That I can answer, especially if your YouTube channel focuses on vehicles and the automotive industry. As of this writing, I make a modest $160 a month off of YouTube, and $3,000 since late 2014. If you are looking to make YouTube your full-time job with payouts that would reflect as such, godspeed to you. But if you want earnings like me, or any other amount similar, this article is for you.
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| My estimated revenue from YouTube for the last 28 days |
1. Use your own film, editing, and writing. If you publish someone else's work or part of their work and monetize it (make it eligible for earnings), you run the risk of lawsuits or your channel being terminated.
2. For vehicles, you want to find your niche. I have claimed the comparison niche. Other YouTubers like Saabkyle04 have claimed reviews, 1320video has claimed racing, JSRcars and Haggard Garage have a stronghold on car vlogs etc. All you have to do is find your car niche. If you have interesting cars, a vlog on how they are built, repaired, raced, or even the community in your town is a good idea as vlogs are a quickly growing area. Try to avoid being too mainstream and have many original ideas to separate yourself from the rest which will drive up your audience reach.
3. Upload consistently and have persistence. This is probably the most important step, and coming from me, kind of hypocritical. My name is allcarseveryday, but I fail to upload every day. However, if you can upload once a week, and have any type of coherency across your channel, success will come your way if you just keep at it. Every article ever says this, but it's 100% true. Try to have an uploading schedule for your viewers, it will help you gain subscribers. This is something I struggle with. I have only 2,000 subscribers, but I still make this much, so don't get discouraged if you don't have a good amount of subscriptions. They don't matter at all if you can drive enough traffic. This is my one piece of advice that differs from everyone else's ideas. If you plan on doing vlogs, you probably will need a good subscription base. If you do reviews or informational videos like I do, you won't need them. 0.2% of my views come from subscribers.
4. Invest in quality equipment. I started on my 4th generation iPod touch. I recommend not using this, but everyone has to start somewhere. After I made enough money on the channel using that, I purchased a Samsung HMX F90 to increase my quality. I used this for a year and a half before I made enough money to purchase my current Nikon Coolpix Point and Shoot camera. After this model I will most likely buy a DSLR. I also have an upgraded microphone after using my iPhone's recording app for years. Finally, I upgraded from Movie Maker to Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13. I recommend this software as it has everything I need for a reasonable $90. Don't worry about all of this fancy equipment to start. Before you buy anything, make sure you are actually going to use it and that the channel is showing promise or already making numbers.
I only put marginal effort into the channel; it hasn't nearly reached capacity, and I don't know if I could ever reach it without a couple people writing and filming for me. Check it out at www.youtube.com/allcarseveryday.
Good luck! Leave a comment on my channel or a video of mine if you made a channel because of this, and I will subscribe and help you promote it. I'm always open for car talk, and I'm very willing to help you!
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