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About captainsmm: Alternative ways to make money on your YouTube channel

Increase the length of your video.
For example, here captainsmm to get a lot of likes on videos, views or subscribers is inexpensive. Along the way from 10,000 subscribers to 1 million subscribers a large part of my videos gained more than 1 million views not only on YouTube, but also on Instagram or Tik Tok.
Because YouTube's algorithm places great emphasis on viewing time and audience retention, you need to do a killer combination of both. If you can achieve high audience retention through longer videos (potentially longer viewing times), YouTube will reward you with views. This is because YouTube really only wants one thing: to show ads.
Longer videos can run more ads. Longer videos have more viewing time.
So YouTube will promote your videos in features offered and viewed if they are longer and have a good viewing time. This is the real key to success on YouTube.
Create long videos and get people to watch them to the end.
How long should my YouTube videos be?
The generally accepted answer is longer than 10 minutes. If you manage to get into the 16-21 minute range, you will be very well rewarded.
Just look at the length of most of the videos on the trends tab:
They are all in the 10-20 minute range. This is the sweet spot you should be aiming for!
Plan to create longer videos that are interesting and fun to watch until the end, and your channel will skyrocket!
I remember when I first started, I kept getting more views than subscribers.
It's all thanks to an algorithm and a killer combination between audience retention, viewing time, and of course, a good title and thumbnail.
After you finish watching one video, you want them to watch more! Be sure to place end screen elements at the end of your video!
Place a "best for the viewer" end screen in your YouTube videos
We recommend placing one or two "better for the viewer" end-screen elements at the end of your video. YouTube will review all of your videos and decide which ones have the highest click-through and retention rates, then place them there. This works much better than manually posting videos that you think will work well. YouTube knows more than we do with the amount of data they have!
Create vibrant, eye-catching thumbnails.
Not only should they be bright, but they should be eye-catching. Bright colors work. Yellow works very well.
One of my biggest secrets that I have used to develop my channel is to make sure that the thumbnail looks spectacular when it looks small. Take a step back from the computer or shrink the thumbnail on the screen!

Look at regular Hollywood covers:
You can guarantee that the editors had 5 or 6 different covers at the ready and chose the most attractive one before publishing it. You need to create several different options and decide which one you think will get the most clicks. This is probably the MOST IMPORTANT PART of the success of any video!
As for adding text to your thumbnails, it's entirely up to you to decide if it will get more clicks.

Here's the big secret:

When editing thumbnails, scale them down so that they are very small. I use Adobe Lightroom to edit thumbnails and always look at the thumbnail preview in the upper left corner to see how it looks when it's small. Does it look bright when it's small? Do the lines and shapes stand out to catch the viewer's attention? If not, get rid of that miniature! It's so important!

1 How to develop a YouTube channel from scratch?
The best way to grow your YouTube channel from scratch is to create original content that people like!
But of course, you'll need a little push to do that! Here are the best ways to grow from 0 subscribers:
Post your videos on specific reddit subreddits that are relevant to your niche. Don't overdo it and alternate your videos with other relevant content so you don't get banned.
Use TubeBuddy and VidIQ to come up with content ideas, "boost" your videos using keywords similar to other videos, and find the best time to post. Then your videos will get suggested because they are related to other successful videos, and you can take some of that audience!
Ask all your family and friends to subscribe to your videos and watch them "all the way through." If you can get the first 100 or 200 subscribers through your friends and family, you're already on the right track. By getting them to watch your videos "to the end," the algorithm will be on your side and you can get in on the offerings. Even if it's slow at first, a few suggested views will trickle in and you'll get to 200, 300, 500 and eventually 1,000 subscribers. After 1,000 subscribers you just need to figure out the algorithm and you can blow up your channel!

2 How can I make money on YouTube?
Earning money on YouTube will come naturally as your channel grows. After applying all of the steps above and growing your YouTube channel, your channel will definitely become large enough to be monetized. If you've racked up over 4,000 hours of views and gained over 1,000 subscribers in the last 12 months, you'll be eligible.
For most channels, Adsense revenue will be the largest source of income. I recommend focusing on Adsense first before moving on to other sources of income. Then you'll be sure you don't miss out on any income.
The first step is to make sure all of your videos are no longer than 10 minutes. You can advertise on shorter videos, but the difference in revenue between shorter and longer videos is significant. This is because ad formats are different for videos longer than 10 minutes.
placing ads in your videos is a great way to make money on youtube
Not only can you place more ads in videos longer than 10 minutes, but you can also get video ads, both skippable and non-skippable. You can manually place them inside videos longer than 10 minutes.
YouTube likes such long videos with lots of ads placed in them.
There may not be direct evidence, but I have a suspicion that longer videos with all the ad options included and manually placed ads in the middle of the video get more recommendations in the algorithm. That's because YouTube wants to make money!

3 How many ads should be placed in YouTube videos?
The right number of ads to place in a video depends on its length. Regardless, you should make sure that all boxes are checked. This includes overhead ads, sponsored cards, skippable video ads and non-skippable video ads.
Keep in mind that placing ads in the middle of a spot does not mean they will be shown to the viewer, so don't feel guilty about placing ads in the middle of a spot. One of the main factors that determines whether a viewer will be shown an ad is their perceived interest in the video. YouTube's algorithm somehow knows this and usually does a pretty good job of serving ads at the right times and avoiding them when it thinks the viewer will miss them.
Videos of no more than 10 minutes: Commercial breaks are only allowed at the beginning of the video. Make sure you check all available checkboxes.
Videos 10 to 15 minutes long: Place 2 ads in the middle of the video. One ad in the first 3 minutes and one ad in the second third of the video, usually around the 7th-10th minute.
15 to 25 minute videos: Place 3 ads in the middle of the video. One in the first 3 minutes, one in the middle and one in the last third of the video.
For each ad you place, you must make sure it is placed before the interesting part of the video. There should be a "hook" that will make the viewer continue watching. Then the ad will be shown. I like to place ads in my videos before an interesting scene, such as before a bowl of noodles is served or before a whole roast lamb is retrieved from the underbelly. In this way, the viewer is motivated to see the commercial through to the end. This makes a huge difference in audience retention!
One of the downsides of placing ads in videos is that they negatively impact audience retention, which in turn prevents the algorithm from promoting your videos in the suggested ones, so it's important to place ads at the right time, when you feel the viewer won't flip out.
Emailing brands is a bad idea: they're likely to be ignored and added to spam. It's better to get advertisers interested in the channel themselves: show good engagement statistics, optimize video metadata, and so on.
Not a bad option - to try advertising exchanges. By connecting your channel to such services, youtuber gives you advanced statistics via API, i.e. you meet the needs of a potential customer. It's easier for the advertiser to find the right vlog by filtering sites by topic, number of subscribers, cost per view, and other important parameters.

Direct cooperation with advertisers
The income of YouTube affiliate program is incomparable with possible earnings from direct cooperation with advertisers. 
If there are a million and more subscribers, it's understandable: the channel itself gets into various ratings, plus there's an opportunity to work with major customers, which means delegating everything to an agency.
Question: what to do for those who have not yet reached such figures? There is a sure way, to order the promotion of the channel on special sites.
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