YouTube Shorts: What Authors Need to Know | Episode 283

As platforms continue to copycat their competitors, one of the more recent entries in that race is YouTube Shorts. Let’s talk about pros and cons, and how authors can use YouTube Shorts. Be aware that YouTube Shorts could change dramatically and quickly as YouTube figures out what it wants to do with this feature.

Blog: YouTube Shorts: What Authors Need to Know http://hub.me/apEFr

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/SjYJCl96Svg

Timestamp show notes (click on timestamp to view or listen to segment on YouTube):

0:15 YouTube copycats TikTok and Instagram Reels

0:54 What are YouTube Shorts?

1:26 The good news/bad news about YouTube Shorts

1:48 What I learned by eavesdropping on husband's YouTube Shorts viewing

3:22 YouTube Shorts still feels beta

6:20 YouTube Shorts best feature

8:42 How authors can use YouTube Shorts

9:57 How to connect with Heidi

You can also listen to The Heidi Thorne Show on your favorite podcast apps including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Pandora, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Amazon TuneIn Radio. This is Episode 283.