How to Make Viral YouTube Shorts | Results — Transcript
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- 0:00I used to think YouTube shorts was all
- 0:02luck but after posting over 150 YouTube
- 0:04shorts across three different channels
- 0:06I'm now earning two thousand dollars a
- 0:08month from one channel and I can now
- 0:10confirm there's no luck to YouTube
- 0:12shorts here's a guide on how to make
- 0:14viral shorts so you can start seeing
- 0:16similar results step one create a
- 0:18YouTube channel about something you're
- 0:19interested in so we can upload shorts
- 0:21and there are two types of short
- 0:23channels you can create one that
- 0:24repurposes content and one that uploads
- 0:26original content that you create
- 0:28yourself my channel is the repurposed
- 0:30type and I also recommend you take a
- 0:31similar approach if you want to make
- 0:33money as fast as possible this is
- 0:35because you have an infinite amount of
- 0:36content and you don't need any skills or
- 0:38talent to be successful you literally
- 0:41only need to know how to use video
- 0:42editing software which I'll explain how
- 0:44to use Ladle Step 2 to have the highest
- 0:47chances of going viral within your first
- 0:49five shorts I recommend you search your
- 0:51Niche and view what's already working
- 0:53for inspiration because what's working
- 0:55for other channels will likely work for
- 0:57yours when I started my channel I posted
- 0:596 shorts around topics I thought would
- 1:01go viral they didn't go viral and then I
- 1:04decided to take inspiration from what's
- 1:06already working this decision caused my
- 1:08channel to get its first viral short
- 1:09only on the seventh upload to the
- 1:11channel and I didn't realize until I had
- 1:13posted another 39 shorts to my channel
- 1:15that there was something different about
- 1:17this short that made it go viral the
- 1:19difference between this short and all
- 1:21the other shorts on my channel was that
- 1:23it had higher attention and retention is
- 1:25the most important YouTube metric behind
- 1:27any short going viral on YouTube I
- 1:29identified two techniques that I
- 1:31accidentally applied to the short to
- 1:33make it have higher attention and ever
- 1:34since learning these techniques they
- 1:36have been responsible for all of the
- 1:38viral shorts on my channel continue
- 1:39watching to see how to apply these
- 1:41techniques when you create your first
- 1:42short step 3 Source Clips to use within
- 1:45your first short I have sourced every
- 1:47clip I've ever used in all my shorts
- 1:49from YouTube and using the trending
- 1:51topics you found in Step 2 search for
- 1:53that topic on YouTube to find Clips
- 1:55since my channel is in the football
- 1:57Niche I will search Neymar funny moments
- 1:59and and I'll select this shot here
- 2:01because I can immediately see that it
- 2:03already has high engagement and since I
- 2:05want to use this clip within my short we
- 2:07need to download it by finding the
- 2:09original video that the clip is from you
- 2:11should always find the original video
- 2:12because the quality will be much higher
- 2:14and there won't be any watermarks and in
- 2:16general we just don't want to be
- 2:18downloading other people's shorts and
- 2:19uploading them as our own for my channel
- 2:21I can see every re-uploaded short of
- 2:23mine and YouTube Shadow bands this
- 2:25content but to find the original clip
- 2:27you will want to describe exactly what
- 2:29the clip is about in the search bar it's
- 2:31easy to find the original clip using
- 2:33this method but sometimes a clip E1 is
- 2:36within a large video and since we found
- 2:38it we will copy the URL and head to
- 2:40Google and search for a free YouTube
- 2:42video downloader most of the shorts on
- 2:44my channel compilation so I repeat this
- 2:46for multiple clips step 4 if you want to
- 2:48make money from the clips you downloaded
- 2:50you have to make sure you're adding some
- 2:52type of edit and to prove you can make
- 2:53money from this we can look at the
- 2:55YouTube monetization rules for reused
- 2:57content where if you edit your shorts
- 2:59you'll meet the super approved criteria
- 3:00of making a funny or thoughtful vision
- 3:02of content you didn't originally create
- 3:04and if your content doesn't fall with
- 3:06any of these don'ts you will be making
- 3:07money from YouTube shorts step five it's
- 3:10now time to edit your short and I'll be
- 3:12using Adobe Premiere Pro but you can
- 3:14follow along using any other type of
- 3:16video editing software since almost all
- 3:18have a timeline feature and before we
- 3:19start doing edits to increase retention
- 3:21we first need to get our edit ready to
- 3:24start use a frame size of 1080 in the
- 3:26horizontal and 1920 in the vertical you
- 3:28will have to Google how to change your
- 3:30frame size depending on what type of
- 3:31software you're using but next I will
- 3:34drag in the downloader clips into the
- 3:36timeline and I will delete the original
- 3:37sound because for my content the sound
- 3:40adds no value it's usually just some
- 3:42boring background noises if you're doing
- 3:44some type of content that the audio adds
- 3:46value of course you'll have to keep it
- 3:48in and since my clip is within a large
- 3:50video we'll have to use the cutting tool
- 3:52to cut the clip at the exact moment we
- 3:54want to use and I'll delete the leftover
