Passive Income Tips that helped me make over $5000 in “passive income” with affiliate links, marketing, advertising and more in the last 12 months.
Easy money and passive income is a lie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSC1Dp6Qrfk – I even made a video to rant about how the idea of relaxing on the beach with a martini and your ipad is complete BS, BUT hard work and laying the foundations and build up an automated income that make residual income and helps you earn while you sleep.
Passive Income in 2020, Passive Income meaning lazy money does not exists yet it is a holy grail for some people. Make money online, passive income from youtube, and passive income from investments are the great get rich quick schemes of the internet generation but I am here to tell you honestly that PASSIVE INCOME IS A LIE.
Make A Passive Income Online in 2020 – With HARD WORK!
The only true “passive income business” has been seeded by hard work for years as you build up a client base or a product back catalogue. The true passive income has a foundation of 10-25 years solid graft, investing in businesses, skills, services and customer care.
There is no silver bullet out there that will take you from your living room sofa to a villa in the maldives within 28 days.
Is VidCon Worth It? Is VidCon Worth The Money? – I was invited to VidCon London with vidIQ – an eye opening experience that has helped me understand what I have actually been doing for the last 8 years of my life and reassuring me that there is a very large family of people that love online video as much as I do.
Side note – I would like to thank the vidIQ team I worked directly with (Liza, Liron, Rob, Ilya) for the amazing experience, the friends, the food, the brain melting moments – and I would like to thank Derral Eves, Hank Green (@hankschannel @vlogbrothers) and Luke Owen of WrestleTalk
Translate Add Foreign Language Subtitles to YouTube Videos (EASY WAY) – Adding subtitles to videos can help people understand you better, what your videos for longer, increase engagement and boost video rankings. Today I am going to show you how I add foreign subtitles to my videos using REV – 🔊 SUBTITLES – $10 FREE + QUICK, EASY CAPTIONING FROM REV – https://www.alanspicer.com/rev
Captioning your videos can have a big effect on how successful they are. This is true for movies, TV shows, social media videos, training content, and any other kind of video you might record and share.
1. Not Everyone Can Hear Your Audio
Over 28 million American adults are deaf or hard of hearing—and if you don’t have subtitles on your videos, that’s a huge audience you won’t reach.
No matter what your content is, you don’t want to exclude millions of people from watching it. Your target market includes people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and not subtitling your videos excludes them.
That’s just bad business. Think inclusively and add subtitles to your videos.
As you’ll see, though, it’s not just people with hearing difficulties that appreciate subtitles.
2. Many People Don’t or Can’t Turn on Audio
You’ve probably heard that 85% of Facebook videos are watched on mute. Of course, that’s just for a single social network. Snapchat, for example, says that two-thirds of its videos are played with sound.
No matter what the statistics say, many people silence audio on their phones or computers because they don’t want or need to. Maybe they’re listening to their favorite song and don’t want to pause it. Or they’re in a public place and can’t be disruptive.
Even if your videos target an audience that’s likely to turn video sound on, there are going to be some people who won’t. And those people will miss out on your video if it’s not subtitled.
3. Subtitles Improve Comprehension
People learn in different ways. Some learn best through doing. Others through watching. Still others through listening. And if your viewers aren’t visual learners, they’re not going to get as much out of your video.
That’s where subtitles come in. People who learn best via reading will get more out of your videos if they have captions. The combination of video and text is strong, and appeals to more people than just video.
In fact, many people prefer watching videos with subtitles even if they don’t have to. A quick search reveals many people turn captions on when they’re watching TV shows or movies, even if they’re native speakers of the original language. They just understand it better.
Even if those people could watch without subtitles, they’ll appreciate that you made your video better for them.
4. Not Everyone Speaks Your Language
Great content transcends language boundaries . . . but only if it’s translated. You might want people from all over the world to watch your videos, but if they can’t understand them, it’s going to be hard.
