How To Make $100,000 A Year on YouTube (Earn 10k A Month With A Small Channel)

1. Introduction to Making Money on YouTube
2. Effective Strategies for Making Money on YouTube
3. AdSense - The Common but Worst Way to Make Money on YouTube
4. Affiliate Marketing on YouTube as a Revenue Stream
5. Brand Deals - Monetizing Your YouTube Channel
6. Using YouTube as a Traffic Source for Maximum Revenue
7. FAQ

Introduction to Making Money on YouTube

On today's episode, we're talking all about how to make an extra 100K using YouTube. Let's get to it. (upbeat music) Hey there. My name is Adam Erhart. Welcome to the Modern Marketing Show where we help you make marketing that matters. All right. When it comes to making money online and specifically on YouTube, there's a lot of different ways to do it. But what I want to cover here today are four of the absolute best ways starting with the worst and moving all the way to what I think is the best and most profitable and also the most enjoyable way that's gonna give you the most revenue, the most profit, and the most control over your business and over your lifestyle.

Effective Strategies for Making Money on YouTube

Now this isn't gonna be one of those cliched internet marketing videos that tells you you can make millions of dollars working from the beach doing absolutely nothing. The fact is, if you want to make real money, you're gonna have to do some real work. But there are ways to work smarter and not just harder. That's what we're covering here today. Also, the strategies that we're gonna talk about here today are proven and effective strategies. These are based on theory that have been proven time and time again, both in my business as well as a number of my friends and colleagues. They can work just as well for you if you're willing to put in the work and follow the steps.

AdSense - The Common but Worst Way to Make Money on YouTube

Starting with the worst moving our way all the way up to the best, here is number one. The most common way and most talked about way if you happen to be searching for ways to make money on YouTube is gonna be with AdSense where basically you're paid a really small amount for the number of views you have simply by showing some ads either before or sometime in the middle of the video. Now this is definitely the most common way and the most associated way with making money on YouTube, but it's also an absolutely terrible way especially because the payouts that you get aren't very big. Unless you've got millions and millions and millions of views, you're not gonna be making very much bank. Yes, it can contribute to your bottom line and maybe should take a part in your marketing strategy, but it definitely shouldn't form the bulk of it, which is why it's number one in the worst strategy possible.

Affiliate Marketing on YouTube as a Revenue Stream

All right. The next way to get up to that 100K mark a year on YouTube is with affiliate marketing. Now affiliate marketing is absolutely incredibly easy. In fact, you can affiliate sell pretty much anything out there. Probably the biggest and most common one is using Amazon. Now just like with AdSense, you are gonna need a decent number of views on your videos in order to drive the traffic to your affiliate sales. But you can go to Amazon as early as today, sign up for an affiliate account and start promoting products that you strongly believe in. I think that's the point I really want to push home here is that if you're gonna be doing affiliate marketing, you really want to only promote products and services that you actually use yourself and that you believe in, otherwise you're gonna quickly destroy the trust that you built up in your channel by suggesting garbage.

Brand Deals - Monetizing Your YouTube Channel

All right. Let's move on to number three, which is with brand deals. Now when it comes to doing brand deals on your YouTube channel, there's a number of different ways to do it. The pay is gonna vary depending on the kind of niche that you're in as well as the number of views and subscribers that you have. Now the beauty with brand deals is that they can vary widely depending on the level of involvement you want to get with the brand. It could be something as simple as a shout-out where you simply mention the brand that you happen to be working with and recommend one of their products, or you could do a video exclusively for them. The rate of pay that you're gonna get for this brand deal, whether it's a quick mention or whether it's an exclusive video is gonna vary depending on your subscriber base as well as views that your previous videos have gotten. They can use that to judge all right, how many people are gonna be seeing this, what does that worth to you and to the advertiser. And then you can work out an agreement from there.

Using YouTube as a Traffic Source for Maximum Revenue

All right. The fourth and final way is to use YouTube as a traffic source for your primary offer or primary business. Now obviously you're going to need a primary offer or a primary business. This is where a lot of people fall short is they look at it as a quick buck or as a get-rich-quick scheme where they can just hop on YouTube, make a few videos, and make that 100K a year. But the reality is, is that if you've already got a proven business with a proven business model, a good service or product that people like, YouTube is like throwing gas on the fire by driving even more targeted traffic directly to your offer. As I mentioned, this obviously works best if you already have a proven offer and a proven business. But even if you don't, even if you're just getting started, you can use YouTube as a traffic source for your startup or for your inception idea, so you can get it out there, test it, get out to the marketplace and start collecting sales as early as putting out that first video provided you've done the appropriate steps by making sure it's a high quality video, it's gonna rank well in search, and it's targeted at the right niche.

FAQ

Q: What is the Modern Marketing Show episode about?

A: It's about how to make an extra 100K using YouTube, covering four of the best ways to make money online on YouTube.
Q: Are the strategies mentioned for making money on YouTube effective?

A: Yes, the strategies discussed are proven and effective, based on theory that has been successful for the author and colleagues.
Q: What is AdSense and why is it considered the worst way to make money on YouTube?

A: AdSense is a common method where creators get paid for showing ads based on views. It's considered the worst as the payouts are small unless you have millions of views.
Q: How can one make money on YouTube through affiliate marketing?

A: By promoting products through affiliate marketing, creators can earn revenue by driving traffic to sales, usually working with platforms like Amazon.
Q: What are brand deals on YouTube and how do they monetize a channel?

A: Brand deals involve collaborating with brands for pay, varying based on niche, views, and subscriber base. The level of involvement ranges from shout-outs to exclusive videos.
Q: How can YouTube be used as a traffic source for maximum revenue?

A: YouTube can drive targeted traffic to a primary business offer, boosting sales. It's essential to have a proven business model for this strategy to be effective.