The news of YouTubers quitting their full-time jobs has made the youth think – Can you really make good money from Youtubing as a Career? With data becoming super inexpensive, Youtube has become a part of our everyday’s life. During the article, I will take you through how to become a Youtuber in India and how simple people like you are me are making loads of money through Youtube.
How To Become A YouTuber In India
1-PATIENCE ALERT!
Before we even begin on how to start your career as a YouTuber, you should know that the journey will not be easy. It takes around 1-2 years to establish your career and during those years, you may or may not earn anything. Be ready to patiently post videos regularly irrespective of the number of views. It takes time.
2-SELECT YOUR NICHE AREA
The best part about becoming a YouTuber is you can do anything you want. Interestingly, there is no particular area dominating Youtube. You can pick up any field you are interested in such as Food, Travel, Kids Poems, Education, Beauty, Health, Technology, Entertainment, Comedy, and what not!
3-Set Up Your YouTube Channel
Setting up a YouTube Channel is not rocket science. All you need is a Google Account and sign in to Youtube as a content developer. Click on the “My Channel” and set up your account. It should be noted that creating unique thumbnail and cover images leave a huge impact on viewership. So if till now you were thinking that setting up Youtube is complicated, not anymore!
Professional Tip: Create a custom YouTube URL instead of the default youtube URL to get organic search visibility.
4-Have Atleast 5-10 Videos Before You Start
Whichever niche you pick, never start posting just after your first video is edited. Always have at least 5-10 finished videos in stock. The reason is simple, the first few videos might not give you the expected number of views and many times people get demotivated and stop it. Also, there are chances that you get busy with some other work and takes a toll on consistency. Keeping a stock will make sure that a video is posted every week.
Professional Tip: Always make video mute friendy with proper subtitles.
5-SEO is the Key!
SEO or search engine optimization ensures that your content reaches masses organically. Make sure your content is fresh, regular and unique. The major part of the SEO is the meta description which is the information section underneath every video). Make sure you are using the correct keywords. It is advisable to read at least the basic features of SEO to give your content more reach.
6-Use Social Media To Increase The Reach
Posting your content to other social media pages is a wise choice. You can even share the youtube’s link to your other pages to maximize the reach. It is very important to create awareness of your brand to accelerate the process. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Quora, etc. are recommended.
7-Featured Videos Can work Too!
Sometimes adding your video to the Youtube’s “Featured Videos” can help you reach to a greater audience. Although this will cost some money, a lot of people will see your video in a short span of time. But, add only those videos which you are confident of being liked by people.
HOW MUCH YOU CAN EARN FROM YOUTUBE?
Once you know about how to become a YouTuber in India, the next thing is making money out of it. So let’s explore how much you can earn from Youtube and what are the various ways of earning money. The amount of money you can earn from Youtube is unlimited. Although it can easily range from 25k to 2-3 lakhs per video. But the main question is how can you earn? Who pay YouTubers?
1-Youtube Partner Program
After reaching 1000 subscriber and 4000 watch hours, you are eligible to enrol for the youtube partner program. On reaching this number, you have to connect your YouTube channel to Google Adsense that will start ads at the beginning of the videos. The more people will engage in the ads, the more money you can make.
NOTE: Youtube pays per 1000 views. Average CPM (Cost per thousand impressions) is 7$. Which means, you earn around 7$ on every 1000 views.
2-Videos with Brands
According to the number of followers and views, brands contact YouTubers to promote their products. For example, If you are a Techy-Youtuber, you can simply keep Pepsi on your table to promote it. Simple? Also, if you are a Fashion YouTuber, fashion brands can contact you to promote their products.
3-Affiliate Marketing
You must have seen in videos where YouTubers not only review a product but provide you with the links with the products. Here, they are trying to sell the products and are paid by the brand on each item sold.
You can’t even imagine the money you can make by YouTube. Consistency is the key. Also, Social Influencer Marketing is one of the top used strategies adopted by the brands. Brands used your audience to market their products.
MOST POPULAR YOUTUBE CHANNELS IN INDIA
Curious to know the most popular channels in India? The top 10 spots are captured by the kid’s channels, which are followed by entertainment series, fashion, food and travel, technology and so on. Here are some most viewed YouTube Channels.
- Chu-Chu Tv taking the first spot not only in India but Asia. It makes animated rhymes for kids and has a fan base in the USA too. The most viewed video (Johny Johny Yes Papa) has about 997 Million views.
- TVF with popular shows like Permanent Roommates, Pitchers, etc.
- Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khana Khanaza
- BB ki Vines-Bhuvan Bam
- Zakir Khan, The best comedian in India
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Enough information on how to become a YouTuber in India? Always remember, patience with good regular content will take you heights. Have anything else to add to the post? You can share with us in the comment section.