How to share a link to your video

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Copying a link to your video is the easiest way to start sharing with Vidyard. Share the link wherever your viewers are—in an email, in a direct message, on your social feed, or on a webpage.

When a viewer clicks on the link, they're taken to your video's dedicated sharing page to watch the video. Here's an example of a video on a sharing page.

Share a direct link to your video

You can copy a direct link to your video almost anywhere you use Vidyard — from your library, the browser extension, desktop app, and more. Simply paste the link anywhere to share your video with others.

Share a video link with tracking from the extension

When you copy a link from the browser extension and paste it into a one-to-one Gmail message, it will add a tracking token to the link when you send it. When your recipient opens the link, Vidyard directs them to the video’s sharing page and associates the view with their email address.

In the extension, you can copy and share a tracking link to a video you've just finished recording, or select the Library tab to copy a tracking link for an existing video.

To learn more about how we find out who's viewing your videos, check out our article on How Vidyard tracks and identifies viewers.

Share a custom tracked video link from Vidyard

If you select Share next to a video in your Vidyard library on vidyard.com, you'll notice a place to enter your recipient's email address to boost your one-to-one communication. 

When you add an email address here and copy the link, it will give you a custom, identified link specifically for that recipient. Add this link to your preferred platform, and when the recipient opens the video page, it will track their viewing behavior on your videos.

Link to a specific time in the video

With a little extra know-how, you can change your sharing link for a video so that it starts to play for your viewer at a specific time. 

Simply add ?second= to the end of the URL, then add the second you want the video to start at. For example: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/JyLgiYuZ928Q6w?second=30

For a simpler alternative, you can select the Sharing button in the top-left corner of a playing video on your sharing page or website. Select Copy Sharing Page Link at Current Time to link someone to your current timestamp in the video. This option is only available if Sharing has been enabled in the video's design settings.

If you've added chapters to your video, you can also choose to link directly to a chapter.

Link to a video chapter

If you add chapters to your video, you can copy and share a link directly to a specific chapter. 

Select a video from your library to open the edit page. Then go to Video > Chapters and copy the link next to a chapter.

Share a link to a video with a dynamic title

When entering a title for your video in Vidyard, you can personalize your video titles at scale by using dynamic variables. These variables pull a contact’s information from the distribution platform you choose when copying a video’s sharing link, personalizing the title for each recipient as soon as they open the video.

You can learn more about how this can help in:

• Your Salesloft emails, as well as Templates and Snippets
• Your HubSpot Templates and Sequences

1. Select Share next to a video in your Vidyard library 
2. Choose a distribution platform from the dropdown menu, and select Copy link

Share a link to your social channels

Just like sharing a direct link, sharing a video to your social channels is as simple as pasting the link into a new post on your LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook feed.

Most sites will use the link to create a preview of your video, including its title, thumbnail, and description.

You can also use the social sharing options in your Vidyard account to automatically add the video link to a post.

1. Select the Share button next to a video in your library, then select Embed
2. Click on a social icon to share the link
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     • Learn more about posting to Facebook, LinkedIn, or X (Twitter)