“I only allow those at the beginning and the end… I could earn more if I let them go through the middle, but it would impact my viewer.”

Frederick Dunn · YouTube Creators Hub · Audience Trust and the Long Game on YouTube with Frederick Dunn

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Only place mid-roll ads at the beginning and end of long-form videos, avoiding ads in the middle

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