The World’s Largest Focus Group
How to succeed as part of the YouTube community


April 2008
Hunter Walk
Head of Product Management, YouTube




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What’s YouTube?

A place where people share authentic moments




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What’s YouTube?

And their aspirational hopes…..




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What’s YouTube?

And sometimes the weird, wacky and wonderful !




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Advertisers, media and community come together




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The Numbers



    Hundreds of           Hundreds of
   millions of users       millions of
      worldwide         playbacks daily




   10+ hrs/min         19 countries


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The Secrets of YouTube




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Become part of our community

 • Discovery
   – Good metadata – not corporate speak
   – Your Channel Page – subscriptions are your friend

 • Engage
   – Participate - respond to comments, favorite other’s videos
   – Reach out to YouTube influencers


 • Extend
   – Generate off-YouTube embeds
   – Lots of content - authenticity

Remember you try to make a viral video, but they make a video viral !

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See you on


  hunter@youtube.com



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The Worlds Largest Focus Group

  • 1.
    The World’s LargestFocus Group How to succeed as part of the YouTube community April 2008 Hunter Walk Head of Product Management, YouTube Google Confidential and Proprietary 1
  • 2.
    What’s YouTube? A placewhere people share authentic moments Google Confidential and Proprietary 2
  • 3.
    What’s YouTube? And theiraspirational hopes….. Google Confidential and Proprietary 3
  • 4.
    What’s YouTube? And sometimesthe weird, wacky and wonderful ! Google Confidential and Proprietary 4
  • 5.
    Advertisers, media andcommunity come together Google Confidential and Proprietary 5
  • 6.
    The Numbers Hundreds of Hundreds of millions of users millions of worldwide playbacks daily 10+ hrs/min 19 countries Google Confidential and Proprietary 6
  • 7.
    The Secrets ofYouTube Google Confidential and Proprietary 7
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    Become part ofour community • Discovery – Good metadata – not corporate speak – Your Channel Page – subscriptions are your friend • Engage – Participate - respond to comments, favorite other’s videos – Reach out to YouTube influencers • Extend – Generate off-YouTube embeds – Lots of content - authenticity Remember you try to make a viral video, but they make a video viral ! Google Confidential and Proprietary 8
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    See you on [email protected] Google Confidential and Proprietary 9