Make $5,000 Per Day Posting Ambient Videos (Side Hustle)

[@claudeseymour]

The thing he's NOT telling you is that these channels are VERY hard to monetize and with these methods your channel will be demonitized/or never reach monetization status due to KZbin cracking down on reuse of sounds and pictures. There are channels in this niche that have hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers that have been demonetized. This isn't a good idea to go into. But Josh is making massive money off of this video because the "how to make money" niche is VERY LUCRATIVE.

[@paradigmshift7541]

nailed it, upvote to top

[@Jumarylicious]

Thanks for pointing this out. I started a Music KZbin channel like 2 years ago and KZbin changed their rules and channels that are really old can still monetize music but new channels can't. After that change, I stopped my music channel. 😢 This type of niche is not allowed anymore, unless you are your own creator and make your own music.

[@BeComingNyrell]

And the affiliate links

[@philippkowalski1105]

yep, so true. Just ask yourself: if it were that easy, wouldn't everybody do it? Why are not all people rich? There is no such thing like "click button riches without work"

[@wildflowerslovers1812]

@@philippkowalski1105 exactly

[@cbone5999]

Making videos about how to Make money is a great way to make money on youtube.

[@thecozyconstellation]

without actually ever making money

[@rf4790]

They do not monetize these kinds of videos anymore, and there are sooooo many. The competition is huge.

[@nichelledemille2856]

Thank u

[@ANewWayToThink]

Too saturated. If you're reading this: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Do a KZbin search of "rain sounds", filter the search to "last hour" and see how many people are trying to do this 😓 Still a great video though, Josh. You have a lot of helpful tips, editing ideas and have good insight on where to find audio and stock photos/videos.

[@Devilsbain]

you'll never see a scam constantly repeat it unless it actually works if something doesn't work it'll be killed off naturally

[@IncredibleCommentary]

Sorry to break this to you, but recently YT has been going through and demonetizing "ambient" videos, claiming that they are simply taking an image, adding a looped sound effect, and posting it without adding significant "value" to the video. I know this because I had an ambient channel that was growing significantly, and without warning YT stopped paying me. They denied all my appeals as well, even though my content was actually original. I connected with other Ambient creators and they have all been experiencing the same thing (even the bigger channels). Seems as if it was too good to be true.

[@relaxmilkyway]

i was thinking to make a channel to earn money but after reading this there is no way i am doing it . can you suggest any other channel idea like ambient video channel that help to earn money

[@mse3162]

I started an ambient channel I really like these kinda videos and also like creating one. but is it true yt won't pay? it takes so much time and effort. if I am not gonna earn some money I would stop. So frustrated right now. I'm gonna cryyyyy.

[@pudznerath6532]

cant have people getting out of the rat race that easy.

[@IncredibleCommentary]

@@mse3162 There are still some ambient channels that are monetizing but like I said, YT seems to be doing a sweep across many of them and demonetizing them without warning. They allow you multiple appeals in which you explain in detail how you make your content. But in my case, and in others whom I got in contact with, they still denied the appeal. It has been very frustrating because it took 2 years to finally get my channel to a point where I was getting a substantial increase in subs and my checks were growing, then out of nowhere the YT bots went through and took it away. I don't mean to discourage anyone here. But this is what happened with me. I wish you best of luck and I would advise you to do more research before you decide to give up so early in your efforts.

[@whiteperson22]

I appreciate you notifying us about KZbins crackdown! Would you mind if I asked, based on the research you have done, do you think KZbin would demonetize these types of videos even if I went and procured the audio myself?

[@AngeliqueTraveler]

With much gratitude... I've learned a lot.

[@bettyeverett8089]

Only if they have ads. None of those have ads and so they don't get monetized. You can't go by what Social Blade says. KZbin stopped monetizing those a few years ago. There are 1,000s of those already on youtube and they don't have ads on them. Thanks for sharing though.

[@Anakinkade2024]

100% Agree and KZbin reserves the right to run ads on your Channel even if you’re not monetized and without having to give you a portion of the proceeds

[@MFFadii]

so how do they make there money ? do they work for free on YT ?

[@EobardTron]

also, of they had ads, my wife wouldn't play it all night so she can sleep. But what about paid KZbin?

[@callmekwaku]

Videos play ads at the beginning and the end

[@JustADudeDoingSomething]

@@MFFadii Quite frankly, yes.

