Although moving the lawn or doing household chores might be good ways to make some pocket money fast as a kid there are much better ways.

YouTube is, in fact, one of the most lucrative platforms for kids in the last decade, so if you or your kid were thinking of starting a channel then you might want to keep reading this article.

1. The Adsense Program

Cleary the first in the success ladder on YouTube…

First and foremost, if you want to make REAL money on YouTube through the Adsense program the truth is that you have to get thousands and thousands of views.

In fact.

Since kid YouTube videos, and its related keywords, are not highly paid if compared with other markets, the CPM rate won´t be as big as it could be if you decide to make let´s say a channel that talks about dropshipping and Amazon FBA for example.

But wait! not everything is lost yet.

You can still make good money once you get to a few thousand subscribers and surpass, at least, the 10,000 views a day mark.

Why? Well, simply because on a low CPM of $2 per thousand views you can easily get to $600 or more on a monthly basis, which is an attainable number.

Now, would you like to increase your Adsense revenue by doing ONE simple thing?

Here´s how:

Make LONGER videos. If you start putting out 10+ minute videos you can easily get in there two or three more Ads for each video you create therefore doulbing or more your profits.

Kid Affiliates

The second step in the ladder and the one that gets things more interesting when it comes to making money off of YouTube is working with brands.

There is a ton of money to be made by promoting other people´s product and services and there are more brands that you could possibly think of that are highly interested on accessing to the younger consumer.

If you start building up your reputation as a young YouTube by making great content and being consistent with it you´ll be able to monetize your personal brand without a problem!

How?

Use sites services like Famebit or Inzpire.me that work with creators and brands by connecting both parties and making the entire negotiating process much easier.

In fact, I would say those are two of the best sites to get started as a new creator.

That being said, there are other alternatives you can look into so make sure to do your own research before deciding.

2. Get Into E-Commerce

Another great option to make money from a YouTube channel whether you´re a kid or a teenager is by promoting your own merchandise.

You can easily create your digital store where viewers can go and buy some of your recommended products (which can be affiliate products) or pruchase some of your own!

If you have your own e-commerce site you make it much easier for the average subscriber to be able to buy from you.

Plus! If you do it right you can also get traffic from Google and therefore increase your sales potential dramatically.

The Etsy Shop

If you´ve never heard of Etsy before then let me tell you all that you need to know…

Etsy is a great place if you don´t want to create your e-commerce store from scratch and serves as a great place for creatives that want to sell their own original products in one place.

Just look at that pic, more than a million items under “Kids Crafts”, an incredible opportunity for every entrepreneur. Where there is that many offerings there is usually a high demand for it. 😉

Your Etsy shop can turn into a real business if you create something that is unique and that people actually want or need.

You can sell all kind of things, from clothes to printables, drawings, illustrations, etc.

3. Make SEO-Friendly Videos

If you want to have an actual shot at this and make as much money as possible then you NEED to pay close attention to SEO.

In case you didn´t know SEO means Search Enging Optimization, simply put: optimizating conent to show up high on the search results of any given search engine (Google, YouTube, Bing).

So, in order to appear first on the ranking of YouTube (as well as Google as it shows videos more and more for many different queries) you have to improve your SEO game just a bit.

Here´s a few simple things you can do:

1. Optimize your title. Make sure that your focus keyword is on your title as early as possible, meaning that you should put it first! as long as it makes sense. Also, using capital letters as well as the upper case is a MUST in order to attract more attention to you thumbnails and therefore get more clicks and better rankings.
2. Upgrade your tags & description. Your second step is to make sure that your keyword is in the first two lines within your description, and that the tags are closely related to the terms that you want to be found for. Plus! you can add a few extra tags from your competitors to be shown as a recommended video whenever someone is watching their content. How? Use VideIQ or Tubebuddy, both YouTube certified partners.
3. Make your videos long, engaging, and entertaining. in order to give you the first place on the rankings, YouTube pays close attention to your audience retention numbers as well as your average watch time. Now, those two indicators tell YouTube how engaging your video actually is, and the length of the video itself helps to determine whether if your content makes the viewers stay longer on the platform or not, something that is crucial for YouTube. So, make sure to make good quality content with GOOD information that keeps people watching and make them as long as possible.

4. ¡Start Your Website!

Nowadays starting a blog from scratch is quite easy, even for a kid!

Whether you choose to use a platform like Wix or you are able to take the time and learn how to use WordPress starting your own website is a great way to give a more professional outlook to your goals.

There are lots of examples from successful YouTubers all over the world that have created their brand and explode their channel by leveraging the advantage that owning a site offers.

For example, there are YouTubers that use the transcriptions from their videos to create a blog post and then publish the content on their site.

In addition to that, they embed the same video on the post therefore they get traffic from Google and brand new viewers (and possibly subscribers) for their videos.

In short: start your own site to build your brand and more trust with your viewers.

As a result you´ll be able to easily double your monetization opportunities!

5. Make Micro-Content

Finally, you can maximize the content you are already creating by transform its pieces into micro-content, and that way you´ll also increase your revenue potential.

Here´s how:

If you make one piece of long-form content like a video vlog of 10 or more minutes, a tutorial, or a list of tips, you can then divide that video into smaller pieces that can be easily edited and uploaded on several social accounts.

For example, a common way to do this many YouTubers take advantage of is by taking the best “moments” of a long video and do some color grading and adding some text or effects to post it on Instagram.

Now, if you do that on Facebook, Snapchat, and other social media you can easily increase your exposure, the amount of views and subscribers you get, and therefore your opportunities for profit.

Related Questions

How much do kid YouTubers make? In short: it depends. Now, if you want to know how much it can be made well since most kids on YouTube won´t be talking about finance or investing (which are highly paid keywords) and they are more likely to show a new video game release or review a new toy then you have to stick to a more reliable rate regarding your CPM, which can vary between $2 to 4, on average. Now, when it comes to affiliate marketing and brand deals that´s a whole different story, you can easily find great examples of kid millionaires that made a ton of money not only from ads but also by selling and/or recommending other people´s products.

How to start a toy review channel? You can easily start with what you´ve got, grab your phone, use your headphones mic to record your audio and being with your first video. Although nowadays is much harder than 7 or 8 years ago it is still possible to succeed as a new YouTuber, the only difference is that you have to up your game and make quality content. Now, this doesn´t mean you need to focus on video production, it actually means that you HAVE TO provide as much value as possible with your content, the information you give, and how you do it.