@Aerolithe_Lion The Vikings fans are still salty about Barnett getting a sack fumble in the NFCCG against them as the Sammy Sleeves pick.

Don't know why, but I have a feeling the Eagles kelly greens are going to be unveiled this week.

17 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I'm creating some mindless shorts content.  Faceless,  voiceless.  Like random facts,  inspirational quotes, etc. 

 

I did one with a hot chick and it got hardly any views. 

I get some over 1k, over 2k and I also still get some with single digits. 

Can't believe the hot chick didn't work. 

My plan is to create a YouTube channel with me and a life-sized dummy, where viewers will need to figure out which is the dummy and which is the content creator — much like Al Lewis here (Grandpa Munster)

 

 

17 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Im trying to do a thing and build a successful (even if completely useless) youtube channel.

I have over 30k views since beginning on June 22nd. Which sounds kinda alright. Except for the fact that monetization for shorts requires 10M views.  

I know @VaBeach_Eagle has had some success with this. Anyone else ever have any success with this sort of thing?

As a source of revenue, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Shorts don't make a whole lot of money when compared to a regular video. A short might make $0.01 per thousand views whereas a full video can make $10 to $20 or more per thousand views. They could also make less than that, but they'll make a good bit more than $0.01 per thousand views. 

As a source of getting monetized, again, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Use shorts to promote your channel and other videos and to attract subscribers. 

Yes, monetization based on Shorts requires 10 Million views, but that's 10 Million Views in the past 90 days. Drop to 9.999 Million on day 91 and if you're not already monetized, you won't be eligible. In addition, you also have to have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers. So don't forget that part. 

YouTube can be a great source of revenue/income, if you gain an audience and if YouTube recommends your videos in people's video feeds. Even if they don't, you can still get some helpful revenue out of it. Even if it's only enough to pay for a few tanks of gas per month or a couple of trips to the store for groceries (or for monthly chemo med copays). 

I'd love to get back to where I was a couple of years ago, before YouTube screwed me over with no explanation (and then, months later, reversed it with no explanation). Especially now that I need to replace my HVAC, which is around $15,000.00.  

Here's a throwback for us. When a JJ defense smelled blood in the water, it was so fun to watch them. Also would have loved to see what Correll Buckhalter could have been had he never had his injuries. 

 

6 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

As a source of revenue, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Shorts don't make a whole lot of money when compared to a regular video. A short might make $0.01 per thousand views whereas a full video can make $10 to $20 or more per thousand views. They could also make less than that, but they'll make a good bit more than $0.01 per thousand views. 

As a source of getting monetized, again, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Use shorts to promote your channel and other videos and to attract subscribers. 

Yes, monetization based on Shorts requires 10 Million views, but that's 10 Million Views in the past 90 days. Drop to 9.999 Million on day 91 and if you're not already monetized, you won't be eligible. In addition, you also have to have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers. So don't forget that part. 

YouTube can be a great source of revenue/income, if you gain an audience and if YouTube recommends your videos in people's video feeds. Even if they don't, you can still get some helpful revenue out of it. Even if it's only enough to pay for a few tanks of gas per month or a couple of trips to the store for groceries (or for monthly chemo med copays). 

I'd love to get back to where I was a couple of years ago, before YouTube screwed me over with no explanation (and then, months later, reversed it with no explanation). Especially now that I need to replace my HVAC, which is around $15,000.00.  

From what I understand, youtube is a newer player in the short content arena, and have monetized it better than tiktok and instagram, etc in effort to bring all of those creators over to YT.

There are vids on how to make money on these faceless shorts channels and they of course show examples of channels who are making 6 figures. I realize thats hard to do. And I think these mindless shorts that those pages are creating will eventually be demonetized as YT will ask for better quality content. 

But Im trying to strike while the iron is hot, while they are incentivizing people to bring shorts content over. I dont expect the money to last forever, but it would be nice to grab a chunk while its still there. 

11 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

As a source of revenue, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Shorts don't make a whole lot of money when compared to a regular video. A short might make $0.01 per thousand views whereas a full video can make $10 to $20 or more per thousand views. They could also make less than that, but they'll make a good bit more than $0.01 per thousand views. 

As a source of getting monetized, again, Shorts aren't an easy way to go. Use shorts to promote your channel and other videos and to attract subscribers. 

Yes, monetization based on Shorts requires 10 Million views, but that's 10 Million Views in the past 90 days. Drop to 9.999 Million on day 91 and if you're not already monetized, you won't be eligible. In addition, you also have to have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers. So don't forget that part. 

YouTube can be a great source of revenue/income, if you gain an audience and if YouTube recommends your videos in people's video feeds. Even if they don't, you can still get some helpful revenue out of it. Even if it's only enough to pay for a few tanks of gas per month or a couple of trips to the store for groceries (or for monthly chemo med copays). 

I'd love to get back to where I was a couple of years ago, before YouTube screwed me over with no explanation (and then, months later, reversed it with no explanation). Especially now that I need to replace my HVAC, which is around $15,000.00.  

What kind of videos did you do on Youtube when you were making videos?

10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

From what I understand, youtube is a newer player in the short content arena, and have monetized it better than tiktok and instagram, etc in effort to bring all of those creators over to YT.

There are vids on how to make money on these faceless shorts channels and they of course show examples of channels who are making 6 figures. I realize thats hard to do. And I think these mindless shorts that those pages are creating will eventually be demonetized as YT will ask for better quality content. 

But Im trying to strike while the iron is hot, while they are incentivizing people to bring shorts content over. I dont expect the money to last forever, but it would be nice to grab a chunk while its still there. 

