- I just exposed the most viral faceless Shorts on YouTube,
well, right now, anyway.
But that does not mean that they're the most profitable.
And in this video,
we're gonna talk about the top 3 ways
to make money with YouTube Shorts without showing your face
and even if you don't qualify for the YouTube Creator Fund.
The YouTube Creator Fund is based on a few factors.
One of them is traffic or views, but it's just one.
You don't have to have a million views to reap the value
and get paid off of these ideas
that I have to share with you.
You just need to know how to share the value
that your audience is looking for.
Lastly, if it's original content
and not marked up from some other platform, like TikTok,
they won't pay on those.
So let's talk about some other ways to get paid.
Let's take a look at affiliate marketing.
Products or links that you can earn a commission,
get paid when people click.
First up is ShareASale affiliates.
This site has been in business for more than 15 years,
but look here just in the last year,
$1 billion earned by affiliates,
260 affiliates join every day,
and there's well over 16,000 brands across all sectors.
But here's the thing,
while some of these ideas
may seem like they could apply to any videos
and aren't exclusive just to Shorts,
the way that they are used for Shorts is actually different.
So before we go through more amazing sources
to grab affiliate products to get paid on,
it's even more important that I show you
how to position your content
so that people will actually click.
The way that Shorts are presented on YouTube
is different than regular YouTube videos
and different from the short form content
on other platforms.
Have you noticed that the descriptions are hidden?
There's actually two steps that they have to take
in order to view what's even in your description,
but don't get discouraged
because this is actually a good thing.
On Instagram and TikTok,
the description shows at the bottom of the screen,
which encourages people to read them.
But we now know that's not the case here on YouTube,
so you have to assume that they need a reason to click
the three dots in the first place.
But access to descriptions is purely relative.
Having your description easily accessible is only valuable
if you can use it to prompt engagement.
If quick links to products is what you're looking for,
YouTube is definitely the opportunity you need.
But how you position the opportunity
will change your conversion rates.
Let me show you.
Because you can't place links in these descriptions,
you must route them first to your bio
where they will click on the link that is available,
then they'll be routed to like the LinkTree page,
then have to find the link that you mentioned in the video,
and then click again to be rerouted again to the product.
Lots of rerouting and lots of opportunity
for them to get distracted.
Here on YouTube, the link stays with the video
that's relevant.
And on that note,
it's easy to change out the links for different videos.
So each video can have a different link,
add multiple links, which means multiple opportunities.
All of this means a better experience for the viewer
and less opportunities for them to be distracted
along the way.
This increases the chance that they will buy
if they took the time to click in the first place.
So since Shorts are different than regular YouTube videos
and behave differently than the short form content
on other platforms,
we have a golden opportunity to increase traffic,
to affiliate links or calls to actions in the descriptions.
You can do this by selecting one of the templates
inside the InVideo editor.
They're fully customizable
and you'll find over 5,000 to choose from.
It makes it really easy to whip up a quick call to action
and just pop it on the end of your video.
Okay, now that you know how to best use them,
let's go over a few more places
you can grab some products to promote,
and specifically how to use them with YouTube Shorts.
We all love Amazon,
but the best thing about Amazon affiliates,
once someone has clicked on your link,
you'll earn a commission
for all the purchases that they make in the next 24 hours.
It's a massively diverse selection of products
causing orders to be far larger
than the one product link they clicked on.
There can be some big wins here.
Did you know that you could get paid
for promoting eBay products.
eBay wants you to help advertise and sell their items.
The only thing you have to do is find listings
that you want to help promote,
and you can promote them using eBay's partner network tools,
and you'll get paid.
It's pretty straight forward with no complex rules.
And they also offer double commission
for the first three months.
Nobody says no to extra money.
E-commerce is big business.
Not only can you find merchants on Shopify
that have affiliate products that you can promote,
you can also promote Shopify
as many websites offer an affiliate program as well.
Hopefully this will just get you thinking.
What other tools do I use for my business
that I could share with others and earn a commission?
Did you know that ClickBank
has a free affiliate marketing course?
ClickBank is more like ShareASale,
it already focuses on digital lifestyle products.
Their product database
is one of the easiest to navigate, honestly.
It makes finding something to promote really easy.
Right now we see a lot of family content.
So it's no doubt that there wouldn't be pages upon pages
of parent and family products.
Some of them range from starting a family,
like the "Baby Sleep Miracle";
building a family, like "Law of Attraction for Kids";
to trying to save one from ending,
like "Save My Marriage Today".
And that's a nice commission.
And by the way, if you're looking for an affiliate product
that isn't particular to any specific niche,
then I've got you covered.
And we're gonna talk about that
as soon as we get through the list.
Now we covered affiliate products.
Those are products that somebody else made.
