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# Video -WSoI1zL_Z4

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## Summary

This video provides a complete beginner tutorial on starting a faceless YouTube channel that can make money. It covers niche selection, channel setup, video creation using free AI tools, and monetization strategies. The creator also builds a sample channel in real-time.

### Key Points

- **Niche Selection Framework** [01:54] — Ask three questions: Can I make 100 videos without showing my face? Are people already watching this content? Is there a clear path to money?
- **Popular Faceless Niches** [03:26] — Storytelling (scary, kids, documentary), compilation/top 10s, screen recordings (tutorials, software reviews).
- **Channel Name and Setup** [10:28] — Use ChatGPT to generate channel names. Create a new Google account for the channel. Use ChatGPT to generate profile picture and banner.
- **Video Creation Process** [15:21] — Five steps: idea, scripting, voiceover, asset collection, final assembly. AI can streamline most steps.
- **Voiceover Options** [18:51] — Recommend using your own voice for authenticity and cost savings. Alternative: AI voiceover tools like 11 Labs.
- **Asset Collection** [20:36] — For storytelling niches, use AI tools like ChatGPT or Midjourney to generate images. For listicles, use Google Images or stock footage.
- **Final Assembly** [25:09] — Use free editing software like iMovie, DaVinci Resolve, or CapCut. Sync assets with voiceover, add effects and music.
- **Thumbnail and Title Strategy** [30:37] — Model thumbnails and titles after successful channels in your niche. Use Canva for free thumbnail creation.
- **Monetization Methods** [34:32] — YouTube AdSense, affiliate marketing (e.g., Amazon Associates), selling own products (ebooks, courses).

### Conclusion

Starting a faceless YouTube channel requires consistent effort and patience, but with the right niche and AI tools, it's accessible to beginners. Focus on creating quality content and gradually build multiple income streams.

## Transcript

In this video, I'm going to walk you
through exactly how to start a faceless
YouTube channel this year that can
potentially start making money. This
will be a complete beginner tutorial.
We'll walk through the entire process
from setting up your channel, coming up
with a name and a niche for your
channel, and creating the videos using
free tools. I want to show you how to
get started with this with as little
upfront cost as possible while still
maintaining high quality. And of course,
we'll also talk about how to create
titles and thumbnails that actually get
clicks. And on top of all of this, I'm
even going to be creating my own
faceless channel in this video. And I'm
going to walk you through everything
just so that you can see exactly how to
get started with this for yourself. And
toward the end of the video, we'll talk
about all of the different strategies to
start monetizing and potentially start
making money on YouTube. My promise to
you is that by the end of this video,
you'll be able to have all of the
knowledge, tools, and confidence that
you need to finally go out there and
start your own faceless channel this
year. So, about a year ago, I started a
Faceless channel as kind of an
experiment just to prove that it was
possible. And that channel actually did
pretty well given how short of a time I
made videos on it. I had some videos do
much better than others and I even made
some money with it. And so I'll be
referencing that channel occasionally
throughout this video because there's a
lot that I learned from running that
experiment. Now this video will be
broken down into a few steps. The first
step to starting your faceless YouTube
channel though is you need to decide on
your niche. I think this might be the
one step where most people get stuck
because you're trying to kind of figure
out the perfect niche to make videos in
and yeah, it can get really overwhelming
really quickly, especially once you
start to realize how many different
angles you can take your channel. But
here's the framework that I want you to
use that'll help you with this. Okay,
basically I want you to ask yourself
these three questions about whatever
niche you might be trying to decide on.
