Break it down for us. Is it getting harder to make an income this way?

I travel a lot and get myself in a lot of interesting situations. Sometimes I think I should be filming this shit and trying to make some loot but Youtube Marketing is not something I've really researched yet.

Any of you guys making serious bread this way?

EDIT: I think I spotted a thread on this here before but not finding it with a forum search.

How would you monetize it? Would it be a long time project - meaning, are you in it for building a "tribe" / following? I think if you can do that, then that's where the real money is at.

I have no first hand experience but there are ppl getting rich off youtube. If you can get a lot of views you can make a lot of money. I think its about 4 bucks / 1000 views.

I was considering starting some lets play videos but more as a hobby. Its tough to make money from that because there are a lot of ppl doing it and you cant always monetize them due to licensing bullshit.

Quote: (08-05-2013 12:05 AM)Staros Wrote:  

How would you monetize it? Would it be a long time project - meaning, are you in it for building a "tribe" / following? I think if you can do that, then that's where the real money is at.

Well, youtube is largely a traffic generation strategy, so the list of ways to monetize it would be virtually endless. It's just another way to pull people into a marketing funnel of some sort that happens to have an extremely broad and possibly-viral reach. Obviously something you'd want to sit down and plan out beforehand, though it could obviously evolve later on.

But I agree - building up a loyal audience would be the way to go. I do have a blog in this niche that I set up with about 10 articles and never got around to doing anything more with yet. Have already had quite a few people opt-in, and my plan was to build up a loyal readership I could sell my self-published books to - with some affiliate pitches thrown in from time to time but nothing major. If I was going to start video marketing, this is probably the site I would send traffic to.

I think it would require doing some test videos to see if people even liked my voice. Some people have that on-screen persona that people want to see video after video and others just don't.

Subscribed!

It's supposedly easy to rank in the top 10 for certain topics using a google video as opposed to a blog post.

But creating a good video vs. voice over while watching a power point, does present some hurdles, which is why I don't think a lot of bloggers or even legit businesses use it.

- lighting
- sound
- script and direction
- editing

By all means do it.

I'm interested in seeing the results

WIA

Quote: (08-05-2013 07:27 AM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

Subscribed!

It's supposedly easy to rank in the top 10 for certain topics using a google video as opposed to a blog post.

But creating a good video vs. voice over while watching a power point, does present some hurdles, which is why I don't think a lot of bloggers or even legit businesses use it.

- lighting
- sound
- script and direction
- editing

By all means do it.

I'm interested in seeing the results

WIA

Thanks for the encouragement, man. I could definitely see it being fun wandering around out here making videos as I infiltrate the local cultures and get in trouble. Would make for some easy opening with women too.

You should maybe consider buying one of those extremely handy and small Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras. I am considering one myself. In my opinion you can't beat it for its practicality and video quality for that kind of price. Just shipping now as well. People will think you are taking pictures with one of those in your hands.

Quote: (08-05-2013 04:59 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

Well, youtube is largely a traffic generation strategy, so the list of ways to monetize it would be virtually endless. It's just another way to pull people into a marketing funnel of some sort that happens to have an extremely broad and possibly-viral reach.

Exactly. You could use YouTube itself to make an income (without sending your traffic anywhere outside of youtube) but I don't have any experience with that.

However, I do have an information product that I sell and the vast majority of my traffic is from youtube. I used to be an opera singer and I created a product about how to sing opera (http://www.singoperanow.com) and I posted some free vids on my youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/singoperanow) and now I have a bunch of subscribers and passive income stream from people bouncing to my site and entering my sales funnel.

The thing to remember is that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine after google. So the traffic you can generate from it is MASSIVE if you approach it with a plan and with some love.

You can make 3-5K a month if your a Youtube partner with a good bulk of subscriptions and views. Elite Youtube heads are making 50-100K a month off Youtube. Someone like Jenna Marbels is doing fucking nice, people like the Young Turks are raking it in also but as a large news group I am sure their expenses are not cheap either.