[@meditationaudio1518]

Its not quite that simple as KZbin scans the audio files now and if yours is a duplicate of a previous upload the video is not allowed to be monetized. The Relaxed Guy, who is an OG, does actual live recordings in the field.. So, he is creating fresh new content from scratch. Also, some of these files are massive. Some of mine are 60g to 80g depending on their length. Creating files that big takes a lot of time to make and then multiple hours to upload. Once uploaded KZbin can take half a day scanning them, etc. Just pointing out that the time commitment with this type of work is huge. Loved the editing tutorial btw. that was great!

[@bestnaturenoise]

Your right 👌

[@Meep55412]

I tried to make an 8hr rain video and my computer just couldn't do it. Max size was 2hrs and it took DAYS to export. Oh well. It was interesting to try.

[@Reina-h1d]

If you do a sound insert for example reading while the sound plays on the background, can your video be demonetized.

[@WorkWaveAmbience]

I see you have videos ranging from 10 mins to 10 hours. I'm assuming the large files and upload times are for the 10 hour videos? Even then, it should not be taking that long to upload and the files should definitely not be that big. What program are you using? What are your encoding settings?

[@meditationaudio1518]

@@WorkWaveAmbience logic and Davinci Resolve.

[@NICUofficial]

I came to this in the opposite direction - I'm a lifelong musician and making ambient music is one of my passions Lately I've finally decided to start making a career of it My dream is making all the music & visuals myself, so in a way I'm lucky - I shouldn't have any issues with monetization problems, since it's 100% original content But that also means I prefer not re-using existing materials, which means a lot of work from start to finish... After all that work, It's pretty scary thinking that KZbin can just change the rules at any moment So everyone should consider KZbin an "outpost" for their business/brand/project, and have "home base" somewhere that's more under their own control (like an email list or hosted website)

[@mpmacd]

The real side hustle was convincing people they can make money off of this, and offer a free month subscription code that paid him money for everyone that believes they could do it. But the presentation was still top notch.

[@d.c.barker]

After doing a little more research, I found out KZbin quit monetizing these re-usable ambient white noise and rain channels. Basically that niche has become to saturated with easy re-used content. You can still have your channel, but you'll have to find other ways to make money from it like a PayPal, Patreon, or BuyMeACoffee links in your video descriptions.

[@ChillRelaxingMusics]

I'll be thankful for any type of support!

[@lynnhorner7646]

Hey Joshua, Thanks for the info, and I will give it a real look. I am not sure if YT is demonitizing ambient vids or not, but regardless, wanted to say that you do come across as sincere and honestly seem like you want to help people.... and that is a very good thing...Thanks again!

[@Mattyv_]

You know these channels aren’t monetized right? Even then there’s thousands even tens of thousands of these channels on KZbin with under 500 over the 500k subs mark which is when you start getting those numbers.

[@malDaniella]

Getting rich off crypto is much tougher than it seems. I keep losing money while trading with these youtub videos, and finding a trustworthy professional trader to help out with these trades also appears to be nearly impossible. This is extremely annoying

[@oscarrodriguezjr9467]

That's true! Most failures in the market system today is as a results of poor orientation and bad experts methods in winning

[@adamsjay6165]

In any market, in any country, there are developers who make money. So I say all of this doom and gloom, but there will always be people who make money, because people always want homes

[@kenbrats9106]

Yes you are right. Investing was the best thing that happened to me last year

[@kenbrats9106]

Doh most coins are going to x10 this year. The recent market correction is dip from its high which has made everyone to panic in the past time. However, not every person has seen it as a bad omen. The digital asset's price had gone low causing people to believe the bear market

[@sarahbryant2712]

Well, I've tried but was so confused with the inflation in price, due to the pointers on how to make substantial progress in earnings?..🙏

[@chrisellis7268]

To all the people saying that youtube demonitizes your ambient sound videos, I'm curious how you went about creating your videos. Were you only using still images? Where did you get those images? Where were you getting the music/sounds for the video? Were you layering different sounds or just one? I'm not a youtube expert. I barely know anything about the platform. And I genuinely want to know why this doesn't work. It seems to me like if you're using royalty free materials that don't have copyright strikes, you shouldn't have any issues. And more so, if you're going the extra mile and layering multiple effects and sounds, then you're not producing the same thing as everyone else. And I'm even more curious about the people who said they had 100% original content. Why would you have been demonitized if your content was completely original? If everything in the video is completely original (sounds, imagery, effects, etc), then there should be no way that happens. And if it was a mistake, it should be easy to overturn.

