When starting a new channel on YouTube, what’s a key area to assess first?
- Audience sentiment
- Subscription revenue
- Social media promotion
- Mission and branding
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Youtube Channel Growth Assessment Exam Answers
Assess channel and monetization performance leveraging knowledge of the YouTube ecosystem and platform strategies.
Audience: Channel managers and strategists
Topics Covered: Platform Overview, Channel Assessment, Channel Revenue
110 questions in the Exam. Total 121
Time limit: 120 minutes
Exam
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Produce more content that matches popular trends of teen girls and set a publishing schedule to align with after-school hours.
Keep the content the same, but do more promotion on social media.
Keep the content the same, but change the publishing schedule to be late at night.
Change the content to be about travel, and try a monthly publishing schedule.
Assess competitors' content and duplicate their content strategy.
Set watch time and subscriber goals.
Encourage the channel to solely focus on viral content.
Evaluate the channel's role in the ecosystem and how it can leverage the other elements of the ecosystem.
CPMs don't fluctuate, they are a fixed value across the year.
They dip at the end of the year and rise at the beginning of the year.
They rise at the beginning of the quarter and dip at the end of the quarter.
CPMs rise at the end of a quarter and dip at the beginning of a quarter.
Determine which languages are spoken by viewers of the original video.
Forecast how much budget to allocate to translating videos.
Analyze the performance of localized content.
See which keywords are most popular in different regions.
To verify the macro level market trends that influence viewership, CPM, and ad rates.
To identify how each country contibutes to overall revenue based on viewership and CPMs.
To identify the potential advertising agencies in each country to target.
To identify the demographics in each country.
Check channel art on mobile screens.
See if video titles have important keywords in front.
Look at video thumbnails at smaller size.
Change the font for the channel description.
Change the programming schedule based on comments from early fans.
Determine what your most popular search terms are.
Identify what types of content appeal to the audience.
There's no value in reading comments.
YouTube allows brands and creators to get infront of audiences at critical moments in the consumer journey.
YouTube allows brands and creators to upload short videos.
YouTube enables brands to increase ad formats.
YouTube decreases time between upload and impression.
Are important words in all caps?
What is visible on the top 3 lines?
Does the description use correct punctuation?
Do the video title and description start with the same word?
So that you can enable different ad formats.
So that ads can run on the channel.
So that you can enable monetization on the channel.
So that you can get paid for ad revenue.
Leverage your community to crowd source captions and metadata translations.
Identify local talent and create a dubbed version of the video to improve the native viewing experience.
Do nothing, viewership contribution from other countries has minimal impact on revenue.
Produce a new video on the same topic with top creators in that market.
Display ads
Auction ads
Skippable reserve
Non-skippable reserve
Views and watch time
Estimated monetized playbacks (EMPs)
CPM
All of these should be included when you pull your top level performance metrics.
Rentals
Brand deals
Crowdfunding
Ad revenue
The video is on a channel that has not enabled monetization.
The channel manager has blocked ads from many sensitive categories.
The video contains age-restricted material.
The video was uploaded from an unmonetizable country.
Organize playlists according to a theme.
Remove videos that are older than 6 months.
Assemble a “Best of” playlist to highlight most watched videos.
Add curated playlists (such as video collabs).
Does the audience watching our videos match our intended target demographic?
Why did our recent video go viral?
Which YouTube Analytics report contains demographic information?
How can we get a lot of younger viewers to care about our content?
Eliminate or shorten elements that consistently result in dips and declines.
Ensure the title, thumbnail, and description reflect the video content.
Examine bumps and consider including similar elements in future videos.
Create more videos similar to this one, since this is regarded as the ideal audience retention.
Total watch time associated with cards
Merchandise purchased from direct links in cards
Ratio of clicks to card impressions
Average view duration of videos with cards
Most important keywords are in front.
Serial content includes episode number at end.
Title and thumbnail work together to tell a compelling story.
Titles contain information on the video upload schedule.
Opportunity for inspirational content
Need for content syndication
Lack of interest in entertainment
Demand for educational content
1. Connect channel with AdSense 2. Turn ad formats on the videos 3. Enable the channel for monetization.
1. Enable the channel for monetization 2. Connect channel with AdSense 3. Turn ad formats on the videos.
1. Turn ad formats on the videos 2. Connect channel with AdSense 3. Enable the channel for monetization.
1. Select videos to monetize 2. Connect channel with AdSense 3. Enable the channel for monetization.
Visualize a pie chart with relative performance data.
