How to Make YouTube Your Full-Time Job (Real Advice Nobody Talks About)

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career or your job, then you will love this video. press record some new data has emerged about the creator economy and right now there are 50 million content creators and 13 million of them are on youtube, over a million of them

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six figures and thousands of creators make seven figures a year for a Million YouTube creators make six figures a year and millions more make between a hundred dollars and a hundred thousand, so I have a question we need to ask ourselves when it comes to full time: what does full time mean? for you, how much money do you need to make from youtube?, I find that when I talk about this topic of what it really takes to work full time, if you don't define full time, then it will be difficult to decide what it takes to reverse engineer starting from a goal like what are your necessary monthly living expenses, that you would need to work part time at your job or leave your job completely if we just met.

My name is Sean Cannell and we are. I'm going to talk about the six unmistakable traits of full-time YouTube creators and I have a big disclaimer. Today's topic is not about one percent of super superstar unicorn creators, for example, David Dobrik's monthly Adsense checks have amounted to 270 000. views for 60 million views, you know, on all platforms There are people like Charlie Demilio on Tick Tock, he surpassed 100 million followers and is estimated to be worth 4 million at 16 years old. More power to them, but what I'm really talking about is what kind of they are known as the middle class of the creative economy and these are people who actually make 10 thousand 25 dollars a year thirty-two thousand dollars a year fifty thousand dollars a year doing what they love working from home and in this case doing it on YouTube.

I'm going to talk about these traits that are the kind of everyday hands-on creator like you, who hustles and hustles. I've learned from talking to so many of them, like: What did it really take for you to go full time? I came into you to build your career and again, if we just met, my name is Sean Cannell and I've created a couple of different YouTube channels, from one to over a million subscribers, from a couple to over a hundred thousand, but I'm so proud of our students, we've seen so many get that silver play button and if you want to learn about the growth of YouTube channels hit the subscribe button if you haven't already and we've seen so many different students, In fact, our mission at Think Media is to help ten thousand purpose-driven people create a full-time life doing what they love while making a difference in the world through online video and a big question lately has been: is it too late to start youtube? because sometimes you can feel like it's just the superstar unicorns, the ones that started in 2008, excuse me, they're on youtube full time, but that's not true at all and I'm going to share some facts and then address these number one traits.

This is a letter from the CEO of youtube who revealed that the youtube economy is incredibly healthy and strong despite the challenges of 2020 and now that we are in 2021, they revealed that the people who joined the youtube partner program doubled more than doubled in just one year. that's great, right, and then creators are building the next generation of media companies and that here in the US, the YouTube creative ecosystem contributed about $16 billion to the US GDP. in 2019, supporting an equivalent of 345,000 full-time jobs, so what do I want? I encourage you with a like, is it full time?

Like this is happening to a lot of people. I'm not trying to exaggerate. You may feel stagnant, like you're not getting views or like you're trying to grow. I understand it, but. There are a lot of people doing this and if you feel that there are a lot of people every day, in fact, I think about helping people with their YouTube channel and lately, every day, I discover about 400 new people who are also helping people to grow your YouTube channels. I think it's great, it

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about how big the world really is and how different people like to follow different styles, different backgrounds, different teaching styles, maybe different ethnicities or ages, there's room for you and the data backs it up. what you know in the UK in 2019.

Approximately £1.4 billion contributed to British GDP, which was equivalent to 30,000 full-time jobs, and in France there were 15,000 full-time jobs, so the impact The global creative economy is huge and this is what this report does not report: it is not. In fact, a little later I will report on other sources of income. I'm going to share some resources on how small full-time channels work, so stick around and here's another important data point on what it really takes to run. Full-time e-commerce has helped boost retail in 2020 and could be the key to merchant success in 2021. What does that have to do with YouTube?

