How to Monetise YouTube Videos
Note*. This post has been updated.
Monetising a YouTube video goes with its optimisation and promotion. Any new video has zero views and zero subscribers.
These start building up through organic search and as the video gets more views. However, a video based on a trending issue or helpful topic can go viral instantly. Views and subscribers can also be increased through sharing and engagement on other platforms. It is advisable to enable monetization after several videos have been uploaded into your channel.
Ways to Promote and Monetise your Video
Promoting your video helps to attract leads, views, and sales as more people see, like and gain value from it.
Several ways of monetising your video are through:
- partnering with YouTube through AdSense, by allowing adverts to be placed on the video.
Like any AdSense programme, producing good videos with helpful content in your niche is required.
Payment depends on how viewers interact with the adverts. If you already have an AdSense account, associate it with your YouTube account create a new AdSense account for your video channel.
Steps to enable Monetisation
Before you enable monetisation, ensure that all your videos comply with the terms that YouTube specifies.
- Under channel settings, (in your YouTube channel) go to monetisation,
- Add a related AdSense account or create a new one.
- Select the type of ads you’d like and
- Add your billing info
Other ways of Monetisation
- Daily Motion videos are also monetised through advertisements;
- making a review video of your own product and products of companies you are affiliated with
- making a Facebook Fan Pages, and other social media to share videos;
- linking out to other channels and groups in your niche by joining and interacting with members;
- using video SEO to rank the video on the first page in order to attract more traffic
- advertising your video using Google Ad words.
You don’t need a website to have a video channel but linking a website to your video channel increases visitors to your website and other benefits associated with it.
Try the various video types, like live streaming, animated gifs, explainer videos etc. and make more of the ones that resonate with your audience.
Suggested Resource
You may buy a mic to enhance the sound of your videos.
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