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Create and Publish YouTube Shorts and Videos!
Create and Publish YouTube Shorts and Videos!

Your guide for YouTube publishing through your HeyOrca calendar!

Updated over a week ago

It's now easier than ever to create, collaborate on and publish YouTube shorts and videos from your HeyOrca calendar! With HeyOrca's YouTube Integration, you can schedule shorts and videos to engage with new audiences while being able to #takebackyourday!

Before you begin, here's a few things to note:

  • To publish as a YouTube short, your video must be under 60 seconds

  • The maximum video the length is 10 minutes

  • Shorts aspect ratio: 9:16, recommended landscape video format: 16:9

  • YouTube publishing is available on all plans!

  • You can upload your own custom thumbnail, or choose a frame from your video

  • To upload your own thumbnail, you'll need to verify your channel via a phone number. Click here for more.

Connecting your YouTube Account

Step 1: Visit the calendar settings page

To connect your YouTube account, start by heading over to the Calendar Settings page to add a new account.

Screenshot displaying an arrow pointing to the calendar settings icon

Step 2: Click add YouTube

From the list of Social Account options, click the Add YouTube button!

Arrow pointing to the Add YouTube button in the calendar settings

Step 3: Enable the correct permissions

Next, you'll be prompted to enable the required permissions to connect your account to HeyOrca.

GIF displaying the YouTube account connection process and enabling the required permissions

Note: You'll need to be the owner of the YouTube account you're looking to connect

Creating and Publishing YouTube Content

Step 1: Select create post or drag and drop your Media

To begin creating your YouTube content, hit the Create Post button, or drag and drop your video directly to the calendar to create a post!

GIF showing a YouTube short video file being dragged to create a new post on the calendar

From here, select your desired YouTube channel!

Step 2: Enter in your post details

With your content now uploaded, you can add in your remaining post details including your caption, Visibility settings, and fill out the required Audience settings!

Your Visibility settings allow you to choose who views your content. You can choose to set the video as Public, Private, or Unlisted

Screenshot showing the available options for selecting your content's visiblity

Your post Audience settings is required by YouTube and allows you to choose if your video is made for kids.

Screenshot showing the dropdown options to select if your post's Audience

Add in a title to describe your shorts to your audience below your video thumbnail. Titles are limited to 100 characters.

Screenshot with an arrow pointing to the title field for your YouTube short

Next, add in a description for your video! Here you can add in any relevant information and links for your audience!

Arrow pointing to the description field that can be used to tell your viewers about your video

ProTip: Use our AI Caption generator to easily create engaging video titles and descriptions in seconds!

Step 4: Upload or choose your thumbnail

It's easily to upload your own custom thumbnail to your YouTube shorts or videos, or select a frame from within the video!

To update your thumbnail, click Edit after selecting the elipses menu. From here, use the slider to choose a frame from within your video, or upload your own!

GIF showing how to upload or choose a thumbnal for your YouTube shorts

YouTube requires you to verify your channel by confirming your phone number to upload a custom thumbnail. To learn more about this process, you can click here

Step 5: schedule your post for approval or for publishing!

Once you're happy with everything, you can schedule your content for approval, or schedule it for publishing at your desired time!

GIF showing the Approve post stage button highlighting indicating the post is ready for approval

If you'd like to publish your content right away, you can press Publish Now!

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