How To Start A Successful YouTube Channel? Pro Tips Do's and Don't's!

How To Start A Successful YouTube Channel? Pro Tips the Do's and Don't's!

You had started out by creating a YouTube channel for checking out the features? Then, congrats to you because you are one step closer to the success of your YouTube channel. If you are have not created a YouTube channel, then you are not too late either.

Yeah, a lot of people were afraid to even start creating a channel, and could be stumbled at what should they named their channel for about a month. Of course it is very important in choosing an appropriate name for your channel, eventually you may stick with this channel for your whole life. In that case, lets get started on how to create a YouTube channel.

Here is How To Create A YouTube Channel.

Step 1: Click On The "Gear Icon" as shown.

Step 2: Click On "See All My Channels or Create A New Channel.

Step 3: Click on "Create A New Channel".

Step 4: Name Your Channel and click "Create". Don't worry, you can change your channel name after that, (You can change your channel name 3 times every 90 days).

Here Are Steps To Follow Before Uploading Any Videos In YouTube:

#1. Read and Understand The YouTube Community Guideline. 

You need to also ensure your videos on your channel aligns with YouTube's policies. You can understand more here: Community Guidelines, AdSense Policies, and YouTube Partner Program policies. Too long? Basically, it is all about copyright rules and community guidelines to follow so that you won't get your channel being terminated, it is indeed very easy and clear, so we will explain that here with summarized version soon.

#2. What Kind of Channel Should i Create? Then Think Of What Niche (Hobby/Interest/Experience/Industry) That You like and Good At.

If you had already decided what kind of YouTube channel you want to do, then you can skip. Else, you need to think of a niche such as hobby, interest, industry, or topics related to your channel. Your channel can be eg: cooking, vlogging, prank, funny, science, tutorial, DIY, makeup, health and fitness, gaming, business, and etc.

#3. Create & Name Your YouTube Channel That Sounds Good or Suits The Niche Your Selected On.

Then figuring out what name we want to name our channel is going to be a big headache question. As long you channel name you think of is a bit related to your channel's niche, then your subscriber will be much more likely to subscribe to. Eg: I want to make a cooking channel, but i name my channel as Leila's Channel. Instead of that, you should name your channel as Leila's Cooking Show. Anyway, figuring out your channel's name is up to your decision because you can still change your channel name 3 times in 90 days after that.

#4. Begin to Create Your Website or Blog, or At-least Create A Facebook Fans Page & Twitter In Order To Prevent The Name Of Your Channel Being Used First By Other People.

If you had created a facebook fans page or more social media pages at first, then the chances you are securing the name of your channel's name is much higher.

#5. Now You Should Have Set Almost Everything (As long your page have great looking cover page and profile picture of your channel).

A channel with cover page and profile picture is much more professional looking. This appearance also makes your viewers becoming your subscribers at higher chances.

#6. Begin Uploading Videos Into Your Channel (***This Is The Hardest Part***).

Since peoples eye only captures imagery attention while they are inside YouTube site, so they want to click into the video's cover (thumbnail) that has a very click-bait and unique feeling.

So make sure you know how to make a custom thumbnail (image that shown as front cover of your video), since making a custom thumbnail can helps you to grab more attraction as "imagery attentions" so that people will click-it once they saw your unique thumbnail, but make sure it is not misinterpreting what people expect from your video through this method, because people will ends up watching halfway or just few seconds and can hurts your watch time, because lower watch time of your video will cause YouTube algorithm to rank your video lower. Here is how i make my successful thumbnails easily and free fast.

Since watch time is now the key to ensure your video gets more views, the retention of people watching your videos should be longer, which means that people is actually watching your videos from starting until the end. This is why you must makes sure the thumbnail you make is inline with what your video is about, and then your road to success in YouTube 1Million Subscriber is very close.

There are also bunch of important tips that you want to know before you just upload directly inside your YouTube channel. The YouTube will rank your videos higher if you put the correct/appropriate higher SEO searchings base on your video's, Title, Tags (Keywords), Description, and etc. Ensure you know how to boost your YouTube Subscribers and Viewers at higher chance successfully.

#7. Monitor the Analytics (Data) of Your Audience (Knowing What Video View Most, Most Gender, Most Age Range, Most Demographic) and Make Significant Changes To Suit Your Audience.

You should start to post more than 50 videos in YouTube using the short-gun approach, a wide-spread bullets that hits widely, this means your 50 videos should be in different topics even though you are in the same niche you are in. After that, you should begin to notice a lot of traction coming to your expected and unexpected videos. With that, you'll start to see which type of videos have a lot of audience while some don't.

Then, the next step is by using sniper approach, where you are hitting bulls-eye by focusing in making videos related around the most views video and setup them in playlist. After that, ensure you keep on using the short-gun approach again, and sniper approach again, repeating until you got tones of subscribers, then your videos can easily get views no matter what approach you use.

#8. Already Met The Requirement to Monetize Your Channel? Apply For Adsense If You Want To Earn Money With Your Channel, or Other Earning Ways By (Affiliate / Product Sales: Eg eBook/ Setup Udemy Course / Superchat Live / Patreon).

To setup your YouTube monetization, you need to have at least 1000 subscribers and at least 4000 hours of total watch hours for the past 12 months. Eventhough monetizing your channel with adsense advertising is the basic ways of earning money in YouTube, but you should not missed out the various opportunities of earning way much more than just turn-on monetization. Affiliate, product sales, setup udemy courses, patreon, superchat, and more.

