Course Curriculum

YouTube Masterclass: Rank, Monetize & Grow Your Channel

10sections
73lectures
6h 21mtotal

What you’ll learn

  • How to grow a small YouTube channel from scratch into a profitable asset using proven, repeatable strategies—without going viral or spending money on ads

  • How to get your first 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours quickly and naturally, so you can qualify for the YouTube Partner Program and start monetizing

  • How to master YouTube SEO to rank your videos in search results, get more organic traffic, and build long-term, evergreen visibility

  • How to generate multiple income streams from YouTube—including monetization without ads, affiliate marketing, and other overlooked revenue sources

  • How to create engaging videos with minimal or no equipment, and build content that attracts viewers—even if you’re on a zero-dollar budget

  • How to avoid common creator mistakes, stay consistent, and build a channel that grows over time—without burnout or relying on trends

01

Essentials First

8 lectures • 24min

  • Welcome to the Class

    Learn to grow your YouTube channel with step-by-step methods to get more views, brand yourself, and diversify your content for bigger monetization opportunities.

    3:36

  • My Youtube Stats

    0:44

  • 15,000 Subs! My Success Tips

    Discover how to grow a YouTube channel by identifying fan engagement over subs, testing content in multiple niches, and leveraging popular videos, shorts, and playlists for steady views and monetization.

    10:47

  • Why Start? Is it too late?

    YouTube offers new monetization opportunities as old methods fade; a new generation of creators can grow your channel and followers, and earn through sponsored content and products. Start today.

    3:44

  • How to Sub to a Channel

    Learn how to subscribe to channels you enjoy and activate the bell notification to receive all new videos, ensuring you never miss future posts.

    0:22

  • Success starts with you

    Develop a unique show persona to attract and retain viewers, blending entertainment and education within a niche. Publish weekly content to build audience connection and grow watch time and subscribers.

    4:03

  • Earning Proof & Join Support Group

    0:28

  • Get Started Essentials

    0:27
02

Getting Started

11 lectures • 56min

  • Roadmap to 1st 1000 Subs

    Monetize on YouTube by reaching 1000 fans and 4000 watch hours in a year, focusing on fans before watch time and growing them one by one with short videos.

    3:57

  • Get Started Guide!

    Sign in with your Google account and set up your YouTube channel. Customize your profile picture and name, then explore YouTube Studio to upload your first video.

    7:27

  • About my Channel

    Craft a compelling channel identity with a logo and a clear niche, prioritizing fans over subs. Structure content with promo videos, playlists, and varied niches to grow and monetize.

    9:34

  • My Channel Stats

    Explore how a multi-theme YouTube channel grows over the long term: 2 million views, 600 videos, 4,000 subscribers, with CPM around 7.7 and about $5,000 in earnings.

    8:08

  • Vision & Creativity

    Develop a distinctive vision and creativity to grow your YouTube channel by prioritizing audience-focused content, balancing quick wins with high-effort investigations, and delivering authentic, engaging reviews.

    5:04

  • Course Navigation

    0:49

  • Youtube Setup Example

    Discover how to set up your YouTube channel with branding, logo design, and niche focus, a strategic layout featuring home, playlists, community tab, and about to boost subscriptions and monetization.

    6:29

  • Millions of Youtube Views..!

    Celebrate reaching one million video views after forty thousand subscribers and a hundred uploads, and learn how daily income and passive income monetize and grow your YouTube channel.

    2:19

  • YouTube Levels, Rewards and words of inspiration

    Explore YouTube creator levels and rewards, from 1–1,000 subs with studio access to higher tiers up to 100k and beyond, including events, spaces, ambassador roles, and gold or diamond recognition.

    7:02

  • Assignment: Create Channel

    0:24

  • Example of Channel Guide

    Discover a channel guide walkthrough that highlights dark theme customization, video sorting, playlists, community posts, and how to navigate home, recent, and popular uploads to grow and monetize YouTube channel.

    4:32
03

Creating your Channel

5 lectures • 43min

  • YouTube Setup Tutorial

    Analyze your channel's growth by reviewing views, minutes watched, and subscribers, then boost engagement with a compelling icon, customized channel sections, and curated playlists.

    14:20

  • Channel tour, tricks & tips

    Take a channel tour to show how focusing on audience statistics, posting steady quality content, and testing niches can boost views, interactions, and monetization.

    7:09

  • Branding Your Channel

    Brand your channel with a recognizable icon and clear branding, publish weekly videos across niche topics, use compelling thumbnails, and add end screens with calls to action to grow subscribers.

    5:31

  • Create YouTube personality

    Develop a compelling YouTube personality by expressing yourself authentically, being larger than life on camera, and speaking to one viewer to grow subscribers and engagement.

    4:56

  • Hacking YouTube!

    Learn to optimize YouTube thumbnails and use analytics to improve underperforming videos. Add calls to action, end screens, and playlists to grow views and earn money.