Question number one, can I make 100
videos in this niche without ever
showing my face? Number two, are there
people already watching this type of
content like on YouTube? Um, and number
three, is there a clear path to money
later? When I started my experiment
channel, I could answer all three of
those questions easily. Right on that
channel, I made faceless product review
videos. This is definitely a very
popular niche on YouTube and so people
definitely were already watching this
type of content and I knew that I could
make money through affiliate marketing
with every video that I posted, which
like I said, I did end up making a
little bit of money. And then of course
eventually uh once that channel got
monetized, I'd be able to make money
through YouTube AdSense as well. But
yeah, as long as you can successfully
answer yes to all of these questions,
you'll be good to go. Now, I do
understand that part of the problem uh
with choosing a niche is kind of knowing
what options are even available. And so,
I really quickly just want to rapidfire
through several different popular niches
that you might consider. All of these
niches are already proven to work. They
already have huge viewership and they
definitely can make money. And I'll show
you some examples of channels within
each niche that are already making
faceless content successfully. All
right, so first up are niche
storytelling faceless channels. This is
definitely a very broad niche because
storytelling can be in any number of
genres, right? It could be like scary
stories, kids stories, uh murder mystery
stories, documentary kind of stories,
like you're telling a true story about a
major event in history or things like
that. I mean, really, there are no
limits to this genre here, but let me go
ahead and show you some examples of this
niche in action. All right, so first up
are like scary story videos. Okay, from
what I've seen, these videos will
typically include about like three
stories within one video. Each story
being about, you know, 7 to 8 minutes
long. And really all it is, and I've
gone through several different channels
within this niche, they all do the same
thing. They're all just showing images
that they probably generated with AI. Uh
they're just showing images that kind of
like match with whatever words are being
spoken in the video. So, like if we just
scroll through this video here, you'll
see that all they're doing is just
showing images. Sometimes the images
have like grain effects on them,
sometimes they don't. Like with that
image right there, there's nothing
happening. It's just the image. And so
everything from the script itself to the
actual visuals can be created within AI,
which is crazy. Another example are kids
storytelling videos. So this one's
called The Big Silly Crocodile. Um, it's
got 18 million views, which is wild. So
you can see right here, it's a pretty
simple animation like kind of like a a
paper cutout animation. Something like
this can easily be created within a tool
like Higsfield or even within like
Google VO or something like that. Um or
you could just even go the route of
having just still images. Let me show
you another example here of a channel
that you know this video right here has
1.5 million views and all it's doing is
it's just reading from a book. So, it's
got a book right here, and all it's
doing is just kind of slowly panning
across the pages, right? And the
narrator is reading the book, literally
just reading the book as is, right? And
it's just showing the pages of the book.
I mean, you can't really get much more
simple than that. And the cool part
about this, which we'll talk about this
more later, is I I can guarantee you
that the link to this book is in the
description. Yeah. Right there. And so
if you were to click on this link right
here, it would bring you to her Amazon
store where you could buy this book. So
that's another route you could go with
kids storytelling if you just wanted to
keep it even more simple than having to
do like actual animations and stuff. But
even with these animations, you could
create something like this uh using AI.
Another example of storytelling are
these documentary style videos. So this
one has 1.3 million views from 8 months
ago. How did people sleep in medieval
castles without freezing to death? I
want to show you something interesting.
So, at the top here, it says altered or
synthetic content. That literally means
that they created this video with AI.
When you upload the video, there's a box
that you have to check that says that
you use AI to create the video, and
you're required to do that. Okay? And
so, we know for a fact that this channel
is using AI to create these images. For
the video that I'm going to make on my
channel, I'll probably end up doing
something similar to this or even
something like this. This is another
example of something that was definitely
created with AI. And you can create this
kind of stuff, like I said, within
Hakesfield or Google VO or even a tool
like Midjourney can create moving images
that look really, really good. So yeah,
this is another example though right
here. This one has 133K views from 2
months ago. So that's the storytelling
niche. As you can see, it's pretty
straightforward. Most of these videos
you'll be able to use AI to create the
visuals, and we'll talk more about that
a little bit later, but let's go ahead
and move on to the next niche, which is
compilation style videos. And so
compilation style videos are things like
top 10s, uh, explainers, things like
that. The experiment channel that I
started was a top five product listical
video, which is a compilation style
video. So if I just type in best things
ever into YouTube right here, it should
bring up my channel. Yeah, there it is.
So there's my channel right there. This
is an example of a compilation style
video. So you can see right here that
from a year ago, my highest viewed video
was 11K. Let's go and click on that one.
And literally the entire video is just
showing images, right? I used AI to
write the script. I used AI for the
voiceover. The only work I had to do was
just going out and finding the images
that match the products that I that I
was talking about. Here's another
example. Top 10 dangerous objects found
during um archaeological excavations.
