Ideas to make money – How to make money with YouTube

I’m sure you’re not surprised that the video is hot! People love to relax or learn from a video. If you produce a video on a topic, you’ll probably get a lot more views than if you wrote an article about it.

So why not use this to your advantage and earn some money from videos? There are many ways to do it.

Promote affiliate products

One of the ways you can make money with YouTube is to find an affiliate product to promote and then do it through videos.

You can take one of the products you already use and like and see if the company behind it offers an affiliate program. Or you can go to an affiliate portal like ClickBank and search your marketplace for one that fits your needs.

When you have found a good product, you can make a short video, showing yourself buying it. It’s not very likely that people will buy something you wouldn’t even dream of buying from yourself. Therefore, by showing proof of your action, they are more likely to follow in your footsteps.

You could also make a video of the results you have obtained with this particular product. Is it about making gold in World of Warcraft? Then show your acquired wealth in a video. Is it about having beautiful skin without acne? Then let’s see your pretty face.

How to link to the affiliate product

When you submit the video to YouTube, you must make the first word in the description your affiliate link.

Use a link shortener like bit.ly to shorten the link. This style of link looks much better than a long link with weird characters like productsite.com/[email protected] or something similar. After this link, you should write a short and engaging description of your video or the product itself.

The ideal solution is to also put the link inside the video as a watermark. That way, even if people embed your video on another site, your affiliate link will still show up to the public.

make video comments

You can use your videos as standalone videos, or you can use them as video commentaries for other popular videos on your topic.

This could also be done with no means other than a simple webcam. Just sit there and give your feedback on the original video. Then add your affiliate link to your comment description. This way, you can actually build on other people’s successes and get your share of their feedback.