How to start & grow your YouTube channel in 2023 | Booktube tips, my journey, getting monetized

Hello friends! Today's video is going to be a little different because I am going to be talking about how to start a youtube channel in 2023! I get asked a lot of questions about this topic so I thought it would be fun and helpful to share some of my tips and my experience to help you succeed as well(: I am so thankful for all of you and love you all so so much. Hope you enjoy(:
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0:00 intro
01:32 Before you start
04:10 equipment
07:44 Recording tips
10:15 putting content out & ideas
13:47 engagement tips
16:25 don't get discouraged by numbers(:
17:41 editing tips
19:08 my youtube journey & analytics
23:01 getting monetized/what youtube pays
26:43 sponsorships
29:58 final thoughts & outro

[@angie_reads]

I'm new to booktube and I truly did not realize the amount of work that goes into maintaining a channel. It has been a fun learning experience and I hope to keep going. Thank you so much for your transparency, Faith! Love your content! 🫶✨💕

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you so much! You’re doing great!🫶🏼

[@lefttoread]

I've just started my channel and I'll definitely be taking these tips & tricks on board! Thank you for being so transparent 😊

[@nikitareads]

This was very helpful, thank you!

[@ashleybayes3169]

This was so helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@honouraf]

I'm a new booktuber and this was so helpful! Thank you!

[@WaterBearReads]

I love this video and it is just what I needed...thank you so much!🦋

[@booksnmovies]

Thanks for being so honest and kind. You helped me a lot, seriously 💕

[@caribbeangirlturningpages]

I am very happy that you posted this video

[@tempestbooks]

Thank you for some really amazing tips and honest thoughts! It's nice to see some frank information given that is hard to find elsewhere :)

[@Farah_yousif]

I just started my youtube channel and found this super helpful so thank you so much for making this video 💚

[@ayianaaltamirano22]

faith you are so real for this!! thank you so much for making this video and being so raw and authentic. It was super informative and helpful 💖

[@karim_wafa]

Thank you so much for these tips ❤ I’m a new booktuber

[@maitysbookshelf]

Thank you for being so transparent with everything faith! I’m a newer content created and this was super helpful!!!

[@lost.in.prose.]

Thank you for this❤

[@HannahlovesStories]

Thank you for sharing your experience and advice! I have had a similar youtube journey (started out with vlogging/lifestyle content then switched to booktube) so I really liked hearing your story. Now that i'm focusing my videos on books I am so much more excited about KZbin and hope my channel grows like yours has!

[@2misschambers]

Live that framed 📸 you have in the background. I'm not sure exactly what it depicts, but I understand. Much respect ✌🏿

[@faithsreadingthings]

If it’s the black and white one with a bunch of people in it, one of my fiancés friends got it for him! It’s a TIMES photo of a bunch of people at a movie theater the first time 3D movies came out I think(:

[@itsgabrielaarias]

i absolutely loved and thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. i was really surprised you shared how much you were/are charging because it is so true a lot of people dont not talk about money on youtube

[@bujobyfilo]

That was great! Loved hearing your experience and I'm here for the chaotic vibes bc it's a lot of fun!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Hahaha I’m glad to hear that😂🫶🏼

[@readwithroxy]

I watched 3 of these kinds of videos last night. This was by far and away the best - immediately liked and subscribed even though you didn’t tell me to 😏 I hope you produce more helpful videos like this in the future!

[@BrittanyandBooks]

Loved this video! I've been doing booktube for 9 years and it has been so incredibly difficult for me to grow which can be really frustrating

[@kaylimarie]

Thank you so much for sharing these tips!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Of course! I hope you found them helpful 🫶🏼

[@harmshoney]

out here thriving!! love to see it 😚 grateful for you! xoxo

[@faithsreadingthings]

Love you always 🥹🫶🏼

[@GloriaZThompson]

Thanks for being honest about your experience! I would second a lot of your tips and tricks. Although, often times, I felt discouraged when I tried to do the "trend" idea and the video went nowhere, so it's not always going to work for every video. Love your channel and energy and you sharing your thoughts! 💕

[@faithsreadingthings]

You’re totally right, there’s no guarantee the videos will gain a lot of traction, it’s just where I personally started and noticed a difference(: Thank you🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@alexwithabook]

Hey girl! Thanks so much for these tips and insights! I started my channel and few months ago and wish I had this video to watch before I did. I’ll definitely be trying out some of these ideas going forward!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw yay!! I’m glad it was helpful🥰🥰

[@taylorpaigee]

So thankful for your tips! I just started my booktube this year!

