संसार में जब से जीव आया है बस इसी सोच में लगा रहता है की संसार में आने का कारन क्या है यदीपी इस बात की पुषिट कई धार्मिक किताबो और संसार के महान ग्रन्थ करते ही रहते है की संसार में जीव के आने का लक्ष संसार में ज्ञान की प्राप्ति करना ही है पर वो कौन सा ज्ञान है जिस ज्ञान को प्राप्त करके हम इस भव सागर से शुट सकते है और जन्म मरण का जो चक्र में जीव फसा है वो भी दूर हो सकता है\ यह तो एक ऐसी पहेली है जो न तो कभी सुलजी है न कभी सुल्ज सकती है ,क्योकि सब जीवो के अपने अपने धर्म धर्म पर विशवास है और अपना अपना सबका एक सोच बना हुआ होता है जिस पर वो चल रहा है ,मगर फिर भी हम सभी में धर्म की कोई न कोई रूचि रहती ही है चाहे वो कभी कभी ही पैदा होती है जब हम संसार के जाल से उूब जाते है जा संसारी रिश्ते नाते हमे यहाँ मजबूर कर देते है और कभी कभी दुःख देने लगते है तब ही हम धर्म की रूचि पैदा कर लेते है-
पर यह सदा की लिए नहीं होती है उस के बाद यह रूचि कभी कभी माया में बदल जाती है ,हमारा मन कभी माया में कभी धर्म में ही फसा रहता है ,,यही सोच इस जीव की है की हम यहाँ पर आये क्यों है और हमारा जनम यहाँ पर क्यों हुआ है अगर जनम हुआ है तो आगे कहा जाना है यही तो एक ऐसा सवाल है जिसका हॉल हम सभी खोजने में लग्गे रहते है पर जीव कोई ही इस में तत्पर हो कर पूरी खोज करने के लिए उतरता है ,,यही संसार का अर्थ भी है संसार यहाँ पर संशय हो हमेशा भरम पड़ा रहे ,,,,हम देखते है की मानव हमारे सामने जनम लेते है और फिर उसके मरते जा रहे है और हम सभी को यह भी पता ह ऐ की एक दिन यही हाल हमारा भी होने वाला है और इस बात से इतना अनजान बने हुए है की कुश पता ही नहीं है की हम क्या कर रहे है ,असल में जीव माया में आया तो ज्ञान प्रपात करने को है जो इसको वेद शास्त्र गुरबानी और भी धार्मिक ग्रन्थ है जिसमे से मिल सकता है मगर माया का चक्र ही ऐसा है की इससे निकलना बहुत ही मुस्किल भरा काम है और ऐसा काम जो की मनुष्य को खुद ही करा पड़ता है कोई बहार से आकर यह काम नहीं कर सकता है जिस इस जीव को कोई और आकर इस की माया को दूर करदे, पर यह भी बात है की इस माया को दूर भी कौन करना चाहता है माया के तो सब गुलाम है ऐसा नहीं है की जो अमीर होता है वही मायाधारी है नहीं ऐसा तो अगर हम सभी में ईशा माया की है तो जरूर हम सभी मायाधारी है चाहे हमारे पास कितनी भी माया हो जा न हो हम सभी ही माया धरी है पर आम तो पर जो सन्यासी है उसको ही माया धरी कहा जाता है ,,बाकि दुनिआ को धरम की गूड बातो से कुश भी लेना देना नहीं होता है यह तो ऐसी बात है की वो लोग ऐसे ही सब बी बातो में पद कर अपना जनम बर्बाद कर रहे है ,जीव अपनी ही ईशा से माया में फसा हुआ है हमारा मन अपनी मर्जी ही परमेश्वर की हुकम की खिलाफ चलता है और मन अपनी मर्जी से ही उसके हुकम से अलग होता है ,,यही जीव के माया में फेज होने का कारन है जब तक यह जीव उस परमेश्वर के हुकम के अधीन नहीं हो जाता तब तक इसी ज्ञान के प्राप्ति के लिए भी इसी को अगला जनम हुआ है यह अगला जनम होना कोई सजा नहीं है बल्कि ज्ञान को पूरा करने के लिए हमे यह जनम मिला हुआ है ,,,अब जनम की प्हलाकि संसार में मारना तो कोई बी ही नहीं च रहा है पर संसार में मारना भी दो पर्कार है एक तो सररक तोर पर मारना है जिसको संसार मारना समज रहा है और दूसरा मरना वो है जिसको मन का मर जाना कहते है क्योकि ज अब तक मन नहीं मर जाता है इस संसार में सुखी होना सम्बह्व ही नहीं है ,यही इस जीव की छह भी है की हमेशा ही सुखी रहे और इसी सुख के कारन हम सभी यहाँ पर जो कुश कर रहे है वो सभी सुख के कारन ही कर रहे है और कोई मकसद ही नहीं है हमर जो भी हम काम करते है उस में केवल सुख ही चाहते है ,भला कोई ऐसा भी वियक्ति है जो यह उसकी चाहत है की में ऐसा कोई काम करू जिससे मुझे दुःख महसूस हो नहीं ऐसा तो कोई भी नहीं मांग रहा है ,,जीव के चेतना ही सुख सरूप है जो हमेशा ही सुख में रहना चाह रही है पर यह सुख संसार में तो इसको कही पर दिखयी नहीं पड़ता जिसको भी देखो हमेशा ही दुखी ही दिखाई दे रहा है इस पर कोई भी शंका किसी को भी नहीं है की ,,,बस अब यही बात ज्ञान की अहमियत को संजना होगा और ज्ञान को मान कर ही हम सभी यहाँ से भव सागर से तर सकते है हमेशा के लिए रर्ति यही है की इस जनम में हम उस प्रभु का नाम अर्थात उस के ज्ञान को समज कर ही इस दुनिया से छुटकारा पा सकते है वरना और कोई भी इस का न तो कोई तरीका है न और किसी भी तरह की समाधी और किसी