Make YouTube Without Showing Your Face (Step-by-Step Guide)

Welcome to the course! Yes you can make a YouTube channel without showing your face or actually filming any video yourself.

There are many channels that do this with huge success and in this course we'll go through 10 of those channel types that do this, see how they do it, work out the type of channel you could/should make and how you do this exactly (how to download and find footage, music, research) and so much more.

** I must emphasize, please familiarize yourself with the YouTube fairuse policy! Yes you can use footage from other video but you must add to it, commentate or change it substation ally and be adding to the content (think like a movie review channel showing clips); do not just copy big chunks of video. 

There's not a lot you need for this course other than a laptop/phone and internet connection. It's all in the research and planning! This is all explained in this course - let's go!

Whilst this student planned to use online footage and "add" to it with commentary to follow YouTube fairuse policy, it does not protect that from copyright law if the owner wanted to file against the content (explained in the fairuse lecture). It would be best practice to protect yourself to use paid for stock footage that you have a license for or free public domain footage you are able to use, to avoid YouTube or 3rd parties having an issue with your content and ultimately affecting your channel and monetization. To be safe, I'd always suggest and recommend using stock footage you are able to use and stay on the side of caution to align with YouTube's policy and 3rd parties ownership and respect. I don't wand any of you to get in trouble with YouTube or a 3rd party, please be careful and respectful!

Let me explain how I grew and others too... what makes your channel grow out of over 3.7 million videos uploaded to YouTube everyday?!

First lets understand how YouTube works. It's not as simple as "upload something good" and it will do well. If that was the case we'd all be YouTubers. We need to think about CTR and watch time... I'll explain

No one thinks about this... as a business (and remember YouTube is a business) what do they want from content uploaded? Let's help give YouTube what they want and they'll naturally share us more and we'll grow

You can use other recorded footage from online, movies, TV shows, other youTube videos and stock footage... this however is not copyright law, that's something else. What is allowed for fairuse on YouTube may still be against copyright law depending on your location. As a rule use stock footage you have a license for or make sure you adhere to the fairuse policy. If you violate these you may be removed or unable to apply for monetization.

** I must emphasize, please familiarize yourself with the YouTube fairuse policy! Yes you can use footage from other video but you must add to it, commentate or change it substation ally and be adding to the content (think like a movie review channel showing clips); do not just copy big chunks of video. 

Also, if you are using someones footage, contact them first if possible and ask and credit them too :)

Let's start to look at different channel types/niches/genres that don't use any videos they create themselves and how they are successful

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 1

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 2

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 3

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 4

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 5

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 6

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 7

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 8

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 9

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - 10

Channel niche/genre type that doesn't film or show their face - think about a "channel hybrid" they can be hugely successful and unique

With this exercise (in resources download the sheet we use in their lecture) and follow along as we work out what type for channel you should make

YouTube earnings are not all adrevenue - there are many ways and here's some I use across my channels and others use to maximize channel earnings

By FAR the most important part of your channel development is research. You NEED to know what works in your genre, it'll save you years in the growth of your channel. See what others have done and imitate, then innovate. Follow along and use the resource to start your own research

Here's how you can download videos to use in your edits

See the paid and free stock footage platforms I use to get great stock footage for videos so you don't have to film a thing

You'll need a voiceover (for most channel), lets see how we can do this ourselves, use a computer generated voice or hire someone to do this

FREE and safe music sources to get your music for videos that won't get you a copyright claim (remember if you use copyright music, all adrevenue will go to the song owner).

Here's how you can simply and for free download sound effects for your videos

If you can edit, great use the software you are comfortable with; if not there are cheap options online to get and editor and here's my advice

Thumbnail - the most important part of getting successful on YouTube - if no one clicks it doesn't matter how good your video is, no one will see it. Here's how to create thumbnails for free

Let's work out - so you can launch with maximum success - when you will film, research, edit and release your videos with the production schedule I use

ALL the answers to your channel growing and getting better are in your analytics. You need to obsess for what went well and didn't - her's the analytics you need to look out for.

Learn how to set up your channel step by step to make sure you're doing it correctly and if you're stuck, here's your answer

Step one, lets get you a GMail account so you can set up your YouTube channel.

The main piece of branding for your channel, let's get this right and set the tone for your channel

Let's make sure viewers and YouTube know what your channel is about and who to share your content with.

An often overlooked element for a channel, a trailer can really help turn a chance viewer into a subscriber

You want to earn on YouTube?... here's how you set up monetization

You need to know your way around the YouTube dashboard to understand how to set up your channel but also make changes and upload.

This is the area for your content and how you can make mass changes or access specific video analytics.

The dreaded comments. They're crucial, all engagement is good but learn how to filter these and how even negative comments are actually great for you channel.

Understand the settings area inside YouTube

After thumbnails, perhaps the most important part of a video is titles. Use a title that ranks and get clicks

An important part of your upload as it helps clarify for YouTube what your video is about and who they should give impressions to.

tags are the metadata behind YouTube videos helping YouTube understand what your videos are about and so with whom to share them with.

Cards are great to link to external products or to other content.. use them to help earn more and get more views.

Use endscreens to keep a viewer watching your content and help with your channels over all watch-time.

Perhaps the most important part of your channel is the thumbnail. If no one clicks this, no one will even see your video. Let's get this right!

You want the optimum release time, a time when most of your audience are online. this will make sure the video gets an instant boost in engagement and help your video get more impressions by YouTube. here's how you know what time to release for your channel.

Step-by-step guide to uploading your video on youtube so you don't miss any important steps like tags, cards, endscreens etc

Make your channel more appealing and easier for people to find your content with an optimized layout

It's not just adrevenue that is your only way to earn money on YouTube. I have used many other funnels from my videos - check out and see my top specific suggestions here.