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How I’d start a YouTube channel if I had to start over

2025-11-26 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:17 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Explanation and tutorial

Restarting his channel from scratch, Ali would first ask whether he can already make good videos: a beginner should just start and take imperfect action, while someone who can should approach YouTube strategically, since the platform is now saturated.

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00:00:00 — How Ali would restart a YouTube channel from scratch

  • ★ Ali's YouTube channel has six million subscribers. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ Starting a YouTube channel from scratch, Ali says what he would do depends on one question: does he already know how to make good videos? — 00:00:00
  • ★★ When Ali started making videos in 2017 he had never made one and knew nothing about cameras, audio, lighting, editing or speaking to a camera, so his first 50 to 100 videos were him learning the skill. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ A complete beginner at making videos, Ali says, should skip strategic thinking, just get started and take imperfect action, since the first 10, 20 or 30 videos massively level up the skill. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Once you can make videos, Ali says, approach YouTube strategically: the days of uploading random videos consistently and hoping are gone, because the platform is saturated and every business wants a presence on it. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ To stand out on YouTube, Ali says, research your target audience, your value proposition and your unfair advantages: why someone should watch your videos rather than everything else on the platform. — 00:00:58 · unfair advantage

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you start a YouTube channel? — Starting a YouTube channel from scratch, Ali says what he would do depends on one question: does he already know how to make good videos? (00:00:00)
  • refine · How do you grow a YouTube channel? — Once you can make videos, Ali says, approach YouTube strategically: the days of uploading random videos consistently and hoping are gone, because the platform is saturated and every business wants a presence on it. (00:00:29)

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