How to Make an Intro for YouTube?

Starting your career as a YouTuber is most definitely a mammoth task. Everyone that is a famous YouTuber now, had at some point started just like you.

So that is something to draw inspiration from. Everybody has to start somewhere. Here is how to make an intro for YouTube.

Only until about 20 years ago, YouTube was unheard of. And now, there are all types of new wings that YouTube has come out with, that might take a toll on your memory. Hence as if starting a channel wasn't bold enough, now you have to make an intro too.

It is hence, quite a natural response to ask how to make an intro on YouTube.

Let us first get a clear idea of what YouTube is. YouTube as a company was started as a home video sharing application, where the founders of YouTube, namely Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim uploaded their videos. 

They were colleagues from the company of PayPal and wanted to share their home videos since they found that to be entertaining.

The company was registered on the 14th of February of 2005. Shortly after the uploading of the first few videos on the platform, in May of 2005, it was recorded to attract more than 30,000 visitors per day.

By the time, the public version of YouTube was launched, there were already more than two million views on the available videos, recorded till December of 2005. 

Intro for YouTube

Needless to say, the application crafted with the modest intention of sharing unprofessionally made videos had attracted tremendous attention, across the world and the company was forced to improve their facilities and their broadband services. 

There were more than 25 million videos on the platform, by 2006 and the founders were by now, running into troubles regarding copy-written content. 

They then began the quest for selling their company. Google bought YouTube, for the price of 1.65 billion in stocks, in November of 2006. 

Within a year of launching an application, YouTube reached the pinnacle of success and has never looked back, since. Google took care of the lawsuits made for the copy-written content and negotiated with some companies to allow their copy-written content to be used on the platform. 

It is one of the most astonishing records in business ventures by people who left a very successful company, to create history. Today, the platform has over 800 million content creators on the platform and millions and billions of more watchers. 

Stricter Regulations

There are stricter regulations on the platform and they are maintained strictly. The platform has now created paid and unpaid versions which allow certain content creators to partner with YouTube and create exclusive content.

This once humble start-up now employs an unthinkable number of people and today, many kids grow up, idolizing the profession. Many creators have made their presence known with the help of this platform. This platform has been the reason for many artists exploring their inner desire to create art instead of working at a 9-5 job.

But enough about YouTube itself, let's talk about clearing the clouds on how to make an intro for YouTube.

The creative part of the business has to come from you and your mind itself. There is no shortcut to have unique intros on YouTube. Do what you have to do to get your creative juices flowing.

Sit outside in nature, read a book if you have to.

What can be assisted however is the technique of it all.

Here are some tips and tricks you need to know to help your intro be effective and unique:

• It should be short and precise
• It should ideally take less than 5 seconds for the readers to read
• Branding of the intro should be done using your unique logo
• The intro should clearly describe you and what your channel has to offer
• The intro should represent clearly, what information the viewer is going to get when they watch the video

Your channel needs likes and comments to have engagement. To enjoy your channel's growth you need engagement, which you can get through active content.

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