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today guys i'm going to be talking about how to start a successful youtube channel and how
to really grow your platform when i tell you this is a question that people have asked me over and
over and over again and they're like please make a video about how you did this and that and what you
do and what you do this with i'm gonna get into it now i do want to say my swoop is a little messed
up so ignore that but i do want to say you don't have to listen to me you don't have to take advice
from me it works for me may not work for you and i don't have the biggest platform in some people's
eyes so some people aren't going to like want to hear what i have to say but if you do want to hear
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all that being said i did go on instagram and ask you guys what questions you wanted me to answer in
this video so we're going to get right into it but this video is going to be very informative because
when i tell y'all i've studied the algorithm i've spent long nights trying to figure out
how to really work youtube and that's when i was getting my most growth but i kind of fell off i
slacked a little bit i started school and stuff first question is what camera do i use this is a
very common question i just got this camera actually it's the sony zv1 vlogging camera
i used to use the canon m50 mark ii but i like this one better just because it's a little more
compact for vlogging the canon camera itself is not that big but the lens if you get a lens and
stuff it makes it so much bigger it was not ideal for vlogging but it was pretty nice for sit down
videos but i love i love this sony camera and then somebody asked me how to edit which i can make a
whole video on how i edit my videos but literally this goes along with another question people ask
me what editing software do i use i use final cut pro i am using the free trial just to see
if i liked it but it is so easy to use and it's a really high quality editor like final cut pro
is amazing i'm hesitant to spend 200 to get the full version is because i don't want to spend 200
but i'm literally going to do it because it's so worth it so get final cut pro but if you don't
want to start out with that you could use imovie which comes on literally all apple devices if you
have an apple device one i don't know what you can use on android i know they have an adobe
premiere rush for androids so you might want to try that but i don't know a lot about how to
edit on android phones i'm so sorry or android operating systems i have no idea what are some
good first video ideas first things first before you start a youtube channel you're going to want
to have a plan you need to figure out who your target audience is going to be what your niche
is and things like that now you don't have to necessarily make this like super
compact this could be very broad but you're going to want to market yourself towards your
target audience because when you think about it a youtube channel if you plan on taking this serious
is a brand so you're gonna have to brand yourself to your target audience you know what i mean so
that's what you have to do before you start and that'll help you cultivate video ideas
i mean think about what you're interested in what you like to do and what kind of videos
you like to watch and take that into account i honestly can't give you good first video ideas
because it depends on who you are if you're in a lifestyle you know you can start vlogging
things like that but literally people will watch anything if it's packaged and branded the proper
way somebody asked me how do you take off which i haven't necessarily really figured it out yet but
it's really just working the algorithm and playing towards your target audience like i was saying
so you want to just find what works for you and stick with it now you can make different videos
but everybody has their own thing and what they do and you just have to find that and stick with it
and that's how you're going to take off you know what i mean people are going to want to subscribe
to you because you're being yourself and you're being authentic and you're bringing something
different to the platform that people have never seen you want to bring something that people are
like i have never seen this before this person is different what is it that makes you different what
is it that sets you apart from other people that's what's going to help you take off don't try and
fit in just don't try and fit in literally you are not these people and i should be telling myself
that because often i compare myself to other youtubers and stuff when really i'm just myself
so i need to stop doing that the next question was how did i promote my videos and grow my channel
so the best thing that you can do for promoting your videos is cross-platform promoting and also
getting people to support you like your friends and family to repost it but when i tell you you
literally need to be your own biggest fan when it comes to reposting posting your videos putting
links in your bios putting things everywhere and telling people about it like do not be shy
let people know you have a youtube channel post it on your instagram it doesn't matter
if you have one follower three million followers whatever the case may be act like you are the
biggest youtuber on the planet now listen don't get cocky but we have to act as if we already are
what we are you know what i mean don't act like you're talking to a small group of people okay
act like you're talking to your thousands upon thousands of millions of subscribers if that's
your goal act like you're talking to them okay so post post post post post post post literally
