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This ONE Trick Can Make You Thousands with YouTube Shorts (Zero Extra Work)

0h 18m video Published Oct 20, 2021 Transcribed Jul 28, 2026 Thomas Garetz Thomas Garetz
Intermediate 9 min read For: Aspiring content creators and entrepreneurs looking to monetize YouTube Shorts with minimal equipment and face-free methods.
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"Title oversells the simplicity; the method requires creating multiple videos and managing affiliate links, not zero work."

AI Summary

This video reveals a method to generate income from YouTube Shorts without showing your face or recording voiceovers, using free tools like Canva and text-to-speech software. Focused on the keto diet niche, it introduces a 'loop method' to drive viewers through a chain of videos and an affiliate marketing strategy to monetize traffic. The presenter claims potential earnings of up to $115,000 per month from ad revenue alone.

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Earnings Potential

Some creators earn up to $115,000 per month ($1.4M yearly) from ad revenue, but their videos require expensive equipment and time.

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Solution with YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts (vertical videos under 60 seconds) can be created without face or voiceover, using free software, in less than 60 seconds.

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Finding a Niche

Search #shorts on YouTube and select a niche like weight loss or keto. The video focuses on keto desserts for diet/weight loss monetization.

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Loop Method Introduction

The 'loop method' creates a content chain: one video leads to another via pinned comments, increasing watch time and algorithmic promotion.

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Creating Video in Canva

Use Canva.com, choose 'Video' and 'Mobile' for vertical format, then create blank canvas.

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Content Ideas

Use simple formats like '3 Types of Keto Desserts' – a number plus dish type. No deep knowledge required.

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Adding Text and Effects

Add heading text (e.g., '3 Easy Keto Desserts'), use effects like shadow for readability, and copy-paste for consistency.

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Free Text-to-Speech

Use free text-to-speech software (found via Google) to generate voiceover. Download as MP3 and import into Canva.

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Finding Dish Names

Google 'keto desserts' and copy names like 'Keto Cinnamon Sugar Donuts' for each scene.

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Adding Background Audio

Use Canva Pro or YouTube Audio Library for free background music. Adjust volume to 5-6 so voiceover is clear.

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Loop Method Explanation

After the main video, create separate recipe videos for each dish. In pinned comment, link to those videos and to a bonus affiliate offer.

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Affiliate Marketing with ClickBank

Promote a product like 'Keto Resources' (28-day keto challenge) on ClickBank, earning 75% commission (~$30/sale). Shorten affiliate link with Bitly.

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Pinned Comment Strategy

In the comments, pin a message listing recipe video links and the affiliate link as a 'bonus surprise'. This drives traffic and monetization.

By combining the loop method with affiliate marketing, creators can build a content ecosystem that boosts views and generates passive income from YouTube Shorts without upfront investment.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 00:54 Choose a niche (e.g., keto desserts) by searching #shorts on YouTube.
2 02:01 Open Canva, create a blank mobile video canvas (vertical).
3 02:40 Pick a content format: number + dish type (e.g., '3 Easy Keto Desserts').
4 03:35 Add text heading with effects like shadow for readability.
5 04:47 Use free text-to-speech software to generate voiceover for the main title.
6 05:39 Import the audio file into Canva and trim pauses.
7 06:19 Search Google for dish names (e.g., 'Keto Cinnamon Sugar Donuts').
8 07:49 For each dish, create a new scene in Canva with text and a background video from Canva library.
9 10:31 Add background music from YouTube Audio Library or Canva Pro, set volume low.
10 11:53 Add transitions between scenes (e.g., slide).
11 16:05 Download video as MP4 from Canva.
12 16:18 Upload to YouTube Shorts with title and #shorts tag.
13 16:57 Pin a comment linking to separate recipe videos and an affiliate offer.

Study Flashcards (8)

What is the 'loop method' for YouTube Shorts?

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Creating a chain of videos where each video's pinned comment links to the next video and an affiliate offer, encouraging viewers to watch multiple videos and boosting algorithmic promotion.

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Which free tool is recommended for creating vertical videos?

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Canva (canva.com) with a mobile canvas.

02:01

How can you get free background music for YouTube Shorts?

