Roberto, I've been loving your channel and have learned a lot. Something crazy just happened. I'm writing this in hopes that it will inspire anybody currently struggling with their channel. When you guys say you're one video away from changing your channel forever - that's the truth! Last weekend, I was at about 1,600 watch hours and roughly 2,200 subscribers. My plan was to try and get the lower monetization requirements of 3,000 by Christmas and fully monetized by Spring. Well, I posted a video and the algorithm sent it to Neptune. I was averaging 200-500 views a video and had some reach 1.2k. I felt good. Then all of the sudden I posted a video on Saturday and is currently sitting at 80k views and now averages 600 views per hour. I am now at 8,225 subscribers. I refresh every couple of minutes and 5-10 new ones come in. It's awesome but also stressful because my anxiety is going through the roof. I got monetized two nights ago and couldn't believe it. So please let this be a form of hope and inspiration. Just keep at it. It WILL happen.
I am not monetized but with determination and hard work one day I will. This is the info I will need in the future. Valuable information, thanks Roberto.
Hi Robert, Great Content my friend, There should be a function in YT such as channel health, to know possible failures or non-compliance along the way, to correct it in good time, most of us creators make mistakes, but not because they harm YT, but because of ignorance, thank you very much @JobOthoniel✌
#4 reused content is a big one. I feel like reused content could deserve its own video with how often creators have been hit by it. RUclips also tends to be very vague on what qualifies as reused content. But, I think as long as creators treat every video as a project instead of rushing the editing process, it's easy to avoid the reused content issue.
I definitely didn't know about being removed from the partner program for not posting a video or in the community tab. Good to know. As always great advice and information.
Yes, indeed. It happened to me while I was busy traveling for work for 6 months. I worked so hard to get monetized, and now I have to start all over again. Ugh! Had I known, I would have uploaded anything on to my channel.
Hi Roberto. #1 happened to me and I didn't realize that I would get removed from the RUclips Partner Program until it was too late. I stopped posting for a year due to some heavy life circumstances and I am now having to start all over again (to build my watch time hours) to regain my monetization -- I think my subscribers numbers are up to par with the rules. I wish I would have known that I could have posted on the community tab during this time, but too late.... Anyway, thank you for these videos; I appreciate you very much!
I am glad you are talking about this. Well i have been here since 2020 but still have not got to 1000 subscribers. In the last 2 months, I have seen several high profile youtubers removed off YT for various reasons.
Hi Roberto, thank you for the video. I have been watching my notifications for your next video since the 600k milestone. I hope you have had a chance to take a break after your 600k milestone and we will start to see some awesome content from you again. If you haven't been taking a break but working like a madman in the behind the scenes, then take a break my friend and start uploading once you have had a chance to rest!
My channel got demonetized last week for "Reused Content". All the work on my channel is 100% my own. I appealed their decision and they upheld it. Now I have to wait three months to apply again. In the meantime I have noticed RUclips no longer promotes my videos at all and actually hides them from being seen.
I havent watched your videos in awhile but I just want to say ever since I made my new channel and posted my star wars edits they been cranking up views in the last 10 days when my old channel took about a month to get 500 views and my video past that in the last 10 days and one of my videos are almost to 1000 views and that was posted 12 days ago. I'm just thankful people are watching my edits.
It's a total crap-shoot. I live in fear of having my two channels deleted for no reason. It has happened to me twice. My art-related channel was deleted without notice for "spamming." I appealed and within a day, the decision was reversed and the email basically said "oh so sorry, we made a mistake." The second channel was real estate related, and I posted one...yes one...short live video...about for sale by owners. The channel was deleted. Why? I have no idea. I still don't know. I appealed and never heard back from RUclips. Very frustrating. So...I live in fear. Will they make another mistake or delete a channel for no reason? Will they respond back and let me know what I did wrong? In my appeal in the real estate channel, I asked "how can I learn from my mistakes and get things right if I don't know what I did wrong?"
