Hi All! This post is the first of many in which I will take you first-hand through the process of "Starting A YouTube Channel". My intent is to cover all the steps that are involved along with all the important details.
Where do you begin? (based on my experience and based on my opinion)
Most of us probably begin at YouTube. Years ago, I started at YT channel customization. I was NOT aware that there are two steps that you and I need to take before going to YouTube.
Plan: (Step 2)
Most projects should begin with a plan. We need to plan our work, so we can work our plan. I will cover how to customize your channel and how to create your plan, and much more, in future posts. There is another step that we need to take, an important first step.
Research: (Step 1)
If you are creating your channel because of a love or passion that you want to share, skip the research. If you are creating a Youtube channel as a way to make money online, then research is a must! A MUST!
The channels that I am creating (YT, Dailymotion, possibly Rumble TV), are based around Santa, as you can see above, my initial research using Ubersuggest, a free keyword research tool, shows that the competition is too high. I recommend a search difficulty in the 30s or lower.
However, one of the everyday traffic tricks that I have up my sleeve is to occasionally create a relatve Christmas video. That trick works well, because, Uberssuggest can find keyword phrases that still score well!
If you are a beginner, the Santa niche, may be too crowded, however, the steps that you will be taking, apply to any niche. And, even in a crowded niche, with free tools such as Ubersuggest, and TubeBuddy, you still can find keyword phrases that score will.
Test The Water
My YT channel is still under construction with zero videos published. I created a Dailymtion channel yesterday, to 'test the water". One video has been uploaded and published (mid August). I have not even set up a specific TikTok channel yet for Santa's Workshop TV. Again, just testing the water.
After 12 hours, here's how it is doing (96 views).
Even more research
Get on Youtube, search for videos in your niche. Are they getting views? One of the top videos in the Santa niche got 15 Million views in its first week, which The Holderness Family – "XMAS Jammies", which has become a Christmas staple.
When you or I dive into a niche, and our intention is to make money online, it is like diving into a deep "shark infested" pool! And if we are newbies, we have not yet learned how to swim!
Research helps us to keep sharks at a minimum, and can help us to stay afloat.
TRUTH
Most people fail onine. An online biz is similar to most businesses, about 3% succeed, 97% fail at building a regular business and I believe the odds of succeeding online are less. Whether you and I succeed or fail is soley our responsibility, but the DREAM of Maiking Money Online, is often the result of us being SOLD.
Making money from home is great, but most 'gurus' that are supposedly going to help you are not really about helping you, rather, they are helping themselves, because there are tools, platforms, training courses, memberships, and so on that you will need to buy and they will SELL them to you.
Do not spend money that your new online biz does not have. It is not only a sound business strategy, it is an added way to help you to succeed!?? While your online biz is getting started, if there is a negative cash flow, the chances are higher that you may quit. There are plenty of free options and free alternaitves, begin with free.
Speaking for myself and, I believe, for most of us, it is going to take a while before you earn money online, and even longer before it begins to be a steady income, weeks, perhaps, several months, depending on how much time you have to invest in your new online biz.
Your time is the key! The more time you can put into your new YouTube channel, the better. And your time investment must be consistent.
Thank you for reading.
Much success,
George Pierce
PS. This post is Santa Approved!
PPS. For free help and training, please visit my YT Training Channel.
PPPS. Research = $$$$!
Comments
This is definitely Santa approved! I love this post, the most important thing is research. I needed this blog post 5 years ago...LOL
Santa double checked it before it got posted, thank you, John. Research needs to become a part of our process.