YouTube is currently the world’s most popular video-sharing website and has become the second most used search engine after Google. Every month, there are more than a billion users who take advantage of the multimedia giant to watch videos from their favorite YouTubers.

Earning money with YouTube can be an incredibly lucrative method for making money if you are willing to invest the time and effort into this avenue of passive income. While you may have thought that you'd have to strike the viral video jackpot in order to earn any passive income from YouTube, it is entirely feasible to earn a side income that you can gradually build upon. Anyone determined enough can make YouTube a profitable method of income. You have to be willing to invest your time, and you have to have patience if you want to be rewarded with a passive income from YouTube.

This e-book has 63 pages full of step-by-step actions to grow your YouTube channel.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Getting Started

Knowing the Reason Why You’re Starting Your YouTube Channel

Determining Your Target Audience

Know Your Direct Competition

 Scheduling Your Uploads

Equipment and Software You’ll Need

Allocating the Time to Create Your Videos

Chapter 2 – Choosing Your Niche

Determining What You’re Good At 

Selecting a Category

Researching Topics 

Consider a “Desperate Niche”

Chapter 3 How to Optimize Your YouTube Channel for Success

Choose a Memorable Channel Name

Use an Attractive Channel Icon

Create a Channel Trailer

Integrate Social Media Links

Include Channel Art

The About Section

Chapter 4 – Developing Your Content Strategy

Why Consistency is Important

Types of Videos You Can Create

Vlogs

Company Culture Videos

Interviews

Webinars

Events

Presentations

Tutorials

Product Reviews

Chapter 5 – Strategies for Building an Audience

Comment on Similar Videos

Use Social Media

Participate in Forums

Collaborate with Others

Chapter 6 – Strategies for Increasing Your Customer Engagement

 Create Simple and Beautiful Thumbnails

 Add Annotations to Drive User Actions

 Keep Your Videos Short

 Basic SEO Principles and Marketing Strategies Apply to YouTube

 Chapter 7 – How to Monetize Your YouTube Channel

YouTube Partner Program

 Affiliate Products

Work with Outside YouTube Partners

Sell Your Own Merchandise

Drive Traffic to Your Website

Chapter 8 – Mistakes to Avoid on Your YouTube Channel

 Purchasing Fake Reviews

 Doing a Video Dump

 Ignoring Your Social Media Presence

 Inconsistent Video Uploads

 Not Engaging With Your Audience

 Failing to Have a Plan

 Trolling Other Channels and Begging for Views

 Not Linking Your Channel to Your Social Media Accounts

 Conclusion