More ways to make more money on YouTubeHow To Earn Money Online From Home ?
If you've managed to populate your channel with a fair few videos collection and have a dedicated audience, there are a few other avenues to explore aside from Google AdSense.
Affiliate marketing
One of the most accessible options is to take advantage of affiliate marketing. We touch on this a little more in our guide to making money from a website, but essentially affiliate marketing involves you posting a link to a website, and if someone makes a purchase through that link, you get a percentage of the sale.
Sometimes you'll even get paid if someone just clicks on the link without buying anything, and according to famous You Tubers, affiliate marketing is something that pretty much any YouTube can try for themselves.
Sponsorship
As mentioned earlier, more popular YouTube channels often make money through sponsorship deals. These will often be related to the content on your channel, but from time to time you may be approached by a company that's just keen to get its name out there, no matter the channel. When you're at a decent view-per-video level, a sponsor will pay you a set amount per video for mentioning a product, or advertising them in the video intro.
In that vein, even if you don't think you can get paid by an advertiser, it's worth approaching some companies to see if you can get some free sample or products in exchange for mentioning or reviewing them in your videos.
As long as you follow advertising guidelines, this could be a great way to benefit from your YouTube channel!
Donations
Sites like Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/), Buy Me a Coffee
(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/) and Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/) are great little tools that allow your fans to sign up and donate money if they'd like to help support your channel.
You're relying on people's good will and kind nature, but if you want to up the chances of them donating, you can offer them some exclusive content or products as a thank you for their small donation.
The key to doing well here is to build up an audience that really
Appreciate what you post. If they like what you do, the chances are they can be persuaded to spare a few bob each time you upload!
Merchandise
Depending on how successful you become, you could even consider branching out and creating your own merchandise.
Whether it's t-shirts, mugs, or even just something small like pens and badges, loyal fans will be keen to get involved if they feel like it makes them part of a community, and that they're supporting you.
Just don't do what some high-profile You Tubers have been accused of, and charge way over the odds for what is essentially junk, just because your name is on it. If you want your fans to respect you, respect them back!
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