Submit

Hello, and thank you for looking in to how to submit a post. I really appreciate the help of the community in running this blog, so thanks! When submitting a post, here are some formating rules:

(1) If you wish to include a video at a specific point in your post, then please copy the video URL, and then do this: Simply paste the video URL you wish to use where it says ‘yourvideourl’

(2)If you wish to include a picture at a certain point in your post then position the picture where you want it to be in the post in your email, but if you can not then put:  [pic - nameofthepicture] and put the name of the picture you want to use where it says ‘nameofthepicture’, and then attach the picture you want to be placed there to the email. You can use multiple pictures if you wish to

(3) If you wish to include a link in your post then do this: If the sentence is “This is my camera.” for example, and you wish to put a clickable link to your camera on the word ‘camera’ then do this: “This is my camera[thelink]” and put the link where it says ‘thelink’.

(4) when stating YouTubers do this: When you first mention a NZYT’er write it like this: “And Marc (BarkMarc)” and I will put a clickable link to their YouTube channel where it says their username. And then when you mention the NZYT’er again simply call them by their name or use a personal pronoun.

(5) I start my posts like this: “Hey guys, Ryan (TheRyanLamont) here…” and so must you, so we know the author of the post. You don’t have to have ‘Hey guys’ but you do need “-greeting-, -name- (channel) …”

(6) At the end of the post I put “Thanks for reading guys -Ryan Lamont” and you can choose whatever farewell you wish, and then put “-your name[Plus the link you wish me to use for your name]“

(7) also, before the post you can state a preferable title, what category you think this post belongs in, what the topic of the piece is and the tags (which will be the NZYT’ers you mention)

(8) Also, I wont change your piece of writing, so please thoroughly check it for spelling and grammatical mistakes.

That’s all the formatting things, now here is a bunch of topics/ideas you can write about. You don’t have to write about one of the ones stated below, they’re just prompts.

Tips&Tricks

-Tips&Tricks posts are tutorials, tips or advice posts on topics that will help NZYT’ers better their skills. Whether it be topics on how to make videos (how to come up with ideas, how to compose a vlog, how to edit a  vlog, what to edit a vlog with, what lighting to use, when you should upload, how to gain confidence to vlog, how to improve, etc.) or whether it be how-tos about the process after the video is uploaded  (How to use Twitter to promote videos, how to use Facebook to promote videos, How to promote your videos, how to engage with subscribers, how to make videos that people will comment on, how to encourage people to ‘like’ videos, etc.). There are plenty of topics various NZYT’ers would love to learn more about, so if you have a little insight on some of them, then write a Tips&Tricks post! Here is an example post.

Spotlights

Have you found a new NZYT’er that is struggling to get views, even though they have brilliantly edited videos? Do you want to try increase a daily vloggers views by giving them a feature on the blog? Do you know a a NZYT’er who deserves more subscribers? Then write a Spotlight piece about them! All you have to do is write about that NZYT’er, what they do and why people should go and subscribe/watch. Here is an example post.

Your YouTube History

A new feature I’m hoping to bring to the blog is the “Your Youtube History” feature, in which NZYT’ers tell us of their YouTube History. You can mention things like: what brought you to YouTube, how you found the NZYT community, gatherings you’ve experienced, influential NZYT’ers/YouTubers that have affected you, Favourite videos, Subscriber milestones, NZYT-related memories (e.g. skype chats, gatherings, videos, collabs) and other things like that. I think this will help the NZYT community to come together, since we’ll be able to learn more about each other and understand each other. Also, you can do this as a written post or a video. I hope to see some YouTube histories submitted soon!

NZYT Collab videos

Have an idea for an awesome collab video? Want to involve the NZYT community in your next video project? Then write a post about it and submit it! Be sure to include specifications such as: length of video you’d like submitted, quality, perspective ratio, deadline for entries and other such necessary information. Here is anexample post.

Guest Blogs

In a guest blog you can simply talk of anything NZYT-related. Have some predictions for the year? Ideas for the NZYT community? Found some information that may benefit the NZYT Community? Do you wish to write about a funny memory of “The Big NZYT Chat”? Want to write about a memory from a NZYT gathering? Or want to write about anything else NZYT-related? Then write a guest blog! Here is an example post.

Themed video posts

Have an idea for a themed video post? Some themed video posts I’ve done have included Christmas videos and New Year’s Resolution videos. If you find a group of Valentines Day themed videos from NZYT, or a bunch of Easter-themed videos for example then collect them up and make them into a wee post! I’ll usually write about the obvious ones such as Christmas and New Years. But if you find a group of videos all about NZYT’s opinions on alcohol, or a bunch of videos all about school then feel free to submit a post, since I probably wont have written about them. here’s an example post.

General Updates

Do you know a NZYT that has recently become a YouTube Partner? Why not write about and congratulate them in a General updates post? Or do you know someone who has just reached a grand subscriber milestone, 1,000 or even 10,000 subscribers perhaps? Or maybe you know of an interesting project, such as Project4Awesome, which NZYT may wish to take part in? Any of these topics would make a great general update post! Here is an example post.

Then once you’ve written your post, send it to nzytcommunity@gmail.com ! Thanks for reading this guys, and I look forward to seeing your posts!