDNESDAY LINK UP on the last Wednesday of every month here on this blog. 

I'll post a Web How To and then post a link up at the bottom of the post where you can link up your "how to" as well.  Think of it as knowledge sharing, brain-storming and/or crowdsourcing information that could better your website/blog!
I thought I would kick things off by posting about how to participate!

How To Participate In A Link Up

For this link up there are just a few things to do

1. Scroll to the end of this post click the Add Your Link Button
2. Put the link to the actual post (not just the link to your site) in the first field
3. Type a quick title about the post
4. Your email (not visible on the link up)
5. Then click submit link
6. For every link you leave visit another post on the link up and leave a comment on it
7. Share this post on one of your social networks