Customize Your YouTube Channel Homepage for More Subscribers

Did you know that your YouTube channel homepage could affect the amount of views and subscribers that you're getting? And if it's set up properly, you could grow your channel faster. Let me show you how to set up your YouTube channel homepage so you can start getting more views and subscribers. Hi, my name is Trena, and on this channel I help creative entrepreneurs just like you get on YouTube to grow your business. Now you want to grow your channel, but you've got to make sure that homepage looks professional. I mean, we spend how much time on our website making sure it's perfect, our Instagram feed making sure it's perfect. But have you spent any time on that YouTube channel homepage? So I'm going to go over to my computer and walk you through how to customize the setup and what you should have for channel sections, how you can add channel sections to really get people into your YouTube world so that they subscribe and watch more videos. So when you're ready to customize the layout of your YouTube channel homepage, there will either be a blue button here that says customize the layout. You'll want to click on that. Or you'll see this cog wheel. You'll come to this cog wheel and you want to make sure this customize the layout of your channel is turned on. So it needs to be blue. If this switch is gray, just click on it and turn it blue. See, you just click and turn it onto blue. Then you will click save. Now, when I'm talking about channel sections, I'm talking about these things right here. Uploads, how to start a YouTube channel, YouTube videos. And what those actually are are my playlists. Here's how you can create a section based on your playlist. You want to go down to the bottom of your channel homepage and you'll see, add a section, click on that and then you can go to playlists and you want to click a single playlist. You don't want to have multiple playlists highlighted on your channel homepage. You just want to do a single playlist. So click on single playlist. You can do a horizontal or vertical row. You'll see this is a horizontal row right here. And this is a vertical row. I suggest switching those up. So maybe having two horizontal rows, a vertical row. A horizontal row, just to give the eye some space to see everything that's going on. So I'm going to make this one a vertical row, vertical list. Then I'm going to choose from my playlist. These are all my current Playlists and I'm going to find a playlist to feature. If you don't have anything right here, that's probably because you don't have any playlists created. So you need to go create playlists. I'm going to add the playlist. How to set goals for a productive year. And then you get a preview. This is what your section is going to look like. Again, this is a vertical list. A horizontal list would just be your videos in a straight row. So then you're done if that's how you like it. And you can add up to 10 sections, I believe. Now if you decide you want to move this section higher up, you can hit this little up button and it will pop it up and you could take it to the top if you want. Or you decide you want it back to the bottom, just click that little button and go down. Now what exactly should be here on your homepage? Well. Well, I suggest having an upload section right here because that's going to really highlight your most recent videos and they're probably going to be your best videos compared to maybe some videos you did a couple weeks ago. You're getting better as time goes on. I also suggest having a new here start with these videos. These would be your best videos you currently have, whether it's your most viewed videos or your most watched videos. And audience retention standpoint, you want to have that playlist to really get people hooked on your content and highlight your best. I currently don't have that, but I definitely need to add it. Then you'll want to add playlists that really encompass what you do here on your channel. People come to your homepage and they're scanning your homepage. They can really quickly understand what it is your channel is about. You can see my channel is about how to start a YouTube channel. YouTube video ideas how to make your YouTube channel better. The secrets to being more productive. It's quick categories almost to get people to understand what it is you do. Now these are your playlist titles and that's how you can change those specific titles. But I always suggest your playlist titles be very value proposed titles and not necessarily categories value proposed titles like the secrets to being more productive instead of productivity videos or let's say confidence videos. You see, I have finding confidence in yourself and your business. That's more of a value proposed title and that's more likely get someone to click through. Now if you want to learn more about how to make your YouTube channel look better, make sure you click the video that is on your screen right now. And do not forget to click, click, subscribe. Because every week I'm posting new videos with tips, tricks and strategies on how to use YouTube to grow your business. Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye.