Tips on How to Start a YouTube Channel
Tips on How to Start a YouTube Channel
YouTube is one of the most popular platforms where you could express yourself and share your stories and ideas in a video format. Numerous vloggers have become famous especially with having interesting and inspiring content. Through YouTube, you will find a wide variety of topics from tutorials to cooking shows to travel vlogs, name it and you would surely find it on YouTube. However, if you want to join the bandwagon and wanted to become an influencer or just someone who would just like to share your ideas, you came to the right place as through this article, we shall provide you some tips on how to start your YouTube channel. All you have to do is follow the guide below.
Use eye-catching channel art and thumbnails
Thumbnails are considered as something that would catch one’s eye. It provides a first impression about your video. Hence, it is important for you to have an effective thumbnail which would provide your audience a clear and accurate preview of your video’s title. Aside from that, you will have to ensure that it would stand out. Furthermore, since it is the first thing that your viewers will see you will have to captivate their interest in order for them to click and choose your video from the numerous videos. Yes, competition is tough and tight. So put your creative hat on and make your thumbnail and title captivatingly interesting enough to attract new viewers.
Choose the perfect channel icon
Your channel icon is another important visual that would introduce who you are. Ensure that your icon would match your brand, would complement your channel banner and show who you are. We recommend that you check out and follow YouTube’s recommended image dimensions. This way, your icon will not look stretched or pixelated. Preview your channel on different multiple devices to ensure everything looks great.
Create playlists
One way to ensure that your viewers will not get confused with all of your videos is by organizing them into playlists. This comes handy especially if you have numerous videos with a wide range of categories.
Create a channel trailer
A channel trailer provides your viewers a sneak peak of your content. Hence, it is important you make it good. Always assume that your viewers are new and are strangers. So, it would be good to think of how will you introduce yourself and how you will be able to convince them to subscribe to your channel.
Create amazing content consistently
Yes, this is very important. If you do not have a great content and would not do this consistently, there is a possibility that your subscribers will get bored, tired and would just leave your channel. Ensure that you have attention-grabbing and interesting introduction, branding, background music, audio and content.
Edit your videos
There are a lot of video editing platforms/software which you could use to enhance your videos. This way, you could make your videos presentable and interesting.
Schedule your videos
Do not overwhelm your viewers with one time uploading of videos. This could result for viewers to get bored. Entice them and let them look forward to your next video. Ensure that you regularly upload content as well.
Understand your audience
What do your audience does not know and would like to learn about? Ensure you captivate their interest with the content and topic of your videos.
Experiment with YouTube advertising
If you have a wide range of audience, you might want to consider YouTube advertising. You could check in-stream ads, video discovery ads and non-video ads.
Ask viewers to subscribe
Entice and invite your viewers to subscribe to your channel this way they would be alerted or notified when you upload a new video.
