How To Create a Youtube Channel and Earn Money?

Mina Aryal

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8th November 2020, Kathmandu

Have you ever wondered how some youtubers are leading such lavish lives? Of Course you have! Don’t worry you have come to the right place. In this article, we will learn how to create a Youtube channel and earn money through it.

The popularity of Youtube is undeniable. With over 1.9 billion users, it carries a wide popularity amongst the internet users. The streaming time per day is over 1 billion hours and it’s huge!!!! If you are able to harness this popularity and appeal to the audiences, you can definitely earn money. How creating a youtube channel can help you boost your income in today’s money driven world is what we will talk about.

If you are wondering how to create a Youtube channel and make a substantial income off of it, Be patient and read along.

Before anything, first and the foremost thing you need to do is set up your own channel in Youtube. So, first let’s talk about how to do that in the following paragraphs.

Step By Step guide to create a Youtube Channel:

Create a Google Account
Goto Youtube and click on sign-in
Give your channel a name and brand identity
Select a Niche you are good at and start Uploading Quality Videos !

It’s that simple !!! Although you might want to be careful about the following things:

Video Quality
Target Audience
Niche
Content Structure
Upload Timing
Target Location

These are some of the things you need to consider for better results. Because trust me, there are several wannabe Youtubers who have tried but failed miserably; only a handful become successful.

Now, the main part ! How can you generate income from your Youtube Channel? Let’s dig deeper into that part now.

How to earn money from your Youtube Channel?

After completing the above steps and successfully uploading some videos, you now need to work on several aspects ranging from growing your audience and views as much as possible. After meeting a certain criteria, you can then work on earning money off your channel. There are several means and methods you can adopt to earn money from your channel. We have listed some of the most important ones in the points below. Be with us !

Let’s talk about Monetization in detail.

MONETIZATION:

Google has this amazing way of providing your channel with advertisements as soon as you become eligible for Google Adsense.But before that you need to meet certain criteria.

How to be eligible for Monetization?

To start monetization, your channel must have at least a 1000 subscribers and your channel must cross a 400 thousand hours of watch time in the last twelve months.

I know it sounds difficult for a beginner like you ! But don’t worry there are several SEO strategies that you can consider implementing. With that the traffic to your channel will slowly and surely grow.

How to set up the channel for monetization?

After you have been eligible for monetization, you can follow the following steps to monetize your channel:

Click on your profile icon and select Youtube Sudio from the list.
After that, select the Monetization option from the left panel.
Finally, click on the Start button to monetize your channel.

Now, you need to create a Google Adsense account, if you haven’t already. Connect the account with your channel . Done! You can now start making money.

Apart from the Google Adsense, there are several other measures to earn money from your channel as it keeps growing. Let’s talk about those methods in the points below.

AFFILIATE MARKETING:

Sign up for any affiliate marketing program. The brand or the company will give you a special discount code. You can then share the code with your followers and anytime your followers use that code to purchase something, you will receive a small amount of money.

BRAND SPONSORSHIP:

You must have seen the youtubers mentioning certain products in their videos. This is one of the best ways of earning money. The company contacts you for advertising or mentioning their product in your youtube channel. You will in return get a certain amount for doing so. In the beginning, it might be difficult to get the companies into doing that bit once you are into it , it becomes easier.

MERCHANDISE:

After your audience size reaches a considerable size and if they are willing to buy your merchandise then it could prove to be a great earning medium. The merchandise includes cups, shirts and so many other items.

Final Say:

These are some of the ways that can act as income generating means to the aspiring youtubers like you. While these means need a huge amount of patience , the end result can be amazing! So, why wait? Just select your niche and upload some amazing videos. You are one step closer to becoming a Youtube sensation. The money of course will follow !

Meanwhile, let us know in the comment section if you have any questions or feedback regarding this article.