Articles tagged "Strategy"

Your CTR is lying to you (and what to measure instead)

A 10% click-through rate sounds great until you realize it's tanking your channel. Here's how to read CTR correctly and what actually matters for growth.

Your thumbnail is being judged on a 65-inch TV now

YouTube is the #1 share of US TV viewing. Thumbnails uploaded today get rendered on 65-inch screens, not just phones. The 'design for the mobile thumbnail rail' advice every guide repeats is now actively costing you clicks.

Shorts pull people in. Long-form makes them stay.

If you're stuck at a subscriber plateau, the fix is almost always the same thing: pair consistent short-form with long-form that makes people feel something. Here's how the two formats actually work together.