Monetising Pt.1

Monetising Your Youtube Videos.
          While you might get lucky in waking up to find your video has gone viral, this is very unlikely. That said, if you have managed to catch something funny on film, by all means give it a shot.

You're much more likely to build up revenue by getting an audience through regular content publishing, whether you're making vlogs, videos or just talking about custard creams.

Some bloggers say their pay fluctuates from thousands one month to £50 the next, and some people only report earning a few pounds here and there.

How much can you realistically expect to make?

Wolf of Wall Street money meme. As a benchmark, you can expect to make around $1.50/1000 views. This means that one million views = $1500…

However, keep in mind that a lot of the channels/vloggers sign advertising contracts with certain companies or even promote their own merchandise, which can earn them even more on top of their views alone.

It's hard to put a total on this but the possibilities are endless depending on what your videos are about – much like making cash as a blogger!

How does the YouTube Partner Programme work?

Explaining how earning money on YouTube works. Your first port of call when it comes to cashing out on this stuff is Google AdSense – a nifty little programme that allows you to monetise (I love that word) your website or videos with adverts.

After you've signed up with the beast that is YouTube and built a decent amount of followers/views, you'll receive an email asking if you want to monetise your videos (yes please!). You'll then be able to select your best videos to make money from.

The basic gist of this is that companies pay Google to advertise on your videos, and you'll get a cut of the profit.

Just to be clear, you can't monetise any videos with copyrighted material in them. So no nicking other people's stuff.

How to make more money on YouTube

This student knows how to make money on YouTube! If you've built up a pretty sizeable vid collection and have a dedicated audience, there's one other avenue to explore aside from Google Adsense and YouTube itself.

Patreon is a great little web tool that allows your fans to sign up and donate money directly each time you post something new.

The key to this is building up an audience that really appreciates what you post – if they like what you do, the chances are they can be persuaded to spare a few bob each time you upload.

Also, as mentioned above, you can approach companies to talk about advertising or at the very least free samples and products for you to review/talk about.

You might even want to branch out into creating your own merchandise if/once you make a name for yourself.

Some of the big shots are earning about three thousand dollars every time they post a new video. Yep, you read that right.