Thereare thousands of people out there who are sharing their hobbies or passion withthe world through YouTube videos and in the process making some bucks too.
Doyou have a passion or an interest that you would love to share with the world?
- Yousing loud in the bathroom? Let the people know that you can sing.
- Whenyou teach someone, they understand it better? Let’s teach the world on youtube.
- Youhave a beauty sense, or you know about the pros and cons of brands in themarket, why are you hiding then? People are eagerly searching for someone whocan tell them what they should wear.
- Youlove your dog or your cat. Let people know. Let them know how to love theirpets. Or make them laugh with your pet’s videos.
#3. Make a Strategy on your YouTube content
If you always wanted to know How to create a YouTube Channeland Make Money then this step is of great importance for you.
If a video goes viral, it is awesome. This is the simplestever definition one can suggest in this era of virality but if you have a planto earn through YouTube, learn this definition by heart.
Having a strategy ready for your YouTube channel in terms ofits promotion will serve you well. Formula that ‘How to Make Money on YouTubeGuides’ suggest is to make unique quality videos that have the potential to goviral. But for making your videos viral, you need to have a content that isworth sharing.
The definition of being viral is changing every day!
But, the one thing that remains central to all viral videosis great content. If your videos offer high-quality content it is sure toattract a lot of attention.
Generally, when viewers enjoy a video or learn something newfrom it they like to share it in their personal network. In the bid to generate viral content all youneed is a little research along with a little effort and soon you will becoming up with high-quality content that has the potential to go viral.
#4. Link your YouTube channel with Adsense
We discussed how you can create a YouTube channel thatpeople will love viewing. Now, let’s get on with the topic that will enable youto start earning money. Your quest to know how do YouTubers make money is alsogoing to end here.
- Login into YouTube.com and click on My Channel as describedearlier.
- Click on Video Manager just below the search box on top, asshown in the figure.
- A navigation menu will appear on the left side. Click onCHANNEL.
- Click on the Enable in front of Monetization.
- Click in the boxes after reading their terms and conditionas shown in the figure and click on I accept, then got it.
- Now click on this Monetization option. When a window onright will appear with Monetization as heading, click on ‘how will I be paid?’as shown in the figure and click on ‘ associate an AdSense account’.
- Click on the next option.
- A window will now come up asking you to sign in to your Gmail account.
Feed all the information asked and continue.
Again fill up the required information and finally click ‘ Submit myapplication’
Now, this step involves verification of your mobile number finally, yourapplication for AdSense has been submitted for approval
There is no strict rule regarding the waiting time and approval ofAdSense. The procedure of approval is improving with each day.
#5. Use Best Tools for Videos
There is no doubt that you can record a good video from your mobile(smart)phone, but if you want to record a good quality video, you must buy a webcam.And gradually you should hire a professional video maker.
Google Keyword Planner
This tool is going to suggest you keywords that people are searching forand when you use it on your videos, it will increase the traffic of relevantaudiences on your channels. After quality and unique content, ensuring goodrank in YouTube searches is very important in making money.
Evernote
You will have to talk a lot on your video and it goes without sayingthat there will be mistakes while speaking. Use Evernote for your speeches thatenable you to jot down all the points with a little detail.
Text to Speech app
Sometimes, it’s not enough to just watch or listen to a video; you alsowill have to put on supporting texts to make sense to a large audience. Forsuch situation, you should have text to speech app. This will automaticallygenerate text based on what you speak.
Picture editing app
Sometimes videos also need pictures and for having the perfect pictureopt for a good picture editing app such as Canva, PicMonkey etc.
Social media campaign
For making your videos viral, you need to share your videos on allsocial media platforms. It may not be always possible to do it manually. Forthose times, you can use ‘Buffer’ with which you can schedule the sharing ofyour videos for an entire week.
#6. Monetizing YouTube Videos
The famous way to make money from YouTube is through advertising.Advertising has been present since YouTube was born and is still playing amajor role for Youtubers to make money. Here is a quick overview.
Ideally, there are five ways which have proven, with time, to be thebest methods to earn money on YouTube.
Advertising:
(Obviously CPM, I have included it here to show you all at one place) YouTubead revenue sharing is the highest opt method for earning money on YouTube. Youcan link your YouTube channel with Adsense (Detail below) and enable Adsenseads on your videos. Now for every view on your channel, you will get 55% of thead revenue. YouTube keeps the other 45%. On an average you make $1 to $2 for1000 views on your video.
Affiliate Marketing:
Giant marketing agencies are not completely dependent on their ownchannel of content distribution. They pay a good amount to the channels thatalready have a fan base. This can be done in simple steps. Approach anyaffiliate marketing agency in your niche, show them your audience and when theyagree, link one of their products into your video description. The marketingagency will pay you a decent cut from every conversion. This amount can beanything from Rs. 100 to Rs. 1000 for every conversion through your link.
Direct Promotion:
Widely used as sponsorship. The advertising company pays you a fixedamount for their collaboration with your YouTube channel. You can call itanother form of affiliate marketing with a slight difference. Here you willhave to show a description of their products into your video. In exchange, theywill pay you certain amount which can vary from Rs.5,000 to any amount you areable to charge depending on your popularity.
Paid Videos:
Paid YouTube videos are emerging as a unique and high gross source ofincome. Here you give highly valuable information to your audience by chargingthem with a price tag on the video. This way, you do not have to share anyrevenue with anyone i.e. all that you make is yours.
Crowdsourcing:
Like Wikipedia, there are many non-profit websites which give everyinformation for free and they do not put any ad to earn revenue. But to keepthe website working, they need money. So they ask their audiences to donatemoney for their expenses. Like that, you can also give free information toanyone and ask them for a favor. Believe me; people donate a huge amount tothese channels.