[@vlada131]

The point is that the final word in the monetization process lies with the KZbin team. If you meet the formal requirements (1000 subs, 4000 watch hours), have no copyright strikes, and have followed the Terms and Services, all this does is make you eligible to apply for monetization. Once you apply, a team of KZbin employees will check your channel and make a decision whether you can be monetized or not. Their decision is completely arbitrary and they can list any reason whatsoever why you can't be monetized - not original enough, low effort, reused content, etc. If this happens, all you can do is wait for 30 days and try to apply again. If you get rejected for the second time, then you need to wait 90 days to try again.

[@DystopianSimulation47]

I'm sure they barely put any effort. This is not meant to be easy. It's meant to show you the tools and then the rest is up to you if you are a creative at all.

[@aw6674]

this man makes 0 dollars with ambient sound vids but all the money with affiliate links like every 2 seconds there was a new website he named

[@nelsonvaldivia1430]

Regardless of making money from this, its an excellent educational tutorial.

[@daniel50105m]

I gave this a shot. Just started posting a few days ago so no results yet but I'll keep everyone posted on the practicality of this endeavor.

[@ashsoro1039]

Please mention me because I am curious to see how it goes.

[@yaneaka1]

How did it go?

[@jelly5289]

Update?

[@Khanibhai69]

update?

[@kachi___]

update?

[@howardcash8301]

Joshua! Once again! EXCELLENT INFO! Yeah!

[@BalazsChristina]

Some great tips thanks! The main issue is that Epidemic Sound and most others don't allow stand-alone use and for mainly listening purposes. They claimed copyright on my video and when I asked they said they don't allow a simple or even complex looping scenes with minimal movement. Their terms and services highlight that. You must connect your channel with Epidemic so you don't get copyright strikes and claims but if you break their terms of use they will monetize your video, and if you dispute the claim then they will remove or block your video (they actually said that). So the audio part is a bit tricky unless you're a composer or can make your own. You also need a decent PC and very fast upload speeds otherwise it can takes endless hours to even get one long video up.

[@ExttendoBeats]

you're better off buying 100$ microphone, a massive hard drive and some basic audio recording software and going out to record sounds on your own.

[@IntrovertedAffiliate]

Just because social blade shows the channel is making that amount, does not mean the channel really is. Any KZbin video can have ads whether the channel is monetized or not. It would also be incredibly difficult to achieve today what these top sound channels have been doing for years. They will continue to get all the views just like the biggest tree in the forest gets the most sunlight.

[@drinkinslim]

Okay, I've done this kind of thing before and can I just say, I'm really impressed. You nailed it. One thing you tend to fail to mention though is that it takes a looooong time to get traction on KZbin. You'd be spending a lot on a monthly subscription for Epidemic Sound before you even get monetized and then get cents from KZbin. 🤷‍♂

[@kirkhilborn1885]

It takes 2 years to get a lot of traction - $$$$$

[@SuperBODY90]

just do instagram and tiktok campaigns :-)

[@pajmuasvwj]

Been watcNice tutorialng your vids for a good few weeks now, learning new sNice tutorialt each day. my worksoftow has improved so much since watcNice tutorialng

[@jrdeanda]

This video is misleading. You cannot make money posting videos of white noise and still images. First, it takes a long time to build up the subscribers needed to get monetized. You will probably need to run paid ads just to get noticed. When you do manage to get enough subscribers to monetize your channel you are almost guaranteed to be immediately demonetized. KZbin loves to demonetize channels that post these types of videos. They offer very little in the form of creativity and content. The Dead of Night channel, which I think is a fantastic ambient sounds channel, was recently demonetized for posting these types of videos. They didn't just post static pictures they put a lot of animation and design work into their visuals and still were demonetized. Joshua is not the first creator to publish a video on this topic. It's an old idea that unfortunately doesn't work.

[@Studiohappynotes]

Hello dear beginners of this niche! I recently have started my channel and i won´t quit it even if i won´t get payed for it. making videos, editing them and uploading them gives you a possibility to learn how to use editing softwares and understand how YT works! If you want to start a niche, you have to start right away and have in mind that you wont be payed instantly. Good luck on your journey and dont quit!