#9. A Successful YouTuber Don't Just Have One Channel, Create More Channels For Much More Income Stream If One Of Your Channel Suddenly Lost Earning Due To Various Reasons.

For what ever reasons, YouTube could be demonetizing your channel and that is very financially worrisome especially if you are focusing on having your ONLY financial income based on the YouTube Adsense advertising monetization. This is why our advice to all YouTubers should make more than 1 channels that can be monetizing, in order to prevent your ONLY income being affected, and else you are gonna give-up on your YouTube dream when your financial status was gone to zero overnight. Make sure you understand more here if you are focusing on earning from YouTube Adsense income only. It is also very important to implement alternative passive income using YouTube channel, look here for more.

Success Stories Of YouTubers Who Earning $10,000 Per Month.

At some point you need to feed yourself and also to keep this channel rolling, don't be shy to make that as your income, since your hardwork serving your audience, and they don't mind helping you and your channel out.

1. Advertising (Adsense in Youtube):

You can earn from advertising in YouTube Adsense by expecting earnings at:

USD $0.5 to $2 / 1K views (West), then you can earn about $5-20 when you get 10K views per day. Monthly income is about 375$ with average $12.5 earning per day. Most people able to achieve tones of views at about 30K views a day can makes your earnings reaching $1000 per month easily.

We had made more than $2000 dollar in one months, here is how i made it successfully. There are people who can earn $1000 to $10,000 or more, depending on the number of views/watch-time of your videos and niche your channel is about, most Top Niche will Earn More than others, this is how Adsense work in advertising industry.

2. Affiliate Marketing (Amazon Affiliate or Other Affiliate):

Depending on what kind of niche your videos is about, however in most case Youtubers can earn about similar amounts as the advertising such as around $1000. You can expect to earn more if you are just focusing on reviewing the products specifically with video, because people are more into buying the product you are reviewing after they find out the product suits them.

Pays in affiliate can also be very lucrative, however still depends on the amount of people who are buying the product sales or services you advertise for, no matter for any top review affiliate products. Here is how you can learn to increase your affiliate earnings, by simply looking into your YouTube analytics for demographics.

3. Product Sales:

The most product sales performed by Youtubers is selling merchandise, their own products or services, selling eBook and more. By just having more exposure in social media, your followers will be more likely to buy your recommended products or services because you had built a trust with your followers, and they know that you are trustworthy.

We can't really define an exact earnings here because what you are selling is different in price, and based on your following's amount and how willingful they want to buy your products, with selling valuable course with eBooks, more buyers are willing to invest in themselves nowadays.

4. Setup Udemy Courses:

This is the most lucrative income and very easy to setup, this is a very easy secret by just selling your course passively in Udemy. Selling courses in Udemy can be lucrative as long as you are giving the correct answers that your audience want. There are people who are making as lucrative as from $10,000 dollar to $600,000 dollar or more.

The calculation of the courses is:

Earning = One Course Price    x    Number of Students Enrolled;

Earning = $10   x   1000

Earning = $10,000

The above earning is just based on one course, if you can create more courses and promote in social media such as YouTube, then you will be getting more audience who are willing to learn your skills. There are simple courses that can get about 10,000 students enrolled & your earning is now $100,000, sound easy right? Don't believe me? you can now search in Udemy here with more than 10,000 students. This is indeed proven by many YouTubers who promote using their by channel giving free information, but they will include secret tips on Udemy courses to coach about how they succeed in YouTube by following their footstep or about other topics of courses you want to make.

5. SuperChat Live:

By making a live video in Youtube, you will be taking any money donated by viewers with only 70% of the total, since YouTube will be taking 30% of that. But most small fundraiser below $1000, will use superchat. This is why YouTube helps your channel to manage the money being donated by your viewers. The more audience you have, more earnings (donation) will be given by your lovely audience.

6. Patreon.

Patreon in Youtube is pretty straight forward, you audience will gives you donation based on one-time pay, or monthly subscription. This lets your audience to sponsor or donate to your channel without having to using advertising. This is why, engagement with your audience is very important, as your honesty helps them solve their problems, you get to receive helpful support from your audience so that you can help more people via the donation given.

Do's and Don'ts in Your YouTube Channel.

What you should be doing based on your channel is important, such as you have to follow or obey the rules of copyright and community. When you are new in YouTube, you should understand to follow and obey the set copyright and community rule by YouTube in order to ensure your channel not being removed or banned by YouTube. As long as you are NOT copying other people's material to post on your YouTube channel, or NOT make hateful or inappropriate actions in videos or any places in YouTube, you are safe and can go a long way. Reason being that is because YouTube is getting much and much more stricter than before, since more and more advertiser is pouring their money into YouTube, you get to earn from the advertisement if you want to monetize your channel. Here are more rules you need to follow in order to stay eligible in Youtube Adsense monetization.

Here are best practices send by YouTube Team, if you want to create a guarantee content that can be monetizable as below:

• You have to show your presence in your videos either your "Voice" or "Face On Screen", or even adding commentary about videos using Your Voice without face also works too.

• Ensure you have a website or free blog, then place a link back at YouTube videos at best.

• Make sure to elaborate about your videos in inside your video's description. You channel's description also need to describe about what videos you are making.

In order to ensure your YouTube channel was successful and sustainable, ensure to keep the above tips in mind and start pursuing your YouTuber's Dream of Road to 1 Million Subscribers.