English is the most commonly used language on the wider internet, but Mandarin Chinese isn’t far behind. Some parts of the world use the internet mostly in Arabic. Or Spanish. Take your target audience’s language into account when you’re making your videos.
And when you can, offer subtitles in multiple languages.
5. Viewers Are More Engaged
In 2009, PLYMedia found that 80% more people watched a video to completion when subtitles were included. Videos without subtitles were watched to 66% to completion, compared to 91% with subtitles on average.
Of course, these are correlations, and the cause is open to interpretation. But 80% is a figure you can’t ignore. If there’s a chance that subtitle help videos get more views, you should invest the time and money it takes to caption it.
Keep that in mind as you read this next fact.
6. Subtitles Increase Video Social Reach
Instapage found that captioned videos on Facebook had 16% higher reach than those without. They had 15% more shares, 17% better reactions, and 26% more call-to-action clickthroughs.
In short, they performed better on every measure that matters. Combine that with the fact that more videos get watched if they have subtitles, and the take-away becomes clear.
Subtitles make a big difference in how people see, react to, and engage with your videos.
7. Captions improve SEO
While the quality of your content should be your main concern, we know you’re thinking about SEO, too. And video subtitles can give you a boost in the search rankings.
Many of the benefits above also have an effect on SEO. If people spend more time watching your videos, you’ll have increased dwell time, which has a positive effect on your rankings. Social shares can play a role, too. And appealing to more people helps boost visits and reduce bounce rates.
But the subtitles themselves can also help, because Google indexes captions that you’ve added to videos (they don’t index automatically generated captions, like those YouTube can add for you).
That can make a big difference in how many people find your website, watch your video, and engage with your content.
Is It Hard to Add Subtitles?
While it does take some time, it’s actually quite simple. And you can do it for free.
When you get started, adding subtitles to videos can take a while. 3Play Media suggests budgeting five to ten times the length of the video for subtitling. Of course, this depends on your experience level with the software, the type of dialogue you’re adding, and a number of other factors.
If you’re subtitling a short video to share on Facebook or YouTube, that’s not very long. But if you’re doing an entire TV show or movie, you could be looking at a lot of time. And it’s easy to wonder if it’s worth the effort. Just remember all the benefits above.
How to Add Subtitles to Your Videos
Now that you’ve seen why it’s crucial to subtitle your videos, it’s time to start. The premise behind adding subtitles to your videos is simple. All you need to do is identify the times you’d like a particular subtitle displayed, then add the text.
Fortunately, subtitling apps will help you out with this. Rev.com will help write them for you and import them to YouTube.
Once you’ve created your subtitles, you can either store them in a separate file (so your video can be played with or without them) or encode them directly into the video (so they’re always displayed). In general, it’s better to give viewers the option to view them or not.
Captioning Your Videos Is Worth Your Time
Adding subtitles to your video isn’t especially hard—it just takes time and practice. And it might not seem like it’s worth it when you just want to share your videos.
But we’ve seen that adding subtitles increases accessibility, encourages better engagement, and even improves your search engine optimization.
There’s really nothing you have to lose (except the potential for more viewers). It’s time to start subtitling!
Going full time on YouTube is the dream of many creators. Some see YouTube as a goldmine, a get rich quick scheme that anyone can easily jump on and build a brand or business. But sensible people understand that is takes time, effort, luck and A LOT of hard work to make YouTube a Full Time job. In today’s video I share with you the last 3-4 years and tell you the steps I took to go from 0 subscribers to being Full Time YouTuber and business owner in 2020.
After 3 years on YouTube I have finally cracked the secret to growing on YouTube and the secret to being a successful YouTuber like the big channels. If you want to grow on youtube in 2019-2020 then you need to learn who you are, how to make YOU unique and the only way you can do that is with your first 100 videos.
Get more views on YouTube 2020 with a few methods you may have simply overlooked. There is a lot of things you can do to hook and keep people watching on YouTube but some of these aren’t banged on about as much as meta tags and titles. Today I am going to share with you my 5 Overlooked Ways To Get More Views on YouTube for small YouTubers.
