21 settings for beginner YouTube channels to grow your channel
Welcome to BlogProSkill! In today's post, we'll delve into optimizing your videos and customizing your YouTube channel to create the best experience for your viewers. Let's dive into the details together!
Video Optimization
- Uncheck the "publish to subscriptions feed and notify subscribers" setting for videos that are unrelated to your channel content to avoid negative signals from the algorithm
- Accurately designate whether your video is made for kids or not in the "COPPA" section to avoid limitations on comments, monetization, and other features
- Manually add chapters to your videos instead of allowing YouTube to automatically add them to avoid confusing or spoiler chapters
- Turn off the "allow automatic chapters and key moments" setting to prevent YouTube's AI from adding confusing chapters to your videos
- Disable the "featured places" setting to prevent YouTube from tracking your location and stalking you
- Consider changing the default YouTube license to Creative Commons attribution to allow other creators to reuse your content
Channel Customization
- Customize your channel homepage by adding featured sections to make it look full and vibrant
- Adjust the placement of YouTube shorts on your channel homepage to prioritize long-form videos for better watch time and audience connection
- Complete the feature eligibility verification steps in YouTube Studio to enable custom thumbnails and longer videos
- Select your country of residence in channel settings to avoid tax issues and ensure correct monetization
- Use a special link with "?sub_confirmation=1" to prompt viewers to subscribe to your channel
- Upload a video watermark and set it to appear throughout the entire video for better branding and subscriber growth
- Add relevant keywords in the channel settings to help viewers find your channel easily
- Utilize the first line of your video description wisely as it shows up on your channel homepage
Video Management
- Change the default visibility setting to unlisted when uploading videos to prevent accidental premature publishing
- Add blocked words and disable dodgy links in the community settings to prevent negative viewer experiences
- Enable the "shorts remixing" setting to allow others to create shorts using your content for free marketing
- Select the appropriate category for your videos to help the algorithm promote them to the right audience
- Schedule video uploads based on when your viewers are most active to maximize engagement
- Add end screens to promote other videos or playlists at the end of your videos for increased session time
- Connect YouTube shorts to related videos to drive additional views and engagement.
Congratulations
We hope you've found valuable insights for your YouTube channel from this post. Feel free to share your thoughts or send any questions if you have any. Wishing you success in growing your YouTube channel!