करम कांड से यह मन काबू में अ सकता है अगर यह मन काबू में अ सकता है तो केवल यही इस का मकसद है की हमेशा ही ज्ञान में डूबा रहे क्योकि जब तक ज्ञान में डूबा रहेगा इस को औरु कोई कल्पना करने का मौका ही नहीं मिलेगा ,इस लिए सरबप्रथम ज्ञान ही है जिस के कारन हम अपनी यह चीज को यानि इस आत्मा को जनम मरण के बंधन से आजाद कर सकते है वरना तो जनम मरण तो चल ही रहा है और चलता ही रहेगा और हमेशा ही हम इस नरक में पड़े रहेंगे ,,,यही तो नरक है और कौनसा नरक अपने देखा है य्र जाकर हस्पताल में तो देख लीजे वह पर आपको नरक के ही दर्शन हो सकते है सब दुनिआ में सब लोग तो दुखी ही नहीं वरना सुख तो कभी कभार ही हासिल होता है साडी जिनगी तो सुख के पिशे भाग जाने में ही लग्गी रहती है हलाकि संसार में मारना तो कोई बी ही नहीं च रहा है पर संसार में मारना भी दो पर्कार है एक तो सररक तोर पर मारना है जिसको संसार मारना समज रहा है और दूसरा मरना वो है जिसको मन का मर जाना कहते है क्योकि ज अब तक मन नहीं मर जाता है इस संसार में सुखी होना सम्बह्व ही नहीं है ,यही इस जीव की छह भी है की हमेशा ही सुखी रहे और इसी सुख के कारन हम सभी यहाँ पर जो कुश कर रहे है वो सभी सुख के कारन ही कर रहे है और कोई मकसद ही नहीं है हमर जो भी हम काम करते है उस में केवल सुख ही चाहते है ,भला कोई ऐसा भी वियक्ति है जो यह उसकी चाहत है की में ऐसा कोई काम करू जिससे मुझे दुःख महसूस हो नहीं ऐसा तो कोई भी नहीं मांग रहा है ,,जीव के चेतना ही सुख सरूप है जो हमेशा ही सुख में रहना चाह रही है पर यह सुख संसार में तो इसको कही पर दिखयी नहीं पड़ता जिसको भी देखो हमेशा ही दुखी ही दिखाई दे रहा है इस पर कोई भी शंका किसी को भी नहीं है की ,,,बस अब यही बात ज्ञान की अहमियत को संजना होगा और ज्ञान को मान कर ही हम सभी यहाँ से भव सागर से तर सकते है हमेशा के लिए
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frelance यह एक बहुत ही अछि वेब sight है अगर आप लेखन का काम जानते है तो आप इस पर जा कर अपनी बहुत सी सेवाएं दे सकते है और आप बहुत पैसा इस पर कमा सकते है क्योकि इस पर बहुत सी सेवाएं उपलभ्द है आप जो भी कुश जानते है यहाँ पर शेयर कर सकते है और घर बैठे ही पैसा कमा सकते है पर यह सब कुश इतना आसान भी नहीं है इस के लिए आप अपनी फील्ड में माहिर होने चाइये और अगर अपनी फील्ड में माहिर है तो आप बहुत सा पैसा यहाँ पर कमा सकते हो ,
ebay यह एक ऐसी वेब sight है जिस पर आप affiliate मार्केटिंग के जरिये आप इस प्रोडक्ट की सेल कर सकते है आप इस के प्रोग्राम को ज्वाइन कर सकते है और इस के प्रोडक्ट को उसे कर पैसा बना सकते है और ऐसा भी हो सकता है की आप अपने ब्लॉग पर ही इस के प्रोडक्ट्स को शेयर करकर पैसा कमा सकते है ,इस पर बहुत से ऐसे प्रोडक्ट है जो आप के लिए भी और दूसरो के लिए भी काम में आ सकते है इस लिए आप यह बात धयान में रखिए के आप किस प्रोडक्ट को उसे कर रहे है क्योकि जिस भी प्रोडक्ट को आप उसे कर रहे है उस के बारे में पता होना चाइये और आप कोई ऐसा प्रोडक्ट सेल करने के लिए ऑफर मत करिये जिस के बारे में आप को खुद पता न हो क्योकि ऐसा करना आप के लिए नुक्सान दायिक हो सकता है इससे आपका विशवास टूट सकता है
ऑनलाइन surve यह भी एक ऐसा तरीका है जिससे आप पैसा बना सकते है बहुत सी ऐसी कंपनीज़ है जो अपने पेज पर ऑनलाइन सुर्वे करने के आप को पैसा देती है पर इस में ज्यादा पैसा नहीं होता है पर यह एक ऐसा तरीका है जिससे आप पैसा बना सकते है ,,आप किसी भी सुर्वे वेबसइट पर जा कर उस पर ज्वाइन हो सकते है वह पर ज्वाइन करने के बाद आपको एक फॉर्म फइलल करना होता है और सुर्वे में आपको पूरी डिटेल करनी होती है इस पर्कार आप इस से पैसा बना सकते है इस लिए इंटरनेट एक बहुत ही अछा साधन है आपको पैसा देने का और यहाँ पर सब कुश आसान नहीं है इस के लिए आप को पहले सही जानकारी होनी चाइये फिर ही आप किसी नतीजे पर पहुँच कर अपना यह बुसिनेस्स स्टार्ट कर सकते है और यह एक ऐसी चीज है जो आपको रातो रात करोड़पति नहीं बना सकती है इस के लिए आपको बहुत ही म्हणत करनी पड़ेगी क्यों की कामयाबी कर कोई भी शॉर्टकट नहीं होता है यह सब कुश आपको सीखना पड़ेगा और आपको करना पड़ेगा
Hands down the quickest way to make a lot of money (well, without breaking the law). Lots of students have genuinely made £100s from this technique. It’s completely legal, risk free, tax free, and anyone can do it.
