YouTube isn’t just for vlogs

Let’s be honest, when B2B marketers talk about channels, YouTube often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It’s typically seen as a brand awareness play, useful for visibility, but not necessarily for targeting decision-makers or driving meaningful action.

That’s a myth worth challenging.

While YouTube isn’t a perfect tool for hyper-targeted ABM (much like Meta, TikTok or Reddit), it still offers something equally valuable: intent-driven reach, powered by the broader Google ecosystem.

If you’re trying to reach professionals who are actively looking for solutions, YouTube gives you a way in.

Here’s what smart targeting on YouTube looks like:

  • Reaching people by professional interests or in-market behaviours – for example, those researching CRM tools or cloud migration.
  • Tapping into search intent – targeting people actively Googling business solutions, and reaching them again with video.
  • Creating custom audiences based on your website traffic – keeping you top of mind beyond your site.
  • Building lookalike audiences – finding new prospects similar to your best customers.
  • Layering demographic and behavioural data – so you’re not just targeting broad age ranges, but actual job-relevant interests.

The result? Scalable reach across multiple sectors or regions without relying on third-party data or niche ABM lists.

And here’s the bonus: many B2B brands already have a bank of content sitting on YouTube, from customer stories to product explainers. But often, it just sits there passively. The opportunity now is to actively promote that content to the right people, in the right context, when they’re already in a problem-solving mindset.

That’s where YouTube comes into its own, not just as a video hosting platform, but as a powerful, intent-driven demand engine.

It may not be the place to run one-to-one C-suite targeting, but if you’re launching a message across a market, testing positioning in a new region, or nurturing leads already familiar with your brand, YouTube has real value to offer.

If you’re investing in video, it makes sense to make that investment work harder and smarter in the channels where your audience is already paying attention.

This isn’t about chasing views. It’s about being visible when your buyers are actively looking for answers.

And that’s a B2B opportunity worth taking.

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