[@LouRao]

Awesome video. That said, Anyone looking to get paid as an KZbin Content Creators don’t even think ambient videos is the answer. Because, it’s not. KZbin is looking for content, crafting, cooking, lessons, blogging, traveling, etc…. The list goes on, but with the exception for ambient videos -you won’t get paid. There was a time KZbin Content Creators did get paid and no longer the case. If you’re looking to do ambient videos to post on KZbin just for fun and bring in an audience, Joshua demonstration does an excellent job showing how to get started with ambient video. 😎

[@saefullcustomgarage4306]

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[@bantublood]

A few days ago in Los Angeles. I recorded 2 hours of rainfall and thunder with my Zoom H6 and H4n (I bought both for cheap on Offerup, $100 and $50). Its crystal clear with cars driving past my house. I've slept off two nights now listening to it.

[@Ronaldo210000]

link please !

[@MDJ5]

dude the h6 is such a great recorder. top choice

[@bantublood]

@@MDJ5 I love it.

[@TheSleepWave]

post it up on youtube! Which recorder do oyou like better?

[@Devilsbain]

@@TheSleepWave yo any tips on how to start an ambient sound account without getting demonetized?

[@walking_adventure]

Thank you very much for this video on how to make a relaxing rain video that I'm looking for, I hope this channel will continue to grow Greetings Meet friends from Indonesia

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[@vanceharmon3346]

@Laishaasmr Great!! Is to know you are making progress Keep it up😊

[@vanceharmon3346]

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[@Elanguages]

Do you know that it doesn't work anymore? No monetization for that kind of videos.

[@charitytoke6461]

I will agree that this comment might sound abstract from the video content but I will like to share an important thought that I think everyone should consider. If you don't find a means of multiplying your money, you will wake up one day to realise that the money you thought you had, has exhausted. Investment is a ladder to climb the financial wall.

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[@bryangates8069]

Literally watched this video 6 times and took notes, just finished my first vid, waiting for it to convert then will share, appreciated alot brother

[@ElliotCS1.6]

How'd it go? You getting any traffic?

[@charlesdaine5434]

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment, You create a good future by creating a good present.The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person's ability to convert earned income into passive income to build generational wealth ,this trick has never failed .

[@bernardschulte8310]

the ability to make profit off your capital is what makes you win.. Stop relying on the market price to make profit. Choose trading ?

[@kevinfitzpatrick3126]

amazing video 😊 thanks ( creating a virtual reality ) makes me think of virtual glasses where i walk into the coffee shop and see other people and get my coffee and look out the window

[@Cfb2987]

Sir! Your resourcefulness is astounding! 🧐

[@mildredcampbell432]

people prefer to spend money on liabilities, Rather than investing in assets and be very profitable

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[@caramela3543]

I am so excited and blessed to have found your channel!! God bless you! 🙏🏽❤️ thank you for all that you do

[@DreamCreek]

Epidemic Sound Does not allow you to play sounds/music continuously through a video, you need to read rules of use before signing up.

[@Luchamom]

I'm so happy to have found this channel! 😊

[@daviddevlogger]

If you are reading this. Know that everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear❤️

[@johnrodgers1847]

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

[@sarahdippity]

Hi Joshua! These tips are amazing! The steam from the coffee mug tip is my favorite! Thank you so much!

[@DrakkarNoir33]

Joshua, your videos have given me so many ideas and inspiration when it comes to investing, side hussles, and money in general. However, what this video does not explain to your viewers is that if you aren’t a pro video editor like Josh here with a very good computer set up specifically made for editing and exporting high resolution, long duration videos…this process is MUCH more difficult. I only have access to a free video editor and my laptop which currently starts to freeze when making videos past 1 hour long. This gets worst the more layers of music, images, and effects you add. This is still possible but BE AWARE this side hussle requires a decent computer set up and experience with a video editing software for you to really stand out like Josh describes. Food for thought.

[@ezgisabahatulgen9972]

Which software are you using may i ask:)

[@EvaneroBananero]

Yes and apart from that this is not good at all, he keeps saying you can earn 20 k a day but this is like 10 years, you can see that these channels have going on for years and making the same content yourself won’t bring their viewers to you that much. This is totally not worth and he is not doing it himself because he knows you can not win 5-20k a day that easily. He just posts this with the referrals of the KZbin trends and Epidemic Sound he has to get his money.

[@Jm-mp9mr]

@@EvaneroBananero dude at the end of the day he is trying to help us. He saw a channel that is potentially easy to make content for and could bring in a ton of money as a side hustle. You are talking like he is scamming you when he broke down everything in the video and the running cost is maybe $10-50 a month

[@aarontap1634]

@@EvaneroBananero He's not showing you how to grow a channel that is why the reward is so high. Take the time to learn every aspect of having a channel and growing it, when all the dots connect, I am sure the reward will be there. Yes, it will take time, and effort, I hope you don't think you can just slap some sounds and effects together and off the bat make money.

