How To Get Monetized On YouTube Without 1000 Subscribers

Your subscriber count doesn't matter.

You can still make money on YouTube.

But how is this possible?

The fact is most creators only think of the YouTube Partner Program.

This means you can now start monetizing your videos with ads...

and it's one of the lowest earning and slowest methods available.

The feeling of reaching YouTube Partner fades away fast. If you have a bad month for views, it can be very demotivating. This usually happens when people discover how hard it is to make money on YouTube.

But there's a cure for this feeling as a creator: diversifying your income.

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How Anyone Can Make Money on YouTube

 #1 - Offer Your Skills as a Service

You have value as a creator. Start acting like it.

If you don't have a digital product or course (yet), you could be overlooking the obvious skills many people wish they had...

which is every stage of content creation.

This includes thinking of video ideas, writing video titles, scripting, editing, making thumbnails, social media marketing, and so on.

Every creator learns these hard skills the more they click upload, but most people can get stuck at one or many of these steps.

But not you.

Think of your favorite parts of the process or the steps that you are best at and start DMing others in your community and circle of friends for inquires.

#2 - Brand Sponsors and Affiliates

Most creators think more views = more money.

But it's not that simple.

Brands don't sponsor creators because they want views.

They want what those views might lead to: Money.

Brands look at you as a marketing channel, but not all marketing channels perform the same.

Video A gets over 1M views but only sends 30 sales.

Video B gets only 20K views but sends 60 sales.

The brand now gets 2x the value because you as a creator know what your community will respond to and what best fits your audience.

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Your Channel is a Portfolio

heyDominik

Dominik is a social and creative-preneur (his words, not mine) who uses his channel to show you what's possible in leveraging your personal brand to make a living.

He specializes in helping you grow a brand on Instagram.

This is something many YouTubers take for granted.

Increasing reach can help with sponsorship eligibility, but a channel like this also shows how not every growth tactic is the same across all social media.

Roberto Blake

Roberto Blake helps creators and influencers build online businesses.

He's also a perfect example of diversifying your income streams.

Not only does he use brands sponsorships to make a living, but he also sells digital products such as a growth course for creators.

He doesn't focus on one revenue stream because if one magically disappeared one day, he could easily rely on the others he has built.

Devin Nash

Devin is an inspirational speaker in the gaming industry.

His longform content covers breakthroughs of all stages in self-mastery.

The full breakdowns offered in his videos have opened my eyes to new possibilities as a creator on more than one occasion.

If there's advice to be taken for going down the right path, it's definitely this.

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