newI was looking for ways to increase my daily viewing figures on Youtube, when I happened upon a tool that they have in Beta at the moment. They call it "Annotations".
It lets you to put link text and/or hotspots on your videos. When I watch videos on youtube, I don't normally pay much attention to what else is on that web page. As a maker of videos myself, that is not very encouraging. However, with this tool, I can make a link pop up on the video, and that is more likely to be noticed.
So I went through most of my videos and added annotations that link back to my channel. It took me a long time. They've only been on for a day, but I've already seen a hike in traffic. Especially to my channel viewings. So it appears that it is working so far.
This is a link to my Channel on Youtube. Where most of the Annotations point to:
Now for the latest on my Youtube numbers, followed by a snippet of news 
I now have a total of 662 Subscribers.
The channel viewings are moving now and currently stand at 14,509.
The total video views are now at 216,799. It's looking like the quarter of a million figure will be passed before the end of July.
Now for a bit of news. I'm releasing an album!
It's going out on digital release only to start with. If things go well then It will also be released on CD.
The album will contain some songs I've uploaded to Youtube, and a good number of new songs that haven't seen the light of day yet. I'm quite excited about it. I'll keep my blog up to date with the progress as the release date gets nearer. Naming tracks etc
