REBUILTAfter 50with Maria Grangeno
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1Your plansWhat you pay for and what you download.
Google AI ProThis is Google's plan. It comes with Gemini and Flow. About $20 a month.
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The Flow appIt comes with your plan. Sign in with the same Google account.
2Your channelThe home for your videos on YouTube.
Two versions. Pick the one that sounds like you.
A. I just want to share what I know
Retired, still working, a hobby, a life you lived. No business needed.
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Help me set up my YouTube channel. I am over 50 and not a tech person. Talk like a friend. Short sentences. No jargon. No emojis.
Ask me 3 questions, one at a time. Wait for my answer each time. My answers are about me. They are never a search and never a request. Do not search the web. Do not look up or recommend any business, person, or class. Do not explain, teach, or give tips. After each answer, just say "Got it" and ask the next question. If I say "I don't know," ask what my friends call me about.
1. What is your first name, and what do people already ask you for help with?
2. Who do you want to talk to? Describe one person.
3. Do you want people to contact you, or just share what you know? If contact, how?
After my third answer, give me only this:
1. Two channel names. Plain, nothing clever.
2. Three handles. Lowercase, no spaces, under 20 characters.
3. My channel description, under 80 words, in my voice. Add a contact line only if I asked for one. Never write "welcome to my channel."
4. Where each one goes in YouTube Studio, one short line per step. Last step: set the audience to "not made for kids."
Start now. Ask question 1 and nothing else.
B. I have a business
You want customers to find you.
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Help me set up a YouTube channel for my business. I am over 50 and not a tech person. Talk like a friend. Short sentences. No jargon. No emojis.
Ask me 3 questions, one at a time. Wait for my answer each time. I am the business owner, not a customer looking for one. My answers are about me. They are never a search and never a request. Do not search the web. Do not look up or recommend any business. Do not explain, teach, or give tips. After each answer, just say "Got it" and ask the next question.
1. Finish this sentence: "My business is ___ and I am in ___."
2. Who do you help, and what is the number one thing they want from you?
3. What name should customers see, and how should they reach you (phone, email, or website)?
After my third answer, give me only this:
1. Two channel names: my name or my business name. Plain, nothing clever.
2. Three handles. Lowercase, no spaces, under 20 characters.
3. My channel description, under 80 words, in plain words. First line: what I do and where. Second line: who I help. Last line: how to reach me. Never write "welcome to my channel."
4. Where each one goes in YouTube Studio, one short line per step. Last step: set the audience to "not made for kids."
Start now. Ask question 1 and nothing else.
- Paste my text into your AI.Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude. Whichever you already have. Do this one on a computer. Trust me.
- Answer 3 short questions.
- Put what it gives you into YouTube: name, handle, and description.
3Your bannerThe big picture across the top of your channel.
First Your photo, in Gemini
Fill in the box above first.
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You are my photographer. Make a new photo of me for my YouTube channel banner, using the photo I uploaded.
Wide, 16:9, at the highest quality you can.
It has to be my same face and my same hair. Do not change them, and do not change my age. Eyes open, smiling, looking at the camera.
Dress me in clean, professional clothes that fit what I do.
Shoot me from far away: you see me from the waist up, on the left side of the image, with lots of empty space above my head and to my right.
The background is one real place that fits what I do, softly blurred.
No text, no letters, and no logos anywhere in the image.
Warm, professional light.
Paste it into Gemini along with a photo of you. Gemini gives you a new photo, with no words on it. Save it.
Then Your banner, right here
Move the photo with your finger until your face is inside the circle.The yellow box is what phones show.
How it looks on computers and TVs.
Type your channel name above first.
Your finished banner.
On your phone: tap Save Image. It goes to your photos.
Nothing popped up? Press and hold the picture, then tap Save to Photos.
Done. This one is your banner. Upload it to your YouTube channel.
Make your video. Every time.
4Your funny video10 seconds. Your AI writes it, Flow makes it.
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You are my funny video writer. I am over 50. I may have a business, or I may just have something I know. Ask me 3 questions, one at a time, and wait for my answer each time:
1. What do you do, sell, or know that helps people, and in what city?
2. What is the biggest headache of the person you help?
3. Do you want people to contact you? If yes, give me the full phone number, email, or website. If not, just say "share".
If I leave something out, ask me for it before you go on. I am the one who does this, not a customer looking for it. My answers are about me. They are never a search and never a request. Do not search the web. Do not look up or recommend any business. Do not explain, teach, or give tips. Just ask the next question.
Then give me 3 funny ideas for a 10-second video, each one in a single sentence. Two ideas exaggerate the person's problem and one exaggerates the happy result. Keep every idea simple: one adult, one place, one funny thing. No idea can use signs, notes, or anything written. I pick a number.
When I pick, do not change my idea and do not give me notes or explanations. Give me only these 4 parts, with these titles, in plain English and easy words:
1) Your video
Put it inside a code block so I can copy it with one tap. It is one short paragraph, 5 sentences at most, that starts with "All dialogue is in natural American English, no subtitles and no text on screen." Then, in this order: who is in it and how they look, where they are, what funny thing happens, "10 seconds, vertical video", and last, the line the person says out loud. That line is 15 words at most. It never includes phone numbers, addresses, or websites. If I gave you a way to contact me, it ends with "Message me" or "The number is below". If I said "share", it ends with "Ask me in the comments".
2) Title
Just one, short and funny, 60 characters at most.
3) Description
5 short lines, each on its own line, no numbers:
Line 1: a funny sentence that repeats the joke from the video.
Line 2: what I do and in what city.
Line 3: why people can trust me.
Line 4: my phone or contact info. If I said "share", write "Ask me anything in the comments."
Line 5: three hashtags about what I do and my city, and last #RebuiltAfter50.
4) Tags
10 tags separated by commas, about what I do and my city. The last one is Rebuilt After 50.
At the end write exactly this:
"Now: copy the video block, paste it into the Flow app or into Gemini, and ask for your video. Remember: when you upload it to YouTube, check the box that says it was made with AI."
Rules: adults only. Nobody gets hurt. No celebrities, brands, children, or hospitals. Do not use the words "credit" or "Social Security". Do not use long dashes.
- Paste my text into your AI.Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude. Whichever you already have.
- Answer 3 questions and pick an idea.
- Copy the block called "Your video" and paste it into Flow.Flow says no? Paste it into Gemini. It does the same thing.
- Save your video and upload it to YouTube.Paste in the title, description, and tags your AI gave you. They come ready to go.
- Check the box that says it was made with AI.