Your Google Plus Tips of the Week for May 3rd
- Brand your YouTube with intro videos
Thank you for taking the time to read this.Video branding:
This may be useful, but 3 seconds isn’t a lot of time. I see this basically as an opening logo as opposed to a lead in.
It only takes three easy steps to set up:
1. Upload the three-second intro video you’d like to use to your channel as an unlisted video.
1. Upload the three-second intro video you’d like to use to your channel as an unlisted video.
Note that these intros may not be used as ads, sponsorships, or product placements. We also don't recommend this feature be used by channels using their videos as advertisements.
You can also add a watermark to your videos.
Go to your YouTube video manager and select “channel Settings” then “in video Programming”.
You’ll be given options to:
Go to your YouTube video manager and select “channel Settings” then “in video Programming”.
You’ll be given options to:
1. Add a watermark
2. Feature a video pr playlist
3. Add a branding intro
Add a Custom Thumbnail to Your YouTube Video
For the #GPlusLunchBunch show, I usually use my event banner as my custom thumbnail for consistency with the HOA event.
There are other times when a screen grab from the show is more compelling.
If you want to add a custom thumbnail, YouTube account must be in good standing, and you must have monetization enabled on your channel.
Google Drive Docs & Sheets Get their own apps
via Brian Levee - GoogleDrive Blog
With their eye on ever increasing mobile usage, Google has separated Docs and Sheets (and soon, Slides) from Drive and made them their own downloadable apps for iOS and Android.
I think this is a great idea especially on mobile as it can get tedious (especially on the iPhone) to sort through the Drive folders to find a specific document. It’S also easy to switch over to Drive at anytime.
You can get the apps on Google Play and in the App Store. If you don’t have time now, over the next few days you’ll be prompted to download the apps when you go to edit or create a document or spreadsheet in your Drive app.
Hangout Drawing Tool App
Finally, after this week of Google Plus is dead rumours and counter rumours, I leave you with a bit of fun.
Ronnie Bincer brought this to my attention earlier this week. It’s a drawing app that enables us to draw freeform, add text and stamp images of arrows, speech bubbles etc right on our Hangout screen.
Even if you're not a Picasso (as I'm obviously not) the text and stamps functions are useful.
For instance, when we want to post a link during a HOA, we can text it on the screen as well as posting in the comments section.
I haven’t tried it in an actual Hangout yet so if anyone is game to play, let me know.
Ronnie Bincer brought this to my attention earlier this week. It’s a drawing app that enables us to draw freeform, add text and stamp images of arrows, speech bubbles etc right on our Hangout screen.
Please share if you think it might be helpful to someone.
Check out our past #GPlusLunchBunch shows on my YouTube channel or Google+ Page.
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