Digital Voices launches new initiative to support YouTube creators during COVID-19

Digital Voices, the YouTube influencer marketing agency, has launched a new initiative to support YouTube creators facing difficulty during the coronavirus. The agency is calling on YouTubers who have lost work as a result of the health crisis to get in touch so Digital Voices can match them with existing brand sponsorship campaigns the agency have. They are also running interactive online advice sessions every fortnight, offering tips and advice for how YouTubers can grow their audiences and also how they can work with brands during these troubled times.

As part of the scheme Digital Voices is also urging YouTubers to incorporate COVID-19 public health messaging in their broadcasts to help ensure the YouTube community is helping to urge Britains to stay at home and stop the spread of the virus. According to new data from Tubular Labs which looks at YouTube usage, there has been a surge in interest in the platform over the past week. There has been a 26% increase in views on News and Politics content, a 9% increase in views on Health, Fitness and Self-Help content and a 22% increase in views on Family and Parenting content. YouTube is a platform that reaches over 2 billion people, and is experiencing extremely high levels of usage, especially as people are staying home during this public health crisis.

Founder of Digital Voices, Jennifer Quigley-Jones says:

“During COVID-19, it has been really hard to see my newsfeed filled with creators and freelancers without a safety net. Their jobs are being cancelled or postponed and they are struggling to get by financially. We want to help newer and smaller creators to be able to support themselves financially and maintain and even grow their channels during this difficult time. We also think it is important to use our place at the heart of the YouTube community to encourage creators of all sizes to convey the important public health messages to their fans to stay indoors and help protect the NHS. YouTube is the platform with the deepest levels of engagement and longest watch time, so it’s the perfect place to communicate these important messages and also keep the nation’s spirits up.”

Creators need to fill out an online form so that Digital Voices can look to allocate them work.  To learn more go to https://www.digitalvoices.co.uk/