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How to Get YouTube Monetization (Complete Guide) — Transcript

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  1. 0:00So, you want to monetize your YouTube
  2. 0:01channel in 2025? Well, these next few
  3. 0:03minutes could be the difference between
  4. 0:04hobby and career. Or you could ignore
  5. 0:07all of this advice and spend the next 3
  6. 0:09years posting shorts about your cat.
  7. 0:11It's totally your call.
  8. 0:14Do I like cat videos?
  9. 0:17Yes.
  10. 0:19Anyway, today's video is going to cover
  11. 0:21all of the new monetization rules, the
  12. 0:24biggest mistakes keeping your channel
  13. 0:25stuck at, I'll take a guess, 147
  14. 0:28subscribers, and the three biggest moves
  15. 0:30that are going to help you get monetized
  16. 0:32faster. With all of that being said,
  17. 0:33let's just jump straight into it and
  18. 0:35break all of this down. How do you get
  19. 0:38monetized on YouTube in 2025? There are
  20. 0:41now two tiers of monetization. And yes,
  21. 0:44that is a little confusing, so I'll walk
  22. 0:45you through it. First up is tier one and
  23. 0:48it's a earlier access to monetization
  24. 0:50than what was previously available and
  25. 0:52it's otherwise known as the tip jar.
  26. 0:54This is where you unlock features such
  27. 0:56as super thanks, super chats, and
  28. 0:58channel memberships. Basically, at this
  29. 1:00stage, YouTube is giving you the tools
  30. 1:02to ask your audience to send you a
  31. 1:04little bit of money and say, "Good job,
  32. 1:06champ." And these are the requirements
  33. 1:08you need to reach for the first stage of
  34. 1:10monetization. First up, you'll need 500
  35. 1:12subscribers. And there is no time limit
  36. 1:14on how quickly or how slowly you get
  37. 1:16those 500 subscribers. You'll also need
  38. 1:18to publish three videos over a 90-day
  39. 1:21period, and I'm pretty sure that
  40. 1:23everybody can do that. But then we have
  41. 1:24the much harder requirements to achieve.
  42. 1:27You will need at least 3,000 watch hours
  43. 1:30in the last 12 months on your long form
  44. 1:32videos or 3 million shorts views over a
  45. 1:3690-day period. Now, I've tried to
  46. 1:38explain how watch time works for
  47. 1:40monetization a billion times on this
  48. 1:42channel, and people still don't seem to
  49. 1:43get it. So, I'm completely disowning any
  50. 1:46responsibility for it and handing it
  51. 1:48over to YouTube. What you need to do is
  52. 1:49go to the YouTube studio, either on your
  53. 1:51computer or mobile device. Navigate to
  54. 1:53the earn section and then you can scroll
  55. 1:56down to see how you're progressing
  56. 1:57through these monetization requirements.
  57. 1:59If you still don't understand it or you
  58. 2:00think the numbers are wrong, then take
  59. 2:02it up with YouTube. Capiche? Uh YouTube,
  60. 2:04can I ask you a question? Yes. It says
  61. 2:06here on my YouTube analytics page that
  62. 2:08I've got 3,000 hours of watch time. Yes.
  63. 2:11But on the monetization page, it only
  64. 2:12says I've got two and a half thousand
  65. 2:14hours of watch time. Yes. So, which is
  66. 2:16right?
  67. 2:18Yes. And I think this is the perfect
  68. 2:21spot to do a little bit of caring and
  69. 2:23sharing. So, I want you to post a
  70. 2:24comment on how many subscribers and
  71. 2:26watch hours or views you have on your
  72. 2:29journey towards monetization. And then I
  73. 2:31want you to reply to at least one other
  74. 2:33comment and say, "Keep creating. You've
  75. 2:36got this." Now, in terms of how much you
  76. 2:38make from all of these super chats,
  77. 2:40super thanks, and channel memberships,
  78. 2:42that is likely to be a challenge. That's
  79. 2:44mainly because your audience, relatively
  80. 2:46speaking, at this stage is still quite
  81. 2:48small. And persuading people to part
  82. 2:50with money to financially support you
  83. 2:52will be tough because you haven't
  84. 2:54established this trust and loyalty yet.
