How to Start a Youtube Channel: Step-by-Step for Beginners -KT EDITZ

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hi guys my name is KaiLasH SuR and welcome back to my channel in my last video I shared with you guys the seven things that I've done over the past 15 months or so that have helped my channel to grow to over a hundred thousand subscribers still so crazy and I still haven't fully taken that all in just so many people I'm not sure even what that means but 

How To Grow YouTube Channel Beginners

 In today's video I wanted to

break down the very beginning steps not

talking so much about how to grow your

channel but more focused on how to

actually start your YouTube channel and

what exactly goes into that process

because I know that many of you are

interested in starting your own YouTube

channel either because you have

something that you're really passionate

that you want to share with people or

you just want to connect with people in

this really engaging fun way or maybe

because you want to make it into a

career and earn a full time living from

it I know that that wasn't really my

motivation going into YouTube but at

this point with my channel at 100,000

subscribers I am able to support myself

full-time and it really is an enjoyable

way to earn a living so we're gonna get

into the 12 steps that you need to

follow in order to start a successful

YouTube channel there's actually kind of

more than twelve steps but I don't want

this video to get too crazy long but I

have my video upload checklist which is

one of the resources inside my channel

lunch course and as you can see there is

two pages here of a checklist and

there's probably about 20 steps on this

checklist so it goes into a little bit

more detail about exactly how to start

your YouTube channel from scratch so if

you want more details then just click

the link down below and you can download

that completely for free alright so with

that out of the way let's get on into

the 12 steps of starting your own

YouTube channel now the first thing is

that you need to choose a topic for your

channel that you're really passionate

about because if you want to have a

successful YouTube channel you're gonna

have to make a whole lot of videos that

are mostly focused around one central

topic you want to make sure that you

choose something that you could talk all

day about

you're trying to decide between two

different topics for your channel or

several different topics then I'd

recommend that you go and you look at

other channels that make videos about

those different topics and just see how

much of a demand there is for the

different topics some topics are more

popular on YouTube than others and if

you want this to become a career then

you'll definitely want to choose a topic

that has enough people interested in it

now of course it's okay if your channel

is about multiple different things

especially family work together but when

you're first starting out I find that it

works best to keep your channel as focus

on as few things as possible so that you

can really start to attract people who

are all going to be interested in every

video that you create the second thing

that you need to do is get really clear

for yourself about exactly who your

subscribers are going to be and what

value they're going to get out of

watching your videos people are only

going to watch your videos and subscribe

to your channel if there is something

that they're getting from it even if

that's something is simply entertainment

value or relief from their boredom but

you need to figure out who these people

are going to be and why they're gonna

watch your videos so that you can decide

what videos will really appeal to them

and make videos every single week that

will continue to interest and engage

them the next thing that you need to do

is to brainstorm 100 different video

ideas now you don't need a hundred video

ideas but for your own benefit I'd

really recommend that you do think of a

hundred potential ideas and the reason

why is two things first of all it will

mean that you're never gonna feel like

you don't know what to make your next

video about you'll always have this

whole Bank of ideas but the second

reason is probably even more important

and that's because if you just think of

the first few video ideas then they

might be pretty good but you don't

really have something to compare them to

instead if you come up with a hundred

video ideas then you can choose the very

best of those ideas so after you come up

with the hundred video ideas then narrow

it down to the top ten ideas that you're

the most excited about and that you can

see based on research on YouTube are the

most popular ideas that the most people

are really interested in watching the

fourth step for starting your YouTube

channel

is to choose some equipment now you

don't need anything really fancy you can

really get started with just your

smartphone I've got my phone here this

one is a samsung s8 I believe but if you

any smartphone from the past couple of

years it is probably going to have just

fine video quality for starting out and

phones actually tend to have a really

good audio quality as well so you won't

even need a microphone when you're first

starting out the biggest thing you need

to keep in mind when you're starting and

especially if you have a camera that's

not the best quality is that lighting

has a dramatic impact on the quality of

your videos the more lights you can get

on your face the better your videos will

look and that's really going to impact

how many people subscribe to your

channel when they watch each of your

videos so there's all sorts of fancy

lighting systems that you can get and

some of them are really expensive but

the two things that I would recommend if

you're doing this on a budget is a

natural light if you can sit right in

front of a window and let the light hit

