Section 04
Set Up Your Channel and Entity
How to set up a new faceless channel properly: a fresh account, a brand account, name and branding, key settings, and a real online presence.
Start this section 8 lessons · 22 min
- 1. Which Account to Start With (and Why) Why to start with a fresh Google account for each channel, and why buying aged or monetized channels is not needed. 3 min
- 2. Create & Transfer a Brand Account Why a Brand Account beats a personal channel, how manager access can be abused, and how to move a channel safely. 3 min
- 3. Name, Handle, Icon & Banner How to choose a searchable channel name that carries your keyword and is one step wider than your first topic. 3 min
- 4. Channel Settings to Avoid Demonetization Three settings to fix before your first upload, starting with marking the channel not made for kids. 2 min
- 5. Prove You're a Real Operation How an About page, contact email, links, and other signs of a real owner help YouTube treat your channel as legitimate. 3 min
- 6. Build Your Off-Platform Entity Why to claim the same name and handle on other platforms and link them together, and what that does and does not do. 3 min
- 7. Profile Picture, Banner & Trailer How to make your banner, icon, and thumbnails look like one design with a shared color scheme, at the right sizes. 3 min
- 8. Generate Your Banner & Icon with AI How to prompt an AI image tool for a logo and banner, revise one detail at a time, upload, and check it on a phone. 2 min
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