-: I use cards and end screens a lot with my videos 2 2
and it's a lot of fun to do it as well. 3 3
And so, I was debating whether or not 4 4
to sit down at the computer and explain this to you 5 5
or walk in the forest, so I'm going to provide 6 6
you with images or little video inserts here 7 7
as I describe how to do this. 8 8
So, what you can do is, when your video is finished, 9 9
at the very end you can put up four or five 10 10
different videos that they can click on, your viewers. 11 11
And what I usually do is, there's defaults for them, 12 12
which is what is best for the viewer. 13 13
Another one is most recent video, I usually do those two. 14 14
And I do two others usually, I think used four, 15 15
that's right, yeah, four. 16 16
Another one I like to use is, 17 17
"Please subscribe." 18 18
And another one is, one of my cards for one of my products 19 19
if I'm trying to make money from the video, 20 20
which is not usually the case. 21 21
And what I do is, I list just one of my Udemy courses there. 22 22
So, we've talked about end screens. 23 23
Let's now talk about cards. 24 24
So, you could put cards in your videos as well. 25 25
And cards appear when you see that little I 26 26
with a circle around it in the top right hand corner. 27 27
And what happens is, you can set them up 28 28
so that people will click on your cards 29 29
when they see them, or click on the information icon. 30 30
And when somebody clicks on it, 31 31
it'll take you directly to Udemy 32 32
or elsewhere, to buy that course. 33 33
And I figured out a way to do this. 34 34
See, what happens is, you're allowed to link back 35 35
to your own website, but you're not allowed to 36 36
link to another website unless it's approved by YouTube. 37 37
And I hacked around that, and I found a solution. 38 38
And the solution is as follows. 39 39
You use what's called a code injection, 40 40
it's JavaScript, on your website. 41 41
Don't click next video yet, because I'm going 42 42
to show you how to do it, it's easy. 43 43
Attached to this current lecture 44 44
is a file called JavaScript. 45 45
And if you see here this little video I'm showing you, 46 46
what you do is, you copy and paste that JavaScript 47 47
into the header of one of your pages, 48 48
okay, on your website, if you have a website. 49 49
And what will happen is, it will create a url forward, 50 50
so that when somebody clicks from YouTube, 51 51
through a card or in-screen whatever, 52 52
directly to your website, the JavaScript will say, 53 53
"Hey, welcome to our website, I'm sending you here now." 54 54
And so, a lot of times when people click on my commercials, 55 55
my little cards in the corner, 56 56
what will happen is they're sent to Udemy 57 57
to buy the course, or at least check out the course. 58 58
How? 59 59
Well they're actually sent to my website first 60 60
and then with this JavaScript code injection here, 61 61
you can see this little parameter, that url there, 62 62
all you have to do is change that. 63 63
And that is where the link will be redirected to. 64 64
In terms of how to design these cards, 65 65
well, we've taught you in this course 66 66
how to create thumbnail images. 67 67
And the process is very, very similar for cards. 68 68
Except the cards, you gotta make it square 69 69
instead of making it rectangle. 70 70
And so, go back if you want to, 71 71
to the lessons where we explain 72 72
how to use Photoshop, Pixelmator Pro, 73 73
as well as GIMP and PowerPoint, to make images. 74 74
And just make your images, those cards, 75 75
squares instead of rectangles. 76 76
And then what you can do is, 77 77
you can have people click on them as they watch your videos. 78 78
And what I'm gonna do is, later in the course, 79 79
I'm gonna explain great plugins you can use 80 80
that will save you a lot of time. 81 81
But I'm gonna explain how to do this right now, as well. 82 82
So, there's a great program I use, 83 83
I think it's 10 bucks a month or so, 84 84
but you can get a free version as well, 85 85
a great program that I use which is called Tube Buddy. 86 86
Yeah, Tube Buddy, I remember it now. 87 87
And what it does is it allows me to copy whatever cards 88 88
I have on certain videos of mine, or end screens, 89 89
and paste that across all my videos, 90 90
or just one video, or two, or whatever it is. 91 91
So, you can set up templates. 92 92
It saves you a lot of time, a lot of time. 93 93
So, check out Tube Buddy if you get a chance.