Ahoy Stranger, Welcome to our new article on How to Start a Motivational YouTube Channel.
In the previous article, we have seen how to set up the newly created YouTube channel. This detailed post will show the apparent process of starting a motivational YouTube channel.
When you’re reading this article, you might almost confirm your niche of starting a YouTube channel in a motivational path. That’s fine. But it would be helpful once you learn the pros, cons, and process of creating it before you dive into this YouTube world!
I have split this article into 5 sections for an easy understanding for yourself.
Starting A Motivational YouTube channel
Before that, you must know the competition level of starting a motivational YouTube channel. On YouTube, 100’s of channels are created based on motivation niche.
I will leave some of the top channel links here, and they are probably your competitors, too.
- Motiversity: 3.14M Subscribers
- Billionaire Mined: 387K Subscribers
- HUSTLERVIBEE: 111K Subscribers
- Chispa Motivation:ย 807K Subscribers
(The number of subscribers mentioned above is when I wrote this article; you know it will increase when you read it.)
There are two reasons I leave the motivational channel names here.
- You will understand the potential growth of starting a motivational YouTube channel.
- Also, you must need to know the competition level of it.
Fine, it’s the best time to know how to start a better motivational YouTube channel from scratch with the challenges in mind.
Chapter 1: Knowledge in Daily News
When it comes to motivational blogs or vlogs, you need to learn the current affairs, news, and content regularly.
Each day, billions of stories are coming. Some are entertaining; some are inspirational.
For instance, the recent launch of Chandrayaan-3 from India to the Moon is the biggest sensational in the world. But India’s struggle and hard work to reach this level is damn high.
As a motivational content creator, you must know these things and approach the audiences with daily motivational terms like these based on trends.
As we have seen above, this motivational niche has a big competition. So, to quickly grab the audience’s attention and reach, you must do motivational videos based on daily trends.
Keep reading or following the best news content pages on social media, and spend some time daily to know more about it while scrolling your mobile.
Chapter 2: Reading/Listening Habits
- Do you have a habit of reading books or listening to podcasts?
If not, then it’s the time you need to start any of those habits. A good listener or reader is a better person and always comes up with innovative ideas.
Apart from that, I have seen many motivational channel creators showcase their motivational speeches after reading particular books.
So, reviewing some books on motivational channels is one of the sub-categories.
Consider you’re reading a Rich Dad, Poor Dad book, and you want to convey the inspirational part of it in your motivational video. To be honest, it’s the best way to pull audience engagement.
For your reference, take a look at the below video.
Moreover, the motivational channel is not only about “talking loudly with someone like Dwayne Johnson doing bench presses.”
It’s all about conveying the process or ideas to the audience and elevating them to the next level.
Every motivational video’s goal should be to “give a better mindset among audiences after watching your video.”
Chapter 3: Constructing Better Video
Constructing a better video is another challenging part for motivational channel creators.
It would help if you had relevant footage, music, and elements to keep your audience engaged. In the next chapter, I will leave some of the software that would be helpful for you to make videos; however, you need to be more innovative when it comes to creating motivational videos.
Here, I will mention some of the bullet points that you need to concentrate on to create a better video on YouTube:
- Be engaging with the audience. Kindly don’t do lethargic videos.
- When you’re sitting in front of the camera, keep eye contact.
- Slow down the videos initially, gradually grow the pitch in between, and break the silence.
- Choose the perfect audio or music. The biggest strength of motivational videos is background music.
Already, I wrote a post on how to film a YouTube Video; kindly read it for easy filming techniques.
The points mentioned above are the size of stones all over the world. Self-grooming is the best practice to level up yourself in any work or business.
Chapter 4: Software for Making Motivation YouTube Channel
Even motivational channels need software to create better videos. So, what equipment is required to start and make motivational YouTube channel videos?
Camera and Microphone: If you plan to start a YouTube video sitting in front of the camera, you need better quality control of the camera and microphone. Even a mobile camera is fine if it’s good in quality. But don’t compromise the quality of the microphone, which is very important here.
AI Voice-Over: If you’re unsatisfied with your voice that reaches the motivational pulse, try the third-party AI voice-over. For example, Altered AI is professional voice-changer software. Apart from that, if you need a complete AI voice for your audio, then try these text-to-speech free software.
Stock Footages: As I mentioned, motivational YouTube channel videos require a bunch of stock footage, like inspirational videos, high-pitched background music, images, etc. To collect all these things in one place, I know a guy called Envato Elements. It’s a stock library for creators to get the required items.
Royalty-Free Music: Getting a copyright issue is the biggest headache for creators. It’s annoying when someone makes copyright issues on your channel, primarily for music-related channels. To overcome that, you must use royalty-free music on your YouTube videos. Here, I wrote an article, 29 Sites to Find Music for YouTube Videos Royalty-Free, and it’s helpful for you to find music without copyright issues.
Kindly let me know any other software you require for the motivational channel in the comment section. I will help you to find the best one in the market.
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Chapter 5: Monetization Opportunities
It’s nothing but a business level when you plan to leverage your channel to the next level.
- Is it possible to make money or enable monetization on a motivational YouTube channel?
The answer is YES! But it’s not entirely straightforward. Generally, there are different ways to make money from YouTube channels. Each has specific processes and requirements to tackle.
Let’s see the different ways and requirements to monetize motivational YouTube channels.
- YouTube AdSense: To enable YouTube Ads on your video, you must meet the 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months. In addition to that, all your videos and channels must follow the YouTube community guidelines.
- Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate Marketing is the place to earn huge money when referring to some products and the possibility to earn recurring commissions. There are no requirements for this way. Even from day 1, you can make money when it’s a decent conversion.
- Sponsor Videos: Generating money from sponsor videos takes time, and you need to build better audiences. Hence, big companies seek sponsor videos from your channel for a decent amount.
In addition, there are a few more ways to generate money from the YouTube platform, like merchandise, premium subscriptions, etc. Once you build the audience, everything will come to your pocket.
Pros
Let’s see some of the Pros of starting a motivational YouTube channel,
- Less time to create videos.
- There is a high possibility of generating traffic when you create valuable videos.
- Mostly, it takes a smaller investment to start a channel.
- You can create a passive income from your channel.
Cons
There are also some cons in motivational channels,
- Heavy competition and less RPM compared to another niche.
- Creating duplicate content may cause demonetization from YouTube partner’s program.
Conclusion
Starting a YouTube channel is a dream for many people. When you get the opportunity, try to make it possible. We have been helping creators since 2019 and sharing valuable content with them.
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Good article