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Prerequisites
Before creating a YouTube post, you first need to connect your YouTube account in your account settings. Learn more about Connecting your Owned Social Accounts.
Creating an YouTube Post
To create a YouTube post in Engage, follow these steps:
Click the Engage drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar
Select Publish
Click Create in the top right-hand corner
Click Post
Select the check box to the left of the YouTube account you want to publish to
Compose your post
Video attachment; 2 GB limit
Video title; 100 character limit
Video description; 5000 character limit
Privacy: Public or Private
Advanced Settings
Allow embedding: allow users to embed your video on their sites
YouTube tags: tag the video with tags on YouTube
Playlists: add this video to one of your channel playlists
Category: choose from the available YouTube default video categories
License rights & ownership: Standard YouTube License
Video attachment: 2 GB limit
Once you've formatted all the details of your post, navigate to Post time and select when you would like your post to be published.
Now
Schedule date and time
Save as draft
Select an Approval process (optional). Learn more about Assigning Your Social Posts for Approval.
Select Tags (optional). Learn more about Managing Your Social Posts with Tags.
Note: Custom Thumbnail -Engage does not currently support custom thumbnail selection.
Learn more about Publishing on other platforms:
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