Oh that’s horrible! I feel so sorry for you. Please, don’t live in FEAR. Not worth it. It could be your lively hood so I’m not in that position but FEaR 😨 sucks. Hugs 🤗
Literally just dealt with 4 a couple of days ago. Because I wasn't doing enough commentary. So now I've been focusing on working on new videos with a lot more talking. The editing is already handled. Talk about a hard lesson.
One of my video got restricted years after it was published. I suspect it was because the title has "Tongue Root Tension" in it. I followed the prompts to appeal that decision, explained that I'm a physio and the video was about muscle tension in the tongue plus some info about it, submitted the appeal and the restriction was lifted by the next day.
Thanks Roberto!!! useful, as always. What about uploading 30 videos with the same audio but different images or viceversa, same images but different audios?
@@RobertoBlake I want to test the effectiveness of doing so, thinking in psychology of the customer. Same message in similar ways and Different messages to the same objective. Testing and learning from it... :)
I am almost to the 1st tier of monetization and I'm nervous I'm not in compliance with the reused content. There's only so much we can do in my niche and some have gotten monetized but idk how long that it took... Anyway thank you for this!
The main issue I have with RUclips at the moment is the fact that there is no transparency. I asked the same question to RUclips about an issue with my channel three times and all three times I received the copy and paste blanket reply. Its really disheartening.
@@RobertoBlake yes I have ser, I am a dedicated follower of your good works. Your lengthy vidoes keep me entertained and most importantly informed and educated when I'm doing chores or tasks that take time. Working and learning go hand in hand with your vids. Thanks and keep up the good work ser!
2:24 The Reuse content needs its own video explaining it. A lot of creators have been hit with it and/or on borrowed time with how they do reaction videos.
Thanks for the information. You are a lifesaver, but I have a channel that has 2k subscribers, and I already have 4k watchtime hours. However, when I try to apply for monetization, I get the 'Build your channel history' message. What can I do about that? Thanks.
What about free sound affects and songs? Do you know any website that have free to use affects, sound affects and green screen? Thanks for the info keep up the great work.
Hi Roberto, a quick question for you. Let's say you have 2 RUclips channels connected to the same Adsense account. What will happen if for any reason one RUclips account will be demonetized? Will the other RUclips channel suffer too? What if one channgel gets banned from RUclips? Will all the connected RUclips channels to the same Adsense account be banned to?
What happens to those RUclips channels that absolutely can’t make any more content anymore. For example, musicians that take years away from releasing content and RUclipsrs that are not around anymore? Does the six month rule apply to those before they are demonetised or have they got some way in which RUclips knows That it’s not their fault that they can’t upload any more
It shouldn't be a problem since you can keep it with 1 community tab post in the span of 6 months. It's quite easy to share some question, image, poll or any thought on that tab. Musicians can basically drop a link to their old youtube video song in the community tab, and they could do that often.
I don’t see why a community tab post salt be scheduled if you’re working on something… it takes very little time. I also think 6 months is a long time to ghost an audience. That said if it were up to me I’d likely reverse this policy
How long would you give a RUclipsr before you demonetised their channel. I don’t think channels should be demonetised if the creator is genuinely unable to make any sort of content including community posts. And for those RUclipsrs who aren’t around anymore, I still think they should be allowed to keep monetisation enabled for future generations. And to keep their legacy.
I've had a few videos marked for kids. About half I've been able to appeal. It's funny because I quote RUclips's own policy for general audience but it just depends who reviews it. I narrate our day with tips and tricks to different attractions and themeparks as a family. But I'm talking to parents. I've shown less of the kids but even then it can be random. Meeting Blue the Raptor at Universal recently got marked and it was mainly just of her. 😵💫
@RobertoBlake I'm not sure what you mean. I mark them not for kids because that's not my goal audience. My goal audience would be parents traveling to fun places with their families. For instance, I had a hell of a time with Peppa Pig Theme Park. I understand Peppa the cartoon is for kids. But I'm showing the rides, height requirements, food, pricing, crowds levels, etc to let people know how to plan their trip. They see "Peppa" and assume it's a character for kids. So it can be frustrating when I put so much time and effort into making it informative. I did get that appealed after trying a few times. Someone listened.
