I Told You So

A couple of weeks ago I did a blog training class and my biggest advice was;

“If you are using YouTube videos on your blog and/or website STOP! Host them somewhere else. Because YouTube can suspend or delete your account at any time.”

A lot of folks boohooed at that BUT it happened to a lot of great marketers this past week.  So take my advice…

Go now and login to your YouTube channel.

Click on Account (top right)

Click on Manage Account (on the left)

Look at your Community Guidelines and Account Status

Don’t stop there. Go through all of your videos and if you are using copyrighted material; whether it’s pictures, music, etc. get rid of those videos!

What would you rather lose? All of your videos or just a few?

I use Veer.com for royalty free pictures.

So go now do some video “housekeeping”. This same thing holds true for your blog. Are you copying or are you using original material for your blog and/or website(s)? If you are STOP! That’s just dumb.