How To Make A SixFigure Salary By
Playing Video Games On
YouTube
The Ultimate Guide To Making Six-Figures A Year
From Playing Video Games On YouTube.
By Oliver J. Clarke
What You'll Learn In
This E-book.
• Hardware And Software You Need
• How To Make A Great YouTube
Channel That Will Convert
• Amazing Video Ideas For Your Gaming
Channel
• How To Build Subscribers And Get
loads of Views
• The Full Guide On Maximizing Your
YouTube Earnings
• How To Advertising Your Channel To
Millions Of People
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About Me
The one on the bottom of the photo! That's me! I'm Oli from 101 geek
and I started YouTube Internet marketing, and site creation when I was
about 13/14 years old, a little late to the game, some would say.
I've always had a love for making money and use the internet to
achieve my goals. After a lot of fun and learning, I wanted to share
some of my best tips and tricks on making money by playing video
gaming online.
If you do this right and follow what I tell you, you will not only make
money online but make money doing something you love (if you love
playing games that is). It's not even that hard, it takes time and you've
just got to stick with it and not give up.
Please Understand That This
Information Is Golden.
Even though this is a free ebook that doesn't mean you should
take it for granted. It's highly valuable information and if you
want to succeed then it's a must read, that will help you
achieve your goals.
Please don't waste your time by reading this book if you're not
going to take it seriously. Take your time, make notes, and
study it. You'll spend 1 hour studying this book, you'll then be
able to live your life doing something you love and earn big
money from it.
So before we start, I want to ask you one question. What are
you willing to do to earn $40,000 to $120,000 per year from
sitting on your ass gaming?
Hard Work? Long Hours? Eye Strain? If you're willing to put in
the time then you're ready to read to start this guide.
Hardware You’ll Need
First we are going to take a look at the different hardware you’ll need to get the
best quality videos and to have the best quality sound you can find on YouTube. I
will show you not only the best but the best priced. So let’s begin.
Microphones
These two microphones will both be ideal for YouTube Commentary/Podcasts.
The first one is the best in my opinion, but the second is the best value, so I’ll
leave the decision down to you.
Blue Microphones Yeti
This is by far one of the best microphones money can
buy. Personally I think any of the Blue Microphones will
be perfect for YouTube commentary.
Best Place To Buy In America.
Best Place To Buy In Europe.
Blue Microphones Snowball
If you want great value for money, you can
always use this blue microphone, it really will
make gameplay commentary amazing at a
fraction of the price of other microphones.
Best Place To Buy In America.
Best Place To Buy In Europe.
Capture Cards
If you're going to make videos using your consoles then you'll need a
capture card, below we have two of the best capture cards around,
they record in full HD 1080P and will work perfectly on both Xbox and
PlayStation consoles.
Elgato Game Capture HD
This is a little more expensive than
the one below. It's worth getting as
it's probably the best way to record
gameplay on consoles.
Best Place To Buy In America
Best Place To Buy In Europe
AVERMEDIA C281 Game Capture
This is a little cheaper and will
record without a pc. Between
them both I would
recommend the Elgato as it's
the best for the price, but if
you want to save a little cash
then get this one.
Best Place To Buy In America
Best Place To Buy In Europe
Webcams
If you want to create high quality content and at the same time
have a little video of you in the bottom corner then this is a great
way to do it. It isn't a must, only an add-on, but great to use while
playing horror games.
Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920
Having a webcam to record your facial expressions is a great idea. This webcam
can film in 1080p, perfect for YouTube and the ideal quality for your video.
Again this isn't a must have, but if you want to play horrors and do visual videos
then it might be a good idea.
Best Place To Buy In America
Best Place To Buy In Europe
Software
You can use a number of programs when it comes to editing and recording
videos, my personal favorites are the ones below.
WINDOWS
I will start by telling you the software you need if you've got a windows pc.
Recording
Fraps, is by far the best way to record gameplay, it's quick and very effective.
Loads of the really famous Youtubers use it to record gameplay and you can pick
it up for free or get the better paid version.
Sound
Audacity, this is another must have software. It's the best sound program that
you can get on windows for free, again loads of the YouTube professionals use it
and I truly recommend it.
Editing
Sony Vegas, it's true that this is one of the all-time best video editing software’s
that money can buy (my opinion). It's quick, easy to use, and it will do anything,
even intros/outros.
MAC
You've got it easy, using a mac pc for editing is like a dream it’s got a lot of the
must have programs that make life easier for editors.
