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How To Become YouTube Famous with David Walsh
Cross-Platform Promotion, Driving Traffic to YouTube
Promoting YouTube content on other social platforms requires specific tactics because LinkedIn and Facebook often penalize external links. Walsh recommends posting a thumbnail with text and placing the link in the first comment to bypass algorithm suppression. He also suggests using niche forums and Reddit to find "rabid" communities interested in specific topics, which signals to YouTube that the content is valuable.