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Use the YouTube Audio Library in YouTube Studio, or Canva Pro (costs $1 per track if not Pro).

10:46

What is the recommended affiliate marketplace for the keto niche?

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ClickBank, specifically the product 'Keto Resources' which gives 75% commission (~$30/sale).

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How do you shorten an affiliate link for the pinned comment?

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Use Bitly (bitly.com) to create a clean, short link.

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What should be included in the pinned comment of a YouTube Short?

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Links to separate recipe videos (for the loop method) and an affiliate link as a 'bonus surprise'.

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Why should you create separate recipe videos for each dish mentioned in the main Short?

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To create a loop that keeps viewers on your channel, increasing watch time and encouraging YouTube algorithm to promote your content.

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What format is recommended for the main Short's title text?

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A number (e.g., '3') followed by an action word (e.g., 'Easy') and a dish type (e.g., 'Keto Desserts').

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💡 Key Takeaways

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The Loop Method

A unique content strategy that chains videos together via pinned comments, maximizing watch time and algorithmic benefits.

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Free Text-to-Speech

Enables creators to add voiceover without recording their own voice, lowering entry barriers.

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Affiliate Marketing Integration

Monetizing Shorts by promoting ClickBank products with high commissions, turning views into revenue.

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Pinned Comment Strategy

The comment section is the most visible part of Shorts; pinning links there drives traffic effectively.

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[00:01] actually making a crap ton of money, up to $115,000 a month and up to $1.4 million every single year. And that's just from ad revenue. The problem with that is their videos, they take a lot of time and

[00:15] to have expensive lighting, expensive cameras, microphones, the whole deal. But, what if I told you we could make the same type of videos without showing your face, without recording a voiceover, and most importantly, in less

[00:28] than 60 seconds by using YouTube's new platform, YouTube Shorts, which is basically YouTube's version of TikTok with less than 60-second vertical video. And the best part is we're going to be using free software to make the videos.

[00:41] We are going to use this free software here to make money on YouTube Shorts. So, if you're ready to learn exactly how step-by-step, make sure you watch this entire video and let's get started.

[00:54] here. And like I said in the intro, I'm going to be showing you how to make money on YouTube Shorts in the cooking or food-related niche. And the first step is just finding your niche. And you can do this by simply typing in to

[01:08] YouTube search #shorts. And you hit a plus. Now, you can find weight loss, we're going to be doing this in the food niche, but specifically in the diet or weight loss niche, and more specifically in the keto diet niche. And this will

[01:22] make a lot more sense later on when I talk about how to monetize this. But, I'm also going to do this in a very specific way that no one else is really teaching. And it's going to be by taking advantage of something that I just made

[01:34] loop method. And I'll explain this page once we start creating the videos, and once you have your niche, and again, exactly how I show, so you can actually do it the right way. Okay? So, make sure

[01:48] you watch this whole video again. But now, it's time to actually create the video. So, we're going to be using a free tool called canva.com. And we're again using shorts video. So you want to go to video here and then go to mobile

[02:01] because that's vertical videos, okay? So you want to create blank. All right, so this is the blank canvas and now we can actually create the video. So the next step is what is the video going to be about? And there's a lot of tools out

[02:14] there. Some are free, some are paid that will help you come up with video ideas. But to make this simple and to take advantage of that loop method that I'll explain in a little bit, need to make it complicated, right? We can literally

[02:27] just say three types of keto desserts. Or it could be five types of keto desserts. Or it could be three types of keto dinners. Or three types of keto chickens. Or whatever, right? I don't know much about keto to be honest, but

[02:40] it just has to have a number and then a type of dish. Or it could literally be dinner or dessert or smoothie, right? So you don't have to know anything about dessert. Now what you would do is you would either type in dessert to

[02:54] templates, photos, or videos. And I find that it's best in videos because they just have so many examples. And this is You see how it's getting eaten. Or again, you could pick whichever one you

[03:07] right? That's a good looking dessert. But just remember, if it's horizontal like that, you got to stretch it, right? So it might not fit very well. You have to stretch it a lot. So just understand the difference between a vertical one

[03:20] You put it up there and then you drag it down like that. And a horizontal one where it might cut something off. So now we have our background. The next step is using the text right here. And you can just add it add a heading. And then you

