Making money with YouTube

[Rainbow Traveller]

The money comes from ad revenue, views and clicks. You'll need to be a YouTube Partner or enable monetization with a verified AdSense account linked to your channel.

To get paid you'll need to be in the YouTube's partnership program you'll need to enable monetization in the account settings, this will allow YouTube to place ads on your videos, next you'll need to apply for a partnership at http://www.youtube.com/yt/partners/, then have a Google AdSense account linked to your channel. Once your partnership application was accepted and have a verified AdSense account your an official partner and getting money.

To be in the Partnership program:
- You create your own original videos (meaning videos nobody else has done)
- The content is 100% yours (you made it, not copied)
- You own all of the implied copyrights
- Your videos are viewed by thousands
- You upload videos on a regular basis
- The videos are suitable for all viewers
- You can prove you are 18+ years old
- Have an active bank account
- Have a verified AdSense account
- Have 1 or more video with monetization enabled
- No strikes pending on your channel
- Have a certain amount of good video views

[jeffrey]

So, I just got paid another way -- $250 by having a TV show purchase the rights to use one of my videos" http://www.savingadvice.com/articles...6-and-147.html Granted, this isn't how you can plan on making money on youtube (unless you are producing stuff with the intent that it be used by the news and other tv programs, but can be an added unexpected bonus.

[yupstrips]

How to Make Money on YouTube

I’m sure you have seen a viral YouTube video. They come in all shapes and sizes—from super popular songs like “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” to a funny grumpy cat, someone falling down, or even something completely off the wall like Ylvis' “What Does the Fox Say?" video. What do they all have in common? Well, these posters all made a ton of money on YouTube when their videos went viral.

So let's find out how to make money on YouTube.

First Steps
Making a lot of money on YouTube is not as easy as you might think. There are a lot of hurdles to overcome in the process. It's definitely not a way to get rich quick. However, if you have a hobby, are really good at a particular activity and would like to help people, are funny, or even if you just want to have some fun, YouTube is a great option to

cash in some extra bucks doing something you love.

The first and probably most obvious starting point is set up YouTube account. You should have an idea of the types of videos that you want to upload. Next you’ll want to Enable monetization and sign up for Google AdSense.

Enabling monetization means that you agree you will only upload video content that you have the rights for and that you will play by the rules (such as not watching your own video over and over to boost ads). Google AdSense is the way you set up your payment information for when you actually start making money. I’ve posted links in the show notes of today’s episode so that you don’t have to hunt around for these links.

Next up you’ll want to become a YouTube Partner. This isn’t as hard as it used to be. In the past, to become a YouTube partner you had to have some 15,000 hours of your video watched at any point in time. The benefit here is that you can upload more than 15 minutes of video, which may help on some video projects. You also get analytics tools and some more advanced editing tools.

[chestynuts]

Really helpful thread! Thanks for all the info. Planning to start my own Youtube channel but not sure what's it going to be about yet. I'm stuck on reading this article for now: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/mon...y-youtube.html

Good luck everyone! #youtubegoals

[DaveInPgh]

This college student makes $1,800/month reviewing fast food.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/technology/youtube-fast-food-reviewer/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool

[GoodSteward]

I've wanted to do something like this, but I wouldn't know where to start. I know of one YouTuber who was a programmer for Microsoft making big money. They let him go and now he makes a living just doing youtube. Barnacles Nerdgasm is his channel....lol