[@faithsreadingthings]

So fun🤩🤩

[@raquelsnell5872]

Thank you, that was great info. I am a new booktuber. I am only about 2 months in and there is so much I don't know. Appreciate you 😊

[@toris.bookcorner]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video, and for the honestly. You are one of my favorite BookTubers and I love to see how much your channel has grown ❤

[@faithsreadingthings]

aw thank you so much, I appreciate your support

[@babsziegiwa]

Great to hear your journey faith, very inspiring for sure. Looking forward to being KZbin friends

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you, same!(:

[@TheKirstenlukins]

Thank you so much for sharing this! Your videos are so fun to watch/listen to. I love your energy and vulnerability on this channel.

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you🥰🥰🥰

[@kalareadsagain]

Thank you so much for this video! I started a channel a few months ago just to have fun talking about books, and while I’m totally okay with having a small channel, I do really appreciate the tips for growing a channel. I can’t wait to try them out and see where I can go from here!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Of course!! I hope you found it helpful 🥰🥰

[@bysamcole]

I just came across this video and it was so helpful!! I just starting to process of taking my channel seriously and hoping to grow! 😊

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw yay!!🫶🏼

[@BookDateYoutube]

New booktuber here and i found this all so helpful!! thank you

[@faithsreadingthings]

Welcome to Booktube!🫶🏼 so glad you found this helpful🥰

[@deniseroberts2149]

Thank you SO MUCH for this! We've been doing research to start a channel reading children's books that are in the open domain (so we don't violate copyright laws) and your video is the most helpful we have seen so far! We will be making plenty of practice videos for our nieces and nephews before starting anything online! Thank you!

[@BooksAndJams]

This was great. My channel grew very slowly. It’s so interesting to hear your ideas. I love the tip of seeing what’s trending or popular in the moment and filming that. I had never tried that.

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you! Yeah I’m surprised more people haven’t talked about that strategy! I’m hope you found some of these helpful🫶🏼

[@forrest_reads]

Thank you for all the tips Faith! I just started my KZbin channel at the beginning of January, so I’m still getting comfortable filming videos. I like your tip about seeing what other KZbinrs are putting out and getting ideas from them. There are so many great booktubers on here that put out such interesting content. I really enjoy watching your videos to!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you!! I’m glad you found it helpful 🥰

[@samantha_elise]

This video was super helpful, and I wish more booktubers did something like this. I have been really tosing up the idea of making a booktube channel myself, however I live in New Zealand so we are just heading into spring while its the start of fall basically everywhere else. Not sure what I could do for the seasonal content the same. But this was really helpful for the technical side of things.

[@turningpaj]

amazing advice. I'm trying to start a book tube channel and I wasn't feeling very confident about it but now I feel like i can do it :)

[@faithsreadingthings]

YOU CAN DO IT!! I’m so excited for you🫶🏼

[@katewatanabe]

Thank you so much for making this! It is incredibly helpful. I have my channel, but it’s hard when you like too many things and just end up making different videos just because you like them but the algorithms hate that. I’d like to grow but I’ve always been a bit of a mess when it comes to picking just one thing/label and abiding by it for what seems like “forever”.

[@faithsreadingthings]

I totally get that!! I’m the same way. Maybe just pick one or two things at first then once you grow a little bit you can start adding more🥰

[@awriterscoffee]

I love you so much for this Faith!🪴🪐

[@lyndseyspaeth]

started my booktube in October! super excited to see where it goes :) I’ve loved doing KZbin since I was like… 8 years old haha. Little me would be so proud

[@faithsreadingthings]

Awww so fun!!! Honestly SAME😂🫶🏼

[@crobichaud]

Out of the couple videos I have watched about starting a KZbin channel, yours has been by far the most informative. Especially when it comes to the money part and when that actually starts. Everything with the sponsors it’s very helpful for newbies and the curious mind. I agree with the genuine personality that is one of the reasons I subscribed to you! Keep doing what you’re doing friend ❤

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you so much!! I tried to just share everything I wish I knew going into it so I hope people find it helpful☺️

[@alyssacjoellelibrary]

Im brand new booktube and these tips were all so good. Thanks for the video 😊

[@faithsreadingthings]

Yay! Welcome 🫶🏼

[@allisonpaiges]

this video has kind big sister energy and i love it! especially loved what you had to say about the beauty fo having a smaller community. :,) strong AGREE!

