I was excited to be a part of such a fun, informative, and , dare I say, Boombastic session on YouTube video optimization at SMX West. It was the last session of the day, the weather sucked, and the thermostat was set to “Chicago” but the audience was great and the presentations even better:







Here are some bullet points I took away from the session:

Jay Akkad

Product Manager, YouTube

• Content is king
• Thumbnails and Tags matter
• Related videos are HUGE driver of views
• Choose the right ad formats

Matt Ballek

Natural Search Supervisor, Resolution Media

I hit the podium and dazzled with some extreme Power Point wizardry:







I’ll be releasing a full YouTube version of my presentation next week along with a “Too Hot for SMX” version with all the colorful language you love ! You won’t want to miss it, so be sure to subscribe !

Curtis R. Curtis

Sr. VP, Strategic Partnerships, UniversalBuinessListing.Org

• Engage your viewers
• Keep your videos casual
• Be consisetnt – upload regularly
• Shorter is better

Jeff Martin

Associate Director of Search Marketing, TouchStorm

• Think about saturation !
• Guide viewers along to your goal
• Optimize playlists like they’re videos
• Engagement = Views

Did you attend this session ?

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I’m ready to rock the house and melt some faces with my YouTube SEO presentation at SMX West 2010. The session is at 4:45pm on Wednesday March 3rd at the Santa Clara Hyatt. See You There !!

Getting excited about the upcoming SMX West conference, and thankfully my presentation is almost done. It’s got some nice pieces of hand crafted educational goodness and, more importantly, four pillars: