Google Confidential and Proprietary The World’s Largest Focus Group How to succeed as part of the YouTube community April 2008 Hunter Walk Head of Product Management, YouTube
May 12, 2015
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The World’s Largest Focus GroupHow to succeed as part of the YouTube community
April 2008Hunter WalkHead of Product Management, YouTube
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What’s YouTube?
A place where people share authentic moments
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What’s YouTube?
And their aspirational hopes…..
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What’s YouTube?
And sometimes the weird, wacky and wonderful !
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Advertisers, media and community come together
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The Numbers
Hundreds of millions of users
worldwide
Hundreds of millions of
playbacks daily
10+ hrs/min 19 countries
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The Secrets of YouTube
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Become part of our community
• Discovery– Good metadata – not corporate speak
– Your Channel Page – subscriptions are your friend
Remember you try to make a viral video, but they make a video viral !
• Engage– Participate - respond to comments, favorite other’s videos
– Reach out to YouTube influencers
• Extend– Generate off-YouTube embeds
– Lots of content - authenticity