This leaves you being able to squeeze out the free bet, which can be as much as £200! Multiply this by how many betting sites there are and you can quite easily come away with a profit of a few hundred pounds.
Owen walks you through how to make your first £15 profit (using a real life example) in this gem of a guide to matched betting. If you know of any better way to make £30/hr sitting at home, please let us know!
Online surveys
Credit: Julio Marquez – Flickr.com An increasingly popular way for students to make money is to fill out online surveys in their spare time. Research companies are always recruiting new members to answer surveys and test new products.
For a few minutes of form filling, you can make a couple of quid which is paid as cash or rewards. You can bag up to £3 ($5) for some surveys!
Interested in earning cash for doing what you already do online? This has to be one of the easiest methods of making money online without really any effort or change in your behavior.
This innovative idea by Qmee.com rewards you for searching in Google, Bing or Yahoo. You just install a simple add-on to your browser and when you conduct a search there may be a few sponsored results alongside your normal search.
Each Qmee result has a cash reward attached – if you are interested in it simply click on it and collect your reward.
The best thing is there is no minimum to cashout – our first one was just 72p wired to our Paypal account. You also have the option to donate it to charity.
Sign up now for free and start earning from your own searches! Click here to start.
Social Investment Networks
The historically hard-to-break world of investing in stock markets and currencies has been cracked wide open. Today there is no need to be a fat cat or fund the yachts of Wolf of Wall Street style stock brokers. You can do it all yourself with the help of free online market trading platforms.
Having spent many hours researching this new opportunity, I’ve been experimenting with eToro.com which has over 4 million users worldwide. It was recently featured in the BBC 2 documentary “Traders: Millions by the Minute” and the Financial Times.
One of the best things on eToro is the CopyTrader feature. This lets you literally see, follow and copy the investments of other top performing traders.
Follow George’s complete guide to trading on eToro to learn more. I think $200 is a good amount to get the most out of the learning curve by trying out a few different markets. If nothing else you’ll learn a great deal about various investments and industries.
Warning: trading can be volatile and you can lose money, so don’t throw your life savings into it!
Review websites & apps for cash
Well it seems like you’re pretty nifty with a web browser, so perhaps it’s time to turn pro and browse websites as a paid and fun job!
Introducing UserTesting.com – a new platform that pays everyday people to review all kinds of websites. Each review takes around 20 minutes and bags you $10 (£6.50) via Paypal.
Simply sign up here, complete a test review and look forward to receiving websites in your inbox.
The ‘Disney Vault’ secret
To keep demand high across generations, Disney Studios carefully restrict the supply of some home release classics. They are locked away in the ‘vault’ for 8-10 years before being released for a short unspecified time.
Buy them in this window at normal retail price and you can turn a nice profit when they go off sale for another decade or so.
For example, in 2011 you could buy Beauty and the Beast on Blu-ray 3D for just £24.99. In just a couple of years it was on Amazon for a staggering £74.99!Importantly, not all Disney releases are subject to the vault and only the true classics will maintain such demand.
Exciting update! We’ll soon be launching our own GPT service for our readers. Invites will be limited and UK only, please join our mailing list if you’re interested in hearing once it’s live:
Start your own website
If you’ve ever seen the film The Social Network then you’ve most likely had your brain spinning as to what website you can start-up to make you billions.
And of course there are lots of stories out there about successful students who have started a site while at university, or even bought a domain name and later sold it for 1000s.
In fact, Save the Student is one such example of a website started at university by Owen Burek in his first year, which has since grown into a full-time and successful enterprise.
Read Owen’s 4-step guide to setting up a website if you’re interested in finding out more. It’s really not that difficult to get started and there are plenty of opportunities to make money online.
Sell your notes
If you don’t mind sharing your notes with other students it’s a great way to generate a little extra cash. There are sites out there that you can upload your notes to, along with your price, and then when another student downloads them you get paid.
Sites like Notesale are free for you to list your notes but tend to take a cut of your profit in order to handle the marketing etc so that you don’t have to go out there and promote your notes yourself.
You will most likely have to upload PDFs but it’s worth it for the return and you can submit handwritten notes but you’re likely to make more money if they’re typed up.
Write and publish a Kindle eBook
If students are good at anything, it’s researching and writing. With theAmazon Kindle store, anyone can publish an eBook and make money.
