Repurpose your IG Reels as YouTube #Shorts
#๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ (currently beta-testing in India) is YouTubeโs short-form video creation tool, similar to ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ก๐จ or ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ . Simply put, theyโre multi-clip, < 60-second, vertical videos designed exclusively for YouTubeโs mobile experience (so not desktop). However, because the product is only in beta, thereโs no in-app tool to build these vids. So, for the time being โ repurpose your IG Reels! All you have to do is add โ#Shortโ to the end of your title when uploading the video to YouTube. YouTube will auto-recognize it as a Short and distribute accordingly. And the view-counts on these are nothing ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต (see what I did there ๐) of spectacular. Perhaps youโve noticed YouTubeโs mobile Home Feed has added a โshelfโ that scrolls right-to-left chalked full of short, vertical videos: #๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐. It could be your next video!
Be advised, thereโs no way to customize the thumbnail/cover-image. Also, you can add a section for these โShort videosโ to your Channelโs home page via YouTube Studio. Remember, though, itโll only be viewable on mobile. Last thing: if you use IG music, youโre not going to have an option to save the video to your camera-roll, as thatโd be a licensing violation. It needs to be original audio.