You may have heard stories about people making money on YouTube regularly and thought, “Hey, I can do that too!”. While earning thousands of dollars is probably not realistic, you can start making money quickly, especially if you have a strong customer base. Follow this guide to demonetize your videos and earn revenue from those YouTube ads.

1. Set up and create your YouTube channel

Your channel is your personal presence on YouTube. Each YouTube account has a channel attached to it. A YouTube account is similar to a Google account, and creating a YouTube account allows you to access other Google products such as Gmail and Drive.

Create your account or use your existing one. Add keywords to help people find your channel. You can add keywords by navigating to the Advanced section of your channel settings. Make sure your keywords are relevant to your content.

Your username can also work for or against you. If it is small, it is easier to remember, and the original, people will be more apt to remember you. However, if you are using an existing account, you can always change your username by editing on your Google+ account. Keep in mind, you can change your username only 3 times before you have to wait 90 days to change it again.

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2. Add content

Try to upload content that is high quality, and not super long. (This option may vary depending on what type of content you decide to upload) Try to upload regularly and be consistent with your upload.

Even if your content is not already great, keep it. Practice Makes Perfect. Try to make each video better than the last. You will learn often as you go.

Improve your content by using a better camera or using better editing software or techniques. Try to improve the way things are filmed. Use a tripod, have a friend help you or better illuminate your scenes. All this helps for a better end product which in turn helps you get a better audience. If you do not want to buy bright white light, you can sit near the sunny window, or outside.

By regularly uploading you can help keep the audience. If you add content to a regular schedule, people are more likely to subscribe and maintain that schedule as much as possible.

Be sure to tag your video with keywords that describe the content, as well as an eye-catching description. These will help make your videos public through YouTube search.

3. Get an audience

Building an audience is important to increase your monetization. To make any of the money, you need people to see your ads. There is no secret to getting more customers, just create the best content you can and they will come to you.

There are usually haters, so you have to ignore them. If you want to thrive, you have to be confident.
Keep uploading content and try to get people hooked. Send your videos to Twitter and Facebook. Share this with people. Distribute it elsewhere on the Internet. Subscribers are required to become partners.
Interact with your audience by answering comments and creating videos directly related to audience comments and questions. Connecting with your community will bring more members to that community. A good way to do this is a very simple, external shout.

4. Monetize your video

To start making money on your videos, you have to enable monetization. This means that you are allowing YouTube to advertise in your videos. It also means that you acknowledge that your video does not contain any copyrighted material.

Go to www.youtube.com and click on “My Channel” on the webpage.
Click on the link named “Video Manager” on the top bar.
Click on the channel and enable monetization.

5. Meet the requirements

In the last 12 months, you need at least 4,000 watch hours and 1000 subscribers to start making money.

You can demonetize the video as it uploads by clicking on the monetization tab and checking the “With demonetization ads” box.
To demonetize a video after it has been uploaded, open your video manager and click on the “$” sign next to the video you want to demonetize. Check the “Monetize with Ads” box.

6. Set up Google AdSense

You can set up Google AdSense on an AdSense website for free. Click on the Sign Up Now button to create your account. You must be 18 years or older to create your account. If you are younger than that, you will need an adult to help you.

You need either PayPal or a bank account and a valid mailing address as well as other information so that AdSense can verify who you are and to whom to send money. You only get a small amount per ad click and per view, but it increases over time. This is why it is important to have an audience.

7. Check your analytics

Once you have some videos online, monetized, and watched, you can see an analysis on how they are performing. Click the Analytics option in your channel menu. Here you can see estimated revenue, ad performance, video views, demographics, and more. Use these tools to see how your content is resonating with your audience. If you are finding that you are not attracting your users, then you can change your content or your marketing.

8. Market your videos elsewhere

Don’t just put your videos on YouTube! Start a blog, create a website, or post them on other videos or social media sites. The more views it gets, the better it will be. By sharing the link or embedding the video on the Internet, you are increasing the chances of it being viewed.

9. Become a YouTube Partner.

YouTube Partners are YouTube members who have monetized the video with a large number of viewers. Partners gain access to more content creation tools and can win prizes for the number of viewers they have. Partners also get access to a lot of community support and tips.
You can apply for a YouTube partnership at any time through the YouTube Partner page. To gain access to the most powerful companion programs, you will need 15,000 cumulative clock hours for your channel in the last 90 days.

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