Make Money on YouTube

Interested in getting to know “How to make money from Youtube videos?“, then you are on the right page. The art of how you make money from youtube videos are scattered all over the internet but only a few post have actually thrashed the topic in-depth so anyone who follows the process through actually sees results. Well sit tight and prepare to be informed on how to earn from Youtube videos.

Before we begin, for the benefits of those new to Video blogging and what it means to be called a Vlogger, we will be running through a few basic explanations.

What is Video Blogging?

In plain simple terms, this is the art of conveying information through pre-recorded videos for educational, entertainment, advertising, image profiling, personal and monetary purposes (I nailed the definition, didn’t I?). You don’t have to be a movie director (but would be a BIG plus) to shoot an amateur video to kick off your video blogging career online as there are many amateur videos online raking in steady cash on a monthly basis.

A video blogger or a vlogger is someone who puts up amateur or professional videos on video platforms and earns a living from the number of views and followership he/she get from every video uploaded after due monetization. Vlogging is an easy way to make money online but it involves a lot of creativity depending on the niche that the vlogger intends to focus on.

Advantages of Vblogging over blogging

It is the easiest form of Online earner

Why I say this is because, we have personal vloggers who just post videos of vacation or probably do a review of an hotel they lodged in while on a trip or just capture some spectacular moment in time and then upload it to their channels and it goes viral overnight and when duly monetized, they make money even in their sleep as people from different regions of the world watch the video. But for a post to go viral, a blogger knows how much work he has to put into that and with a little bit of luck too.

It is visually interactive and attention seeking

Have you found yourself searching through google at one time looking for a website based on a search query that you never intended on finding answers for it on a video channel but you found yourself being drawn to the cover image of a youtube page that came up on the SERPs with a very enticing title and you couldn’t help but click the link to see what was in offering? Yeah, that’s very act is why vlogging has the edge over blogging. (I think if same was with websites results on SERPs they’d probably do better at drawing people’s attention)

Ready made audience (Unlimited Traffic Source)

People by nature are drawn to visually interactive contents (that’s why we have telenovela addicts) so with Youtube being among the top 3 ranked websites in the world is no surprise. There will always be a ready-made audience for anything and everything so you don’t have to start looking for people to watch you videos, all you need do is show them directions and voila but such isn’t the case with blogging, without quality well-written content and precise use of keywords, you website can remain unseen for years to come.

Minimum cost to start up

All you need to start your vlogging career are things you already or probably have. A laptop or a desktop computer, a mobile phone with a considerable high megapixel camera and an internet connection, that’s all. You are not paying for anything else (funny enough you can even achieve all these with just you mobile phablet ie a highly configured mobile tablet with phone capabilities and a great camera with high megapixels)

Don’t need a domain or host

Youtube owned by Google offers their platform to every vlogger for FREE. You don’t need to register a domain name or buy a host as in the case of blogging, all is done for FREE and the best security for your video uploads is guaranteed. (I’m sure if Youtube hadn’t made it free and crushed all other competitions as asked for subscription fees, all other similar platforms would have milked vloggers)

Better chances of getting Adsense approval

For bloggers, it can take up to 6months more or less to get AdSense approval but as a vlogger on youtube that has a dedicated subscriber base and getting steady video views from viewers, your Adsense approval can be authorized with a matter of days to weeks (Note: AdSense approved with be for video content program but AdSense for websites can be activated thereafter).

A faster way to introduce yourself as a brand and get recognized

I’m sure no one knew the Swedish-born Felix Kjellberg, the highest grossing vlogger for 2016 not until be became a youtube sensation. Several success stories have been recorded from documenting video series of your passion or your niche online than one would have experienced in the real world. (in case you forgot, Justin Bieber was Youtube sensation)

Even major known brands are now utilizing the public reach of vloggers on youtube for new product advertisements.

One time viral video, Lifetime earnings

This is the best part about vlogging, a one-time viral video gets you earnings for several years to come if you doubt this ask the father of the boys who uploaded the “Charlie bit me” video. (As at 2012, the family had made over $500,000 in ad earnings). Now tell me if that isn’t passive earnings.

But for a blogger, you need to churn out quality content, constantly grow your traffic and keep an impressive email list of subscribers who are true followers before you can feel relaxed enough to continue earning passively.

Despite all the differences between vlogging and blogging, they share quite a lot of similarities in their process towards achieving their goals

Similarities between vlogging and blogging

1. They are both niche focused

2. They respect keyword use towards choosing a name for their brand.

3. They both entail the use of Keyword research tool in order to get organic traffic to their contents.

Read More on keyword Research and its process

1. They both enlist the use of social media to increase content engagement (Off page SEO tactics).

2. The both cater to a target audience.

What is a Video Blogging Niche?

Just like you have niches for blogging and affiliate marketing, video blogging also must be focused in its approach so your subscribers can expect expert opinions from you based on your chosen vlog Niche.

Click to know more about Finding your niche.

There are several people from all over the world making money doing videos based on their chosen niches like videos about;

1. Dog training (Some have over 1million views)

2. Technology or gadget updates

3. Comedy skits (This very video has over 8 million views and counting)

and several more productive niches.

So I believe you now understand the angle you need to come from when venturing into the vlogging career path. Be specific in your approach and not have your audience confused on what to expect from your next video upload.

List of Video Hosting platforms

There are several video hosting platforms that can be found online but for the sake of the purpose of this post, I will be focusing on the popular ones but majorly on the KING of online video hosting;

Youtube
Metacafe
Vimeo
Dailymotion
Flickr
Myspace
Facebook

P.S: You can have a quick view at all the of URLs listed above just to get an overview of what it entails to be a Vlogger but please don’t let the images intimidate you because if that did same to this father of two then he wouldn’t have racked up such outrageous amount of views (over 800 million views) from an amateur video “Charlie bit me“.
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Why Youtube many would ask? I will let the excerpt from wikipedia.com paint a clearer picture.

YouTube currently ranks among the top three most-visited sites on the web. As a high traffic area for video bloggers, or vloggers, YouTube has created a platform for these participants to present their personal videos, which often times are filmed using handheld point and shoot cameras. The popularity of vlogs in the YouTube community has risen exponentially in the past few years; out of the top 100 most subscribed YouTube channels, 17 provide vlogs as their primary style of footage. Many of these vloggers are a part of the YouTube Partner Program, which professionalizes the industry and allows for monetary gain from video production. This professionalization additionally helps increase exposure to various channels as well as creates a sense of stability within the field. Additionally, this professionalization allows content creators to be deemed a credible source by their viewers. Furthermore, many vloggers have been able to turn their channels into sustainable careers; in 2013, the highest paid vlogger brought in a minimum of $720,000 for the year. Hollywood is taking notice of this rising medium and has placed its value ranked over other entertainment companies such as Marvel, which was recently bought out by Disney as well.
Source: Wikipedia

And to think the estimate of the highest earner on Youtube according to the above excerpts shows a pretty sum of $720,000/yr as at 2013.

Can you imagine how much the highest earning vlogger would have earned at the end of 2016? Well, you don’t have to because I have the information on a Swedish-born Felix Kjellberg, a video-game vlogger and comedian better known as PewDiePie took home a staggering $15Million with over 50million subscribers on his channel with over 2million views on his video uploads per day. Click to read the 10 ten list of highest paid vloggers in 2016.

Enough with admiring 6 figures earned in someone else’s account and let’s begin to work towards mounting the zeroes in your account also.

How do you get started?
This is what you been waiting to read all through your time on this post and now we will be running through the processes involved in starting a Youtube vlogging account.

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