This goes back to such posts as Make Money with YouTube and Ebay and YouTube + Blogger + Adsense = $$$. If you haven’t already, you may want to familiarize yourself with those monetization methods and combine them with the following strategy (or come up with your own new ones!).
More and more YouTube has been cracking down lately on people uploading content containing copywritten music or people uploading entire films/tv shows. However, there is still very much that can be safely done below the radar.
One such trick I’ll tell you I’ve been using lately is to use rare interviews with celebrities and bands. Luckily for me, I have a local shop that sells rare bootlegs of such material where I can find all sorts of great stuff that isn’t yet on YouTube for only maybe $5-$10 per DVD.
Obviously you need a DVD drive and software such as Sony Vegas to import the footage. Then you can either watermark it with a domain you own or maybe just use Tiny URL to drop an affiliate link in the description. If you only use the affiliate link in the description, I recommend of course using annotations to increase your CTR.
How you monetize that traffic is up to you, but you can get a TON of clicks this way.
If you don’t have the convenience of a local dvd shop like mine, you’ll just have to be a little more resourceful. Rare bootlegs can be purchased and in many cases even downloaded for free online.
Time to start snooping around!
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:59 am
Thanks for idea! I think about youtube as one of traffic sources, but unique content is main problem for now. I’ll try to use your tips.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Excellent idea! What exactly do you smoke to come up with these ideas??
April 13th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Hiya buddy,
i read a post round here about applying Reverb effect to mp3s so that youtube doesnt disable the audi/video . I bought Sony Vegas too , but where is the reverb option ! Please buddy help me out here…
Bye !
April 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
It seems to be lucrative idea. Let me try and I will comment back soon…Thanks & regards,
April 19th, 2009 at 7:48 am
This is a good idea. I’ll look around and see what I can find as far as rare stuff. Not only can help earn a bit of cash, but fans might really appreciate it.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Thanks for the thought!!! Now i have an idea what to do… That’s Great!!
May 14th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
That is a great idea!
May 19th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
This is not a bad idea.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
This is well known I do believe, it’s really a common sense thing – unique content = unique visitors…
October 1st, 2009 at 3:41 am
Another idea is to do what the major news stations and newspapers are doing – reporting on what Celebrities are saying on their twitter accounts!