If You’ve been wondered how to create an optimized your YouTube channel for success in 2025, is there a best way you can do that. The answer is yes and this is exactly what you’re going to learn in this blog.
If I knew this in 2020, I would have more subscribers than I have right now, But I didn’t. When I started my YouTube channel, I was so dumb, I didn’t know what was a thumbnail, I didn’t know how to create a title, and I didn’t know most of the things that I’m talking about now.
The same way you see people posting on YouTube, that’s exactly how I used to post, with no effort, and no research, but in time, I’ve Learned. I made a lot of mistakes too, however, I’ve learned and grown more every day
Albert Einstein says, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new“
But if you want an optimized YouTube channel, so you can monetize and make some money, well, this is for you make sure you stay still the end.
This will ghelp you set your youtube optimization channel ready and create massive success.
So what we will cover in this video?
- Choose a profitable niche: Do market research to find topics people are interested in watching videos about. Look for niches with high search volume but lower competition.
- Spy on your competitors to get ideas
- Use tools like AI (e.g. Gemini or ChatGPT) to help with content ideas, descriptions, etc.
- Develop a value proposition: Create a tagline or message that quickly tells viewers what your channel is about.
- Plan your content: Create an outline for your first videos and research where to find ongoing ideas for content.
- Set up your channel properly:
- Verify your account
- Enable features like longer video uploads
- Set up defaults for things like video descriptions
- Start creating content consistently: Focus on providing value to your audience.
- Treat your channel like a business: Think about monetization strategies beyond just ads.
1. Choose a profitable niche
Do market research to find topics people are interested in watching videos about. Look for niches with high search volume but lower competition.
Creating a YouTube channel is like creating a business, by the way. A YouTube channel is a business, they call it a digital business. Also, a YouTube channel is a digital asset.
So what is an asset? An asset is something that can generate your money daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and without doing any extra work. You do the work once, and then it keeps generating you money every day and every night.
So first we will do something that they call brainstorming. First, you will identify your niche, what niche should you create your channel around? If you don’t know what is a niche, it’s not a problem, because it took me 2 years to understand that thing they call “niche”.
First I want you to take a piece of paper, write down what I you good at. If you like me, you will find yourself having a lot of knowledge in a lot of areas.
But I will need you to list five things you know how to do. Well, if you have a job. What do you do in your job? Whatever you do in your job, you can create videos around that. Whatever it is that will be your niche.
After you have done that, I will show you where to go to find ideas on how to create your channel.
2. Spy on your competitors to get ideas
So the first thing we will be working on is the name of the channel, but to find a name, you need to be in a niche.
Find some YouTube channels that have a lot of views, that have a lot of subscribers, and look at how they set up the channel, look how they do that thing, that way you can learn from them.
Let’s go on YouTube now, and I will show you what I’m talking about. Now we are at this channel which is Think Media. Sean has a class that teaches people how to grow on YouTube, so he’s my coach. This is why I chose his channel
His YouTube channel Arts or you can call it a YouTube banner, tells you what he’s doing, “free 5-day YouTube 1K challenge” so he’s teaching people hard to get 1K on YouTube.
Before you read anything else, you already know what he’s doing, and you already know what you will learn. He has some other information that you can read, and let’s go and check more.
You see, this is the name of the channel, so think media. So what does he do? he teaches people had to create a YouTube channel, the same as what I am doing now, or how to create videos, or how to grow on YouTube, and let’s click on more.
Check out our free YouTube Master Class over the last 10 years, so he’s giving you a brief story of himself.
We’ve created the No.1 YouTube strategy in the World YouTube Video Ranking Academy. Our courses and community helped its well over 12, 000 Youtuber Taco their goals, so he already telling you what he’s doing, and let’s go.
Here are the ways to work with us. First, he’s giving you a link to his website or his lending page, so this is where you can contact him, and he has many links. This is one link, two links, and his website, so all the links right here, you can just click on them.
So you will learn how to create something like this. And it has a profile, just the name of his business which is think.
This is how I want your YouTube channel to look like.So it’s optimized with links on them,
He created his YouTube channel 10 years ago, so don’t expect to be like him, but I want you to start on the right foot.
You might not have a link, you might not have a website yet, and you might not have any monetization yet for your channel.
But I want you to start right, and you can modify the channel anytime you want, you can add as many links when you have a website, landing page, or offers where you can send people.
3. Use tools like AI (e.g. Gemini or ChatGPT) to help with content ideas, descriptions, etc.
Let’s go on Google we will use the Google AI Gemini. You come up here where you see these dots. That’s, you click on them, click on these dots, and you scroll down a little bit, and you will see Gemini. Click on it, and as soon as you have a Gmail account, you’re signing on Google, you already have the app, it’s free to use.
