Marketing

Online video is one of the most effective marketing mediums for publishers and brands. We take a look at the industry side of the ecosystem to see how companies are using YouTube to promote their products and services.

Sep 4, 2025

5 min read

YouTube for Business: What Top Brands Are Doing Right

Discover how top brands grow on YouTube by focusing on education, storytelling, consistency, and strategy.
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Aug 29, 2025

5 min read

How To Create Scroll-Stopping YouTube Thumbnails Faster with AI

Discover how to save time and create scroll-stopping custom thumbnails using AI. Learn why vidIQ’s YouTube thumbnail ...

Aug 21, 2025

7 min read

Top 6 Missed YouTube Opportunities for Brands We See (and Fix)

Discover 6 common YouTube mistakes brands make and how to turn them into growth opportunities.

Aug 19, 2025

6 min read

YouTube for Brands: How to Build a Business Growth Engine

Turn your brand’s YouTube channel into a powerful growth engine with long-term ROI and inbound lead generation.
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Sep 20, 2024

8 min read

How to Find Winning YouTube Video Ideas in Minutes with vidIQ Remix

Take any video on YouTube and use it to create content for your channel! Learn more about vidIQ Remix here.
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Dec 6, 2018

1 min read

Using YouTube As An Online Video Platform

As viewers continue to flock to YouTube, brands are re-evaluating it as a practical alternative to costly online vide...
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Dec 6, 2018

1 min read

Then & Now | A Brief History of the YouTube Player

"It’s hard to believe, but this week marks YouTube’s 8 year anniversary.
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Aug 5, 2014

4 min read

Successful Content’s Secret Sauce, Explained by Science (and Exploited by Buz...

It is the professional opinion of this blogger that Buzzfeed has won the content marketing war and that, shortly, the...
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Jul 29, 2014

3 min read

8 REEL Video Summit Highlights Cheekily Articulated via Cat Gif

Last week, industry insiders and industry newcomers mingled, saleswomen and salesmen schmoozed, a veritable lovefest ...
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Jul 15, 2014

4 min read

FIFA’s Battle of the Brands: A Competitive YouTube Analysis of the 2014 World...

As Forbes contributor Rob Schwartz pointed out yesterday, this year’s World Cup was a global phenomenon rife with cha...
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Jul 8, 2014

2 min read

From the vidIQ Archives | AOL Case Study

Q: How do you optimize a huge video archive without millions of man-hours? A: Call vidIQ.
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Oct 30, 2013

3 min read

Airline Safety Videos Take Off On YouTube

October has been a big month for a much-unloved fixture of air travel – the dreaded FAA mandated airline safety lesso...