starting up

I need some ideas on how to get a successful channel going, plus ideas for free software I could use to get me going. I mainly do games on Xbox, but I can only record 5 minutes with Game DVR. Help!

Alright, I do not have an active youtube channel yet, to start it off. I am writing some ideas down and stuff, and reading up on how to market my youtube channel well, which is also why I joined this forum. Today I was checking my Google Docs, and there suddenly appeared a contract from Freedom...

Hello fellow youtubers, im setting up this mini studio for vlogging, My set up are as such however im not so sure whether i can include the hard rock cafe deco on my background (the one in the frame), will i get any copyright claims and can i still monitize my videos? Or it should be no...