And so it's just showing all these
different videos and things. They
probably got these videos from like
YouTube videos or some type of like
Creative Commons website where they can
use these types of images for free. So,
if we just scroll through here, you'll
see it's just literally a compilation of
different videos. They probably use AI
to write the script and then all they
had to do was just go through and find
different related images or things that
pertained to whatever objects that
they're talking about, which they
probably just found those images on
Google images or like I said, this looks
like stock footage right here. And then
of course like probably other YouTube
videos. Now another popular niche are
what I call screen recordings. And so
that's basically where you make tutorial
style videos where you never show your
face but you make tutorial videos about
software, AI tools, video games, things
like that. So let me show you some
examples here of what that might look
like. This one is a video of somebody
restoring some type of vehicle, maybe.
Yeah, a vehicle. So you can see they
never actually show their face. The
whole video is just them restoring the
vehicle. Another example is something
like this. It's this whole entire
channel is about locks. The lockpicking
lawyer. Okay, this has 2.8 million views
from uh 3 years ago. And it's just 3
minutes of him talking about a lock,
testing it out. He never shows his face.
He's just got a camera on a tripod and
he's testing out the lock. That's it.
Another example is something like this
where the entire video is you never see
the person's face at all. Not even in
the intro of the video. and it's just
them talking about how to use Photoshop
for beginners. And this this same exact
format can be used for literally any
type of software, any type of website
tool, anything like that. And so, yeah,
these are all examples of what I call
the screen recording uh niche. But yeah,
you kind of get the point. Um, there are
so many different like angles and
different options for starting a
faceless channel. You just have to go
with whatever you think might be most
interesting to you. Okay? Ask yourself,
can I make 100 videos in this niche
without getting bored? Okay? If you can
answer yes to that question and it also
passes all of the questions from
earlier, then start there with that
niche. For the channel that I'm creating
in this video, I'll be going with an
ancient business mogul documentary
channel. This should be quite fun to do
actually, and I'm excited to make the
first video with you. Now, I've put
together a comprehensive list of
hundreds of different uh niche ideas for
faceless channels. You can download this
list completely free using the link
below to help give you kind of a jump
start for your brainstorming process.
Anyways, the next step that we'll talk
about is coming up with a name for your
channel and then creating the channel.
This is probably the easiest part of the
entire process because we're literally
just going to use chatbt to help us
create a name and then create your
YouTube channel, which takes like 2
minutes. So within chatbt just type
something in like I'm creating a
faceless YouTube channel around whatever
you know topic whatever your niche is
about. My niche is ancient business
mogul documentaries. Uh can you give me
a list of channel names that will work
for this? And chat GBT will start
generating a big list of names. So you
can see it's given us a ton of names
here and it's kind of like categorized
the names by different like genres or
whatever. So you got ancient power and
wealth. These feel premium and Netflix
style. So you got like, you know, Empire
of Gold. That's pretty cool. Lords of
Trade, The Wealth of Empires. These are
all pretty cool names. I'm just going to
scroll down here. We got business,
trade, and strategy focused. Ancient
Commerce. Ooh, I really like this one
right here, the original billionaires.
That one is for sure my favorite of all
of these. So, I'm going to go ahead and
copy that name because we'll use this
later when we actually create the
YouTube channel. So, with that name, I'm
going to go ahead and open up a uh new
tab in my browser. Go to youtube.com.
And for this, I am going to create a
brand new Google account specifically
for this new channel. I personally like
doing this because it keeps everything
separate, right? The YouTube channel,
the emails, future brand deals, any
affiliate accounts, all of that stuff
can live under one clean account instead
of being mixed in with my personal Gmail
and stuff like that, right? And I would
recommend that you just do the same.
Once my new Gmail account is created
though, I'll head back to YouTube, click
on create new channel, and then use the
name that we just picked, which is the
original billionaires. And once the
account is created, we now need to
create a profile picture and a banner.
We can't just leave these blank. We have
to give some branding to the channel.
But the good news though is that we can
also use chatbt to create these images.
So, first I'm going to click into the
channel customization section. And this
is where we can change things like the
profile picture, the banner image, our
handle, all that stuff. Now, I don't
want you to overthink this part too
much, okay? A lot of people will spend
like 3 weeks trying to come up with a
perfect banner image um before they ever
even upload a single video. And
honestly, this stuff matters way, way
less than you probably think. The
content is what matters the most. And
you can always improve your branding
later. So for now, I just want something
that's clean and good enough to make the
channel look legitimate. And so the
first thing I'm going to do is create a
new profile picture. So I'm going to
head back over to Chat TBT and just type
something like create a simple cinematic
logo for a YouTube channel called the
original billionaires about ancient
business mogul and historical wealth.
