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title: 'How to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=fs2kUfn3ct8'
video_id: 'fs2kUfn3ct8'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 848
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# How to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos

> Source: [How to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fs2kUfn3ct8)

## Summary

This video outlines a method for making money on YouTube without creating original videos or showing your face. It covers five steps to start, from setting up a channel to optimizing content for SEO, and includes additional tips for boosting ad revenue and scaling through collaborations.

### Key Points

- **Overview: Earn Without Being On Camera** [00:01] — You can make money on YouTube without being the face of the channel or physically recording videos. The video promises to show how to 6x revenue and start with little to no money.
- **Step 1: Create a YouTube Account** [01:04] — You need a YouTube/Google account. There is no limit to the number of accounts or channels you can have; simply add additional channels through settings.
- **Step 2: Choose a Profitable Niche** [01:43] — Top-performing niches include top tens, meditation, finances, sports, scary content, entrepreneurship, and luxurious lifestyles.
- **Use Creative Commons Filter for Legal Repurposing** [02:11] — When searching for content, use the filter icon and select Creative Commons and view count. This ensures compliance with the Fair Use Act, allowing you to legally reuse and repurpose content.
- **Step 3: Meet Monetization Requirements** [03:06] — YouTube's monetization program requires at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 total watch hours. Creators typically reach this in 4-6 weeks with consistent uploads, or a single viral video can do it faster.
- **Step 4: Source Content Without Filming** [04:17] — You can download videos using YouTube download features or tools like savefrom.net, or use stock footage from Pixabay. Make the content unique by editing, adding voiceovers, or changing the format (e.g., top 10 to top 5).
- **Step 5: Optimize for SEO and Discoverability** [05:14] — Optimize your video title, description, tags, thumbnail, and add captions. Since YouTube is owned by Google, better SEO leads to more visibility, virality, and revenue. VidIQ is recommended for optimization.
- **Secret 1: 6x Ad Revenue with Mid-Roll Ads** [06:19] — Make videos at least 10 minutes long to unlock mid-roll ads. Place ads at the beginning, every 2 minutes (2, 4, 6, 8), and at the end—this multiplies ad revenue significantly.
- **Secret 2: Edit on a Budget** [08:26] — Use free editing tools like iMovie (Mac) or OpenShot/Movie Maker (Windows). For narration, record on your smartphone or hire a voiceover artist on Fiverr for a low cost.
- **Secret 4: Optimize the Backend** [10:30] — Monitor analytics to improve retention rate and click-through rate. Aim for 60%+ retention and 6%+ CTR to increase chances of going viral.
- **Ninja Tip: Collaboration and Paid Promotions** [12:32] — Collaborate with influencers in your niche (collaboration over competition) or buy targeted promotions on Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook to drive traffic and scale faster.

### Conclusion

By following the five steps and applying the extra secrets, you can build a YouTube income stream without ever creating original videos. The key is to repurpose content legally, optimize for SEO and metrics, and use collaborations to accelerate growth.