when you post a video post on twitter facebook instagram tic toc put it everywhere literally
put it everywhere and just cross platform promote okay that's the best thing you can do growing
multiple platforms is also good too because if you take off on tick tock that's gonna help you
take off on youtube and whatever so on so forth instagram it all goes hand in hand so once you
build an audience on one it's to help you build an audience on another but i honestly have to say use
tick tock to your advantage tick tock is literally has changed so in people's lives tik tok is such
a game changer honestly we're talking about this earlier how to find your target audience so like
i said think about things that you like oh for instance if you're making gaming videos obviously
you're going to be targeting gamers think about what you like and think about what you watch
and like you're literally you are literally your target audience you like technology target other
people who are into technology it does go deeper than that but that is very specific to you as a
person the next question is are there any hacks to the algorithm like specific times and days to post
so once you start making videos you can download this thing called tubebuddy i'm not sponsored by
them but tubebuddy is literally going to be your best friend there are other ones that you can use
but tubebuddy is literally amazing so i do i do pay for the paid version but you don't have
to do that but i do i'm pretty sure it'll still tell you even if you don't use the paid version
like a tab when you download it it's like a chrome browser extension so just type into buddy
and you'll be able to figure it out it's super easy i'll link it down below once you download
it and like link your channel there will be a section that says best times and days to post
it'll literally tell you the best day of the week i'm sure youtube itself might actually do this i'm
not entirely sure but i know tubebuddy gives me a whole breakdown of the times my audience is on
and when my videos is going to get the most views and i will say i want to post a video tomorrow i'm
going to go and see what time would be best for me to post it tomorrow that's why i never posted
a consistent time because it's usually different on any given day and if you want to post one video
a week it'll give you the best day out of the week to post that is it hard to grow your channel um it
can be i think it is i mean that's just because i make it hard on myself but for some people it is
very easy but if your heart if you're hard working and going to be dedicated i promise you you can
grow your channel it's just a little bit difficult for other people like some people literally take
off overnight and other people don't take off for years but never give up because if you're
determined to make something happen it's gonna happen and what do i use to edit my thumbnails
thank you angie for asking this question i love you girl but what i used to edit my thumbnails
is mainly just pixar and fonto they're all apps you can download on iphone android but
on my ipad i've used procreate a couple times it's actually you pay for it but i do not think it's a
necessity just download pixar download vsco also for like just to edit the picture a little bit
but you can also do all that stuff on pixar literally download pixar and fonto and you're set
i get all my fonts from dafont.com and i get all of my music from like soundcloud or i type in like
copyright free music on youtube and just go from there so what you do to make sure that music is
not copyrighted is you just download the video post it to youtube as unlisted and see if it
gets copyrighted okay see if it gets flagged there you go major key how much should you post per week
now this is literally your prerogative just make sure that you're being consistent with whatever
you do if you decide you're gonna post three videos a week make sure you're posting three
videos a week if you decide you're only gonna post once make sure you're posting once a week because
the platform loves consistency when i was posting three videos like i was posting every three days
that was my schedule so basically two videos a week i saw the most growth i literally saw
the most growth the platform loves consistency at least in my experience but consistency is
literally whatever it looks like to you you put yourself on a schedule that works for you and you
work with that schedule if you want to post once a week twice a week three times a week if you want
to post every two weeks just make sure you're on that schedule because that's what consistency is
there's no specific amount of videos you should post but just think about it this way
the more people see you the more they're likely to subscribe to you like that's how i think about
tick tock the more people see my videos and i'm like she's always on my free page i might as well
just follow her right right so this person asked tips on how to gain subscribers and how to get
more people to watch your videos so how to get more people to watch your videos i've got the
gems for y'all so there's this youtuber here on youtube named annie dube i think is how you say it
she is going to give you guys all of the major keys on how to really grow your channel i will
link her down below i've seen plenty of different people talk about how to grow your channel but she
is really like the the one who's guided me the most and i've taken her tips she's also talked
about tubebuddy because two buddies literally amazingly what you're going to want to do is
optimize your videos for search this may sound like what are you talking about i don't speak this