And we'll see what it comes up with.
Okay, it looks like it's finishing up
here and it's loading. Let's see. So
far, this is Ooh, that looks really,
really good. I mean, this it did a
phenomenal job creating this profile
picture. This looks so so good. Now,
I'll be honest with you, okay? It's not
always going to work and be this good on
the first try. Sometimes you have to
prompt it again to kind of like change a
few things up, but sometimes it just
nails it on the very first try, which it
definitely did for me. So, I'm going to
go ahead and download this right here
because we will definitely be using this
for the YouTube channel. So, I'll
download it, head back to our channel,
and upload it to the profile picture.
Next, I'm going to create the banner
image for the top of the channel page.
And again, this does not need to be some
crazy masterpiece, okay? Most people are
barely, you know, even going to look at
your channel banner. Anyways, like I
said, the videos themselves are way more
important, but I still want it to look
somewhat professional. So, I'll come
back into Chat GBT and say, "This looks
amazing. Uh, can you give me a channel
banner that complements this avatar that
you just gave me because I love it? And
we'll give this a second to get created.
And, you know, uh, AI isn't always going
to be perfect. You can see that it
pretty much just generated a different
version of our profile picture, which I
definitely don't like that. So, I'll say
I like this a lot, but I don't want it
to just be a clone of the avatar. I want
to keep the same style but have it be
something unique. And we'll see what it
comes up with after that. Okay, so this
looks a million times better. I I love
how this looks. It definitely still fits
the branding uh with the profile
picture, but it's still a unique image.
So, I love this. And I'll definitely be
using this for the banner image. All
right, so the channel is now set up. And
with that done, the next step is to
actually make the faceless videos. Now,
these faceless videos are broken down
into a simple five-step process, and
we're going to go over each step in
detail. You've got idea, scripting,
voice over, what I call asset
collection, and final assembly. Now,
this sounds like a lot, but honestly,
four out of five of these steps can
actually be streamlined with AI. Now, it
is still going to be important that you
guide the overall creative direction of
your videos just to make sure that the
content is unique and valuable. The last
thing you want to do is just create some
AI slop. Uh these videos are still going
to be high quality. Okay? But AI will
definitely be able to help us, you know,
create the videos more efficiently. And
so, let's start with the first step,
which is idea, which we can do with AI.
So, all we're going to do here is open
up chatbt again. And I'm just going to
ask it, can you give me a list of 10 to
15 video ideas for my faceless YouTube
channel about ancient business mogul
documentaries? And you can do this for
really any faceless niche that you want
on YouTube. Like when I started my
experiment channel that I showed you
earlier, I simply asked ChattBT what
were the most like trending products for
that current year and then I made review
videos around those products. But
anyways, with these ideas, I'm just
going to select one to make a video
about and then we'll start working on
the script. So, a lot of really, really
good ideas here. I think the one that
stands out most to me is King Solomon,
the richest man in the ancient world. It
said that King Solomon was the richest
man to ever exist. He had like a net
worth of $2 trillion. And so, I think
that could be a really interesting
story. And so, I'm going to go ahead and
copy that because that's the idea that
we're going to use to begin working on
our script. Now, when it comes to the
script for the video, absolutely
ChattPpt can help develop this for you.
But what you don't want to do is just
simply say something like, "Okay, now
create a script for this video." Because
what's going to happen is it's going to
give you a script that's like 2 minutes
long. Okay? And obviously, we want the
videos to be longer than that. And so
what I have discovered is that the best
way to get Chat toBT to write a script
for you is to have it first start off
with giving you a breakdown like an
actual outline for the video and then
you work on each part of the outline
separate. And so I'm going to say let's
create a video about and then paste in
the video title there. I need help
creating the script. I want it to be
about 15 minutes long. Let's first start
off by giving me the breakdown of the
video. then will work on each section
separately. Okay. So, I'll say that to
it, hit enter, and it's going to begin
now working on the outline for the video
for me. So, with that outline now
finished, I'm just going to say to it,
let's start with the open hook. And when
I say that, it's going to begin
developing the open hook for us, which
you know, you can see it does a really,
really good job. And then once the open
hook is done, we would then after that
say, okay, let's move on to the next
section, right? and then hit enter. And
it's going to begin working on section
number two for us. And then once it
finishes section number two, you would
say, "Let's work on the next section."