## Transcript

how to make money on YouTube without making videos you heard that right without actually being the face of your channel or without having to physically channel or without having to physically be on camera you want to make sure that
video because not only am I going to show you how to 6x your revenue on YouTube I'm also going to show you how to start with little to no money now if vest I'm actually going to show you how to make a small investment so you can
expedite this business and most importantly automate this business so don't go anywhere if you enjoy videos like this or other your income your impact or your influence and different ways that you
can make money from home literally using just a computer from anywhere in the world make sure that you smash that subscribe button click the notification bell and hit the like button on this video so the 5 steps to getting started
and making money on YouTube without actually making a video so let's dive right in these are the 5 steps to getting started to actually making money on YouTube without actually making a video step number one make sure that you
have a youtube account now if you're watching this video chances are you already have a youtube account or a Google account if not it's very simple and there's no limit as to how many accounts you can have if you don't have
an account or you would like to add another account all you have to do is go to your settings and then add account and you can have as many accounts as you email addresses and passwords all you have to do is simply add additional
channels step number two you want to choose a niche now there's tons of the ones that we've seen that do particularly well are going to be top tens meditation finances sports scary
entrepreneurship and luxurious lifestyles now when you're looking to choose a niche which you want to do is go into the search bar on YouTube and little filters icon that you see next to the search bar go ahead and click on
Creative Commons as well as viewcount now this is gonna do two things number one this is gonna make sure that you are in compliance with the Fair Use Act now what are the fair use Act means well one of the most
frequently asked questions when getting ready to start this businesses isn't legit or is it legal as long as you're not trying to rip off a content creator or you're trying to use proprietary content and label it your own there's
what's called a fair act a fair use Act as long as you follow the guidelines that I've just given you you're actually gonna be in compliance with that fair use at these content creators actually want you to repurpose and reuse the
content or have done so themselves now what you want to do is you want to make it a little unique by changing it improving it or modifying it one of the most common strategies that I see is people taking top tens and turning them
into top fives or even top threes that way you get the angle on how you want to repurpose it and edit it different voiceovers different edits shortening improving you get the idea step number three is monetization now
actually gonna get paid from YouTube and it's through the monetization and the that YouTube recently rolled out that you're gonna need in order to be compliant and be eligible for the monetization program number one you're
gonna need to have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers number two you're gonna need a minimum of four thousand hours on YouTube this is total watch time now you may be thinking to yourself gosh that's a lot how am I gonna get my first
thousand subs how I'm gonna get my first four thousand watch hours and believe it or not we see a lot of creators actually get started get the ball rolling and do this between four to six weeks can you do it sooner absolutely one video going
viral will get you that by itself so what we recommend you doing is consistently adding as many videos as you can during this period to get you to the first four thousand hours of watch time and 1000 subs so the more the
merrier you just need one video to stick or go viral to accomplish 1,000 subs and 4,000 watch hours number four is to create content and get content on YouTube now how do we get content without actually recording
content in being the face like I am right now on this video well one of the ways is we go and we search for these different channels for instance we could type in top 10 we could hit the filter icon click on creative common and view
count and this is gonna show us these trending videos that are getting the most amount of views that also have no restrictions basically so we can use these videos repurpose them and be compliant with the Fair Use Act this is
huge now you simply want to download the videos and there's two ways that you can download these videos you can use the YouTube download feature or you can use save from then another option is to actually get stock footage that you're
able to use that's not licensed one of the websites that we've seen frequently used is pixabay.com number five is going to be optimizing your videos for discoverability and profitability now
the things that you want to optimize to increase your SEO or search engine increase your SEO or search engine optimization is gonna be your title your optimization is gonna be your title your description your tags your thumbnail and
you want to make sure that you're adding captions see YouTube is owned by Google which is a search engine they have a complex algorithm and to eliminate all the nerdy talk basically the more optimized that your video is the more
discoverable it's gonna be which means more likely it's gonna get more eyes on your video the more visibility you get the more likely you're gonna go viral and the more money you're gonna make now if you have a background in SEO this
stuff is pretty simple if not then I recommend using a resource called vid IQ that's actually what I use to optimize my channel and to optimize my videos can go ahead and get started for free
now as promised I'm gonna show you a few tips and tricks that way you can get started if you have absolutely no money whatsoever from softwares and services two ways to get started and if you do have a budget make sure you don't go
to expedite this as well as automates so this can be an additional flow of income that's gonna generate you income 24/7 365 and at the very end I'm gonna be releasing my number one strategy my most kept secret on how you can
skyrocket and scale these independent videos and channels so make sure you don't go anywhere and if you haven't yet smash that like button so the algorithm says hey josh is actually giving some value so as promised secret number one