It has to do with that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a massive increase in online shopping, which is likely to remain after the pandemic talking about other sources of income how people work full time they are reviewing products They are doing affiliate marketing They are linking their channel to online shopping Online brands Traditional brands are being disrupted by Dollar Shave Club online razors From going to the store to buy their razors, people are taking their coffee online, they're buying their sleep aids online, like I just saw my friend jp sears post about they're buying their blue light blocking glasses online, which they're subscribing to, they like to see.

E-commerce is growing, which means there is another source of income for you to be able to work from home and go full time when you position yourself right in the creator economy and YouTube and there is the e-learning market, now there are people that creates online courses. people who are teaching something when I talk to some people at thinkific, which is an online course hosting program, they said that youtube creators are their most successful course creators and marketers, people who make a living packaging what they know in an online course and since 2000, the growth rate of the e-learning market was 900 percent and get this, every dollar spent on e-learning companies get back 30 in productivity, which is a note As an aside, it's a super smart decision to invest in online courses, that's a 2,900 ROI to invest in e-learning to accelerate your skills how to get things done how to get further faster whatever it is, but what I'm saying en: Have you ever thought about creating a course that the global e-learning market will reach 325? billion so in the next four years there will be this massive movement, we are talking about youtube, adsense, e-commerce, affiliate marketing, e-learning, creating a digital course or selling some type of digital product, this is an industry huge and my friends.

This is just beginning, it's not too late, it's momentum and the next wave is already here, so let's fasten our seat belts and talk about these six unmistakable traits, but I have a question for you and that is what is your goal? youtube tell me in the comments like are you trying to work full time? Is it a hobby for you? Maybe you know how much you need to live per month, what does full time mean? Do you have seven dependents or are you single? Someone you know rents a room and you really only need two thousand dollars a month and you could work full time.

Let me know what your goal is on YouTube and let's talk about the six unmistakable traits of full-time YouTube creators. Number one is they have posted over 100 videos, most youtube creators who have worked full time have posted over 100 videos and probably 400 or more, that intimidates you, like if you posted your first video and let me know if you published 100. you already published 400 and where does this data come from. Well, tubebuddy actually did a study of 3.5 million of their users and revealed how many subscribers YouTube channels have compared to their uploads, so channels that reached between 1,000 and 10,000 subscribers are up 152.

Video channels that have grown between 10,000 and 100,000 subscribers have uploaded 418 videos. If you go from 100,000 subscribers to a million subscribers, that's more than a thousand videos and channels with more than a million subscribers are close to 4,000 videos uploaded, that could be it. you just haven't uploaded enough videos yet, what does this tell me? He tells me that what you really need to work full time is patience, persistence, courage, tenacity, concentration, discipline and uploading videos to YouTube. You know that the secret to success on YouTube is uploading videos to YouTube. right, I mean, there's obviously more involved than that, but if you just watch this video and hang out at the cafe with the kennel show and you don't post videos well, it's going to be hard to grow if you don't.

In fact, post videos, let me know how many videos you've posted so far and the key is that there is such a range because this doesn't even indicate if they are full time or not. I know some channels that have more than a hundred thousand subscribers. They are still struggling to pay the bills and I know channels that have gone full time with 10,000 subscribers, so this is just one aspect of working full time, but the number one trait is that they have posted over 100 videos. I think there's something magical about what you've learned, especially if you have strategic trait number two: they don't depend on YouTube Adsense, those who work full time and in fact, I sent a message to a couple of friends who are some of our students, some different people who Do you know I've gone full time?

I sent a direct message to Jen from the sewing report and told her what her income streams are. She says she has three monetized YouTube channels, Amazon affiliates, etsy store. She has a real estate agent client for whom she also does video production and social media. she gives him her youtube her adsense my friend ruslan i told him hey, what are your sources of income? he's worked full time just built a new studio adsense patreon music bed streams he's a hip-hop artist and also kind of a commentary on Christianity and Faith Space Distrokid, which would be Apple Music Merch Shopify and of course e- learning.

