[Journey] Making $1000 per month on Youtube

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I've been in the Youtube space for almost 1 year now.

I've launched a new channel at the end of February and I'm planning to use this channel to upload 1-2 HIGH QUALITY videos per week.

Here are my expenses per video:

  • $17 for 1700 words voice over
  • $30 for video editing
  • $10 for thumbnail
I'm writing the script myself as I've found that assistants tend to do the bare minimum and I'm very hands on.

I could do all of them but videos would be low quality, also I have a full time job as a programmer, therefore I wouldn't have time to do everything myself.

My objective is to make $1000 per month as that's the hardest part, once I reach that goal I'll open a new Journey to $10K per month.

You may wonder why I'm only posting 1-2 videos per week. The reason is that I'm going for "viral" content, thus I'm creating High Quality videos.

This will be an opportunity to test CTR + AVD theories in more details.

I won't be revealing my niche for obvious reasons and I'll update this thread on a monthly basis to keep myself accountable and to motivate you guys too.
 
Here are my channel stats after 3 uploads, these 3 videos are "low quality" as they're only a minute-ish long and have almost no editing.
 

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I think you'll lose $1000 a lot quicker than you make it with these video costs.
 
  • $17 for 1700 words voice over
  • $30 for video editing
  • $10 for thumbnail
Too much Cost , i think !
it's better to learn how to design thumbnail and editing , it will takes less than a month to learn them.
 
Too much Cost , i think !
it's better to learn how to design thumbnail and editing , it will takes less than a month to learn them.
Yeah, I think I'm going to take that route. The only thing I'll pay for are the voiceovers.
 
UPDATE:

I've decided to do the editing and thumbnail designing myself as of now.

As you all know, Youtube can be a numbers game sometimes. So, spending so much at the start is bound to complexify this journey. Also, for that price, it seems I can't get good video editing.


Here are my stats as of today:

Total videos: 5

Total subscribers: 112
/1000

Total watch hours: 101 / 4000

Total views: 2460
 
Good luck, do you plan to make YT shorts?
I don't plan to make shorts.

I've been in the YouTube game for a while and I found that shorts mostly bring in "short attention span" viewers.

So I'm producing 8min+ videos in hopes to solidify a base of long form content viewers.

Lastly, if you want your short to get at the top of the algorithm, you'll have to edit it well, which is also time consuming. You can spend an hour on a single edit for it to get 0 views. That's how the shorts algorithm works.

With normal YouTube videos, you have more of a safety net in that regard. Your videos might get a few views over time.
 
Good that you are focusing on long form videos. 8+minutes length is very good and it will help you achieve your required watch time soon.

Best wishes for your channel journey.
 
Quality is always grater than quantity when it comes to youtube.
Agreed, surprisingly I see so many cash cow channels that follow the quantity model. But I guess not everyone learns at the same pace.
 
UPDATE:

Here are my stats as of today:

Total videos: 5

Total subscribers: 172 /1000

Total watch hours: 161 /4000

Total views: 3600
 
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