There's money to be made, that's for sure. But with Shorts, you're sharing revenue. So you're going to make a lot less than with videos that you have sole revenue rights. I just checked a few of my Shorts and they're literally making $0.01 per thousand views. 

 

7 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

What kind of videos did you do on Youtube when you were making videos?

I've done a large range of videos over the years, many of which I've had to delete due to copyright issues after YouTube demonetized my channel (those were mostly old TV commercials from the 50's through 2000's, which people LOVED to watch). Some were music, some were firearms related. I suspect that the firearms videos is what put me on YouTube/Google's 'bad side'. 

Right now (when time permits), I do 'reaction' videos and from time to time, some 'how to' and product review videos. 

17 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

From what I understand, youtube is a newer player in the short content arena, and have monetized it better than tiktok and instagram, etc in effort to bring all of those creators over to YT.

There are vids on how to make money on these faceless shorts channels and they of course show examples of channels who are making 6 figures. I realize thats hard to do. And I think these mindless shorts that those pages are creating will eventually be demonetized as YT will ask for better quality content. 

But Im trying to strike while the iron is hot, while they are incentivizing people to bring shorts content over. I dont expect the money to last forever, but it would be nice to grab a chunk while its still there. 

One other thing that I meant to add. If you do videos where you gain a nice audience, start a Patreon page. That's where you can make more money per month than you might on YouTube alone. My Patreon page is making more for me than YouTube is. Combine the two and it adds up. Get a big audience and you can make thousands (upon thousands), on Patreon. 

1 minute ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

One other thing that I meant to add. If you do videos where you gain a nice audience, start a Patreon page. That's where you can make more money per month than you might on YouTube alone. My Patreon page is making more for me than YouTube is. Combine the two and it adds up. Get a big audience and you can make thousands (upon thousands), on Patreon. 

I've never been to patreon.. what exactly does that do for you?

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I've never been to patreon.. what exactly does that do for you?

It's kind of like a membership your viewers can sign up for and pay a monthly fee to your page to get special content or early access to your content. 

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I've never been to patreon.. what exactly does that do for you?

Let's say that you're a subscriber of a channel on YouTube and the videos that you like are 5 or 10 minutes long, but you want to see even more than is available on YouTube and say that the person/channel that you're liking, also has a Patreon Page. On Patreon, they may make longer versions of those videos available, or behind the scenes videos, or videos that aren't posted to YouTube at all and are 'Patreon Exclusive' videos. 

For access to those videos, you pay a monthly subscription amount. It could be $1 per month, $5, $10 or whatever. For $1 per month you get some perks, for $5 you get better perks and so on.

So on Patreon, you could have 500 subscribers and be making a minimum of $500 per month from them. With 500 YouTube subscribers, you wouldn't even make $0.01 because you couldn't be monetized. But even if you have 5,000 subscribers on YouTube, you'd likely be making more from the 500 on Patreon than the 5,000 on YouTube. 

47 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Here's a throwback for us. When a JJ defense smelled blood in the water, it was so fun to watch them. Also would have loved to see what Correll Buckhalter could have been had he never had his injuries. 

 

 

 

I was at that game.  Dawkins was great.  That's part what made the NFC Championship Game to the Cardinals such a bummer because I was sure that we would have beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl.  Handled them in this game without Westbrook really since he went out early.  

Fanbase seems fed up with Dak.

 

 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

I've never been to patreon.. what exactly does that do for you?

It’s like a safe for work OnlyFans 

 

37 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

I heard a stat where Romo and Dak are 2 of 5 QBs to make 3+ divisional round starts and never advance during the SB era. Can anyone here come up with the other 3? I figured out one of them, someone else figured out another, and we’re stuck on the last one

Warren Moon would be one for sure.  Played lots of seasons without getting to a conference championship game 

11 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Warren Moon would be one for sure.  Played lots of seasons without getting to a conference championship game 

Yeah that’s 1. Other two are far more obscure

 

it looks photoshopped, but it’s not. Richard Sherman’s nostrils are amazing

5 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Yeah that’s 1. Other two are far more obscure

 

Kirk Cousins? Although I think he may have only made it to 2 divisional rounds.  

20 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Kirk Cousins? Although I think he may have only made it to 2 divisional rounds.  

He has 1 division round appearance in his career

1 hour ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

 

it looks photoshopped, but it’s not. Richard Sherman’s nostrils are amazing

He must be no fun at coke parties.

3 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Looks good to me.  He seems elusive,  able to beat a few guys,  pick up 5,10, 20 yards.  Not blazing fast, but quick, agile and bursty.

13 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

There's money to be made, that's for sure. But with Shorts, you're sharing revenue. So you're going to make a lot less than with videos that you have sole revenue rights. I just checked a few of my Shorts and they're literally making $0.01 per thousand views. 

 

I've done a large range of videos over the years, many of which I've had to delete due to copyright issues after YouTube demonetized my channel (those were mostly old TV commercials from the 50's through 2000's, which people LOVED to watch). Some were music, some were firearms related. I suspect that the firearms videos is what put me on YouTube/Google's 'bad side'. 

Right now (when time permits), I do 'reaction' videos and from time to time, some 'how to' and product review videos. 

As a boomer, having been through all phases of YouTube from its birth, solely as a user, I would be surprised that shorts would bring in much money or return visitors.  But I do use the How To and Product Review videos as well as I have found some cooling, gardening and BBQing videos hosts that I follow.  Would seem that if you regularly produce videos in those genres that are honest and useful, that those would be the greater revenue returners. (You can tell promoters from reviewers most of the time.) 

@HazletonEagle ever thought about putting your training expertise into videos?  Could see those as potential moneymakers.