How to Outrank Your Competition on YouTube | Ep. #993

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In episode #993 , we discuss how you can outrank your YouTube competitors. Tune in to hear our secrets to ranking on YouTube.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress</span> <a href= "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegKGoOGZ2CfPUZjPMAMSWD_lBVKSSRym1HP57fQJV67oAwEw/viewform"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><strong>TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:27] Today’s Topic:</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to Outrank Your Competition on YouTube</span></em></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:50] Ideally, you want to rank #1 for keywords.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:05]</span> <a href= "https://vidiq.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">VidIQ</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">helps you track your ranking for various keywords.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:59] YouTube will look at what happens to your video within the first 24 hours. If it doesn’t do well in that time frame, you won’t get promoted.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:40] When Neil first made YouTube videos, he did well because his viewers had a high watch time.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:10] Neil used to run paid promotions, but it didn’t do much for him.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:30] He doesn’t optimize for subscriptions.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:45] Push your videos in the first 24 hours of posting.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:10] Neil has a lot of traffic from other countries.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:20] So, he will send emails at times that work for other countr