Today I’m going to be teaching you how to start a YouTube channel in 2021 from scratch and grow from 0 views and 0 subscribers. This is a FULL beginner’s guide to YouTube where I’ll be covering everything you need to know in order to launch and grow a successful YouTube channel!

I truly believe it is never to late to start a YouTube channel. There are new YouTubers that grow their channels every single year, and there is nothing stopping YOU from doing the same. I created this guide as something I wish I had when I started my YouTube channel, and wanted to cover everything there is.

In my opinion, this guide covers EVERYTHING you need to know to start doing YouTube in 2021. My goal was that after you finish watching this video, you will be confident in your ability to start making videos and know all the ins-and-outs to becoming a successful YouTuber. Whether you have 1000 subscribers or 0 subscribers, I hope that you can take something away from this guide.

We will be covering the following:
- The mindset you need before becoming a YouTuber
- Creating, naming, and setting up your channel
- How to have your YouTube channel ready to upload
- How to plan videos and find the best topics
- How to make YouTube videos and edit them, and the software/tools you will need (all of which are free)
- How to upload videos to YouTube and optimize them for success
- Understanding how to read YouTube analytics to grow
- Perfecting your channel and planning for the future

I really hope you enjoyed this video, I put a lot of time into it. Let me know if you want to see similar guides or more in-depth YouTube tip videos in the future. And BEST OF LUCK! 😊

🕛 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 How To Start A YouTube Channel: The Full Beginners Guide To Succeeding in 2021

1:36 Having the right mindset and determining if you should do YouTube

4:38 How to create a YouTube channel in 2021

6:43 How to think of a YouTube channel name
- Username generator (keywords): https://www.shopify.ca/tools/business-name-generator
- Username generator (random) https://www.lastpass.com/username-generator
- Know Em: https://knowem.com/

8:52 How to setup your YouTube channel so it’s ready for uploading

11:23 How to think of YouTube video ideas as a small channel

17:36 YouTube tools you can use to do topic and keyword research
- TubeBuddy: https://tubebuddy.com/ziovo
- VidIq: https://vidiq.com
- Google Trends: https://trends.google.com
- Exploding Topics: https://explodingtopics.com

19:52 How to set an upload schedule

21:19 How to make and edit YouTube videos – Free and cheap tools and alternatives you can use to film your video, record audio, edit videos, make graphics for your banner/profile picture/thumbnails for free

Graphic Design
- Canva Free Photo Editor: https://clck.ru/QboAT
- Canva Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJSgUx5K6V0&ab_channel=Ziovo
- PhotoPea Free Photo Editor: https://www.photopea.com/

Video
- Make your phone camera look professional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvHPYIuUBQ&ab_channel=NigelBarros
- Make your webcam look like a DSLR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrX8zqz1Og&ab_channel=AlphaGaming
- Webcam: https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=logitech+c920&_sacat=0

Audio
- Audacity Free Audio Editor: https://www.audacityteam.org/
- Audacity Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiXbfeKA-fk&t=7s&ab_channel=Ziovo

Video Editing
- Davinci Resolve Free Video Editor: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
- Davinci Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-ApaTWtBo&t=132s&ab_channel=Ziovo
- VSDC Free Video Editor: https://bit.ly/3mncoJg
- VSDC Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r62yP_hjN_o&t=22s&ab_channel=Ziovo

Other
- YouTube Audio Library (Free): https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCrqy8sEdUgTwx7rpRtD9rlg/music
- More free music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZkudK5BYM&t=15s&ab_channel=Ziovo
- Pexels Stock Video (Free): https://pexels.com
- PixaBay Stock Video (Free): https://pixabay.com

28:08 How to upload a YouTube video properly

36:56 Making money on YouTube as a small channel
- 44 Best Affiliate Programs: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-affiliate-programs

38:45 YouTube analytics for beginners – how to read and make decisions

47:05 Perfecting your channel – final tips that didn’t make it into the other chapters

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Thanks for watching!
- Ziovo

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