In previous article, I wrote about How to Get 1000 Subscribers on YouTube FAST in 2019 – 7 Steps and in this article, I’d like to teach you about how to start a successful YouTube from start o finish for beginners.
①Coming up with a channel idea
Before even you start a YouTube channel, you’re going to need to decide what genre / topic of videos you’re going to create. Vlog, gaming, beauty… pick one genre!
②Who is your audience and what value?
③Make a list
Before you create a channel, create a list of up to 50 video ideas in your genre. For example, if your channel is about fitness, 50 topics about working out and diet. The reason why this is important is because when you start a channel and post daily or weekly, you don’t wanna run out of ideas. And if you go to your same genre’s big channel and sort by popular video, you can get an idea of what kind of videos are popular in your genre.
④Equipment
Equipment is important in order to produce high quality videos, but don’t allow your equipment to hold you back. First, correct the equipments that you NEED to start. Camera: in 2019 you can record nice 4K video so you can use iphone to start, and for lighting, find the best spot by the window in your room for natural light.
⑤Create a channel
Don’t use your old account with inactive few hundred subscribers from high school. Even if you have few hundred subscribers already, if they don’t open the notification email or app notification, it will hurt your channel, so it’s a disadvantage.
⑥Pick profile picture and make channel banner
Make sure your profile picture is nice and zoomed in because when viewers come to your channel, they’ll feel much more personal. Channel banner, either you can design and create by your own or there are bunch of free maker out there. Be sure to include your face or channel logo and video schedule.
⑦Film your first video
Keep in mind that if you’re shay on camera, it’s totally ok! As a human beings, we’re not made wired to talk to an object and feel like that’s normal because our brain is wired to talk to other humans and that’s the only reason why we feel awkward talking to a camera. First thing you can do is to imagine someone in front of you and pretend like you’re talking to the person. And even if you’re too self conscious, don’t use your flip screen because it will look weird if you’re keep looking at yourself on the screen not the camera.
⑧Editing
It gets confusing I know.. There are free program called iMovie and paid program called Final cut pro for Mac user, and there are free program called windows movie maker and paid program for adobe premier pro for windows user. Also you can download smartphone app for free and edit there.
⑨Create first thumbnail
When you searching something on YouTube, you will scroll down the first page and pick the one looks most interesting and legit or captured their eyes. So clickbait your video, but in a positive way because obviously people hate bad clickbait thumbnail. Make sure your thumbnail looks interesting and exciting, pop color and bright lighting.
⑩Upload your first video
Now you have awesome video and thumbnail and ready to upload first video! The important step here is to pick the right video title, tags and description box. And make sure to post at early morning ideally as early as 6am because this way, you have the whole day that can continue get views.
11. Share your videos with your friends
At least first 10 – 20 videos, you should ask everybody you know to watch, like and comment your video because it’s hard to get traffic only with algorithm in 0 subscribers.
