Start growing your channel and earning money from YouTube.

Here is a checklist of the essential things you need to have in place to make it happen:

• [ ] Business plan: What and for who?
• [ ] Marketing plan: Reaching the target audience
• [ ] Optimized video creation process (video)
• [ ] Videos for your target audience (video)
• [ ] Branded channel (banner, profile, description, links to your website)
• [ ] Lead magnet
• [ ] Website / landing page
• [ ] Offer (service or product)

Got all 8? Then you are ready to make money from YouTube.

See, the checklist is not too long or complicated. Let’s break down each part:

1. One-page Business plan: What and for who

Ask yourself the following questions and write them down:

• What are you building? What is the vision?
• Why does your business exist? What problem does it solve?
• What measurable objectives will you have?