Recording
ScreenFlow, this is another must have if you're going to start recording regularly.
It does cost some money but you'll earn it back in no time.
Sound
Audacity, you can use the same as it works the best.
Video Editing
Final Cut, This is the best. If you've edited using a mac then you'll know that Final
Cut is amazing and it really will blow your mind how quickly you'll be able to edit
and get video's up on YouTube.
Setting Up A YouTube Account
This is a very important part of this guide, you'll need a strong YouTube account
to succeed and become successful.
What I mean by that is it has to have a good name, good art work, about me text
and a good icon.
This will help you look more professional and will usually result in higher views,
more subscribers, and more comments, which is what you need.
Channel Art
Okay, you want nice channel art, it’s not hard to get and you have two choices on
where to get it from:
1. Creating your own, you can use YouTube templates and I recommend using
Photoshop/gimp to start creation of your channel art, this is only a good idea if
you’re good with graphic design.
2. Paying someone else (recommended way) There are loads of people who can
create YouTube logo's for near to no money, you can get it done for 5 dollars and
have everything you need to make your channel look awesome.
Place I Recommend: Fiverr
Icon
If you've got a nice picture or logo then just use that, as long as it looks nice and
makes sense. If you want one done that will look amazing go get a logo designer.
Intro/Outro
This is a little trickier. I use After Effects to make my intros and outros, it costs
around 20 dollars a month. It's the best I have found and after a few YouTube
tutorials you'll be able to work it like a pro.
You'll need templates so I recommend trying:
• Black Classic 3d Logo
These templates will work well:
• Short Elegant Logo Reveal
• Classy Logo Reveal V2
Second Option:
You can use fiverr again and get someone to do you an intro for $5 and an outro
for $5 this = 10 dollars, this may be the easier way and it will definitely be
cheaper.
Name
You need to use a good, catchy name, something with flavor that catches people's
eye, I would always recommend something funny.
You can go for something like Gamer Anonymous, Gamerholic, Sexy Nerd
Boy/girl, you get where I'm going with this? You need to have something that
makes people remember you and your name.
Picking a name that references your niche can also help you rank in
google/YouTube searches.
Example: Marketing Expert - YouTube name: Sexy Marketing Girl/Boy.
About
This isn't too important, but you should put a little time into it. Having your video
schedule and a little about you is a must.
Example:
Monday
• Let's play.
Tuesday.
• Review
Wednesday
• The Awesomeness Play Through
Thursday
• Let's Play
Friday
• Vlog.
You can have fun with the wording and then just add 50 to 100 words
about yourself for filling.
Video Ideas For Your Gaming Channel
The main thing when making a popular channel is to have a lot of video ideas.
Now I can only help you with this so much, but you’ll also need to think of some
yourself, to be able to get the hang of it.
I recommend coming up with at least 60 video ideas before becoming a
YouTuber, as you need to have a lot of videos written down and ready to be
made. You don’t want to run out of ideas half way through.
This will also help you keep your content fresh, people usually lose sight of good
and bad content and just start going after views, so if you’ve got loads of video
ideas this will help you stay on track.
Video Types/Ideas
This is just different gameplay types that you can use to make a series or get
some more video ideas. In-between are the video ideas.
Let's plays
Minecraft - First night - Castle Defense (both make castles and take turns trying to
infiltrate the other one's castle) - Battle To The Death (group of ten people, place
bets who's going to win, then have battles with swords, fists, food, sticks,
anything.) – Death map testing (just test the death maps).
Call Of Duty - Zombie maps (try to get to the highest level) - Trash Talk (Find
annoying people and trash talk while recording) - Gun Testing (test the guns and
then tell people which is better) - Tutorials (teach people how to play better.)
Grand Theft Auto - Gameplay (all GTA game play is golden) - War (Find other
clans online and have a war) - Races (have awesome races on custom game maps)
- Make your own missions (who can get to that point of the map quickest, bikes
only)
Garry's Mod - Terrorist Town - Prop Hunt - Loads more.
Play Through’s
I.
Grand Theft Auto
II.
Minecraft
III.
Don't Starve
IV.
Skyrim
V.
Garry's Mod
VI.
Latest games - Indie Games - Free Games
VII.
VS.
Grab a game where you can play Co-op/Online, get together with a friend or
maybe a few friends, start playing and basically you're playing to win, whichever
team/person wins gets to be a champion, I've seen a few YouTubers doing this
(Let's Play, is where I saw it first.)
