Have you ever thought of creating a YouTube Channel, or have you created one and it didn’t yield profitable results? This article will how you what you didn’t do well or at all and am sure that after reading, your next YouTube Project will be 100% Successful.
In This article, I’ll teach you the steps you need to take in order to start a profitable YouTube Channel in 2022 – one that will be making you at least 6 figures every month!.
Pick a Niche
Ideally, you have to treat your YouTube Channel as your Business in order to succeed, plan on your strategy and how you intend to climb the ladder to success.
You have to decide on what type of content your Channel will be based on before even going on to create the Channel, so you won’t quit on the long run.
It was really hard for me to come with a YouTube Channel Idea some years back but I later cracked it, CLICK HERE to see how I did it.
Create and Verify Your Channel
The First Step toward starting a successful YouTube channel is creating the Channel.
Now Before you just jump in and create a random channel, you have to think of the niche that you’re going to create content on.
And then find a way to add that to your Channel name, so it’ll be easier for your future audience to know what your channel is all about.
Some People May ask ‘How much does it cost to start a YouTube channel?’
Well, starting a YouTube Channel doesn’t have to cost you money.
It’s generally dependent on your niche, some niches require you to show your face or to add your voice, that is when you’re going to use money.
You’ll have to buy a recording camera, speaker, lighting etc..
On a personal note, I don’t have this but I still make money on YouTube.
In the same vein, it doesn’t necessarily mean that once you buy all these flashy Gadgets you’ll make more money.
While you can choose to start a YouTube Channel without buying any gadget, do keep in mind that YouTube can ban your Channel for these reasons, do not let your hard work go to waste. To Get Started:
- Sign In to YouTube, and Create the Channel
- Change Channel Name and add description
- Verify YouTube Channel.
All these steps I believe, are very much self explanatory but just in case..
Important: If you’re having trouble coming up with a YouTube Idea, i.e. you don’t know what type of content you should create that won’t bore you out in the long run, then I can help you, read this article ASAP.
How to Sign in to YouTube
If you’re using a pc, head over to youtube.com and then sign in to YouTube and then click your profile picture.
After Clicking on your profile picture, click on ‘Create Channel’.
If your using a smartphone, then just download the YouTube App from Playstore and then sign in, use the same procedure above to ‘create your channel’.
Channel name and Description + Design
Once, you click the create channel button on YouTube, your Channel name by default will automatically change to the name on your Google Account.
Now, this may not be necessary but I recommend you change it to your Brand Name.
Your Brand Name should suite the niche content you’ll be uploading on the platform.
I personally struggled with coming up with the perfect YouTube Channel name, this made me change my name a couple of times, you don’t have to go through the same hassle, because I no have a free resource on How to come up with a Channel name.
To Change your YouTube Description (for mobile users):
- You must be signed in
- Click your Profile Picture at the right hand top corner of your screen
- Then Click on ‘your channel’
- You’ll see a pencil icon directly beside the analytics icon
- Click the pencil Icon
Now, you can edit your Channel Description as well as your Channel Profile picture and Channel Art.
To create a channel profile image, you can use canva, its free to use plus they have already-made templates for you.
Channel Verification
After you’ve selected a Channel name and designing a banner for your Channel, you need to verify your YouTube Channel to unlock access to features like live stream, custom thumbnails etc, I have a step-by-step tutorial on how to verify your YouTube Channel on mobile in 2022.
Create an Intro or your YouTube Channel
Now if you have knowledge of animation and how to create Intro videos for YouTube out of the blue.. great, but if you don’t have any animation knowledge, very much like me, you need a software to create and customize your Intro Video.
That’s why I’ve created this free resource on the best intro maker for YouTube, make sure you read it!
Buy Relevant YouTube Equipment
If you take a look at the best YouTube Channels in the niche you’re working on, you’ll notice that they all use cameras in one way or the other and you can’t really shoot professional videos with your phone (not the case for some devices).
