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Prerequisites

Before creating a YouTube post, you first need to connect your YouTube account in your account settings. Learn more about Connecting your Owned Social Accounts.

Creating an YouTube Post

To create a YouTube post in Engage, follow these steps:

1. Click the Engage drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

2. Select Publish

3. Click Create in the top right-hand corner

4. Click Post

5. Select the check box to the left of the YouTube account you want to publish to

6. Compose your post

   1. Video attachment; 2 GB limit

       

      Note: Learn about Dragging and Dropping Media Assets into Your Composer.

       

   2. Video title; 100 character limit

   3. Video description; 5000 character limit

   4. Privacy: Public or Private

   5. Advanced Settings

      1. Allow embedding: allow users to embed your video on their sites

      2. YouTube tags: tag the video with tags on YouTube

      3. Playlists: add this video to one of your channel playlists

      4. Category: choose from the available YouTube default video categories

      5. License rights & ownership: Standard YouTube License

   6. Video attachment: 2 GB limit

7. Click the First Comment drop-down to add a first comment as needed

8. To customize your Thumbnail

   1. Ensure you are in the channel-specific tab

   2. Hover over your video thumbnail

   3. Select the Edit drop-down

   4. Select Thumbnail

   5. Choose a thumbnail from existing video stills or upload a custom image.

   6. Select Update

       

      Note:

      • To edit YouTube thumbnails, YouTube requires that you verify your phone number to receive intermediate and advanced features. This is not unique to Meltwater. YouTube requires this step to edit thumbnails on their native platform. Learn how to do this here.

      • Thumbnail changes cannot be applied to YouTube Shorts. If your video is less than 60 seconds long and in portrait orientation, it will automatically be published as a Short and the thumbnail changes will not apply.

    

9. Once you've formatted all the details of your post, navigate to Post time and select when you would like your post to be published.

   1. Now

   2. Schedule date and time

   3. Save as draft

10. Select an Approval process (optional). Learn more about Assigning Your Social Posts for Approval.

11. Select Tags (optional). Learn more about Managing Your Social Posts with Tags.

Note: Custom Thumbnail -Engage does not currently support custom thumbnail selection.