Horror
You need to find very scary games and play them with low lights and a headset
on. These videos get so many views especially if you jump like a girl and scream
every few minutes.
If you play some of the latest scary games then you'll have no problem jumping
and making an amazing video.
• Slender (probably been done to many times already)
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• SCP: Containment Breach
• OutLast
• Silent Hill 2
These are just a few horror games that will get you started, look at indie horror
games for more ideas.
Reviews
Minecraft - Mod Review, Skin Review, Map Review,
Game Reviews - Old Game Reviews - Console Reviews - Tech Reviews.
Grand Theft Auto - Review Player Created Maps. - Guns - Cars, planes, bikes
(everything).
Glitches
I used to get a lot of views on YouTube for being a glitch finder, I used to play
games like Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto or Battlefield etc…. and I would find like
10 glitches and share them with everyone on YouTube.
These videos get 10 to 50 thousand views very quickly and keep growing for
years.
Compilation
This is another way to get loads of views, basically you just play a game for 10
hours and cut down the footage into a 5 to 10 minute video of fun, you'll be
surprised how funny and amazing 10 hours of gameplay is when you put it all into
5 to 10 minutes.
Machinima
This is more for the pros, you'll need a few voices, lots of time and a good game.
Find a game and then make a micro TV show where each video is 3 minutes, you
just have to make it funny, write scripts, and create stuff that makes you laugh.
Flash Game Play Through
How many awesome flash games are there? Well there's a lot, if you look online
you'll find hundreds that you can use to make great gameplay videos, just make a
video and do a play through. Just remember not to follow the crowd.
Some Flash Games:
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Boxhead 2play
Ragdoll Cannon
Desktop Tower Defense
The Helicopter Game
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Vlog
Doing a vlog once a week is a great way for people to understand who you are
and what you are like, it lets people come into your life and learn more about the
person behind the game.
When recording a vlog you need to have a plan and have something you want to
talk about before you even start filming. Make it as good as you can and add a lot
of humor as that’s what gets people subscribing and coming back for more.
Game News
When stuff happens in the gaming world make a video, if you're quick then you
can go viral with these videos, it’s just a time game so you’ll always need to be
ready to make a gaming news video.
Rage Quit
If you've seen Michael from Rooster Teeth you'll know about Rage Quits, getting
games that really annoy you and make you shout a lot, that's really all it is. Just
play games, get angry and make a funny video that make you scream out loud.
How To Build Followers And Get Views
SEO
Okay search engine optimization for YouTube and Google Rankings is a must
have. You need to make your video visible on both these search engines for
relative keywords to be able to get views without any work. I'm going to teach
you a few tips on how to get to page one.
Keywords
With every video I upload to YouTube I do one simple thing, “Research
keywords”. You may wonder what this is and why it matters?
Example:
I have a video about how to tie a suit tie, if I got that to rank for YouTube that
would be great, if I got it to rank for Google it would be out of this world.
So first thing I would do is check how competitive the keyword was and if the
word how to tie a suit tie was a bit hard to get. If so, I would go for something like
this "Best way to tie a suit tie" "How to tie a suit tie the best way" How to tie a
suit tie for style" They won't get as many views, but will not be as hard to rank for.
Now Google has a real love for these trends: Reviews ("Call of Duty Review")
How to... ("How To Get Paid To Game") Funny Videos ("Funniest Game Play
Ever!")
It can sometimes rank other trends/categories, but it tends to rank things that
help people and teach them something.
So once you've found some keywords and can see that there's a market for you,
it's time to find out how much traffic they get.
Head over to: Google Keyword Planner
Once you’ve logged in/made an account you’ll see a page like the one below, you
just have to go on “Get search volume for a list of keywords or group them into
ad groups”
Then you just need to type in the keywords you want to get information about, it
will then tell you the monthly views and competition for the keywords.
After you’ve done that you’ll see what keywords are worth going for, sadly it
seems “how to tie a suit tie” isn’t doing so great and only gets 90 impressions per
month.
Still I looked at the competition and it seems that most how to tie videos are
doing pretty well, so after seeing that I’d still go for it.
You’d really like to see the Avg. monthly searches being 1,900 + as that’s enough
to get your video constant views every single month through google.
Inputting keyword.
You really want to work on inputting your keyword anywhere you see fit. You
don’t want it to look like spam and you definitely don’t want to stuff your
keyword (adding it in places it doesn’t make sense), you just need to put it where
it feels right and doesn’t annoy the reader.
