How to make steady income from youtube channel business in Nigeria

YOUTUBE PLAN

 this will help you create a name .   to determine a channel name , you have to decide on your niche . You  can also use your name if you are popular or have large audience .

So your name is going going to be a brand .

In  doing this don’t copy someone’s name . if you find it difficult you can use name  or channel name generator where you fill in some details and a name will generated .

Ideas : Before you even start , try and carve out your idea source .

Try to write  down some of the videos you could do at least five vides before venturing into this Content creation requires consistency . if your channel must grow you need to post regularly  .

LEARN A LITTLE OF VIDEO EDITING    

If Your budget is not high  to pay a video editor , you could start by learning the fundamentals or basis of video editing . In  this category you could learn how to add , cut, join videos , add  audio , visuals or   pictures to the background .

For Android users , below are best and video apps you could use for video editing

BEST VIDEO EDITING APPS FR ANDROID

• YOUCUT
• CAPCUT
• KINEMASTER
• VIDEO MAKER
• VN VIDEO EDITOR
• FUNIMATE
• VIDEO SHOW
• MAGISTO
• QUIK
• INSHOT
• ALIVE MOVIE MAKER
• VIVA EDITOR
• ACTION DIRECTOR
• INVDEO

BEST VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARES  FOR WINDOWS PC

• POWER DIRECTOR ESSENTIALS
• OPENSHOT
• MOVAVI VIDEO EDITING
• SHOTCUT
• LIGHTWORKS
• WEVIDEO

LEARN HOW TO CREATE THUMBNAILS : a  thumbnails is a  cover image that represents that part of your video on YouTube. It’s that image that prospective views see before they watch your video . Knowing how to create good thumbnails is very important as it could make you lose or gain views and subscribers Thumbnails determine your  Click Through Rate .

BEST YOUTUBE THUNBNAILS MAKERS THAT CAN BOOST  YOIY CHANNEL

• Canva
• Forto
• Pixteller
• Pickmoney
• Picmaker
• Backgrounder
• Be funky
• Visme
• Snappa

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 . NICHE: the saying that “ jack of all trade is master of none in is true when it comes YouTube channel business . Out of hundreds of niches out there you must focus on one or two related niches  this boost your algorithm . ‘

POPULAR YOUTUBE NICHES FOR CONTENT CREATORS

Here are few niches  you can select from 

• Entertainment
• Tourism
• Finance
• Business
• Health
• News
• Food
• Tech
• Product review
• Lifestyle
• Education
• Money making
• Affiliate marketing
• Digital marketing
• Marriage
• Relationship
• Blogging
• Personal development
• Games
• Pets
• Real estate

And many more

While picking a niche , have in mind that all niches are not the same especially in terms of revenue generation . while  news or lifestyle may not generate high revenue , niches such as Finance generate higher RPM – revenue per mille  ( what YouTube pay  you  per a thousand views and CPM – Cost per mille ( what Advertisers pay YouTube per thousand views )

Of course ,  one of the ways YouTubers  make money is by the advert YouTube  they place on their channels – Advertisers pay Youtube and YouTube pays you 55% percent of whatever Advertiser pays for placing advert on your channel .

                                  HOW TO SELECT A PROFITABLE NICHE

Before you select a niche here are few things that must be considered

• Passion and Interest :  passion and interest are vital tools to weigh before considering a niche because if you don’t have passion in the area you towing into you will break down on the way , you will struggle to make create  contents .

To finding your passion is very easy because they are those things you do with joy , those things you can offer even without being paid .

For example , if you are in the habit of gossiping , this could be considered as passion if channeled in the right direction .

This strength could therefore be channeled in the area of disseminating trending political , social or economic news .

For someone who likes fashion or music naturally , you could consider going into this direction .