And while you can promote products on Etsy
and earn a commission with some of the merchants listed,
you can also list your own from physical products
to digital products.
Anyone can create a landing page or a website,
their own digital products and sell them there.
Etsy is an amazing site for any new entrepreneur
to instantly have all of the tools
that have to build from scratch.
Here we see countless examples, templates,
planners, guides, lessons.
All of these were created to solve a problem.
And if you know a problem that you can solve for others,
you're in business.
One of my favorite examples
was from the Bernie Sanders doll.
This doll went viral.
And as a result,
the lady who had initially created this doll
and posted the photo overwhelmed with orders
and she couldn't keep up.
So she created the Bernie Sanders doll pattern
and she sold it.
And since then, so many others have done the same.
So if you're aware of an idea that has recently gone viral,
jump on it.
Here's another example for people who are into woodworking.
Anything from cabinets to benches and organizational tools,
these plans help solve a problem for people
and their digital products.
But what about other things?
Here's another example of a really popular type
of digital product, templates for social media,
and this can span across so many different niches.
These are just tools.
The problem that you're solving is for convenience.
Not everyone's a designer
and not everyone could come up with design ideas.
Sometimes people need help with branding,
and these template packs are really helpful
for people who are just starting out
or who are really busy in their business.
They appreciate the help
and you make things a lot easier for them.
So if this is something that you can create,
Etsy is a great place to list any type of digital products.
And then there's physical products
where you may have your own store
or your store may just be online.
Either way, it can be linked in the descriptions on YouTube.
So we see a lot of how-to content,
especially in regards to making different things
for faceless creators that don't have to be on camera,
they are just showing their product.
And soap is a very common one that we're seeing right now.
Soaps and candles.
Some people found them here
because they were searching for a product like theirs,
or they could have been sent here
from one of their social media accounts;
their YouTube, their TikTok, or Instagram.
Seriously, look at this goldfish soap.
How cute are they?
Another example are fidgets.
There's all different types of fidgets
and when people get bored with one fidget,
they look for another thing to fidget with.
Fidgets are also a popular type of content
for Shorts or other type of videos,
but they perform really well for Shorts
and, of course, for faceless content.
Whether if it's T-shirts or your short form content
covers how you make jewelry or how jewelry is made,
the options are endless.
Let me walk you through a specific example.
Now, riddles are really great examples
of faceless content that performs well
and also can qualify for some of the ideas
that I haven't already paid for faceless content in Shorts.
I wanted to give you realistic examples
that anybody could do.
These aren't rocket science, these aren't hard to do,
and more importantly you can definitely do them
with the InVideo editor.
But riddles, why do riddles work?
We saw that challenges, stories,
and point of view, so like skits,
were at the top of each of the lists
that I had shared in the first video
of the most viral Shorts that are on YouTube right now.
The most successful is when something is unpredictable,
when people don't know something
and they want to know the answer,
they want to know how it's made, right?
They want to know what happened.
That type of unpredictable content
is the reason why riddles are so popular.
The point is that if people are watching riddles
then they probably like to play games.
So is there a game that you could send them
to on Amazon, for instance, like a brain teaser game,
like "Get these brain teaser games here with the link."
Or maybe it's an app for their phone that they could play.
Riddles aren't actually exclusive to any niche.
How could you mix riddles in with your own content?
Could you pose a question
that they should know the answer to,
or help them sharpen their skills in your industry?
Maybe you peak their interest
and they get the answer on your landing page.
Once you grab a hold of why certain content performs
and what sparks engagement,
you can see how easy it is to tailor these concepts
to work for you and increase your income.
While you're here,
remember when I talked about that affiliate product
that wasn't particular to any specific niche?
Well, this is it.
InVideo is an affiliate product.
You could be an InVideo affiliate.
Let me show you how.
You can click on the link in the description below
or head over to invideo.io
and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click on the affiliate program and fill out the form.
Be sure to specify your uses and familiarize yourself
with both the commission structure and the payout structure
so you know how much you'll earn and when you'll get paid.
Then submit your form
and be sure to include your affiliate link
in the video descriptions of your shorts
or other videos you're creating for other platforms.
Okay, now I get it.
Some of you are not trying to film anything,
which is great because we have such a huge library
of stock clips, videos, and music that you can use
inside the editor.
And some of you have already filmed
a whole bunch of short form content
like TikToks or Instagram reels,
or even things on Snapchat,
and you want to be able to repurpose those.
And our mission is to help you work smarter, not harder.
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We're gonna cover how to take all of that content
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to create something that is original
and qualifies for the YouTube Shorts Creator Fund.
But in the meantime,
don't forget that this is a whole series on YouTube Shorts
and we have it all packaged up in a playlist
that we think you'd enjoy.
It's right here.
My name is Angelique,
and on behalf of the InVideo team,
we thank you for watching.
See you on the next one.