Plot real-time data on an interactive map.
Filter reports by content owner.
See the performance of up to 25 videos at a glance.
The audience retention rate for the comedy series is 70%.
The channel uploads 50% more videos than any other channel in the same category.
External websites drive 80% of the traffic sources.
The watch time is growing 20% QoQ.
Use the Revenue report to break down how well each ad type is performing.
Skippable video ads always generate the most revenue.
Use the Ad rates report to compare the estimated revenue amounts generated from each ad type.
In-stream ads always generate the most revenue.
To see whether watch time patterns map to the video release schedule
To determine if the content is advertiser-friendly
To predict watch time for a future series
To confirm that the content matches the audience demographic
Compare performance with a competitor's channel.
Compare forecasted revenue with actual revenue.
Compare YouTube Analytics data with data from third-party sources.
Compare performance metrics between two separate time periods.
An ad that will be requested if no auction ads are available
An ad that will be requested before auction ads
An ad with the guaranteed highest CPMs
An ad provided by an established YouTube partner
Investigate what can be done to increase performance of these videos.
Disable monetization on these videos.
Update the channel's mission statement.
Immediately change these videos to private.
Your company logo
A photo of famous celebrities
Your mission statement
An animated GIF
They can only be sold and served via Google's Ad Exchange, or AdWords for video.
Because impressions are guaranteed, advertisers are charged a fixed rate.
Because impressions are guaranteed, advertisers are charged a variable rate.
Because impressions cannot be guaranteed, advertisers are charged a variable rate.
Collaborations
Explicit language
Parodies
Trending topics
Video title
Branding watermark
What to Watch Next module
About tab
Channels are not able to block the different types of ads that may show up on their channel.
Channels can only block all ads or show all ads.
Channels can block the types of ads that may be inappropriate to the channel, like sensitive or age-appropriate ads or competing ads.
Channels can pick which advertiser can show ads on their channel.
An ad sold to the highest bid
An ad from from non-YouTube partners
An ad from a non-YouTube ad network
Does not exist.
The channel's comments.
Ad placement is only determined by the channel's content.
Sponsorship deals are required before ad placement is possible.
Audience demographic, engagement of the viewers, and content category
A pattern consisting of spikes in watch time soon after publishing each video
A drop in watch time after publishing the video, followed by a spike 30 days later
Little or no increase in watch time soon after publishing each video
A huge spike in watch time soon after publishing the video
They watch content on multiple devices.
They tend to spend more time watching than viewers who are not subscribed.
They are more likely to find content in YouTube search.
They probably pay closer attention to ads than non-subscribers.
Top keywords people search for to find your videos
Top 10 trending searches on Google
Most popular keywords by gender, age, and geography
Keywords used by subscribers
Viewer comments include keywords found in your tags.
Channel trailer showcases the mission and brand.
Video titles, tags, and descriptions accurately represent the content.
Suggested videos are similar to your playlists.
Subscribers compelled by the video would tell all their friends.
Subscribers would try to subscribe again.
Viewers would be more likely to watch the trailer again.
Viewers compelled by the video would subscribe.
Males, ages 18-24, living in the United States
Males, ages 13-34, living in Canada
Females, ages 35-45, living in Brazil
Males, ages 35-45, living in the United States
Rank traffic sources in order of importance to the channel.
Look at a multi-line graph of traffic sources over a date range.
Compare traffic sources from different days of the week.
Group videos by content format, then contrast their traffic sources.
To help serve the most lucrative ad to the right viewer at the right time.
To help brands target only audiences they're interested in.
To help creators share their most creative ads to advertisers.
To help viewers watch their favorite ads.
Add at least 5 cards to each video.
Include a verbal call-to-action when the card appears.
Enable cards for desktop viewers only.
Insert all cards in the first 15 seconds of the video.
Use a different name and logo across social media so the YouTube channel is unique.
Enable optional tabs or buttons in social media feeds to link to YouTube.
Update copy on social profile pages to highlight your YouTube channel.
Add teasers or clips on social media to promote recent video uploads.
You will see a gradual slope of watch time increase from your non-subscribers.
You will see a spike in subscriber watch time after a video is published.
You will see an oscillating curve of watch time from your subscribers.
You will see a steep decline in watch time from your subscribers.
Compare the audience retention rate of a group of videos in the series to the channel average.