[@rfhookers7213]

@@EvaneroBananero you can’t make money of these videos as you need to monetise the channel but you can’t do that as that put adds on your videos and if you doing these types of videos were people sleep or study and meditation with the sounds then they won’t want adds on them so you won’t get views and your channel will flop once you put adds on , plus you not gunna make anything just gunna get views and so it’s a waste of time as you can’t make money so doing it for free , it’s not low risk , high reward , more like low risk , no reward , make a channel something you like or know what you doing and you can make a channel about showing people how to do this how to fix that or something because that’s something you know , just an example but a lot better as you can put links to the things you use get money of it etc …. I know quite a lot about this stuff so better of asking me questions then this guy who made this video cause there’s no way of making 5-10k a day with this no way 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@KelvinTroyJohnson]

I read the naysayer comments, and my thought is just make a better video. If KZbin demonetize is a video that I make from scratch, I still made money using my own creativity. Since I made money the first time I can make it again. Just make a better video. Josh, you’re the man. I’ve got some ideas.

[@WordMouth]

This is not going to work in 2022... If it's that easy to make 5000 a day why don't you do it then? You can also make 5000 a day then why you creating videos on this channel? Cause you know that's not going to work

[@craigrich]

Because he makes money from all the affiliate links in each of the videos.

[@WordMouth]

@@craigrich yeah and that's the real way to make money online... Rest all is sh*t... The best way to make money online is to teach people how to make money online 😂

[@insertmyidentityhere]

Yep, grifter lol

[@Mr_lock_in]

Content creators just use views to make money the genuine people we gotta grind

[@clinfordbenjamin730]

Sometimes I really wonder how people make huge profit investing in the stock market, I know investing is a legitimate way to gain financial freedom but how is it done?

[@kennethglenn4879]

Investing in stock is a good idea, a good trading system will put you through many days of success

[@clinfordbenjamin730]

@Nora Cloyd Interesting. I have a lump sum of cash doing absolutely nothing at all in my bank account, I wanna get something started with it. You seem to be doing excellent for yourself, how did you achieve this?

[@chloefox5943]

@Nora Cloyd That's impressive. Are you giving him your money or it stays in your trading account? how does it works

[@oreillywilliams214]

I always see Nura Carvalho at top comments on some video I've watched

[@oreillywilliams214]

For people to talk this good about him, he must be good

[@tailethanh8074]

Thanks for the video. Maybe "ambient videos" do not work out anymore, but your turorial is really helpful for me.

[@subcitizen2012]

Damn. You know they say we've entered a new gilded age. It's amazing this is possible and there's a market for it and KZbin/Google are willing to pay for the content, but damn, we can't eat ambient music videos or heat our homes with them. Stuff like this keeps up much longer it's no wonder there's inflation and economy crashing. But good on you man, and maybe I won't be the last to the races either.

[@amutagodswill]

Good MORNING Joshua MAYO... You never DISAPPOINT. Thanks for SHARING!!!

[@KrisVic91]

I am getting burnt out on finance videoes/self help vids. But this was interesting. And incredibly f**king smart of the creator. I like when people "hack" the system. There was a guy who built a website and sold a pixel for £1 as advertising space. 1 million pixels. There was a couple in the uk, who started selling crude birthday cards when they were poor. Made bank.

[@Flor-ian]

Until you realize 90% of these “hacks” have high view counts but unmonetized channels

[@zen_mindset1]

I love when poor people come up with innovative ways to get their self out their situation.

[@KrisVic91]

@@Flor-ian the example channel he used was monetized?

[@Flor-ian]

@@KrisVic91 no it was not, socialblade gives an estimate based on viewcount; there are millions of unmonetized ambient sound videos that KZbin still puts ads on but pays at an abysmally low CPM

[@shawnsg]

Most of these finance/self help videos are only meant to make money for the creator of the video. They're a vehicle to get you to click on their affiliate links or use their referral code.

[@ÁzsiábaSzakadtam]

Epidemic sound has a disclaimer that using the music for static videos on KZbin is not supported. Either you make your own music or forget it

[@OfficialGemeos_investem]

⬆️💬

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[@richardwalker7574]

Good one, working with her also helped accumulate up to 350k in my trading portfolio.

[@erichayes8477]

Sure you can start with that amount and even less. With a proper financial guidance, you can build a small amount to a larger sum.

