Do you want to earn money from the hard work you put into creating YouTube
videos so you can create a sustainable business? In this video I'm gonna show
you how to monetize your YouTube videos in 2018-2019 and beyond so you can get a
return on your investment. Hello my name is Herman Drost from drostdesigns.com If
you want to learn how to grow your audience on YouTube and generate traffic
leads and sales on autopilot hit the subscribe button then click the bell
icon so you won't miss any future videos according to YouTube more creators than
ever earning a living on YouTube the number of channels making over six
figures is up over 40% year after year how the heck are they making that kind
of money build your audience first before monetizing your channel the key
ingredients of creating a profitable YouTube channel is to create a loyal and
engaged audience and a steady stream of videos in order to grow your audience
you have to make videos at your audience loves to do this offer solutions to the
most burning questions here are the steps to enable monetization on your
YouTube channel number one join the YouTube Partner
Program the YouTube Partner Program allows you to earn money from ads served
on your YouTube channel and from YouTube red subscribers that are watching your
content so what are the eligibility requirements to join the program once
your channel reaches 4000 total watch hours and 1000 total subscribers
in the past 12 months then you'll be eligible to join the YouTube Partner
Program and get your channel reviewed the purpose of the review process is
that your content sticks to the YouTube Partner Program policies YouTube's Terms
of Service spam policies and Community Guidelines
if you want to know how to quickly get 4,000 watch hours and 1000
subscribers click the card icon step two is to sign up for your Adsense account
once you sign up for the Adsense account link it to your YouTube account step 3
set your monetization preferences you can select which videos you wish to
monetize on your YouTube channel to check you got monetization enabled on
your channel go to your channel status and features and look under monetization
it should be enabled if you go into YouTube's Video Manager to see the
videos that you've monetized you'll see the green dollar symbol here
if they're not monetized you won't see the green symbol you can also check how much
money you're making from the ads your videos by going into YouTube
analytics and checking your estimated revenue for your channel and also for
your individual videos here the types of ads that you can show on your video for
instance here I've got a live streaming video where I've got the monetization
enabled as you can see you got the green status here you got the display ads the
red card is where the ad appears this is a desktop, you've got overlay ads it's
about here on the video and on the right then you've got sponsored cards all
devices and you've got skippable video ads which is all devices if the video is
more than ten minutes long you can have mid-roll ads and here you can choose
where your video ads can appear so it can be before the video you can insert ad
breaks in bulk and you can suggest placements so this is where YouTube
suggests where to place the ad based on the content of your video so I think
that's for the best I check that one and you can also do after the video step 4
get reviewed it'll take a few weeks to get your YouTube channel reviewed after
you've passed the review process and your channel has been approved for
monetization you can start earning money right away
you just have to select the videos that you wish to monetize on your channel
here are 5 ways to earn money from YouTube channel number one ADS here is how to
understand how viewers advertisers and creators work together so everyone can
benefit. Viewers typically want to learn something or be entertained you
also provide the audience to help creators and advertisers on YouTube make
money creators use YouTube to express themselves share their creativity and
even make some money as long as you keep making great videos your viewers will
come back for more and keep revisiting your channel advertisers look at a way
to reach a target audience if the audience is really engaged and if
they're a demographic that brands really want to reach advertisers will be
willing to pay to run ads on your channel number two
working with brands this is where you can promote products and services from
brands and add agencies number three merchandising this is where you can make
merchandise for your channel which will help with branding
it may include stickers clothing such as t-shirts and other products you can link
to a merchandise site using cards so fans can find your stuff number four
crowdfunding this is where you get a community of fans that support your
project on YouTube for example you can raise funds to help support your channel
by launching an external crowdfunding campaign number five events you can even
build a stronger community by scheduling live events where your fans are engaged
besides meeting them in person you also have an opportunity to sell your
merchandise here's an important thing to keep in mind use the interactive cards
to funnel viewers to your merchandise and crowdfunding sites now you know five
ways to monetize your videos on YouTube if you want to monetize your videos
without fulfilling the requirements of 4,000 watch hours and 1000 subscribers
click the card icon you'll discover 7 alternative ways to earn money
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