  85. 2:57So, don't quit your 9-to-five job just
  86. 3:00yet. I don't expect you'll be earning
  87. 3:02that much, but who knows? Maybe you are
  88. 3:04an infinitely better business person
  89. 3:06than I am. Next up is tier 2, and this
  90. 3:09is what everybody considers the real
  91. 3:11deal of making money on YouTube
  92. 3:13passively. Anyway, we're talking about
  93. 3:15YouTube premium and ad revenue, where
  94. 3:18every single view could result in you
  95. 3:20earning a few cents. And the best thing
  96. 3:22is you simply flick a switch and YouTube
  97. 3:24takes care of the rest along with 45% of
  98. 3:27the revenue. Anyway, you will need 1,000
  99. 3:29subscribers, again, no time limit on
  100. 3:30that. And then either 4,000 public watch
  101. 3:34hours over the past year, or 10 million
  102. 3:37shorts views in the past 90 days. Wait,
  103. 3:40what? Did you just say 10 million shorts
  104. 3:43views? Yes. Yes, I did. In 3 months?
  105. 3:47Well, more accurately, it's 90 days. Do
  106. 3:50you not think that's a little
  107. 3:51unrealistic?
  108. 3:53Yes.
  109. 3:55So, how do you pick your path? Which is
  110. 3:57easier? Long form content or YouTube
  111. 3:59shorts? If you're good at creating
  112. 4:01curiosity, building tension, raising
  113. 4:03stakes, having deep and meaningful
  114. 4:05conversations with your audience, then
  115. 4:07long form is probably the way to go.
  116. 4:09However, if you are fast, funny, and
  117. 4:11really good at grabbing somebody's
  118. 4:12attention in 2 seconds or less, or when
  119. 4:15you hate making thumbnails, then shorts
  120. 4:17might be where you want to go. But can
  121. 4:19creators do both? Yes, you can. And it's
  122. 4:22incredibly easy to get into the YouTube
  123. 4:24partner program as there are already 3
  124. 4:26million creators who are earning money
  125. 4:28from videos on YouTube. Well, it is a
  126. 4:31little tougher than what he says because
  127. 4:32they are very different creative
  128. 4:34disciplines. But no matter which path
  129. 4:36you take, there is one key thing to
  130. 4:38focus on. Make content people actually
  131. 4:40want to watch and a lot of it and then
  132. 4:43make even more of it. There are a few
  133. 4:44more bits of admin beyond general
  134. 4:46requirements, such as no community
  135. 4:47guideline strikes, setting up two-step
  136. 4:49verification on your channel and
  137. 4:51creating an AdSense account, but these
  138. 4:53are all things you achieve simply by
  139. 4:54following YouTube's rules, or can be
  140. 4:56done in 5 minutes. All right, then. Now,
  141. 4:58we get to the part nobody likes to
  142. 5:00admit. Why your stuck? And no, it's not
  143. 5:03because the algorithm is broken or
  144. 5:05YouTube is unfair. Isn't that right?
  145. 5:07Yes, we would never do such a thing.
  146. 5:13It's more likely because you're making
  147. 5:14at least one of these three critical
  148. 5:17mistakes. So, let's break them down and
  149. 5:19I'll give you some real examples to help
  150. 5:21you actually fix these issues. When I
  151. 5:23first started out on YouTube, I was as
  152. 5:25guilty as anybody else making this
  153. 5:27mistake. I just posted whatever I felt
  154. 5:29like. In one instance, I made a 6-minute
  155. 5:31video about unboxing a camcorder where
  156. 5:33the focus of a thumbnail was the
  157. 5:35commemorative coin that came with it.