If I was trying to rank for Minecraft let’s play I’d mention it like this: Title:
Minecraft Let’s Play – The Challenge is on – (name of channel)
Description:
Minecraft let’s play like you’ve never seen it before!
Today you’ll see me take on Minecraft head first and see what I can really do, I’ve
heard a lot of things about this game and I wanted to do the ultimate Minecraft
let’s play.
So let’s hit this hard and see what doing a Minecraft let’s play is all about.
So..
Usually I’d make it a lot longer than that and have a little more story, but
hopefully you get the idea.
Always mention your keyword in the title, at the beginning, middle and end of
your description and anywhere that doesn’t look like spam, you just need it to flow
properly and be readable.
Tags
Now once someone’s watched your video, you don’t want them to go and watch
someone else’s video do you? Well the answer should be no.
To stop this happening you’ve got to have a little play around with the tags, this is
great if you’re looking to capture viewers and get them looking at all your content
before they leave.
All you’ve got to do is add the same 5 tags to every video you do.
What does it do? Well it will make it so all the video’s that are suggested next to
the video they are watching will be yours.
Example:
Someone clicks my video called: Minecraft Let’s Play, all the videos at the side of
“Minecraft Let’s Play” will be mine, if they get bored and click another one it will
most likely be another one of my videos.
Here’s a better example:
This is from a Yogscast video. See how on the related videos that are on the right
all suggestions are to their other videos? Well that’s what I’m going to show you
how to do.
I usually just add these tags to every video:
• My channel name.
• My name.
• My name as one word
• My nickname
• Series the video is in
I add these to the tags of every video and it seems to work every single time.
Quick Words: Now I know this tutorial maybe getting a little hard to understand
at this point but just stay focused and remember that this will pay off in the end.
Description
This is another great way to get your keyword into the video. I always say you
want to write an article worth of text (min 500 words) for the description, so you
can go for more than just one keyword.
You have to remember that YouTube is still a search engine and search engines
love text.
So always write a nice healthy description and add as many long tail keywords as
possible.
Tips
1. Always add the important information at the top and then write something
like a breakdown or transcript under it.
2. The description isn’t really for the people watching it’s just for YouTube, so
remember to make it as search engine friendly as possible.
Title
Keep it simple and get the job done, that’s the best way to work with titles.
As I said above you always want to have the keyword at the beginning or as close
to the beginning as possible.
You will also get higher conversions if you make the start of each word a capital
letter like: Minecraft Let’s Play – The Battle Of Doom.
This will make it easier to see and I find it converts better.
Tips
Just some tips that will help you rank and get some views to your YouTube.
- Name the uploading file
When uploading your video file to YouTube you should always make sure that
you’ve named it correctly. If your video is called “How To Build Your First House In
Minecraft” name it that.
This will help you rank for the name and it’s a little SEO tip that most of the big
YouTubers use.
- Create a PlayList – Optimize it
Create a playlist of all your videos in a series, so you’re basically adding them all in
one place. This will give you another great chance to get shorter keywords.
You just need to add a description with a lot of keywords for the phrases you
want.
Just write a title like we talked about above and make sure you go for a few new
keywords as playlists also rank in YouTube search.
- Make a blog
This is a really big tip that you should definitely follow, go and create a little blog
where you can promote your videos.
It will help people remember you and It will give you more content.
- How To Build A Website For $14 With No Code (this is a cheap blog)
- How To Make A Website For $60 With No Code (this will be a moneymaking blog)
- Buying real views, subscribers, likes, and comments.
This isn’t something that I would recommend you do all of the time, it’s just
something to use that will get you ahead of the game without too much work.
You can get real views, real comments, real subscribers, and real people looking
at your videos all by using a good view buying service. I’d use that one if I was
going to use any.
Social Media
Social media is one of the best ways to make a video go viral, it’s quick and can
take a video from “10” views to “10,000” in seconds with no real work.
To make sure you get the most out of all your audiences I’d recommend having all
of the accounts listed below.
- Facebook
A Facebook page is always going to be a must have, it’s one of the best social
media platforms and that´s because almost everyone uses Facebook so it has the
power to spread articles, videos, pictures and music everywhere within minutes.
Go and set up a Facebook page with the same information as your YouTube and
link them both together, make sure you post a message every time you upload a
new video.
If you go to 101geeks.com you’ll find loads of great ways to get likes and become
popular on Facebook.