She is finishing it now, the second course of hers that she is working on. I asked Cass Thompson, who just texted one of our students and said I'm leaving my job in January or. A couple of weeks ago in 2021. I have at least five sources of income that were able to help her do that. Simply Sherry said last year that most of my income came from sponsors and brand affiliates. I didn't reach a couple of months of my highest Adsense, she had her highest Adsense months for a couple of months and our goal this year is to develop e-commerce and courses while maintaining others.

Chris from Fly Ride listens to this as if these are all her sources of income. and has been full time and even expanding his business and all that youtube adsense its creator funds brand offers pod merch physical products digital affiliate products physical affiliate sales amazon patreon and youtube memberships digital courses private group memberships individualized training and service professional and That's it, so here's the deal, folks, you want to go full time. Yes, there are some people who do it with just YouTube Adsense, but you need a massive audience to do that. The number two characteristic of highly successful full-time YouTube creators is that they are trustless. on youtube adsense number three they have created multiple income streams that echo what I just said there and those were some examples of how they have created multiple different income streams.

Now I want to encourage you not to think. Oh shoot, I'm just getting started. I have a video posted. I need to think about my 10 sources of income. No, actually you should focus on influence first and realize that income comes second and if you focus too early it can actually be detrimental but just to encourage you. that you want to develop the most synergistic and aligned income streams related to your niche and eventually you mayhave one, two, three, four five that are all synergistic around your niche, helping you reach that number four full-time mark. They really work. difficult, this may be obvious, but I don't know if you realize how true this is over the last few years of developing our youtube secrets book training.

My friend Benji and I wrote the book we interviewed. we had a weekly talk show. Do you still do it? It's called the program I saw on Saturdays. We interviewed over 100 YouTube creators before writing this and another 100 since, and one of the common traits I noticed in every creator I spoke to at the time was that we could go. personal events and I would sit at vince vidsummit and talk to someone or our live events growth video or in the world of social media marketing. I was hearing the real hustle and bustle behind things, this takes real work and I think when we also juxtapose the middle class. creator, this is just your average everyday creator that makes for a truly amazing business that gives you autonomy that allows you to work when you want and do what you want, but it's not without hustle, determination and effort, one by one Top percent may be because of their personality or their timing or how they got the algorithm right showing a life that may or may not be true and they may not work very hard it is possible but I tell you that a common trait of full time YouTube creators is that they make an effort, I'm not saying that they have to sacrifice the things that matter most in life, but they have certainly endured a season of sacrifices, they have put in the effort that they have put into the sand.

In fact, let me know if you're doing that right now. They have worked late into the night. They have gotten up early in the morning. They recorded videos when they didn't feel like it. They have broken Red Bulls when they needed that extra. They push to get a project done, they've been through the ups and downs of their personal finances, their relationships, their marriages, their stuff, and they've stayed consistent to say I know consistency is king so I'm going to keep posting videos. Full-time creators work very hard, you know, Thomas Edison is famous for saying that most people miss opportunities because they are dressed in overalls and it looks like work, never think that being connected to the think media community fosters some kind It's a pipe dream, it's just this easy opportunity, just post a video and you'll see a million dollars transferred to your bank account.

No friend, this requires a lot of effort and determination. You can work smarter and not just harder, but definitely. It takes hard work when you're really growing and making this your full-time income and it's a common trait I see in number five full-time creators: they keep learning, I mean really lifelong leaders are lifelong learners. , as I've especially been to events like our live event growth video and I meet full-time creators, one of the things I notice is that they have a particular type of personality and that's, man, they're listening to audiobooks, they're reading books, etc. way not everyone reads a book, they're listening to podcasts even though they just bought two online courses, they're studying YouTube channels, they're hanging out in the right rooms in the clubhouse like they're still learning, they're connecting with groups of experts, they may not be a paid group of experts. or maybe it is, but they want to meet other people.

They receive comments in thumbnails. What does the algorithm do? What are the latest things that are happening? As are you, obviously, if you're logged in here at Think Media, but they're still learning. Lifelong leaders are. lifelong learners and these traits, many of them, are also shared behind those who not only have a moment of success but are building a sustained legacy, so number five is that they continue to learn and level up so they don't just get ahead but also stay ahead, number six, let me know if you're getting value and hit the like button. They build systems for sustained success.

