Should you monetize your YouTube account?
YES! If you are already posting videos o YouTube, you should monetize your account. It is free money. I know what you are thinking, TINSTAAFL. So technically, the money isn’t free. It will cost your video some space, and your viewers the pain of having to skip or close an ad. A relatively minor inconvenience, especially considering that most people were willing to pay for television that had commercials. (It was called cable.) YouTube gets a lion’s share of the advertising revenue, and your channel gets a percentage.
It is a revenue source that can be added to a diversified portfolio, and it is like playing the lottery. If any one of your videos goes viral, you could find yourself with a tidy sum of money. This most likely won’t happen, but it is a possibility – like this video of a choreographed wedding proposal, which wasn’t monetized (still not monetized and over 13 million views :( ) and was picked up by the news media.
How much money can I make?
There are several factors that figure into how much money a channel makes. These include number of views, number of ad clicks and number of subscribers. PewDiePie made about $7 million. Some people only make enough to pay for their Internet. Good content that people want to see and share will make a difference, but dumb videos go viral at strange times.
Is it worth the trouble?
If you are uploading videos to the Internet anyway, YES! Once you have the account set up, monetization only takes a couple of extra clicks that you can do while waiting for the video to upload.
How do I monetize my YouTube account?
Watch one of these videos:
YES! If you are already posting videos o YouTube, you should monetize your account. It is free money. I know what you are thinking, TINSTAAFL. So technically, the money isn’t free. It will cost your video some space, and your viewers the pain of having to skip or close an ad. A relatively minor inconvenience, especially considering that most people were willing to pay for television that had commercials. (It was called cable.) YouTube gets a lion’s share of the advertising revenue, and your channel gets a percentage.
It is a revenue source that can be added to a diversified portfolio, and it is like playing the lottery. If any one of your videos goes viral, you could find yourself with a tidy sum of money. This most likely won’t happen, but it is a possibility – like this video of a choreographed wedding proposal, which wasn’t monetized (still not monetized and over 13 million views :( ) and was picked up by the news media.
How much money can I make?
There are several factors that figure into how much money a channel makes. These include number of views, number of ad clicks and number of subscribers. PewDiePie made about $7 million. Some people only make enough to pay for their Internet. Good content that people want to see and share will make a difference, but dumb videos go viral at strange times.
Is it worth the trouble?
If you are uploading videos to the Internet anyway, YES! Once you have the account set up, monetization only takes a couple of extra clicks that you can do while waiting for the video to upload.
How do I monetize my YouTube account?
Watch one of these videos:
- Robot voice version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CpGtw7CqFc
- Indian English version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lQc2X8ZBYw
- Newest version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R25aC9HtRro