Learn how to create a YouTube channel to make money with it implementing all the technics and SEO strategies that attract viewers and subscribers to your channel. To create a YouTube channel, you must first have an active Gmail account or create new account.
NOTE: Just creating a channel is different from creating channel to make money. A channel for money making is the same as a channel for business, and in business there is demand and supply. You content is the most factor that mark your channel as a business or a channel for generating money.
Create a personal channel
There are two main channel accessibility types namely; personal channel and business channel.
Create a channel that only you can manage using your Google Account with the steps below.
- Sign in to YouTube on a computer or the mobile site.
- Click your profile picture
Create a channel.
- You’ll be asked to create a channel.
- Check the details (with your Google Account name and photo) and confirm to create your channel.
Create a channel with a business or other name
Follow the steps here to create a channel that can have more than one manager or owner.
You can connect your channel to a Brand Account if you want to use a different name on YouTube than your Google Account. Learn more about Brand Accounts.
- Sign in to YouTube on a computer or the mobile site.
- Go to your channel list.
- Choose to create a new channel or use an existing Brand Account:
- Create a channel by clicking Create a new channel.
- Create a YouTube channel for a Brand Account that you already manage by choosing the Brand Account from the list. If this Brand Account already has a channel, you can’t create a new one. When you select the Brand Account from the list, you’ll be switched over to that channel.
- Fill out the details to name your new channel. Then, click Create. This will create a new Brand Account.
Channel customization
Channel customization is the branding of your channel and setting its keywords to identify it among other channels.
Channel customization begins from the channel’s name, description, profile picture, channel banner, keywords and your contents.
Channel’s name factors
Before creating a YouTube channel you must first think of your channel name because the name may impact your ranking among your competitors bearing the same name or with video titles bearing the same name.
Best practices when choosing a YouTube channel name
- Choose a short memorizable name: You need to consider your viewers when deciding a channel name. Think about this; if you choose a channel name that is very long about 40 characters or alphabets, how will your viewers easily remember that name name and search when wanted to watch your videos. You may loose many viewers as a result of this.
- Using a unique name: It is important to do name research before deciding a name. If you choose a name such as “African Cinema”, it is likely your viewers may not find your channel when searched due to a competition in videos title and description with that name. Your chosen name must differ from top channels bearing the same name.
Channel Keywords
Keywords are unique words or phrases that regularly appears in searched words or phrases. If your channel is about comedy then use words that mean comedy such as: funny videos, funny comedy, comedy, you can’t laugh etc.
Profile picture
Profile picture is very important in channel identification, It help viewers to identify your channel from channel bearing the same name. Not all views can read or memorize your channel but can locate you once they find your profile picture.
Channel banner
Channel banner is a rectangular shaped image containing graphical images, design, characters or words on your channel. Channel banner is not much important as it has no relevancy towards your channels growth. It may in advantage build trust among your viewers and you.
Channels description
Channels description is a descriptive given to your channel informing your viewers what your channel is about. This has not much value towards your channel’s growth.
Content Creation
Content creation on YouTube include meaningful, graphical combination of images, videos, animation with or without audio that viewers pay attention to positively.
Your videos are the major factor towards channels development and popularity. When people love what you are uploading, you are definitely going to get.
Continue learning by clicking the link: How to get more views on YouTube channel