How to Open a YouTube Channel & Collect
By Miguel Dos Anjos
You probably
already have a YouTube account. The next step is to upload videos, and develop
an audience. Once you have 4,000 watch hours in the last 12 months, and 1,000
subscribers you qualify to apply for monetization. As long as your channel
content is genuinely yours, not plagiarizing, or showing illegal content
YouTube will take you as a partner. Now you can start running ads from YouTube,
and mention products for specific companies, or sell your own products, and
collect money from all these sources.
4K Watch Hours, & 1k Subscribers
Reaching
4k watch hours, and 1k subscribers does take some time, but once you are
enrolled you do not need to keep meeting this threshold every year. As long as
you are not inactive for over 6 months YouTube will keep your channel open, but
for most people the start is the hardest since no one knows you. From 0 to 100
subscribers is harder than from 100 to 1,000, because there is now a base to
work with.
You
need to make a video once, and after that your video is available to be
watched, run ads, generate views, and give you profits for years to come. Many
YouTubers end up making YouTube their full time job. Some use the platform as a
part time, or a side hustle.
Here
you will be your own boss, you can upload one video a week, which may take 2 to
4 hours to make. You may also decide to put 1 video monthly, or daily. As long
as you are talking about something that is meaningful to you it will not feel
as a job, and you can actually enjoy what you will be doing. This creates
options for you, and your future.
Build an Audience
To grow your
audience quality content is key. As long as the content is entertaining, or
useful your channel will grow quickly.
There is no need
to go crazy spending hundreds, or thousands buying equipment, which may cost
from a few bucks to hundreds. The microphone, and camera you already have are
fine to start. Software can also be costly, but you can choose the free
options, especially to start, and see how you feel. You may also use YouTube
video editing as another way of improving videos.
Make a channel
that is visually appealing to stimulate clicks. Use attention calling
thumbnails to increase clicks on each video you upload. High quality, and high
resolution images are helpful. There are plenty of free webpages that offer
free images for you to use in case you will need those instead of doing head
talking videos.
Edit
your images using the software of your choice. Uploading videos consistently
that viewers like watching is ideal, once a week is a good pace, but you can do
every other day, or monthly. Do follow a schedule to help you stay on track. You
may, also create a welcome trailer for your channel page. Promote your videos
on social platforms to get it started.
Be the face of
your channel, and brand. It will help create trust for your viewers. Put your
picture on your profile instead of a logo.
To reach the: 4k
watch hours in the last 12 months, and 1k subscribers ask people to subscribe.
You may say it, or if you feel that’s intrusive you can edit it into your
videos, so viewers will read the message to like, and subscribe as they hear
you. By editing your call-to-action during your video, reminding your viewers
to subscribe may be less intrusive.
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