I hit another milestone this week. three thousand subscribers. I
should be happier. I am happy. But it also reminds me that I suck at turning this youtube thing into a viable income.
My videos are pretty regular for views.
- tutorials and fibre folk-focused videos get about 300 views the first few days and then settle in for slow and steady increase.
- more homesteading-focused
project videos like my cloak series seem to get about 900 views the first few days, then increase in spurts but a lot more than the tutorial ones.
This is kind of good because I like making the latter better.
The thing is, even with more views and more videos, my income from youtube is half what it was about a year ago. I can't rely on ad income alone anymore.
I'm still small potatoes but I feel like this year I need to look into sponsorship options.
(affiliates are another option to start looking at, but I've been burnt badly with these in the past. Permies digital market is about the only
affiliate system that has managed to pay me money whereas the other systems - including amazon - glitch out and loose all my data a week or so before I meet the threshold - so that's something I'll look at elsewhere and later).
Things like a video I have half finished would be awesome for something like skillshare or another online learning platform... but how do I say "hey skillshare, I'm cheap, wanna sponsor me?" They usually go through an agency for small youtubers, but I can't figure out which.
Or a video I am planning for the fall where I make a thing. Then I could add a bit about how hard it was to make my own, but guess what, this company makes even better ones. I have two companies in mind, but how would I get them to listen to me? Where do I even start? Why does my imposter syndrome say I'm too tiny to be worth bothering with? Is it right?
anyway, these are my thoughts. Putting them out there in case I missed some simple solution and am making this more complicated than it needs to be.