language so optimizing your videos for search or just making sure your videos are the most
searchable because that's how you're going to get more people to watch your videos youtube is a big
search engine when you think about it literally even when you type in something on google
youtube videos pop up so youtube is a big search engine so i want to make sure that your title
your description box your tags and everything like that are all searchable and all coincide with each
other so there's this feature on tubebuddy that you can use and i'm pretty sure this does come
with the free version as well i'm not entirely sure don't quote me on that but you can type
in keywords or like with the title that you're thinking it's like basically hygiene routine so
type in winter hygiene routine 2021 okay and then i didn't even say happy new year happy new year
y'all i know i haven't been here you're going to want to type that in and it'll give you like the
competition which basically how many people have used like that title or something similar and
basically how well you would rank in that category so i always go for something that gives me like
100 like obviously i want it to be good that i'm going to rank highly in that so that's what you
want to do you want to rank high in search so put keywords put keywords in your bios and i'll just
use a bunch of keywords that i know people are going to search up so the major things are winter
hygiene routine okay so you're going to want to put that in there also put tags i put tags in
the tag section in my description box so that the algorithm picks it up i hope this is making sense
but i'm not the best at explaining it and bae i think that's how you say her last name down below
her videos are extremely extremely helpful what setup should i use
that is literally once again up to your own discretion it's whatever works for you
if you want to do more sit down videos you can get a bigger camera like a dslr or something like that
but for me i like to vlog i like to be on the go i like little teeny tiny cameras that don't take
up too much space that's why i got the sony zv1 i love it so much all you need to do is get a cheap
tripod off amazon or you don't even even have to get a tripod just use your phone
please just use your phone and i need people to stop making excuses like i don't have this dude
i don't have that yet you're never gonna have this or that if you don't start today just start today
the hardest part is making the video literally the hardest part is making the video so just do it
make it put it out there and you're gonna be so proud of yourself because you're not gonna grow
until you start putting stuff out there like my old videos are literally the
most treacherous horrifying terrifying thing on this planet it's gotten me to where i am today
and i've changed completely i've grown so much so much i have grown so much so you just have
to start today stop procrastinating stop putting [ __ ] off today is our day 2022 is our year do you
hear me literally starting a youtube channel is one of the best things that's ever happened to me
and i encourage everybody to do it but 2022 is our year we need to stop playing with our potential
when you stop playing with who we are literally only have one life and we have to live it so if
this is really what you want for yourself sit down decide that this is what you want for yourself and
let's get to it i'm gonna give you guys a rundown basically of all the information i just said
so first things first to start a youtube channel you're gonna want to create your account i think
you guys should know how to do that i'm not really going to help with the technical side of things
you can use your phone a camera you can use anything that is accessible to you don't
think that you need to have this fancy setup to make good videos you don't and things are always
going to get better so everybody starts somewhere youtube is such a big place do something that's
going to set you apart from other people and just be yourself that is the number one tip i can give
you guys is just being yourself because that's really what's going to get people to subscribe
so you're going to record the video you're going to edit it you can use imovie final cut pro adobe
premiere brush adobe premiere pro use any of these things you don't need a fancy schmancy computer
you can use your phone you can use your ipad you can use a tablet you can use whatever i'm tired
of people making things seem like you have to have fancy equipment you don't okay you literally don't
i used to edit on my phone and record on my phone for years so that's a really good place to start
you're going to optimize it for search and once again any debate has more information on that
i'm not the best at explaining it but she has all the information on that and then you're going to
upload it and then you're going to cross-platform promote and while you're doing that you're also
going to post tick tocks about it you're going to tell your friends and family you're going
to post it on facebook you're going to put the link here you're going gonna put the link there
you're gonna put it everywhere and you're gonna let everybody know what you're doing and you're
gonna let everybody know that you posted a video 2022 is not the year to be shy about
your youtube channel but that is all the tips and info information that i have if you want me to go
more in depth on any single topic i covered in this video please just let me know and i'm down
but if you guys want to part two to this video if you have any more questions just leave them down
below and i will answer them i love you guys so so much and i'll catch you guys in the next one
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