YouTube Admin

[cbeams]

This role is responsible for managing the Bisq YouTube channel where folks can follow demo videos, talks, interviews, etc.

Slack: #youtube Issues: https://github.com/bisq-network/youtube

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Docs: none, other than the above Team: @bisq-network/youtube-admins Primary owner: @m52go Secondary owner: @flix1

@ripcurlx and @flix1 have "Manager" rights @ManfredKarrer and @cbeams have "Owner" rights (over the larger "Google Brand" account)

[cbeams]

2017.12 report

• Created Bisq DAO #youtube infrastructure, including this role issue, the #youtube Slack channel, etc
• @flix1 and @leomcy stepped up to produce our first screencast demo / tutorial videos in bisq-network/youtube#1. This work is ongoing as I type. See the #youtube channel for details.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#26

[cbeams]

@flix1, I've added you to the @bisq-network/youtube-admins team (and assigned you to this role to reflect). This means you have write access to this repository, and can therefore now apply the $BSQ bounty label to its issues on your own, as well as reprioritize them and move them across columns via ZenHub.

For the record, I have not granted @flix1 access to the YouTube channel, just to this GitHub repo for issue-management purposes.

[cbeams]

2018.01 report

• We started doing YouTube live streams for our growth calls (thanks @ripcurlx for setting it up!)
• We've got 195 subscribers on our channel now
• 2K views on our first tutorial video (How to buy bitcoin with Euros)
• 140 views each on our last two weekly growth calls

Generally, this infrastructure seems to be working. Would be great to have someone take it over from me. There's nothing special I'm adding to it by doing it personally now that it's all set up, and I'm sure someone else could easily do a better job. Let me know if you're up for that.

/cc bisq-network/compensation#35

[cbeams]

2018.02 report

• As mentioned in https://github.com/bisq-network/roles/issues/65#issuecomment-369394950, we did quite a number of YouTube videos this month, both uploads and live streams.
• We now have 337 subscribers, up from 195 last month
• We now have 2.9K views on our Euro video, up from 2K last month

@ripcurlx set up the live streams this month, and did follow-up work on several of them, adding in-video links, title cards, etc. For this reason, I've assigned him here as he is in every way a de-facto admin with full rights to the channel and doing most of the heavy lifting there.

@ripcurlx, would you be willing to own this role in a primary way going forward? To continue being responsible for setting up live streams, running the shows, doing these monthly reports, and anything else you see fit (including delegating any and all of that to others down the road)?

/cc bisq-network/compensation#40

[ripcurlx]

@cbeams You have mind reading capabilities 😉. I wanted to suggest it today as well, that I would be fine taking this role until someone else wants to take it over.

[ripcurlx]

2018.03 report

• We did seven YouTube live streams this month and tried out to add more interactive content (end screens, cards, polls) to the videos afterwards.
• We have 440 subscribers (+103) and our new top video this month was our first Tech Session (https://youtu.be/ulmUVh3XjRg) with 3900+ views.

[cbeams]

@ripcurlx, great to see the stats above, thanks. A couple minor things:

• I updated the 2018.03 heading to be second level (##) vs. first-level (#), as this is what we use elsewhere in other roles.

• You mentioned 3900 views on the first tech session, but it looks like that stat is actually 3900 minutes of watch time.

[cbeams]

I updated the description of this issue to distinguish @ripcurlx as the primary role owner and myself (@cbeams) as secondary, per bisq-network/proposals#12.

[dsbeasley]

@ripcurlx any help you need regarding YouTube, feel free to let me know.

[cbeams]

@ripcurlx any help you need regarding YouTube, feel free to let me know.

Hey @dsbeasley, what would you think about being on point to upload and curate / categorize videos?

So far, we've mainly done a few kinds of videos on YouTube:

1. Live streams
2. Uploaded recordings of Zoom calls
3. How-to videos and tutorials

These get categorized into our different playlists:

What I have in mind with "uploading and categorizing", then, would start with one simple and concrete task: be on point in Slack to upload Zoom calls that we record.

For example, there are right now two videos at https://bisq.slack.com/archives/C8MU98VSL/p1523894181000246 that @ManfredKarrer uploaded after a call with @blabno a couple days ago. They need to be merged into one video and uploaded to YouTube under the meetings and calls playlist.

