“How to monetize youtube videos” is this the question you are looking an answer for??
I’ve seen many People who are making millions from Youtube. But at the same time, there are some people who struggle in their life just to know how to monetize youtube videos!
If you have ever researched about the youtube Monetization ways on the Internet, the first method you must have come across is the Google Adsense. And I must say, it’s the best way you can monetize your videos with!
For those who don’t know about Google Adsense, it’s an advertising placement service by Google which lets you place ads on your youtube videos and make money when the ads are viewed and clicked.
To monetize your Videos by displaying ads, you first need to join Youtube Adsense partner program. Once you have been approved by Google for your channel monetization, then only you can monetize your videos with Google Adsense.
In this tutorial, I’ll give you a detailed specification on how to monetize youtube videos with Google Adsense. Also, I’ll walk you through some other ways of youtube monetization! So, let’s dive deeper into the tutorial to dig out some crucial information for Youtubers.
How to Monetize Youtube Videos 2017
Youtube monetization is not only about youtube partner program i.e. Google Adsense. However, the major chunk of my tutorial is going to cover the Youtube monetization through Google Adsense because it’s indeed the most prominent way for that.
But I’ll also cover how to monetize your youtube channel if your Youtube Adsense account is blocked. And believe me, all these ways are extremely legit and pays you real hefty sum!
Therefore, the below tutorial has been divided into two parts. In the first part, I’ll tell you how to monetize youtube videos with Adsense. While the second part is dedicated to teaching you the other ways on how to monetize youtube videos apart from Adsense. Let’s get started!
Part 1. How to Monetize Youtube Videos with Adsense
In order to monetize your Youtube videos with Google Adsense, your channel must have at least 10k views in total. If you fulfill that criteria, follow the below step to get started with Google Adsense.
Step 1. First of all, you need to go to your channel’s creator studio. So, once you are logged in to your Youtube account, click on Your profile icon at the top right corner. Once done, go to the Creator studio option.
Have a look at the below screenshot.
Step 2. Now when you are in the creator’s studio, click on the option Channel from the left-hand side. There, the second option you will see is Monetization. Just click on that option.
If you don’t see this option, just have a look at the left-hand side and the third option there is monetization. Below the monetization box, there is a little enable button. Just click on this button.
Step 3. On going to the monetization, you will see the following page.
As you can see in the below screenshot that the channel monetization status is given as,
Account status: Monetization not enabled
Now we need to apply for monetization. And in order to do that, we need to go through the four channel monetization steps.
Step 4. To start the process, click on the START button highlighted in the below screenshot. This step asks you to “Read and agree to the YouTube Partner Program terms” and agree to that.
So click on the START button to begin the process.
Step 5. On the next page, read all the terms and conditions carefully and click the check box for “I’ve read the terms and conditions” and click I accept
Step 6. With this, you are done with the first step and the red sign will turn out to be green. And the second step i.e Sign up for AdSense will get unblocked. Now click on START button next to this option.
I’ve grabbed a screenshot to make you understand this step better.
Step 7. In the next page, you will be asked to link your Adsense account to your Youtube channel if you already have an Adsense account. Else, you need to sign up for a fresh new Adsense account by filling the details.
To link your existing AdSense account with your Youtube channel, click Sign in and enter your credentials. And if you want to create a new account, click Create account and fill your correct details in the form. Once done, you will be redirected back to Youtube.
Step 8. In the third step, you need to set the monetization preferences that what types of ads you want to run on your videos. Once you are done with this step, just one last step is left i.e your Channel review.
Step 9. The fourth step is done by Youtube. After following the first three steps, Youtube reviews your channel as soon as the first 10k views are completed on your channel.
If you channel contains the original and genuine contents, follows the Youtube guidelines and policies, your channel gets approved by the Youtube for displaying ads. Usually, it takes up to 2-3 days to 1 week to receive the response from Youtube.
The approval email from Google looks like the below screenshot.
As soon as you have been approved by Google, you can monetize your videos and earn from them. The videos that are monetized, shows a green $ sign next to it. Similarly, the yellow $ has the different meaning.
You can know more about Youtube policies through their official support page. I guess now you have enough knowledge about how to enable monetization on youtube! Isn’t it??
But wait, before you follow above steps and create your Adsense account, you must know the youtube monetization rules. Because without having proper knowledge about Youtube Adsense guidelines for Youtube videos, you will soon get your Adsense account blocked.
Some of the Adsense monetization rules, you need to take care of are, the videos you post should be genuine and not copyrighted.