Compare the ratio of likes to dislikes.
Use the audience retention report to set a baseline for all videos.
Analyze how the first video in the series performed in the first 24 hours.
Check out Google Trends for high-volume searches in the category.
Explore collaborations or cross-promotions to amplify content.
Model the programming schedule after another channel with a lot of subscribers.
Communicate the publishing schedule in the video description.
See what these videos have in common so you can replicate these elements.
Change the metadata on these videos.
See what these videos have in common so you can minimize these elements.
Change the content strategy to target non-subscribers.
Reserve ads guarantee impressions and have higher costs than auction ads.
Ad networks can participate in auctions.
Auction ads can be bought on a fixed rate.
Reserve ads are served via AdSense.
The spikes could represent the changes in the number of likes/dislikes.
The spikes could correspond to when subscribers watch new releases.
The spikes could correspond to a consistent upload schedule.
The spikes could represent a periodic fluctuation in viewership over time.
You can analyze non-controversial topics.
You can better refine the content strategy based on what seems to be most liked by the audience.
You can conclude that liked videos were added to many playlists.
You can develop a plan to produce a viral video hit.
Communicate the publishing schedule in the video description.
Model the programming schedule after another channel with a lot of subscribers.
Check out Google Trends for high-volume searches in the category.
Explore collaborations or cross-promotions to amplify content.
Ensure the title, thumbnail, and description reflect the video content.
Examine bumps and consider including similar elements in future videos.
Create more videos similar to this one, since this is regarded as the ideal audience retention.
Eliminate or shorten elements that consistently result in dips and declines.
Customize content for tablets and game consoles.
Partner with additional websites to drive more traffic to the channel.
Optimize video metadata for YouTube search.
Notify subscribers about every new video.
Spikes and drops in particular traffic sources over time
The number of traffic sources divided by the number of viewers
Split between external and YouTube traffic sources
Highest traffic source and the top 5 traffic sources
Number of times an end screen element is shown and clicked
Audience retention of end screen elements
Like and dislikes for each end screen
Demographic profile of viewers who click on end screens
Populate the top section with popular videos.
Create no more than 3 sections.
Reorder sections every week to keep content fresh.
Assemble sections to appeal primarily to long-time subscribers.
Viewers, fans, brands
Viewers, Creators, Advertisers
Creators, Gamers, Musicians
Channel managers, Content managers, Production managers
Do nothing, these automatically display.
Opt out of ad categories.
Age gate your channel.
Opt into sensitive ads.
Always call out the gender and age range that sounds favorable to advertisers.
Identify the target audience and why they would be interested in the channel.
Appeal to a universal audience so that the channel can grow quickly.
Avoid mentioning the audience because you may not know who is watching.
The approximate number of the channel’s views that resulted in an ad impression
The approximate number of monetized views that resulted from an ad shown
The approximate number of subscribers who saw an ad
The approximate number of playbacks that had allowable ads for monetization
To measure short-term performance improvements.
To compare online and offline advertising budgets.
To establish a baseline benchmark to compare against goals.
To determine which single video contributed the most revenue.
Conduct a competitive analysis to determine what demographic responds well to the types of content the channel makes.
Go with your instincts.
Conduct an online poll.
Review the channel's Demographics report.
Ensure the title, thumbnail, and description reflect the video content.
Create more videos similar to this one, since this is regarded as the ideal audience retention.
Review the content around the dips and consider eliminating or shortening elements that consistently result in dips and declines.
Edit the video so it ends at the initial dip.
Experiment with two different programming strategies to see the results
Develop a roadmap for growing a channel and business on YouTube
Collect and analyze subscriber data from YouTube Analytics
Ask important questions to uncover key learnings about a channel
A message to political leaders to reform government
An amusing interview with reporter outtakes
A request for subscribers to provide funding for new content
Video clip examples of these underreported stories and a call-to-action to subscribe
Efficiently provide access to high-quality services as well as endeavor to proactively embrace best-of-breed deliverables.
Make great content that everyone will love and share.
Give people a voice and a chance to succeed, bring them together, and show them the world.
Bring the most delicious food content around --- with features, explainers, animations, recipes, and much more.
Which groups of videos are being watched the most by subscribers?
What should we do next on our channel?
Does the audience demographic on the channel's latest video series match the expected demographic?
What percentage of our viewers come from mobile devices?
Review how much this series alone affects overall watch time.
