How to Start a YouTube Channel and Make Money in 2023

In this post you will learn how to start a YouTube channel today and start uploading videos that will potentially make you money.

YouTube is as of today the second most visited website in the world according to Similarweb ranking, a position which is just below the search engine giant Google.

The video sharing platform has continued to grow over the years since it was acquired by Google back in 2006 for $1.6 billion.

YouTube has become one place you can go to learn just about anything from DIY skills to Interesting courses on businesses and how to make money online.

Many people have literally started successful businesses after watching business courses on YouTube.

Also read: How to Start a Successful Dropshipping Business.

However, for YouTube to be able to attract talents of creators that will start a YouTube channel and continue to produce content on the platform they devised a means for them to monetize their contents.

For you to monetize your content, you have to have a channel where you will upload the contents to, and after meeting certain requirements you will be able to monetize your videos.

How to Create a YouTube Channel

To start a YouTube channel, you need to first of all have a Gmail account. This will provide you with the email address that you need to access the YouTube dashboard.

To open a Gmail account, go-to gmail.com and sign up, after signing up make sure to verify your new Gmail email address.

Proceed to youtube.com and use your new Gmail address to login, after logging in click on the top right corner button with your avatar logo.

Then, click on “Create a Channel”, it will take you to a space where you can name your new channel.

From there you will be redirected to your new dashboard, this section represents the backend dashboard of your new YouTube channel.

However, because you don’t have any videos yet, no meaningful analytics will be shown yet.

Your next step will be to set up your YouTube channel for success.

How to Customize Your YouTube Channel

To customize your new channel, click on the “Your channel” tab and proceed to click on “customize channel.

Here you will get the option to add a channel art, change your logo image and add more details about yourself and what your channel will be about.

After you are done with the customization, now you are ready to start uploading videos.

If you already have a video, then you can proceed to upload it, but if you don’t, then you can proceed to record one now.

How to Upload Videos to YouTube

To upload video on YouTube, go-to your YouTube page and click on the upload button on the page.

If you are making use of a mobile device, tap on the (+) button on the button of the app.

Proceed to select the video of your choice form your device, it will automatically begin to upload to your page.

After that when you upload your video, you will get the space to add a title, description and other details that will be required to fully identify your video on the platform.

After going through the title and description page, click next and add further details and click next again and when you get to the publish option, you will get to decide when the video will be published.

If you are just starting out and are yet to fully verify your account with a phone number, you will not be able to upload a custom thumbnail, but YouTube will generate a random image for you from your video.

Also you will not be able to upload any video that is more than 15 mins long.

To fix this challenge, go-to setting and provide the required details

How to Publish Your Videos on YouTube

You could either save the video as private and only those who have the link can access it, or save it as unlisted and it will not be available to the viewing audience. Or,

You can decide to save it right away as public and it will automatically be published to your page and available for viewing by everyone immediately.

More so, If you decide to publish your video as a premier, it will simulate the process as if you are doing a live stream and people can get to chat with you as the video is premiering live.

Further down the page, there is also an option for scheduling, where you can schedule and release the video at a future date that you wish.

After these stages your video will be live and available for viewing on the platform,

Finally, if you need to make any corrections to your video you can always do so.

To edit your video, you need to go-to the studio section by clicking on “YouTube Studio”, and then click on “Content” and proceed to click on the video that you want to edit.

How to Make Money from YouTube Videos

To make money on youtube through your videos, there are certain critarials that they will have to meet.

According to YouTube for any channel to be approved for the YouTube Partner Program (Monetization), the channel must have the following;

• The channel must have up to 1000 subscribers
• The combined views on your video’s must be up to 4000 hours for the last 12 months
• Your must activate 2-Step Varication for your account
• Your channel not have any active community guidelines strike

As long as your channel meets all this requirements, your channel could be approved.

I used the word “could” because, even if you meet all this requirements, if the YouTube team believes that your video’s are not original work but rather a reused content, they can potentially reject your application for monetization.

In such cases, all you need to do is to check your videos and delete anyone you know that you did not create originally and then re apply again.

I hope you find this post informative! and if you have any questions please go to the forum and ask them, I will do my best to help.

Good luck!