Now I am going to ask Gemini to find a niche for me and ideas to create and optimize my YouTube channel. Let’s give it a prompt “I need to create a YouTube channel, but I have no idea how to start. Now here’s the question, can you suggest 10 niches?
So I’m asking for 10 niche ideas. So you can just pick one of them, ten low-competition niches with high search volume.
Now if you check the prompt that I give Gemini, you will see that I ask for high search volume and low competition.
Why you don’t want to fight with any big Youtuber people who have millions of views, you can’t fight with them, they will beat you.
So that’s why you need to be strategic when you’re doing the research for your YouTube niche and channel name.
So I’m still on the YouTube name and find a keyword so you can make your videos around.
Click enter
So this is the first niche idea “vintage tech restoration“. I don’t know what is that. Restoring old computer consoles and electronic devices boom. This is a great idea, come on now important show keyword with Vintage Tech Restoration, Vantage Computer Repair all console restoration.
Now if you have an idea on how to fix computers, if you have an idea how to do any of this stuff, okay, you already have names and potential keywords.
You can call your YouTube channel this one, and then you just talk about a computer restoration. So the first idea, is you can use any of this to name your YouTube.
By the way, let’s check on YouTube to see if there’s anybody has a channel like this before, Let’s go on YouTube. And can do the same with chatGPT, just tell Chad Gpt exactly, that this is my niche, and give me some Channel ideas, simple as that.
I do this because I assume that I don’t know what I want to talk about. I know nothing about my niche. This is why I do it that way, but if you have your niche give it your niche. Because you already know what you wanna do.
Search “Vintage tech restoration” on YouTube
So Much Vintage Teach is Dying has 1.6 million views. We have, this one below, almost one million views. and the third one with 5.9 million views. Okay, that means you already see that what I’m doing is working.
You already have an idea, so let’s go back to the other ideas that Gemini give me, so unusual hobbies and crafts.
Potential Keywords content unique hobbies like bonzai, calligraphy creating miniature worlds.
Potential keywords unusual hobbies, you can call your YouTube channel this or unique crafts niche hobbies.
By the way, let’s go on YouTube. I’m sorry, this video going to be long, I didn’t, I tried not to make my videos long, but they always. you see,
okay those are easy.Like, this cool off in the summer with a fan made from plastic, anybody can do this. You don’t have to be an expert, you don’t have to be a professional. You don’t need, like, any special skill.
You can start your YouTube channel only on these two ideas Gemini gave us. And by the way, this two idea you don’t have to be a professional to do that. You don’t need to have, high tech skill.
The first one maybe, but the second one you don’t need to, and one thing about videos. Just be one step ahead.
I was listening to, I don’t remember who said that, and the story was about a guy who was teaching at a university and He didn’t have a degree, when they ask how do you do that, because you don’t have a degree.
His answer will shocked you: “I just one chapter ahead. So what he does, he reads one chapter Ahead.So you don’t need to be an expert.
By the way, when I started making video YouTube videos, I didn’t nothing about videos, but I just go and learn about what I want to talk about, and then I create the video. So this is the only way you can see me talking in front of the camera like this. I’m not that comfortable, but I can talk, and you can understand me.
Go watch my first, on this channel. You will see. Start making videos and you will learn while you’re doing it.
You need to start and you need to start messy, your first video is not gonna be good, and Mr. Beast says in one of his video, if your first video is the best video you ever made, that’s means you start too late.
Your first video will be the worst video, but if you start the right way, you might see the worst video getting 1 million views.
By the way, there’s a lot of videos that I’m watching, and I went like. How does this don’t have a million views on their videos, because the information that they give, they are real proof that They know what they’re talking about, they know their stuff, but because they don’t start the right way, they don’t set up the channel for success that why they don’t have any success.
Third Idea regional food and cuisine,
Content idea: Exploring local food scenes, cooking regional dishes and sharing culinary traditions.
I should do that because I am a chef. I should be able to do that, potential keywords, regional cuisine, local food tourism.You see, you already have a lot more ideas to start your YouTube channel.
Fourth Nich Ideas, sustainable leaving tips:
Content Ideas: eco friendly lifestyle lifestyle hacks, zero wast time tips and sustainable gardening.
That’s for people who’s in Gardening niche.
Well, there’s another video that I create,Profitable niche Secret for Your New YouTube Channel check that on my channel, where I talk about, most the content style and niches.
Not all of them, but I choose 10 of them that you can use for your YouTube channel.
So sustainable leaving, you can just use this as your YouTube channel name. By the way, you cannot have the same handle with an other, your handle has unique.
You can Call your channel eco friendly lifstyle tips, zero wast-time etc.
Fift ideas: Language learning for specific purposes.
This is a great niche by the way. You can mix it with other things, but make sure you have the keyword in the channel name.
Sixth Petcare for unique breeds
Pet Care for Unique Breeds
- Content ideas: Providing care tips for less common or exotic pet breeds.
- Potential keywords: “exotic pet care,” “rare pet breeds,” “unique pet tips.”
Okay, these are low competition, high volume search, so people are searching for them a lot. Well, American people, they love pets, so anything you do about cat, about dog, about pets, it will take off, i’m telling.
Use content ideas providing by this google AI tool to ceate your videos
DIY Home Improvement for Small Spaces
- Content ideas: Tips for maximizing space in small apartments or homes.
- Potential keywords: “small space living,” “DIY home improvement,” “apartment hacks.”
You see, anybody can do that, teach people how organize their home small, small space, DIY improvement, apartment hacks.
This is interesting. Let me see if there’s a channel that has this name or related to “Tips for maximizing space in small apartments or homes.”
I can use these on my other channel. Because a have a cleaning business and I do that also when we clean someone house sometime we offer decludering services as well.
8. Digital Art and Animation Tutorials
- Content ideas: Teaching digital art techniques, animation styles, and using specific software.
- Potential keywords: “digital art tutorials,” “animation tutorials,” “digital art software.”
Digital art and animation Okay, using AI to create whatever you want. Now you can create animation with AI, you create image and video with AI for your youtube channel.
You can use AI to do whatever you want it to do for you simple. Just, you have to start doing it, it’s simple, it’s well, I’m not gonna say it’s easy because it’s a lot to learn, but if you’re ready to learn the, the trade, hey, it wil be easy.
Outdoor Survival and Bushcraft
- Content ideas: Wilderness survival skills, bushcraft techniques, and camping tips.
- Potential keywords: “survival skills,” “bushcraft,” “outdoor survival.”
Bushcraft I don’t know what’s. I’m sorry.
This is easy stuff. Okay, survival skills, by the way survival skills that the kind of video Mr Beast does. And there’s a lot of other channels with almost a billion views doing the same thing.
The tip of craft outdoor survival. you don’t need to be unexpected to do that, just go and learn about it a little bit, and then create a channel, and then start making videos.
That’s it simple, but to do that, you will have to punch fears in the face. I know a lot of you who’s going to watch my video are introvert, but you have to punch fizz in the face, because I’m an introvert as well.
2020 when my coach told me that I have to make videos, and guess what? I spent months lying to him before I started making my videos.
And one day when my coach was in a live training session was talking about me, he said that I was the slowest learner program.
I Mean, it took me forever to learn one thing. I was the worst at it and I spent the whole year in the program. I almost done nothing because I didn’t know what to do.
So, you will have to punch fears in the face and start. You will make mistakes, yes, a lot of them, but don’t let them stop you. Don’t let mistakes stop you, because you are about to create a legacy, something you can live behind for your kids, your grandchild.
Just use my the technics that I’m giving you.
By the way, when I started in 2020, I didn’t have all these technics. We didn’t have all these AI tools to use. They didn’t have Chad GPT, Gemini or invideo when I started, but now they have them the process it’s easier.
So if you don’t start creating contents it’s because you don’t want to. It’s not because you can’t, because everything is there for you.
So let’s go back to finish with the ideas.
10. Genealogy and Family History Research
- Content ideas: Tips for tracing family trees, using genealogy resources, and preserving family history.
- Potential keywords: “genealogy tips,” “family history research,” “genealogy resources.”
Genealogy and family history? This is a great niche ideas , you can use these as your YouTube channel name, YouTube handle etc.
4. Develop a value proposition: Create a tagline or message that quickly tells viewers what your channel is about.
It took me, almost three years to understand what value proposition is. It is a fancy word they use but it’s tell people what your offer is.
But, I don’t want that to happen to you. I want you to get it in this blog so you need to read the whole , and you will learn a lot.
I’m telling you every mistakes you heard about, I made them. I’m not going to tell you that I am perfect. Because I’m not. I make a lot of mistakes, and I want you to learn from my mistakes that way you won’t have to make them.
Now you have your niche and your channel name. if you still don’t what to do, you can always go back and as Gemini more questions, you can spend the whole day chatting Gemini or ChatGPT.
So I’m not going to use Chad GPS today, because it’s gonna take a long, so now let’s go on YouTube, and I will show you more on what to do.