The faster we get these up, the better, and we don't want to leave them in Slack, because (a) they're harder to discover there and (b) our free Slack plan has a 10,000-message history limit that means we lose these videos if we don't publish them elsewhere.

We'd need to grant you write / manager access to our YouTube channel; that shouldn't be a problem and I believe @ripcurlx can handle it.

This would be super helpful for everybody, I think, and could encourage more quick recorded conversations, because people know they can just drop the recordings in Slack, @mention you and rest assured that you'll do the right thing with the video when you have a moment, let's say within 24 hours.

Does this sound interesting to you? Activities could expand from there however it makes sense, but this could be a clearly defined responsibility to get things started.

[ripcurlx]

Yes, that would be of great help! Maybe we could also think about adding custom thumbnails for our videos to increase the click rate. @dsbeasley just let me know if I should grant you access to the YouTube channel.

[ripcurlx]

Also answering comments on our videos within the YouTube studio would be great support.

[cbeams]

Following up on the comments above, I've just assigned @dsbeasley and updated the description to reflect that he will now be playing a supporting role around YouTube. For a start, @dsbeasley will be available for uploading and categorizing Zoom video calls that we record and upload to Slack.

So, @bisq-network/contributors, if you do a Zoom call and post it to Slack, please @mention @dsbeasley and ask him to upload your video to our YouTube channel.

Note that for Zoom calls that go over the 45 minute limit and result in multiple recordings, @dsbeasley will also merge those fragments into a single mp4 file.

We've agreed that after being mentioned with a request in Slack, @dsbeasley will get videos uploaded and categorized within 24 hours.

Again, this is just a specific task to get things rolling with, and I'm sure that the set of responsibilities can expand in any number of directions from here. Please feel free to suggest other ways you can add value as you find them, @dsbeasley.

Finally, @dsbeasley, please do a quick monthly report comment here on this issue, as described in https://github.com/bisq-network/proposals/issues/13. You can include whatever information you think is relevant, like how many videos you uploaded, etc, and then link to that comment from your monthly compensation request. Thanks!

P.S. @dsbeasley, please also update your Slack notification settings in the #youtube channel, such that you get notified about all activity (not just @mentions), and also please click the "Watch" button on the https://github.com/bisq-network/youtube repository. This will ensure that you are aware of all activity, questions, etc around our YouTube infrastructure.

[ripcurlx]

2018.04 report

• We did nine YouTube live streams/recordings this month.
• We have 514 subscribers (+71) and our top video this month was our Live Demo: How to buy BTC for USD using Bisq and Cash App (https://youtu.be/9JW25wXnPls) with a total watch time of 2,333 minutes.

[ripcurlx]

2018.05 report

• We did seven YouTube live streams/recordings this month.
• We have 575 subscribers (+52) and our top video this month was What is Bisq? with a total watch time of 3,145 minutes.

To increase subscribers and view time we should make sure this month that we add the subscribe end card and suggested next videos to watch to each video. Also we could think about creating a general like & subscribe outro for all our uploaded videos.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/71

[cbeams]

our top video this month was What is Bisq? with a total watch time of 3,145 minutes.

It's pretty predictable this will continue being the top-watched video, as this is the explainer video on the homepage of https://bisq.network. This video was just migrated to YouTube from Vimeo a little over a month ago, so that's why it's suddenly showing up. We might want to assume it's going to have the top ranking and consider which other 2nd and 3rd place videos are performing well, even though they'll probably always be in the shadow of that video.

[flix1]

Is it possible to change the Youtube channel url from currently generic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrHtlIlYfdRx4Gr-MV8NrA

...to something custom like eg: https://www.youtube.com/channel/bisq_network ?

[Arbitrator22]

Yes but you need more than 800 subscribers in order to do so.

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Is it possible to change the Youtube channel url from currently generic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrHtlIlYfdRx4Gr-MV8NrA

...to something custom like eg: https://www.youtube.com/channel/bisq_network ?

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[ripcurlx]

We do have a custom url already enabled: https://www.youtube.com/c/bisq-network

@leomcy Is there a different kind of setting we could choose additionally?

