Hello, everybody! I'm back on behalf of the Community Team with another Community Newsletter! This week we discuss the popularity of back to school content, check in with George, a special secret, influential insight about the gaming world, and more!
In Demand: Back to School Content
This time of year students across the globe turn to Google and YouTube in search for back to school related topics, tips, advice, or even just school related media as they're trying to get hyped and ready for a new school year. As a creator, this is something you should be keeping in mind right now! The start of a new school year is fast approaching and students everywhere have their eyes on YouTube! The YouTube platform is continuing to see a lot of this content consumed, and an infographic in the article linked below clearly shows which specific types of videos are getting the most traffic. Everything from product suggestions, teen advice, and tech - to pranks, funny skits, life hacks, and much more are important to Gen Z right now. Have you made any videos recently that fall into any of the popular categories in the article? Share them in the media section, and let us know in a reply here too! Maybe we can feature 1 or 2 videos in the next newsletter!
www.adweek.com/tv-video/back-to-school-content-viewed-most-on-youtube
Content Strategy with Professor Puppet
Speaking of back-to-school, when's the last time you checked out Freedom! Academy?!
Here's a glimpse at what you're missing out on if you haven't gone through the course yet!
★ MSI - Two game studios - New MGN Minecraft server in Chinese
MSI and two game studios are interested in working with Freedom! and a new MGN Minecraft server in the Chinese language is being built. George has been busy traveling, but popped in to update you in an "unedited" style.
Thanks for reading!
From the Freedom! Community Team to the entire Freedom! family, we look forward to seeing you around in the community! Best wishes for all of your endeavors and take care! Also, never give up!
Interact with the Freedom! Community
➔ On the forums! www.community.tm
➔ Twitter: @mcnfreedom and @FreedomFamilyRT
➔ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcnfreedom
➔ Freedom! Discord Server! https://discord.gg/sfPP2r8
➔ YouTube Channel: Freedom! Central
In Demand: Back to School Content
This time of year students across the globe turn to Google and YouTube in search for back to school related topics, tips, advice, or even just school related media as they're trying to get hyped and ready for a new school year. As a creator, this is something you should be keeping in mind right now! The start of a new school year is fast approaching and students everywhere have their eyes on YouTube! The YouTube platform is continuing to see a lot of this content consumed, and an infographic in the article linked below clearly shows which specific types of videos are getting the most traffic. Everything from product suggestions, teen advice, and tech - to pranks, funny skits, life hacks, and much more are important to Gen Z right now. Have you made any videos recently that fall into any of the popular categories in the article? Share them in the media section, and let us know in a reply here too! Maybe we can feature 1 or 2 videos in the next newsletter!
www.adweek.com/tv-video/back-to-school-content-viewed-most-on-youtube
Content Strategy with Professor Puppet
Speaking of back-to-school, when's the last time you checked out Freedom! Academy?!
Here's a glimpse at what you're missing out on if you haven't gone through the course yet!
All the Awesome Forum Goodies!
There were a few things here on the forums this week that are certainly worth mentioning!
Congratulations to the newest Member of the Month, which I won't spoil if you haven't been to @Row's announcement.
Head on over and find out who it is, and send your congrats!
@ItsJustJord shared some "Breaking News" with us about changes to YouTube's Home page!
@zeke morgan wrote another great Freedom! Forum Friday post! Find out if you were featured!
I noticed in C.R.I.B. that @Junkdude HD shared a cool Rainbow Six Siege thumb template!
Last, but definitely not least - the forum contest thread for August is looking pretty quiet.
You only have a couple of days left to enter to win Steam games!! Do it!!
#FreedomFamily Stands Out
It's time to feature another 3 active #FreedomFamily users!
GSKULL GAMING, Dose of Phiction, and HannesGames!
Thanks for being awesome and interacting. Show them some love, everybody!
Be sure to be active using #FreedomFamily on Twitter for your chance to be featured!
Creator Academy "Secret" Strategy Playlist!
As you already know if you're a regular reader here, I am a big fan of the YouTube Creator Academy and their channel. I often find some nice shiny gems there to share. Well, brace yourselves everybody, because this may be the biggest gem of them all! I found the unlisted 10 Fundamentals of a Creative Strategy playlist! From shareability to consistency, discoverability to inspiration, and everything between - this batch of videos is well worth watching and saving! This exact playlist has been used to help train specialists in audience growth. Level up your YouTube creative strategy expertise to Advanced! Have fun learning and growing!
YouTube Hired Some Serious Pros!
