Do you think the only way to make money on YouTube is through ads? In this post I will show you why you are wrong. More of a visual person? Watch the YouTube video below, if you prefer things old school you can keep reading by scrolling down.

Show Me The Monetisation

Monetising (adding ads) to your video is a great way to make money from your YouTube videos but there are a couple of milestones you need to hit before you can enable monetisation. First you need at least 1000 subscribers, second you also need over 4000 minutes of overall watch time in the last 12 months. So the best option is to not rely on this but treat it as a bonus when your channel reaches that level.

Get Sponsored

Okay on to the other ways you can make money from your videos. There are two methods that I won’t go into in detail on as they are harder to relate to business channels. The first is sponsorship. This is basically where you feature another companies product in your video and they pay you for it.

Get Affliated

The second is affliate marketing. The gist is that you have an agreement with certain online stores. They give you a special link to their store and if your viewers use the link and buy products on the store you will get a cut of the sale. The problem with both of these methods is that you are sending your viewers to other peoples businesses rather than to your own.

Tell Me What To Do

Now, on to the big one. Use your calls to action. Once you have built up trust with your audience you can start sending them to your website to buy your products, to your mailing list to start them in your sales funnel or to your landing page to sell them your online course. The possibilities are endless. All these links can be added to your videos description and all you have to do is tell people what you want them to do. For example ‘Click on the link in the description to be added to our maliing list and get 5% off of your first order’ or ‘Have you found this video helpful but want to take it to the next level? Follow the link in the description to find out about my online training course which will take your business from X to X’.

That’s A Wrap

So you can you can make from YouTube by adding adverts to your videos, featuring products, adding affiliate links but by far the best way is to use your videos to guide people in to your sales funnel by using calls to action and linking in the videos description.

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