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welcome to filtergrade it's not hard to
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get monetized on youtube and start
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turning your hobby into a real business
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in this video we're going to give you
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tips for growing your youtube channel to
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the point where it can be monetized
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get there fast and keep the momentum
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going so what are the requirements for
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it's not terribly difficult to get
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monetized on youtube the requirements
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are actually pretty attainable
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first of all it's called the partner
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program and your channel will have to be
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once reaching certain milestones first
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you need to get to 1 000 subscribers
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this is a great milestone for your
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channel and can cascade your channel
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you also must have 4 000 hours of public
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watch hours on your videos in the last
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but if you manage to rack up 1 000
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subscribers you'll probably also have
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acquired that much watch time on your
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in addition to these requirements you
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must also follow youtube policies live
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in a country or region where the partner
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and have a linked adsense account all of
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so how to get your first thousand
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getting your first thousand subscribers
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can be a long slow journey unless you
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happen to go viral of course
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but there are some surefire ways for
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your content is the first place to start
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your content can be anything you want
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but it's important to understand the
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audience you're trying to target
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create consistent content that they will
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enjoy and of course have fun with the
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you can reach your first thousand
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subscribers with a new channel by
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creating the right video at the right
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you can do a creative rendition of a
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popular internet trend or tackle a topic
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or question that no one else has made a
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there is also some success to be found
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in copying the video concepts of popular
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but this can stunt your growth in the
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long term potentially
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once you start getting your first views
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there are some easy ways to encourage
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and keep coming back for more the first
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is to simply ask research has shown that
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simply reminding viewers to like and
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subscribe can increase subscription
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at the beginning and end of every video
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just remind viewers to subscribe to your
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no one's going to complain about you
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doing this and you'll probably get a few
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speaking of which on-screen reminders
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help too a simple animation that can
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play while you're talking
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is a subtle reminder to anyone paying
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you can also use watermark branding in
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your videos this lets you add a logo to
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right of the video player it will link
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you could make this your channel icon
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but you can also make it a subscribe
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button or have the word subscribe
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this can pop up part way through your
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video and serve as another distraction
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to get people thinking about subscribing
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the other video element you can add
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is an end screen which lets you use the
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last 20 seconds of your video for
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suggestions on what to watch
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next you can also add in the subscribe
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button and this final reminder before
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may help remind people to subscribe if
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you have an outro screen it should also
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have a static reminder about subscribing
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once your video is live create a pinned
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comment on the video reminding people to
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this is your chance to write something
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personal so be sure to mention the next
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subscriber goal you're trying to reach
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and any other goals you have
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you can also add a subscription reminder
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in the description and your link can be
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a special link that automatically
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prompts users to subscribe
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just add question mark sub underscore
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confirmation equals one to the end of
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engaging with your existing and
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potential audiences is also critical to
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reaching those first thousand
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when you first start out you should be
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able to reply to every single comment on
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click the heart button on your best
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comments it's a free way to make
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commenters feel a lot more appreciated
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you can also make yourself known on
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other people's channels by regularly
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leaving good comments on their videos
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if you're able to get in contact with
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another content creator perhaps one that
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has slightly more subscribers than you
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you may be able to work out a deal where
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you collaborate on some videos and get
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this can be as simple as featuring each
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other in a single video on each channel
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or an ongoing partnership where you
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create content together indefinitely
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this will introduce both of you to a
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wider audience and can really help build
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subscribers and loyalty in the early
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youtube professionals will also tell you
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that you need to stay consistent with
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this has become less important and
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strict as time has gone on
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while it would be helpful to set a
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schedule and stick to it it's more
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important to your audience that you make
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content that is of high quality
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whether it's every day every week every
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month or a different schedule entirely
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if your content is good then it will
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resonate with your subscribers
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we also mentioned that you need 4 000
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watch hours in the last 12 months
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if you're making good content that
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people are actually watching then
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getting those hours long before reaching
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1 000 subscribers should be pretty easy
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once you reach these milestones you can
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apply to the partner program
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you'll be automatically reviewed once
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you reach these milestones although this
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process could take several weeks
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to see your status go to your youtube
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studio then click on monetization
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once you're invited into the partner
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program you can add advertisements to
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your videos that are eligible for them
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these ads come in various forms such as
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post roll overlay and more when viewers
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watch these ads you'll get paid
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simple as that now that's all about
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monetization on youtube and how to get
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access to monetization in the first
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