Making money with Youtube from Cameroon and Nigeria

Many people visit Youtube to watch interesting videos. But do you
ever wonder who the people who put this videos up are? Do you know you
can actually strike it big and make lots of money with Google and
Youtube just by providing content, that is something interesting.

Chances are, if you think something is interesting to you, someone
next door or at the other end of the world may find that interesting
too.

Last year, my channel on Youtube had about 400.000 views. About that
time, I got invitations from Google to monetize about 3 videos. In
other words, Google will display ads relevant to the subject matter in
the videos and I will get part of the proceeds if there is a sale.

I accepted and never thought much about it. Instead, I worked on what
I felt passionate about, and saw my audience increase in size and
scope.

And this is not just any homogeneous group. It is mostly
intellectuals, professionals, and successful entrepreneurs in the
30-50 year old age group, a prime target for marketers.

So when my counter on Google Insight showed me on the 1st of March
2011 that I had reached 1million views, I was elated.

As an afterthought, I went to my Google account to see what if I had
made any money. I was blown away! There was a nice amount sitting
right there.

The money had started growing just over the past three months. Which
prompts me to write this to anyone with a cheap camera that can take
digital pictures or record short videos. There is money to be made out
there.

Here are some tips:

1. Always have your camera on you with a charged battery and empty
memory card. You don't want to have a dead camera battery or full
memory card when things get interesting

2 Shoot outdoors. Many interesting things happen outside and at times,
it may be something in the background that makes a video interesting.

3 A short description of your video gives it a context. Even self
evident videos can get some help with a short description.

4 Tags: Tags are used by search engines to locate your video. Make
sure you have appropriate tags, and use related tags, so that your
video is easy to find. Make sure you have more than three tags, and
try to be reasonable with the number you use. You don't want the
search engines getting confused and making your video less relevant
when they present results to queries.

5. Watch your views grow and make adjustments as necessary.

Remember, there is an acute shortage of videos from Cameroon, Chad,
Nigeria. Posting random videos of markets or street scenes from these
countries is a sure winner for the fortunate Youtuber.

Good luck and enjoy your success.