
Choose a niche to shape your YouTube strategy, balancing content types with suitable equipment and audience discovery. Learn how the algorithm favors searchable content and built audiences over flashy gear.
Plan each video to keep viewers engaged, script sit-down content, and balance evergreen versus explosive ideas. Boost energy, simplify concepts for a middle-school audience, and maintain authentic gestures.
Choose an affordable camera setup, like the Canon t6i with Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8. Pair a Rode SmartLav+ microphone and shoot at 720p/30fps, ideally 1080p60; phones can suffice.
Master filming tips to boost viewer connection: look directly into the lens, choose engaging backgrounds, vary your voice, and avoid wasted time by getting to the point within eight seconds.
Explore monetization on YouTube by balancing ad sense with earnings from merch, affiliates, and sponsors, and protect audience trust by choosing credible brands.
Gain editing tips and tricks for YouTube using Vegas, including import media, cutting and jump cuts, volume control, color effects, and chroma key overlays.
Decode the YouTube algorithm by focusing on click-through rate, audience retention above 50 percent, and engagement, including likes and subscriptions; videos over 10 minutes are often favored.
Learn to craft compelling YouTube thumbnails that grab attention, balance left text and imagery, feature expressive faces, and maintain consistency to rank on search terms.
Learn how to craft titles that convert viewers on YouTube by balancing searchable keywords with compelling, emotion-driven phrasing, while considering channel size and thumbnail impact.
Master advanced YouTube seo tactics by researching high-ranking keywords like acorns investment app, crafting keyword-rich descriptions and tags, and optimizing titles, timestamps, and descriptions to improve rankings.
Deliver an engaging outro that invites honest feedback and questions via Instagram, offers free consulting calls to help viewers, and directs them to the YouTube channel for more content.
So you're looking to start your own YouTube channel or turn your existing one into a viable business? While it might sound easy, succeeding on YouTube can be one of the hardest businesses to start primarily due to competition. The average YouTube video gets just 5,600 views... however 96% of all YouTube videos get less than 100 views. So how do you become part of the 4% who succeed on YouTube? Through marketing, differentiation, and quality content. However, even doing all of those things sometimes isn't enough when starting out, sometimes you need a little "boost". So in this course, we'll be going over all the basics of starting a channel that has the potential to succeed and then we'll talk about some secret tips and tricks I've learned over the last 7 years to give your channel the boost it needs to get the ball rolling on growth. After which we'll talk about building an audience and converting that audience into dollars. We've all heard about how you can get views monetized on YouTube. But normally that only makes around $1-2 per thousand views. With the right strategy and niche, you can make over $100 per thousand views, making even a small channel with 50k+ views a month a viable income to live off of. So if you're ready to jump-start your YouTube career, join the course and we'll get you started on your journey.