• Problem Solving and Solution : you must be able to identify the problem your idea is solving  and by doing that would have identified  your audience or consumer  base

Acceptability :  It is not every information or idea that people are willing to use their data on , therefore to identify the level of acceptability of your niche , you can research on it or use www.google.com

https://trends.google.com/trends/

• Spyfu
• Latana
• Typeform
• statista

• COMPETITION AND ACCEPTABILITY : One of the major necessary steps to be taken is to find out the peoples interest in the  niche you want to go into  . Because  if people do not have interest in your niche , sustainability becomes a big problem .  choose a niche that has endless  video work .Another thing to check is the level of competition inherent in the niche . If competition is high , it might be difficult to breakthrough  but that should not stop you . The best thing to in this situation is to foster a unique proposition or strategy that distinguishes you from competitors . To actualize this SWOT analysis should be put into consideration

.SWOT stands for Strength , weakness , opportunity and threat .

• TIME : now that you have figured out your niche , the next thing to think about is time management . Ordinarily  anything you give time will grow .  YouTube requires consistent effort  channel to grow . so it’s good you decide  whether you are going to do it fulltime or part-time .

To grow your channel fast , it’s recommended that you post at twice a week .

COPYRIGHT

YouTube has zero tolerance for  copyright violation and plagiarism  and                          The act of using an image , video , or piece of music in  a video that you have published without proper permission or rendering references is  plagiarism .

YouTube can delete your channel if you are found violating copyright rules.

           So you must be able to create your videos without using someone’s  music on your background , video or  graphics .

Apart from the aforementioned , there are other things that YouTube frown on such as hate speech , harassment , cyber bullying , tag or key word stuffing , spamming , etc .

ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF USING  SOMEONES VIDEOS , IMAGES OR MUSIC WITHOUT COPYRIGHT VIOLATION

There are alternative means of using peoples content without violating YouTube policies , To do that there websites that allows you use the short videos and images free and when these pictures are used combined carefully with  your voice , YouTube sees your vide as being original .

SIX BEST WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET FREE VIDEOS AND IMAGES WITHOUT VIOLATING COPYRIGHT

• PEXEL

https://www.pexels.com/

>PIXABAY

https://pixabay.com/

VIDEVO.NET

https://www.videvo.net/

VIDEEZY

https://www.videezy.com/

LIFE OF VIDS

https://www.lifeofvids.com

DAREFUL

https://dareful.com/

https://blog.hootsuite.com/free-stock-videos-sites/

YouTube also gives content creators the right to  use its music and tunes free by going to YouTube audio library . https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary?feature=blog

GADGET

 the truth is even though YouTube may not react as to the quality of video you produce, the quality of your videos would  go a long way in determining the time your viewers would spend on your videos . High quality video reflects high retention and low quality videos reflects low retention .

If tour budgets permits , here is a list of video cameras best for vlogging

FIVE BEST CAMERAS FOR VLOGGING

Sony Alpha ZV-E10 popularly known as  Best Vlogging camera overall

Canon EOS M200 Best value vlogging camera

GpPro HERO10 Black . Best Vlogging Camera for video frame

TOOls REQUIREMENT FOR VLOGGING

Here are the following tools that could accompany a  video Camera for great effect

Travel tripod

Portable lights

Extra lenses

Camera hands strap

Pocket Multi-tool

Remote camera shutter

CONDITIONS TO YOUTUBE MONETIZATION

This is where your effort start translating to cash .

Before your channel can be monetized , must have met some requirements which include the following

• Must have at least one thousand subscribers
• Must have at least 4,000 watch hours which is equivalent to 240,000 minutes  within a year
• Live in a country where YouTube partner program is approved click HERE  to know if your country of residence is included in the program
• Must not have active community stike on your channel

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1342206?hl=en

OTHER WAYS OF MAKING ON YOUTUBE

Content creators do not necessarily rely on YouTube Ads to make money .  There are ways of making on YouTube and they include the following

• Affiliate Marketing : You can sell products of e-contents of  online industries  and earn commission .

Amazon , click bank ,Wix , Shopify , Elementor , Moosend , etc