[ripcurlx]

2018.06 report

We did six YouTube live streams/recordings this month. We have 615 subscribers (+36) and our top video this month besides (What is Bisq?) was Live demo: How to buy BTC for USD using Bisq and Cash App with a total watch time of 1,582 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't do lots of video enrichment (end screens, captions) this month, but will try to do it more this month.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/84

[ripcurlx]

2018.07 report

We did four YouTube live streams/recordings this month. We have 649 subscribers (+30) and our top video this month besides (What is Bisq?) was Live demo: How to buy BTC for USD using Bisq and Cash App with a total watch time of 1,200 minutes. We do see now more search traffic from Russia so let's see how the improved Russian translation helps to bootstrap this market.

cc/ https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/98

[ghost]

@ripcurlx wrote:

our top video this month besides (What is Bisq?) was Live demo: How to buy BTC for USD using Bisq and Cash App with a total watch time of 1,200 minutes.

Given that Cash App has been removed as a payment method since may 13th, isn't this video presence a bit disturbing ? Just a question.

[ripcurlx]

@HarryMacfinned Yes, I guess it is because of the "How to buy BTC for USD... " in the title that generates this number of views. Would be great to have a video with a payment method that still is available on Bisq 😉

[cbeams]

I've updated the description of this issue for accuracy, and removed @dsbeasley as he became unresponsive to requests months ago (he's been removed not just as an assignee but also from having any permissions with the YouTube channel). I've also removed myself and @ManfredKarrer as assignees and members of the @bisq-network/youtube-admins team, because while we do technically have owner rights over Bisq's larger Google Brand account, we don't actively administer the YouTube channel at all. @ripcurlx remains primary and @flix1 remains as a secondary. Thanks, all.

[ripcurlx]

2018.08 report

We did four YouTube live streams/recordings this month. We have 666 subscribers (+17) and our top video this month besides (What is Bisq?) was again Live demo: How to buy BTC for USD using Bisq and Cash App with a total watch time of 1k minutes.

cc/ bisq-network/compensation#109

[ripcurlx]

2018.09 report

We did four YouTube live streams/recordings this month. We have 705 subscribers (+39) and our top video this month besides (What is Bisq?) was our Bisq growth call 2018-09-13 with a total watch time of 1.5k minutes where @ManfredKarrer presented an overview of the Bisq DAO.

cc/ bisq-network/compensation#126

[ripcurlx]

2018.10 report

We did four YouTube live streams/recordings this month. We have 756 subscribers (+48) and our top video this month was not our introductional video on What is Bisq, but our Bisq growth call 2018-10-25 with a total watch time of 2.5k minutes where @ManfredKarrer, @SamsungGalaxyPlayer and xmrscott discussed advanced support possibilites for Monero within Bisq.

cc/ bisq-network/compensation#148

[ripcurlx]

2018.11 report

We did two YouTube live streams and one recording this month. We have 776 subscribers (+16) and our top video this month was our Bisq growth call 2018-11-22 with a total watch time of 1.8k minutes where @ManfredKarrer, @m52go and @ripcurlx talked about the upcoming Bisq DAO release on Testnet.

cc/ bisq-network/compensation#177

[ManfredKarrer]

I added @m52go as adming to the Youtube channel.

[ripcurlx]

Before our last growth call I had a quick chat with @m52go and he would be fine to take over the primary YouTube admin role. I would act as a secondary role owner from now on. @ManfredKarrer Could you change the assignment when you find the time to do so. Thanks!

[ripcurlx]

2018.12 report

This is my last report as a primary maintainer as @m52go took over the primary maintainer role. Thanks for that!

There was lots of activity on our YouTube channel this month with 9 recordings (mainly around the Bisq DAO) and two live streams.

We have 811 subscribers (+34) and our top video this month was our Bisq growth call 2018-12-06 with a total watch time of 1.4k minutes where we celebrated our new release v0.9.0.

cc/ bisq-network/compensation#195

[m52go]

2019.01 Report

We had a net gain of 56 new subscribers this month. Growth calls generally did quite well this month, with the 3 January call getting 1,850 watch minutes this month.

I revamped the YouTube channel landing page and profile to optimize it for engagement going forward.

I did this according to advice from some YouTube veterans. Other advice I picked up that we might want to consider:

• mention other videos during videos, to encourage viewers to check out other channel videos afterward
• consider doing more tips/tricks/how-to videos, as they are 1) very helpful and 2) tend to get high sharing and engagement rates
• remind people to subscribe during videos (we should start doing this during growth calls especially)
• ~80% of YouTube algorithm scoring is watch time: session starts, view duration, etc. The pint: descriptions, titles, etc. are good for SEO, but YouTube tends to make recommendations for videos that have high watch times.