I'm going to show you how to 6x your ad revenue now once your channel is monetized and monetization is enabled when you're posting these videos you want to make sure that your videos are no shorter than 10 minutes 10 minutes is
the sweet spot because you can unlock access to mid-roll ads now when you have mid-roll ads what happens is you can do an ad at the beginning of your video before it starts one every two minutes and then one at the end so at two
minutes four minutes six minutes and eight minutes that's four ads then you have an ad at the beginning and an ad at the end so what you're doing is six Xing the amount of ad revenue that you're actually gonna make this is a game
changer when it comes to profitability another strategy that I love using to increase the profitability of my channel and of the video is to actually have different affiliate links down below the video now the key with affiliate
marketing is making sure that your affiliate links are actually relevant to the video so a few different websites that I recommend is one Clickbank and number two of course Amazon Associates Program which is Amazon's unique
affiliate program it's as simple as signing up finding products to promote that are unique yet relevant to your actual video and then posting a link down below and somewhere having it pop up on your video or say hey there's a
link down below and that's going to increase the amount of revenue on top of the monetization of your channel secret number two is how to edit on a budget if you have access to no money whatsoever and you're doing this on a budget these
are the tools that you can use to video edit and edit the narrative without computer is a or if it's a Windows there's a few use if you're on Mac you can use iMovie or open shot and if you're on Windows
or open shot and if you're on Windows you can use open shot or moviemaker now there's tons of tutorials across the internet that are gonna show you how to do basic editing and that's really all you need is basic editing to get started
editing these videos now when it comes to editing the narrative you can do one of two options the free option is gonna be just using your smart phone and recording the narrative on a voiceover and option number two which does cost a
little bit of money but is still very reasonable is going to fiver and actually looking for someone to narrate your YouTube videos this is very reasonable very inexpensive and the turnaround is actually quite quick
now secret number three is how to increase your CTR or click-through rate click-through rate is very important when it comes to discoverability and when it comes to discoverability and virality of your actual video so again
there's two options the free route is gonna be going to canva and making this yourself or just googling free YouTube thumbnail apps the second option is going to fiber and actually reaching out to a graphic artist that specializes in
YouTube thumbnails simply go to Fiverr and type in YouTube thumbnails and you'll see there is a wide variety of people who specialize in YouTube that you're doing something different and catchy that way it grasp that
viewers eyes a ninja tip is using a red circle or a red arrow to point to something barely visible this increases the CTR and increases the suspense which makes people want to click on the video secret number four is
that a lot of people are not doing and this is called optimization so many of the front end of their channel like description and their thumbnail and they neglect optimizing the back end my
mentor told me that amateurs monetize the front and experts monetize the back so we want to constantly be optimizing to make sure that we increase the amount well as the profitability from our videos the way that we do this is by
monitoring our analytics which is a free tool that we can use on the backend of our YouTube channel to see how our video is performing now we want to see how is our retention rate how long are people staying on our video how long are people
watching our videos this is huge from our recent studies if you can get around a 60 percent plus retention rate your videos are more prone to go viral virality is the key with your new cash machine step number two that
optimization is optimizing your click-through rate so two of the main your click-through rate are gonna be your thumbnail and your title if your
click-through rate is less than 6% you need to think about reoptimize in your title or your thumbnail always be looking to improve these metrics what we looking to improve these metrics what we aim for is above 6% CTR or click-through
aim for is above 6% CTR or click-through rate and above 60% video view retention these two metrics when combined together if you can hit these key analytics and these key metrics this is going to increase your chances of becoming viral
and if you become viral that means you're gonna make more money gain more subs get more watch time and overall just grow and if you made it this far to value so make sure that you smash that like button if you haven't yet and if
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impact and your influence now I'm a man of my word and as promised this is the number one ninja tip that I'm using across my channel my personal brand net even on my physical brands now I've been teaching this for years and so many
people are still not taking advantage of it are you ready a ninja tip that you can use once the ball starts rolling and you start rolling in some cash or if you have some cash to invest up front is utilizing Instagram and other youtube as
reach out to influence that are in your niche or your industry and number one focused on collaboration I always say collaboration over competition this is something that you can do for free you guys can both cross
promote each other which will help you guys both rank and help you guys make more money at the same time now you can also look for influencers or different pages or brands who actually sell promotions on their page rather their
YouTube channel or their Facebook page or their Instagram page now this is a quick effective and inexpensive way to buy highly targeted traffic and I use this to cross the board in all of my businesses so there you guys have it the
five steps to making money on YouTube without actually filming the videos or without showing your face we also threw in six additional secrets at the end to make sure that you guys get the best impact if you guys enjoy channels like
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