And it's going to begin working on
section number three. And so forth,
right? You would just keep doing this.
And you know, you could feel free to
edit any of the script if you want to or
have it make some updates for you,
whatever you think is necessary. But
usually the AI does a really good job of
developing the script for you. All
right. So that is basically scripting in
a nutshell. Next is the voice over. My
number one recommendation here is just
to use your own voice. Okay, I know that
it can feel a little bit intimidating at
first, but for a faceless channel, your
voice is what's going to make the
content unique and authentic. Plus, if
you're on a tight budget, then you don't
even really need a professional studio.
Like, you can buy a super affordable mic
on Amazon. Or if you're really just
starting out and you don't want to spend
any money, you can honestly just use the
voice memo phone on your app. All you
have to do is just record in a quiet
space like a closet full of clothes to
dampen the echo. And you'd be surprised
that it actually sounds surprisingly
professional. But using your own voice
is 100% free. It keeps your channel safe
from the loweffort content flags and it
helps to build a real connection with
your audience. Now, if you really really
don't want to have to use your own
voice, you can use a tool like 11 Labs.
They have some of the best natural
sounding voices that I've heard. Now,
this video is not sponsored by them. I
don't have any affiliate links or
anything like that. Um, it's just one of
the better tools that I've used for AI
voiceovers. And so, if I was actually
starting a faceless channel and taking
it seriously, I would without a doubt be
using my own voice. But for the sake of
this video and for my example Faceless
Channel, I'm just going to use an AI
voice over from 11 Labs as the voice of
my video. And using it is very simple.
All you have to do is just take your
script, paste it into the tool, and
it'll develop the voiceover recording
for you based on that script. And you
can like change different voices and
things like that. It's a super simple
tool. But once your voice over is
recorded, the next step of the video
making process is asset collection.
Basically, with this step, all you're
doing is collecting the images and
videos that you'll be using in your
video. Now, depending on the niche that
you selected will sort of change how you
approach this step. So, for example, for
my niche, which is ancient business
mogul documentaries, it's a storytelling
niche. I'm going to be relying heavily
on AI creation tools. And so I'll be
using tools like chat GBT or Midjourney
to create images that I can then add,
you know, subtle movement to to sort of
bring to life or maybe I'll be able to
find some stuff on Google images or like
other YouTube videos. But for the most
part, I'll just be using AI tools. And
the good news is that Chat GBT is free.
Um, Midjourney is the only tool that is
going to cost some money, but the basic
plan only costs $10 per month. And you
don't even have to use MidJourney. you
can just use chat tbt for free. But if
you're creating something like listical
videos, for example, similar to what I
did with my other faceless channel that
I started as an experiment, then you'll
be relying heavily on places like Google
images or product review videos on
YouTube to get all of your visual
assets. If you are creating, you know,
travel listical videos, same thing.
you'll be relying a lot on stock footage
and using clips from other YouTube
videos or Google images, things like
that. So, depending on your niche will
change your process for creating your
videos. For my channel though, I'll be
using mostly AI. So, essentially with
this step, all you're going to be doing,
I've already pasted my script here from
ChattBT into a Google doc. So
essentially what you're going to be
doing is you're just referencing the
script and then finding the appropriate
images or videos based on the script.
And so for example, the first line of my
script is what if I told you that
thousands of years ago there was a man
so wealthy that silver was considered
worthless in his kingdom. That's the
first line there. Okay. And then I'm
going to head over into MidJourney, for
example. And I'm literally just going to
paste that line of text into the prompt
box right here. And then hit enter. And
it's going to generate an image that is
fitting based on that line of text. And
so you can see it did a really really
good job creating this this image of
King Solomon. Now, I don't know what
King Solomon actually looked like. I
have no idea. But I think that this is a
good representation of what he could
have potentially looked like. And
something really cool about Midjourney
as well is that you can actually add
small movement to your image. And so if
I click right here on animate image, you
can see that it creates these new moving
images for me. I mean, this looks
insanely good, right? And we could we
could create the whole video like this
where we've just got these different
like moving images that really really
help to bring the story to life. You
don't have to, of course. You could just
keep on using still images and those
would still work just as good. But I
just think it's a cool option to be able
to animate the images a little bit and
just add that much more personality to
your videos. But then what I like to do
is once I've finished finding the asset
for that specific line of text, I'll
just highlight the lines of text within
the script black just so that I know I'm
done with that part of the script and I
can move on. So then once that part of
the script's done, I would move on to
the next part. So then the next line of
text in my script is um at the height of
his power, gold floated to his kingdom
from across Asia or Africa, Asia and the
ancient worlds, etc., etc. I'm going to
try to go to Google images for this one
and just type in King Solomon and then
go to images. And you can see there's
tons of different images here that we
can choose from. Um I could use some of
these or I could just keep on using AI
tools to create like original images.
