How To Create A YouTube Channel And Make Money




Everyone with a mobile phone knows about YouTube as an entertainment medium but they don't know that they can make good money from it. 

So many people have been making thousands and even millions from YouTube since it was known but most people just use it for fun and entertainment or education without knowing that they could earn from it. 

But you are not gonna be like those people any longer because I'm gonna teach you how to create a steady income from YouTube with or without investments. But let's start with your YouTube channel creation and customization.

Here are the steps to create an organized YouTube channel; 


1. Creating a YouTube account

Before you start making money from YouTube you'll need to create an account. To get started, go to YouTube.com, and login your Google account. You'll then need to make a decision if you account will be a personal or business account, for this guide you'll make it a personal account because in order to create a business account you'll need a business email (info.companyname.com) but if you have a business email you can continue with that. Then you need to decide your niche so you can know the type of videos you'll be posting, people who you want to be your subscribers and what will be presented on your channel. Once you've loggged In to YouTube with your your email, your default channel will automatically be created by Google.

So you need to customize the channel for your business so you click on the CUSTOMIZE CHANNEL button shown in the top right of the page, to be ready for the next steps. 


2. Update Channel Name And Description

As your YouTube channel have been created you need to add customize your page by creating a name and description for it.

You need to find a name for your channel and the name should be related to your niche, so as you've chosen your name the public will be able to see your channel if the search for it. 


On the channel customization page you click on the BASIC INFO button them you add the name you chose and add a description of your channel. You add what your channel will be used for, how it will benefit the viewers, what you will be shown to the viewers. After you've added your name and description you'll be given a URL but you can instead add a custom URL so you can boost up your Rankings on YouTube.



3. Upload Profile Picture And icon.

 After you've created the name, description and URL for channel, you will then need to brand your channel because you are using your YouTube channel as an extension of your business. 

To add these images you'll have to tap on the BRANDING button on the top navigation bar of the page. 

High quality images tends to make your page more creative and professional so it will drag the attention of the passing viewers. You should upload a clear, high-quality logo of at least 98×98 pixels with a size less than 4 MB for your picture. 



Your logo represents your channel so it will appear on every page that have your videos. To design a good logo for your business/channel you can use softwares like Canva and Renderforest { they have free plans for beginners}. 


Your banner image should be an informative graphic that illustrates the highlights of your Page. This image will appear at the top of your page, behind your profile picture. The graphic should be at least 2048×1152 pixels and size less than 6 MB. You can design a good banner image with Canva too. 


You will also create a video watermark, this graphic can be your logo, the watermark helps create consistency across multiple videos, tying them back to your account. The video watermark will appear in the corner of each of your videos respectively. With a watermark, your audience will be able to identify which videos are yours. 


4. Upload And Optimize Your Videos 

After you've edited your page appearance you need to start uploading your videos to make it a YouTube channel because YouTube is a video platform. This step is the main step, your audience will only view your channel only if it has videos in it. 


First you need to create a video you'll need a camera, smartphone or PC. Then you are to design your videos you could use Renderforest or Canva for this to get great results, as I said earlier you can start using it for free. 


The upload takes just few minutes, after you've created and designed it you have to save it on an accessible place on your phone or PC or computer. 


Next you go to your channel and click on the CREATE button in the corner of your page after clicking it a page will pop-up that tells you to select the file that you want to upload. Then you click on Select files to find the file that you saved, after that YouTube will automatically upload the video.


Now you'll need to optimize your video, you need to move to the next part of your upload screen, as you continue they will be a pop-up page telling you to add a title, thumbnail and description for your video, during this process you can add video elements like subtitles, end screen and even texts. 


You must add your target keywords to your title and description, this is very important to rank higher. If you are having problems finding the right keywords to use they are various softwares you can use for that like; Tubebuddy and VidiQ (these are tools that can help you determine which keywords you should be targeting for your content type on YouTube). These tools can also help you grow your YouTube channel so you can make money from it. 


5. Customize Your Channel Layout

 So now you have already created and posted your videos, it's time to change the looks. It's important to hook your viewers on your channel so they could spend more time viewing your videos, that's why you need to customize the looks of your videos, so pay attention to this. 




