Step-By-Step Tutorial: How to Upload a Video to YouTube?

Whether you are a solo entrepreneur or a company or an individual who want to upload videos for the world to see, then YouTube is the place you should go. With the skills on how to upload a video to YouTube, you can make your videos available to a world-wide audience. YouTube (youtube.com) is a site that you can upload your videos for free and that receives billions of hits each day. How does it affect you? If you are a business, again a one-person business or an organization, you have an excellent opportunity to market your products and services. Want to use YouTube only for personal reasons? That is possible too; you can post a video, say of your travel to an exotic location or of your birthday party. What's more, you can make your video private so only those you invite, for example your family or friends, can view the video. IMPORTANT: Upload a video to YouTube only if you own the copyright to the video. Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Upload a Video to YouTube 1. Create an account with YouTube. TIP: If you have a Gmail account you can use it to login into YouTube. 2. Login to YouTube. 3. Click Upload. The Upload video files page displays. 4. Click Select files from your computer. The File Upload dialog displays. NOTE: One of the salient features of YouTube is that it accepts videos in a wide range of formats. Examples of these are MOV, WMV, AVI and MP4. The only thing you have to make sure is that your video file size does not exceed the limit set by YouTube. TIP: You can upload HD videos that are of duration equal to or less than 15 minutes. 5. Select the video file you want to upload and click Open. YouTube displays the Uploading video page, begins uploading your video and shows how much it has uploaded in the progress bar. After the uploading is complete, YouTube displays the Upload complete message. That's it! You have just uploaded your first video to YouTube for the world to see. 6. Click Watch to view the video you just uploaded. TIP: As, in general, the attention span of viewers is less, make your videos clear and concise. Such an approach helps attract and sustain the interest of the viewers. If relevant, add voiceover and or music to your video. These multimedia elements can enhance the value of your video.

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