Every day Almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube with the top Youtubers getting millions of hits a day. It is also the second largest search engine in the world, making it a prime target to market, advertise and educate the masses about Steemit.
For both September and October I analysed the Youtube Data using their API to find the top videos for Steemit for that month. You can check out the last analysis here
https://steemit.com/youtube/@paulag/steemit-youtube-ambassador-october-2017
The only problem with this, is that I was unable to reward Youtubers for promoting Steemit, and the posts were really just a bit of fun. Until Now!
Announcing Youtube Steemit Ambassador Official Whaleshares Contest
After speaking with @Akrid in #whaleshares, they have agreed the sponsor a weekly Youtube Steemit Ambassador with 100 Whaleshares.
In case you don’t know, Whaleshares are a token which you can use to summons a vote on a steemit post from a whale. The result of this vote is not only a higher pay out on the post, but it also gives a post the much needed boost that could propel your post to Hot or Trending.
Taking part in this weekly contest will also get your Youtube Channel extra exposure here on Steemit. It’s a win win for everyone.
Here is how it will work
Every Monday I will run a query to the Youtube API to pull all the videos published the previous week with ‘Steemit’ as a key word. There are three factors which will be used to score the videos
- Engagement via the number of comments
- Reach – by checking the video view count
- Sentiment – by watching the videos and reading the comments
To enter the contest and win 100 Whaleshares all you have to do is post a video on Youtube that promotes Steemit in a positive way. All videos that appear in the API search result will be eligible to win.
I will contact the winners on Youtube and on Steemit, along with an announcement post here on steemit.
The winner should open a bitshare or openledger wallet to accept their winning Whaleshares. If you are not sure how to open a wallet, @akrid runs live classes every week. To find out more check out #events-calendar on the whaleshares discord channel https://discord.gg/RRDzn6c
To get a wallet you can use this link
As a video content creator myself, I understand the time and effort that can go into preparing and editing a good quality video. I also really appreciate those that promote Steemit. So lets make a splash. Get publishing those videos and be in with a chance of winning 100 Whaleshares every week.
BEST OF LUCK YOUTUBERS
A big big thank you to @akrid, @officialfuzzy, @fuzzyvest and @blocktrades for making all of this possible
I am part of a Steemit Business Intelligence community. We all post under the tag #BIsteemit. If you have an analysis you would like carried out on Steemit data, please do contact me or any of the #bisteemit team and we will do our best to help you...
You can find #bisteemit on discord https://discordapp.com/invite/JN7Yv7j
This is a great idea and will bring more people to Steemit
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Great initiative to help harness the massive YouTube community. Great work @paulag!
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Great stuff, stay strong @paulag / Peace (-:
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I have been thinking of ways to liberate what I have on Youtube and bridge it over here. I have been considering making some tutorial videos for my subscribers. It is a daunting task... but this post has given some incentive and even more importantly .... Motivation & Inspiration! I am still figuring it all out... but helping others figure it out along the way could be a great opportunity for us all to grow and connect! I will try and get my ducks in a row! Thank you for this post and all of your great content! God Bless =)
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Well this contest might give you a kick start so :-)
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this is awesome but my youtube account does not really generate views
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as this is done weekly, I am sure names will appear that dont get many views. Give it a go, you have nothing to lose
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Interesting idea, I'll give it a try. Good luck.
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Good, I look forward to finding your video, feel free to drop a link here if you want
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Really great move for every youtuber @paulag
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Thanks for your support @steemitglass
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very cool!
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I like it steemit and you tube
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Good post
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I on news is realized it is our steemit youtube from many forward to have
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Glad this is weekly! I would LOVE to participate. I have been up and down about the platform, but I am finally getting a feel for it and have been starting to promote it anyway. This week is nuts for me though.... probably next week I will jump in! THANKS FOR HOSTING!
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good, will be looking forward to seeing your video. Stick with steemit and you will do well
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@roxane seeee what happens when you “lure” me back to steem... I get distracted ;) Online time quota all used up got to rush now... xx 💋
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Wow Fantastic Idea
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I am not sure why, but when I do my Steemit Interviews and post them on youtube I tag them as Steem and Steemit and they don't seem to show up in the search results.
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drop me a link and I will have a look for you
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Great thanks, here's last week's show
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a few tips for better seo.
Youtube love when you add links to other videos in your description. Add a link to another one of you videos or a playlist
You also need to add a description to the video, who are you chatting with, what are you talking about.
Both of these simple steps will help with seo. Dont over use the keyword. the title, and 2-3 times in a description is enough
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I literally just put a video on my Youtube today for my latest steemit post, but I don't really have many followers (at least yet) and so I doubt it will get many views....
now if we were doing Instagram, that would be a different story
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oh, I will look at the api for instagram and see if I can do the same :-) that would be good
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I have literally 0 followers on Youtube but almost 10k on instagram lol so yeah quite the disparity
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Does the steemit "key word" need to be added as a tag for the video or will the search API also pick up the word "Steemit" from the video description?
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it should pick it up from the description too, first it will look at key words, then the title and then the description
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good to know, thanks. By the way I checked out your excel website, looks really good! You do a really good job in the videos! Not everyone has that "easiness" in front of a camera (myself included lol).
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Thanks for sharing, I invite you to visit my blog!
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a maximum effort continues to work
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Nice!
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@paulag nice very nice vedio & nice post i like it
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I didnt make a video?
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