Ok . Take for example a Nicki Minaj or Megan the Stallion music Video. Is that kids content ? How would those be labeled ? (With suggestive material in that artistic / Expressive area )
Hey Roberto! Thank you for your content! I'm wondering if you know any specifics that might apply to me? I have a channel that is based on educating about intimate partner homicide, including topics like domestic violence and stalking. I don't want to do things that will work against me, but I also want to get the truth out there, sometimes including news. Thank you for any input you might have!!
Hey Robert , really nice video! I was wondering if I could help you enhance Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your video to reach to a wider audience .
I am considering putting up a video that has a mild profanity word in the description/ title. It’s actually a product review. I purchased an item that comes with a 1:87 scale model of an outhouse. So you can probably guess the word. Does it make a negative impact to my channel to use it?
@@RobertoBlake ok thanks. Appreciate you quick response and all of your content. Listening to your advice has got my channel monetized and has been growing ever since. I thought making it to 1k subscribers was great but now I am approaching 4500 followers. My channel niche is model trains. Thanks again for everything you do for all creators!
Not going to lie, when I saw this video I was like, "Meh, I already know what gets you demonetised" 🥱 Right off the bat, the 1st point was a complete shocker to me! 🤯 I was totally unaware that monetised RUclipsrs must post either a video or community post at least once within a 6 month timespan. 😲 I also appreciate the provision of a direct for the appeal process, though I presently do not need it. ✅
Roberto, I've been loving your channel and have learned a lot. Something crazy just happened.
I'm writing this in hopes that it will inspire anybody currently struggling with their channel. When you guys say you're one video away from changing your channel forever - that's the truth!
Last weekend, I was at about 1,600 watch hours and roughly 2,200 subscribers. My plan was to try and get the lower monetization requirements of 3,000 by Christmas and fully monetized by Spring. Well, I posted a video and the algorithm sent it to Neptune. I was averaging 200-500 views a video and had some reach 1.2k. I felt good. Then all of the sudden I posted a video on Saturday and is currently sitting at 80k views and now averages 600 views per hour. I am now at 8,225 subscribers. I refresh every couple of minutes and 5-10 new ones come in. It's awesome but also stressful because my anxiety is going through the roof. I got monetized two nights ago and couldn't believe it.
So please let this be a form of hope and inspiration. Just keep at it. It WILL happen.
I needed to read this, thank you. hows your channel doing now?
wow man just looked at your channel you got 90k in 8 months?! that's inspiring! I will start working on my next video right now lol.
I am not monetized but with determination and hard work one day I will. This is the info I will need in the future. Valuable information, thanks Roberto.
Glad it was helpful! Be sure to watch my videos on getting monetized.
Congratulations on 600k subscribers 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
informative content Thanks Roberto.
Hi Robert, Great Content my friend, There should be a function in YT such as channel health, to know possible failures or non-compliance along the way, to correct it in good time, most of us creators make mistakes, but not because they harm YT, but because of ignorance, thank you very much @JobOthoniel✌
That would be interesting to see implemented
I agree to this, everyone deserves a second chance
Terimakasih sudah memberikan informasi yang sangat bermanfaat buat para RUclipsr pemula kusus'nya bagi saya sendiri.salam kenal dari Indonesia 🇮🇩
Oke mas bro sama sama semoga kakak cepat monet dan gajian. Hehehe
#4 reused content is a big one. I feel like reused content could deserve its own video with how often creators have been hit by it. RUclips also tends to be very vague on what qualifies as reused content.
But, I think as long as creators treat every video as a project instead of rushing the editing process, it's easy to avoid the reused content issue.
I might do videos on some of these policies as their own video
I agree about it being vague. A separate marker on certain videos would make it easier for so many.
I am happy I clicked here👍👍👍💯🙏🙏🙏🙏
I definitely didn't know about being removed from the partner program for not posting a video or in the community tab. Good to know. As always great advice and information.