[03:35] can actually see it. And you want to drag it to the top. And you could do it like you could say three and then I like to use like an action word. So it could be like three best or three easy or three simple, right? So let's do three

[03:49] easy. Or we could do three delicious. That's a good word. Keto desserts. So now you can do this a couple different ways. You can put it like in the middle. going to just hit enter after each word. So we're going to do it like that. We're

[04:04] going to make it bigger like that. Now let's center it something like that. Now really see that, right? So let's change it to like yellow. No, let's do white little cool thing. Then you go to effects right here and you can add

[04:20] shadow. Okay, so make sure the shadow is black and then you can see how you can see it much better, but I do it like this. You just add in some good shadow like that and do it like that. So all the way to the left,

[04:33] right on both of those. And now you can literally just copy and paste it. And now you can see it much better. So we'll make it yellow. I think it'll be easier to see. But now we're going to use that

[04:47] free software, the free text to speech software. And to find the software I literally just went to Google and typed in like free text to speech software and I found this. So now we're going to go and take exactly what we said here. So

[04:59] three delicious keto recipes. I don't know if it'll work like that. You might need to actually put it on one line, but just like that. I went to US English, talking. Three delicious keto desserts.

[05:13] Some words aren't going to sound the best cuz you have to remember it's text to voice at the end of the day. And you could check out different voices too to see if you like maybe the UK one, right? Three delicious keto desserts.

[05:26] better. So you got to understand certain words are going to sound better with going to use that one. I think that sounded great. And then you're going to hit save speech as file, okay? Three delicious keto desserts.

[05:39] So now we have our file right here. So we're going to go back to our Canva and then we're going to pull this right onto here to upload it and you see it's in you're going to drag it on here. So, you see it's only here. I'll zoom in right

[05:53] here. So, you see it's only 2.4 seconds, right? So, we're going to drag it to the start, and you can hit play. Okay. Three delicious keto desserts. You can see it actually, while it was recording the voice-over, I actually

[06:05] said okay. So, right here, you want to take that part out by sliding like that. And then, you go back over Three delicious keto desserts. Now, you're going to drag this back over there. So, that's our first scene. Now,

[06:19] we have to go to Google and find three delicious keto desserts. So, I literally just typed into Google right here, keto desserts. All right. Now, right here is Tasty 17 friendly keto dessert recipes. For this video, we're not using the

[06:32] recipe yet, but just keep paying attention. All we need is the name of it. So, for example, cheesecake keto fat bombs, or keto cinnamon sugar donuts. Okay, we'll use that one for example real quick. So, copy, and then we go

[06:45] back to here, and you can do this in a couple different ways. You can just duplicate it, and then if you want to keep the text in the same position as you are, you can do it like that. But, personally, I would keep the title a

[06:58] little different than the style for each of the food ones. So, I'd probably just delete the text. Um just delete the whole thing. I would probably delete that. Then, I would do it just something like this. I'll show you. So, we'll add

[07:11] the text, make it a little bigger. I would start off by doing dessert number one, all in caps, number one. Like that. I would caps, number one. Like that. I would stretch it to like that. Now, you can

[07:24] just copy and paste that, or you can go up here and click duplicate. Now, you want to just paste in what you have, keto cinnamon sugar donuts. All right. So, I would make this smaller, and make it like that. Make it a little smaller,

[07:36] so it can go on one line, like that. So, that's what I would do. I would probably we're probably going to change the colors of the text, but we got to just find a video first. So, we're going to go or photo. So, we're going to go to

[07:49] video, and then we're just going to type in sugar donuts. This one looks good. Oh, yeah, that looks really good. So, there's two ways to do this. You could just like kind of have that like that, or again, you could have the video

[08:01] showing over it like how we did right here, and have the text over it. But, let's just do it like that, and I like it with the white up there. That could also change this to like red or something just to like differentiate it

[08:15] a little bit, and that's good. Now, we have to go over to our free text to speech software again. So, we're going to do dessert number one, and then we'll do a dash, and then keto cinnamon sugar donuts. Okay, so let's see what that

[08:29] cinnamon sugar donuts. We need her to slow down after the dessert number one. So, you could do like a comma or a period, and it should work. donuts. Okay, so that sounded better. So, we'll

