Make Money from your Videos

UPDATE: The updated guide can be found here.

This is Part 5 in our series “How To Make Money From Your Blog”.
Previously we have talked about video being the future of online and how revenue sharing could make you money. So why not combine the two?

YouTube may be the most popular video sharing site, but is it the best? Our series of posts looking at video sharing sites, is now available in a free eBook that us only available via our RSS feed. A quick summary matrix can also be found here. Take a look, see the column called Revenue Sharing? That tells you how you can make money from you videos.

Some of the test videos made me money

In the course of looking at 26 different video sharing sites, I noticed this interesting trend. I hadn’t meant for it to happen, but I made a little money. The way the sites do this vary. Revver embed an advert at the end of the video, take a look below (I only make more money if you click on the ad, that’s not why I’m showing it to you!), it’s only 13 seconds long.

If someone clicks on the advert, they split the revenue 50/50 with the content owner (i.e. you). You do not get paid per number of views. Some sites do, such as Producer Rewards from Metacafe, though you have to pass a review and have a minimum rating. Other sites give you a share of any Google Adsense revenue they earn on the page your video is shown on.

AdBrite have launched a new free video player that (when released) allows you to brand your videos and allows others to embed on their site, creating further revenue for you. You can sign up here.

So if you’re planning on using video on your blog, then why not earn a little extra?

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