Quote: (08-06-2013 04:30 AM)VincentVinturi Wrote:  

Quote: (08-05-2013 04:59 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

Well, youtube is largely a traffic generation strategy, so the list of ways to monetize it would be virtually endless. It's just another way to pull people into a marketing funnel of some sort that happens to have an extremely broad and possibly-viral reach.

Exactly. You could use YouTube itself to make an income (without sending your traffic anywhere outside of youtube) but I don't have any experience with that.

However, I do have an information product that I sell and the vast majority of my traffic is from youtube. I used to be an opera singer and I created a product about how to sing opera (http://www.singoperanow.com) and I posted some free vids on my youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/singoperanow) and now I have a bunch of subscribers and passive income stream from people bouncing to my site and entering my sales funnel.

The thing to remember is that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine after google. So the traffic you can generate from it is MASSIVE if you approach it with a plan and with some love.

Hey, I know who you are. We've pm'ed on the Warrior Forum and you actually gave me some advice when I was putting a site together for a client. I actually had a feeling you might be connected with the manosphere based on some of your posts over there. You still in BKK?

EDIT: If it clicks who I am, please don't mention my WF username in your reply. I try to keep those identities separate.

This is one the funniest videos I've ever seen. It has 71M+ views. I wonder how much they've made off it?









I want to setup a You Tube channel and record some events on the next DR event. Film crews for part of it, hidden cams for most, and have a local studio edit. I have the whole thing down in my head, just need some time and a few other members.

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1. Shane Dawson ($315,000 – 431 million views)
This 22-year-old Californian comic actor has three YouTube channels. The first one is the most popular, consisting his comedy skits and music video parodies. The second channel is a video blog (vlog) and a separate series called "Ask Shane”. The third one includes only videos taken from his iPhone. Targeting teenagers and young people, Shane provides sketch comedy in a teanage sort of way, acts different roles frequently in his own “highschool drama” and delivers a message or question, which is usually quite meaningful, at the end. By the way, I like watching him in different hair styles.

FRED IS DEAD! - Shane Dawson


2. The Annoying Orange ($288,000 – 349 mil views)
The Annoying Orange, which often publishs short videos under 2 minutes, starring a talking orange, is a comedy web series that takes place in a kitchen and is about talking fruit. It is funny and honest. Dane Boedigheimer is the mastermind behind the series and is also the voice of Orange.

Annoying Orange Wazzup - The Annoying Orange


3. Philip DeFranco ($181,000 – 248 mil views)
Philip Defranco, who began uploading clips while at university, provides parody and satirical content on his show, containing vlogs about various topics

Doda Elektroda has some huge…… - Philip DeFranco


4. Ryan Higa ($151,000 – 206 mil views)
Ryan Higa, the Hawaiian-born Japanese-American, makes comedy skits and is a video blogger. Ryan’s highlights are the “How to be Ganster” and “How to be Ninja” comedy videos. Similar to other YouTube moneymakers in the list, his channel is again another sketch comedy YouTube channel.

How to be Gangster - Ryan Higa


5. Fred ($146,000 – 200 mil views)
Lucas Cruikshank plays a character called "a lonely six year old named Fred" who uses his mom's video camera and posts videos on a YouTube channel. The character is so popular that there will be a Nickelodeon movie based on the Fred character. The channel seems to be targeted as a Children’s online TV channel

Fred Goes Swimming - Fred


6. Shay Carl ($140,000 – 192 mil views)
Shay is a 21 year-old Idaho radio DJ and comic posting his comedies on YouTube channel titled “Kalebnation”

Fat kid dies skateboarding!…..(almost) - Shay Carl


7. Mediocre Films ($116,000 – 159mil views)
Greg Benson created Mediocre Films initially for a sketchy comedy TV series called "Skip TV." The show lasted for one season, and now Benson makes low budget comedy videos for the web, published once a week

Retarded Policeman #1: Hi - Mediocre Films


8. Smosh ($113,000 – 154 mil views)
Smosh is the comedy duo of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla with their first shot to viral fame called "Pokemon Theme Music Video", which became YouTube's most viewed video in Spring 2006 and unfortunately was removed later due to copyright reasons.