your face that is gonna look great it

will be really beautiful light and then

the other thing is you can actually just

go to like Walmart or Target and you can

get a light that's meant for in a living

room that has multiple different I don't

know what you call them but multiple

bulbs that you can point in different

ways I think it's called a tree light

and then you can go to the section where

they sell bulbs and you can buy the

brightest bulbs they are a cool color so

I think that the color is something like

five thousand six hundred and fifty six

hundred and that will be a really cool

color and then get the hundred watt or

whatever the highest wattage you can

find is and so those tree lights they

cost like 20 bucks and then the light

bulbs cost maybe fifteen dollars for a

pack of three so for about thirty-five

dollars a show you can get a light that

will have a really natural look and will

be really bright you can get a couple of

those and your videos will look so much

more bright and just much higher quality

I have another video I made a few months

ago

about my filming setup and in that video

you can see exactly what camera and

tripod and lighting I was using my video

setup is different now I'm still using

the same camera in microphone and tripod

but my lighting is a bit different and

obviously my set is different so I'm

gonna make another video in a few weeks

here maybe a couple months about my

current filming setup I need to kind of

finish decorating my office before I

want to show you guys but like I said a

lot of the equipment is the same in that

old video so I'll link that one down

below the fifth step that you need to do

to start your YouTube channel

successfully is to decide on your

filming and uploading schedule so don't

just decide which days you're gonna

upload but also figure out when you're

actually going to get those videos

filmed so that you can put on your

calendar and make sure that you get that

done every single week stop for best

results I'd recommend you upload at

least once every week two or three times

can be great if it isn't compromising

your quality just make sure that you're

not focusing on the quantity over the

quality you need to be consistent with

that uploading but you don't want to try

to make too many videos because quality

really does matter especially when

you're trying to stand out in some place

that's competitive like YouTube of

course you can batch film your videos

and film two or four videos once or

twice a month to get all your videos

filmed but when you're first starting

out especially I'd recommend that you

film at least once per week because

you're going to improve the quality of

your videos a lot faster that way you'll

get more comfortable on camera more

quickly and that's simply because you'll

be practicing more regularly step 6 is

to actually create your YouTube channel

now YouTube makes this really easy

especially if you already have a gmail

account you can basically just log in

with your Gmail account on YouTube and

then click through their prompts to set

up your YouTube channel it's super

simple and they make it easy enough for

anyone to do once your YouTube channel

is actually set up make sure you don't

skip step number seven which is to

create a banner for your channel and

write a description these things really

make your channel look a little bit more

professional you might not think that

professionals exactly what you're going

for here but it just makes it look

like you're more serious about what

you're doing so that after someone

watches one of your videos they click on

your channel and they realize oh you

know this person is actually making

videos on a regular basis and they're

actually committed to this and that

makes them a lot more likely to hit that

subscribe button also you can put fun

information in your banner or in your

channel description that can motivate

people to subscribe even more step

number eight is to actually film your

first video now don't overthink this

it's probably gonna be a little bit

awkward if you've never done it before a

little bit uncomfortable but that's what

everyone goes through and that's kind of

the cost of starting your YouTube

channel getting off the ground there are

so many good things that can come from

having your own YouTube channel and you

just have to bite the bullet and film

that first video and get it over with

after you film the video then step

number nine is to edit the video and

create the thumbnail so chances are when

you film that first video or even when

you film your hundredth video you're

gonna make a few mistakes so you need to

pop your video footage into some sort of

editing program there are some great

free options out there like iMovie on

Macs or Windows Movie Maker on Windows

computer and then there are also plenty

of other options like Adobe Premiere Pro

but it doesn't matter so much which

program you choose when you're first

starting out just don't use something

that is overly complex that's gonna

confuse you or overwhelm you choose a

simple program pop your footage into

that program and then just cut out any

mistakes and then if you want you can

add a title card at the beginning of the

video that tells exactly what the video

is about after you edit the video then

you can either take a screenshot from

the video to use as the thumbnail or you

can use another photograph or design a

graphic for yourself you can use a free

program like canva or fotor or you can

purchase a program like Adobe Photoshop

or Adobe Illustrator to create that

thumbnail I designed most of my

thumbnails inside of canva which is

completely free and it really gets the

job done very well the main things you

want to keep in mind when you're

creating that thumbnail is to make it as

eye catching as possible and also make

it really clear what the video is about

step number ten is just to upload your

first video

