How to earn money on youtube

How to earn money on youtube

So have you ever wondered why people spend hours of hard work and dedication to create great content for youtube and gather a large community ?

The truth is that you're able to make money off your videos, which is a great way to earn a neat little penny, especially if you're a student and on a fixed income. I personally study, and have a fixed income. Youtube do not pay that much, not enough to pay the rent or such, but in the end I get paid for doing what I like as a hobby.

So how does it all work?

Well it's a combination between youtube and google adwords and adsense.
So what you basicl get paid for is commercials in/ around your video.

But to get stated you need to do some things:

First of all - you need a youtube account, it needs to be in good standing.
Then you need to have at least some content.
Apply for partnership through the options. (NB: if you have adblock installed on you're pc, you will not be able to!)
It might take some time, maybe a month to get your account approved.
After you get an approval, you're able to enter your adsense account(not before).
So what now ?
What you need to do is monetize your videos, and you will generate money based on the amount of views and clicks on your commercials, of course clicks generates way more cash than views.

BUT before you start uploading content you should make sure that:
The content is NOT copyrighted. I CANNOT STRICT THIS ENOUGH - they WILL find out, you will be banned. If they do not find out, and you successfully might be able to make money on the content, you might risk legal action towards you. So CREATE original content, unless you can get a legal agreement.

So what's copyrighted ?

• Music is of course

• Images

• Tv series/shows/movies

• Gameplay fottage is also.

Though there is often accessibility's to get allowed to monetize gameplay fottage, but note you will need a legal document. For my DayZ videos I've had to contact Bohemia Interactive, and through them get a legal document.

So how much do you make on youtube ?

It's ALL dependent on the commercials, some days you might make 15$, some days maby only 0.3$.
But of own experience, I've made about 18$ pr 10.000 views.

So what are you waiting on mate ? Get out there and make some money ;-)
A great way to gain a high viewer count, is to follow this guide: Viewer guide