Beef 'n Go - Smosh


9. The Young Turks – ($112,000 – 153 mil views)
It is a political talk show founded and hosted by Cenk Uygur that also airs on Sirius Satellite Radio. The show focus on politics with some news, pop culture and entertainment. Their vast viewership has proven that the Internet can be a viable broadcast platform

Woman Shows Face After Chimp Attack - GRAPHIC VIDEO - The Young Turks


10. Natalie Tran– $101,000
Natalie Tran, 24-year-old Vietnamese-Australian hot girl with adorable Australian accent, is the most subscribed to YouTube user in Australia. She uses her YouTube titled “Community Channel”, consisting vlogs and occasional comedy skits, like most others on this list, to discuss some of the day to day issues with Gen Y women but done with a clever dose of subtle humor and satire.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread...t651560623


Damn, that's a lot of views to make money. I think a group of us could pull it off and market in the Spanish speaking community. If the Brazilian elevator prank can draw 71M views, we could do more. Getting paid to do what we already are doing, and live somewhere cool.

Quote: (08-06-2013 07:44 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

Hey, I know who you are. We've pm'ed on the Warrior Forum and you actually gave me some advice when I was putting a site together for a client. I actually had a feeling you might be connected with the manosphere based on some of your posts over there. You still in BKK?

haha, small world! Yeah, I keep my online marketing business identity separate from my seduction stuff, too. It's better personal branding and less confusing for readers, clients etc.

Quote: (08-06-2013 07:44 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

EDIT: If it clicks who I am, please don't mention my WF username in your reply. I try to keep those identities separate.

Not clicking, so no worries. :-)

Quote: (08-06-2013 10:08 AM)Aliblahba Wrote:  

This is one the funniest videos I've ever seen. It has 71M+ views. I wonder how much they've made off it?

I want to setup a You Tube channel and record some events on the next DR event. Film crews for part of it, hidden cams for most, and have a local studio edit. I have the whole thing down in my head, just need some time and a few other members.

I've seen this before. Funny shit. They're lucky they didn't give someone a heart attack or get that little girl punched in the face though. I usually flail or strike out when I get frightened and have socked people in the face when they woke me up or startled me. This girl could have got hurt if she ran into someone like that.

Something like this:





Looking forward to your project. Sounds interesting.

What I like about YouTube campaigns are the possibilities for for making your own movie. And said movie can be used to expand your business. The sheer act of making a video would keep the rambling blogger crowd at bay.
What sets the bar higher than say, Wordpress, is the image. It takes time, resources, and a little talent to make a good video.
The ones most people are talking about are comedy videos. There must be some serious examples out there.

this may help you guys

Quote: (08-05-2013 02:55 AM)w00t Wrote:  

I have no first hand experience but there are ppl getting rich off youtube. If you can get a lot of views you can make a lot of money. I think its about 4 bucks / 1000 views.

I was considering starting some lets play videos but more as a hobby. Its tough to make money from that because there are a lot of ppl doing it and you cant always monetize them due to licensing bullshit.

I am pretty sure you are over-estimating the money per view.

There is no way someone with 1,000,000 just made $4,000,000.

I remember another thread where someone with experience said it was more like 1 penny per 1000 views.

Anyone know for sure?

Quote: (08-07-2013 07:41 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

Quote: (08-05-2013 02:55 AM)w00t Wrote:  

I have no first hand experience but there are ppl getting rich off youtube. If you can get a lot of views you can make a lot of money. I think its about 4 bucks / 1000 views.

I was considering starting some lets play videos but more as a hobby. Its tough to make money from that because there are a lot of ppl doing it and you cant always monetize them due to licensing bullshit.

I am pretty sure you are over-estimating the money per view.

There is no way someone with 1,000,000 just made $4,000,000.

I remember another thread where someone with experience said it was more like 1 penny per 1000 views.

Anyone know for sure?

Is this a typo?

Someone with 1,000,000 views would get $4,000 if it was $4/1,000 views.

