Juggling fresh ideas, crafting video strategies, and staying consistent – being a YouTuber involves more than just hitting the record button. ChatGPT can simplify the process by generating ideas and automating key tasks to help you create content on YouTube.
Content
- Brainstorming Video Ideas
- Writing Video Scripts
- Crafting Catchy Titles Optimized for YouTube
- Writing SEO-Friendly Video Descriptions
- Generating Custom Tags
- Creating Custom Video Promotion Strategies
- Improving Video Engagement Using Comments
Brainstorming Video Ideas
The content on YouTube is so saturated that you can find dozens of videos on the same topic with little to no variation. You need to have fresh, unique videos to gain user attention; otherwise, your content will be lost amongst similar content. However, coming up with new, unique videos regularly can be very difficult.
ChatGPT can make this process easier by recommending unique ideas for your next video based on your channel’s focus. You just need to tell it the focus of your channel and ask for new out-of-the-box video ideas.
An example prompt could be: “I run a food YouTube channel focusing on quick and budget-friendly meals for busy people. Suggest 10 unique video ideas that are engaging and useful for my audience.”
Furthermore, it can also help with a video series related to your channel. You can ask it to suggest topics that would allow for multiple videos to be created, then suggest video ideas.
Writing Video Scripts
A well-structured narrative, dialogue, and key points ensure that you keep users hooked and add value to every second of the video. While necessary, writing a video script can be time-consuming and require a significant amount of brainstorming.
ChatGPT can create a full video script based on your demands. You can provide details like video duration, content that must be covered, speaking style, etc. Of course, you’ll have to further edit the video to suit your style and goals, but having a well-structured draft in hand will greatly decrease your work.
Here’s an example prompt: “I run a tech review YouTube channel. I’m reviewing the iPhone 15 and want a detailed script with a mix of humor and facts. The intro should grab attention, and the script should have a ‘pros and cons’ section, ending with a recommendation. Please add timestamps for a 10-minute video.”
In the prompt, you can also add details or data that ChatGPT may not know from its own database, like personal survey results. It will be incorporated into the script in the appropriate sections.
Crafting Catchy Titles Optimized for YouTube
The video title is one of the most important aspects of a video. Not only does it need to be optimized for the YouTube algorithm, but it should also have a catchy title so that users can click on it. ChatGPT can create dozens of YouTube-optimized titles for your videos – you may find the perfect one.
If you already have the video idea and script in hand, give it to ChatGPT and ask it to provide unique titles. If not, provide a small description of what you are covering in the video and anything that stands out.
For example: “I’m reviewing the iPhone 15. Generate 10 catchy and optimized YouTube titles. Make them click-worthy, but not clickbait, and focus on key features, like camera upgrades, performance, and design.” This prompt will generate titles that will grab the attention of users by utilizing important feature upgrades in the iPhone.
Writing SEO-Friendly Video Descriptions
The video description space under videos is extremely versatile and can be used for many things. Apart from summarizing video content, you can add keywords, recommend videos, provide context, or add a call to action. ChatGPT can help you make full use of this space for both SEO and user engagement.
If you have the video script, provide it to ChatGPT and ask it to create an engaging summary of it for a YouTube video description. You can also just provide the video title along with anything special you have covered to get a rough draft that can be edited later.
More importantly, you can ask it to include relevant keywords for SEO, your social media or website links, a CTA to subscribe, other similar videos and playlists, and anything that can improve SEO or user experience.
For example: “I’m posting a 20-minute at-home workout video on YouTube. Write a description optimized for keywords like ‘full-body home workout,’ ‘no equipment workout,’ and ‘quick fitness routine.’ Use motivational language and add a CTA.”
Generating Custom Tags
Although not as impactful, tags are still useful for SEO, especially if you just created your YouTube channel. With ChatGPT, you can generate dozens of tags based on your video title and content.
In most cases, a quick description of the video is enough, as ChatGPT will generate tags based on common searches on the topic. However, you can also provide the video script for even better results.
For example: “I’m uploading a video on YouTube reviewing the iPhone 15 Pro. Generate 15 YouTube tags that cover topics like iPhone 15 Pro camera, battery, design, and performance. Include a mix of long-tail and short-tail tags.”
You may also be interested in using ChatGPT to include tags with commonly misspelled words or words with multiple spellings, to increase visibility, like “travelling” and “traveling.” You’ll have to mention this separately in your prompt.
Creating Custom Video Promotion Strategies
A dedicated video promotion strategy is a must for the success of your channel. However, you can’t just copy any marketing strategy you see and expect to succeed. What has worked for others, may not work for your specific content. For example, Instagram works great for travel vlogs and food videos, but not for software tutorials.
ChatGPT can create a custom marketing strategy for your channel’s content and tell you which channels will be most effective. You just need to tell it the focus of your channel content, how you cover each video, your budget, etc. You can also ask it for a promotion strategy for individual videos if you cover a special video.
For instance: “My YouTube channel reviews the latest smartphones. I upload unboxing videos and camera tests. Suggest custom video promotion strategies to grow my audience organically.”
If you like its recommendations, you can further ask how to execute each strategy. For example, it can tell you that you can use comparison photos of smartphone cameras to promote on Reddit.
Improving Video Engagement Using Comments
Engagement metrics, like comments, play a crucial role in boosting video rankings in search results and suggested feeds. Comments not only signal audience interest, but foster a sense of community around your content. Using ChatGPT, you can enhance interaction on your videos – helping improve rankings, build stronger connections with viewers, and grow subscribers.
Viewers value thoughtful, direct responses from creators, and detailed replies can significantly enhance the viewing experience. ChatGPT enables you to craft personalized, context-aware replies quickly, allowing you to engage with your audience more consistently. This active engagement encourages further interaction, prompting viewers to comment more frequently and boosting overall video performance.
Furthermore, ChatGPT can create strategies to utilize the pinned comment function to engage viewers. Depending on the video content, it can encourage readers to share thoughts, answer questions, create CTAs, or complete a task. For example: “Guess how long it took me to film this video? The closest guess gets a shoutout in the next one!”
ChatGPT can significantly improve your video creation process, boosting creativity and enhancing efficiency for your channel’s success. You can also use hacks to enhance ChatGPT results so that you may get better results over time.
Image credit: Vecteezy. All screenshots by Karrar Haider.
Karrar Haider –
Staff Writer
Karrar is drenched in technology and always fiddles with new tech opportunities. He has a bad habit of calling technology “Killer”, and doesn’t feel bad about spending too much time in front of the PC. If he is not writing about technology, you will find him spending quality time with his little family.
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