ericplotz1
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This is a method I've been making money with YouTube with for quite some time now. I make $1k-$2k a month on autopilot with videos and affiliate offers reviewing the products.
This method is pretty straight forward and doesn't need much knowledge.
First part is to understand why users search YouTube. List reasons users may search YT. Keep it general and not to specific. The "how to" category is an easy target. Any tricks you know are an asset and able to be shared on YT and a product referred.
For example, I've done this with Amazon in the past and "laundry cleaning" videos that answer specific queries, use a video to show the process, and leave a link to a discounted product. One good example is a white fitted baseball cap that had a dirt smudge on it. I used a specific brand of tooth brush and all-natural baking soda. Plus other ingredients. The tooth brush and the brand of baking soda were my "secret weapon" though, and I left the link in the description of the video.
This video made me a few hundred dollars a month in Amazon commissions, and adsense (listed the products on my site) just from the one video. It got up over 100k views before the depression (my channel being screwed) lol.
So here's the step by step method.
1. YouTube keyword analysis and picking a niche. I use a proprietary software but there are tools all over the web. Just google it and search IM forums.
2. Find products from any affiliate platform that fits your niche.
3. Create a YouTube video longer than 5 minutes. I'm big into purchasing software for IM (SEO tools, spinners, social media bots) and making money programs, reviewing them while recording my screen with audio, and doing a review. Most vendors will give you free copy of the product if you request. I also clip in screen shots of earnings and have become accustomed to editing in Adobe Premier to make my videos more appealing. But nothing fancy.
4. Optimize description and title for keywords. I also correct the captions if they're really bad, because I usually have light music playing in the background and it tends to screw with my vocals.
Here's where the method differentiates. If you know how to build a YouTube channel legitimately and get it ranking videos in the beginning, then great and you don't need the rest of this method. But for most of us that have no clue, other than promoting through social channels, this next part is for you.
5. Inflate your YT videos with likes, comments, views, and shares/playlist adds. You're gonna have to do your own homework here. I have my process and sellers I deal with and you're going to have to refine yours. Anyhow, it's never wise to put all of your eggs in one basket, especially when using methods like this. Primarily I inflate no more than 3 videos per channel. I have approx. 10 videos on a channel but only inflate the 3 I want to drive traffic to.
Then I create a new channel and repeat the process all over again with different offers.
WARNING
You dont EVER want to inflate videos on one channel (that's the reason my channel was "screwed" as said above). inflating views are never 100% safe, but seem to be working right now. Trust me I lost a money maker a couple years ago. Just don't inflate one channel and you wont lose everything. This isn't a method to set and forget, but if you do it right you can make some money. I have about 300 videos floating YT that make me in between $0.10 and $20 each every day. Little simple 5 minute videos that a lot of the time rank on the first page of YouTube results.
Another trick is making sure the URL to the offer is AT THE TOP OF THE DESCRIPTION and hyperlinked like
I would advise cloaking your links with a subdomain redirect, which is what I do and you can still add the http:// to the subdomain like this:
And then setup a redirect to the offer.
Anyhow the URL in the top of the description makes the link show up on the YouTUbe results page and you get a higher CTR. Check the top video (it's no mine) here:
I get a ton of referrals and conversions that have a log query string like this and indicates its coming from the actual results page and didnt even click on my video:
So this is a pretty straight forward method. If you want to rank the videos in the SEs, depending on niche you could use some SEO tools and rank the video in the SERPs too, but thats for another tutorial.
Anyone can do this. If you launch a video a day, you can be making bank in a year.
I also have my legit channel where I don't inflate videos, but it doesn't make me near as much money. But I don't want to be at a complete loss if YT does another update.
Cheers
This method is pretty straight forward and doesn't need much knowledge.
First part is to understand why users search YouTube. List reasons users may search YT. Keep it general and not to specific. The "how to" category is an easy target. Any tricks you know are an asset and able to be shared on YT and a product referred.
For example, I've done this with Amazon in the past and "laundry cleaning" videos that answer specific queries, use a video to show the process, and leave a link to a discounted product. One good example is a white fitted baseball cap that had a dirt smudge on it. I used a specific brand of tooth brush and all-natural baking soda. Plus other ingredients. The tooth brush and the brand of baking soda were my "secret weapon" though, and I left the link in the description of the video.
This video made me a few hundred dollars a month in Amazon commissions, and adsense (listed the products on my site) just from the one video. It got up over 100k views before the depression (my channel being screwed) lol.
So here's the step by step method.
1. YouTube keyword analysis and picking a niche. I use a proprietary software but there are tools all over the web. Just google it and search IM forums.
2. Find products from any affiliate platform that fits your niche.
3. Create a YouTube video longer than 5 minutes. I'm big into purchasing software for IM (SEO tools, spinners, social media bots) and making money programs, reviewing them while recording my screen with audio, and doing a review. Most vendors will give you free copy of the product if you request. I also clip in screen shots of earnings and have become accustomed to editing in Adobe Premier to make my videos more appealing. But nothing fancy.
4. Optimize description and title for keywords. I also correct the captions if they're really bad, because I usually have light music playing in the background and it tends to screw with my vocals.
Here's where the method differentiates. If you know how to build a YouTube channel legitimately and get it ranking videos in the beginning, then great and you don't need the rest of this method. But for most of us that have no clue, other than promoting through social channels, this next part is for you.
5. Inflate your YT videos with likes, comments, views, and shares/playlist adds. You're gonna have to do your own homework here. I have my process and sellers I deal with and you're going to have to refine yours. Anyhow, it's never wise to put all of your eggs in one basket, especially when using methods like this. Primarily I inflate no more than 3 videos per channel. I have approx. 10 videos on a channel but only inflate the 3 I want to drive traffic to.
Then I create a new channel and repeat the process all over again with different offers.
WARNING
You dont EVER want to inflate videos on one channel (that's the reason my channel was "screwed" as said above). inflating views are never 100% safe, but seem to be working right now. Trust me I lost a money maker a couple years ago. Just don't inflate one channel and you wont lose everything. This isn't a method to set and forget, but if you do it right you can make some money. I have about 300 videos floating YT that make me in between $0.10 and $20 each every day. Little simple 5 minute videos that a lot of the time rank on the first page of YouTube results.
Another trick is making sure the URL to the offer is AT THE TOP OF THE DESCRIPTION and hyperlinked like
Code:
http://youraffiliateoffer.com
Code:
http://sub.domain.com
Anyhow the URL in the top of the description makes the link show up on the YouTUbe results page and you get a higher CTR. Check the top video (it's no mine) here:
I get a ton of referrals and conversions that have a log query string like this and indicates its coming from the actual results page and didnt even click on my video:
Code:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+get+alot+of+this+and+that
Anyone can do this. If you launch a video a day, you can be making bank in a year.
I also have my legit channel where I don't inflate videos, but it doesn't make me near as much money. But I don't want to be at a complete loss if YT does another update.
Cheers