  158. 5:37And you can guess what happened. Nobody
  159. 5:39watched it except for one person who
  160. 5:41wanted to know how much it was. Let me
  161. 5:44check.
  162. 5:50Yeah, still worth £5. Let me tell you
  163. 5:52why that happens. We're too emotionally
  164. 5:54attached to our own ideas. We blindly
  165. 5:57assume that if I care, then everybody
  166. 6:00else will care as well. But YouTube
  167. 6:02doesn't work that way. It serves the
  168. 6:04audience first. It cares about what
  169. 6:06viewers want and viewers care about what
  170. 6:08helps them, what entertains them, what
  171. 6:10inspires them, what motivates them. And
  172. 6:12it's what the creators usually been
  173. 6:14talking about for the last 100 videos or
  174. 6:17so. I mean, sure, maybe there are some
  175. 6:19people, a small number of people who are
  176. 6:22interested in that camcorder and that
  177. 6:24coin, but should I get upset when the
  178. 6:27video gets only 244 views over 12 years?
  179. 6:31No. So, what's the fix? where you find
  180. 6:33where your passion overlaps with
  181. 6:36audience demand. Use search tools from
  182. 6:39Vid IQ. Have a look at the trending
  183. 6:41topics. Dig into the comments of the big
  184. 6:44channels and what they're talking about.
  185. 6:46Hunt for patterns and try to avoid going
  186. 6:48for that one really big idea. Instead,
  187. 6:51be specific so you can relate to a very
  188. 6:54targeted audience. For example, instead
  189. 6:56of an idea and a title which is along
  190. 6:58the lines of why I love journaling, try
  191. 7:01this. When you're more intentional, you
  192. 7:03can turn videos into series, not just
  193. 7:06one-offs. And that way, you can easily
  194. 7:08attract new viewers who share the same
  195. 7:11interests each time, even though it's
  196. 7:13technically the same topic. The big
  197. 7:15takeaway is this. It isn't about
  198. 7:17abandoning your passions. It's more
  199. 7:20about reframing them for the benefit of
  200. 7:23the viewer. Ask yourself these
  201. 7:24fundamental questions every time you
  202. 7:26start to plan a video. Why would
  203. 7:29somebody click this? what's in it for
  204. 7:31them? Am I making this because I want to
  205. 7:33express myself or because I want to
  206. 7:35help, inspire, or entertain someone
  207. 7:38else? And once you are able to flip that
  208. 7:40reframing switch, you go from a hobbyist
  209. 7:43shouting into a void to a creator
  210. 7:46building an audience. But there is
  211. 7:48another concept that we can too easily
  212. 7:50misunderstand. What do you think if I
  213. 7:53give you the advice to post
  214. 7:55consistently? you probably take it
  215. 7:56literally and assume that uploading 30
  216. 7:59videos in 30 days is the way forward.
  217. 8:01Well, if you do do that, this is how
  218. 8:03that roller coaster is probably going to
  219. 8:06unfold. Hey guys, welcome to my channel.
  220. 8:08Don't forget to subscribe. This is day
  221. 8:10one of my ultra amazing super blog.
  222. 8:12Let's do this. Like, smash go. Hey guys,
  223. 8:15welcome back to my channel. It is day
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  225. 8:20forget to subscribe. I'm going to show
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  227. 8:26Let's do this.
  228. 8:28Make sure to like the video. Hey guys,
  229. 8:30welcome back to my channel. It's day 30.
  230. 8:34Still nobody has subscribed yet and I've
  231. 8:37run out of things to say. So, here's my
  232. 8:39dog Jasper who's uh so bored by me that
  233. 8:44he's basically licking himself.