And I think I'll do that. So, I'm
actually going to head into Chat DBT
now. And same thing, I'm just going to
paste in this line of text right here
into Chat DBT and ask it to create a
image for my documentary about King
Solomon. And then hit enter and we'll
see what it creates for us. So, I think
that this looks phenomenal. I think it
looks really, really good. And I'm I'm
actually probably just going to use Chat
GBT for the rest of the video to develop
my assets. And so all I'm going to do is
just go line by line and just find
assets for that line of text. Okay?
Depending on how long your script is,
this could take you a couple of hours or
it could take you even less than that
depending on what your script is about.
All right. So once you've got all your
assets collected, it's time for the
final assembly. So basically with the
final assembly, all you're doing is
you're first you have to choose an
editing software to actually compile all
this stuff together. So, for me, I'm
going to use Final Cut Pro. If you have
a Mac computer, you can use iMovie for
free. If you are on a Windows PC, you
can use a tool like Da Vinci Resolve,
which is free. Or you could use some
type of online video editing software.
Like, I know Canva, for example, has
some free video editing software that
you can use. Or you could just go into
Google and type in free editing
software, and you can see what pops up.
So, for example, Cap Cut is a good
option. But you can see if you just
scroll through here, there's tons of
other options as well. Even Adobe has
Adobe Express which again is free video
editing software. So it doesn't really
matter what you use because the process
is going to be the exact same. So
basically with the final assembly what
you're going to do is first drop in your
voice over. Okay? So if you recorded
your own voice over you would drop that
in. In my case I used 11 Labs to do an
AI voice over. So I'm just going to drop
that into my timeline here. And then I'm
just going to start dropping in all of
my assets one by one into the timeline
uh to match with whatever is being said
on on the voice over. Does that make
sense? So, for example, for this first
part right here about King Solomon, I
know that we decided to go with this
image here. So, I'm just going to drop
that in right there. And you would just
do that same thing for each part of the
video. Now, realistically, this should
be the fastest part of the process
because you've already got all your
assets. All you have to do is just
figure out where they go within the
video based on what's being said in the
voice over. And then if you want to, you
can add things like slow zoomins. You
can add like different effects and
things like that, which most of these
editing tools will have that kind of
stuff built in. You can just add that
stuff on top of the images to kind of
bring it to life and add more more
character. And so, for example, for my
video, I'm going to add in these dust
particles over these clips. um and maybe
some other effects just to kind of make
it more interesting to look at. But
yeah, you can spend some time here just
kind of being creative and doing
whatever you want to make it
interesting. But you saw for yourself in
the example videos I showed you earlier.
Most of the time there's not a whole lot
going on with these videos, right? Some
light effects, some light movement. You
don't have to spend hours and hours,
definitely not days making a video. just
do enough to add some level of human
effort and to make it more interesting
than just a still image not doing
anything. Right? Even a small bit of
movement will add a lot in terms of
making it more interesting. So, I'm
going to spend like the next 30 minutes
going through here and just adding all
of my clips on top of my voice over. And
after all that, the video is almost
done. We still have to add one more
important element, which is music. Okay,
we have to add music to our video.
Especially for my type of video, like
storytelling videos, the music is going
to be almost more important than the
visuals itself because the music is
going to drive the mood of the video.
And there are a few different approaches
that you can take here to find your
music, right? I would either go with a
free music website such as YouTube's
official music library or you could use
a premium music website like Epidemic
Sound. Now, I promise you this is not a
promotion for Epidemic. They are not
sponsoring this video, but I do use them
for my videos for both music and sound
effects. And in my opinion, they have
one of the best music libraries out
there. So, I will leave a link to
Epidemic Sound down below. If you use
that link, it'll give you a free 30-day
trial. Again, I'm not trying to sell you
on them. You don't have to use them, but
if you want something more premium with
a lot more song options, then definitely
grab that free 30-day trial. using the
link down below. Otherwise, just stick
to free music resources like YouTube's
official music library. But anyways, I'm
just going to go ahead and spend the
next like maybe 30 minutes scanning
through songs on Epidemic Sound to find
some stuff that will work for my video.
