{"podcast":{"title":"YouTube Marketing with Fexingo: Channel Growth, Video SEO, and Long-Form Audience Building","slug":"youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714","podcast_index_feed_id":7871714,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/youtube-marketing.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/youtube-marketing/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":120,"summary":"Lucas and Luna dissect the mechanics of YouTube channel growth — not by chasing algorithm hacks, but by studying real creator case studies and platform data. Each episode takes a single metric (like audience retention, CTR, or watch time from browse features) and maps it to a specific production decision: how to structure a video hook, why a certain thumbnail outperformed, or when to pivot from short-form to long-form. Lucas, a former journalist, presses for evidence — 'Show me the YouTube Analytics report' — while Luna, an engaged creator herself, tests every insight against her own channel's numbers. Together they look at channels like MKBHD for tech, Ali Abdaal for productivity, or Patrick Boyle for finance, pulling out tactical lessons without copying their format. For the listener building a serious YouTube presence — not a viral hobby — the show answers: What actually moves the needle on subscriber growth when you have no ad budget? How do you rank for high-competition keywords without gaming the system? And what separates a channel that plateaus at 10,000 subs from one that reaches 100,000? No guru claims, no 'secret sauce.' Just two hosts arguing over real data until they…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:17:52.072311+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714"},"episode":{"title":"How YouTube Closed Captions Boost SEO and Retention","slug":"how-youtube-closed-captions-boost-seo-and-retention","published_at":"2026-07-15T06:33:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714/how-youtube-closed-captions-boost-seo-and-retention","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/youtube-marketing/episode-0113.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/youtube-marketing/episode-0113.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna dig into the underrated power of closed captions on YouTube. They explain how captions improve search indexing, boost viewer retention for non-native speakers, and can even increase ad recall. Using data from a 2025 study by a major captioning service, they break down the 15 percent average watch-time lift for videos with accurate captions versus those without. Luna pushes back on the myth that auto-captions are good enough, and Lucas shares a practical workflow for editing captions efficiently. The episode also covers how captions help the algorithm understand video content beyond just the transcript, and why captioned videos tend to rank higher in suggested videos. A must-listen for any creator serious about growth. #YouTubeSEO #ClosedCaptions #VideoSEO #YouTubeGrowth #ContentMarketing #Accessibility #ViewerRetention #CreatorTips #YouTubeAlgorithm #Marketing #DigitalMarketing #VideoMarketing #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #MarketingShow #YouTubeTips #Captioning #ChannelGrowth Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna dig into the underrated power of closed captions on YouTube. They explain how captions improve search indexing, boost viewer retention for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":506,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714/episodes/how-youtube-closed-captions-boost-seo-and-retention/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youtube-marketing-with-fexingo-channel-growth-video-seo-and-long-form-audience-building-7871714/how-youtube-closed-captions-boost-seo-and-retention.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}