{"id":51049,"date":"2016-12-09T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.sotrender.com\/?p=665\/"},"modified":"2016-12-09T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T13:55:29","slug":"how-do-i-create-a-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_base","link":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/how-do-i-create-a-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I create a YouTube channel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To create a YouTube channel, <b>you need a <a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.google.com\/\">Google Account<\/a><\/b>. Google Accounts don&#8217;t come with a channel by default; you have to make one. If you want to upload, comment, or make playlists, you have to create a public channel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have 2 ways of making a YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Creating a personal channel with your name<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b>Sign in<\/b> to YouTube.<\/li>\n<li><b>Perform any action which requires a channel,<\/b> like commenting on a video.<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have a channel you will see a <strong>prompt to create one<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Fill in <\/b>the required info with your personal details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Creating a channel with your business<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b>Sign in<\/b> to YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>Then you have to go to <b>All my channels<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>If you already have a <b>Google+ profile<\/b> to attach, choose that profile.<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t, choose <b>Create a new channel<\/b> to set up a channel which will have a different name than your Google account name.<\/li>\n<li><b>Fill in the required info<\/b> with your new channel details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both of these ways will create a YouTube channel for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-a5787153-29d0-4268-8b0d-07e3f1560665\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-a5787153-29d0-4268-8b0d-07e3f1560665\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-a5787153-29d0-4268-8b0d-07e3f1560665\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3842881\/2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3842881\/2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5.png\" alt=\"Start analyzing\u00a0your YouTube performance\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(3842881, '2c8b6458-b719-4f1c-abef-62158ba65bf5', {}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Who is on YouTube?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/who-is-on-youtube\/\">Who is on YouTube?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What should I post on YouTube?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/what-should-i-post-on-youtube\/\">What should I post on YouTube?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"When should I post on YouTube?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/when-should-i-post-on-youtube\/\">When should I post on YouTube?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51876,"template":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How do I create a YouTube channel? - Sotrender Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To create a YouTube channel, you need a Google Account. 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