To be 100% honest, you sound just like every other kid on here with zero real standout skills but thinking you've got something special up your sleeve. If you want a patented brutal Sherb opinion:
- Drop the anime shit, let's be adults here. While you're at it, drop the gaming shit too. I know that sounds rough, but think about whether this stuff will be pertinent to your future self.
- Unless your video editing skills go beyond making compilation gamer videos and the generic top 10 montage garbage, move on from that as well.
- "Loads of gamer friends" aren't going to do a thing for you besides eat up time that you should spend getting better grades (yeah, I saw your other thread).
- Decent Photoshop skills can be used to design logos for your own projects, and make some unique images.
- If your YouTube channel is about gaming, I'm doubtful you've got anything to bring to the table that will actually make you stand out.
- Don't do content writing. Coming from someone who does content writing, burnout happens fast. Save that writing energy for school stuff and college application and scholarship essays. Trust me on that.
Here is what I recommend, seeing as you are in the United States, and are still a student living with your parents.
Find yourself a "sweaty startup" (Google it) that interests you. Pressure washing, auto detailing, something manual. Use your basic SEO knowledge to create a website and a brand. I have a build a brand in a day thread around here somewhere. Then go out and build something tangible. Auto detailing is solid, especially if you are in a well-to-do neighborhood. You can run a complete mobile detailing setup out of three milk crates and a Shop Vac in the back of a regular sized car. I know this, because I used to do this.
Charge something like $100 for a full exterior detail, $100 for a full interior detail. You can get an exterior clay, wash, wax, and minor detail done in two hours. You can get an interior vacuum and cleanup done in another 90 minutes. 30 minutes for setup, teardown, and communication, and they'll likely toss a tip your way that will cover the cost of materials. That's $50 an hour. Plus you get exercise, and rub elbows with people who have the money to spend $200 on a car detail.
Many of these customers will end up as monthly repeats. Get 10 repeat customers a month and 10 new ones, and you're looking at $50,000 a year for part-time work. Do this for a year, then expand and hire someone a little younger than you to do the grunt work for 50% of the money. They'll be thrilled at the idea of $25 an hour, and if you double in the next year, you're getting $50,000 a year now just to handle paperwork and promote your brand.
This can all be done while living up to your family's high expectations, and having a stellar resume item that shows customer service, work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit. I can guarantee that this will show better on college/job applications than "Oh I made an anime YouTube channel".
Learn from me. I did the whole "ooh side income" bit as a teenager too. Had better prospects than your bulleted list, too. I got a lot more discipline and life experience from the physical jobs (Subway, mini golf course, and a few manual labor jobs) than any of my dribblings of online pursuits.
Now I've got a degree, a stellar resume, and I'm a full-time in-house SEO guy. Cushy salary, strong ladder-climbing in the works, get into the office at 9am, take a long lunch, leave at 4:45pm. Leaves plenty of time for my own side projects, working on my house, chilling with the wife and dogs, and exploring my city taking photos. Eyes on the prize, and nothing in your list of skills is prize-worthy.
Again, just my opinion. Good luck to ya.
... Just kidding, but I don't know how can it give you money unless you are doing a website full of anime content and start some SEO..
