WEBVTT 00:00.210 --> 00:05.700 Next you're going to add a channel description and you can see where I did a quick little update of 00:05.760 --> 00:06.820 my channel art. 00:06.820 --> 00:10.580 I thought this image was a little bit less distracting in the background. 00:10.740 --> 00:15.750 To add to your channel description you should see a big at it but and right here for your description 00:16.020 --> 00:21.030 or if you've already added one you can just click on any of these little pencil icons to edit here I've 00:21.030 --> 00:25.420 already added mine so I can quickly show you some tips on it description. 00:25.440 --> 00:29.820 This is just a brief introduction of you and your channel to the audience. 00:29.820 --> 00:35.160 So some things to keep in mind are to include the main keywords for your channel right here in the channel 00:35.160 --> 00:35.790 description. 00:35.790 --> 00:42.540 So the channel title is good but also what your channel is going to be about including some other keywords 00:42.630 --> 00:43.800 that are related. 00:43.800 --> 00:49.020 So not just personal finance for example for my channel but I've included things like early retirement 00:49.020 --> 00:54.030 investing budgeting side houses minimalism things that are related to personal finance that will help 00:54.030 --> 00:55.660 people find our channel. 00:55.680 --> 01:00.800 And if people are interested in these other things as well they might be more likely to subscribe. 01:00.960 --> 01:03.890 That's basically the goal with all of these tools that we have. 01:03.890 --> 01:10.530 Our channel art our description even the videos we create We're trying to get people to subscribe because 01:10.830 --> 01:16.800 with more subscribers we're more likely to get more views on our new videos which will help them rank 01:16.800 --> 01:19.200 higher even faster. 01:19.200 --> 01:24.290 Also in your description showed the benefit of what people are getting from your channel. 01:24.290 --> 01:30.720 You can see here that I say Subscribe now to get our weekly videos in your inbox and to learn how to 01:30.720 --> 01:34.770 make more save more and worry less about money. 01:34.800 --> 01:37.870 That's the ultimate goal with this channel that I'm creating. 01:38.010 --> 01:42.290 And if people like that benefit there'll be more likely to subscribe. 01:42.480 --> 01:45.560 So make sure you don't just talk about what your channel is about. 01:45.570 --> 01:50.760 But what benefit people are getting from your channel when you're done editing click done. 01:50.760 --> 01:57.900 You can have up to I think 1000 character in your description and it doesn't only appear here on your 01:57.900 --> 02:01.710 description page sometimes it appears when people search for channels. 02:01.710 --> 02:07.860 For example if I search for personal finance and you can search for specifically channels underneath 02:08.070 --> 02:14.190 the filters the radical personal finance channel doesn't even have a description but some of these you 02:14.190 --> 02:16.570 see the description starts right here. 02:16.920 --> 02:21.120 And that will help people decide whether to click on the channel or not so you want to make sure you 02:21.120 --> 02:26.110 have a good description especially at the beginning the first line is most important. 02:26.130 --> 02:32.520 That's why I like asking a question including that word you in the beginning of my channel description 02:32.520 --> 02:37.740 because that calls out to the user that's the channel description go out and add yours if you haven't 02:37.740 --> 02:41.800 done so yet Nimal me back here and continue editing our channel.