Launch a YouTube monetisation channel
Build a long-form YouTube channel optimised for AdSense + retention.
You're committing to 8-12 minute videos. You want ad revenue + a niche audience that returns. You understand the work is in cold-open + chapter retention, not just shooting.
New accounts open with a 30-credit starter balance so you can see real output before you top up.
12 steps. Each one tells you exactly what to do + drops you in the right place.
AVMint hands you off to the matching surface at every step — Stage 1 niche search, Stage 2 Blueprint creation, the editor, the marketing-plan generator, and so on. You follow 1 → 2 → 3 → done.
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Set your profile
Fill in a few details about you and the business — display name, target audience, brand voice, primary platforms. This personalises every generated artefact so the output sounds like YOU, not a generic AI voice.
- Set primary_platforms to "YouTube" — the system pre-selects YouTube Monetization as your default format.
In the app → Open Profile → -
Set your default video format
Defaults to YouTube Monetisation (16:9, 8-12 min sweet spot, retention-loop structure).
In the app → Pick default format → -
Find your niche
For YouTube monetisation, search depth matters — Standard finds the niches; Deep Dive surfaces sub-niches with longer-tail keyword angles.
- Use the topic you're passionate about + a market angle (e.g. "Bitcoin storytelling for retail investors").
- Depth doesn't have to be Deep Dive — Standard reveals the same 5 niches.
In the app → Search niches → -
Review and pick a niche
Open past searches, read each niche's audience evidence and competition notes, pick ONE. This is the most consequential decision in the whole process — the niche you pick determines who you reach and how you monetise.
In the app → Browse past searches → -
Create your Business Blueprint
Deep Dive tier is worth it for YouTube. The competitor analysis + 90-day plan + content seeding strategy compound over the first 90 days.
- Click the niche you picked in Past Searches → "Create Full Blueprint".
- Pick the tier that matches your seriousness — Deep Dive is the most thorough.
In the app → Create Blueprint → -
Generate your first long-form script
Open the Blueprint, expand the first calendar item, generate at Enhanced tier (Sonnet + critique + revise). The output is a chapter-structured script with cold open, retention loops per chapter, mid-roll marker, and a thumbnail concept.
In the app → Open Blueprint → -
Render the thumbnail
The script's thumbnail_concept tells you what the image should show. Use the Illustration Studio (admin/Grok) or any image tool. The shot 1 of the visuals can be extracted directly if the image generator captures it.
In the app → Mark thumbnail ready -
Edit your first video
Long-form renders take longer (more shots, more clips). Plan a 45-60 min editing session per video — it's where the cold-open work happens.
- Use the format chip to confirm the per-item format before rendering.
- Editing as much as you like is free — only the render is charged.
In the app → Open editor → -
Paste chapter timestamps into the description
The script artefact includes a YouTube chapters paste-block. Copy it into the YouTube description; the player auto-builds the in-video chapters UI. This is a measurable retention lift.
In the app → Copy chapters → -
Ship your first video
Publish at your channel's established slot. Reply to every early comment in the first 24 hours — comment velocity is a meaningful algorithm signal in the first day.
- Don't over-edit the AI copy — first videos teach you the platform; ship more, polish less.
In the app → Mark as shipped -
Plan the next 30 days
YouTube cadence is slower than TikTok — 1 per week is realistic for long-form. Pick 4 items. Quality over quantity.
- 2-3 ships per week for the first month — the algorithm needs cadence signal.
- Mark items "in progress" / "done" so you can see your own momentum.
In the app → Open calendar → -
Generate a marketing plan
Marketing plan for YouTube focuses on: search-keyword targeting, evergreen vs trending mix, the long-form/Short funnel, community tab usage.
In the app → Marketing Plan →
When you finish this journey, you'll have…
- A documented Business Blueprint covering your niche, content strategy and monetisation.
- Ready-to-publish video assets for the first 3+ items in the content calendar.
- A repeatable production system you can run on cadence (the journey teaches the path; the cadence is yours to keep).
- A marketing plan + (where relevant) a first ad campaign — paste-ready into the matching ads manager.
Open AVMint with this journey pre-selected.
The dashboard will show the journey's timeline at the top. Step 1 is one click away.
New accounts open with a 30-credit starter balance so you can see real output before you top up.