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Posted by
Felix Okoli on May 10, 2010 at 11:21:55:
Can you create videos? I mean, you've been watching Nigerian movies right and you can see that those videos are really selling both offline and online. What really makes them sell? Simple, it's because it's worth watching. It is entertaining. It keeps people glued to their seats and spend time on it.
What if there was a way you could create your own movies like Nollywood movies but without spending all that time, investment and effort in creating a full length movie? But you don't need to create a full length movie in this case but just a 5-15 minutes video. Well you cold do this with a good mobile phone that has got a high quality camera. You may also do it more professionally with a HD portable camera and with that you could be able to create better looking videos.
What if I told you that you could make money by just creating and publishing videos on Youtube? Well it is possible in a progam called the Youtube partnership programme. Youtube is shelling out money every year to members whi have embrace the programme in creating their very own viral videos.
These kind of videos are ones you could create on your own at home and which come with a lot of behind the scene planning.
There are already a lot of people doing this and they engage in what we call vlogging(video logging). The thing with vlogging is that it's about creating and sharing your video content online unlike a blog where you share your writings.
In a blog, it is more about text content but in vlogging, it's about videos. Of course you know that in Nigeria, there are celebrities and people who create short video commercials for big companies like Etisalat, MTN or Glo and earn millions for just that single commercial. What if you could crete such short minute videos and get paid for it? Well, as I said, you can do this in the Youtube partner programme.
Here is what you really need to do in order to start making money online in Nigeria with videos. You need to create and publish videos on Youtube and if you have lot of viewers coming(like 500,000) to your channel, then you should sign up with the Youtube partner programme that allows Adsense video ads to be displayed on your channels. I can't begin to mention all the names of numerous publishers who are making thousands of dollars yearly from the programme but here are a few:
- Jonasbrothers - http://www.youtube.com/user/JonasBrothersMusic
- Fred - http://www.youtube.com/user/Fred
- WhatTheBuck - http://www.youtube.com/user/WhatTheBuck
Popular videos on Youtube which have viewership of more than 500,000 would certainly be invited into the programme as a means of monetizing their account. So whatever kind of video you can create, let it be entertaining and share it on Youtube. Even if it's a cooking a meal, masquerade in your village, a family circle or friends in a party or playing chess, you could share this on Youtube. If you are a mobile phone repairer, you could make money by creating a video with it. It may be on your dog, cat, driving lessons or even gaming, just shoot a short video and see how it will rank on Youtube.
To make money online with Youtube through video sharing, here is what you need to basically do:1. Create as many short movies(15minutes) as you can with a good video camera
2. Let it be entertaining
3. Sign up for a Youtube user account if you have not yet
4. Keep on creating and uploading videos to your account
5. Sign up with the Youtube partner programme at
6. You will get paid as ads are displayed besides your video when viewers come there .
Those are my few tips on how to make money online in Nigeria for this session.
Tip: If you have a website or blog, you can add your Youtube videos to it by embedding the video code. This will will increase viewership and increase your income from the programme.
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