How to write YouTube titles and descriptions for videos you have already recorded

The crew drafts a title, description and chapter notes for each video from its topic and transcript; after you approve, they publish to your YouTube channel.

Content Crew

When you need this

You record webinars, demos or talks, and they go up with a working title and an empty description.

How the crew does it

  1. Share the video details

    You

    You give the crew the video, its transcript or notes, and what you want a viewer to do after watching.

  2. Draft title and description

    Content Crew

    The crew writes a clear title and a description that says what the video covers, with links and chapter notes where the transcript supports them.

  3. Align with search topics

    Content Crew

    Where the Search Crew has a priority topic that matches, the wording uses the terms people actually search for.

  4. Approve before it goes up

    You

    You check the title, description and any claims, then confirm the channel.

  5. Publish to the channel

    Content Crew

    The approved title and description publish to your connected YouTube channel.

What waits for you

The title, description and links for each video, and the channel it publishes to.

Connect

youtube, Brand voice document

Measured by

Descriptions approved and published, and edits needed before approval.

Limits

The crew writes the words around the video; it does not edit or produce video. Chapter notes need a transcript or your notes to work from.