4/1000 = x/1,000,000

1000x = 4,000,000

x = 4,000

Yeah, typo.

I am still under the impression that it is .01 per 1000 views not $4 per 1000 views.

Anyone know for sure?

I'm not sure what partners are actually making and people tend to bullshit that stuff.

YouTube as a marketing channel can be hit or miss, depending on the space, but I view it as one of many channels.

Trying to make money just from YouTube videos seems like way more work for the little reward you get, but if you feel like you have content people would want to see, go for it.

Here's an idea I had, let me know what you think:

Approach a girl on the street with the right "look". Ask her if she would do a brief promo for your product. Offer to pay her $10.00 on the spot and get her to sign a model's release (this may be the most difficult part). Shoot a brief video with a cheap digicam (which you carry around in your pocket) of her holding your product up saying:"I'm Marci and I do (product name)". String ten of these promos together and now you have a YouTube video! Edit anyway you want.

Advantages:
1)It's cheap.
2)You get hot babes to push your product
3)Pay her with a company check, get the release signed and you are legally protected.
4)Get her contact info, send her a copy, and you may have someone you can use for future promotions.

Problems:
1)Better have solid game. I will let you contemplate the results of a Herb trying this on a 9.
2)Approach the wrong girl and get the cops sicked on you.
3)Having a boyfriend, parent, etc. call you up later and say:"You pervert, stay away from her!".

Suggestions?

I was thinking about this again the other day...the real advantage of YouTube is when they allow anyone to start charging for premium content. Whether or not it has been announced, it's in the works, I can assure you.

The nice thing (depending on the cut they take) is that you won't have to worry about bandwidth limitations if your product/community does very well. Video bandwidth can get expensive quickly if you're dealing with thousands of users.

With that said, having even a semi-responsive channel/community of viewers is certainly an asset, now and downline.

If you have an idea, start shooting and testing things out. If I wasn't overwhelmed with clients and other projects, this (video production and community building) is probably where I'd be focusing some of my time.

Youtube CPMs for publishers are anywhere between $3 and $5 per 1,000 views for video ads, which is probably the best way to make money on Youtube without driving traffic outside of the site. It would take quite a bit of traffic to make significant money. 100,000 views would only make you $300-$500. So you would need to make great content and a lot of videos to make some cash on that.

Amount per views cost depends. I have about 500 recent views on one vid and made $1. SEO, pandering to stupid, tits, and lots of shitty facetime are the only ways to really make money on youtube steadily. Making suggestive yet useless videos is generally what most people do.

Quote: (08-09-2013 09:37 PM)Blackmagic Wrote:  

Youtube CPMs for publishers are anywhere between $3 and $5 per 1,000 views for video ads, which is probably the best way to make money on Youtube without driving traffic outside of the site. It would take quite a bit of traffic to make significant money. 100,000 views would only make you $300-$500. So you would need to make great content and a lot of videos to make some cash on that.

I've got an idea to run an reality YouTube show in the DR. Monthly operating costs will run around $2K, depending on how much movement is involved, but it will be based off the N. Coast. That's not including hiring a film crew now and again or professional editing. That stuff is cheap down there.Hardware cost might run another $4K, depending on the amount cameras required to cover the house, plus a quality digital video recorder, wireless mics, covert cams to wear. I'd pay for a consult with a production guru this, but I'm very knowledgeable with any hardware attached to a lens.

Members could come down and hangout on the cheap, but I need high energy personalities that are ready to go non-stop for 30 hours straight, and help setup complex pranks, play in a band, drink, chase pussy, pay locals to climb coconuts naked. Ideally though it'd be better to keep a regular crew. I think if we hit it hard, 3 months is enough time to get the footage to keep the channel going for awhile.

Giving some room for play, I'd say the evolution will run around $12K, and by black magics numbers stated above, will need 2M+ views to break even. Given what is on YouTube, that's really not that many, especially by posting quality shows on a consistent basis.

Once the ball gets rolling, other opportunities will present themselves. We could branch off in other directions to appeal to different demographics.