  234. 8:47Like the video, maybe. Guess what
  235. 8:49happens? Not much. Except your
  236. 8:52viewership doesn't grow. They tire of
  237. 8:54what you're doing, and so do you. Here's
  238. 8:57why this happens. We buy into an
  239. 8:59outdated myth that the algorithm rewards
  240. 9:02those who post the most videos. But
  241. 9:04YouTube isn't just counting video
  242. 9:06uploads. It's far more interested in how
  243. 9:09people react to those uploads. If you
  244. 9:11post 10 sloppy videos, all you're doing
  245. 9:14is reaffirming the algorithm's attitude
  246. 9:17to your videos that they're simply meh
  247. 9:19when it comes to what the audience
  248. 9:21thinks of them. So, what is the fix to
  249. 9:23this? Shift from more videos to better
  250. 9:27videos. Now, I do need to clarify this
  251. 9:29statement because I'm a big supporter of
  252. 9:31making a ton of videos when a creator
  253. 9:34first starts on YouTube to learn fast.
  254. 9:37In my opinion, nothing beats experience.
  255. 9:40But there does come a point where you
  256. 9:42need to create a little less and think a
  257. 9:45little more about the types of videos
  258. 9:47you're making. And I think this is
  259. 9:49pretty much the exact inflection point.
  260. 9:52When you do seriously want to monetize
  261. 9:54your channel, you need to create
  262. 9:57smarter, not work harder. Instead of
  263. 10:00asking yourself, "How many videos can I
  264. 10:02crank out this week?" Ask yourself, "How
  265. 10:04can I make the next video a little
  266. 10:06better than my previous video?" In
  267. 10:08reality, that could mean one solid video
  268. 10:11upload every week instead of two which
  269. 10:13you rush it. It gives you a chance to
  270. 10:14focus on certain aspects of your
  271. 10:17content, be it thumbnail design,
  272. 10:19scripting, talking in front of camera
  273. 10:21and try and improve those techniques and
  274. 10:24double down on the content that's
  275. 10:26actually working on your channel. So,
  276. 10:27what you're saying is I should make more
  277. 10:29consistent content. Yes, but more
  278. 10:32doesn't actually mean more. Yes. And
  279. 10:36less means more. Yes. What don't you
  280. 10:39understand? So yeah, consistency
  281. 10:41matters, but not if it turns you into a
  282. 10:44human content machine just spitting out
  283. 10:46videos that nobody ever finishes
  284. 10:47watching. But speaking of watching
  285. 10:49videos, what if your viewers don't even
  286. 10:51do that? You can make the best video in
  287. 10:53the world with perfect lighting, spoton
  288. 10:55editing, and the wisdom of 10 TED talks,
  289. 10:58but if nobody clicks on it, it's
  290. 11:01invisible. And if they do click on it,
  291. 11:02but leave after 20 seconds if it's not a
  292. 11:06YouTube short, that's even worse. So,
  293. 11:08how would you know this is happening?
  294. 11:10Well, you need to base your evidence off
  295. 11:12of real data. And where can you get that
  296. 11:15data? The YouTube studio. By now, in
  297. 11:17your YouTube journey, you've probably
  298. 11:19heard of these two terms already. CTR or
  299. 11:21click-through rate tells YouTube, "All
  300. 11:23right, people are interested." And then
  301. 11:25watch time and average view duration
  302. 11:27tells YouTube, "Yeah, they're sticking
  303. 11:29around, too. This must be good." So, if
  304. 11:31both are high, yeah, let's recommend
  305. 11:33this more. And both are low, nope. So,
  306. 11:36how do you end up losing points in this
  307. 11:38area? Well, there are a bunch of fails
  308. 11:40that affect click-through rate and watch
  309. 11:42time. Let's say you title your video
  310. 11:44packing tips for travel.
  311. 11:48But now, let's change it to 10 packing
  312. 11:50mistakes that ruined my trip. Oo. Now,
  313. 11:54let's say the video title is how I saved
  314. 11:57$1,000 traveling. But the hook of the
  315. 11:59video goes along the lines of this. Hey
  316. 12:00guys, welcome back to my amazing super
  317. 12:03travel blog. I'm still waiting for my
  318. 12:04first subscriber, but I've just been on
  319. 12:06the most amazing adventure going to
  320. 12:08Disney World for just $500. All the
  321. 12:11parks, all the rides. What a budget.