Thanks 🙏🏾
Yes, indeed. It happened to me while I was busy traveling for work for 6 months. I worked so hard to get monetized, and now I have to start all over again. Ugh! Had I known, I would have uploaded anything on to my channel.
@@FinishTheRaceVL7 Sorry to hear that. I hope you're able to get monetized again.
@@LoisLeonora - Thank you!
Thank you Roberto. Great Info and reminder.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing this very valuable information
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Roberto. #1 happened to me and I didn't realize that I would get removed from the RUclips Partner Program until it was too late. I stopped posting for a year due to some heavy life circumstances and I am now having to start all over again (to build my watch time hours) to regain my monetization -- I think my subscribers numbers are up to par with the rules. I wish I would have known that I could have posted on the community tab during this time, but too late.... Anyway, thank you for these videos; I appreciate you very much!
Just post a short next time.
I am glad you are talking about this. Well i have been here since 2020 but still have not got to 1000 subscribers. In the last 2 months, I have seen several high profile youtubers removed off YT for various reasons.
This is such a handy video. I'm taking notes!
If you enjoyed this be sure to watch other content on the channel!
Hi Roberto, thank you for the video. I have been watching my notifications for your next video since the 600k milestone. I hope you have had a chance to take a break after your 600k milestone and we will start to see some awesome content from you again. If you haven't been taking a break but working like a madman in the behind the scenes, then take a break my friend and start uploading once you have had a chance to rest!
I’ll try but it’s a lot
Thank you my friend ❤❤
No problem 😊
My channel got demonetized last week for "Reused Content". All the work on my channel is 100% my own. I appealed their decision and they upheld it. Now I have to wait three months to apply again. In the meantime I have noticed RUclips no longer promotes my videos at all and actually hides them from being seen.
I always appreciate your videos. Thank you so much.❤
You are so welcome
I havent watched your videos in awhile but I just want to say ever since I made my new channel and posted my star wars edits they been cranking up views in the last 10 days when my old channel took about a month to get 500 views and my video past that in the last 10 days and one of my videos are almost to 1000 views and that was posted 12 days ago. I'm just thankful people are watching my edits.
Thanks to you. I now have over 136,000 subscribers thank you
That's great! What if anything from my content do you think helped the most?
@@RobertoBlake your years of knowledge I took in
It's a total crap-shoot. I live in fear of having my two channels deleted for no reason. It has happened to me twice. My art-related channel was deleted without notice for "spamming." I appealed and within a day, the decision was reversed and the email basically said "oh so sorry, we made a mistake." The second channel was real estate related, and I posted one...yes one...short live video...about for sale by owners. The channel was deleted. Why? I have no idea. I still don't know. I appealed and never heard back from RUclips. Very frustrating. So...I live in fear. Will they make another mistake or delete a channel for no reason? Will they respond back and let me know what I did wrong? In my appeal in the real estate channel, I asked "how can I learn from my mistakes and get things right if I don't know what I did wrong?"
Oh that’s horrible! I feel so sorry for you. Please, don’t live in FEAR. Not worth it. It could be your lively hood so I’m not in that position but FEaR 😨 sucks. Hugs 🤗
Great for sharing!😊
Thank you!
Thanks for the updates Roberto.👍
No problem 👍
Literally just dealt with 4 a couple of days ago. Because I wasn't doing enough commentary. So now I've been focusing on working on new videos with a lot more talking. The editing is already handled. Talk about a hard lesson.
Most lessons are hard and painful, at least this one was early and cheap
One of my video got restricted years after it was published. I suspect it was because the title has "Tongue Root Tension" in it. I followed the prompts to appeal that decision, explained that I'm a physio and the video was about muscle tension in the tongue plus some info about it, submitted the appeal and the restriction was lifted by the next day.
Thanks Roberto!!! useful, as always. What about uploading 30 videos with the same audio but different images or viceversa, same images but different audios?
In theory this should pass the reused content policy.
