This Will Get Your Channel Monetized Faster transcript

In the last 365 days, my channel has earned over [music] $50,000 from Google Ads. As you can see, these are the analytics of my channel. This was only possible because my channel is monetized. Right now, in order to get your channel monetized, you [music] only need 4,000 watch hours. But starting in 2027, that requirement is going to double to 8,000 watch hours. So, if you're a small creator, I want to give you five practical steps that can help you monetize your channel easier.

These are the same steps I personally [music] used on this channel you're watching right now to get monetized. Let's start with the first step. For this, I want to show you the analytics [music] from two videos on my channel, and I need you to pay close attention. First, look at this video over here. As you can see, it got 22,500 views and generated 2,100 watch hours. That's a lot of watch hours. I could post just a few videos like this and already have enough watch hours to get monetized, right?

But now, let me show you a different video. This one over here. As you can see, it got a very similar number of views, 21,900 views. But this video generated only 1,100 watch hours. Isn't that weird? How can two videos with almost the same number of views generate completely different amounts of watch time? The second video got almost 50% fewer watch hours with the same amount of views. Well, if you look closely, you will see that the first video is 27 minutes long, while the second video is only around 12 minutes long.

So, making longer videos can really help you get more watch hours. These two videos received almost the same number of views, but the longer video generated nearly twice as much watch time. But there's one huge problem. Making longer videos is challenging because they take much more time to edit, and we all know video editing can be time-consuming and honestly boring. I even asked my community, "What's the hardest part about making YouTube videos?" And a lot of people answered video editing.

And believe it or not, video editing is also something I struggle with. When I make a video on this channel, it can take me from 4 to 6 days to edit the video. That's a lot of time, and hiring a video editor isn't realistic for everyone either because a good video editor can be expensive. That is why I came with a solution. I found a solution which helps me create my YouTube videos faster. Let me show you. In some of my videos like this one, which received over 80,000 views, and this one over here, which received over 70,000 views, I used a tool called Golpo.

Golpo has saved me a lot of time. Instead of spending 4 to 6 days to edit some of my videos, I can now finish them within a few hours. I know it sounds too good to be true, but let me show you. Golpo lets you upload a voiceover or paste in a script, and it automatically turns it into a whiteboard animation. It also gives you several styles to choose from. You can make the animation inside your video look like a beautiful painting style or a cleaner educational style or choose from plenty of other options.

As you can see from the example on the screen, I've been using Golpo to help me make longer videos without spending days creating all the visuals myself, and it's really easy to use. As I said, I just open Golpo, I put my voiceover, I select a style, and I hit generate. Within 5 to 10 minutes, I have an entire whiteboard animation which I can use in my video. And because of this, I am able to create longer YouTube videos much faster because instead of spending time to create 20 minutes of motion graphics, I can spend time to create just 5 minutes of motion graphics and then 15 minutes of whiteboard animations created with Golpo.

And then I just combine them and create a beautiful video. So, if you want to create animations using Golpo, there's going to be a link down in the description. Now, let's talk about step number two, which can also help you get more watch hours on YouTube. Now, I don't know if you've noticed, but when you open your YouTube home feed or look through your recommendations, you'll see more and more live streams. And many of them are from small creators you've probably never heard of.

And there's a reason for this. Recently, YouTube has started to feel more and more like TikTok. It has even changed how views are counted on long-form videos. In the past, a viewer had to watch your video for a specific amount of time until the view counted, until you actually got a view. But right now, YouTube completely changed that. My views on my channel literally spiked. They doubled or tripled because of this new update, as you can see on the screen.

And so, what is this new update? Well, basically, views will now count from the first second, from the first frame. When someone clicks on your video, you get a view, which is very similar to TikTok and Instagram. That's how they count views, and this is how YouTube counts views now. But this is not the only reason why YouTube starts to feel more like TikTok. The reason why YouTube starts to feel more like TikTok is also because of YouTube's new recommendation system.

The new YouTube recommendation system is starting to look more and more like TikTok. Let me show you why. Here's how the algorithm works on TikTok. Let's say you're scrolling through TikTok. You might see two viral videos with millions of views, followed by a trending video with a few hundred thousand views. But then, the fourth or the fifth video might come from a completely new creator. It might have just seven likes or a few hundred likes.

And after that, this pattern starts over again. So, TikTok is mixing viral content with new content, and this gives small creators a chance to grow. And YouTube has started doing the exact same thing. Nowadays, when you're watching a video and then you look at the recommendations on the side, you'll see a few viral videos from popular creators, and then you will see a small video from a small channel. And here's how this new recommendation system can help you get more watch hours easier.

Live streams. But again, you're probably asking yourself why live streams? How is this going to help you get more watch hours? Well, let me explain. With a normal video, you have to write a script, create a thumbnail and a title, record everything, and then edit everything. And it takes a lot of time. Live streams are completely different. You just hit record and you go live for a few hours. That's it. Now, here's the really crazy part.

Let's say you make a 4-hour live stream and average only 50 viewers watching at the same time. That's not a lot of viewers. This is really achievable. And if you average 50 viewers for 4 hours, that one live stream generates 200 watch hours. That's a lot of watch time from a relatively small audience. If you get 50 views on a video, you're not going to get 200 watch hours. You're going to get way less watch hours. Now, let's say you live stream every day for 30 days while maintaining the same average.

That will give you 6,000 watch hours in just 1 month. Now, I'm not saying you should live stream every day. I'm simply showing you from a numbers point of view how much easier it can be to build watch hours through live streaming. Now, let's continue with step number three. One of the biggest problems small creators face, besides video editing, is coming up with original video ideas. A lot of you also struggle to turn those ideas into good titles and thumbnails.

Now, taking inspiration from other creators can work, but recently YouTube's algorithm has started using AI and has introduced something called semantic IDs to recognize copied or very similar videos. So, if you copy someone or if you make a video that's too much similar to another video, YouTube is not going to recommend your video because the YouTube algorithm right now is pretty intelligent. So, copying doesn't work on YouTube anymore.

And this is why originality has become really important on YouTube. So, if you're able to come up with a new original idea on YouTube, YouTube is going to really love that and send you viewers. And if you get viewers, you get watch time and then you can monetize. But, here's the problem. It's really hard to come up with an original idea, especially when you don't trust yourself. A lot of you watching this right now have a problem of trusting yourself.

You might have an original idea or two or 10, but the problem is that you don't trust it. You don't trust yourself. You might think to yourself that maybe people are not going to be interested. What if people don't click? What if people don't care? And because of this, you don't record the video. You don't create a video at all. Believe it or not, this is a huge problem on YouTube. And this is also one of the reasons why people copy each other so much, simply because they don't trust themselves.

And now, I do have a solution for this. And no, it's not just me motivating you and telling you to just trust yourself and post the video. I actually want to give you a practical solution to this. Now, I didn't want to share this at first. This is something I usually share with my private community only. But, I'm going to share it anyways. This is something I've seen almost no one talk about. The method is very popular when creating websites, but I don't understand why more people aren't using it for creating YouTube videos.

So, the method is to use Reddit. Why? Well, let me explain. On Reddit, you can join communities based on almost any topic. Let's say you have a fishing channel, but you have no idea what to post. You can join several fishing communities and check the top posts every day. Those posts are always changing and they show you which topics are currently getting the most attention inside your niche. This allows you to see exactly what people in your niche care about right now, what they're talking about right now.

For example, if several fishing communities are suddenly talking about a specific fish or a specific fishing rod, you can research that topic and make a video about it. Now, you're no longer guessing whether people will be interested in this topic or not. You already have proof that people inside your niche care about this topic. And if the Reddit community rules allow it, you may also be able to share your video inside the community.

