YouTube Slap Survival Guide Part 2: Experienced Users with One or More Accounts

Posted by JamesHolmes

May 15

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By now you have heard about the “YouTube Slap,” which has resulted in YouTube In part 2 of my 3 part series called “YouTube Slap Survival Guide.”For more back ground see my HUB Page by visiting “How to Survive the YouTube Slap, Build Your Brand and Create Lasting Results,” you can also review YouTubes policies by visiting YouTube “terms of servic e”

As an experienced YouTube user you know the value gained by posting relevant content, participating in the community, viewing others videos and posting comments, and have likely grown your following organically as a result of the value you bring. If you are like me you also had no idea that having more than one account could put your entire YouTube strategy at risk.

If you are in this category you may be feeling a little frustrated by a slap that might impact you even though you are playing by the rules. If you follow these tips you will be able to continue doing a great job providing value to your viewers and building your brand.

1. Decide which of your accounts has the broadest reach and impact on your desired market and make that your official home on YouTube.

2. Step back and take a fresh look at your profile and messaging, ask yourself this simple question, “Am I adding value?”

3. Consider closing all secondary accounts especially if the content is duplicated from your primary channel, your videos are simply hyped up sales pitches, your content is not relevant to your titles and tags, or if you built a following predominantly with friend finder software.

4. If you decide to maintain more than one account you may be at greater risk if you use a common email address for multiple accounts. So consider changing the user email for your secondary accounts.

5. There are conflicting opinions about the role of IP addresses when monitoring accounts. Some who have researched this say that maintaining multiple accounts on one IP address will flag your accounts. I am not an I.T. expert, so I am not certain of all of the details related to this issue. One marketer who had his accounts closed suggested that you call your ISP and find out how to obtain a new IP address.

In addition to these suggestions, I would adhere to all of the recommendations offered to new YouTube users listed in my prior post “YouTube Slap Survival Guide Part 1: The New YouTube User”

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