If videos you post on your Youtube channel contain nudity or sexual content, violent or graphic content, harmful or dangerous content, hateful content, threats, spam, misleading metadata, or scams, you will be immediately blocked by the Youtube.
Now let’s move to the second part of the “How to monetize youtube videos” tutorial! There, I’ll tell you some more ways for making money with your Youtube channel!
Part 2. Other Ways of Youtube Monetization:
So, I assume you have a well established Youtube channel and you have monetized it with Google Adsense. If you are making good money with Adsense, then it’s definitely a good thing.
But imagine the scenario, when you get up in the morning. And there is an email from Google saying “Your Account is suspended for invalid traffic or policy reasons”. Or something like “Your account is disabled due to invalid activity”.
What will you do then? Will you just abandon the channel right there and opt to start everything afresh? Or will you quit the idea of being a Youtuber?
Well, if you ask me, I won’t suggest anything as such! Instead, I’ll suggest you to stop relying upon Adsense for video monetization! There are various other ways that you can leverage for monetizing your Youtube videos. Let’s figure out what are those ways!
1). How to Monetize Youtube Videos with Affiliate programs
The first and very prominent way to make money from Youtube video after Google Adsense is Affiliate marketing. If you are a blogger and know about affiliate marketing and high-paying affiliate programs in blogging, you can understand it the same way on Youtube.
In blogging, we write about the products, its pros, cons, mention the buying affiliate link of that product there in the article. And ask our readers to buy the product from the given link in order to earn commission from the sales made.
The same thing works on Youtube as well. If you have a loyal viewers base on Youtube, you can review the products there and ask your viewers to buy the product from your affiliate link.
Affiliate marketing is the primary money making source for lots of big YouTubers even if there Adsense is enabled. But before reviewing any product on your Youtube channel, make sure the product you are reviewing is legit.
Because if you will do the biased reviews on your channel, your viewers will eventually lose faith in you and they won’t trust what you recommend. So keeping the trust of your subscribers, try affiliate marketing on your channel!
2). How to Monetize Youtube Videos with Sponsored contents
The second way for Youtube monetization is the sponsored videos. I assume you know the meaning of Sponsorship. This is a great way to make some good money from your channel.
Several big brands and companies contact the big Youtube channels with the large audience to promote their product or services to their channel. On behalf of that, they pay great amounts to the YouTubers.
If the paid content or the product you have been approached to publish on your channel is genuine and add value to your audience, you can take that offer and generate some great amount.
Most of the times, the companies pitch the YouTubers on their Own. But in case if you haven’t been contacted yet by any companies, you can yourself reach out to them and ask for the sponsorship.
3). How to Monetize Youtube Videos with Digital Product and service selling
If you are a business owner or an institution, Youtube can be a great money making platform for you. As we know, Youtube is the second largest search engine on the Internet after Google.
Every day, millions of people watch Youtube videos. If you are smart enough, you can leverage this platform for the marketing of your product or the digital services you offers.
To make money out of your Youtube channel, the only requirement you need to have is the viewership base. But keep in mind, unless you are a brand and has a big subscribers base, selling products on Youtube platform is next to impossible.
So the first thing you need to do is create an impact and faith on your audience and then promote your product and services.
4). How to Monetize Youtube Videos with Online Courses or Paid Content
The last way on how to monetize youtube videos is through paid content. I’ve seen several times, whenever people talk about the youtube monetization ways, they always forget including this method.
Youtube is one of the biggest media streaming platforms and it offers watching videos for free. But if you have noticed, there are some contents which require you to pay the subscription fees in order to play the video.
That’s Youtube Paid contents. If you have minimum 1000 subscribers on your Youtube channel, you are eligible for offering paid contents to your channel. This is a great money making way for you by offering any paid course or a unique series of videos.
Conclusion
So that’s it for How to monetize youtube videos in 2017!
I’ve tried my best to provide you with all the money making ways on Youtube and all the mentioned ways are real and legit methods. The first part is best suited for those who haven’t yet monetized their channel with Adsense.
And the second part is best for those, who have been blocked by Google Adsense and willing to know some more ways on how to monetize youtube videos!
Although, the second part of the tutorial is specially dedicated to the one who can’t make money by displaying the ads on the videos. But that doesn’t mean Youtube channels with Adsense account enabled can’t use these tricks.
In fact, big Youtuber don’t rely on just one method of youtube video monetization and making millions every month by using all the methods all together on their youtube channel to achieve that number.
I am hoping, this tutorial is going to be a handy resource for everyone who is seeking for different ways to monetize youtube videos! If I’ve missed out any method, feel free to tell me in the comment section below!