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Several years ago when I created my first few Youtube channels, Facebook was a major way of driving people to view the videos. But over the last 2 years or so and after actually reviewing my data, Facebook has turned into a waste of my time as a source of video traffic. It seems that between Facebook not showing posts as much (unless you PAY), and people just being too lazy to make the effort to click on a video, they just dont bother.
My Youtube channel has a corresponding page on Facebook with just under 4,000 followers. When I share a youtube video to them, Facebook will generally only display it to 1,500 or so of them, and out of those 1,500, less than 10% will watch the video. Sometimes it's as low as 5% .. So, basically, out of 4k users, when I share a video on Facebook, typically it will net me about 100 views on Youtube ... I have two other channels with similar numbers of followers on Facebook, and the stats are pretty much the same.
Up until about two months ago, I used the Facebook page to share photos from our events, videos, schedule events & meet-ups, etc.. But I didnt like being "married" to Facebook - what if they banned my account for some stupid reason? I'd be sunk! So because of that, I moved virtually all my communications to our website where people can sign up on the mailing list for notifications, view our photos, videos, etc.. I've also stopped using my personal Facebook, but that's for other reasons..So now, Facebook is pretty much dead to me.
Have you actually looked at your stats to see if Facebook is doing you any good? You still use Facebook or have you dumped it? (either for your Brand page or personal use?)
Most important: IS FACEBOOK GETTING YOU YOUTUBE VIEWS?
My Youtube channel has a corresponding page on Facebook with just under 4,000 followers. When I share a youtube video to them, Facebook will generally only display it to 1,500 or so of them, and out of those 1,500, less than 10% will watch the video. Sometimes it's as low as 5% .. So, basically, out of 4k users, when I share a video on Facebook, typically it will net me about 100 views on Youtube ... I have two other channels with similar numbers of followers on Facebook, and the stats are pretty much the same.
Up until about two months ago, I used the Facebook page to share photos from our events, videos, schedule events & meet-ups, etc.. But I didnt like being "married" to Facebook - what if they banned my account for some stupid reason? I'd be sunk! So because of that, I moved virtually all my communications to our website where people can sign up on the mailing list for notifications, view our photos, videos, etc.. I've also stopped using my personal Facebook, but that's for other reasons..So now, Facebook is pretty much dead to me.
Have you actually looked at your stats to see if Facebook is doing you any good? You still use Facebook or have you dumped it? (either for your Brand page or personal use?)
Most important: IS FACEBOOK GETTING YOU YOUTUBE VIEWS?
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