Level 5 · 3 to 4 hours

Create a YouTube channel strategy

You will design a small YouTube strategy for a channel you could actually run, not a fantasy about overnight attention. Define who the videos help, what promise the channel makes, and a publishing rhythm you can keep with the tools you already have. Gemini can propose titles, outlines, and a simple production checklist. You will reject invented view counts, copied formats you do not understand, and ideas that need a team you do not have. Mark opinions as opinions. The deliverable is a one-page strategy, three video briefs, and a note on how you will edit any script into your own voice before you record.

Outcomes

A one-page channel promise with an audience, a rhythm, and limits you can keep.
Three video briefs with titles, viewer problems, and outlines you could record.
A production checklist and a voice-edit rule you will apply before anything is published.

Steps

1. Write the channel promise
In a few sentences, state who the channel helps, what they can do after watching, and what you will not make. Name the publishing rhythm you can keep for a month, such as one video every two weeks. Exclude gear, guests, and formats you do not have. A promise you cannot produce is a wish, not a strategy for this project.
2. Shape three video briefs
Ask for video ideas that serve the promise, then keep three. For each, write the viewer problem, a working title, the promise of that video, and why you are allowed to teach it. Reject ideas that depend on invented authority or on a trend you cannot explain. If two videos teach the same point, merge them. Three strong briefs beat a list of twenty titles.
3. Outline one video without fake proof
Turn one brief into an outline: hook, three teaching points, an example you can actually show, and a close that tells the viewer what to do next. Forbid view-count predictions, fake testimonials, and claims you cannot support. Mark any sentence that is your opinion. The outline should be recordable in the time you actually have this month.
4. Add a production checklist
Make a short checklist for a solo recording: the shot or audio you need, the on-screen example, the facts to verify, and the lines you will rewrite in your voice. Include a step to read the script aloud and cut anything you would not say. Do not add a growth hack that requires a team, a budget, or a claim you have not earned.
5. State how you will judge the channel
Write how you will know the strategy is working without invented metrics. Use signals you can see, such as whether you published on the rhythm and whether a real viewer understood the promise. Save the one-page strategy, the three briefs, and the checklist together. Next session starts from that packet, not from a request to go viral.

Starter prompts

Channel promise and cut

Help me shape a small YouTube strategy I can run without a team. I will paste who I want to help, what I know well enough to teach, how often I can publish, and the formats I cannot make. Propose eight video ideas that serve one channel promise. For each, name the viewer problem and the reason it might be too broad, too copied, or impossible for me. Do not invent view counts, subscriber goals, or testimonials. Then recommend three ideas to keep and explain the cuts using only my constraints. Do not write full scripts yet.

Recordable outline

Turn the video brief I paste into a recordable outline. Use these parts: hook, three teaching points, one example I can actually show, and a close with a next step for the viewer. Keep it fit for the length I name. Mark opinions as opinions. Do not invent statistics, quotes, view counts, or a personal story I did not provide. Flag any line that sounds like generic creator advice. End with five checks I should do before I record: a claim to verify, a line to rewrite in my voice, gear I do not need, a point to cut for time, and the sentence the viewer should remember.

Checklist

The channel promise names who it helps and what I will not make.
The publishing rhythm is one I can keep for a month with my real time.
I kept three video briefs and rejected ideas that need a team I do not have.
No view counts, fake testimonials, or unsupported statistics appear.
One outline is recordable and marks opinions as opinions.
The checklist includes a voice edit and a way to judge progress without invented metrics.

Rubric

The promise could be explained to a viewer in two sentences.
The rhythm and the three briefs match your time and knowledge.
Opinions, facts, and missing proof are not blended together.
You could record the first outline without waiting for a team or a viral format.