BrandonDecember 17, 2019
How Do You Rank a YouTube Video in Search?
Most advice about ranking on YouTube is a decade old and was never sourced. This guide sticks to what YouTube publishes about its own systems, adds the competitor research that still works, and flags the tactics with no support...
BrandonDecember 10, 2019
What Music Can You Legally Use on YouTube?
Rewritten from the ground up in September 2026. The song checker the original version pointed you to has been dead since 2020. What actually happens when you use a copyrighted song? Content ID scans your upload against a database...
BrandonNovember 26, 2019
How to Use YouTube to Promote Your Business in 2026
This article was first published in 2019 and has been rewritten from the ground up. The old version opened with two claims worth retiring for good: that YouTube is the world's second largest search engine, and a block of...
BrandonNovember 12, 2019
10 Mistakes That Keep Small YouTube Channels Small
This guide replaces two older Sprizzy posts that split the same list across two parts. Every mistake has been re-checked against YouTube's current documentation, and the ones resting on folklore were rewritten or removed. 1. Do your videos make...
BrandonNovember 5, 2019
What to Do After Uploading a YouTube Video
The work is not over when the upload bar hits 100 percent. What you do in the hours after publishing decides whether the video reaches the people who already subscribed, and whether you can tell a weak video from...