[08:43] just again hit save speech as file. Dessert number one keto cinnamon sugar So, now we're going to go back to Canva right here. We're going to drag it up here. Now, we got our record 02. So, we're going to put it on here, and then

[08:57] you want to zoom in. All right. So, you see after they say dessert number one, there's a big pause. You can't cut it out, unfortunately, but there is a way to get around it if you wanted to make it a smaller part there. Okay, so for

[09:11] quick. What you can do is you can duplicate the audio, right? So, beginning, first of all, I should have cut this off first. You can get rid of that a little bit. So, we'll do that on both of them. Now, you see the big part

[09:26] right here. That's after dessert number one. So, you can't, like I said, cut it out, but you can take this one, and you could go like right there, and then you can take this one, and then you can go like right to the start. So, you are

[09:39] able to cut a little part of that out if you wanted to. So, now it's not as long of a pause. Okay? So, let's try it now. Dessert number one. Keto cinnamon sugar So, that sounds much better to me. Okay? But, it's up to you how you want to do

[09:52] this one, drag it to the start, select this one, drag it to the start. And then, we're going to zoom out right here, and then just drag this one all little bit of space at the end because right here you can click these three

[10:06] dots and add a transition at the end of it, right? So, we could do like slide. You see how it just slides to that then? So, that's what I would do. So, now if Three delicious keto desserts. You see? So, that just looks better in

[10:19] my opinion. That's just what you would do for each of the three. So, again, I'm I'm going to pick the other two ones, and then I'll show you what we do for the last scene. All right. So, the video is now finished, and there's a couple

[10:31] things I want to talk to you about that. But, the last step to the video itself is adding some audio in the background, and there's a couple ways to do this. If you do have the Canva Pro account, all of this audio, from what I've seen, is

[10:46] don't have the Pro account, they each cost a dollar. So, if you don't have the Pro account, you can just go to YouTube audio library, so in your YouTube Studio, you scroll down, and there's audio library right here. All of this

[11:00] audio is 100% free. So, then you just filter it by like genre or mood, right? So, it's like ambient would be good. And then you just grab one of these.

[11:14] videos, including videos that you monetize, so that's good. And you just hit download. Okay? And you got it right there, and then you bring it in here Or, if you do have the Pro account, you just click on any you want. So, you just

[11:28] hit this one, you drag it on there. Okay? And then your audio track is the long one at the bottom. But, make sure whether you use the YouTube one like that and you drag it in there and then drag that in or you use this one. So,

[11:40] click it and you go to volume and you want to make it quiet enough where you can still hear the person talking. So, probably something like five or six is good, okay? Also, I do want to mention make sure when you're adding the audio,

[11:53] like if you have it right here and we click on a different like piano one and drag it here, it's only going to add it to the end of that. realized that, so you want to drag it right here and then drag this to it and it will put it on

[12:06] the whole thing. So, now let me show you the completed video. Three delicious keto desserts. Dessert number one, keto cinnamon sugar donuts. Dessert number two, keto brownies. Dessert number three, keto peanut butter

[12:21] balls. Check the pinned comment for the full recipes and a bonus surprise. So, basically you understood the first part, but the last part is the most important. So, this is where we're going to use what I call the loop method. So,

[12:35] basically what most people will have you do in most of the tutorials I've seen on this topic is they'll have you make this whole thing and they'll link to a that's great. But, first of all they're they're kind of doing it wrong whereas

[12:49] description which no one sees if they're watching shorts. the comment and then you can pin it to the top. But, you want to put a couple different things in the comment. So, with the loop method, you have video number one that we did, three

[13:03] keto desserts. Then what you can do is something that YouTube really likes and that's where you start suggesting them to other videos. So, after that we say full recipes are in the pinned comment. Now you have three different videos you

[13:16] can make where it's the same idea as this except instead of dessert number one, it's what you need in the recipe number one, what you need in the recipe number two. So, you're showing the full recipe for just keto cinnamon sugar

[13:29] donuts, which you can get by going right here and getting the recipe. So, not only does that give you three video ideas, but you're suggesting them to your user in the pinned comment. So, now they can see the full dessert recipe for

