# Start a YouTube channel

URL: https://gocutline.com/playbooks/start-a-youtube-channel/

Start a YouTube channel: A channel can bring viewers for years, but only if you keep going long enough to get good. 1) Choose a topic you could talk about for 100 videos. 2) Look at what is already doing well in that topic, and note the titles. 3) Plan 10 videos: write the title and thumbnail idea first, then the video.

## The steps
1. Choose a topic you could talk about for 100 videos.
2. Look at what is already doing well in that topic, and note the titles.
3. Plan 10 videos: write the title and thumbnail idea first, then the video.
4. Record the first one with your phone. It will not be good, and that is fine.
5. Publish on a fixed day each week, for three months, before you judge anything.
6. After each video, look at where people stopped watching, and fix that next time.

## Your first move in Cutline
Block 90 minutes to write 10 titles and film the first video.

## Make it a block
[Add it to your week in Cutline](https://app.gocutline.com/?plan=Start%20a%20YouTube%20channel%2090%20min%20on%20Monday%20at%209): one click and the time is blocked.

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