TubularInsights (fka ReelSEO) - Latest Comments in YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Chris Guthrie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:00:55 -0000

I spent some more time playing with it and it looks like it's just having issues displaying if there is an image included I'm going to spend some more time to figure it out though.

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Mark Robertson — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:33:15 -0000

Chris,

Let me see if I can find out as I actually havent yet had the time to play with this too much. Does the call to action show on the video landing page as opposed to on the channel? Also, let me know if you find an answer before I get back to ya.
What is the url for the video?

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Chris Guthrie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:26:38 -0000

Can you confirm if the call to action ONLY displays when a user clicks through via a promotion?

Because I set up a promoted video, added the call to action and my call to action does not display when I just go to the video through my channel.

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Mark Robertson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:13:04 -0000

Thanks Josh, let us know how it goes

Sent from my iPhone

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

josh mcnair — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:29 -0000

Thank you for the information, i love this website, and am currently working with my adwords team to set up promoted videos, the call to action overlay sounds awesome, i hope it works well though

Re: YouTube Adds Call-to-Action Overlays - Drive Action Off YouTube

Tim Street — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:57 -0000

It sure would be nice if those clicks could be tracked in Google Analytics and incorporated into campaigns with AdSense.

The thing about Google and YouTube that drive me crazy is that it's soooo hard to figure out how things work or how to get to the thing you want or need inside AdSense. I'm not sure if their behind the scenes design has gotten better or if I just have gotten use to where things are.