Things You'll Need:
- completed video podcast
- internet
- YouTube account
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Step 1
In order to upload onto YouTube, you need to create an account. Creating an account is free; just go here: http://www.youtube.com/signup?next=my_account.
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Step 2
Fill out your profile. Start with the Channel Information: come up with a title and description of your video podcasts. Choose a profile icon and decide whether or not comments or bulletins show up on your channel.
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Step 3
Pick a Channel Type. The choices are YouTuber, Director, Musician, Comedian, or Guru. As someone who makes video podcasts, you might want to go with Director.
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Step 4
Next, you can your Layout properties. Which videos do you want as a featured video? Do you want a Contests Box, Video Box, Comments Box? Do you want to show your Subscribers and your Favorites?
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Step 5
You can fill out more Personal Info or Performer info if you'd like. What's more important though is that you make sure to fill out the URLs, under Advanced Options. As a video podcaster posting on YouTube, ideally, you want people to find you on YouTube, but then click onto your website from there in order to see your other video podcasts as well.
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Step 6
In order to post your videos, you have to convert the file into a format that YouTube will allow. It has to be less than 10 minutes, under 100 MB, and in one of the the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats.
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Step 7
Click Upload videos, which appears at the top right hand corner of all YouTube pages.
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Step 8
Enter as much description as you can (Title, Description, Tags, and Category) to make it easier for people to search for your video podcast. Click Continue Uploading and find the video file on your computer.
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Step 9
Select Private or Public, and click Upload Video, and you're done.
