if you're a small Channel you want to start getting thousands of views on your videos here are five important settings you need to turn on right now in your YouTube dashboard to start getting more views more subscribers and more watch hours these are not the regular channel settings you've had in the past my channel started getting thousands of views on a daily basis the moment I turned the five of them on so they are the reason why my channel is growing right now my channel get thousands of views on a daily basis all thanks to
this five settings so yes they work five of them are meant to do five different things for your YouTube channel the first one is meant to get you thousands of views on your best performing videos this is the setting I used to get this video here to over 100,000 views at the moment I'm using it to get this one to over 50,000 views so this is definitely something you have to try out as soon as you're done watching this video the second setting is meant to show your videos to your target audience again if you
turn this second setting on YouTube itself will be the one showing your best performing videos to your target audience guys this is magical and you have to try it as soon as you're done watching this video if you're ready to start growing your YouTube channel in 2025 the third setting is to help you get more subscribers if you've not turned the settings on you'll be missing out on a lot of subscribers all this while so I'm going to show you exactly how to do it the first setting is to Showcase your best videos and so
gets people glued to your content so when people watch your best performing videos they see you as an expert and the fifth setting this one is to make those who have been to your channel before see reason to stick so it's not they watch one time and they are gone now you can do all of this with your smartphone as well as your computer so if you're using your smartphone you need to open YouTube dashboard click on this button here and then it's going to open the desktop version of your dashboard on your mobile phone
so we can go on to implement these settings so guys this is our whole lot let's dive in hello welcome welcome back to my channel if this is your first time seeing me my name is Chaka and on this channel we talk about making money and growing your YouTube channel so if this is the kind of thing you want go on and hit the Subscribe button and the bell icon beside it so you get notified each time we publish new videos now that you're in your dashboard let's go on and fix these five magical settings
that will help YouTube start recommending your videos help you get more views more subscribers and much watch hours the first setting is channel trailer guys Channel trailer shows your videos to people who are coming in contact with your channel for the first time let me blow your mind with this setting Channel trailer when people land on your YouTube channel without clicking any of your video they start watching your video immediately yes it's automatic so once somebody opens your channel and you have this setting in place immediately they open your YouTube channel they start watching your
videos this is the setting that helped me get over 100,000 views on this video here and at the moment you can see the video that is currently on my channel trailer you can see how many thousands of views it has gotten you don't need to click on this video to watch it the very moment you open my YouTube channel the video starts playing and that's why it's getting thousands of views so if you've not activated this setting yet you have been missing out on a lot of opportunity to get views on your videos now just
before you activate it let me give one quick secret the video to put in this trailer has to be a video that offers good value that is irresistible so when people open your YouTube channel they see the video as the video is playing they love what they hear they stay back and watch the video for a long time now let's go on and activate this settings once you open your dashboard scroll down here and select customization and once it opens go on and select Home tab now this is where we are going to fix this
settings again this is called Channel trailer and it is meant for people who haven't subscribe to your channel you are going to use the best performing video on your channel a video that has a lot of value that will capture the attention of whoever that sees it and converts it so to do that first you need to turn this on you can see this button here if if it's turned off that means you cannot do any settings but you need to turn it on first then you come down here and select select add section okay
once you select it you are going to see Channel trailer and once you select it it's going to allow you to select a video that is going to be a channel trailer on this channel I have only one video and that's why this is the option so I'm going to select it once it's done there you can see now now it's been added you click on publish after you selected it please click on publish this is how it looks you can see as soon as you open this channel this video starts playing automatically so it
is a great way to start getting views on your video the second settings is for you section guys this is you giving YouTube permission to recommend your videos fresh content to your audience based on their interest so when you activate these settings when people come on your YouTube channel they are going to be seeing the kind of videos they want to watch Being suggested to them by YouTube all from your own videos so when you turn these settings on you make it super easy for people to see the right kind of videos they want to
watch and this helps them stay back and watch more of your videos for you to activate this setting you need to have a good number of videos on your channel to enable YouTube recommend the right videos as people land on your YouTube channel let's go on and I show you exactly how to turn the settings on to activate it all you need is click on ADD section and then we are going to have it where it says for you now I cannot activate it because because I have only one video on this channel but if
you have 5 to 10 videos you this button is going to be clickable once you click it you're going to add the section let me show you how it looks once you add it so this is the section you can see that is recommending my most recent videos this is for you section this is what this section looks like once you activate it and YouTube is going to keep recommending videos for your audience as you can see here you can see all these videos are being recommended the third setting is this designed to help you
