As you know, our team at Smash Balloon is always listening to your feedback. After all, we’re always looking for ways to make our plugins better for you.
Today, we’re excited to introduce some new features that a lot of folks have asked for.
For YouTube Feed, you can now display YouTube comments directly in your feeds for additional social proof and engagement.
And for TikTok Feed users, we’re introducing an inline TikTok player together with 2 exciting layouts to give visitors a clean and seamless watching experience.
Let’s take a look at these new features in detail below.
Show YouTube Comments for Better Social Proof
In the past, clicking on a YouTube video in your feed opened a sleek lightbox that helped you grab people’s attention and engage your visitors.
With this update, we wanted to take things a step further.
Now, your visitors can open a video and check out all the YouTube comments directly on the lightbox.
While the video plays, users can now scroll through the comments and replies. This gives you even more social proof to convert visitors into subscribers and keep them engaged.
Plus, it’s super easy to enable or disable this feature from your visual feed customizer. All it takes is just a few clicks!
First, on your YouTube Feed Pro’s visual feed customizer, open the Videos option, then select Video Player Experience.
Now, you can use the Comments option to toggle your comments on and off.
Below that, you can also set the number of comments that you want to show below your videos.
Once you set up your YouTube comments, you’ll be able to:
- Get more subscribers for your brand’s YouTube channel by showing positive fan comments and replies
- Show active discussions and convince visitors to leave new comments so your videos rank higher in the YouTube algorithm
- Turn commenters into dedicated fans by displaying their comments directly on your brand’s website
Engage Your Visitors With New TikTok Player
With this update, we’re giving you a new inline TikTok player that lets visitors watch videos directly inside your TikTok feeds.
On top of the sleek lightbox, this gives you a new way to engage visitors with your TikTok content.
Like with YouTube Feed Pro, you can also quickly enable or disable the inline player from TikTok Feed Pro’s visual customizer. No technical knowledge is required!
First, inside your plugin’s visual feed customizer, click on the Video Player Experience option on the left.
Once you do that, you can choose between an inline player or the lightbox.
As a bonus, TikTok Feed won’t show the TikTok logo and colors when playing your videos, unlike other TikTok plugins. This way, you retain your visual branding while your site visitors check out your TikTok videos.
Brand New Layouts For Eye-Catching Inline Videos
Our latest update also includes two new layouts, List and Gallery, to help you get the most out of your inline player.
With the List layout, you can show your TikTok videos in a single column. With its neat and straightforward design, you can place the focus on one video at a time.
The List layout is a great way to showcase a TikTok video series on your site, for example, where each video continues from the last, so your audience can engage with multiple videos in order.
You can use the list layout when you embed a TikTok video series of review videos on your hotel’s reservation pages to boost your bookings.
Or, you can also showcase videos of your best-selling products in your TikTok feed and use the List layout to display them neatly on your product pages to increase your sales.
Next, we have the Gallery layout that shows a large video player at the top with thumbnails underneath.
Your visitors can then click on the thumbnails to play the TikTok video in the main player.
With this layout, you can add TikTok videos showing off trending destinations directly on your homepage to get more signups.
You can even promote your newest makeup line by adding a gallery of demonstration TikToks alongside the call-to-action (CTA).
Like the other new features, you can use the convenient visual feed customizer to enable the new layout options as well.
First, visit your TikTok Feed Pro’s visual feed customizer and select the Layout option to check out all the layout options for your TikTok feeds.
You can now select the List or Gallery layouts from the available options.
If you scroll down, you can also find additional options for each of these layouts here, such as spacing, number of visible posts, and more.
And there you go!
With your feedback, we can keep improving our plugins even more and better help you promote your brand online and grow your business.
Want to try out these features for yourself? You can just open your website and update to the latest version of YouTube Feed and TikTok Feed.
Not using these plugins yet? This is the perfect chance to get started!
Get TikTok Feed Pro and YouTube Feed Pro, and you can supercharge your website with the best video feed plugins in the market.
In fact, over 1.75 million website owners, including household names like Coca-Cola, are already using Smash Balloon to grow their businesses.
We’ve got another great surprise coming up soon, so keep an eye out for more announcements in the future.