- 3:57clips and repeat this for all of my
- 3:58Clips because as I I mentioned I'm
- 4:00creating a completion and we don't want
- 4:02to show these black borders so we'll
- 4:04increase the scale of the video and then
- 4:06reposition it so it's centered within
- 4:08the frame step six aim to achieve higher
- 4:10retention because as I mentioned
- 4:12retention is the key metric behind any
- 4:14short going viral the second technique I
- 4:17learned from studying my first viral
- 4:18short was that within the first second I
- 4:20already had one text edit one
- 4:22highlighted Circle and two sounds these
- 4:24types of edits appeared every two
- 4:25seconds throughout the entire short to
- 4:27keep the viewer engaged both visually
- 4:29and auditory and now we will apply this
- 4:31technique by adding our first edit just
- 4:34after the short starts because we want
- 4:35change to occur within the first instant
- 4:37this will stop viewers continuing to
- 4:40scroll on their feed and they'll
- 4:41actually watch out short and at this
- 4:43point I will drag in a graphic such as a
- 4:45laughing emoji and place it above
- 4:47Neymar's head because for this context
- 4:49Neymar is mocking the reporter and it's
- 4:52funny I will drag in and align a pop
- 4:54sound effect as soon as the graphic
- 4:56appears on the screen again we are
- 4:58creating both a visual and auditory
- 5:00change constantly I do recommend you
- 5:02create a folder full of sound effects
- 5:04and Graphics because you'll be
- 5:06constantly adding these throughout your
- 5:07entire short now back to the edit I will
- 5:09add some more Graphics such as an arrow
- 5:11and text to really highlight the video
- 5:13topic which is Neymar now I will repeat
- 5:16this step where I add frequent edits
- 5:18every two seconds while ensuring that
- 5:19each graphic has a paired sound effect
- 5:21and I will make sure I don't use the
- 5:23same type of graphic every single edit
- 5:25because you want to feed the viewer with
- 5:27new content as a side note you should be
- 5:29adding these frequent edits to any Niche
- 5:31but adjust them to suit the style of
- 5:33Niche for example if you're creating
- 5:35motivational shorts you shouldn't be
- 5:36adding laughing emojis because that's
- 5:38just not the style I know of so many
- 5:41different short channels that apply
- 5:42these same Concepts but just adjust them
- 5:44to suit their Niche and as you could
- 5:46expect it is making their shorts go
- 5:48viral step 6 and trending music to your
- 5:51short you can still monetize your shorts
- 5:52even if you use copyrighted music and a
- 5:54lot of people get confused about this
- 5:56because after you upload a show with
- 5:58copyrighted music you will see a
- 5:59copyright restriction in your YouTube
- 6:01Studio but if you roll over the
- 6:03copyright restriction you will see it
- 6:04reads copyright protected content found
- 6:06but it doesn't affect your short also
- 6:08you can see my channel has monetization
- 6:10on for all of my shorts regardless of it
- 6:12having a copyright restriction or not
- 6:14step 7 export the short in the highest
- 6:17quality possible and then upload it to
- 6:19your channel and your views will
- 6:20probably explode for the first hour and
- 6:23then they'll Flatline this is something
- 6:25that's so discouraging about starting a
- 6:27new YouTube shorts Channel and something
- 6:29that doesn't make sense at all for
- 6:31example my first viral Shore received
- 6:337000 views within the first 25 minutes
- 6:36and then it proceeded to Flatline over a
- 6:3824-hour period but if we change the time
- 6:40period to Lifetime you can see that the
- 6:43short didn't go viral for two days no
- 6:45one can actually prove why this happens
- 6:46to shorts but I think it's YouTube's way
- 6:48of testing your short to a small group
- 6:50of viewers to see if it's a good video
- 6:52and you need to understand one thing
- 6:54about YouTube shorts is that it's a fair
- 6:56game where if you create a good video
- 6:58that has high retention it will all go
- 7:00viral now let's look at the analytics I
- 7:02uploaded the shorts six days ago when I
- 7:04Was preparing for this video and you can
- 7:06see the show has reached over 200 000
- 7:08views in the last seven days these
- 7:10numbers are typical for a Channel of my
- 7:12size as I do have over 250 000
- 7:14subscribers and I'm expecting to make
- 7:16sure to still go viral because if we
- 7:18take a look at my channel and click on
- 7:20any of my viral shorts you will see each
- 7:22of them don't get pushed into the
- 7:24algorithm for anywhere between 7 to 21
- 7:26days you should also expect a similar
- 7:29time period for any of your shorts to go
- 7:31viral as I've only had one short on my
- 7:33channel go viral within a 24-hour period
- 7:35and here's the rest of my short
- 7:37analytics if you're interested in any of
- 7:39this information just pause the video
- 7:40and that's all you need to know about
- 7:42how to create a viral short it's
- 7:44obviously not as easy just watching this
- 7:46video and then going to do it yourself
- 7:47it will take time to get good at editing
- 7:49and actually learn how to create a good
- 7:51short in my next video I'm going to try
- 7:53YouTube Automation and we're going to
- 7:54turn a YouTube channel into a business
- 7:56where we do none of the work
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