I personally like to upload my videos

first thing in the morning to give

people the most time to watch them

during the day especially because I'm

over on the west coast and so my first

thing in the morning is already getting

a little bit late over on the east so

that's been my strategy but I know that

different youtubers very successful

youtubers upload it all different times

throughout the day so I don't think that

there is any one set time that you need

to upload but it generally is considered

to be best to upload at the same time

every time you upload because with each

video you upload you're gonna start

attracting people who watch videos

around that time so if you're uploading

videos normally at 6:00 in the morning

and then you upload a video at 4:00 in

the afternoon then all your normal

people might not watch videos if we're

in the afternoon so just be consistent

with it after you upload your video it's

time for step number 11 the eleventh

step is to give your video as much of a

boost as you can because especially when

you're first starting out every little

tiny bit that you can do for that video

really helps this means that you

yourself should watch the video hit the

like button leave a comment as yourself

asking other people to give a comment

and then you should share that video

with everyone that you can share it on

your Facebook page or your Twitter or

your Instagram wherever you're at tell

people that you just made your first

youtube video and of course shoot an

email out to some friends and family and

ask them if they could possibly help you

out by watching a video and hitting that

like button and that's because like I

said when you're first starting out

every little bit helps there's a big

difference between a video with two

views and a video of thirty now thirty

still isn't that much but at least it

shows that somebody is interested in it

and the more views a video does have the

more people are actually likely to click

on that video and watch it because of

something called social proof which

pretty much just means that we think

that if other people are doing something

then it must be a cool thing to do

alright and that brings us to the final

step number twelve and that is to stay

consistent when you first start your

channel everything is new and bright and

shiny and exciting and you'll have

a lot of motivation but as time goes on

and especially you know when you're

first starting out and when you have put

up five or 10 videos and you might not

be seeing very much growth yet

you might feel discouraged and you might

feel like quitting or giving up because

it's not working but really it just

takes a little bit of time I have never

seen a channel that consistently put out

good quality videos with interesting eye

catching thumbnails on a consistent

basis and didn't start seeing

significant growth within the first 6 to

12 months so it's not going to take

forever but you do need to stay

consistent you need to keep uploading

videos every single week you need to

keep improving your quality with every

single video if you want to see that

growth if this is something that's

important to you you really want to turn

this into your career or simply reach

more people and make it into a

meaningful hobby whatever your goals for

your YouTube channel are if you really

want to be able to accomplish them you

have to stay consistent alright so in

this video I shared with you all of the

things that you need to do to start your

successful YouTube channel but we didn't

talk a whole lot about exactly what you

do when you upload I mean I said you

need to film your video you need to edit

it you need to upload it and you need to

like and share it as much as you can but

if you download the video upload a

checklist that you can get for free in

the description bar below then there are

about 20 steps here that walk you

through every little thing that you need

to do when you upload the video so first

of course you upload the video but then

you need to write your interesting

keyword rich description you need to add

extra keywords that have good search

volume you need to add your video to a

few playlists on your channels there are

20 steps here that you can do every time

you upload a video to help it do a whole

lot better

so grab this for free by clicking that

link down below I know it's going to

help you out so much in your YouTube

journey as you know I just hit a really

big milestone with my own YouTube

channel hitting a hundred thousand

subscribers and over 4 million views in

these past 15 months and so I'm doing a

big giveaway to celebrate I'm giving

away 10 year long members

to start up society my online training

program for aspiring entrepreneurs I'm

also giving away two one-month coaching

packages with me and for the next two

weeks I'm also offering channel lunch

which is my online course that teaches

you everything you need to know to start

and grow your own successful profitable

YouTube channel from scratch I'm

offering it at a really discounted rate

so if you're working on building up your

own YouTube channel and you want to

learn the strategies that helped me to

attract thousands of new subscribers

every single month then I'd really

encourage you to check that out you can

find links for each of the giveaways and

a link with more information about

channel lunch in the description down

below so make sure you check that out ok

well that is everything that I have for

you guys today if you haven't already

make sure you subscribe my channel by

clicking that button over there and then

after you subscribe to my channel you

can click the thumbnail right over here

to watch a video about exactly how much

money I make with my YouTube channel all

right well thank you guys so much for

watching again my name is galleon

Perkins and I hope to see you again for

my next video

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