- So, it sounds like you've hit 1,000 subscribers,
4,000 hours of watch time,
you've applied for and been accepted
into the YouTube Partner Program.
Congratulations is in order.
Let's give you a couple of tips to help you
start earning some money from your video content.
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- To be clear, this tutorial is not
about how to unlock monetization on your channel.
It's about how to manage the monetization
of your content once you are
in the YouTube Partner Program.
To do this, click on your profile image
in the top right-hand corner of the screen,
and then click on the YouTube Studio link.
This is the new YouTube Creator Studio,
and from here, you want to click on Monetization
from the left-hand navigation panel.
While there are several ways to earn money on YouTube,
if you have just been accepted into the Partner Program,
you will likely only have access
to video advertising.
For an in-depth look at super chats,
merchandising, and memberships,
check out the video on the screen now.
If you click on the Video Advertising link,
you can confirm your current monetization status,
as well as review and change your current settings.
Now if you want to essentially flip
the big switch and turn monetization on
for all of your future videos,
go to Settings on the left-hand navigation panel.
Then click on Upload defaults,
followed by the Extras tab,
and at the bottom of this screen,
you will see your video content advertisement options.
By changing these settings,
all future uploads on your YouTube channel
will take these defaults.
However, if you want to change monetization
settings on individual videos,
you can do that too by going to
the Video section of the Creator Studio
to see a list of all your videos.
One of the columns in this list
shows the monetization status of each video,
which you can quickly toggle on or off.
Once you make the change, don't forget to save it,
and once you have saved it,
a green dollar icon will display
for that video if all is good.
And if you want to tweak the advertising settings
for each video, click on the video itself,
and then click on the Monetization link
on the left-hand navigation bar.
At the top of this screen, you have the option
to turn on or off monetization for the individual video,
and below that are the various ways
you can advertise your content,
from display ads to sponsored cards,
non-skippable ads, and so on.
And if your video is longer than 10 minutes,
you'll have the additional options
to put ads before, during, and after the video itself.
Now, make sure to stick around
until the end of this video because I have
one more super important setting
I would like you to check to make sure
that you're maximizing the income from your videos.
But before that, you may be asking the question,
"Why would I want to turn off monetization
"on any of my videos?"
Well, there are special circumstances.
For example, you probably don't wanna
put loads of adverts on your channel trailer,
and if you are promoting a certain brand,
you want to make sure that no competitors' adverts
are appearing on those videos as well,
so you might want to turn it off for them.
And if your video is for the community
or it's for a charity, again,
it might not be appropriate
to include general random adverts.
If you can think of any more reasons
why you wouldn't have adverts on your videos,
let us know in the comments below.
Now, let's check out that one final important setting.
Again, in the Creator Studio,
go to Settings, and this time,
hover your mouse over Other settings,
and then, click on Advanced channel settings.
As of time of recording, this throws
you back into the classic Studio,
and you want to make sure that this check box
labeled Disable interest-based ads is unchecked.
If it's ticked,
YouTube cannot target the viewer of your video
with personalized ads based on their interest,
and it may significantly reduce
the ad revenue you receive from your videos.
Now then, just in case YouTube are watching,
in the classic Studio,
you used to be able to select multiple videos
and then apply monetization changes to all of them,
which was really handy.
Alas in the new studio, that option is,
well, no longer an option.
Get it sorted please, YouTube.
For more YouTube beginner's guides just like this,
make sure to check out the playlist over here,
and if you wanna learn how vidIQ
can help you grow your channel faster,
we have a beginner's guide tutorial down there.
Thank you very much for watching,
and of course, as always,
enjoy the rest of your video-making day.