And you can use this method in almost any niche, gaming, cooking, fitness, technology, or anything else. Just join these communities and see what people are talking about, and then make a video about that topic. It's really that easy. As I said, I didn't really want to share this method at first because these are the methods I usually share inside my private community. So, inside my community, I have my courses, and besides my courses, I also talk with my members.

So, after you join my community, you can talk with me. You can post your channel, your thumbnail, your title, and I'm going to reply to you and tell you what to change and how to change it. As you can see on the screen, this is how much information I share with my members. That sounds interesting and you want my help to grow your YouTube channel, there's going to be a link down in the description where you can join my private community.

Now, let's continue to the next step, which it's going to be step number four. If you regularly watch my content, you'll notice that at the end of every video, I send my viewers to another video from my channel. And here's the question all of you probably have. Is this worth it? Like, do people actually click? And the answer is yes. Actually, around 10% to 5% of people actually click on the video I'm telling them to click, which is a lot.

So, from a statistical point of view, if one of my videos get 100,000 views and 10% of those people click on the next video I tell them to click, that's another 10,000 views to that video. It really is important because I'm not losing the viewers. I'm keeping the viewers on my channel, and that's exactly what YouTube wants. YouTube wants to see if viewers really like your channel. And sure, 10% or 5% might not seem like a lot, but here's the thing.

The YouTube algorithm doesn't really care about the views. It just cares about the percentage. If more people go from your video to another video of yours, this means you're able to create momentum. This means you're able to keep viewers on the YouTube platform. And that's exactly what YouTube wants. YouTube wants you to keep the viewers on their platform because if you do that, YouTube makes money. It's that simple.

So, sending your viewers to another video of yours at the end of your video is really worth it. And I see a lot of you not doing it. Actually, so many people don't do it. And I think it's incredibly important. And if you do this in every video, you're basically creating a chain where in each of your videos, you're just sending more and more viewers to the other videos. So, the lesson here is to finish your video by sending people to another relevant video from your channel.

Tell them why they should watch it and add an end screen on your video so they can click immediately. To add an end screen, just go to your video, click on edit, select end screen, and just click here where it says add video. That's it. Why would you want those viewers to leave your video and click on someone else's when you can just guide them to another video of yours? And it's so easy. It takes you 20 seconds to tell them to go to this video and add an end screen.

It's super simple. So, start adding end screens to your videos and guide your viewers to the next video. Now, let's move on to the final step, which is step number five. This step is all about how long you can keep people watching your videos. In other words, your audience retention. Let me show you what I mean. Imagine you post two videos and they're both 10 minutes long. The first video has an average retention of 20%, but the second video has 40% average retention.

This means that one view from the first video will result into two minutes of watch time. The second video will result into four minutes of watch time. So, having a video with a good retention can literally double or even triple sometimes your watch time. And now imagine you combine this with the first tip, which is making longer videos. You can really reach those 8,000 watch hours much quicker. But you're probably asking yourself, how can you improve retention on your videos?

How can you increase your retention? Well, there are two ways you can do it. Actually, there are many ways, but these two ways are the most important ones I've discovered to work on my channel. The first one is better script writing, and the second one is better video editing. A lot of people don't know how to edit videos, and not just edit videos, but edit videos with intention, with awareness. You don't always need complicated video editing, but good visuals can make your video more engaging and help hold people's attention.

But as I said in the beginning, the problem is that professional editing can be difficult and time-consuming or expensive if you hire a video editor. As I showed you earlier, GoPo can quickly create whiteboard animations that you can use in specific parts of your videos. But you can also use a simple video editing program such as CapCut and combine it with Cloud Code to create professional motion graphics much easier and much faster.

Just so you know, the entire visuals you've seen inside my video were created by myself using CapCut and Cloud Code. And so, if you want to learn how to create better YouTube videos using CapCut in order to get more watch time and get monetized, you might want to watch this video over here because inside this video I'm going to be showing you how to use CapCut to create beautiful motion graphics and visuals. So, if you want to learn that, click on this video over here.