How to START & GROW your YOUTUBE CHANNEL in 2026: what I'd do if I were starting "AuthorTube" today

Описание: This is a beginner's guide to starting and growing a YouTube channel, with everything I wish I would've known about, such as thumbnails, titles, topics/content ideas, recording equipment, audio, lighting, presentation, editing, channel-wide tips, and other YouTube advice channels/videos that I highly recommend, and so much more!

MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
◦ How to Use Canva:    • Canva Tutorial for Writers: How to Make Te...  
◦ Writing a Book with a Baby Playlist:    • Writing a Book with a Baby (MAMA WRITER SE...  
◦ Author Money Playlist:    • Author Money $$  
◦ YouTube Confessions Tag:    • YOUTUBE CONFESSIONS TAG: advice for new Yo...  

MY YOUTUBE EQUIPMENT:
◦ My Current Camera - CANON EOS M50 - https://amzn.to/3I4HK1o
◦ My Previous Camera - SONY CYBER SHOT DSC-RX100 - https://amzn.to/3MDdazv
◦ My Camera Tripod - https://amzn.to/3MFxL6j
◦ My SD Card - https://amzn.to/3t17yau
◦ Plug In / Rechargeable Battery - https://amzn.to/3tLoTmT
◦ Limo Studio Lightboxes - https://amzn.to/368dPYQ

YOUTUBE CHANNELS / VIDEOS I RECOMMEND:
◦ Sunny Lenarduzzi - YouTube Growth Playlist:    • How to Get More Views on YouTube  
◦ Vanessa Lau - YouTube Hacks Playlist:    • I have over 500k subscribers... These are ...  
◦ Cathrin Manning - Tips for New YouTubers Playlist:    • How To START A YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Beginner's...  
◦ Think Media - How YouTube Works:    • How YouTube Search Works! 4 Tips for Hacki...  
◦ Roberto Blake - How to Start a Successful YouTube Channel:    • How to START a Successful YouTube Channel ...  
◦ Kelly Stamps - Growing Your YouTube Channel:    • growing your youtube channel (with 0 subsc...  
◦ Kaiti Yoo - 0 to 100 Subscribers in 6 Months:    • I grew from zero to 100K subscribers in 6 ...  
◦ PewdiePie - Don't Start YouTube before Watching This:    • DON'T START YOUTUBE BEFORE WATCHING THIS!  
◦ Annie Dube - SEO Playlist:    • How I Find Keywords for YouTube Videos + G...  
◦ Paddy Galloway:    • How Ryan Trahan Got 1000% More Views (Geni...  

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📚 T H E S T O L E N K I N G D O M S E R I E S :
https://www.bethanyatazadeh.com/thest...
◦ COLLECTOR'S EDITION / BOX SET: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KF5YYZJ
◦ THE SECRET GIFT: https://books2read.com/thesecretgift
◦ THE STOLEN KINGDOM: https://books2read.com/thestolenkingdom
◦ THE JINNI KEY: https://books2read.com/thejinnikey
◦ THE CURSED HUNTER: https://books2read.com/thecursedhunter
◦ THE ENCHANTED CROWN: https://books2read.com/theenchantedcrown
◦ The Stolen Kingdom Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/B088FVQNJK...
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◦ MARKETING FOR AUTHORS SERIES: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CY8PCYK
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◦ EPIDEMIC SOUND (where I get my music! If you'd like to try it for a month, using this link gives me a free month! Thank you in advance!): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
◦ DRAFT2DIGITAL: https://www.draft2digital.com/bethany...

💬 L E T ' S C O N N E C T 💬
Website | https://www.bethanyatazadeh.com
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Patreon |   / bethanyatazadeh  
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Thanks for watching!
❤️ Bethany

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