Review traffic sources to see how different audiences are discovering this new series.
Do nothing, since audience match is not important for channel growth.
Make a decision on whether the content in this series should change.
Use the Subscribers report and select "Subscribers lost" for the last 30 days.
Use the Comments report and filter for comments from non-subscribers.
Use the Watch time report overlayed with the comparison metric “subscribers”.
Use the Watch time report overlayed with the comparison metric “audience preference".
Check out Google Trends for high-volume searches in the category.
Explore collaborations or cross-promotions to amplify content.
Communicate the publishing schedule in the video description.
Model the programming schedule after another channel with a lot of subscribers.
Keep your videos as English only to stay focused on your primary audience.
Add subtitles/CC and localized metadata for these countries' languages.
Produce dubbed videos in Spanish and Portuguese and start new channels for these languages.
Produce new videos in Spanish and Portuguese with local talent immediately.
Privacy settings
Differing video resolution across videos
Number of likes and dislikes
Enablement of different ad formats
Review the Revenue report to get final earnings from each of the different ad types.
Review the Benchmark report to review your revenue streams.
Review the Transaction revenue report to see how many times ads were sold on your videos.
Review the Ad rates report to see how different types of ads are performing.
YouTube Analytics
YouTube Blog
Google Insights
YouTube Dashboard
There is a direct correlation between discovery and video length.
You need to understand who is visiting the channel in order to serve the appropriate ads to them.
Knowledge of discovery allows you to optimize the channel for optimum views.
Channels with lower discovery should focus solely on viral videos.
Average percentage viewed
Subscribed & non-subscribed
Videos published
Videos added
Overlay, Skippable, Display
Skippable, Display Overlay
Skippable, Overlay, Display
Overlay, Display, Skippable
Instream, Overlay, Display
Overlay, Instream, Display
Display, Overlay, Instream
Instream, Display, Overlay
Organize separate reports into groups so it's easier to find data in one place.
Divide videos into groups to see how viewers engage with different content formats.
Assemble videos into groups so viewers can discover related videos.
Assign team members to groups so only managers can access financial data.
Examine bumps and consider including similar elements in future videos.
Create more videos similar to this one, since this is regarded as the ideal audience retention.
Eliminate or shorten elements that consistently result in dips and declines.
Ensure the title, thumbnail, and description reflect the video content.
To see the actual number of subscribers that watched the ad and commented on the video.
To see which type of ad brought in the most revenue.
To see how the ad rates are affected by viewer engagement.
To see the approximate ratio of how many views resulted in an ad being served and how it is trending over time.
Whether the production quality meets broadcast standards
Verification that the channel's audience is large enough to be profitable for advertisers
Evidence that the channel has been whitelisted
Content that does not have graphic or explicit content.
Poor audience match could cause the channel to lose its existing watch time.
Good audience match could improve the target demographics.
Good audience match could improve the ad rates on the channel's videos.
Poor audience match could slow channel growth and/or reduce audience retention.
A flat slope that hovers near 100%
Steep decline
Sudden spike in middle
Large bumps and dips
Will subscribers buy my product or service?
What are the traffic sources most used by non-subscribers?
How does the channel branding influence the perception of non-subscribers?
What are the characteristics of the videos enjoyed by subscribers?
The category determines the channel mission.
It is helpful to know all categories on YouTube.
Each category only has one right way to optimize a channel.
There are category specific best practices that can help optimize a channel.
There were seasonal fluctuations in advertiser spending.
More mobile viewership occured.
Viewership grew and generated more revenue than the amount of revenue lost from the lower CPMs.
Fewer types of ads were shown on the channel's videos.
Metadata is used to surface videos in YouTube search.
Metadata controls whether a video can be embedded on other sites.
Metadata helps advertisers target videos by demographic.
Metadata prevents identical videos from being uploaded to YouTube.
Engaged viewers
YouTube Red subscribers
Browser bookmarks
Embedded third-party sponsorships
Ask questions, implement next steps, measure and analyze
Measure and analyze, ask questions, implement next steps
Ask questions, measure and analyze, implement next steps
Implement next steps, ask questions, measure and analyze
Conduct A/B testing for one video with 5 different thumbnails
Examine every thumbnail and ensure no two thumbnails look similar
Do a side-by-side comparison of 10 thumbnails against a similar channel
Review the Thumbnails report to see likes and dislikes
Video upload schedule
Poll card so viewers can vote on videos
Photos of hosts or creators
Transcript of channel trailer
More adults prefer cable TV over online video platforms.