@@RobertoBlake Thanks Roberto... Yep, I think the same but nobody knows what should happen :)
I don’t see why one wouldn’t just make new content with that same effort and it’s an edge use case
@@RobertoBlake I want to test the effectiveness of doing so, thinking in psychology of the customer. Same message in similar ways and Different messages to the same objective. Testing and learning from it... :)
Thanks for these tips.
No problem!
I am almost to the 1st tier of monetization and I'm nervous I'm not in compliance with the reused content. There's only so much we can do in my niche and some have gotten monetized but idk how long that it took... Anyway thank you for this!
Since you’re in the first tier you’re likely fine
@@RobertoBlake awesome thank you
👍🏾 Thanks Roberto!
No problem 👍
Thank you Robert, reallt helpfull
4:10 yes please... i have already made silly mistakes like having swearing on my channel which gets your videos restricted
Roberto you upper legend!
Important watch!
🙏🏾🙏🏾
The main issue I have with RUclips at the moment is the fact that there is no transparency. I asked the same question to RUclips about an issue with my channel three times and all three times I received the copy and paste blanket reply. Its really disheartening.
That’s most customer support for most things we pay for. Essentially call center employees
What are you using to remove yourself from original background and adding the new backgrounds?
Thanks for the helpful video!
Premiere Pro. I did a tutorial on it
Thank you for the helpful tips ser. I'm not monetized yet but these would guide folks like us looking to join the partner program real soon.
Did you watch my videos on Monetization?
@@RobertoBlake yes I have ser, I am a dedicated follower of your good works. Your lengthy vidoes keep me entertained and most importantly informed and educated when I'm doing chores or tasks that take time. Working and learning go hand in hand with your vids. Thanks and keep up the good work ser!
i think it will be safer to give up on youtube and find a better website that appreciates our work without all the changing rules and regulations.
Not really. For 99% of people none of these things are something to worry about
well they recently hit my channel with a age restriction for a jogging model wearing shorts.@@RobertoBlake
Thanks for updating us
No problem
Solid advice. Appreciate it 💯
Car 🚘 Number #14 Pulling Up.. Taking Notes 📖📚📖.. Have A Blessed Day 🫂🙏🏿🫂
I was demonitized due to lack of activity and currently working hard to get my watch time back up so I can reapply.
You might want to use my Monetization video for a strategy
@@RobertoBlake I will check it out. Thanks for suggesting it!!
Reused content can definitely have its own video. It’s so many people taking other people content.
Great thumbnail and love the background fire!
I'm glad you like it
Any advice for someone getting demonitize for 'Invalid Click Activity' in Adsense?
Nothing verifiable
Good tips thanks
Happy to help
are we allowed to make a short form our “long”? is that reusing or is reusing just using other channels stuff. i would never reuse others stuff.
Yes
Wishing you an excellent week Roberto.
You too!
thank you - forewarned!
2:24 The Reuse content needs its own video explaining it. A lot of creators have been hit with it and/or on borrowed time with how they do reaction videos.
People use the Reuse strategy bc it may be a quick way to gain subs, and monetization. It's a double edged sword imo.
True
Thanks for the information. You are a lifesaver, but I have a channel that has 2k subscribers, and I already have 4k watchtime hours. However, when I try to apply for monetization, I get the 'Build your channel history' message. What can I do about that? Thanks.
Reach out to Team RUclips on Twitter.
I looked at your channel and it looks like you haven't posted any recent videos. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Thank you, I’ll try not to harass you. Love your work ❤❤❤
Thanks for the info ❤
No problem!
What about free sound affects and songs? Do you know any website that have free to use affects, sound affects and green screen? Thanks for the info keep up the great work.
RUclips has free music and sound effects in its Creator Music Library
Please share how you resolved the "invalid traffic" issue with RUclips on your channel
I eliminated embedding for my videos
Thanks Roberto.
You're welcome
Hi Roberto, a quick question for you. Let's say you have 2 RUclips channels connected to the same Adsense account. What will happen if for any reason one RUclips account will be demonetized? Will the other RUclips channel suffer too? What if one channgel gets banned from RUclips? Will all the connected RUclips channels to the same Adsense account be banned to?