[@charlottebecker3631]

Seeing the name Karina Mattis made me stop to read your comment. I can attest to the fact that getting in touch with Ms. Karina during the pandemic was how I was able to scale through the crazy stock downtrend and this helped saved my finance

[@larryhugh2742]

I just looked up this person KARINA MATTIS out of curiosity, and surprisingly she seems proficient. I thought this was just some overrated BS, I appreciate this.

[@rileywalter9190]

That's massive. Can you please connect me with your personal broker, I would love to work with her.

[@emmuealhird5075]

This informative video rocks!. You know your stuff. It was fast but no less powerful. That was nice how you made that video so quickly. I'm subscribing!

[@nirvanafan21191]

Awesome informative video. Gave me exactly what I need to pursue this. However, I will say that as I was starting my channel, gathering videos, audio, music, and doing research on starting an ambient youtube channel, I learned that this approach to monetization is fast becoming obsolete. Apparently as of late 2019, youtube has started cracking down on what they consider to be "repetitive content" i.e., meditation/relaxation videos with looping video/images/music. So if you have that sort of content, even if you get millions of subscribers, you're relying on patreon, merch sales and affiliate links for income, as you likely won't be approved for monetization. You'd have to create and license your own b-roll and music in order to stand a chance of monetization these days it appears.

[@apriltoche3536]

So everything I did to get going was a waste of time? That's about right. Guess I will go with something else then.

[@VoiceOfThe]

Seriously? So, this is a no-go?

[@gregwasik]

this is what I understand as well. This was a very well produced video about how to make these videos but it seems unlikely one can make and $ from the adsense program due to the repetitive content issue. I've never seen actual proof from anyone of big payments for these types of videos. Also videos that are intended for someone to meditate or fall asleep supposedly are demonetized as you are to close your eyes during the video so therefore not seeing any ads.

[@anthonymdavis]

Great video. I see that many of the videos out there are long… like 4-10 hours long. How do you make one that long? I know you can loop it, but for KZbin, let’s say we want to do a 7-hour video. How is that done?

[@zen_mindset1]

The little thing that needs to be known it takes a while to get to that $5,000 a day because you have to build up followers and viewers.

[@uglycorpse_]

facts

[@weeklyfascination]

So glad to see a top creator who uses FCP.

[@Doug5614]

Oh my GOSH!! That was incredible!! I've been fooling around with another software, so I had some of the concepts down already, but you just opened my eyes to a whole new set of possibilities. THANK YOU!!!

[@jubayerasif6300]

Actually works.. Just disable the real time protection in Setting. Wasnt sure that it would work .Awesome bruh..

[@lisamarie1334]

I can't thank you enough...so inspiring!👏🌷

[@user-dz4sd9ci7o]

Thanks So much Joshua! Loved this video!

[@CryptidsRoost]

New sub here. As a creepypasta narrator, I use many ambient videos in my videos. Admittedly many of the ones I use are taken from various games or someone has physically created. I use these particular ones as I require ones with a preferable creepy feel. If any I use already have music in them, I turn the volume right down (mute) as a. I don't know what the tune actually is and b. if I don't know then I can't credit the composer. So instead I use other music that I can credit to. That being said, I have found that many of these videos the video creators aren't actually getting that many hits overall. Some of them having being making the videos for as much as say 5 years. I have been seriously considering making these type ambient videos myself, so have gone out and purchased a couple of dozen pc games so I can extract certain elements for this. I do already use social blade and many of these creators aren't making that much money. So maybe it is better for relaxation type ambient videos? For an alternative video editor, I would recommend VSDC Video Editor. It is totally free and does also have a paid pro version. I use the free version and have done for over 2 years. It does NOT leave a watermark like some free ones do. It has tonnes of features and is pretty easy to use. There are also tonnes of tutorials available on YT too. You can also find tonnes of free sound effects on youtube.

[@Mitch-BladeCaptain]

This actually looks like a lot of fun to play with. Thanks.

[@Mitch-BladeCaptain]

I'm setting up for filming here in the woodlands of Oregon. I'll be making original content. Can I make money selling that product? I was thinking of fiver or something like that.

[@dnodarse13]

once again in blown away. you're amazing!! definitely trying this one out. super easy and simple. thanks dude

[@ramydawit1362]

He is a scammer

[@AbdulAhmed-gx2rh]

Awesome! Thanks Joshua..

