Create a sustainable, long-term source of passive income with hardly any work.
What is YouTube automation?
YouTube Automation is a type of channel that primarily displays informative videos about a specific niche through edited and compiled photos, videos, and a voiceover.
Additionally, the process is completely outsourced to freelancers.
This monetization strategy is increasingly popular, as informative videos are evergreen and can become a source of long-term passive income.
The only effort required is to choose and finalize the freelancers to work with in the initial stages.
Here’s a complete breakdown of how to start and scale an automated channel.
Popular YouTube Automation Channels
Although it is growing in popularity among people today, these types of channels have been around for a while.
One of the most popular channels on YouTube, Looper provides breakdowns and analysis of movies and TV shows.
This countdown channel offers the top 10 videos relating to all types of pop culture entities and has a massive audience.
All possible types of technology are shown on this channel, with voice-over technology.
Who is it addressed to?
There are multiple reasons why a person would prefer an automated model over the traditional method. For example:
- Being too camera shy to make videos.
- Not having the language to which the video is directed as a mother tongue.
- Keep your identity hidden.
- You don’t have enough time to make videos.
- They would like to dedicate themselves to it solely as a source of passive income.
If you are one of these people, keep reading.
How to make money with YouTube Automation
To effectively use this method and monetize it properly, the following steps must be executed correctly:
Find a niche
This is the first and most important step.
To turn this into a viable source of passive income, you should choose a niche that has:
- High demand
- Low-Medium Competition
- High Cost per Thousand (CPM)
Once you have the niche, you should niche down further and enter something specific.
For example, if you select gaming:
Gaming Channel > Gaming Channel that discusses technology > Gaming Channel that discusses technology, specifically keyboards and mice.
Here are some profitable niches you can go into and then go further:
1. E-commerce
It has the highest average CPM on YouTube, between $13 and $20. But you can earn even more than that.
According to the youtuber Joey Gaulerthis channel has one of the highest potential CPMs you can earn, reaching up to $150.
That’s because people like to advertise their high-priced courses on these types of channels.
Within electronic commerce you can choose to:
2. Technology
The second most profitable niche is technology with an average CPM of $10-12.
There are several ways to niche down with technology, as it is such an incredibly diverse industry. The different types of technology channels you can choose from are:
- countdown channel
- Comparison Channel
- Review Channel
Plus, you can add affiliate links to products to earn even more.
3. Crypto
No data available for cryptos. But since the average CPM for finance and investing is between $8-18, it should fall somewhere within this range.
This niche is growing in popularity. With the crypto theme you can niche in several ways:
- Cryptocurrency investment strategies
- NFTs
- Focus on a specific currency like Ethereum.
4. Finance
Anything you do in the finance niche has guaranteed profitability. The different types of channels you can create are:
- Investment Property
- Budgets and savings
- Passive income
- Financial stories (from rags to riches)
What type of freelancers are needed for YouTube Automation?
These are all the different freelance services you will require in order they are:
- Scripting
- Locution
- Video edition
- Thumbnail creation
- SEO content writing
You can find freelancers on Fiverr and Upwork and select the ones with low costs and high ratings. The choice you make will also depend on your budget.
Necessary investment
The minimum cost of each service is $5, with video editing being the most expensive. The cost of each service ranges between 5 and 15 dollars.
This is an average of $50 per video.
If your goal is to produce a minimum of 5 videos a week, your monthly budget should be around $1,000.
And this is the minimum number of videos you need to upload.
But let’s stop here.
You may be familiar with YouTube’s requirements for monetizing a channel. These are:
- 1000 subscribers
- 4,000 hours of viewing in the last 12 months.
Getting to that point may take some time as you continue to spend that $1,000 a month.
That same amount could be used to purchase an already monetized channel.
It will be a larger initial investment, but will lead to faster revenue generation.
Term
Another factor to consider is the amount of time each freelancer will take to provide the content.
Each one will take an average of 3 days and that’s without taking reviews into account.
Therefore, it is best to test the first batch of freelancers and create a commitment with them to provide the minimum required content beforehand to keep up with regular uploads.
ROI
The amount of money you earn depends on
- Your niche
- Number of videos.
- The video quality
- CPM
- Visits
And remember, by producing evergreen content, your video will continue to receive views for years.
According to several different channels that tested this strategy, they were able to easily reach $10K/month by producing 5 videos a week.
That’s an incredible return on a $1K investment.
You can even go beyond ads to truly make this a passive income machine.
You can further monetize your channel through:
- Sponsorships
- Affiliate links.
Anatomy of a profitable video
The best and easiest way to create a profitable video is to study what others are doing. Especially those in your niche.
Steal their methods and ideas.
Overcome them by improving:
- The miniature: Make it bright and attractive.
- Title/Positioning: It should target pain points or generate curiosity.
- Real content: The first seconds should attract the viewer.
If a video has a lot of views and you create a better version, it is impossible for people not to watch it.
When you find a winning strategy, make the most of it.
Conclusion
At first, the investment will be a bit high and it will take you some time to find a winning formula.
But there is no doubt that if you get good ideas that translate into valuable content, you will be on your way to a monster source of passive income and financial freedom.
At the risk of being repetitive, put extra focus and effort on:
- Research niche and competitors.
- Generate profitable content ideas.
- Find freelancers who can consistently offer all the aspects mentioned above.
