Start by using your Google account-create a FREE one here. This account will serve as the login for your YouTube account allowing you to upload and watch videos.
Once your channel is set up, then you can begin customizing it add all of your author information.
Follow these steps to create a YouTube channel once you have a valid Google account set up.
- Access www.youtube.com, and sign in using your Google account username and password. The main YouTube home screen will be displayed.
- In the top right corner of the screen, you’ll see your account profile picture. Click on it to view your Google Account Menu, which will also be displayed near the top-right corner of the screen.
- Click on the “My Channel” link in the upper-right portion of the screen. The “Create Your YouTube channel” screen will be displayed. From this initial screen, you’ll see your profile photo, as well as your username and/or first and last name displayed. Click on the “Edit” link that’s associated with the “From Your Google Profile” option in order to customize your Google profile, which will be your identity containing public information about you that people will see online.
- Under the “Activities you’ll share on your channel” heading, you’ll see four options, labeled “Like a video,” “Comment on a video,” “Favorite a video,” and “Subscribe to a channel.” Add a checkmark to the checkbox that’s associated with each activity you want people who visit your YouTube channel’s page to be able to do. As a business using this to promote yourself we recommend that you select all of these to gain the most possible traction to your channel.
- Click on the “OK, I’m Ready to Continue” button. Your YouTube Channel has now been created. The next step is to start populating your channel by uploading videos to it.
Voila, you now have a YouTube Channel to start promoting your book.