  322. 12:14Can't wait to tell you about it. But
  323. 12:15first, a little bit of a life update.
  324. 12:19This ain't it, Chief. Or how about this
  325. 12:21one? Your thumbnail screams I quit my
  326. 12:24job. But in actuality, the video is
  327. 12:26about you thinking about quitting your
  328. 12:28job because you hate your boss and you
  329. 12:30wish you had financial freedom. In that
  330. 12:32instance, people will feel clickbaited,
  331. 12:34tricked, they'll bounce, and YouTube
  332. 12:36learns. Yeah, this is just annoying
  333. 12:39viewers. I'm not going to send anyone
  334. 12:40else to this video. The bottom line is
  335. 12:42it's not just about getting views. It's
  336. 12:45getting views that stick. And if you are
  337. 12:48still here, which obviously you are 13
  338. 12:51minutes into the video, then I've
  339. 12:53accomplished my mission of educating,
  340. 12:56inspiring, and maybe entertaining you.
  341. 12:59But anyway, now that we've covered all
  342. 13:01of the big important mistakes, it's time
  343. 13:03to get to the good stuff. The three
  344. 13:06moves that are going to help push you
  345. 13:08over the monetization line. These are
  346. 13:10things I wish someone had tattooed on my
  347. 13:13forehead because there's plenty of space
  348. 13:15up there when I first started my
  349. 13:17channel. And of course, they would have
  350. 13:19had to have been tattooed in reverse and
  351. 13:21I would have had to have looked at a
  352. 13:23mirror. This is getting complicated,
  353. 13:25isn't it? Anyway, random uploads do not
  354. 13:28get you monetized, but repeatable
  355. 13:31formats do. This is where we start
  356. 13:33looking for evidence, proof of
  357. 13:35successful concepts. So look at your
  358. 13:37last 10 videos on your channel. Which
  359. 13:40ones got even a small spark of traction?
  360. 13:43And if you don't have enough content
  361. 13:44yet, then study the three channels in
  362. 13:47your niche that inspire you. What are
  363. 13:49you seeing that works well? Tutorials,
  364. 13:51challenge videos, reactions, opinions,
  365. 13:53listicles. Where you find success, be it
  366. 13:56on your own channel or others, double
  367. 13:59down. What you want to do is make it
  368. 14:01your content pattern. And why is that?
  369. 14:06You know what? This is good content and
  370. 14:10it's predictable. I know that if I show
  371. 14:12this to viewers who've watched content
  372. 14:15on this channel before, they're likely
  373. 14:17to watch this new stuff. A viewer
  374. 14:18basically wants to know, if I subscribe
  375. 14:21to a channel, am I going to be served up
  376. 14:23more of what I like? So, let's say your
  377. 14:255minute craft reviews got two times the
  378. 14:28views you normally get. Don't wait. Turn
  379. 14:30that into a series. Make a 5minute craft
  380. 14:33reviews kitchen edition. Make a five
  381. 14:35minute craft reviews disaster edition.
  382. 14:37What you want to do is own that lane on
  383. 14:41YouTube. And all of this naturally leads
  384. 14:43into the second strategy. You don't just
  385. 14:45need one good video. You need a domino
  386. 14:48effect. If someone watches one of your
  387. 14:50videos, what's pulling them into the
  388. 14:52next. You want to give the viewer
  389. 14:53options and reasons to stay on your
  390. 14:55channel as long as possible. So, how do
  391. 14:58you do that? Well, the most natural way
  392. 15:00is the end screen. If a viewer has
  393. 15:02reached the end of one of your videos,
  394. 15:04the chances are you satisfied them and
  395. 15:05they're willing to watch more. So, give
  396. 15:07a viewer a very clear, a very
  397. 15:09intentional, and single reason to watch
  398. 15:13another video that you're going to point
  399. 15:14towards. Engaged viewers often delve
  400. 15:17into the comments, too. And you have the
  401. 15:19power to pin a comment at the very top
  402. 15:22of this conversation. So, again, this
  403. 15:24gives you an opportunity to provide a
  404. 15:26link to another video that you think
  405. 15:28they will enjoy watching. And you can
  406. 15:30organize videos into a playlist, but one
  407. 15:32of these super hacks is to take all of
  408. 15:34these videos and stitch them into one
  409. 15:37mega video. So instead of a playlist of
  410. 15:39six videos, where there is friction
  411. 15:41moving from one video to the next, you
  412. 15:43bundle all of those videos together and
  413. 15:45they just flow naturally one into the
  414. 15:47next. This is a fantastic way to
  415. 15:50introduce new viewers to your channel
  416. 15:52because you give them a ton of content
  417. 15:55and a ton of value all at the same time.
