Here's a tip:
If you plan to set up a new, separate YouTube account to create a channel just for your real estate business... don't forget to think about how you want to use CAPITIALIZATION of words in your user name. Because after the account is created, you cannot change the capitialization.
When the public channel is viewed, you probably would prefer the username to display as
SuzySmith's Channel
instead of suzysmith's Channel.
Remember it can't be changed. And forget about deleting the account, and setting up a new one with the revised user name. Folks in the Google help forums say it can't be done.
You can use the change the channel's title, and the title's larger font helps draw the viewer's eye away from the missed capitialization. But still.
Sample of capitialization boo-boo:
Another YouTube account with improved capitialization:
The Devil is in the details, indeed. :-)
I guess I need to check out this you tube stiff next...I am such a slow learner!
Cheryl,
Good point!!! And thanks for sharing...you are right...the details are tremendously important!
Cheryl, One of my goals this year is to start putting videos on You Tube (I'm a lttle behind) So, after you put a video on it's there forever and can't be deleted? Guess I better be sure before posting?
Dena, you can delete videos whenever you want.
What you can't change is the username of your account. And if you delete a username, the name evidently is kept unavailable, so you can't delete and reopen it just to correct the capitialization.
I think this sytem is used by other services, as well as YouTube, so it's a good idea to pay attention to which letters you'd like to show capitialized whenever you create a username anywhere.
References:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=39e568aaefaa89d0&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=5afbb3cfd8049eab&hl=en
Another thought: Match usernames to web site domain names....
So, since the company YouTube channel is now forever and ever stuck with all lower case letters, I might as well tell myself it really doesn't make any difference.
As long as the channel contains some top notch, excellent, informative videos, no one will notice the little capitialization gaff. Sigh.
Final thought: If YouTube would make the first letter of Channel lower case channel, the error would not be quite so noticeable. :-)
Good advice. When I created my ActiveRain account my username was just random, and I didn't realize it's potential SEO and other importance until I had too many points. ONE DAY ActiveRain will allow us to customize those names ... one day ;)