What do I put in my video descriptions?

What do I put in my video descriptions?

If You're looking for more traffic on your channel try this format for your descriptions to keep people engaged and provide context about you, your video, and your channel. Keep in mind that this is an example only and yours should always deal with your content, channel, and personality.

----------------------- Begin Description Example -----------------------
  • 3-5 sentences per video on it's contents
    • Here's a sentence or two about the video you're watching. In this video we play a game you may or may not have heard of for about 20 minutes. I had a lot of fun playing this or maybe I hated it. Watch past 4 minutes to find out!
  • section about the series
    • In this series we dive deep into the history of bananas, Did you know that the bananas most of us know and love are a sterile breed called the "big john" That's right your bananas have no seeds. Click below for the next episode!
    • (playlist link)
  • Social area
    • Follow me below for different reasons!
    • Social media link 
    • Social media link 
    • Social media link 
    • Social media link 
    • Social media link 
  • Section that ties all your content together but is different from your about page
    • I'm bob and I play games with my dog Joe. Joe prefers games about catching cats however I prefer games about simulating everything from what it's like to be an amoeba to clipping fingernails! We often fight and argue, but at the end of the day I feed him... sometimes

This format gives you tons of text, the top part changes per episode/series, but the bottom part helps tie it all together. you'd be surprised what that setup will do for you in time :)
Just in case you don't know you can set a default description here that will show on all your future uploads.
 

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