[@CCD-yp6hh]

I'd like to try it. Maybe not the ambient videos because of some of the comments saying YT is cracking down on them. I really appreciate the way you demonstrate how to make a video in a short amount of time. I have a ton of videos of my dogs and of my travels that I could use to make different kinds of YT videos that others will find interesting. I'm going to get creative and try a few videos. Thanks a bunch Joshua!

[@JoshuaMayo]

Travel videos are great. My wife is notorious for watching really simplified videos. She occasionally watches "walking" videos. Where someone uses what I assume is a gopro and they attach it to themselves, and wherever they are in the world they are simply recording their walk. Sometimes there will be 10m intervals for a 30-40m trip through a city, where they are in different locations. My wife has watched them in egypt for example, people walking around the pyramids or in town. It's very interesting. No talking, sometimes no music either, just walking. You mentioned your travels so that's what reminded me. But here's an article I found that could help you decide on ambient videos. It looks like if you do those videos they just have to be slightly more creative than I initially thought and am used to seeing. Hope that helps, best of luck! There are tons of ways to make money on youtube or the internet in general. support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392#cqg&zippy=%2Cfollow-adsense-program-policies

[@spritelybird]

What about Vimeo, it doesn't have traffic like YT tho.

[@evanclark2499]

How do you know YT is cracking down on them?

[@DadBodDrumming]

what if those claiming there is a 'crackdown', ARE the channels making money and they are simply trying to discourage competition? ...

[@devinterrazas5465]

I went to google & THIS article was there. I read it & was SHOCKED. Like truly amazed. I read about side hustles ALL THE TIME, but THIS was Truly amazing!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!! 🙌🙌 SO incredibly knowledgeable & helpful.

[@unwiseowl6147]

Joshua stays dropping gems, truly appreciate it man 🤝

[@Xscapeplan01]

It's bs bro

[@unwiseowl6147]

@@Xscapeplan01 care to elaborate?

[@unwiseowl6147]

Ah, nevermind, I see all the comments of people saying KZbin is cracking down on this. Still, he provided a lot of useful info that could be used for other types of videos instead.

[@justinlee4434]

Genius, that video looks super clean and satisfying

[@SpencerJohnsonOfficial]

I've always been curious as to how these videos were made. Although, without placing ads on these videos, it would be near impossible to turn a profit. However, this idea can form a baseline for content people can create in different niches but with similar ideas. Thanks for sharing Joshua!

[@HuFilms]

I often thought about this. One thing I can say is that ads in these types of vids are really annoying!

[@bariqali6500]

It worked perfectly!!! Thank you so much

[@mtwhatley3253]

I did some research and google often will NOT monetize ambient sound or music channels…..would love it if they did….

[@Lilly.sxk3]

hey joshua, could you do a step by step video on how to become a programmer, because in other videos you said that you worked as a programmer at the beginning of your career and i really like your videos because they go into every detail I would therefore be very happy if you would shoot such a video, especially since there are no such well-detailed videos about how to become a programmer (how to find job offers giving buyers access to created website…) and thank you much for the videos you make I love watching them you’re underrated af

[@robertomugabe11]

finding sounds, and making the video is not the hardest part buddy. getting views is the hardest part. there are literally thousands of these channels on youtube.

[@neoreign]

Bro, this is the one for me. I listen to this stuff anyway to meditate and been meaning to get started. Thanks Joshua.

[@rfhookers7213]

bro you cant get monitised on these type of videos

[@neoreign]

@@rfhookers7213 lol how do i get it monetized?

[@rfhookers7213]

@@neoreign try a something else these are too saturated to many people trying to start these and plus theres to many big channels out there , try making a KZbin channel about things you know and you can teach people or something and should work out these types and the fire and snow ones you see are to saturated

[@rfhookers7213]

@@neoreign I should of really carried on with me fishing channel but I didn’t have enough time as working long days but hopefully I can get back into it but I’ll properly start a different account as KZbin’s algorithm will help to push my channel out if I’m constantly uploading and making quality content 😄 I’ve learnt so much just from watching KZbin videos about to grow and build you channel and stuff and I’ve got a good way that I got myself and it’s working on a different account and hopefully by next month I’ll be monetised 🙏😁 good luck and hope you get where you wanna be in life 👌🏽

[@BeInspiredToSuccess]

Very very helpful & many many thanks

[@rfhookers7213]

you cant get monetised on these videos as you need to have adds and people wont watch the videos with adds as they want to go to sleep with it playing etc , and if adds pop up no one will watch and as you would not want adds to get more views you wont get paid because you have put no adds on your videos etc etc ,,,, so if you want to make a channel that wastes your time only gets views and don’t make money then go ahead but there really instead any point in copying all these channel as you can’t make anything and just doing it for views , put your time into something that will produce you money in long term or frequently 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@mshumway78]

I can't believe I had to scroll down this far to see this. This is my question to. Can't have ads on these kinds of channels. Maybe one at the start only.