@ripcurlx maybe some interesting tidbits for us to keep in mind above.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/219

[ripcurlx]

@ripcurlx maybe some interesting tidbits for us to keep in mind above.

Yes, we could do lots of additional video cards after the call. I linked videos in some videos when I started the calls, but just got a little bit lazy as it tooks some time. I think there is also the possibility to add cards during live calls. Maybe that is also something we could try out some time.

[m52go]

2019.02 Report

We had a net gain of 46 new subscribers this month.

I've shied away from creating short-form video content so far because I'm not very good with video (lousy at recording, producing...pretty much everything) but I made a video series this month out of necessity for the DAO this month and will try to do more this month.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/234

[ManfredKarrer]

Updated role owners to @m52go and @arunasurya (hope that is ok, otherwise let me know!)

[ManfredKarrer]

@arunasurya preferred to not take that role, so put back @flix1 as secondary

[m52go]

2019.03 Report

We had a net gain of 52 new subscribers this month.

The Bisq DAO in Brief series did rather well, as it became the second-most-watched video on the channel. @huey735 contributed a full Portugese translation for that series as well.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/257

[m52go]

2019.04 Report

We had a net gain of 53 new subscribers this month, which put us just past 1,000 subscribers for the channel.

Notable items: the Bisq DAO launch event was livestreamed on YouTube on April 15, and the Bisq DAO in Brief series surpassed 1,000 views.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/277

[m52go]

2019.05 Report

We had a net gain of 74 new subscribers this month.

This month we decided to move from Google Hangouts to Zoom for our live events.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/294

[m52go]

2019.06 Report

We had a net gain of 70 new subscribers this month.

We held all our calls on Zoom this month...I think it worked well enough.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/304

[m52go]

2019.07 Report

We had a net gain of 67 new subscribers this month.

Apparently Google just discontinued Hangouts on Air, so we moved away from it at just the right moment.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/323

[m52go]

2019.08 Report

We had a net gain of 51 new subscribers this month.

New growth call format seems to be doing well. Seeing 100+ views on the first 2 calls, whereas before we'd be lucky to break 80.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/361

[m52go]

2019.09 Report

We had a net gain of 38 new subscribers this month.

New growth call format seems to be doing well, as are recent developer sessions (views may not be high, but those who watch are spending considerable time watching).

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/372

[m52go]

2019.10 Report

We had a net gain of 52 new subscribers this month.

As it turns out, no videos were uploaded in the calendar month of October.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/408

[m52go]

2019.11 Report

We had a net gain of 34 new subscribers this month.

There were 3 calls uploaded in the month of November:

• user-facing overview of v1.2
• discussion of new support initiative
• translator call

Mexico took second place for watch time on the channel, which mirrors growing interest in the contributor base to promote Bisq more in Mexico and Latin America.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/442

[m52go]

2019.12 Report

We had a net gain of 46 new subscribers this month.

Only call uploaded during this month was a growth call on privacy-protecting growth metrics, which was the second-best performing video across the whole account.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/471

[m52go]

2020.01 Report

We had a net gain of 39 new subscribers this month.

Three hugely important calls were uploaded, all related to the reorganization, and all have gotten great reception as measured by thumbs up / thumbs down ratio (none of the videos currently have any thumbs down).

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/497

[m52go]

Cycle 11 Report

We had a net gain of 63 new subscribers this month, more than usual.

We uploaded a handful of videos as the first leg of the March liquidity initiative, focused on dead-simple onboarding to Bisq.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/513

[m52go]

Cycle 12 Report

We had a net gain of 58 new subscribers this month.

Had 2 calls for the March growth initiative, and started a new playlist called Bisq Distilled that will be woven into the new getting-started guide.

It appears YouTube is now forcing their horrible new analytics layout, so this is the best screenshot I can get at the moment. Early reaction to the new Distilled videos seems pretty good.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/540

[m52go]

Cycle 13 Report

We had a net gain of 33 new subscribers in April.

One growth call was uploaded in April. After the incident in the beginning of the month, it didn't seem appropriate to have another call for a while. The next call was held and uploaded just after the month ended.

The remaining Bisq Distilled videos were published during the month.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/572