How to start a successful & profitable YouTube channel?

How to start a successful & profitable YouTube channel?? Hey what’s up guys! It’s Internet business opportunities blog, a place where I help you to make money online. I know many of you are interested in starting your own YouTube channel either because you have something that you're really passionate and want to share with people, or just want to connect with people in this engaging fun way, or maybe because you want to make it a career and earn money from it.

Today in this article I’m going to talk about  how to start a successful & profitable YouTube channel from the very beginning steps. Here are 12 steps that you need to follow in order to start a successful and profitable YouTube channel. So, let's get into a bit more detail about exactly how to start your YouTube channel from the scratch.

1. Choose a Topic for your channel

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 going to have to make a whole lot of videos that are mostly focused around one central topic. If you're trying to decide between two or more different topics for your channel then you may go and look at other channels that make videos about those different topics and just see how much of a demand is there for those different topics. Some topics are more popular on YouTube than others. And you definitely want to choose a topic that has enough people interested in it.

If your channel is about multiple different things especially if they all work together, keep your channel as focused 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.

2. WHO will watch your videos, and WHY?

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 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 going to 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.

3. Brainstorm 100 video ideas

The next thing that you need to do is to brainstorm 100 different video ideas. Though you don't need a 100 video ideas at the beginning but for your own benefit you do think of one hundred potential ideas. And the reason why is 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.

After you come up with the hundred video ideas then narrow it down to the top 10 ideas that you're the most excited about and that you can see based on research on YouTube are the most popular ideas that most people are really interested in watching.

4. Choose your equipment

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. If you have 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 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 is lighting. It has a dramatic impact on the quality of your videos. The more light 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 your videos on YouTube.

There're all sorts of fancy lighting systems in the market, but for the beginning if you want to do in budget you can choose a natural light. You can sit right in front of a window and let the light hit your face and that’s going to look great.

5. Decide on a filming & upload schedule

The fifth step that you need to do is to decide on your filming and uploading schedule. So don't just decide which days you're going to 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.

So for the best results 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.

6. Create your YouTube channel

Step six 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 e-mail account on YouTube and then click through their prompts and set up your YouTube channel. It's super simple and they make it easy enough for anyone to do.

7. Design a banner & write your channel description

Once your YouTube channel is set up, create a banner and write a description for your channel. These things really make your channel look a little bit more professional. So that after someone watches one of your videos they click on your channel and they realize that you’re 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.

8. Film your first video

Step number eight is actually film your first video. Now don't overthink this. It's probably going to 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 filmed the video.

9. Edit your video & design your thumbnail.

Step number nine is to edit your video and create thumbnail.  You can edit your video footage into some sort of editing programs. There are some great free options out there like imovie on Macs or Windows Movie Maker on a Windows. There are plenty of other options also, but choose a simple one, and then just cut out any mistakes from the video, and if you want you can add a title card at the beginning of the video that tells exactly what the video is about.

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 Carnival or photo. The main things you have to keep in mind when you're creating the thumbnail is to make it as eye catching as possible and also make it really clear what the video is about.

10. Upload your first video

Step number 10 is just to upload your first video. While uploading  videos you need to write your interesting keyword rich description about the video, and add some extra keywords that have some good search volume. And, it would be better to upload your videos first hour in the morning to give people the most time to watch them during the day. Different youyubers upload their videos at different times throughout the day but there is no any specific time that you need to upload but it generally is considered to be best to upload at the same time every time when 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 in the morning and then you upload a video at 4:00 in the afternoon then all your normal people might not watch videos at 4:00 in the afternoon, so just be consistent with it.

11. Like, comment, share

After you upload your video, it's time to give your video as much of a boost as you can because especially when you're first starting out. Every little bit that you can do for that video really helps. This means that you yourself should watch the video and 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, Twitter or 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 the like button.

It’s because 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.

12. Stay consistent!

And, now the final step number 12 is to stay consistent. When you first start your channel everything is new, bright, shiny and exciting and you'll have a lot of motivation but as time goes on and especially when you're first starting out and you have put out 5 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 if you really want to see the 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. Then, you must stay consistent. It takes time to grow your channel. It may take 6 to 12 months to see some significant growth. So, you need to keep uploading videos every single week and you need to keep improving the quality with every single video.

So that’s all for creating a successful and profitable YouTube channel. Hope this article is informative and helpful to you. Please comment your thoughts. Have a good luck! Thank you!!