I'm not really going to show that
process because it's pretty
self-explanatory. But after that, I'll
export my video and then I'll share the
final video with you guys. And, you
know, let me know in the comments what
you think about it. Tonight, imagine
yourself standing at the edge of the
ancient world. The air is warm, dry, and
faintly perfumed with incense, drifting
in from somewhere unseen. Dust settles
slowly after each footstep, hanging in
the light like smoke. In the distance,
stone meets stone as a massive gate
begins to open, its weight announced by
a deep, grinding echo that carries
across the valley. You are approaching
Jerusalem at the height of its power.
The city doesn't shout its importance.
It doesn't need to. It glows quietly in
the fading light, confident and
unhurried. Torches flicker along the
walls, reflecting off polished stone and
metal. The rhythm of life inside feels
steady, practiced, like a system that
knows exactly what it is doing. This is
the Kingdom of Solomon. Before we go any
further, take a moment to settle in. Let
your breathing slow. Let the outside
world recede. These stories weren't
meant to be rushed. They unfold the way
the ancient world itself did. Patiently,
deliberately. Now, picture the streets
beneath your feet. They're worn smooth
by centuries of movement. Okay, so the
last step now is we need to upload the
video to our channel and create a title
and thumbnail. So, this part of the
process I think scares a lot of people
and for good reason. Everybody is always
talking about how important the title
and the thumbnail is. And don't get me
wrong, it definitely is, right? Those
things are important, but I don't think
we need to overthink it. Basically, all
you're going to do is look at channels
within your niche that are doing well,
that are getting good views and stuff,
and just sort of model your thumbnails
off theirs, right? I'm not saying you
should copy them exactly, but just model
them, draw inspiration from them. And
you would do the same thing for the
titles as well. So let me show you what
this actually looks like in practice. So
for example, I'm on YouTube here and I'm
just going to type in like history
documentary or something, right? And
because this is kind of what my niche
is. I'm talking about historical things
and it's a documentary video. So if I
just scroll through here, you can see
that the first video it, you know, it's
just an image with some text on it. If I
keep scrolling through here, you'll see
it's kind of the same thing. Like an
image that's related to the documentary
with like a piece of text on it. It's
very, very simple. Most of these
thumbnails are super simple. Right?
Here's one from a year ago from the
History Channel. 2.4 million views.
Europe in the wake of the fall of Rome.
It just shows an image of the coliseum
kind of being burnt to the ground with
some text that says survival in the dark
ages. And all of these thumbnails within
this niche are kind of doing the same
exact thing. Okay? And so I would model
my thumbnail the same exact way. So
creating the thumbnail is actually very
very simple. Okay? All you're going to
do is go into a free tool like Canva. Uh
and I'm going to click right here on
create. Just type in YouTube thumbnail
and it pops up right there. So we'll
just click right there on YouTube
thumbnail. And then you're just going to
go to your your video and you're just
going to grab an image from the video
that is compelling looking, that looks
interesting, right? So for my video, I
think that this image right here of King
Solomon looks very interesting. So I'll
drag and drop the image into Canva right
here. Make sure that it fits the entire
screen. And then I'll just add some text
on top of it that says something like
richest man ever. And I'll just make
sure that it's white so that it uh
contrasts with the actual image itself
so that people can read it. And just
like that, we've basically got our
thumbnail. Like you really don't have to
overthink this process at all. Okay? And
the same thing is true with the title.
We're simply looking at how you know
popular channels within our niche are
structuring their titles and we're just
doing the same thing for our channel.
We're just going to title our stuff the
same exact way. Okay. Now remember, I
want to reiterate this. We're not just
copying verbatim what other channels are
doing. You don't want to do that, okay?
