YouTube is a platform where every day over five billion videos are watched and not only it is the source of entertainment but also a great content tool where one can find some important and useful content and too regarding in every field from education to tricks, news to sports and everything. So, if you are willing to have your own channel to share something nice and interesting then you are most welcome and below mentioned are the steps to create a you tube channel.

HOW TO CREATE YOU TUBE CHANNEL

1) Google Account:

To get started on you tube a Gmail account has to registered if you want to comment, share subscribe or add your videos on the platform. Now there can be two things either you have a Gmail account or may not have it, So below discussed are the methods for both the cases-

If you don’t give a Gmail account:

Click on youtube.com and click on the sign-in option and from here you will be skipped to Google sign-in page. Now, click on the “more options tab” and you will find the option of “create account” and you can create the Gmail account by the same following the instructions mentioned.

If you have a Gmail account: 

Again go to youtube.com and you will find the sign-in option and taken to the google sign in page ->enter your email id you want to register and if you have multiple accounts make sure to select the one you want to associate with you tube.

2) Create The Channel:

As you are done with the google registration now its time to create your channel and as you will click on the user icon you will see your registered Gmail as well as you tube account in the upper right corner and here you will find a drop-down menu where you will find the option “settings”.

From settings click on the option “create a new account” under the “additional features” option.

Step 1: Now as you click on create a new account you will find the option to set the “Brand Account” and it is not mandatory that you opt for the same name as your google account name but it should be clear that the brand must be clear or purpose of the channel must be very clear.

Step 2: After entering the brand account name you might be asked for the verification via text message or voice call. After verification, you will head towards the main page of your channel and you need to customize it.

3) Optimize The Channel:

First, you need to fill the basic details of your channel. Now click on the “customize channel” option from the channel dashboard. Now the basic channel page will open and you will find the cogwheel icon on the right side. Press on the cogwheel icon and go to the section of advanced settings. Here you need to enter details like your country name, basic information about the channel and specify some keywords which can help the users while they search. The keywords can be anything like describe your channel, its featured products and what solution to what kind of problems it gives and so on.

By here only you can also select whether you want your channel to be a recommended channel on other account pages or not.

Other features like linking a google ads account, adding a Google Analytics property tracking ID and various methods of advertising when you are ready to promote certain videos on the you tube platform can be done by the same.

4) Add Links And Descriptions:

you tube provides two ways of customization that are descriptive details, and visuals. Descriptive details basically let the users know what kind of content they will see on the channel and what kind of content they should expect to be published.

To make the channel more resourceful you have to add description and links of web pages that are relatable to your brand. You can also layer your channel by adding up to 5 links and your profile banner will showcase the icons of links and for this, you need to go to the “About section” of your channel and click on the “+links” option, space will be created to add branded links.

5) Profile Photo:

When it is about adding channel art there comes the option of adding your profile photo, by which the users will get to know about the creator of the video. You need to press on the “change” option under your profile icon and then you will see the edit option by through which you can change your brand accounts information, even your profile photo.

6) Banner Image:

Banner image is something that needs to be handled trickily means that it has to something that must adjust according to the user’s device irrespective of what it is either a laptop, TV or phone, etc. It is nothing but the background of your profile picture which appears grey until it is being changed so for it click on the small pencil icon that appears on the rightmost corner behind your profile picture.

7) Place Videos And Optimize Them:

Once you are ready to add the video you need to optimize it too so that the user could be feasible in discovering it. Some of the most important factors to be optimized are as follows-

a] Title: The first thing that appeals to the user to watch your video is the title and it should be appealing along with transparency and conciseness.

b] Description: It is something that is again something very important because the description is something that user reads to get a preview or idea but not to read a paragraph so make it very clear in your mind that it must be accurate and compressed.

c] Category: It is something by which you can categorize similar kinds of video into one category.

d] Tags: It is not only for the users but also for you tube to let it know which kind of video it is and organize it with the same type of videos so that it could be shown to the user in the results.

YouTube is a platform useful for the public in many ways and once you creating a channel on the platform could really be helpful for the audience if it is something resourceful, meaningful or entertaining.