Course Curriculum

Complete YouTube Course – Learn to Live from YouTube

5sections
22lectures
3h 11mtotal

What you’ll learn

  • How to Optimize Your YouTube Channel's SEO

  • Get your videos on YouTube's first page.

  • Learn to monetize your videos and channel on YouTube.

  • How to create and grow your YouTube channel.

  • How to make money with YouTube.

  • ChatGPT for YouTubers.

  • Learn how to gain many more followers and subscribers on your YouTube channel.

  • Edit videos in Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, CapCut.

  • Create Thumbnails.

  • Create a Logo and Banner for your Channel.

  • Make money online.

  • Income sources with YouTube.

01

Getting to Know YouTube and Its Tools

4 lectures • 44min

  • Welcome and Course Introduction

    Begin the complete YouTube course with an overview of modules, topics such as what YouTube is, how it works, niche selection, video creation, and monetization, plus lifetime access and updates.

    1:24

  • How YouTube Works

    Discover what YouTube is and how it works, including long form and shorts, the homepage algorithm, explore options, and monetization methods like ads and memberships.

    9:08

  • How YouTube’s Algorithm Works

    Explore how YouTube's algorithm uses watch retention, engagement, CTR, and SEO to personalize recommendations and drive video discovery.

    9:34

  • Mastering YouTube Studio

    Mastering YouTube Studio shows content creators how to manage their channels, videos, analytics, comments, and audience interactions from a centralized dashboard, including monetization and publishing settings.

    24:12
02

Choosing a Niche

4 lectures • 24min

  • 2 Paths with YouTube

    Learn to balance two paths on YouTube: timeless content that stays relevant and timely content tied to current hype, merging long-term seeds with short-term growth.

    5:16

  • Finding Your Niche on Youtube: How to Define and Validate a Niche

    Define a niche that unites a specific audience and build authority by focusing on topics you enjoy and know well. Validate the niche with testing, hashtags, and trend analysis.

    12:51

  • Popular Niches to Grow on Youtube

    Discover popular YouTube niches for personal profiles and dark channels, including vlogs, gaming, education, tutorials, and faceless formats like podcast clips and football clips, with monetization options.

    5:37

  • Choosing the Best Niche for a YouTube Channel

    Activity
03

Creating and Setting Up Your Channel

4 lectures • 33min

  • Creating Your YouTube Account and Channel

    Learn to create a YouTube account from scratch, sign in or create a Google account, then create a channel, set a name and handle, and access YouTube studio.

    4:50

  • Channel Customization and Branding

    Design and customize your YouTube channel branding by creating a logo, banner, and watermark using Canva and YouTube Studio, with practical steps for profile picture placement and branding consistency.

    10:26

  • Advanced Channel Settings

    Configure advanced YouTube Studio settings to optimize currency, country of residence, SEO keywords, and upload defaults. Manage comments, permissions, and privacy options to grow engagement and monetization.

    14:21

  • Creating Personalized Playlists

    Create and manage custom YouTube playlists on your channel using YouTube Studio, including naming, descriptions, visibility, adding videos, arranging order, setting thumbnails, and publishing the final playlist.

    3:28
04

Creating and Uploading Videos

8 lectures • 1hr 4min

  • Video Structure

    Explore the full workflow for creating YouTube videos, from brainstorming ideas and defining a niche to scripting, recording, editing, and uploading.

    4:04

  • How to Generate Ideas

    Analyze channels similar to your niche on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to generate video ideas, then use hashtags and audience comments to craft scripts with creativity and ChatGPT.

    10:03

  • Scriptwriting

    Learn to craft YouTube scripts with a strong opening, engaging development, a clear call to action, and a memorable conclusion, optimized for viewer retention and the platform algorithm.

    16:49

  • Essential Equipment for Video Production

    Explore essential recording equipment for YouTube videos, including lavalier and USB microphones like Blue Yeti and Shure SM7B, cameras from phones to Logitech Brio, and lighting options.

    9:46

  • How to Speak Better in Your Videos

    Master on-camera speaking by speaking openly and naturally, improving diction through practice, staying hydrated, and using a script or teleprompter, then edit out mistakes.

    3:49

  • Methods for Recording Videos

    Explore methods to record videos with phones, cameras, or webcams, using OBS to capture screen and audio, configure 1080p output, scenes, and live streaming to platforms like YouTube.

    5:25

  • Design and Creation of Thumbnails

    Design YouTube thumbnails with Canva templates or blank pages, editing the title and fonts, to boost CTR and create eye-catching visuals.

    5:12

  • Uploading and Setting the Video

    Publish and configure a YouTube video by uploading, setting a clear title, description, and hashtags for SEO. Add chapters, end screens, cards, captions, and monetize where eligible.

    9:20
05

Ways to Make Money with YouTube

3 lectures • 25min

  • Monetization on YouTube: Ways to Generate Revenue

    Discover how to monetize your YouTube channel through ads, YouTube premium, super chat, and memberships, and learn rpm, cpm, and revenue splits.

    7:59

  • How to Enable and Configure YouTube Monetization

    Learn how to enable YouTube monetization by prerequisites: 1000 subscribers, 4000 watch hours (shorts excluded) or 1000 subs and 10 million views in 90 days.

    9:00

  • Revenue External on YouTube

    Discover parallel income streams to YouTube monetization, including sponsorships, referral links, and affiliate marketing. Learn to sell your own digital or physical products, use faceless channels, and accept donations.

    8:23