And the Kindle app is now available on almost any device (laptops, iPads, smartphones and yes, Kindles) so your global market is huge!
List your book for £1.49 – £6.99 and you earn 70% of the sale. Considering Amazon is the ultimate selling machine (and remember people are looking to spend), that is a fantastic deal.
The key to success with eBooks is to create value, and write non-fiction. Simply bundling information you have researched and complied on a common problem (eg. ‘secrets’ to finding a job) and then presenting it in an easy to digest format (an eBook) justifies someone spending a few quid on it.
Another big tip is to have a great cover designed so it stands out, and once your book is live on the Kindle store it’s really important to get some reviews so it shows up higher in results. Encourage readers to leave an honest review at the end of your book.
The best thing about this lucrative idea is that once you’ve invested the time (say 20 hours), you’ll earn a passive income for years to come! For a step-by-step guide to publishing and earning with eBooks, see “How to write a nonfiction eBook in 21 days“.
Looking to make a little money on the Internet? Why not give YouTube a try? You don't have to strike it lucky or go viral to earn money with YouTube, but if you do happen to fall into such luck, there's quite a hefty pot of money to earn from. This is all thanks to companies who pay to advertise through YouTube (which is owned by Google, for those of you who were unaware).
In this post, I'm going to give you ideas for making videos that can earn you some real cash on YouTube, as well as give you some pro tips regarding the best practices for making the most of the videos you upload. Whether you're just an individual looking to make a bit of money on the side, or a business looking to monetize promotional videos, there's something for everyone in this post. Don't expect to break the bank -- I'm not promising riches and wealth beyond your wildest dreams -- but if you're looking for a legitimate way to actually make money online, this could be the article you've been waiting for!
Some stats from yours truly
First, let's start with some stats from a few of my videos. I want to show you that while I'm not making money hand-over-fist, I'm certainly making enough to put a smile on my face. Now, don't be too hasty to draw conclusions from these figures, because there are a number of factors to take into consideration with how videos earn and perform. I'll cover those factors in the next section, but for the moment, here are two of my better-performing videos, which, for what they are, is pretty astounding that I'm even earning anything! I'm not naming the specific videos, because I'm not quite sure at the moment if that would violate Google's ToS.
As you can see up front, there is no blanket statement for saying "X amount of traffic guarantees X amount of dollars." It just doesn't work like that, unfortunately. To further prove the point, here's some stats from a video of mine that has fairly terrible ad revenue performance
Rough, right? Depending on who you ask, that $0.50 might be the first thing someone has ever earned online, and that's truly something to be excited about; however, judging by the numbers themselves, those earnings are pitiful. Regardless, I just wanted to give you a feel for how widely performance can vary, but the potential to really earn money is certainly there. Up next, I'll dig into why performance varies so much and what you can do to put the odds of better performance in your favor. Later, I'll go into exactly what you need to do to get set up to start making money with YouTube.
On the previous page, I showed some stats from a few of my YouTube videos. The numbers were all over the place, proving that traffic numbers, in and of themselves, are not a good indicator of how much you can expect to earn. In other words, 1,000 visitors don't automatically equate to $1.00 in earnings (or some other figure, for that matter). The reason for that is due to the types of ads that are shown with your videos.
For example, let's assume you posted a video about how to bake cookies. Most likely, the title of your video will be something to the effect of "how to bake cookies." Then, in the description beneath your video, perhaps you list the recipe, including brand names for products you purchased to make the cookies with, etc. Lastly, you add tags to your video that are related to baking, cookies, brands, recipes, appliances, etc.
Now, when someone watches your video, they're most likely going to see ads related to exactly what you've specifed your video is about: cookies, baking, Maytag appliances (if you named that brand), etc. That essentially ensures that someone (hopefully many) will click on one of the ads that's shown to them. Now, I'm going to dive into a bit of my own personal theory here, so take the next paragraph in context.
The factors you can control for letting YouTube know what your video is about are video title, video description, tags, category, and the actual name of the video you upload; however, I think Google takes more factors into consideration with the ads they display in YouTube videos -- namely, voice transcriptions from videos (if a video has such data to extract), the location of the person viewing the video, and the cookies that exist on a viewer's computer. Now, Google may not use any of those, but their goal is to make money. And if they don't run the most relevant ads for every single person that watches a YouTube video, then they lessen their chances (and, thus, your chances) of making money.
So, all that to say that I think Google does more than just the factors under your control to run relevant ads, which ultimately works in your favor. But you should absolutely do your part to accurately explain the contents of your video. And with that, it's time to move on to the next section: keyword research. Though not a necessity, keyword research can greatly increase the odds of your video being discovered via YouTube searches.
Keyword research in YouTube
Before I delve into this section, let me preface keyword research as not being a guarantee of anything: traffic, earnings, exposure, or otherwise. Personally, I think of keyword research as being great for not only figuring out excellent terms to use in relation to videos I plan on posting, but also for researching video ideas to do in the first place. Accordingly, I'll take things one step farther for you and show you how to better validate some of the data you come up with during your research.
There are two primary ways for searching for keywords with this tool: by words that you're interested in, and by video. In the first method, you search for a term that you're interested in finding popular, related keywords for. Simple enough, let's say you type "baking cookies" into the search box, then the tool will return keywords related to "baking cookies," as well as how many searches that term draws in monthly (it's not an accurate number). The second method allows you to enter a URL for a YouTube video that you'd like to use to get keyword suggestions from. That's pretty awesome, and a great way to see what suggestions YouTube has for keywords related to videos you may be interested in doing.