    10:39
04

Creating, Posting & Filming Content

9 lectures • 1hr 1min

  • Filming & Equipment Overview

    Choose the go pro sessions for simple, compact filming with a wide-angle lens. Compare alternatives like Canon S110, Canon G7X, iPhone, and AMWE, noting battery life, privacy, and cost.

    8:49

  • Uploading Video [Complete Setup]

    Master the complete YouTube upload workflow, from drafting the title, description, and thumbnail to tagging and monetization, plus end screens and cards for growth.

    14:45

  • Uploading Video [Fast Setup]

    Upload your video quickly using YouTube Studio, add title, description, thumbnail, and tags, then optimize with end screens, playlists, and premieres.

    8:07

  • Being Natural on Camera

    Practice being natural on camera through improvisation and refined delivery. Focus on energy, tone, lighting, and your unique style to grow your YouTube channel.

    2:48

  • Examining My Mistakes

    Reflecting on starting from scratch, the speaker analyzes early YouTube missteps—stock images, poor camera quality, misfocused frames, and failed trends—emphasizing testing, learning, and evolving to produce better content.

    8:05

  • Using TubeBuddy & Add Keywords

    Navigate tube buddy analytics to read video stats, explore keyword tags, and track historical search trends to optimize titles, descriptions. Upgrade to pro for deeper tag insights.

    6:35

  • Thumbnail: Fast Method

    Learn a fast method to create YouTube thumbnails with TubeBuddy by signing in with Google, selecting a video frame in YouTube Studio, adding shapes and emoji, then publish.

    3:50

  • Thumbnail: Step By Step

    Promote your video by sharing links across Facebook, Twitter, and other networks. Create and customize your thumbnail by adding a still image, text, emojis, shapes, and your logo.

    2:58

  • Setup Video Premiere

    Learn how to set up a YouTube premiere, schedule date and time, enable live-like playback with no fast-forward, and manage description, tags, and super chat donations.

    4:57
05

Increase Views, Branding & Adding Subs

10 lectures • 57min

  • My Secrets to million+ of views

    Learn to organize playlists for maximum views by crafting catchy titles, detailed descriptions, and strategic video order, while using effective thumbnails and hashtags to boost ranking.

    11:29

  • Analysis: Making of a Viral Video

    Learn how viral videos boost channel growth through watch time, subs, and income, plus tactics like trending topics, consistent topic focus, and community tab engagement.

    7:47

  • #1 Best Watched Viral Video [800,000+ Views!]

    Learn how a previously underperforming video became the top viewed, using a title change, strategic edits, and a compelling thumbnail to boost monetization and reach trending status.

    2:09

  • 3rd Viral Video [100,000+ Views]

    Explore a viral video about time travel that amassed over 120000 views in 2018, featuring Donald Trump, and learn how audience comments boosted engagement and views on YouTube.

    1:10

  • Adding Attractive Women [Big Viewer Increase!]

    Explore how adding an attractive woman in videos can boost views, with an action-packed, well-filmed approach that drives early views and viral potential.

    1:01

  • Increase Video Views: Viral Secrets

    Learn viral secrets to increase video views by engaging viewers through comments, using fair-use compilations, and posting consistent content that builds long-term traction.

    5:59

  • Adding a branding logo

    Boost your YouTube subs by adding a branding watermark through channel customization, then enable a subscribe prompt that appears on all videos across your uploads.

    2:21

  • Viso App Benefits

    Joining Social Blade App gets you the following benefits including exclusive membership with the Viso App

    6:38

  • Get more Subs

    Create amazing content and invite subscriptions with strategic calls to action at the start, middle, and end. Build growth through collaborations, Facebook groups, and effective end screens.

    15:14

  • Auto Sub Link

    Explains how to set up and test a subscription prompt and description to influence viewers to subscribe, including incognito testing, pin comments, and crafting a channel url.

    2:58
06

$$$ Make Money with Youtube $$$

10 lectures • 1hr

  • About this Section

    0:15

  • How much 100k views pays!

    Analyze how 100k views translate to earnings, noting CPM and retention drive revenue, with examples showing about $90 per 100k views and some videos not monetized.

    5:47

  • How much I made $$$

    Explore how YouTube monetization works, where CPM varies by video subject, viewer location, and engagement. See that earnings depend on more than views, with top videos driving most income.

    13:20

  • Monetize your channel

    Discover how to monetize your YouTube channel by joining the YouTube partner program and setting up AdSense. Meet the requirement of 10000 views and configure monetization preferences and ad formats.

    5:33

  • Ways to Profit with Youtube

    Learn practical ways to profit on YouTube beyond ads, including Amazon affiliate links, selling online classes, and promoting gear through product reviews and links.

    4:30

  • Increase your ad revenue

    Discover how optimizing video tags and targeted keywords with niche audiences boosts YouTube ad revenue through relevant ads, engagement, and sponsorships.