So what do I mean? They build marketing systems as you've probably noticed while trying to build your YouTube channel. and there are actually three seasons, there is the side hustle season when you have a day job or school or other responsibility, there is the solopreneur season where you are full time but it's just you and there is the layover season where you're full time but you have other people helping you and every season you need systems in the busy season maybe it's a software that helps you get video ideas faster like a vid iq or something like that it could be a software social networks to help you schedule and automate your posts.

It could be just understanding YouTube's scheduling systems for uploading your videos or scheduling Facebook posts with just the native scheduling features, which is like a marketing system. They are building an email list and using an autoresponder so that the messages that are sent are automated. systems that are using systems in their personal agendas don't confuse it this takes a lot of work and if you are spread out if you are all over the place if you can't personally manage your time before trying to create a youtube empire, it will become very difficult when you try to manage your time, your life and your responsibilities and also build a YouTube empire, so they use systems, these are also business systems, right business systems, they are using Bench Dot which is an accounting service or I don't know if you use h r block or turbo tax or whatever you use, but they're using systems, they're finding ways to save time because if you're going to juggle everything and how do you do it? all you have to do is work smarter and not just harder, you're trying hard, but you're not just doing pure determination, you're thinking about what systems can I use to make this sustainable and then you're thinking about teams. and systems, so how am I going to eventually work with a team and then build systems for that team?

As you scale these days, we use things like slack and monday.com, you might want to check out even a service like they are, one of the most important things. what takes me time is video editing and that's why we talk about video cuts and we'll put a link to our resource page, it's called thinkmediatools.com and I'll put it in the description below and thinkmediatools.com we talk about different tools, software, systems, things that will help you go faster, but when you get something like a cut video, you just put the footage in the frame and eventually you get a synergy with your editor and then they turn your video around and They send it back to you in two days. later and now you have a system, my friend tanya eliza, one of our students, not only full time with less than a hundred thousand subscribers, but she also has a multi-seven figure business, she shoots three videos at a time, that's a system called batch production.

You sit down, you record three videos, you put those three videos in Dropbox, you have an editor, those videos are now being processed, they eventually go to your YouTube channel and are published to the world, maybe you are pioneering your systems right now in where I created. a system called video rating academy and we talk about the seven r's of our seven r's youtube system. That's how I was able to stay organized consistently, sorting videos is constantly growing, but now Tony Ariola on the think media team implements the 7r system if I really want to work full time.

There is something super powerful about maximizing and creating systems for sustained success. Well, now let's talk about the seventh trait. I know I told you six traits, but this is the seventh trait and this trait is actually many. The time makers have ignored this and suffered from it maybe I don't know 50 50 maybe half of the craters I've interacted with many are missing the 7th trait but I think this is a key trait that you absolutely want for a sustained success on YouTube. some have it some don't, we'll talk about that in a second, but crush like you've been getting value and today's kennel coffee is brought to you by a full time influencer.

I'm excited because on this topic of working full time I just launched this it's actually only available for a few more days um and I talk about how I got laid off and started a new business with YouTube and replaced my income if you're curious about my story and the exact business model. because I was able to work full time with 16,000 subscribers with think media so I don't have a big audience and if you are curious about monetization there are different ways to generate income with a small audience and it's just my story step by step check it out A look. free class full time influencer new class and it's actually coming soon so definitely RSVP.

The replay is available to watch instantly, but it's coming soon, but let's talk about this seventh trait. I don't know if you've noticed it a while ago. You made a lot of articles about burnout, are youtube algorithms fueling creator burnout? cnn youtube burnout is real creators are struggling to cope with studio breaks why are so many creators suffering from burnout when it comes to burnout? youtube is failing their creators and then even on medium instagram youtube tiktok they are burning their creators its not funny but i actually saw a clubhouse room which is a new social media audio app that already had a title, how to avoid clubhouse burnout, the clubhouse is only two months old and people are burning out.

