Step to step to making money with ambient videos and setting up your youtube channel.
- Choose a niche for your ambient videos.
- This could be nature sounds, city sounds, or a specific type of ambiance (e.g. rain sounds, beach sounds).A Good way to investigate what is popular is to use socialblade.com and identify the top performing channels, then identify what videos and look for patterns.
- Identify keywords – to identify what people are searching for on youtube using keywords. I recommend using VidIQ.com – powerful tool (leverage the free trial to get up and running)
- Create a unique YouTube channel and optimize it for search by using keywords in your channel name and video titles.
- Create and upload regular, high-quality ambient videos to your channel. Make sure to use engaging titles and descriptions, and include relevant tags to help with search optimization.
- The steps for how to Create your ambient videos below:-
- Make your own vs source content online: You could make your own video’s or sounds, where you will need to invest in high-quality equipment. This includes a good microphone, camera, and editing software. Though you can leverage what’s already online through, which many successful channels do to get up and running, later developing the skills to capture their own unique sounds and images.
- Online Sounds – For sounds sourced online I recommend EpedemicSounds.com which has 30,000 songs and sound effects (small subscription, + free trial) for ease of getting up a running I recommend starting with this, then you can start to capture your own sounds to differentiate and supplement what’s already there.
- Online Images – Most Ambient Video’s are actually made up of simple still images, then layered with special effects, For images sourced online there’s a few options unsplash.com, rawpixel.com, pexel.com. Sometimes I simply use Dall-E open AI, for ease, I always attribute the source of any image when using images that are not created by me.
Images sourced from rawpixel.com - Video Editing Software – I recommend Davinci Resolve for editing, color, VFX, motion graphics and audio. The free version works with most 8‑bit video formats at up to 60fps in resolutions as high as Ultra HD 3840 x 2160. Perfect for you’re ambient videos on youtube.
Image created with Dall-E open AI tool using description “a woman sitting a desk next to a window with rain outside, sunshine peaking through, editing video software with her dog on her lapâ€. - Special Effects – You can make the video’s really cool and unique – creating Special effects (e.g. Rain on top of a still image and special sound effects)
Imaged sources from jo dawn - Video special effects: I recommend Videezy.com (choose anything without protag for free to use) e.g. Rain – which will have a black background – then overlay using the “screen†option to remove the background and be left with rain. Use the mask tool to remove the foreground or parts of the image if you are looking out of a window. Play with opacity – get creative on you’re ideas.
- Sound special effects: I recommend Epidemic sound, you can leverage the free trial to get started.
Once you are happy with you’re new ambient video, now you need to market and monetize you’re channel:-
- Share your videos on social media and other online platforms to help build an audience and drive traffic to your YouTube channel.
- Monetize your channel by enabling monetization in YouTube Studio, and also by using affiliate marketing, sponsored content and selling products.
- Use analytics to track the performance of your videos and make adjustments as needed to improve engagement and revenue. (Socialblade.com)
The key to ongoing success is to Keep creating content and engaging with your audience to build a loyal following and increase your earning potential.