[@faithsreadingthings]

AW YAY that was the vibe I was going for lolol so I’m happy that was achieved😂🫶🏼 YES like of course I want to grow and become a bigger community but also I’m so thankful for this time and the fact that we can all still feel seen and heard and I can spend more time on making connections 🥰

[@AeiTri]

So helpful. I’m hoping to record my January reads soon and join book tube 🤞🏾

[@faithsreadingthings]

YAY! Can’t wait to see it🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@allypagley]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I started my channel 6 months ago and I’m nowhere near being monetized so I’m hoping a video gets shown to more people and soon 🙏🏻 but I love doing this regardless so it is what it is😅

[@faithsreadingthings]

You’ll get there!!🫶🏼 I’ll go binge your videos 🥰

[@lost.in.prose.]

My reason to start booktube is similar to yours! I have already established myself on booksta and want to connect further❤

[@caribbeangirlturningpages]

New subscriber here from the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@Megrosalie]

I think the why is very important. I always used to get so frustrated when my videos didn’t get views or I got any subs. I put so much effort into videos only to get brunt out and not want to make videos. I then realized I need to make videos for me and no one else. Once it became sub again for me I made videos and didn’t care about my numbers going up or down. Well I got over 300 subs in the last few months alone just by being me and having fun!

[@yourmindfulbreath]

I love your thumbnails. I had no idea you did these in procreate. I just bought this app on my ipad the other day and am learning. Do you have any recommendations on learning more about how to use procreate?

[@fiddleleaffiction]

The video I needed today 😂 PS I love your channel and if you ever want to buddy read, let me know!

[@faithsreadingthings]

AW THANK YOU! That would be fun🥰

[@droslynnehebard2822]

I started mine during COVID and didn’t get enough audience over there, other than high tech stuff in not sure what I did wrong 😂 I want to start it up again but I always have that feeling like it’s too late, someone has already talked about that book enough🤦🏼‍♀️but you’re so right about the hauls, those were my most watched ..I think like 180 views 😂

[@Cheezwizzie]

The audience takes time friend.

[@BellaAllison]

Thanks for this video! I dream with starting my booktube but feel so scared of it because I really don’t read books as fast as most of the booktubers (I work so much). Do you have any tips for that?

[@faithsreadingthings]

Try not to compare yourself to others (I know it’s hard) cause then it takes the fun away from it all. Really try to prioritize your time. If you notice your on your phone more after work maybe put it down for a while or schedule out your days/weeks in a way where you can work more efficiently to create time to read(:

[@livyslib]

This was so helpful, I’m new to booktube and have been letting anxiety get the better of me but this made me feel so much better. You have such a warm presence about you 🫶🏼

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw thank you so much🥹 and yay! So excited for you to start this journey🫶🏼 I’m so happy this video was able to help you!

[@JodieTheReader]

That you that really helps. I just started my channel @Books With Jodie

[@amiazbellez]

Hi, thanks for the tips. I'm pretty new here, not sure if I'm qualified as a book tuber as I wanted to share a lot of things but books are the main thing. Creating content is not easy and it needs strong dedication plus, the chosen niche should be something you really love aka your passion. To all small KZbinrs out there, good luck!

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw well welcome!!!(: I hope this was helpful

[@sandyoppenlander]

Thank you so much for this Faith! I love making videos but it’s so hard to know what to do sometimes! If you ever want to buddy read I would love to! 🫶🥰

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw well I hope this was helpful 🥰 I really want to start a book club soon so we can all buddy read together 🥹

[@MegsBookStack]

been so looking forward to this - super interesting to hear about your booktube journey & your tips!🕺🫶🏼

[@faithsreadingthings]

Aw yay thank you🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@kaitlynnicolereads]

i just found your channel and i love it 🫶and yes plz let us be little youtube buddies 🥹