[13:42] each of those and you can still put the monetization method under that, which I'm going to show in a second because that's the and a bonus surprise. But, what you do from there is on each of those, you then suggest them to a new

[13:54] one like three keto dinners. And then you do the same thing, recipe for each You're going to keep looping them into your content. And when someone watches multiple of your videos, YouTube's algorithm is like, "Oh, they really like

[14:07] going to loop them into your content and And that's much more valuable than someone just watching one video and because you didn't do this the right way. So, that's a major tip that you

[14:21] definitely want to do. Now, for the bonus surprise. So, the bonus surprise. This is with something called affiliate marketing. And there's places like ClickBank, which is an affiliate marketplace. And we can refer people to

[14:34] someone else's product and everyone who purchases that product through our referral link, we get a commission. So, in ClickBank's marketplace, they have a bunch of products. I'm in the cooking food and wine category right here. So, I

[14:47] just clicked on that. And then, if you sort it by gravity, which is the best selling for affiliates, keto resources is number one. So, that's what I would promote. And this is a 28-day challenge, I believe. So, if we click on the

[15:00] product, yeah, it's a 28-day keto challenge with the 28-day meal plan and the guides, okay? So, that's the product you're going to promote. And to actually get the link, you would hit here promote and you actually earn 75% commissions.

[15:14] So, you can earn 30 like almost $30 per sale. And then, your account nickname is just your username, so it'd be like username and then generate hop link. Okay, so now this is our affiliate or our referral link. So, you want to take

[15:28] that link, and then you go to a free website called bitly.com, and you just want to shorten it to make it better for people to click. So, you paste it in there, this long ugly link, you shorten it, and it turns into this nice little

[15:40] link. So, now what you're going to do is we're going to put that in the pinned comment. Obviously, we don't have our other videos yet, but you can always edit the comment and add those later. Or you could just start making those videos

[15:52] now, and then start uploading them all at the same time, so you can get them I'll show you how to upload this now, which is the most important step, cuz Canva, you want to go to download right

[16:05] here, MP4 video, and then all pages, and hit download. And you could have named it if you wanted to. I just didn't, so it's going to be called add a heading, our video downloaded. Now, I'm on my test account right here, cuz I don't

[16:18] account, go right here to create, and drag it onto here. And then for our heading, we're just going to use our title. So, it was three delicious keto desserts. Now, again, for the

[16:30] description, they can't really see anything. So, what I would do is I would just take this and post it in here, and you're going to want to go #shorts on both of these. And you could also put the same thing in your description that

[16:42] comment, but it's really not that important, cuz no one's going to see sure it's not made for kids, and then you go next, next, next, and then you're just going to go to public, and then publish. Then you

[16:57] want to go to this video link right here, and the comment, like I said, is the most important part. So, for example, you could do like recipe number one, and then you would put video link here. And you would do the same thing

[17:09] for each of the three recipes. And then, for the last part, I called it a surprise, right? A bonus surprise. So, this is where you'd put the monetization number two, under recipe number three, or you could put it on the top. It's up

[17:23] to you, however you want to do it. But, then you could just do here's your bonus surprise. And then you do that, and then you post the link right here. Copy the link, go here, and paste it. You could also just say, uh start your 28-day keto

[17:39] So, that's how you want to do that, and then you just hit comment, and then you Okay? Now, what that's going to do is I'll post a picture, or actually I'll you can see. All right. So, this is on the actual shorts platform on YouTube.

[17:54] So, like I said, you can't click on their name and go to their description. channel. But, the first thing a lot of people do is they go to the comments. here, look at the top comment. It's pinned by him, and he's referring them

[18:08] to another YouTube video. And look at that. That has 105 likes, 40 replies. Everyone's seen that. So, that's the trick to these YouTube shorts that no want to make money with this method, that's how to do it. But now, a YouTube

[18:22] shorts. If you can start adding in some long-form content along with this, you can really just make so much more money on YouTube, and quit your job and make So, if you want to learn more about all that, where I show you everything

[18:36] step-by-step, and you can make money on YouTube without showing your face, just go to nofacewyt.com, or click the first link down below to check out that. Or, get into the loop method on my channel, check out this video right here to see

[18:48] my free YouTube course, and that's all I got. See you on the next video.

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