- Google +
This is a must have. Google runs YouTube and it will help you get your video´s
more known.
Just go and create an account, learn how to use it, add your friends and start
posting.
Hopefully you’ll get some followers in no time and start having another little base
to post your videos too. Make sure you connect your add a link to your google +
on your channel.
- Twitter
Twitter is just a good way to drive traffic, you’ve also got the use of hashtags so
you can even #games #(insert game name here) #pc
It’s a great way to get some more views to your videos, remember to link this to
your YouTube channel too.
Sign up
Go and sign up to all them sites and make sure you sign up to any other social
network that you know, this is a great way to get views and social signals.
Bookmark Sites
If you want to get some quick views then a great method to do that is to use
bookmark sites.
These sites are always great as they will let you submit a link and then show the
audience if it’s good. I use this method on most of the articles and videos I do and
I highly recommend.
You’ll want to get into a habit of submitting a link to all the bookmark sites below
whenever one of your videos comes out.
Bookmark Sites:
• StumbleUpon
• Digg
• Delicious
• Reddit
This is only a little handful of bookmark sites, there’s loads more but at the
beginning just focus on these ones and add to the list as you go on.
Ask other YouTubers for a shout-out
You can always ask other youtubers to give you a shout-out, this can sometimes
cost money but if you make friends with some fellow YouTubers or even
collaborate with them, then you should be fine and be able to get it for free.
Forums, Ask sites, Comments.
This is something that can help you get a nice amount of views depending on
where you go and how you do it.
We will start with forums first, forums are always a good place to meet people,
get contacts and get some views.
All you’ve got to do is join the best gaming forums online, I will add a list but you
really should just go and see what forums there are for the games you play.
If you play RPG games there are some awesome forums and they’re completely
different to FPS forums, or the Minecraft forum, so make sure you look around.
Gaming Fourms
• Minecraft forum.
• Sk Gaming Forum.
• Gaming union
• Digital Spy
• Video gamer Forum
• Pc gamer
• Gaming Fan
• Armorgames
There’s something for everyone there, if you want any more you can go and
google gaming forums.
Ask sites
Q&A sites are always really useful for bringing views to your YouTube channel.
Just go and look for people who’re looking for gaming YouTubers or who want to
see a new game, find them and refer your video, only do this when the question
or answer is relevant to your niche.
For Example: How do you build a Piston In Minecraft?
Your example reply should be: It’s pretty straight forward, you only have to do a
few things, and this video will tell you how, much better than I ever can. Include
the link.
Question Sites
• Yahoo Answer
• AnswerBag
I use these two above, there’s a load more and if you use Google you’ll find them.
Comment on other people’s videos.
This is just a quick tip, if you’ve got time to do loads of comments on other
people’s videos it will get you some views, don’t spam as that will get you kicked
off YouTube, just talk and try to meet friends.
The Full Guide On Maximizing Your
YouTube Earnings
Now we’re getting to the point where you earn some cash, this is the part where
you really need to pay attention and try to take in as much as you can.
Earning money with YouTube can be easy and it can also be hard depending on
how you do it, I’m going to show you the real way people earn 6-figures + on
YouTube.
You’ll earn nearly all your money with three money-making models and all of
them you can start almost straight away.
• Ads
• Affiliates
• T-shirts
• Websites
Ads and affiliates you can start when you first join YouTube and T-shirts is
something I’d start doing once you get 2 thousand + subscribers, you can usually
get them made for about $5 a piece so that means if you sell them for $15 so
you’re 10 dollars up each one. A website will help you bring in constant money
and allow you to double your income.
Ads
Ad networks are always a good starting point when it comes to earning cash. You
can either join a network or do what most people do and have Adsense account
enabled, you can then just earn cash from that.
Adsense is a really good way to earn money if you’re getting loads of views and
have a great fan base, it’s a little hard to beat in my opinion, just because it’s so
easy to set up and everyone can do it.
But if you’re making loads of gaming content then it’s sometimes a good idea to
join a gaming ad network that will handle the copyright stuff for you and pay
accordingly.
At the beginning you’ll usually be fine using adsense, just make sure you play
games that will allow you to earn money without asking permission from the
people who created it.
Once you get a little bigger then you can search for partnerships and networks to
take you on, as this will earn you the big money.
Affiliates
Affiliate sites are always a great way to earn cash on YouTube. You can really get
an affiliate for just about any item/product you want, games, consoles,
accessories, pc’s, hardware and software, see just about anything.
