CD Baby’s DIY Musician Blog has posted a number of articles about how artists can use YouTube to promote their careers. Here are our favorite tips, tricks, tech-recommendations, and interviews, organized below by category, and compiled as The DIY Musician’s Complete Guide to YouTube. Whether you’re going to spend thousands of dollars making a professional music video or just plan on editing some iPhone footage of your last concert, there is something here for you. Click the individual links to read each corresponding article and learn how to create compelling video content that will win you new fans and thrill your existing ones.
The INs-and-OUTs of your YouTube account
YouTube 101 for Musicians: The Basic Terms
8 Easy Tips for Creating a YouTube Channel
How to Optimize Your YouTube Video for Search (YouTube SEO Tips)
Enhance Your Music Video with YouTube Annotations
How to Post Links from Your YouTube Videos
Make Money with YouTube’s Partner Program
Different Kinds of YouTube Videos
12 Kinds of Videos to Promote Your Music
Stream Your Whole Album with One Video Using YouTube Annotations
Music Promotion Tip: Engage Your Fans Using Casual YouTube Clips
YouTube Create: Four Programs for Fun Filmmaking
Invite Your Fans Behind the Scenes
Music Promo Tip: Interview Yourself
Best-Practices and Promotion Tips for YouTube
YouTube Tip: Make the First 15 Seconds Count
YouTube Success in 7 Easy Steps
How to Get Your Music Video to Go Viral
5 Tips to Make Your YouTube Videos Work for You
How to Make Videos Quick and Easy
5 Tips for Shooting Smartphone Videos from the Road
Use iMovie to Make a Music Video in Minutes- iMovie ’11
Shoot & Share: Keep Fans Interested by Making Quick Videos
Making Music Videos on the Cheap
Create Promo Videos without a Camera
DIY Performance Video, Pt 1: Pre-Production and the Shoot
DIY Performance Video, Pt. 2: Post-Production
DIY Performance Video, Pt. 3: Titles & Distribution
YouTube’s New Video Editor: Edit Videos in the Cloud
YouTube Success Stories
Merton: Interactivity in Music Videos on a Budget
Promoting Your Music Video on YouTube: an interview with Pomplamoose
The Art of the YouTube Music Video: Sock Puppets?
Interview with Mike Rosenthal, Digital Strategist for OK Go, Pt. 1
Interview with Mike Rosenthal, Digital Strategist for OK Go, Pt. 2
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