Gaming Channel End cards

TheScarletBlaze

TheScarletBlaze

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Ive recentlly started a gaming channel and i have a couple of lets plays going this channel is a side channel to my main comedy/vlog channel and i was wondering what would be the best layout for my outro as in how many annotations should i display for exsample last video,main channel,link to playlist of other lets play series etc?

i already have the artwork for this and plan on picture in picturing the videos ontop of this like i have on my main channel
 
people are getting sick of intro/outro, promotion annotation, and anything that looks promoting (you know why), just make a video thats all you need.
 
Technomania said:
people are getting sick of intro/outro, promotion annotation, and anything that looks promoting (you know why), just make a video thats all you need.
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Please elaborate, while a end card isn't necessary, it's a great way to push traffic to other videos and social media or what ever other pages you have. Sure it's promotion, but what company or public figure has succeeded without promotion?
 
RedFox said:
Please elaborate, while a end card isn't necessary, it's a great way to push traffic to other videos and social media or what ever other pages you have. Sure it's promotion, but what company or public figure has succeeded without promotion?
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what i mean is somthing this is interactive and previews other videos in the series and can be clicked on to direct to that video for exsample the next part of the lets play say part 2 of insert game here or a link to a playlist of anouther series of lets palys on the channel say a different game series i want to be able to link between episodes and my main channel but i dont want to over do it with links and such i simply am asking what is a decent amount of links to have
 
yep what TheScarletBlaze said, dont use too much stuff on 1 simple video. it wears you out and people are getting sick of seeing promotions, so less is better. youtube is for videos not self-promoting, people want videos its a simple thing.
 
Technomania said:
yep what TheScarletBlaze said, dont use too much stuff on 1 simple video. it wears you out and people are getting sick of seeing promotions, so less is better. youtube is for videos not self-promoting, people want videos its a simple thing.
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you seem to misunderstand if the VIDEO is 10 to 15 mins long and the end card is say 10 to 15 seconds long im hardly just using youtube for self promotion
 
TheScarletBlaze said:
you seem to misunderstand if the VIDEO is 10 to 15 mins long and the end card is say 10 to 15 seconds long im hardly just using youtube for self promotion
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You should definitely have an end card, at least imo. It is actually a good way to have your channel look professional and have people check out your other videos. Plus since it's at the end, if people are so bothered by it they can just click away to something else. For my end card I have spaces for two videos (last upload and a random one), and then other than that you can add your channel name. I'd say for the most part keep it clean and simple so it isn't an information overload.
 
I use end cards and have no plans on not using them. At the very least you can play some sweet music during them or something to give your audience an out rather than it just abruptly ending.

The "industry standard" seems to be 2 videos (give them some choice) a link to subscribe to the channel and maybe your google+.
 
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