Famous User: Earn Monny

<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">You’ve probably heard stories about regular people earning money on YouTube and thought, “Hey, I can do this too!”. While earning thousands of dollars probably isn’t realistic, you can start earning money quickly, especially if you have a strong subscriber base. Follow this guide to get your videos monetized and start earning revenue off of those YouTube ads.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">on YouTube. Each YouTube account has one channel attached to it. A YouTube account is the same as a Google account, and </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-YouTube-Account" style="background-color: white; color: #336633; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Make a YouTube Account">creating a YouTube account</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> will grant you access to other Google products, such as Gmail and Drive.</span><br />
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<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Even if your content isn't great at first, keep at it. Practice makes perfect. Try to make each video better than the last. You will often learn as you go.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Improve your content by either using a better camera or trying better editing software or techniques. Also try to improve the way things are filmed. Use a tripod, have a friend help you or light your scenes better. It all helps for a better end product which in turn helps you get a better audience.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">By uploading regularly you can help hold an audience. People are more likely to subscribe if you add content on regular schedule, and maintain that schedule as much as possible.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Make sure to tag your videos with key words that describe the content, as well as an eye-catching description. These will help drive people to your video from YouTube searches.</li>
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<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Keep uploading content and try to get people hooked. Send your video out on Twitter and Facebook. Share it with people. Distribute it elsewhere on the internet. Subscribers are essential to becoming a partner.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Interact with your viewers by responding to comments and making occasional videos directly related to viewer comments and questions. Connecting with your community will bring more members into that community.</li>
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<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">You can monetize a video as it uploads by clicking the Monetization tab and checking the “Monetize with Ads” box.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">To monetize a video after it has been uploaded, open your Video Manager and click the “$” sign next to the video that you want to monetize. Check the “Monetize with Ads” box.</li>
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