24 Apr Social Chatter Episode 238: YouTube Video Builder, What Marketers Need to Know Christian Karasiewicz | Christian Karasiewicz, Easil, Jim Fuhs, LinkedIn Polls, Simulcast Instagram Live to Facebook, Social media news, social media news 2020, Stephanie Liu, YouTube Video Builder, YouTube video chapters | Facebook, Instagram, Social Chatter, Social Media Marketing, YouTube | ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail175 SharesShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail175 Shares Welcome to the 238th episode of Social Chatter, the longest running social media marketing talk show. We cover the latest social media news from this past week, including: YouTube launches video builder for creating free video ads. Instagram rolls out stickers for local businesses offering gift cards and delivery. LinkedIn is testing LinkedIn polls. New tool: Easil can help you with creating beautiful professional-quality graphics for your business New tool: Switchboard can simulcast live video to multiple platforms for you. If you like, you can watch or listen to Social Chatter on our blog, YouTube channel, podcast or the Alexa Flash Briefing. If you missed the last episode of our social media marketing talk show, we discussed IGTV Ad guidelines and YouTube Live analytics with Christian Karasiewicz, Jim Fuhs, and Angus Nelson. Let's see what's new in social media this week with, Christian Karasiewicz, Jim Fuhs and guest, Stephanie Liu. Social Chatter: Social Media Marketing Talk Show - Episode 238 YouTube Video Builder, Create Free Video Ads For Your Business In YouTube news, they have rolled out YouTube Video Builder, a free video ads builder. According to YouTube, Video Builder is a "free, self-service tool that animates static assets—images, text, and logos—with music from our library. You can choose from a variety of YouTube-optimized video layouts based on your message and goals, customize visual aspects like colors and font, and quickly generate a short YouTube video (6 seconds, 15 seconds, or 16 seconds). Video Builder is currently available in English only, but supports various languages when creating a video." Here are instructions on how to use YouTube Video Builder to create your next video ads for YouTube. YouTube Video Builder: How to Create Video Ads Why YouTube Video Builder Matters For Your Business If you struggle with creating video ads for your business, now you don't have to. With the new video builder tool, you can take yur images and text and turn them into short YouTube videos in seconds. While you might have access to other video tools such as the paid tool, Content Samurai, YouTube Video Builder is a free alternative for quickly creating video ads. Not only will your business be able to save money, but you can start producing your own ads yourself without the need to hire a Video Editor. To begin using YouTube Video Builder, follow these instructions. Other Social Media News Mentioned Here are some additional social media news topics that we covered on our weekly live social media marketing talk show that are worth checking out. YouTube is testing video chapters in the video scruber. It utilizes the timestamp data in your video description. Verizon is buying BlueJeans, a Zoom video conferencing competitor. Instagram is testing simulcasting Instagram Live to Facebook. #Instagram is working on the possibility of broadcasting the Live on both Instagram and #Facebook 👀 pic.twitter.com/3kCtaQIbJ8 — Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) April 16, 2020 Instagram has added stickers if your local business offers gift cards and delivery. #Instagram adds stickers for local businesses to offer gift cards, delivery. #SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SMM https://t.co/zFwmmU0ous pic.twitter.com/LrXf2ZgxfP — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) April 23, 2020 In testing: Instagram fundraising buttons. Instagram is working on integrating Facebook Fundraising to Action Button, which is part of their efforts to help out small/medium-sized business during the COVID-19 pandemic previously - 6, 11, 18, 20 days ago:https://t.co/UOgu77KxuP pic.twitter.com/nQDzZAbLBI — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 15, 2020 Facebook publishes 64-page guide for businesses on connecting with customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. New: #Facebook publishes 64-page guide to help business owners connect with people during the #Covid19 pandemic.#SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SMM https://t.co/DAqLgvuiT8 pic.twitter.com/m4V5R8XeXl — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) April 23, 2020 Facebook launches Care reactions in the Facebook app and in Messenger. We're launching new Care reactions on @facebookapp and @Messenger as a way for people to share their support with one another during this unprecedented time. We hope these reactions give people additional ways to show their support during the #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/HunGyK8KQw — Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020 In testing: 3-day Facebook Stories (instead of 24-hour Stories). Need longer #Facebook Stories? You might be getting 3 days.#SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SMM https://t.co/kA8zlMVJa2 — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) April 18, 2020 LinkedIn is testing online polls. #LinkedIn is testing polls. Would you use these if they were available? #SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SMM https://t.co/G3Y7YZBG3w — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) April 20, 2020 LinkedIn is testing hashtag presentation mode, which is similar to Pinterest boards and Tweetdeck. LinkedIn is working on hashtag presentation mode pic.twitter.com/cgkyzoGjZ6 — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 18, 2020 LinkedIn is working on a image cropping tool to include straightening an image and zooming in on it. New: #LinkedIn working on image cropping (from the web).#SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SMM https://t.co/V2OdsxBVxP — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) April 20, 2020 Live Video Tips For Business Owners This week on our social media marketing talk show, we also invited Stephanie Liu to share tips to help your business build and grow an audience using live video. Building an audience can be one of the most challenging parts of live video production. Here are the tips that she shared. How Do You Build A Live Video Audience? Repurpose your content. For example, turns videos into blog posts. Most Vloggers filme videos, but don't write about them. Join other live videos, podcasts or guest blog posts for more expisure. Promote your live videos to your email list, in addition to on your social media channels. Where Do You See Remove Live Production Headed? More businesses will be looking for a remote live video producer in the future. Brush-up on your skills. Identify a niche where you are good at. Tell Us About This Upcoming Ecamm Live Video Bootcamp Ecamm is running a free live video bootcamp, called Leap Into Live. It runs April 29 - May 1, 2020. A recording of the sessions will be available afterwards. Tools In addition to sharing the latest news from this past week, we also highlighted some great social media tools and apps for you to check out. Easil The first tool that we have for you this week is Easil. How would you like to have professional images and graphics for your blog posts? Maybe you need to quickly remove the background on images for your live video overlays? With Easil, you get access to 15,000+ professional quality templates (with an Easil Edge plan) that you can easily customize, including using your own branding. Easil is a powerful alternative to programs such as Canva You can use Easil free or upgrade to the Easil Plus plan for just $75 for an annual subscription. You get access to 7,500+ templates, the ability to quickly remove the background grom images, custom fonts, the design resize tool for turning your Facebook images into content for Stories and much more. Create beautiful images and graphics for your business with Easil Switchboard Live Video Multi-streaming The second tool that we have for you this week is Switchboard. Switchboard is a live video tool. They are very similar to Restream. With Switchboard, you can reduce the complexity of your live streams. Your audience can choose the platform that works best for them. For example, you can stream to: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Live, YouTube Live, Vimeo, Twitch or use RTMP. A number of major brands trust Switchboard for their live streams, including the Philadelphia Eagles, Harley-Davidson, ESPN, Twitter and many others. Here is a look at Switchboard for your live video productions. You can try Switchboard free for 7-days. Prices then start at $35 per month to stream to 3+ destinattions, 2.5Mbps 720p quality, 1 team member, up to 25 hours of streaming per month and more. Try Switchboard for live video multi-streaming Wrap-up That's it for this week's episode of Social Chatter. To watch next week's episode of Social Chatter, your weekly social media marketing talk show, tune-in to our YouTube channel or watch on Facebook to learn about the latest breaking social media news from this week! If you have any questions about any of the social media news or tools that were mentioned this week, please share them with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or in the comments below. About The Author Christian Karasiewicz Founder, Social Chefs Founder and CEO of Social Chefs, a digital marketing agency. I host two shows, #SocialChatter, the industries longest running social media marketing talk show and Social Snacks, 5 minute or less social media marketing tutorials. ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail175 Shares No Comments Comments are closed.
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