Leveraging the first method, when I performed a keyword search for "baking cookies," the results showed "Not Enough Data," instead of showing an estimated number of monthly searches. Check it out:
Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that no one is searching for "baking cookies!" This is actually the perfect example to lead into the next keyword research section with, but before I do, I'd like to point out where it says "Match Type" in the upper right-hand corner of the image above. When you do your searches as per the intentions listed in this article, it's best to view your results either by "phrase" or "exact." If you view results by "broad," then you're looking at numbers that aren't truly representative of what you might realistically be able to expect in terms of traffic.
So, with that, I'm going to continue keyword research on the next page. Afterward, we'll get away from the technical stuff and I'll give you some ideas, best practices, and steps to hit the ground running with your new YouTube adventure!
Keyword research in YouTube, continued
On the previous page, I showed how "baking cookies" yielded no usable data in relation to traffic numbers (that is, roughly the average number of people who search YouTube for that term in a month); however, that doesn't mean you want to count out doing a video showing how to bake your grandmother's famous "carn sarn hot diggity dang" cookies just yet!
From here, what you want to do is see what kind of suggestions YouTube gives as you type "baking cookies" into the search box, as well as what types of videos pop up when searching for "baking cookies." So, first, youhead to YouTube. Then, slowly start typing in your term, so that you can see the suggestions YouTube provides after each additional letter you add to your search. Personally, I wanted to see how far after typing "baking" YouTube would suggest "baking cookies," as well as how far down the list of suggestions that term appeared. Here's how far I got before it suggested "baking cookies:"
The third result down is actually quite decent! What that suggests is that enough people have searched for "baking cookies" that YouTube found it likely that when typing "baking c," I was probably more interested in searching for "baking cookies" than "baking chicken" or "baking cakes for beginners." So, when I completed the search, here is what I saw.
As you can see, there are ads all over that search results page, which is a good sign, because it means there are lots of advertisers who are paying to have their ads shown for the keywords I searched for. And for those of you who don't know how the ad world works, basically, the more ads you see, the more competition there is. That means that companies with ads above other ads are paying more to have their ad show first. So, if you have a video on YouTube and an ad from one of those high-paying companies is displayed to someone watching and they click on it, you'll get a bigger slice of pie than you would for a lower-costing ad.
Taking all of that into consideration, now look just under the search box to see the total number of videos YouTube has returned for your search. You can loosely think of that as your competition, basically. Then, look at all the videos that show up on the first page of results. How many views do they have? How long have they been live (1 month, 6 months, 1 year, or more)? Does your exact keyword appear in the titles or descriptions? These are all things to take into consideration... although, all of those things could be almost irrelevant to you, depending on the keyword you shoot for, how well you optimize your video for your primary keyword, and, more importantly, if you can bring traffic to the video via means outside of people searching for it in YouTube (which I'll address on the next page). Just think of all of this as helping you to paint a broad picture of what you're up against, if there are any relevant ads for your keyword, etc.
Now, the last step to really honing in on YouTube data related to your exact keyword is to search for it in quotes. Here is a screen shot showing the very different results I received when searching for "baking cookies" in quotes. As you can see, the overall number of videos reduced drastically, and the videos in the results are quite different, too; however, the ads mostly stayed the same! This is good, and it means that "baking cookies" is an exact term that advertisers are interested in paying for ads for.
So, would "baking cookies" be worth it for you to target? That's up for you to decide! Maybe through that research, you learned that "baking cookies" is the wrong term to use altogether! Perhaps you want to travel down the path of "how to bake cookies" or suchlike. It may seem like a lot of work to do, but in actuality, you can do this kind of research EXTREMELY fast -- especially once you get the hang of it.
The important thing to keep mind of is that this stuff isn't going to be the make-or-break of your video. It just helps you to get some ideas, flesh out some keywords you might want to specifically target, and to generally paint an overall picture. One lesson to note is that if you find that no one is searching for a term, or if you just post a video and leave it to its own devices, your views may well never roll in.
Next up, I'll cover some dos and don'ts, best practices, and ideas/pointers based on my personal experience. Then, I'll wrap everything up with the exact steps you need to take to get started making some actual money with YouTube!
What to upload, what to upload...
On the first page, I showed you some stats from a few videos of mine. Then, on the two pages that followed, I gave you an overview of keyword research with YouTube and all the data you can take from it. But before you actually jump into all of that, you should spend some time thinking about the kinds of videos you'd like to upload in the first place! Here are some ideas to get your brain thinking down the right path:
-How-to videos on subject matter you consider yourself good at or passionate about (guitar, home repair, baking, etc.)
-Review videos on a subject you're interested in (music, movies, plays, gadgets, etc.)
-Gameplay videos of your favorite games (I love doing these, personally)
-Personality videos (comedy, intellectual, political; do you want people to watch you for you?)
So, what do you want to upload? Read through the rest of the article if you'd like, or stick here and do some thinking. Either way, this is pretty much where you have to first make something happen if you hope to have something to upload with which to monetize.
Best practices, dos and don'ts, etc.
