{"id":16150,"date":"2018-02-25T00:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T08:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharethis.com\/?page_id=16150"},"modified":"2021-06-16T07:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:47:47","slug":"youtube","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/platform\/follow-buttons\/youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"
What is the YouTube follow button?<\/a>
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The\u00a0YouTube follow button<\/a>, or YouTube subscribe button, lets visitors instantly subscribe to your YouTube channel. On YouTube, \u201csubscribing\u201d doesn\u2019t cost any money \u2013 it just lets you follow that channel so that new content from it appears on your homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone comes to your website and likes your content, they can easily click the YouTube follow button to subscribe to your YouTube channel<\/strong>. If you\u2019re engaged in any sort of video marketing, you\u2019ll want to be on YouTube, so this button is pretty much a must-have.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How can I create a YouTube follow button or subscribe button?<\/a>
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If you have a YouTube channel, you\u2019ll want to let your website visitors know about it! That means having an easy way for them to subscribe \u2013 especially if you\u2019re embedding videos on your website (which you likely will be). Make sure that they can sign up if they like what they\u2019re seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube itself has\u00a0instructions for creating a subscribe button<\/a>, and if you\u2019re good with the techy side of things and comfortable with JavaScript and HTML code, you might find this route works for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, you can easily go the code-free route using a button like ShareThis\u2019s\u00a0YouTube follow button<\/a>: it\u2019s super-simple to install.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What type of YouTube videos could I create?<\/a>
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When you think of YouTube, you might be thinking of popular YouTubers who create content like \u201cunboxing\u201d videos (where they unpack toys or electronics, talking about them throughout) or \u201creaction\u201d videos (where they record themselves reacting to other media, like a TV show or an online game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But YouTube isn\u2019t just a venue for \u2013 let\u2019s face it, slightly odd! \u2013 online entertainment. It\u2019s also a great place for video marketing.\u00a0Whatever you sell through your website, you could probably come up with suitable content for a YouTube video.<\/strong>\u00a0For instance, if you sell products aimed at busy parents, you could create videos with parenting tips; if you create software to help non-native speakers learn English, you could create short free teaching videos that you upload to YouTube to help market your software.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How can I get more YouTube subscribers?<\/a>
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Whether you\u2019re a dedicated YouTuber, or whether YouTube forms part of your content marketing strategy,\u00a0you\u2019re not going to succeed if no one is watching your videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building a solid subscriber base can take time, but some great ways to speed up the process are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n