We all know how to use YouTube\u2026 find video, click video, watch video. Simple, right?<\/p>\n
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Sure – if you want to limit how you can leverage it to your business\u2019 advantage. Here, we\u2019ve assembled a few features that you can use to make YouTube a better resource for your business.<\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re using YouTube as a research tool or presenting your findings in a meeting, effectively using its built-in shortcuts can make your use of the website much more productive (and, let\u2019s face it, more impressive).<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re doing research, jumping back to the beginning of a video<\/strong> will be super handy – and is possible, by pressing the 0 (zero) key<\/strong>. You can also use your arrow keys<\/strong> to fast forward or rewind<\/strong> the video in five-second increments (or ten-second increments, if you hold the Ctrl key<\/strong> at the same time).<\/p>\n If you\u2019re using YouTube as a part of a presentation, you can quickly pause and resume the video<\/strong> by pressing either the spacebar<\/strong>, or the K key<\/strong>. If your audience can\u2019t quite hear what you\u2019re presenting, you can adjust the volume using the up and down arrow keys<\/strong>. The M key<\/strong> will mute the video, and unmute it<\/strong> when you\u2019re ready to hear the video again.<\/p>\n Speaking of using YouTube as a part of your presentation, you may not always want a video to start from the very beginning. YouTube gives you a few options to do so – the easiest being grabbing the altered link to your desired time directly from YouTube.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at this video about phishing:<\/p>\nStarting From a Specific Point in the Video<\/h2>\n