Which isn't surprising because that's a completely different story of how intense that app can be. The reason I mention this is that it really highlights the importance of the seventh trait, which is highly effective. Full-time YouTube creators sharpen the saw. That means, well, Steven Covey in his book the seven habits of highly effective people, which I highly recommend, the seventh habit is sharpening the saw, what does that mean? It means that they seek continuous improvement and renewal at a professional level and personal, highly effective youtube creators seek continuous improvement, that is not simply learning but also renewing resting refreshing sharpening the saab means persevering and improving the greatest asset you have, which is you, so it means having a balanced program for the self-renewal in the four areas of life physical, social, mental and spiritual, so that people who are sharpening their saws are eating well exercising resting are making social and meaningful connections with others are leaving social media sending their phone leaving of a clubhouse and talking to someone face to face I'm not trying to hate the clubhouse but it's intense there they're learning they're reading they're writing they're teaching they're spending time in nature they're praying they're meditating they're listening to music they're making art they're making acts of service and are helping others, the reason I mention this is not to be gloomy for a moment, but this is serious, is that I am now in this for over 10 years interviewing people who were in this, You know, they're in this book.

I've seen people come and go. I've seen people ruin their marriages. Seeing people go crazy without knowing how to handle fame. I've seen people get money and lose it. I've seen YouTube creators here one day. tomorrow they couldn't handle the success or the pressure, or they tried so hard and were so motivated, so this should not be confused with the fact that I believe we must work hard, be ambitious and have drive to break through in the industry, but my friends, this is very important to me and why I believe this is the most important trait that you need to renew professionally and personally.

You have to pace yourself. YouTube is a marathon and not a sprint. Take the long view to realize that there is time for short-term sprints, but any athlete knows that you can't work continuously, you need a recovery day, and that your recovery day or days are just as critical as your recovery days. Those of us who are working and trying hard, so if you really want to work full time, not even just reach that mark, but sustain it for the long term, you need to make sure you sharpen your saw and I want to encourage you not to. you end up in anxiety or driving or pushing to the point where you're sacrificing enormous amounts of sleep you're sacrificing friendships you really don't want to reach the top and be completely alone have you ever heard someone say that you feel lonely at the top?

Knowing if you feel alone at the top means you did it wrong because you can experience massive success and at the same time not lose your soul. In fact, our mission statement, like the asterix, is helping 10,000 purpose-driven people create a full-time life. while making a difference in the world with youtube and online videos andyou experience that success without losing your soul and that is not possible if you do not sharpen the saw, you know what is the point of climbing to the top of the mountain only to realize that you climbed the wrong mountain which would be to achieve some kind of stardom on youtube but crash against a wall of exhaustion and there is no shame for those who have burned out or become tired or fatigued, but I believe that it is possible to build a life in a business and be intentional and smart so that we do not have to go down that path, that does not It has to be the model that we don't have to push ourselves, you know, eight days a week, 26 hours a day, there are some things that are not possible and there is something powerful about pacing yourself because YouTube is a marathon and not a sprint. , like you're excited to sharpen the saw and you let me know when the next day is that you take off, when the next day is that you take a little time for me and uh, updating you, hey, if you're interested in more content like this and you want to check out our free class that will be available for a few more days, specifically on how to become a full-time content creator, link fulltimeinfluencer.com in the description below.

Today's episode of café con kannel is presented by a full-time influencer and I want to pass the question to you again: what is your goal on YouTube? Would you say you've been sharpening your saw and doing a good job? Have you been running at too hard a pace and maybe you're feeling a little worn out, as well as a little exhausted, or actually maybe you're not even trying hard or if you notice that maybe you're just thinking and just hanging out online? and you kind of look at things, but you're not putting the value in the routine, we all find a different place on the journey, so I'd love to hear from you in the comments section below.