 There are so many options of layouts to pick from but it should be based on your niche. So let's get started, click on the LAYOUT tab at the top of the navigation bar to start customizing your page. Once you click on the LAYOUT tab a pop-up will appear for you to choose between Video Spotlight and Featured Sections which means Either you'll Showing a channel trailer to those who haven’t subscribed or a featured video for returning subscribers. 

Video spotlight 

The Video spotlight is helpful and beneficial because it lets your new audiences see a high level overview video about your channel and this will encourage them to subscribe and keep on coming to your page. But the video will be shown to only a new audience. The old subscribers won't need to see this because they already know about your page.


Featured sections 

 This is all about compiling a group of videos that are of similar concepts, you can have up to twelve of these sections on your page. This video actually makes it easier for viewers to watch videos longer and will keep on searching your YouTube channel for more videos of their interests. It will also make it easier for viewers to find videos because you've grouped them. 


7. Create A Playlist

A playlist is similar to the featured sections because they serve the same purpose which is to encourage continuous watching from your audience. You are also grouping them according to their topics, so it's actually similar to the featured sections. But it's a little bit different because in playlists you can put much more videos unlike the featured sections. 

To create a playlist you click on the PLAYLIST button on the top left menu, then on the top right you'll then see a NEW PLAYLIST button, click on it. 


Once you've done that you can then choose a name for your playlist. Also set the Visibility level for the playlist. So now the playlist will be successfully created, you'll then need to add the videos you want to add. It can either be a video with similar topics/concepts, episodes, updates, product releases and so on. To do this you need to click on the CONTENT button on the left side then you can add the videos you want. 

Repeat that it you want to create multiple Playlists. 

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WAYS TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

• Google Adsense

Before you can apply for this you must have a good audience because their views are your money 💰, there's actually no secret to getting subscribers or viewers it all just about you posting quality content/videos that can hook your viewers and will make them to continue watching. There's another trick that can get you subscribers too, using the method I call Social Bombing, it's all about sharing your video contents on different social media platforms like Quora, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and so on. 


To make money with Google Adsense on your YouTube channel you will need to enable the monetization of your channel. You must have a good audience which I have told you how to get them above. 


NOTE: You must have at least 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months and a minimum of 1000 subscribers before you can apply for google Adsense 


Once you've solved the above problems You will need to enable your monetization which means that you are allowing YouTube to post ads in your videos. To get started, you go to your channel and then click on the VIDEO MANAGER button on the top bar then click on ENABLE MONETIZATION. 


After you've done that you will need to create an Adsense account, so to get started you go to Google Adsense then click on the SIGN UP NOW button to create an account. You'll need the following;

*An email account

*To be at least 18 years old if younger you need adult supervision 

*A payment system


You only gain money per ad click and a smaller amount per view but it adds up over time. This is why having an audience is key. I told you how to get a good amount of traffic earlier. 

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7. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing simply means selling someone's products or services in exchange for a commission. 

So many companies offer their deals to Affiliate Marketers who will promote their products or services. 


Almost all the YouTubers do Affiliate Marketing on their YouTube channel. 


YouTube Affiliate Marketing 

This is simply creating videos and adding your Affiliate Links to it either in the description or in the videos. You can do this by creating review videos talking about the product or service so someone can click on your link and buy or complete an action.

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Types of video for YouTube Affiliate Marketing 

 There are 5 different types of videos that you can use in order to do Affiliate Marketing on YouTube. These include: 

How to videos 

These are videos made to teach the audience how a product can be used and utilized. 

Tutorial videos

Creating videos teaching the audience how to do something like cooking you will then tell the audience that you could use a product like a pot to do that, then you put your Affiliate Link to that product or service.  

Comparison videos

This is a video of the YouTuber comparing two different products or services, talking about what they have and what they don't have.

Unboxing videos

This is a video of unboxing a product that you bought and showing them the product. These videos are just for products not services 

Review videos 

These are videos telling the audience about a product, the qualities and so on. In order to convince them to buy the product, they will use your Affiliate Link to purchase the product or service. 


Learn about Affiliate Marketing and types of products and services to promote.