And it’s not just a Camera, you also need other YouTube Equipment like Microphone, Lighting etc, Check them out HERE.
How then do you make your YouTube Channel Profitable
Quick Reminder: Whether you bought gadgets for your YouTube Channel or not, you still need a reliable video editor for YouTube, if your videos are bad there’s no going forward!
I guess you can say a YouTube Channel is profitable if it makes you constant income on a daily basis, now this is the best part.
Traditionally, to make money from YouTube, you need 1000 Subscribers and 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months.
But, I discovered ways you can make money from your relatively new channel even with just 1 subscriber – See what I found out.
YouTube and Google Search SEO
Now to make your YouTube Channel profitable, you need to optimize your content for both Google Search and YouTube Search.
And as of today there are tools which can help you do that.
I don’t know if you’ve came across Tubebuddy or even VidIQ.
These 2 are by far, the best YouTube Optimization tools in the market and they are free to an extent.
I personally used Tubebuddy to grow my Gaming Channel to 1000 Subscribers in 6 months with over 200,000 views.
And it’s not just me,
Big Youtubers like Sara Beth Yoga, Marcos Santoro, Nick Nimmin etc all use Tubebuddy to grow their channel.
If big Youtubers can leverage with these tools, you should too. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to rank your YouTube videos easily.
If you want to step up your YouTube growth as fast as possible, then you should consider advertising your YouTube Channel on YouTube.
Social Media Signals
You’ll have to send social signals to your YouTube videos, this will increase your Subscribers as well as your audience.
You can get started with Facebook and Instagram.
Just post consistently and with time your audience will grow, both Facebook and Instagram are competing with YouTube.
So their video content are favored more than the traditional image and link posts.
See How to Promote YouTube Channel on Instagram and get more subscribers.
I can remember sometime in 2019 when I was struggling to breakout my YouTube Channel.
My main and only goal then was to get to 1000 Subscribers and 4000 watch hours within 6 months of uploading content.
Facebook helped me reach that, though it took some time.
I made something like a sneak peak of the video I uploaded on YouTube, then posted it on my profile.
Before posting, I wrote an enticing description and added the link.
I also tagged 40 Facebook friends.
The post was just getting a little number of views at first, but before the month passed, it started skyrocketing in views and also engagement.
I was amazed.
But I never thought that it would help my video reach more people on YouTube.
With time, the video was getting roughly 1000 clicks from Facebook to YouTube every month.
YouTube started recommending the video below the videos of my Top Competitors and bam!
I surpassed the threshold required for AdSense YouTube Monetization 2 months later.
Do you think Social Media will help your YouTube Channel become more profitable? Tell me in the comments..
Anyways, Here’s a detailed tutorial on how to promote YouTube Channel on Facebook, for free.
What You Should Know about making your Channel Profitable
In making your YouTube Channel profitable, Quality content is king.
The more content you create, the more views and subscribers you’ll get and the more money you’ll make.
The reason why most people quit is that they just open up a YouTube Channel, then upload like 20 random videos and hope to get millions of views, it doesn’t work that way,
I’ve seen people buy already successful YouTube Channels and start making money right off the back, at least that’s what they all say, see what I found out on this.
Anyways, Let’s say for example, you dedicated your time to create 20 high quality YouTube videos every month for five months.
Then you’ll have at least 100 videos on your channel, if each video has an average of 500 views every month.
You’ll then be getting at least 50,000 views every month, which is quite great.
With Such amount of views and implementing the strategies in this great article, you’ll see yourself making more than you ever thought you could make.
However, you can use the strategies on this page, to make side revenue to support your YouTube Channel.
In case you’ve not heard, people are now generating a lot o revenue with YouTube Shorts and I’ve studied how they do it, CLICK HERE to find out!
Conclusion
The Journey of a thousand miles begins with 1 step, why don’t you use the information in this article and start your own successful YouTube channel.
You can’t tell the heights you can achieve if you don’t start.
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