get a lot of subscribers if you've been getting a lot of views but people are not subscribing the views are not converting to subscribers it's because you have not made it super easy for people to subscribe to your YouTube channel so this particular setting makes it super easy for people to subscribe to your channel as they watch the video right on the video itself so look at this when you watch a video using a computer and this button is activated you can see this right as you hover this button here you will see the button
and all you need is just click on this immediately subscribe to your YouTube channel it's no longer a case of struggling to go and look for the Subscribe button so if you've not activated this button yet you've been missing out a lot what you need to do is go to the setting right now and turn it on however this button is effective only when people watch the video with a computer not a smartphone so let's go on and activate this subscriber button this is how you're going to do it once you come over here at
the studio click on on customization here and then you select profile once you select profile scroll down to the bottom of this section scroll down to the bottom of this page and you are going to see this Watermark so this is the watermark here and this button is clickable once the video starts playing first one is to let it appear at the end of the video which is a no no second one is Custom Custom start time which is after 5 Seconds the third one is entire video I recommend you go for entire video so
if you click on this one it says after 5 Seconds it shows up click on publish and this settings will be saved this is how it looks when your video is playing once you activate this button you can see here now once you hover over this you can see the button that says subscribe so somebody clicks on this thing and immediately subscribe on your channel here comes the fourth setting you have to activate right now to grow your YouTube channel really fast but just before I show you what it is are you enjoying this video
If you get value from this video please give it a thumbs up and of course remember to subscribe if you haven't so you don't miss out on my upcoming videos now the fourth setting is popular videos on your YouTube channel now this is a setting that allows YouTube to show your audience best performing videos on your channel what this P setting does is that it helps project you as an expert because when people see that your videos are getting a lot of views they automatically take it that you know what you're talking about and that's
that's why people are watching more and more of your videos so with this settings YouTube is going to profile your best performing videos based on the number of views they have and they begin to show it to your audience so now you decide whether to have it at the top of your channel the middle or the ending you can actually decide what happens when people come in contact with your channel whether it's the first thing they see the second thing they see or the third thing they see so I am going to show you exactly
how to activate it and then I will also show you how to position it whether you want anyone that comes in contact with your channel to see it first before every other video maybe your most recent video or you want them to see your most recent video before they see this best performing videos let's go on and activate this powerful set to do that all you need is come over here and click on customization and then click on Home tab then click on ADD section again and it's going to bring this rank your videos based
on popularity so the ones that have the highest views will always be at the top so once you activate it this is the section that is going to be added to your video now you can actually take the whole of this popular section and drag it up if you scroll down here you're going to see this section that says popular videos and this is it ranks your video based on the number of views now if you arrange it very well it means it becomes the first thing people see when they come in contact with your
channel the fifth setting is designed for returning subscribers people who have already subscribed to your channel when they come back to your your channel this is designed to hook them to your videos and get them watching your video for as long as possible so what it basically does is that it shows your audience what they want to see the kind of content they want to see so they be able to stay back and watch the video for as long as possible this setting is called Spotlight let's go on and activate this button for your YouTube
channel to get this done all you need is come over here again on the customization button you click on Home tab and click on ADD section now you can can see it here it says Spotlight for returning subscriber so you click on it you're going to select the video you want to show to returning subscribers this is actually something that sub people who already subscrib to your channel are going to see the moment they come over here you scroll down here you are going to see it as Spotlight it's called featured video for returning subscribers
so this is where is going to appear now these sections can actually be arranged can actually position them come over here and drag it just hold it and drag it take it up so it becomes the first section that people see when they come in contact with your channel this 2025 is designed to grow your YouTube channel and I am here with all the tips and guide you need to get started now if you're a small YouTuber and you're looking to grow your YouTube channel you want to learn the secrets the strategies the skills the
tips and hacks you need to sign up for my YouTube coaching program I run a oneon-one coaching program as as well as group coaching program also known as 10day YouTube challenge if you'd like to sign up for this program where I hold your hand and teach you everything you need to know when it comes to Growing the YouTube channel check the link in the description of this video the first one is for group coaching program the second one is for oneon-one Executive coaching program with the link you have access to me where I teach you
exactly how we do these things so in few months YouTube will get thousands of subscribers and watch hours you'll be able to start catching Chann from your YouTube channel I hope this helps please give this video a thumbs up I will appreciate that when you give the video a thumbs up YouTube will recommend this video for many more people to see it have you subscribed you haven't please go on and hit that subscribe button I want to be your friend so connect with me by subscribing to my YouTube channel here's another video where I talked
about three key settings that will help you start getting views on your channel the settings I talked about here covers uploading settings basic settings and even promotion settings this video will definitely help you grow your YouTube channel so go on now and watch it and you'll be glad you did