Here are some tips for those who upload videos to the Vizzed YouTube Channel. These tips will help your videos get more impressions and clicks which leads to more views and likes.

Not all of these tips apply to uploading to the Vizzed channel. Some of these tips will simply apply to your own personal channel (some of these are for my own reference). I'll add to this as I discover and research new ideas and tips.

YouTube Tags:
-Use between 30 and 40 (this is debatable, some say 10-20)
-Tags should be 2-3 words long on average
-1st Keywords should be main keyword, then 2nd and 3rd should be variations, 4th-9th should be categories
-You can use keywords that competitors use so that video is recommended at end of their video (a lot of traffic can come from recommendations on other videos)

YouTube Thumbnails:
-Use colors that contrast YouTube's theme such as: Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow
-Avoid colors that blend in with YouTube's theme such as: Red, White, Black
-If you're placing text on the thumbnail, be sure it's clear and readable

YouTube Title:
-Titles should be between 40-50 characters
-Use targetted keywords in title, especially to the very left
-Use brackets at end of video whenever possible to help separate information so that the video title is easy to look at
-Try to involve numbers, eyes are drawn to those

YouTube Descriptions:
-Use the first 2-3 sentences as a "strong intro" that uses keywords
-Detailed outline is next, about 150 words on average
-At the end should be external links and social media links
-The description is very important since it is what YouTube uses to help understand what your video is about and when it sees those keywords, it will help the video rank higher when that keyword is used in a search

YouTube Cards:
-Add a card to the part of the video (right before it) when viewers are most likely to click out and link them to another related video or one they'd be interested in

YouTube Playlists:
-Should be eye catching and somewhat descriptive

YouTube Video:
-The first 15 seconds should be most exciting, most people click out of a video within the first 15 seconds

YouTube Uploading:
-Set a schedule so fans know when to expect content
-Upload when the viewers are most likely to be on so that they see it suggested on YouTube when it's added (the Vizzed channel peaks at around 10 AM central on all days of the week and Saturday is the best day of the week)
-Promote it right away (the first 48 hours are critical) to get it boosted on YouTube index and to increase popularity

Divine Aurora :
DavidMcC1989 :
sonikku :
janus :

I put this together for you guys to use as a reference, and for future video uploaders.

Why does the view count of your videos matter? Well it helps Vizzed first of all, lol. Secondly, if you plan to promote your own content with the videos you upload, the more views your videos on Vizzed get, the more traffic you can direct to your own content (content as in, your own personal channel or your own personal videos). And, thirdly, I want to create some sort of reward system eventually for videos that get a certain number of likes and views (maybe like 25,000 Viz for each 10,000 views or if I get the budget, US $10 for every 10,000 views).

Oof. The channel's peak times are when I need to sleep because of my work schedule. Might need to do actual scheduled uploads.

The only problem is, if we're all scheduling uploads to go public simultaneously (i.e. we all try to get our own video up at the most optimal peak time), that will also be a problem for the channel due to an overload. So we should all probably try to schedule content so we don't step on each other's toes.

At the moment I don't have anything ready for upload and probably won't be able to record anything until Sunday afternoon.

sonikku : I wouldn't worry about it too much, just upload whenever is most convenient for you.

Another thing to note is with MP4's specifically it is recommended to enable faststart. As that will allow YouTube to process the video while it is uploading. Unsure if the current video uploader can take advantage of it, but if it can this is a very handy tool to speed it up.