How YouTube's history affects the future of our content strategy

Good content strategy on YouTube isn't about hacks and tricks. It's all about learning to think about your content the way YouTube thinks about it. When we align our content strategy with what YouTube wants to surface, it increases the likelihood that our content gets surfaced. One of the ways we can learn how YouTube thinks is to understand their story, both how and why they made certain decisions along the way. Like Comment, Subscriber: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination by Mark Bergen: https://www.amazon.com/Like-Comment-Subscribe-YouTubes-Domination/dp/0593296346 Bloomberg Podcast on Video Creators: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youtube-whisperer-guiding-creators-through-perilous/id1161880916?i=1000457267949 CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 1:14 Mark Bergen 4:30 Beginning Days of YouTube 20:40 Pivots 27:20 The Future of YouTube WANT MORE YOUTUBE GROWTH STRATEGY FOR YOUR BUSINESS? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST for more in-depth YouTube strategy. - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 3) LET'S CONNECT on the socials for other quick YouTube tips and strategy advice. -- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/videocreatorstv -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- Tim's Instagram: https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- Video Creator's Instagram: https://instagram.com/videocreators -- Tim's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timschmoyer/ 4) DOWNLOAD THIS FREE YOUTUBE STRATEGY GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 5) SCHEDULE A YOUTUBE CONSULTATION so we can give you feedback and plan a YouTube growth strategy for your channel: https://videocreators.com/consulting 6) JOIN THE POD SQUAD AFTER-PARTY IN VOLLEY: We love answering questions, hearing your feedback, and discussing each podcast episode with you and hundreds of other creators in our video chat Volley space. Join us here: https://videocreators.com/podsquad