If I Started a YouTube Channel in 2025, I'd Do This

so if I was going to start a YouTube channel in 2025 this is the exact seven-step system that I would follow our students have actually been using the system for years now to get their first 100 a thousand even a 100,000 subscribers on YouTube but I have a disclaimer for you this system isn't some magic pill right you actually have to upload videos you're going to have to actually punch fear in the face press record and commit at least a few hours a week to your YouTube Channel if you follow this system you might be

surprised by how quickly your YouTube channel grows and also by how quickly you're able to start generating money from your YouTube channel so stick with me because I'm going to break down this entire system for the first time ever on YouTube like this let's jump into number one which is reverse engineer before you start really posting videos you want to answer a few questions who is your YouTube channel actually for the mistake a lot of people make is that if youy and reach everybody you'll end up reaching nobody and then what what problem does my

YouTube channel solve who's my channel for people that want to get into fishing what problem does it solve people that want to know fishing poles lures things like that okay I'm going to make a video and I'm going to review the top five lures for catching bass fish and therefore before you even start you're making a plan right you may have heard if you fail to plan you plan to fail and so so reverse engineer is the first R number two research we're going to start crafting our title this could include keyword research what are

the terms people are searching for there's also the ability to look into how much search volume like how many people are actually interested in this topic using some keyword research tools I like to use vid IQ you also can go to the YouTube search bar and you could type best fishing and it'll start finishing your sentence for you best fishing boats best fishing poles another way that you research is you're going to research your competitors I'm going to go see what other videos are out there on this topic how long are they what do their

thumbnails look like what is the content inside of the video what can I learn from these videos again our time spent in research and reverse engineering is our time spent winning The Battle Before the battle even starts so when we actually record the video we're doing it with more intentionality with more insight with more knowledge with more strategy and this will change everything let's get to number three so number three is record you want to record your video with strategy the planning you've done here is going to help you record a strong video that holds

the viewers attention that ultimately is pleasing to watch you want to be brief be bright be fun and be done turn the video off and now you have the video ready to edit and ultimately upload which brings us to number four which is release I'm making sure my title's good my thumbnail is good I'm filling out that description line by line uploading tags adding your video to a playlist and then eventually making your video public now here's the mistake people make one of the things I've noticed is that people get lazy right about here right

you already might be like dear God Sean we've gone through so much you know we've done a lot up until this point do not cut Corners here you want to make sure that your video is is findable meaning it's discoverable making sure that your video is optimized properly so that's number four and that is release which brings us to number five which is rocket and rank so this is your opportunity now your video is public congratulations you've released your video to the world it's out there now and it's sitting on YouTube and now your goal

is to of course gets your video views the best way for your video to grow on YouTube is to actually trigger the YouTube algorithm itself meaning this if you have done the first four steps properly then in a way number five should take care of itself however you can share your video on the community tab an hour or two or three after the video comes out to maybe get a few more views to your video now there are off platform opportunities here as well my friend Neil Patel he's able to rank his videos cuz he's

built a big email list list and when he releases a new YouTube video he sends an email and YouTube loves the fact that he sends all these people over to YouTube that weren't on YouTube then boom your video ranks and here's the dream do you want to create a video today that gets views a month from now a year from now and even Beyond so number six now review so review is all about analytics now disclaimer your first video is going to probably be terrible Like Your First videos are your worst videos I know mine

were spending too much time viewing them is is kind of discouraging it's not even super helpful but eventually this is a key step because what gets measured gets improved we look at the video and we say okay what do we learn from it did the video take off and and what your analytics will tell you is 1 out of 10 that's good or 10 out of 10 the worst out of your last 10 videos and you can look at these different metrics and then not only that remember the 7R system is about your entire Channel

as well so it works for both like this is a routine this is a system that you work over and over consistently and then the key is you say how can I improve and get better next time number seven repeat we take the information we learned from studying our video and we say how can we begin again more intelligently what are the winners what are the videos out of the last 10 videos I've posted which one or two videos did the best success leaves Clues make part twos right so if you've got 10 20 videos

there's may be a couple videos where you should follow up and that's going to influence the videos that I make next now the eighth art which is repurpose so one of our favorite things to do right now at TH media is to encourage people to do video podcast we have a video podcast typically those episodes are about 20 minutes long so if it's a 30 minute episode there may be 7 minutes that are worth uploading as a clip you're starting to work smarter not just harder and you're getting more uploads because not everyone's going to

watch 30 minutes or an hour or 2 Hour podcast you don't even have to record it it's already recorded you just trim it out re-release it rocket that and you might be able to get multiple clips out of your longer form YouTube video there is an opportunity to of course upload vertical videos and clips of your videos on Instagram reels Facebook reels Tik Tock LinkedIn horizontal Clips across those platforms vertical Clips across those platforms and so YouTube is the top of the pyramid where you upload quality content but as your brand evolves as you grow

your creator business as you strengthen your content creation muscles then repurpose becomes a critical R of this system and so that's the 7R system if I'm starting a YouTube channel from scratch I'm starting slow I'm punching fear in the face face punching perfectionism in the face I'm pressing record I'm not getting overwhelmed with all of this but you do need a system you need structure and I'm going to follow this system step by step and I'm going to master each of these RS as I continue to upload videos If you specifically want to figure out

the shortest path to how can I make significant money on YouTube even if I have a small Channel then I highly recommend checking out freethink class.com my name is Sean canell rhymes with YouTube channel hit like and I will see you in the next video peace