How to Add a Subscribe Button to Your YouTube Videos

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It may prove very useful to you to be able to add a subscribe button to not just one video but all of your videos simultaneously. If you produce many videos, this can be a time-saving device that ensures your viewers have the opportunity to find your work again with ease by following you via the subscribe prompt.

Things You Should Know

  • Sign into your channel on YouTube, and click the "Your Channel" button.
  • Click "Customize Channel. Then, hit "Branding" and "Add a Watermark".<refhttps://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10456525?hl=en#zippy=%2Cadd-your-video-watermark</ref>
  • Click Browse and upload the file that you want to use as your subscribe button. Then, click Save to apply your changes.

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    Then click on Branding ("Add a Watermark" feature).
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    There will now appear a subscribe button for each one of your YouTube videos.
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    How do I add clickable Subscribe buttons and bell Icons in my videos?
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    You can just do what is described above by going going to your YouTube channel. Then sign into it and click Video Manager. Then click on branding. Add a watermark feature, then choose your photo logo or picture. Then click Browse and Save.
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      Things You'll Need

      • YouTube account
      • Photo, if using that as the logo

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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/69961?hl=en
      2. ↑ https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10456525?hl=en#zippy=%2Cadd-your-video-watermark

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