Your In-Depth Guide to Building a Successful YouTube Channel

Your journey to becoming a YouTube success starts here. Discover the best tips and tricks to grow your channel the right way, from increasing YouTube subscribers to attracting more video views. Get started below to boost your skills as a creator.
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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, they will rule the world.
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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 erupted on Twitter under the never-quite...
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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 challenges for traditional marketing.
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Jul 8, 2014

2 min read

From the vidIQ Archives | AOL Case Study

See how vidIQ approached a large AOL video archive, using optimization and analytics to make more videos easier to discover.
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Jul 1, 2014

3 min read

8 YouTube-Worthy Tips from History’s Greatest Content Creators

Borrow timeless creator lessons from history’s great communicators and apply them to better YouTube storytelling, workflow, and audience building.
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Jun 30, 2014

2 min read

First Ever YouTube Speedometer – vidIQ Velocity

It’s not an easy task to grow your views and subscribers organically and it has been a privilege guiding you in the quest for video marketing success.
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Feb 20, 2014

3 min read

What Is Creator Suggested?

Creator Suggested is a new metric we’ve been running in our Chrome Extension for the last couple of months.
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Jan 16, 2014

1 min read

Introducing YouTube Competitor Analysis

Success on YouTube isn’t always about tracking just your metrics – it’s about gaining valuable insights into your competitors too!
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Nov 7, 2013

1 min read

vidIQ Score: How We Rank YouTube Videos

Learn how vidIQ Score works, what signals influence video rankings, and how to use the score to spot stronger YouTube optimization opportunities.
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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 lesson that precedes every takeoff.
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Aug 14, 2013

1 min read

Introducing Advanced YouTube Analytics Revamp

As we covered in our new Chrome extension announcement last week, success on YouTube is about more than just views. Helping YouTube creators understand what ...