The YouTube Template is one of Heyo’s new social media templates that allows you to feature your videos on your Facebook Page! The content displays in a very simple way – much like the layout of Youtube – with your most recent content first. Here, we will take a look at the YouTube Template, its features, and how to use it to present your videos to your Facebook fans.
Note: We here at Heyo are constantly trying to improve our templates, and, as such, these overviews are subject to change.
The YouTube Template is a very simple, easy-to-use campaign that allow you to consolidate social media content onto your fan page. Like our contest templates, the Heyo YouTube Template is also mobile optimized.
YouTube Template features include:
First, go to your dashboard in Heyo, and click on the orange “Create a Campaign” button. Under the “Social Templates” option on the menu on the right side of the screen, click on “YouTube.”
Click on the orange “Save and Continue” button at the bottom of the menu when you’ve selected the YouTube template. This will take you to an example YouTube channel, and all you need to do to make it your own is click on it. The first thing you’ll need to do is choose whether you want to display your entire channel, or just a playlist (I’m choosing to display my playlist here).
Next, you’ll place your YouTube channel or playlist URL in the “YouTube Playlist URL” (or “YouTube Username” depending on whether your chose channel or playlist). Go to your YouTube account and get the URL from either your channel or the playlist you want to show, and paste it here! Remember to click “Save Changes” at the bottom right.
Once you’ve customized every widget on the template, be sure to check out the ‘Options’ tab on the upper right-hand side of the screen.
Here is where you can customize the Meta Data that appears on Facebook for your campaign, as well as add Tracking Script to track stats specific to your campaign. You also have the ability to add Google Analytics to your campaign – instructions on how to use these options can be found here.
You can customize the background of the YouTube Template. You can upload a background image using, select a background color using the Heyo Color Picker, or select one of Heyo’s preset backgrounds.
When you’re done editing, make sure to click the orange “Save and Preview” button.
Here, you’ll be able to select where you want to publish your campaign, and preview how it will look each way. Publish to Facebook, mobile, and web.
Click on “Select Fan Page” if you are publishing to Facebook, then just click on the page you want to publish to. You can upload a thumbnail and change the name of your campaign (this is optional). You can also choose to Pro-publish (more information on that here). When you’re ready, just click on the orange “Publish” button!
After you publish, a confirmation bubble will pop up, letting you know that your contest is successfully published. It’ll also give you a Smart URL to share with your fans to direct them to your campaign. You can find more information on Smart URL here.
Is there an issue I didn’t cover in this overview? Contact us at support@heyo.com and we’ll help you out.