What affiliate advertising is:
You’ll sell someone’s product for a commission (you never have to hold the
product or distribute it yourself) and you usually just have to send traffic or views
to the person’s site through a special link either on your YouTube (description of
the video) or website.
One of the sites I use to get my affiliate links is ShareASale
You just go and sign up to ShareASale then they’ll make it easy for you to get in
contact with big companies that sell great products.
All you’ve got to do is give the link a shout out before the video starts. Or you can
test the product and send your viewers to it. it’s really that simple and can earn
big money.
T-shirts
Well T-shirts really does explain itself, you just have to go and get a cheap t-shirt
maker, then just come up with cool catchy sayings from your channel, have your
URL on there and then sell them for a small profit.
This is the real way a lot of YouTubers earn big money, it’s just so cheap and
simple to start doing, also it will not just earn you big money $$$$$ but will give
you free advertising, it really is a win, win situation.
Website
As we talked about above, setting up a blog is a great way to earn some extra
income and not fade away, you can have another set of ads on your blog and you
can have double the affiliate links.
You can also sell advertising and even do posts about your videos to drive more
traffic. It’s a no brainer and it will only cost you 60 dollars if you follow this guide:
How To Make A Website For $60 With No Code – Highly recommended.
As I mentioned above there’s also a guide where you’ll learn how to make a
website for $14 with no code.
Fiverr
You can offer people shout-outs for 5 dollars using Fiverr. This isn’t going to earn
you loads of money but will get you started off, this money can be spent getting
new hardware and paying for advertising so it’s worth doing.
How To Advertise Your Channel
To Millions Of People
If you’ve followed all the above and have started making videos then it’s time to
start advertising.
Now this can sometimes be a good idea if you really want to get some views right
away and you’ve made really good content that people will subscribe too. (Good
way of testing content is to ask your friends and enemies if they like it)
The best ways that I know to advertise a YouTube video are below, some cost
more than others, but either way they will all get you views in the end.
Adwords
You can advertise your videos on YouTube, this is one of the quickest ways to get
views to a new video.
It’s very straight forward and all you’ve got to do is go to YouTube advertising
then just follow what it tells you to do and you’ll have your ad up in no time. This
is one of the best forms of advertising I know for videos.
Your video will appear before, in the middle, and after other YouTube videos in
the category you select. It will also make your video number 1# on the search
results for the phrases you use.
Facebook
Facebook is a hidden gem when it comes to YouTube videos, you can either link
people directly to them (costs too much money), get them to like your YouTube
channels Facebook page, or do a post and promote it.
All of these ways will get you views but I recommend doing 2 and then 3 in that
order.
Get about 1000 + likes and then pay for a promoted post, (can cost anything up
from 5 dollars) this is something that is published and promoted to all of your
friends and all the friends of your likes.
Twitter
Twitter has a great advertising platform that can really get you some followers,
it’s pretty easy to use but does cost a lot of money.
If you’re good at tweaking it then you may be able to get some good deals but in
honesty you can look to pay between 0.50 and $4.00 per follower.
I’d probably give twitter a miss unless you’ve got someone who can do an
awesome campaign for you.
Banners
This may be one of the best ways to get views to your YouTube channel, this
works like a dream for me and if you have a little cash lying round you can usually
advertise it well.
I get my banner ads made for 27 dollars here they will do a nice animated banner
which you can link right to your gaming channel.
How you want your ad to look:
Text: (The game you play most) Example: MINECRAFT (Big Text) Header.
Sub Header: The ultimate let’s play channel where we play games like, GTA 5,
Dead Rising, Battlefield and more!
Header 3: Click Here To See Use In Action! < Call To Action button (Red or Yellow)
I would maybe add a joke in there and then you’d be good to go. It just needs to
be catchy, look clickable and make people curious to be successful.
Where to advertise:
BuySellAds
They have a huge amount of sites you can advertise on, just go to the gaming
category and buy 3 x monthly ads on three different sites and see how it converts.
Then every month change the sites that didn’t get you views and replace them
with new sites.
It can be a little expensive so I recommend shopping around first and maybe just
getting one site at the beginning and then build them up once you start earning
cash.
I use this method myself and I do recommend that you give it a try once you’ve
got some good content.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are now on your way to making a 6 figure salary.
OK GUYS. Just follow my advice to the letter, even if it means you have to read
and re-read this until you are absolutely confident of each step. It really is that
simple. You just can´t fail to make money.