How To Get 10000 Subscribers on YouTube 2020 – You can get youtube subscribers 2020 by doubling down on what already works for you and amplifying your content. It took me just over 29 months to start a youtube channel and grow it to 10K subs. Today I share with you how I did that and add some juice tips as well.
Auto Reframing Videos in Adobe Premiere Pro – New auto video tracking, video resizing has arrived with Adobe Premiere Pro 2020. This feature can take a lot of the heavy editing work from your shoulders and help you reframe all your adobe premiere pro project sequences in seconds rather than hours of keyframing.
Premiere Pro’s headline feature is Auto Reframe, an AI powered tool to reformat existing footage for a range of aspect ratios. For example, you can take your 16:9 footage and have it automatically panned and cropped to a square or even vertical format.
How To Add Subtitles on YouTube EASY – Add Closed Captions Fast YouTube Subtitles // Adding subtitles to YouTube videos opens up the audience who could see and understand your content. Subtitles (closed captions) help people read along when they might not be able to listen, might be learning the language or may not even speak the native language of the video.
How To Add Subtitles to YouTube Videos 2019 – 2020 – Why add subtitles? – Subtitles make your YouTube videos text searchable and thus search engine friendly. You benefit because your video is ranked higher by Google. End result, you get more views, hits and traffic to your website. Captioning your YouTube videos is a killer SEO secret that your competitors probably don’t know about. That’s what sets you apart.
350 million people speak English as their first language worldwide. 1.4 billion people speak English as their second, third, and fourth language. Do the math. Captioning your YouTube videos improves comprehension and retention of your message for all of your viewers.
Start A YouTube Channel in 2020 and forget your excuses. I’ve seen it over and over again, people scared of starting a YouTube channel so they find excuses not to do it. You don’t need a flash camera, you don’t need £100’s in lighting and equipment. All you need to do is think of the topic you want to talk about and hot record!
How To Make YouTube Channel Banner Art for FREE with your computer without Photoshop using PlaceIt from Envato. YouTube channel art, channel banners, thumbnails and avatars can help pull people in and win people to subscribe. A free youtube banner for your channel can be hard but today I will show you how to use PlaceIt to create channel art using Youtube channel banner templates that you can use to level up your branding and use it on all your social media!
What is Channel Art? – Channel Art (also known as a “Channel Header Image” or “YouTube Banner”) is the large banner that goes across the top of your channel page. It’s commonly used to visually communicate a channel’s brand and personality.
Why is Channel Art Important? – Channel Art is the first thing visitors see when they visit your channel. So it’s an important part of making a strong first impression. Also, you can use Channel Art to convey key information about your channel, including your upload schedule, tagline, social media accounts and more.
Best Practices – Use an Image That Represents Your Channel – The image you feature in your Channel Art should let people know two things:
1. The topic of your channel
2. What makes your channel unique
Make money online without YouTube adverts – How much money can YouTubers earn without adsense? There are many ways you can make money online via YouTube and that doesn’t need to be the partnership program. I use these methods to work full time as a consultant within the YouTube space but these can be used for your business too.
0:37 – Make Money Online with Product Reviews – Find something you have in your home or you was going to buy anyway wand review it in a video. Sign up for the Amazon Affiliate program and add the link to the product into your video or social media caption/post. The more videos/posts you have the more links people can find and has a 7-28 days cookie to track user behaviour and sales.
1:22 – Make Passive Income Online with Affiliate Marketing (Reviewing Services) – This is like reviewing a product but more of a direct company connection rather than a product on Amazon. I have connections with Rev for Subtitles, PlaceIt for YouTube Graphics, TubeBuddy for YouTube Ranking and others but when you click on my links I am given credit and will make a small fee. You can do the same for almost ANY business these days.
2:20 – Make Money Online with Livestream Donations – YouTube offered Superchat donations to all its YouTube Partnership Program members but you can also do this without being YouTube Monetized. You can accept donations via Venmo, Paypal.me links and integrations with software such as Streamlabs or Streamlabs by OBS.