Now, I'm going to go over a hodgepodge of points ranging from dos and don'ts, to best practices, to personal advice based on my experiences. This list is far from the be-all and end-all, but it should certainly be enough to not only steer you in the right direction, but also help you come up with the right questions to ask yourself along the journey. With that said, in no particular order of importance:
Make it fun, first and foremost: Unless you have some serious ambition to make this venture a full-time deal, make sure you understand that nothing is guaranteed; not views, traffic, or earnings. You're going to spend some time doing all of this, like recording, editing, uploading (including writing your title, description, etc. while the video uploads), spreading the word (which I'll cover in a bit), and more. As such, try to make this a fun venture (unless you're reading this article from a business-minded perspective, in which case, you already know what this venture's going to be).
Nobody clicks ads, right?: Wrong. It's easy to talk yourself out of an ad-based model of monetization by thinking everyone is like you, if you're someone who never clicks ads (like me). So, if you have that kind of mentality, then do yourself a favor and stop projecting it onto everyone. Amazing as it may seem, plenty of people click ads. And even if they don't, you can still make money just for X number of people seeing an ad. They don't even have to click through! What you make from such revenue is typically laughable, but it's still free money and every cent counts. I mean, look at my third video example back on the first page: 2,400 views and only $0.50 earned. That's chump change, but it's also chump change that I didn't have beforehand!
Speaking of clicking on ads: Don't click ads that run on your own videos. That's called click fraud and it can get your AdSense account terminated. And unless you've figured out how to pull the con of the century, the money you stand to make from click fraud is laughable and nowhere near worth the risk of getting caught. You won't go to jail or anything for it, but having an AdSense account terminated is a real pain in the butt to deal with, should you want to use AdSense to monetize with in the future.
Don't monetize videos you don't own: Technically, you shouldn't even upload videos that belong to someone else. And it's a good idea not to do that, anyway, because before you can monetize videos on YouTube, you have to go through a proving stage where Google feels you won't be a risk to their advertisers. To do that, you need upload videos, but just don't upload content that would give Google a reason to delete it. Once you're able to start monetizing your videos, make doubly sure you don't upload content that belongs to others and especially don't monetize such content. That can get your AdSense account banned quicker than you can say "Aunt Jemima's pancakes!" For more about what you shouldn't do,click here and read the bottom of the page.
If you know what FPS and encoding are, these tips are for you: If, like me, you're an HD nut, then I'm about to save you a LOT of time and energy in seeking out how get the highest quality 1080p video you can possibly put on YouTube. First, know that YouTube encodes everything that's uploaded. This is important to know, because you can't just upload an uncompressed, 1920 x 1080 60 FPS .avi file and expect that YouTube has the finest to work with, ergo you end up with an amazing 1080p YouTube video. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.
Anything over 30 FPS is a waste, because that's the highest frame rate YouTube allows for its videos; however, YouTube WILL preserve lower frame rates. To note, YouTube encodes videos with the H.264 codec, which is a great codec in most cases, but not for the types of videos I like doing (HD game videos). As such, I have to put in a bit more effort with what I feed YouTube so that I end up with something that represents the original as much as possible. If that ends up being you, then the following links are my supreme offerings to you: link one, link two, link three, link four, and link five. Exhaust them all thoroughly, because between them, you'll find everything you want to know and then some.
Research, research, research: In addition to what I've already mentioned in this article, there's much more to delve into where researching your topic of interest, traffic, and competition are concerned. For instance, many videos have public stats beyond just views, such as showing which Web sites are sending traffic to them! Also, look through the comments and see if people are asking questions about things that weren't covered. That's a great way to gather up some actionable data for yourself in regards to what you'd like to record.
Don't wait for clicks; go get them: While the keyword research component I covered focuses specifically on YouTube, I would highly recommend that you don't just post a video and wait for clicks to roll in. More often than not, that will result in a video that flops and earns you nothing. Using our previous example of "baking cookies," why not try seeing what kind of keyword data you can gather from Google's keyword tool? Also, try searching Google for "baking cookies" using the same methods I mentioned on previous pages. That's a great way to find sites where you might be able to post a link to your video, etc.
Another idea is to leverage social media. Using Twitter, why not search for people who mention "baking cookies" in their tweets? Depending on what they said, you could tweet them a link to your video while addressing their concern. Facebook is another good one. Recently, I purchased a top-of-the-line Alienware laptop, so I've been recording videos with it to show people what it can do. For one of the videos, I posted on Alienware's Facebook page saying something to the effect of, "I wanted to showcase what the latest Alienware M18x R2 is capable of, so here's a 1080p video of a game running with maxed-out settings!" Alienware not only ended up "liking" that comment, but they then posted a new status on their wall with a link to my video. Hello, traffic!
Lastly, remember when I mentioned in the previous point about looking for YouTube commenters with questions on videos related to the topic you're interested in? Well, why not save those peoples' names when you run across them, then message them a link to your video when you post it and say something like, "Hey, I noticed you had a question about such 'n such, so I just wanted to send you a link to my video, where I answer your question and more!" If your content is useful, it will certainly spread on its own to an extent, but you will always do better to help it along. Don't take traffic for granted; it's never guaranteed.
Ask others how their videos are performing: You'd be surprised how many people will be forthcoming with how their videos perform. All you have to do is ask! Sure, people may lie about what they've made, or they may just ignore you, but you could message someone and say something like, "I want to start making some videos about this topic, so I thought I would check around a bit to see if it's worth it to get into." Most times I've done this, people are friendly and not at all threatened that you're going to get in on their action. Just a thought.
