Youtube is the second biggest search engine and therefore it makes it the second most profitable source of additional income. Making videos is not difficult as the access of mobile to everyone has made video shooting a daily routine. 

There are proven ways of making money on youtube but it may not get a quick rich scheme. However, if video making is consistently done it can be a source of passive income that provides additional income source.

But, How to make youtube videos? Is the question many ask and we have researched and presented realistic ways of making money with youtube. The focus here is on how to make videos that make money.

1. Make YouTube Shorts And Earn Money

Youtube shorts is blossoming into TikTok alternative and many are churning a lot of money from making easily short videos. How can I make youtube shorts? It is easy because there are many ways to make short videos and it is shorts means that it is very easy.

Copy and paste youtube shorts

You can copy and paste youtube shorts but add value to the video so that it will not be a duplicate. If it is a duplicate you can even be liable for copyright issues. 

Downloading youtube videos and cutting them

You can download youtube videos by using download tools. THen cut the video using canva or other video editing tools.

Making youtube shorts from scratch or from other video sources

What are youtube shorts?

For example, go to a website like listverse.com. If you want to be copyright free go to google and search for copyright-free comedy or creepy images. You can choose an interesting peculiar article and make youtube shorts using tools such as invideo.com or wondershare uniconverter. Both of them use AI to make videos quickly and save time. You can make also youtube shorts easily using canva.

Invideo can make instant videos from the images and text from the article. That way…walla…the youtube shorts video is up for making money.

The shortcoming of youtube shorts is their ad revenue is much lesser than long-form youtube videos but they can be scaled easily to have huge subscribers in a short time. 

However, the YouTube shorts channel is a gold mine because it can grow so fast and the videos are easy to make. The less value of ad revenue can be substituted by running promotions. When the site is huge there are many promotors willing to pay a big chunk of money for promoting their services and products. So ultimately the site becomes as successful as channels with long-form videos.

Another monetization strategy is to run affiliate offers from affiliate networks such as Clickbank. That will augment the income from other sources.

2. Make money by reuploading videos from legal sources

You know that uploading copyrighted videos on youtube can cause serious legal claims and so that must be always avoided. However, there are common license videos and royalty-free videos you can upload on youtube and make tons of money.

Youtube’s creative common videos can be used freely to make videos and upload on youtube without a problem. For instance, you can download dashcam videos that are in the public domain and reuse them to make new videos.

If you have an idea to post on youtube, you can make videos freely by uploading from sources that allow legally using their content. 

The kinds of these sources are pexels, pixabay and so on. These are well known as free stock photo websites but they also have video content that can be used to make youtube videos.

You can use videos from such websites for free but they are not public domain websites, they are rather royalty-free websites. But what is the difference between public domain websites and royalty-free websites?

As creative commons licensed video you do not need to give credit to the original videographer, however, the royalty-free videos have restrictions that they must be edited whenever they are used.

If you want other public domain video sources, US government websites such as NASA are a good source of quality public domain videos you can freely use. The other good source that has common license video is pond5.com

As a word of advice, if you want to make videos and upload them on youtube, it is helpful to check what type of videos or style is popular. YOU can check them by checking the popular category on youtube and making videos that can instantly get traffic.

What types of videos can be uploaded

There are many types of videos that can be uploaded which are watched in high demand. 

Animal videos are loved by many, especially in the western world and those re-uploaded videos attract many animal lovers. The other may be car chases or audiobooks. 

You can edit the videos select the part that you want to use add your comments and share your thoughts. After editing the video you can upload it and count the visitors growing steadily.

You can monetize by ads, affiliate offers, or sponsorships.

3. Make money by Creating relaxation videos

Making videos that help relax and sleep better have high demand. The benefits of the natural harmony of voices on mental and sleep health is depicted by the success of the popular app calm which makes a lot of money daily.

A good example is a channel relaxing white noise that makes 300 USD-3000 USD according to the social blade website. that is a very conservative estimate because by selling affiliate production and making promotions, their income must be much larger.

What type of sounds and natural phenomena are sought after? Rain, thunders, birds, and other animal voices are perfect for the videos with creative mixing with related images and voices.

How to find audio resources for relaxation videos?

There are websites that are a good source of such audio. For example, freesound.org zapsplat.com, and epidemic sound have many rain, thunder audios that you can download for free.

You need a background for the videos black or another color may be Ok. But you can use royalty or public domain videos from pexels or youtube. 

What type of videos shall I make? You can do instant research on which types of videos are having high traffic and make similar videos even by trying to make them much better.

How much length is good? Since relaxation videos are used while studying and before sleep long videos are highly preferable.

The videos can be easily made even by mobile phones. To make long videos just copy and paste the short videos many times and that is all.

It is helpful to use tools such as vidIQ to check the keywords that are being searched for volume and competitiveness. By changing the keywords from relaxation to soothing or another word a keyword with low competition can be found so that the videos have high traffic.

There is the possibility of monetization by ads, affiliate offers, or sponsorships.

4. Make money by Turning articles into videos

There are many articles that can be used to make helpful and trending youtube videos. For example, videos on health and wellness have a potentially large audience on youtube.

The videos can be made without showing face and without any cost by video editors such as Canva. The voices in the audio can be narrated or AI voice narrators or can be real voices even your own voice.

The source of articles can be those in the public domain. However, you can summarise some articles and give credit.

Some apps such as invideo can automatically turn articles into videos by creating images automatically and narrating the voices with AI voices or a voiceover provided by you.

Monetization is possible by running ads, affiliate offers from relevant niches, and possible sponsorships.

5. Make money making how-to videos or tutorials

If you are an expert on some niche or have a deep interest you can prepare tutorials or videos explaining how to do some things.

You need not show your face but you can use screen recording software or make a video using canva and use your voice or AI voices. You can make videos on many topics such as how to train your dog or how to use the software.

Monetization is possible by running ads, affiliate offers from relevant niches, and possible sponsorships.

6. Make money recommending a product or products

If you know a product or use a product, you can make product reviews and attract buyers that require your information. You can recommend a product, or multiple products, or make product comparisons.

Monetization is possible by running ads, affiliate offers from relevant niches and possible sponsorships.

7. Make money by unboxing videos

If you have bought a new device, you can make a video unboxing it and show that your recommendation is a real experience. That increases the trust of the potential buyers to consider your recommendation with greater credibility. 

Especially, it is suitable if companies provide free trials as you can make product unboxing without any cost.

Monetization is possible by running ads, affiliate offers from relevant niches and possible sponsorships.

What you should do for your youtube videos

1. Use affiliate links in the descriptions as youtube allows it. 
2. Optimize for SEO the title and description. You can use TubeBuddy, vidIQ, and Keywords Everywhere. 
3. Ensure that the video, audio, images, and thumbnail are of high quality