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How to Earn Money on YouTube
Youve probably heard stories about regular people earning money on YouTube
and thought, Hey, I can do this too! While earning thousands of dollars
probably isnt realistic, you can start earning money quickly, especially if you
have a strong subscriber base. Follow this guide to get your videos monetized
and start earning revenue off of those YouTube ads.
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Set up and build your YouTube channel. Your channel is your personal presence
on YouTube. Each YouTube account has one channel attached to it. A YouTube
account is the same as a Google account, and creating a YouTube account will grant you
access to other Google products, such as Gmail and Drive.
Create your account or use your existing one. Add keywords to help people find
your channel. You can add keywords by navigating to the Advanced section of your
Channel Settings. Make sure that your keywords are relevant to your content.
Your user name can also work for or against you. If its short, easy to remember,
and original, people will be more apt to remember you. However if you are using
an existing account, just stay with it. It doesn't help if you keep changing accounts.
Add content. Try to upload content that is high quality, and isn't super long. (This
option can vary depending on what type of content you decide to upload) Also try to upload
regularly and stay consistent with your uploads.
Even if your content isn't great at first, keep at it. Practice makes perfect. Try to
make each video better than the last. You will often learn as you go.
Improve your content by either using a better camera or trying better editing
software or techniques. Also try to improve the way things are filmed. Use a tripod,
have a friend help you or light your scenes better. It all helps for a better end
product which in turn helps you get a better audience.
By uploading regularly you can help hold an audience. People are more likely to
subscribe if you add content on regular schedule, and maintain that schedule as
much as possible.
Make sure to tag your videos with key words that describe the content, as well as
an eye-catching description. These will help drive people to your video from
YouTube searches.
Gain an audience. Building an audience is key to increasing your monetization. You
need people to watch your ads in order to make any money off of them. There is no
one secret to getting more subscribers, just make the best content that you can and they will
come to you.
Keep uploading content and try to get people hooked. Send your video out on
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Twitter and Facebook. Share it with people. Distribute it elsewhere on the internet.
Subscribers are essential to becoming a partner.
Interact with your viewers by responding to comments and making occasional
videos directly related to viewer comments and questions. Connecting with your
community will bring more members into that community.
Monetize your videos. In order to start earning money on your videos, youll need to
enable monetization. This means you are allowing YouTube to place ads in your
video. This also means that you acknowledge that there is no copyrighted material in your
video.
You can monetize a video as it uploads by clicking the Monetization tab and
checking the Monetize with Ads box.
To monetize a video after it has been uploaded, open your Video Manager and
click the $ sign next to the video that you want to monetize. Check the Monetize
with Ads box.
Setup Google AdSense. You can setup Google AdSense for free at the AdSense
website. Click the Sign Up Now button to begin creating your account. You must be
18 years or older to create your own account. If you are younger than that, you will need an
adult to help you.
You need either PayPal or a bank account and a valid mailing address as well as
other information so AdSense can verify who you are and who to send the money
to. You only gain money per ad click and a smaller amount per view but it adds up
over time. This is why having an audience is key.
Check your analytics. Once you have some videos online, monetized, and being
viewed, you can check out the analytics on them to see how they are performing. Click
the Analytics option in your Channel menu. Here you can view estimated earnings, ad
performance, video views, demographics and more.
Use these tools to see how your content is resonating with your audience. You can
change your content or your marketing if youre finding that you arent attracting the
users that you want to.
Market your videos elsewhere. Don't put your videos just on YouTube! Start a blog,
make a website or post them on other video or social media sites. The more views it
gets, the better. By sharing the link or embedding the video on the internet, you are
increasing the chance of it getting noticed and of you making money.
Become a YouTube partner. YouTube Partners are YouTube members who have
monetized videos with a large number of viewers. Partners gain access to more
content creation tools, and can win prizes for the number of viewers they have. Partners
also get access to much more community support and tips.
You can apply for YouTube partnership at any time through the YouTube Partner
page. In order to gain access to the most powerful Partner programs, you need to
have 15,000 cumulative watch hours for your channel over the last 90 days.
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Upload content regularly.
Make videos with good content as well as quality.
Put time and effort into editing your videos.
Use key words so people see your video.
Make sure you add tags when uploading videos.
Create social networking site accounts (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and
advertise for yourself!
Make videos based on what's popular on the Internet.
Some people may leave mean comments to bring you down. Don't let
them discourage you.
Copyrighted content can get your videos taken down, and possibly
banned.
If any of your videos contain copyrighted content (i.e - music that you
didn't make, content from movies, etc) you have less of a chance of
getting into the partner program.
Partnerships with YouTube for most people do not earn very much.
Unless you have a huge success, don't plan on a job free life.
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