  418. 15:58The longer people stay on your channel
  419. 16:00and on your content, the more YouTube is
  420. 16:02going to think, "Yes, I'm pretty sure I
  421. 16:05know which viewers watch this content
  422. 16:07now. So, let's keep serving them these
  423. 16:10videos and find some more similar
  424. 16:12viewers, too." So many creators focus on
  425. 16:14trying to get that one viral hit. But in
  426. 16:17truth, your goal as a creator should be
  427. 16:20to create many entry points into your
  428. 16:22entire library of content. Now then,
  429. 16:24here's what separates channels with
  430. 16:26views from creators with momentum. It's
  431. 16:30not just about posting videos. It's
  432. 16:32about building a community. When most
  433. 16:34creators here engage with your audience,
  434. 16:37they just think, "Yeah, I'll a few
  435. 16:39comments and then I'll get back to my
  436. 16:40editing." But here's the deal. The
  437. 16:42fastest growing creators, especially the
  438. 16:45small ones, when they adopt this
  439. 16:46philosophy, is treating their audience
  440. 16:49as people and not simply numbers in the
  441. 16:52YouTube studio. And why does this
  442. 16:54matter? It's because it tells YouTube
  443. 16:56two important things. This creator is
  444. 16:59active and they're here to build a real
  445. 17:02channel. And this audience is invested.
  446. 17:04They're sticking around. They're
  447. 17:06participating. And the second one in
  448. 17:08particular,
  449. 17:09that is magic. This is the very reason
  450. 17:12why I asked you more than 10 minutes ago
  451. 17:14to post in the comments where you are in
  452. 17:16your monetization journey, but also to
  453. 17:19encourage other creators who are on that
  454. 17:21very same journey. When viewers start to
  455. 17:23feel like they matter, they don't just
  456. 17:24watch the content. They comment, they
  457. 17:27share, they binge your backlog. They
  458. 17:29come back in the future when the creator
  459. 17:31posts more content. And yes, even some
  460. 17:34of them may donate a little bit of cash
  461. 17:36to you through super thanks and super
  462. 17:38chats. In short, they the viewers, your
  463. 17:41community become part of your momentum.
  464. 17:44So, how do you, the creator, make use of
  465. 17:47this? Well, when you publish a video,
  466. 17:49reply to those early comments. This is
  467. 17:51especially important when you're a small
  468. 17:53channel because every comment is gold.
  469. 17:55And when you reply to comments, don't
  470. 17:57just acknowledge them with a thanks that
  471. 17:59can't go anywhere. Get involved in the
  472. 18:01conversation. Ask them a question back.
  473. 18:03People are way more likely to comment
  474. 18:05when they see you showing up in the
  475. 18:07comments as well. You can even ask
  476. 18:09questions directly to your viewers in
  477. 18:11your videos. I suggest doing this in the
  478. 18:13first minute or two and make the
  479. 18:15question relatively easy to answer, but
  480. 18:17also open-ended so that you get a unique
  481. 18:20response from each viewer. I promise
  482. 18:22you, this call to action is infinitely
  483. 18:24more valuable than asking your viewers
  484. 18:26to simply like and subscribe. With a
  485. 18:28question, you're giving the viewer a
  486. 18:30reason to engage with the content. When
  487. 18:32you invite conversation, you get better
  488. 18:34signals from YouTube and you get an
  489. 18:36understanding of your audience on what
  490. 18:38to make next. I cannot stress this
  491. 18:40enough. Use the community tab. Post one
  492. 18:44thing a day. It only takes five minutes.
