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HOW TO CREATE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL                                              <<< Back to Action Page
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IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A GMAIL ADDRESS:
  • Once you have a GMail address, there will be a YouTube Channel associated with it.  While you are signed in to your Gmail address, simply click on the 'YouTube' link in the menu strip on the top of the page and --- PRESTO!! --- you have a YouTube channel and you are on it.
  • Simply search for YouTube videos you would like to see.
  • When you find a YouTube video you like, you can click on the name immediately under the video to go to that channel.  If you like what you see, you can click on the 'SUBSCRIBE' button located below the video, and any future action on that channel will be loaded into your subscriptions.  (You can 'subscribe' to a channel directly from any video, but we like to check out the channel first.  They may have one video we like, but publish other types of videos we don't want cluttering up our subscription box.  If you like one video, but don't want to 'subscribe' to the channel, you can save that one video in a playlist which is easy to create)
  • In the upper right hand corner of your YouTube page, place the cursor over your channel name and left-click.  A list will appear.  If you click on 'Subscriptions' a page will appear with the latest videos from your subscriptions loaded in the order they were published.
  • You can find much information on the YouTube help page to help you learn to get the most out of your YouTube Channel.
  • To get started, you might like to check out the channels we have subscribed to on the FinancialCrisisWatch YouTube Channel that you will find here.  


IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE A GMAIL ADDRESS:
  • Go to the Google.com home page -- LINK
  • Click the 'GMail' Tab in the Menu strip
  • Click on 'Create New Account' in upper right corner
  • Follow instructions to create your Google account and GMail address.
  • Once you have a GMail address, there will be a YouTube Channel associated with it.  While you are signed in to your Gmail address, simply click on the 'YouTube' link in the menu strip on the top of the page and --- PRESTO!! --- you have a YouTube channel and you are on it.
  • Simply search for YouTube videos you would like to see.
  • When you find a YouTube video you like, you can click on the name immediately under the picture to go to that channel.  If you like what you see, you can click on the 'SUBSCRIBE' button, and any future action on that channel will be loaded into your subscriptions.  (You can 'subscribe' to a channel directly from any video, but we like to check out the channel first.  They may have one video we like, but publish other types of videos we don't want cluttering up our subscription box.   If you like one video, but don't want to 'subscribe' to the channel, you can save that one video in a playlist which is easy to create)
  • In the upper right hand corner of your YouTube page, place the cursor over your channel name and left click.  A list will appear.  If you click on 'Subscriptions' a page will appear with the latest videos from your subscriptions loaded in the order they were published.
  • You can find much information on the YouTube help page to help you learn to get the most out of your YouTube Channel.
  • To get started, you might like to check out the channels we have subscribed to on the FinancialCrisisWatch YouTube Channel that you will find here.  


SUBSCRIBE TO E-NEWSLETTERS
There are quite a number of very good e-newsletters published regularly.  They may come daily, weekly, monthly or periodically.  Some of the more technical newsletters require a fee, but many very helpful newsletters are free.  All you need to do is use the 'SUBSCRIBE' feature on the newsletter and then confirm it by clicking on the link that comes in your confirmation email.  The e-newsletter will be sent to your email box. You can unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time through the same procedure.

You will find quite a few email newsletters available and many very good ones are free.  Those offering investment advice will typically charge a fee and sometimes quite a lot.  For general information about the state of the economy we would recommend these listed below.  Go to their website to sign up.
Miles-Franklin
David Stockman
Sovereign Man


BOOKMARK FAVORITE BLOGS
Most E-Newsletters are sent out from Bloggers who have much more information on their blogs or websites.  Keeping a folder in your browser bookmarking your favorite blogs is an easy way to check through them when you want to.

We have found the bookmark feature in Firefox and Internet Explorer to be the easiest to use, although every browser will have a bookmark tool.

Here is a list of some of our favorite blogs:
ZeroHedge
King World News
ContraCorner
Of Two Minds
John Rubino
Alt-Market
Gold & Silver Daily



GOOGLE NEWS PERSONALIZED
You can personalize the news page at Google to identify the exact kind of information you want to receive by using key words.  This allows YOU to become the editor rather than having someone else decide what is 'news' for you.  Follow this link, and then click on the 'gear' icon in the upper right corner to find out how to personalize your news page.


SOCIAL MEDIA
Just about everyone has Facebook, Twitter or a variety of other social media forums.  If you find sources you think are particularly helpful, of course you can 'friend' or 'follow' them for constantly updated information.

While the social media have their uses, they also tend to parcel out information in a highly fragmented way.  In an unstable and rapidly changing environment, these are extremely valuable media sources.  However, for ongoing personal education about financial and related matters, we find the print and video sources mentioned above to be preferable, as they are content-rich, focused and easily organized.

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