Welcome to the Connected Church News by Natchi Lazarus.
This news item is part of the top 5 news (Week 3, Jun 2024) specially curated for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
youTube announced that they are starting to experiment a few new features, including the ability to create a QR code for your channel that you can easily share with your audience. But there are three other big news items that I want to bring to your notice. First is a thumbnail testing feature. You can now select three thumbnails and you can do an A/B testing between them and see which performs better for about a two week period and then choose the winner. The next announcement is about expanded YouTube Studio payment experience. So far, creators who are getting paid in USD were able to see all their payment details inside YouTube itself, not having to go to AdSense. Now this is being rolled out to users who are getting paid in all currencies. Note that this feature is available for users who have only one channel connected to one AdSense account. The third feature is @ mentioning of YouTube channels in your comment section.
Here is the full list of the news items from Week 3, Jun 2024 with source links from Apple, AI, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google.
🗞️ News 1: New ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI: Top 3 Useful Takeaways for Media Ministry
Source: Apple
🗞️ News 2: YouTube Tests New Features: Thumbnail Testing, QR Codes, @ Mentions
Source: YouTube
🗞️ News 3: Google Launches ‘Google TV Network’ for Targeted Advertising on CTV
Source: Google
🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Introduces ‘The Wire’ Program, In-Stream Video Ad Placement
Source: Linkedin
🗞️ News 5: WhatsApp Releases AI, Meta Verified & In-Chat Calling for Businesses
Source: WhatsApp
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Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.