Tweak as necessary: When a video of yours has been monetized, go ahead and watch it to see what kind of ads are running on it. If they're not relevant, then maybe you should consider tweaking the title, description, and/or keywords. There's nothing wrong with testing and updating as necessary.
And now, the next and final page will conclude this guide. I'll show you exactly what you need to do to get set up (it's easy), then leave you with some parting thoughts.
Getting set up to make money online with YouTube
1. Set up a Google account: If you don't yet have a Google account, thengo ahead and set one up. You'll need it for use with YouTube and AdSense.
2. Sign up on YouTube: You should be able to just sign into YouTube with your Google account once it's created, but if not, then go ahead and set up a YouTube account per the information they request.
3. Sign up for Google AdSense: Once again, you should be able to log into AdSense with your Google account, but getting set up with AdSense means you'll need to submit much more information, like your address, phone number, SSN/TIN, and more. Make no mistake that Google is paying you whatever you make from ads, so they need to send you tax information on your earnings each year, etc. Also, I'm not sure if it's still the case today, but when I signed up for AdSense, they mailed a card which contained a code to my physical address so as to verify it. I had to call a number, enter the code on the card, etc. The whole process took about a week. Oh, and if the AdSense site doesn't seem to work when you visit it, then disable your ad blocking software/add-ons.
4. Upload a video or two: While you're waiting for the card Google sends to verify your address, this is a good time to upload a video or two so you can start building a history with the site. The videos don't need to be public; they can be unlisted or even private. You'll need to have videos present in your account so you can activate monetization.
5. Enable monetization on your videos: When logged into your YouTube account, click "Settings," then, look for "Monetization" towards the bottom of the left-hand sidebar. Once you click that, there should be an "Enable My Account" button you can click. If you don't see it yet, then you don't quite have enough of a history with YouTube. That's okay, though, because it doesn't take long, and getting set up with this is far easier now than it was even earlier this year. Anyway, once you have monetization enabled, all you'll need to do is link your AdSense account and that's it!
6. Bookmark this post and revisit it often: Once you get all set up and you're ready to take things to the next level, make sure you revisit this post! There are plenty of ideas herein that you can revisit to come up with new ideas for content, videos, etc.
Conclusion
First and foremost, I really hope you're walking away from this article with something of use. I know it's a lot to take in, and for some of you, this is a completely new learning experience. For those of you where that's the case, my advice is to just take your time, loosen up, and have fun while learning all of this. Feel free to ask questions if you have them; I'm here to help. (It's best if you send me an email via the contact form, because after a certain point, I simply can't keep up with comments any longer.) Thanks for taking the time to read all of this and I look forward for writing additional installments, should reader interest prove great enough. Best of luck with all of your money-making endeavors!
If you want the best Cars, Weapons, and Properties in GTA Online, you're going to have to make money. GTA Online offers so many options to players that the best way to make money isn't always apparent.
1. GTA 5 Stimulus Package
As some compensation for GTA Online's widespread launch issues, Rockstar has publicly promised all current GTA Online players a $500,000 bankroll boost to their characters. Any player who logs in during October 2013 is eligible.[n]
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First announced in October, the GTA Stimulus package will likely appear in early November, possibly as soon as the weekend of Nov 8. This compensatory program offers $500,000 as an outreach by Rockstar toward the community as a way of atoning for some of GTA Online's service woes.
The deposit will come in two installments, each of $250,000. Rockstar announced that they'd like to get the first batch of money into player hands by the end of the week of October 13-20th.
2. Get a Job
Jobs are the most efficient way for early-game GTA Online players to farm wealth. They are relatively short, provide substantial rewards for success and adequate rewards for participation. They also offer opportunities to increase Stats, Rank and Reputation.
Jobs also offer an upward path of mobility toward greater cash rewards. The more Jobs you take on, the more financially rewarding new Jobs become.
Jobs can be found scattered all over the Map, but the easiest way to access Jobs is to check the Quick Jobs tab on your Cell Phone. From this menu you can access all unlocked Job types for your character and find matchmaking options for partners in crime.
You will sometimes receive occasional invitations from other players to participate in Jobs. Completing elements of the in-game story also opens new types of Jobsto the player.
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Once involved with a Job, you may choose to remain in a Job Playlist with other players, moving between Deathmatches, Races, Sporting Events (including parachuting) and missions.
Survival matches unlock at level 15 and are a great way to earn cash. Successfully making it to the end of level 10 (normally takes less than 10 minutes) pays out $20,000. These survival missions are anywhere from 1 to 4 players and fairly simple to beat if you work as a team. The plane boneyard map has a building that you can climb onto the roof of that gives you a pretty big advantage. You can replay these as many times as you like and rake in the dough.
Jobs create a cycle of increasing returns, growing in value as you grow in experience. Supplement competitive Jobs with occasional Missions to keep opening up new options.
Several multi-player cooperative Mission type Jobs provide substantial cash rewards to ambitious players.
Due to the recent 1.04 patch, any jobs you replay give you only half as much of a payout than when you first completed them.
3. Grab Quick Cash
As a change of pace, you can also knock over a convenience store or steal a car to pick up extra bucks.
Car Theft has a pretty great return, although you can only perform thefts infrequently. Robberies can be fun, but they're dangerous and not particularly cash efficient.