    7:15

  • Make $$$ Without Making Videos

    Learn how to monetize a YouTube channel without filming yourself by using voiceover, compilation videos, and creative commons content with fair use considerations.

    8:16

  • Adding Channel Membership

    Add channel memberships to monetize your channel with tiered perks like loyalty badges and custom emojis. Follow setup steps to enable memberships, set pricing, and offer exclusive member content.

    11:10

  • Joining a Network: Cons & Pros

    0:16

  • Why join a network

    Join a network to gain publicity and grow your YouTube channel. Learn how Social Blade metrics, subscribers, and sponsorships boost revenue.

    3:35
07

Monetization Troubleshooting

3 lectures • 14min

  • Demonetization & Censored Videos!

    Experiment with video ideas to learn what drives your channel’s success or failure, and observe how initial promotion and negative comments affect a video’s trending status.

    2:08

  • Video Demonetized! What to do...

    Learn how YouTube demonetization works, identify videos that are monetized, test keywords and descriptions, and recover earnings by re-uploading with different keywords while optimizing top viewed videos.

    9:40

  • Restricted & Limited Ads

    Learn to identify videos with limited or no ads in YouTube Studio and Creator Studio Classic, then submit a review to restore monetization and ensure they are suitable for advertisers.

    2:06
08

Amazon Affiliate for Youtube

8 lectures • 23min

  • Latest Amazon Affiliate Earning

    Activity

  • Join Amazon Affiliate Program

    Join Amazon's affiliate program by selecting a category you use often, like electronics and computers, review the bestseller list, and share affiliate links to earn about 10 percent commission.

    4:01

  • Amazon Best Selling List

    Learn to leverage the bestseller list in electronics and computers, pick items with strong reviews, and share affiliate links to earn commissions.

    4:01

  • Add SiteStripe Tool

    Use the site stripe tool to link to any Amazon page, share findings on Twitter or Facebook, and instantly check earnings on Amazon.

    1:27

  • Amazon Warehouse Deals

    Explore Amazon warehouse deals and learn to pick best selling categories for your videos. Shop by category, view categories by name or image, and showcase affordable daily-use items on camera.

    1:27

  • Amazon Outlet

    Discover how to use Amazon outlet to source budget stock, especially under $10 food products, and create engaging product or movie reviews to earn commissions on Amazon.

    2:16

  • Suggested Products to Sell

    Learn to choose, review, and promote cameras and other products to earn commissions with Amazon affiliate links, using top products and practical gear like tripods and green screens.

    5:31

  • Picking Products to Sell

    Select high-quality products you use and love, share authentic YouTube content that explains their value, include honest pros and cons and a rating, and earn commissions through Amazon affiliate links.

    4:24
09

Get trending, Spy on competition & Clickbait

8 lectures • 36min

  • Finding Trending Topics

    Identify trending topics on YouTube, create reaction videos using brief footage under fair use, and explain why topics win, guided by Google Trends, news, movies, and shows.

    3:20

  • Hottest Trending Feed

    Discover how to find YouTube's hottest trending topics to create shorts and videos by browsing the trending feed in incognito and using search for ideas.

    2:48

  • Trend Video & Respond to Comments

    Discover how to push a video to trend on YouTube by leveraging comments, likes, dislikes, pinning top comments, unique responses, and driving first-week views.

    7:26

  • Channel Experimentation

    Learn channel experimentation to determine what content attracts viewers, balancing self-promotion, group-driven traction, and audience feedback while navigating negative comments and trending dynamics.

    2:08

  • Spy on your competitors

    Discover how to spy on competitors with a free-to-sign-up tool that reveals revenue, views, engagement, and tags. Copy successful tags and trending keywords to boost your channel’s rank and monetization.

    2:12

  • Clickbait in depth analysis

    Analyze clickbait techniques, when to use or avoid them, and how to attract views while balancing honesty to grow audience and subscribers.

    8:03

  • Keyword SEO Tool

    Discover how to use TubeBuddy, a free browser extension, to research YouTube keywords and tags, copy effective tags, and delete unrelated ones to avoid copying and a shadow ban.

    4:33

  • Profit With Reviews

    Learn to monetize on YouTube by creating Amazon affiliate reviews, using a screencast to demonstrate products, and placing affiliate links in video descriptions and comments to boost commissions.

    5:25
10

Youtube SEO Boost & Ranking

2 lectures • 8min

  • Secrets to Youtube SEO

    Analyze why YouTube videos go viral with a narrative voiceover and strong calls to action. Leverage hashtags, tags, and concise descriptions, and optimize the first 30 seconds for maximum retention.

    3:33

  • Adding Hashtags #

    Discover how targeted hashtags boost views and commissions by placing tags in your video and linking to content. Research and use up to 40 hashtags to tap into trending keywords.

    4:00