If one is terminated or has monetization suspended it does effect the other ones
Thanks♥️
Thank you for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
@@RobertoBlake Yes, it really was!
What happens to those RUclips channels that absolutely can’t make any more content anymore. For example, musicians that take years away from releasing content and RUclipsrs that are not around anymore? Does the six month rule apply to those before they are demonetised or have they got some way in which RUclips knows That it’s not their fault that they can’t upload any more
It applies
Do you think that policy is fair?
It shouldn't be a problem since you can keep it with 1 community tab post in the span of 6 months. It's quite easy to share some question, image, poll or any thought on that tab. Musicians can basically drop a link to their old youtube video song in the community tab, and they could do that often.
I don’t see why a community tab post salt be scheduled if you’re working on something… it takes very little time. I also think 6 months is a long time to ghost an audience. That said if it were up to me I’d likely reverse this policy
How long would you give a RUclipsr before you demonetised their channel. I don’t think channels should be demonetised if the creator is genuinely unable to make any sort of content including community posts. And for those RUclipsrs who aren’t around anymore, I still think they should be allowed to keep monetisation enabled for future generations. And to keep their legacy.
I've had a few videos marked for kids. About half I've been able to appeal. It's funny because I quote RUclips's own policy for general audience but it just depends who reviews it. I narrate our day with tips and tricks to different attractions and themeparks as a family. But I'm talking to parents. I've shown less of the kids but even then it can be random. Meeting Blue the Raptor at Universal recently got marked and it was mainly just of her. 😵💫
Have you marked the videos at a channel level?
@RobertoBlake I'm not sure what you mean. I mark them not for kids because that's not my goal audience. My goal audience would be parents traveling to fun places with their families. For instance, I had a hell of a time with Peppa Pig Theme Park. I understand Peppa the cartoon is for kids. But I'm showing the rides, height requirements, food, pricing, crowds levels, etc to let people know how to plan their trip. They see "Peppa" and assume it's a character for kids. So it can be frustrating when I put so much time and effort into making it informative. I did get that appealed after trying a few times. Someone listened.
Ok .
Take for example a Nicki Minaj or Megan the Stallion music Video.
Is that kids content ?
How would those be labeled ? (With suggestive material in that artistic / Expressive area )
Thanks....
Now this is sounding like Facebook
Hey Roberto! Thank you for your content! I'm wondering if you know any specifics that might apply to me? I have a channel that is based on educating about intimate partner homicide, including topics like domestic violence and stalking. I don't want to do things that will work against me, but I also want to get the truth out there, sometimes including news. Thank you for any input you might have!!
Hi Roberto I want to know how to look for brand deals?
Made several videos on this topic
Hey Robert , really nice video! I was wondering if I could help you enhance Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your video to reach to a wider audience .
What was wrong with the editing and thumbnail?
@@RobertoBlakeYour Editing is not engaging so people click off from the video & I can say that your thumbnail is good
Thanks Roberto! Would you say worth it to repurpose shorts to TikTok or no?
That and Snapchat and Instagram
@@RobertoBlakethanks, Snapchat hmm I feel like a boomer now
😻
I am considering putting up a video that has a mild profanity word in the description/ title. It’s actually a product review. I purchased an item that comes with a 1:87 scale model of an outhouse. So you can probably guess the word. Does it make a negative impact to my channel to use it?
It could affect monetization.
@@RobertoBlake ok thanks. Appreciate you quick response and all of your content. Listening to your advice has got my channel monetized and has been growing ever since. I thought making it to 1k subscribers was great but now I am approaching 4500 followers. My channel niche is model trains. Thanks again for everything you do for all creators!
4:16 yes please
Not going to lie, when I saw this video I was like, "Meh, I already know what gets you demonetised" 🥱 Right off the bat, the 1st point was a complete shocker to me! 🤯 I was totally unaware that monetised RUclipsrs must post either a video or community post at least once within a 6 month timespan. 😲 I also appreciate the provision of a direct for the appeal process, though I presently do not need it. ✅
That’s what I think I bring to table and what people find when they don’t skip these videos