Well, I’m not going to create a channel I will show you where to go to add stuff for your channel, and optimize it.
So before I go to YouTube, let’s go and ask Gemini to create a value proposition for me. Let’s say I choose this Prompted “can create a description around this keyword for me “small space living” my niche is “DIY Home Improvement for Small Spaces” create a brief interesting description for my youtube channel.
Just give Gemini the same idea to create content for you and ask more question until you satisfy.
This is how you use AI.
Here’s the answer
Here’s a YouTube channel description for your “DIY Home Improvement for Small Spaces” niche:
“Maximize your space, minimize your stress! Join me for a journey of clever DIY projects and creative solutions designed to transform your small living space into a stylish and functional haven. From clever storage hacks to space-saving furniture ideas, I’ll help you make the most of every square inch. Let’s create a home you love, no matter its size.”
Alright, I have my description, now let’s go on YouTube. As soon as you have a Gmail account log in to YouTube, So I assume you already have a Gmail account.
If you don’t already have a Gmail account go create on it easy. Just signing to Youtube and then you will see your profile picture click on it.
So, if it’s for the first time you’re going on YouTube, you will not see your profile picture right here, you will see sign in, click on sign in, when you sign, it will take you to a page like this with, but you will not see your profile picture because you don’t have an account yet.
Click on the profile picture, view channel, and it will take you to this, this page.
Now you will need customize your channel, if it’s for the first time you Log in to YouTube, you will not have none of this.
You will have to customize your channel. Click on customize, you will see where to add your banner or channel arts.
To create your channel art you can just go to canva, and then canva it will give you a template, just modify it, and then boom, ready to go.
Below is where you can upload profile picture add any picture you want or your logo, whatever it is, you can just add it.
and this is where you will add your name, so if you, I can change this anytime I want.And when you change it, as soon as you click publish, you will see the name change right here.
And this is the, the handle, this is this is what I was talking about. Many people can have the same name, but the channel handle has to be unique, what is the handle use for?
The handle is, like, if someone go on Google search, they just type www.youtube.com/yourhandle it will take the person going straight to your YouTube channel, and the person can subscribe, watch your videos and all this stuff.
Add the description, Copy the description from Gemini, you change it a little bit, make it like more feet to your brand or niche.
If you have links, if you have a website, you can add the link, and you can add as many links as you want, and you can add your social media accounts here too.
In here where it says email, this is email you can put here, so people can contact you. Do not put the email you use to create your YouTube channel.
Why? Because if someone has your email, it’s easy to change the password. Some people can do that, easily, even, even they like, have a 2 step verification? Well, hikers, they don’t care about that, they can bypass that.
Below is a watermark if you want to put watermark on your videos.
5. Set up your channel properly:
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- Verify your account
- Enable features like longer video uploads
- Set up defaults for things like video descriptions
Now you set up, your channel for success first before you can upload long video or before you can add link to your channel, you will need to verify your channel.
You will need to add a two step verification to your channel. It’s required by YouTube, so let me show you what to do.
You will come to setting, click on it, and it will show you this option so go on all of them, one by one and fill them up.
Select the country, add your country . You can add what keywords. If we go back Gemini where it says copy the keywords related to the nich that you choose and past them to the keywords section.
These are potential keywords, but you can Google your niche and find more keywords, because there’s thousands of keywords for your niche.
6.Plan your content: Create an outline for your first videos and research where to find ongoing ideas for content.
Now your channel is optimize the next step is start making videos. This is the hardest part, you need to start punching fears in the face and start making videos now.
Don’t tell me you don’t know what your video gonna be about, because I already do all the research for you, you already have all the research done, you already know your niche, keywords to go after.
Just go on YouTube, do some research and find content and start making videos.So the video is already too long, I am going to make my next video where I will teach you how to create a perfect script for your video and how to Start creating content consistently: Focus on providing value to your audience.
I will use AI create everything for you all you’ll need is to create the video.
Conclusion
Remember, YouTube is a business, you have to treat it as a business. If you don’t, you will not succeed at it. Don’t just take YouTube as a hobby, something you do like, for fun. It’s a business treated as a business, and your viewer are your potential customers, because you don’t need 1,000 subscribers, you don’t need 4,000 watch hour to monetize.
You can start making money on YouTube with even 100 subscribers.And there’s people that create a$10,000 a month business on YouTube with only 100 subscribers.
You need to set up YouTube as a business, and you need to start figuring out what you are going to sell on your channel for monetization, so you can make money.
You want to learn more about that, go to www.millionairetek.Com, and we will teach you everything you need to know, so you can monetize not only YouTube, all your social media you can be monetize.