The TV world continues to mix and mingle with the YouTube world as YT recently hired Angela Courtin and Jon Wax for their YouTube Red executive team. Courtin was the chief marketing officer for Fox Broadcasting. Wax was head of scripted programming for WGN America and Tribune Studios. Seems like exciting things are ahead for YT Red! Check out Variety's article for details about what the Red team is up to!
www.variety.com/2017/news/angela-courtin-jon-wax-youtube-red-originals
YouTubers Impact the Gaming World!
The NY Times article at the bottom of this paragraph discusses YouTube as an accelerant for video games. This is quite relevant to many of us. If you're a gaming YouTuber, you're part of this! Nowadays game developers have this impact in mind as they market their games; it is common for influential creators to receive copies of games before release - so that they can have videos ready to go live on the day that a game launches! Another amazing thing is the communities that form around the games, YouTubers, and fans. People see a game is fun, then more and more start making content around it, and the community gets bigger and more influential. Developers who see the value in all of this are glad to give copies of their games to YouTubers of all sizes to promote their products and in turn make gamers happy! I really enjoyed this article as a gamer, it brings the big picture into perspective. The specific example they look at is the success of the game Hello Neighbor thanks to the support and attention it got through YouTube and Twitch. It's nice to hear from the development side of the gaming world!
www.nytimes.com/2017/technology/using-youtube-as-an-accelerant-for-video-games
There were a few things here on the forums this week that are certainly worth mentioning!
Congratulations to the newest Member of the Month, which I won't spoil if you haven't been to @Row's announcement.
Head on over and find out who it is, and send your congrats!
@ItsJustJord shared some "Breaking News" with us about changes to YouTube's Home page!
@zeke morgan wrote another great Freedom! Forum Friday post! Find out if you were featured!
I noticed in C.R.I.B. that @Junkdude HD shared a cool Rainbow Six Siege thumb template!
Last, but definitely not least - the forum contest thread for August is looking pretty quiet.
You only have a couple of days left to enter to win Steam games!! Do it!!
#FreedomFamily Stands Out
It's time to feature another 3 active #FreedomFamily users!
Thanks for being awesome and interacting. Show them some love, everybody!
Be sure to be active using #FreedomFamily on Twitter for your chance to be featured!
Creator Academy "Secret" Strategy Playlist!
As you already know if you're a regular reader here, I am a big fan of the YouTube Creator Academy and their channel. I often find some nice shiny gems there to share. Well, brace yourselves everybody, because this may be the biggest gem of them all! I found the unlisted 10 Fundamentals of a Creative Strategy playlist! From shareability to consistency, discoverability to inspiration, and everything between - this batch of videos is well worth watching and saving! This exact playlist has been used to help train specialists in audience growth. Level up your YouTube creative strategy expertise to Advanced! Have fun learning and growing!
YouTube Hired Some Serious Pros!
The TV world continues to mix and mingle with the YouTube world as YT recently hired Angela Courtin and Jon Wax for their YouTube Red executive team. Courtin was the chief marketing officer for Fox Broadcasting. Wax was head of scripted programming for WGN America and Tribune Studios. Seems like exciting things are ahead for YT Red! Check out Variety's article for details about what the Red team is up to!
www.variety.com/2017/news/angela-courtin-jon-wax-youtube-red-originals
YouTubers Impact the Gaming World!
The NY Times article at the bottom of this paragraph discusses YouTube as an accelerant for video games. This is quite relevant to many of us. If you're a gaming YouTuber, you're part of this! Nowadays game developers have this impact in mind as they market their games; it is common for influential creators to receive copies of games before release - so that they can have videos ready to go live on the day that a game launches! Another amazing thing is the communities that form around the games, YouTubers, and fans. People see a game is fun, then more and more start making content around it, and the community gets bigger and more influential. Developers who see the value in all of this are glad to give copies of their games to YouTubers of all sizes to promote their products and in turn make gamers happy! I really enjoyed this article as a gamer, it brings the big picture into perspective. The specific example they look at is the success of the game Hello Neighbor thanks to the support and attention it got through YouTube and Twitch. It's nice to hear from the development side of the gaming world!
www.nytimes.com/2017/technology/using-youtube-as-an-accelerant-for-video-games
★ MSI - Two game studios - New MGN Minecraft server in Chinese
MSI and two game studios are interested in working with Freedom! and a new MGN Minecraft server in the Chinese language is being built. George has been busy traveling, but popped in to update you in an "unedited" style.
From the Freedom! Community Team to the entire Freedom! family, we look forward to seeing you around in the community! Best wishes for all of your endeavors and take care! Also, never give up!
Interact with the Freedom! Community
➔ On the forums! www.community.tm
➔ Twitter: @mcnfreedom and @FreedomFamilyRT
➔ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcnfreedom
➔ Freedom! Discord Server! https://discord.gg/sfPP2r8
➔ YouTube Channel: Freedom! Central
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