  493. 18:47This helps you engage with your
  494. 18:49audience, your community, when you're
  495. 18:51hard at work making your next video. And
  496. 18:53it's an extension of your social
  497. 18:55presence on the platform. It's mini
  498. 18:57moments of education, inspiration,
  499. 19:00motivation. Whatever you do in your
  500. 19:03videos, you can just remind people every
  501. 19:05single day that you're around helping
  502. 19:08the viewer on their own journey. And
  503. 19:10this is also a huge one, especially for
  504. 19:12smaller channels. Show audience input in
  505. 19:16your future videos. If someone does drop
  506. 19:18a great idea in the comments, then shout
  507. 19:20them out in your next video. As a quick
  508. 19:22example, thanks Sarah for that fantastic
  509. 19:25suggestion in the comments. Here's what
  510. 19:26you asked for. Or a bunch of you
  511. 19:28requested this topic. Let's break it
  512. 19:30down. It makes people feel seen and
  513. 19:33heard, and they're more likely to stick
  514. 19:34around. And then, of course, you can go
  515. 19:36beyond YouTube. You can connect, learn,
  516. 19:38and converse with like-minded people in
  517. 19:41your community through Discord, Reddit,
  518. 19:43Facebook groups. Why does any of this
  519. 19:46work? Well, think of it this way. Would
  520. 19:48you, as a viewer, rather invest in a
  521. 19:51creator that simply talks at you or one
  522. 19:54that makes you feel part of a shared
  523. 19:57journey? The algorithm will try its best
  524. 19:59to surface your videos to viewers, but
  525. 20:02you're responsible for cultivating a
  526. 20:04community that keeps them there. So,
  527. 20:06what he's saying is that treating
  528. 20:08viewers like humans and not numbers
  529. 20:11actually works for the final time.
  530. 20:16Yes. Right.
  531. 20:18So, can you like and subscribe to my
  532. 20:20super amazing blog? No. So, let's answer
  533. 20:23the real question. YouTube monetization.
  534. 20:26How long will it take? You have probably
  535. 20:28seen creators brag about how they hit
  536. 20:311,000 subscribers in 28 days. Cool.
  537. 20:34YouTube is so big and so diverse and so
  538. 20:37many people are starting channels every
  539. 20:39single day that some of them will hit
  540. 20:42the jackpot on their first uploads. But
  541. 20:44for most of us, it's a slow and
  542. 20:46deliberate climb. And that's okay as
  543. 20:49well. For you, it might take 30 days,
  544. 20:51but it also might take 300 days and a
  545. 20:55thousand coffees and an existential
  546. 20:57crisis. None of this means that you're
  547. 20:58failing. It means that you're learning,
  548. 21:01training, working hard. Every upload
  549. 21:05is a rep. Every comment is feedback. And
  550. 21:08every click is progress. The only real
  551. 21:12way you lose on YouTube and never get
  552. 21:14monetized is if you quit. And here's the
  553. 21:17good news. If you are genuinely
  554. 21:19committed to improving with every video
  555. 21:22and thinking about the videos people
  556. 21:24want to watch, you will grow. I
  557. 21:28guarantee it. But here's the thing. I
  558. 21:30know exactly what you're thinking right
  559. 21:32now. You've ignored everything I've just
  560. 21:34said over the last 30 seconds and you're
  561. 21:37fixated on the channels I say can get
  562. 21:40monetized in less than a month. So, here
  563. 21:42is your clear, intentional call to
  564. 21:45action. If you want to get your channel
  565. 21:47monetized as fast as possible, watch
  566. 21:50this right now.

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