SELLING CARS
Los Santos Customs Mod Shops will purchase non-tracked cars for handy prices. Driving a jacked car to a nearby Mod Shop will garner a little extra spending money. Note that cops online are always on the lookout for stolen cars. The rewards can be substantial, although you can only sell one car per in-game day (48 minutes). SUV's sell for good prices, ranging between 3,5K and 7K (Baller is worth 9k). Lampadeti Felon's sell for $9,000+. For more Information view Best Selling Cars.The math appears to be that the modshop sell price is 10% of any vehicles actual purchase price (which is why no car can be sold for more than $9,500, upgrades notwithstanding).
Repair prices match to the discounted 'sell' prices (ie. Damaged car will sell for $2,200, repair costs $300. Repaired car sells for $2,500).
It is also worth considering using your second character slot as a 'car mule'. That is because all banked money is shared between your characters, but any one of your characters can only own one property(for now). Therefore, invest in a cheap 6-car garage for your second character (preferably near a mod shop, for labours sake). At the start of any gaming session, use your mule to go off hunting for any $6-9k cars, filling your garage. Find a seventh car, sell it. Now switch to your main character, play as normal, then roughly every 50 minutes, you can switch back to the mule and casually sell the held cars. Of course the additional benefit (particularly at this point in time) is that switching between your characters does a 'manual' save to the Rockstar vapour servers.
The Richman area is probably one of the best places to prowl for the high-end (but sellable), cars.
Simeon also has a varying wish list of high-priced rides. He will text you a list of cars he desires. If you happen upon one of these, take it to a mod shop, respray it, then drive it down to the docks. Bring them to him, and you'll garner a decent reward (approx. x2 what a mod shop would offer depending on the condition of the vehicle), even if you are left stranded in the docks.
ROBBERIES
GTA Online Robberies are similar to GTA 5 Robberies. You step into one of the many potential stores (which include gas stations and different convenience stores), point a gun at the clerk, grab the money, and flee before the cops arrive. Online, a couple of new twists are added to the process.
First, yelling at the Cashier causes him to unload his money more quickly. Note that your yelling may be overheard by others on your chat channel. Second, Robberies may be conducted cooperatively with other players, with the bagman responsible for divvying up the cash at the Heist's conclusion. To divide the earnings, you hold select to bring up the Quick Interaction menu. From here you go to Inventory->Cash. After this you merely click the split option, and divide the money amongst the participants. Note that cuts are in percentage and not raw amounts for convenience.
UNSTOPPABLE GETAWAY STRATEGY:
This method requires 2-players, but if done correctly, you will be able to hit every store in San Andreas multiple times while barely taking any damage. First, get a Three-Star Wanted Level. Next grab a police van. Have someone driving and someone in the back. BE SURE THAT THE DOORS ARE CLOSED! The police van is covered in armor and has bulletproof windows. If you back the van up to the doors of the liquor store leaving just enough space for your partner to open the doors and get out, you can hit every store in San Andreas, making an easy 15 grand at least. The hard part is losing your wanted level afterwards as the van is incredibly slow.
4. Protect Your Earnings
Don't forget to stash your ill-gotten gains in the bank as soon as possible. Opportunistic rivals wait like vultures to steal money from players coming off Jobs with full pockets.
Dive into your Cell Phone, browse the internet, and deposit your money in the bank immediately after every Job. The easiest way is to simply click your phone, then click the tab relating to money and click the third option which should be Maze Bank.
Don't waste your early game cash on Clothes or cosmetics. Save your money for Weapons, Ammo, and Armor, and invest in a $25,000 Garage if you're interested in collecting Cars. At the moment you can only have one property in your ownership. This means if you buy a garage, you cannot purchase a house at the same time. However you can sell your old properties at a slightly lower price than that which you purchased them for. Some players might find it better to save for a house rather than a garage. 2-car garage houses are roughly eighty thousand or less. Six-car garage houses are around 120 thousand. Ten-car garage houses start around 200 thousand.
When you die on the free-roaming world map, you respawn at a Hospital. While it's not immediately apparent, every one of these visits is siphoning money straight out of your banking funds. The cost in currency is a real burden for cash-strapped new players. Likewise, players sometimes harvest rival corpses for cash, stealing your recent earnings off your body. There are two main ways to avoid expensive Hospital fees.
MUGGING
Once you reach Level 50, you can call Lamar and he'll have a thief mug another player. This can be a quick way to make some cash if you are the one calling the thief; alternatively if you are the one who gets mugged, a random masked NPC brandishing a knife will run at you, knock you over, and take all of the cash that you have on hand. (This is why getting in the habit of putting your money in the bank is so crucial.) It should be noted that it is possible to stand up and kill the thief before he gets away. The reward will be your money back and an achievement/trophy.
PLAY IN PASSIVE MODE
Passive Mode becomes available to players after their first open-world death. It can be activated at any time in the open world through theInteractive Menu. It costs $0 to enter Passive Mode. Passive Mode protects you from an attack by players on foot. You can neither harm nor be harmed by enemies outside of a Vehicle. While this doesn't protect you from being run over by Cars, it does keep you from being chosen as a special target for jerk-sniper-campers. Climb onto a low roof and you're almost immune to damage, allowing you to peruse Jobs at will.
STAY IN JOBS
An even better defense against cash-drain, during money farming, is to stay altogether outside the open world and hop from Job to Job as quickly as possible. Dying during Jobs will only cost you hospital fees (you won't drop your money like in free mode), and since Jobs are already the best way to farm money early on, you'll do well to simply follow the flow of a group Playlist while farming.