3:03 – Make Money Online with Patreon Crowdfunding – Patreon is a crowd funding membership site that allows you to offer perks and benefits for members to donate to you monthly. This is like YouTube Memberships but with a 3rd party website that doesn’t take a large slice of the income, and doesn’t need 30K+ subs for a normal creator to setup.
4:25 – Make Money Online with Digital Downloads – If you have the skill to make something you can resell this could be a great way to pour some time into doing and then set a reasonable price to make a rolling passive income. For example eBooks, template packs, graphic works or in my case maybe a YouTube Branding Starter Kit. Other creators take this a step further and make online courses and mentor programs for a monthly fee for example Roberto Blake – https://www.YouTube.com/RobertoBlake2
5:37 – Generate Business Leads with YouTube – if you can create content that set you up as an expert in your niche you can then leverage that for business leads, sales and maybe ongoing income. I make a large percentage of my personal income from this method and can help grow a business with a stable foundation.
6:58 – Make Money on YouTube with Merchandise – TShirts, Hoodies, Teddy Bears, mugs and more – all through fulfillment providers like TeeSpring or SpreadShirt – https://www.AlanSpicer.com/shop
How To Make A YouTube Video Intro for FREE with your computer with PlaceIt from Envato. A Good YouTube Intro for Videos can help pull people in and win people to subscribe. A free intro video for youtube can be hard or boring but today I will how you how I use PlaceIt to build out a Intro YouTube video using Intro templates that you can use to level up your branding and use it on all your social media!
Get Instagram Swipe Ups without 10K followers using this quick Instagram stories swipe up hack – A step by step guide to use the swipe up story feature with less than 10,000 followers on Instagram and IGTV.
Instagram Swipe Up Feature Hack for less than 10K Followers.
STEP 1 – 1:10 Open an IGTV account by downloading the IGTV app for free from your app store. Open the app and link it to your Instagram account by logging in.
STEP 2 – 1:25 Make a video as you call to action, pointing to the title of the video as it would be on IGTV (i found you point to the right of your phone screen as it flips to the left when uploaded)
STEP 3 – 1:35 Upload the video to IGTV. Make the title something like “CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO” and then in the description add the link you want the viewer to list. This could be a video, a url, anything but make it clear they can click it.
STEP 4 – 1:48 Make an Instagram story and use the link icon to link the story to the IGTV video. This now activated a swipe up function for the story taking them to the call to action video and pushing them to your link.
Watch time on YouTube unlocks everything and learning how to get more watch time, increasing youtube watch time on the channel overall and boosting channel watch time from existing video traffic is easier than you think.
Get People Watching For Longer – How To Increase Watch Time on YouTube
There are many tools that are often overlooked in the pursuit of views and subscribers but these will boost your chances of ranking higher and supercharging your viewers watch time. Remember that session watch time and audience retention is key so use end cards, info cards and deep dive into the YouTube analytics, learn how to read the absolute audience retention graphs for your chance to decode the youtube algorithm.
El Camino – A Breaking Bad Movie is released on Netflix today in the UK and I am SO excited. Jessie Pink Returns, Walter White Returns? Saul Goodman cameo in El Camino? Not just for the movie and but also excite to see the chances small and new YouTubers can grab in new trending topics.
How To Use Trends To Grow On YouTube? – Grab hold of something new, fresh, exciting and make content around it. Movie reviews, tv reviews, new tech, the playstation 5, halloween, anything! Just hook onto something HOT!
25 YouTube Channel Ideas for new youtube channels. Looking for ideas for your youtube channel? Starting a new channel and need help what would be best youtube channel ideas for 2019-2020 and in the future?
How to make A SECOND YouTube Channel with the SAME EMAIL // Looking to create a new YouTube channel with the same email address? Multiple channels can be added to the same brand account very easily. Is this a new channel? A new brand or a test account?