You want to make sure that you are being
original, but we can model our
thumbnails and titles. We can draw
inspiration from other channels because
there's no reason to reinvent the wheel,
right? If something's already working
for a different channel, we can take
what's working and apply it to what
we're doing so that we can potentially
get similar results. All right. So, once
I've got my thumbnail uh ready, I'm
going to go ahead and upload my video to
my YouTube channel. And then I'll add my
title and then add my thumbnail that we
just created within Canva for free. And
because we are using generative AI for
our visuals, we have to make sure that
we select this box right here that says
altered content. Okay, this is required
if you used AI within your video. It's a
simple step that keeps your channel
transparent and in good standing uh with
YouTube's community guidelines. But once
all that is done, we can go ahead and
post it. And I'm going to leave a link
to this channel down below in the
description so that you can watch the
full video for yourself that you just
watched me create from start to finish.
Now, before this video ends, I do want
to briefly talk about the money side of
faceless YouTube channels because
obviously that's the main reason a lot
of people are interested in doing this
in the first place. Now, the first thing
that I want to say is that this is not a
get-richqu scheme, okay? Like, starting
a YouTube channel and getting to a point
where you're able to make income from it
is going to require a considerable
amount of work. Make no mistake about
it. But if you are willing to put in the
work, there are several ways that you
can make money from this. Okay? And the
first and most obvious way to make money
through YouTube is through YouTube
AdSense. Once your channel reaches
YouTube's monetization requirements,
YouTube will start placing ads on your
videos and paying you based on things
like views, watch time, your audience
type, the niche that you're in, things
like that. And depending on how many
views you're getting, this can
potentially become a pretty significant
uh source of income for your YouTube
channel. But AdSense is honestly just
one small piece of the puzzle. So for
example, my experiment faceliftless
channel that I talked about earlier, I
was making money with that channel using
affiliate marketing. And affiliate
marketing is actually very simple.
Basically, all you're doing is just
recommending a product or service within
your video. And if somebody buys the
product or service through your special
link, you'll earn a commission. So, for
example, if you are reviewing uh
products or gadgets or books or tools or
cameras or really anything that people
can buy online, you can sign up for
affiliate programs and start putting
those links in your description. Now,
one of the easiest places to start is
the Amazon Associates program, which is
Amazon's free affiliate program.
basically create a free account, grab
your custom product links, and then you
would add those links to your video
description. And then if somebody buys
through one of your links, you'll earn a
percentage of the final sale. And the
cool thing about affiliate marketing is
that you don't even have to have a
monetized channel to start doing this.
You can technically make affiliate
income before you ever qualify for
AdSense. Right? with my experiment
channel. I didn't upload a single video
on my channel before I went ahead and
created my Amazon Associates account and
started collecting affiliate links to
place in future videos. And so with
affiliate marketing, typically you can
start doing that immediately. Now, even
beyond affiliate marketing, you can also
eventually sell your own products. And
so that could be things like digital
products like ebooks or templates or
perhaps some type of paid community or
coaching or consulting, maybe even your
own software. Perhaps you could create a
kids book using AI, which I've actually
got a video for on my channel, which
I'll link down below. And then you can
get that kids book listed for sale on
Amazon. And then you can create a
YouTube channel. And then you can create
a faceless YouTube video um similar to
the one I showed you earlier where it's
literally just you showing pages of the
book and you're just reading the book,
right? You're not even showing your
face. It's just the pages of the book
with some maybe some subtle movement and
you are simply reading the book and that
is the entire video. And then you can
have a link to that book in the
description of that video for people to
buy. But there are so so many different
ways that you can go about this. And
this is why I think learning YouTube is
such a valuable skill right now because
even if your channel never becomes
massive, right? You're still learning
about content creation and storytelling
and audience building. You're learning
different marketing skills and all that
stuff is incredibly valuable. Now,
here's the truth about this, okay? Most
people who start this are going to quit
way too early. They'll upload a few
videos. Those videos probably won't get
many views. And because of that, they'll
assume it doesn't work and they'll quit.
But YouTube is usually way slower in the
beginning than most people expect. Even
with my experiment channel, some videos
barely did anything and then other
videos started getting traction like
months later after I posted the video,
right? That's just kind of how YouTube
works sometimes. But that's why
consistency is so incredibly important
because one single video can completely
change the trajectory of a channel. So
hopefully this video gave you a
realistic understanding of how this
process actually works and hopefully it
gave you some confidence to finally go
and start your own faceless YouTube
channel. I'll leave links to all of the
tools and resources that I mentioned
throughout this video down in the
description below. Don't forget to like
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content like this. Thank you so much for
watching the video. I appreciate you
being here and as always, I will see you
again in the next video. Take care.