Oh no I'm gonna lose monetization on my channel. How am I gonna make money on
YouTube? YouTube sucks I'm going elsewhere. My channel is screwed with
these changes. These are just a few of the outcries from the YouTube community
concerning the new requirements for YouTube monetization. In this video
you'll learn the pros and cons of enabling monetization on your YouTube channel
and discover 7 ways to get 4000 watch hours on YouTube fast . Hello my
name is Herman Drost from drostdesigns.com. If you want to grow
your audience on YouTube and generate traffic leads and subscribers on
autopilot hit the subscribe button or hit the bell notification icon. Pros of
monetization. Generate revenue from Adsense, link to an Associated website
from cards and in screens, Super chat, Sponsorships which are for gamers only. So
what are the new requirements to enable monetization on your YouTube channel for
2018? According to YouTube once a channel reaches 4,000 watch hours in the
previous 12 months and 1000 subscribers it will be reviewed to join the YouTube
Partner Program. What if your channel is currently in the YouTube Partner Program?
Your channel will automatically remain in the YouTube Partner Program as long
as it meets the requirements if your channel is below the requirements it
will be removed from the YouTube Partner Program. Cons of monetization. Unable to
monetize your videos using Adsense ads, no longer link your cards and end
screens to an Associated website however you'll still be able to link to videos
and playlists with your cards and end screens also the previous links that
you've added to your channel will remain there even though you're not part of the
YouTube Partner Program. No super chat, no sponsorships which refers to
gamers only click the card icon to watch my video on 7 alternative ways to
generate revenue from your videos without Adsense. Here are 7 ways to
get 4000 watch hours on YouTube fast 1. Trends if there's a trending
topic in your niche jump on it right away
and discuss it in a video for example I created a video when YouTube came out
with the new requirements for monetization as a result I accumulated
a lot of watch time hours and also attracted new subscribers use a website
like Google Trends to discover the trends in your niche.
2. Livestreams the beauty about going live is that people spend
more time on your video than regular videos this is because there's live
interaction going on during your live stream it's a great way to accumulate
watch time hours quickly. 3. Collaborations this is a great way to
expose your content to a different audience as you do more collaborations
you'll expand your audience attract more subscribers and generate more watch time hours
4. Increase upload frequency the more frequently you upload
new videos the more watch time hours and subscribers you'll attract for example
if you're only uploading one new video a week you're not going to attract many
subscribers or accumulate much watch time hours however if you increase the
frequency to two or three times a week you'll gain more subscribers and
accumulate more watch time hours. 5. Increase audience retention
this refers to the amount of time that viewers remain engaged on your videos
the longer they stay watching your videos the more watch time you'll
accumulate check the current audience retention for your videos by going to
YouTube analytics- audience retention if your average audience retention is below
50% then work on improving it. So how do you increase audience retention? Make
sure you grab viewers attention in the first few seconds of your videos you can
do this by asking a question or stating clearly what your video is all about the
rest of your video content should reinforce what you've introduced at the
beginning also make sure you reset the attention
of reviewers every 10 seconds or so by creating a patent interrupt this can be
as simple as adding a transition or adding some b-roll footage make sure
you also ask viewers to subscribe at the beginning and/or end of a video this
will help you to increase the subscriber count for your YouTube channel number
6. Playlists the beauty of playlists is that they contain a series of videos so
people will binge watch your videos when somebody watches multiple videos in
succession it greatly improves your watch time hours therefore make sure you
link to playlists from your cards and end screens
you can also link to a playlist in your description and also pin a playlist link
to the top of the comments. When people go to comment on your video they'll
automatically see the playlist link 7. Adwords for video campaign did
you know that you can promote your video for as little as one cent per view with
a video ads campaign if you create ads that get good engagement you'll quickly
accumulate a lot of watch time hours once you've got an ad that performs well you
won't be very far away from achieving 4,000 hours of watch time you could also
run ads to gain subscribers if you want to learn how to attract traffic using
AdWords for video click the card icon to download my video ads cheat sheet Here's
a bonus tip on how to get more YouTube subscribers which you'll need to meet
the requirements from the YouTube Partner Program here are five areas
where you can add a subscribe link to your YouTube channel. Include it on your
channel banner, Include it in your video description, pin your subscribe link to
the top of your comments, add a subscribe watermark across all the
videos on your channel add a subscribe link under the video that's embedded on
your website now you know 7 ways to get 4000 hours on your YouTube channel fast
if you want to learn 7 alternative ways to generate revenue from your YouTube videos
without Adsense click the card icon you''ll not only generate more revenue
than Adsense but you'll make it faster if you want to learn how to grow your
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