Teens and millennials are watching more live broadcast TV.
Viewers are shifting from passive viewers to active viewers.
Viewers are on fewer devices when watching TV.
To determine which video and what type of creative drives viewers to subscribe
To determine which device your non-subscribers are watching your content from
To see where subscribers drop off in your video
To identify how views affect your subscriber count
Change the publishing schedule so new videos release at 8am in Asia.
Create playlists exclusively for Asian audiences.
Identify the top Asian countries, then consider adding translated captions and metadata for the top performing videos.
Hire a voice actor to dub over every video into all Asian languages.
Selling remarketing lists of video viewers
Claiming ownership of fan reaction videos
Producing content that is eligible for monetization
Conducting Brand Lift surveys
To deter viewers from skipping ads
To inform programming and format choices
To determine which video is most likely to become a standout hit
To flag content that is offensive or inappropriate
Use the Engagement report to find out which viewers watched through the videos.
Use multi-line view to break apart the audiences per video.
Use the compare function to see demographics for last year versus this year.
Group videos together and look at the Demographics report.
Subscribe button
Banner and icon
Up next layout
Playlists
In-Video Overlay
Display ads
Skippable Auction
Bumper Ads
Group videos by date uploaded, and dig into seasonal fluctuations in watch time performance.
Group videos by each content format, and look at their watch time performance across a specific period.
Group videos randomly, and look for patterns that emerge across the formats.
Group videos by content format, and compare watch time performance from specific times of the day.
To see how the new audience corresponds with the channel's mission and content
To find out where the old audience went
To set a new benchmark for audience engagement
To see the new ratio of 18-24 year old females to 25-34 year old males
Informs viewers of the channel's social media links
Allows viewers to subscribe to the channel without leaving the video they are watching
Prevents anyone from using the content without permission
Enables an audio chime to be embedded in every video to identify the brand
Thumbnails are low-resolution images so that they load quickly.
Thumbnails correctly set viewer expectations about content.
Thumbnails look visually compelling.
Any words in thumbnails are easy to read.
Hire a major graphic design agency.
Use the Mobile Simulation Tool.
Ask viewers to add comments if they detect any issues.
Download YouTube's Channel Art Templates.
Do we have a channel trailer?
How many videos have cards enabled?
Which videos are watched the most by subscribers versus non-subscribers?
What is our largest traffic source?
To distinguish how subscribers and non-subscribers interact with your calls-to-action
To identify how subcribers are engaging with your content
To determine which device your non-subscribers are discovering your content from
To focus your promotional efforts where subscribers are discovering your content
Never
In the first hours
When the video hits 1 million views
1 week later
Average view duration for subscribers
YouTube content ratings
Top Charts on Google Trends
Asset performance
Mission and branding
Social media promotion
Audience sentiment
Subscription revenue
Enabled
Auction
Reserve
Overage
Educational
Inspirational
All formats
Entertaining
Compare the revenue in one of your series to look at overall growth year-over-year.
Create groups of videos and look at the publishing schedule for one demographic.
Group these videos together and compare how these videos perform among your target demographic profile.
Compare each video by traffic sources and playback locations using a multi-line graph.
All formats
Entertaining
Educational
Inspirational
Inspirational
Entertaining
Educational
All formats
Little or no increase in watch time soon after publishing each video
A drop in watch time after publishing the video, followed by a spike 30 days later
A huge spike in watch time soon after publishing the video
A pattern consisting of spikes in watch time soon after publishing each video
Examine bumps and consider including similar elements in future videos.
Ensure the title, thumbnail, and description reflect the video content.
Eliminate or shorten elements that consistently result in dips and declines.
Examine at what point people leave videos, and determine if there is an opportunity to tighten up the content.
Little or no increase in watch time soon after publishing each video
A drop in watch time after publishing the video, followed by a spike 30 days later
A huge spike in watch time soon after publishing the video
A pattern consisting of spikes in watch time soon after publishing each video
When starting a new channel on YouTube, what’s a key area to assess first?
What is an example of YouTube Analytics data that can help you with your business goal?
What is the suggested time to respond to viewer comments?
Why is it important to identify the traffic sources of subscribers?
Which one of the following questions would need multiple measurements?
How can you easily find out how channel visuals look on mobile devices?