Step 4: Channel Heading

Next, you’ll make a beautiful design for your YouTube channel. To make a design, hit the "Add channel art" tab.

Channel Art/Design


Being the image that will be used as the design (header) of your YouTube channel, you can choose any picture or photo that you create yourself or you took from the YouTube gallery. The recommended size for the image is 2560 by 1440 pixels and file size is 6 MB max.

Step 5: Page Views

Now go to the view settings. To configure the channel to your preference, hover down to the gear, which is next to the subscribe button; now you’ll be able to see the amount of page views you have.

Step 6: Description

By going to the section "About the channel", you can make a description of your channel, add an e-mail for commercial requests, links to your website or social networks. A maximum of 5 links can be added.

Step 7: How to Make a Channel Closed and Open

If for whatever reason you want limited access to the videos posted on your YouTube channel, then making these videos private or available by reference or by direct link will be the right option.

Hover down to the page of your channel and go to the video manager.

Next to the video you want to hide, click the "Change/edit" button

After opening the page with the video below, toggle your mouse to the right-hand side of the video itself.

Select your most preferred option to restrict access to the video:

  • Available at the link
  • Limited access (by e-mail)
  • Limited access to YouTube videos; in the same way, you can block access to other videos or playlists


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Lucky57 Premium Plus
Wow, you made it so simple and easy to start a YouTube channel. I can't wait to start my own.
Questions:
1) Do I need a paid software for editing purpose or can I use the free once?
2) What is normally the length for the video?

thank you so much for the informative training. All the best to your future endeavors.

Lucky
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Kate45 Premium
I’ve not yet recorded for YouTube but I have made videos for my own training courses on Udemy and I’ve tried different free editing softwares. They are often watermarked or freemium so you end up needing to upgrade to do everything you want to. I bought software in the end which is brilliant: easy to use, intuitive and edits multiple tracks of video and audio. You’ll waste time and effort and get frustrated going along the free route, my advice is to set your budget and buy something that will give you full functionality and a support team backing you if you get stuck.
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Lucky57 Premium Plus
Thank you Kate for your answer. If I may ask for your personal preference software or favorite, which one would it be?
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Kate45 Premium
I use Screenflow - its free to trial then you pay about $130 for it. I like it as its so easy to use but will produce a good finished item. I've also invested in a decent microphone, but I have found the video on my iPhone has been good enough although I may invest in a camera in the future.

https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/
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ArmstrongWil Premium
1) I am personally using a couple of paid software for my youtube channel ( Adobe Premiere Pro, VideoScibe) but I am using it simply because the channel is generating money. Before that, I haven't invested any money in Softwares apart from a Canon t3i camera and a $15 microphone.

Before your channel starts generating some $ I highly don't recommend investing a lot of money in Softwares because, at the end of the day, the quality of your videos matters the most. I mean the message you're delivering to your audience is the one you should give more attention which is free but time-consuming.

On my channel, ''Armstrong Wil'' I share some of the free tools I use!

2)If you're planning to make money through Youtube Partner Program in the future, I highly recommend 10min or more per video. Because for videos with less than 10 min, you will have one ad in the beginning and one at the and. For 10min or more videos, you will have the option to place many ad backs within the video. Which means longer videos make more money than the short ones.
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Lucky57 Premium Plus
Thanks for the information. I will take a look at it.
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Lucky57 Premium Plus
Thank you; I will check it out.
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Israel17 Premium
Wow, this is awesome to know, Kate! This shows the extent to which you've gone vlogging and a signal that your business will dominate the search engine results pages in the year 2020. Thanks for being helpful!

Israel Olatunji
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Israel17 Premium
You're much welcome onboard, Lucky! As you can see, Kate has got you covered already. He spoke my mind. Thanks for your determination to go vlogging and move your business to the next level in year 2020!

Israel Olatunji
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Israel17 Premium
Excellent, ArmstrongWil! Your comment is just another piece of training on its own and is very helpful having those experiences shared with others selflessly. Your points regarding the length of videos intended for monetization coupled with other ideas shared are excellent and accurate. Thanks a lot for this!

Israel Olatunji
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Jenny28 Premium
Hi Israel, thank you for this training. I am wanting to get started with YouTube very soon, so I needed this. For recording all I have is my iPhone, what editing software would I need? I really know nothing about it, and can I edit for free or do I need to pay? (Total newbie here).
Thank you.
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Israel17 Premium
You're warmly welcome, Jenny! Glad you enjoyed reading this training! Yea, you really need to start building a YouTube channel in order to move your business to the next level. I hope you've read this training titled "15 Best Free Video Editing Software Programs"? Check it out below: Israel Olatunji
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Jenny28 Premium
Thanks Israel, I did read your training it was very helpful.
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Israel17 Premium
I'm glad you really did! However, do not hesitate to speak with me on anything going forward in your business. 2020 must be great. Thanks for the update!

Israel Olatunji
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FKelso Premium
I needed this post, Israel. I need to help my channel grow.
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Israel17 Premium
Great, FKelso! Glad you found this training useful for your online business! Yeah, every one of us needs to grow a channel in order to help build an ideal online business and have it brought before the right audience.

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JeffreyBrown Premium Plus
Bookmarking this one, Israel--I'm seriously considering such a channel!

Jeff
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Israel17 Premium
You're much welcome onboard, Jeff! Thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed reading and bookmarked this training! Yeah, you need to build a channel for your business to grow realistically. Thanks for your contributions!

Israel Olatunji
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JeffreyBrown Premium Plus
Working on it, Israel!
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Ahimbe Premium
I just need a recording gadget and I will be good to go.
I have bookmarked this training for the right moment to get started.
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Israel17 Premium
Great to welcome you onboard, Ahimbe! Sure, once you have got your recording device ready, you can start creating personal YouTube videos for your content. Increasing blog traffic is guaranteed over time. Thanks for stopping by!

Israel Olatunji
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