[@rfhookers7213]

@@mshumway78 exactly fair enough to him for making the video but he doesn’t go over why you can’t make money on these types cause you need ads , and all he says Is make $5,000 per day posting these videos witch is a lie because you need ads and people won’t watch these types of videos with ads , and it’s probably cause I only have a few likes on my text so won’t be at the top on comments till it gets a few more or something

[@bodaciouslobe2548]

I listen to ambient music to sleep alot and they have usually two ads at the beginning then no more and I don’t mind watching them or getting to the skip button then going to sleep to the sounds. Id never watch if the commercials were in the middle or scattered about

[@rfhookers7213]

@@bodaciouslobe2548 exactly and the ones at the front do not make £5,000 a day like this guy is saying there ain’t no way of making £5,000 a day from KZbin think about it the biggest people aka MRBeast he does not make £5,000 a day so how are people going to make £5k in a day from a video with adds at the front and plus if you know deji KSI brother his best video was £110,000 with 8 adds and he even said people didn’t like 8 adds in one 20 minute video so people are not going to watch these types of videos with adds in the middle or throughout it 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@rfhookers7213]

@riccardo's dad was born in 2004 yeah but they don’t make money or if they do it’s a tiny percentage compared to the ones you put in the middle and this guy says you can make £5k a day with KZbin witch is so much crap cause all the top KZbinrs don’t even make that much that quick 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@leslieann2698]

Honestly I’m confused, some say you eventually make $ off these videos and others say no. From what I’ve researched it seems like you have get your own sound otherwise you might build this wonderful channel only to hear KZbin say nope 👎🏾 can’t get monitized

[@Lomelino83]

I just did this! Thanks for the tutorial. You didn't mention how long it would take to export/upload/process these super long videos would take! It was a good learning experience watching slowly upload and process.

[@chadlewis7599]

What were the results ?

[@StraightUpRC]

@@chadlewis7599 Well considering the "Ambient Rest and Relaxation" channel - which was created in 2014 apparently - has 2 videos created only within the last 5 days - with 34 views total. So it seems like it might take some time haha

[@GLIVIETVspielkind]

Whats the Results?

[@simplysoothingrelaxation]

I just started my channel, I haven't made any content yet. I followed u, do u mind following back?

[@jamaljohnson1668]

This guy is legit…step by step breakdowns n all! Keep it up Josh! 🤞🏽💯

[@letuspraythen]

The thing he's NOT telling you is that these channels are VERY hard to monetize and with these methods your channel will be demonitized/or never reach monetization status due to KZbin cracking down on reuse of sounds and pictures. There are channels in this niche that have hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers that have been demonetized. This isn't a good idea to go into. But Josh is making massive money off of this video because the "how to make money" niche is VERY LUCRATIVE.

[@ssam5232]

The only person who makes money on these types of videos is the guy who makes a video about it

[@OfficialGemeos_investem]

🔝💬

[@ChristianGutierrez]

The way you created that coffee shop scene was truly awesome!

[@ronmona7143]

Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to show us this

[@FrankTheBankYT]

Bruh YOU ARE THE GOAT. I'm convinced! Let's talk about how to get to the money! Keep leading the way Joshua!

[@JoshuaMayo]

Let's gooo! 🙏🏽 Thank you Frank!

[@g14classified80]

Well done brotha!

[@bethhubbs9937]

The steam on the coffee looks like cigarette smoke! I appreciate the step by step nature of your videos and though ambient sound videos may not be my final product, it gives me lots of other ideas. Because I'm not a very 'conceptual learner', I like to see products and tools being used and applied in real life scenarios so this video is super helpful and inspiring. I just found your channel a few days ago and I appreciate your content and your style. All the best to you from California.

[@pogodanaprzygode]

This IS cigarette smoke. Real coffee does not steam in a heated room. Only boiling water evaporates indoors.

[@IDIOTBoxxx22]

You are extremely talented. Great work.

[@motivationalquotes4u489]

So creative and advanced tutorial. Great job!

[@user-sl309jd90]

Whatever it is, whenever you see 'How to make money by...' on KZbin. It means that you cannot. The reason is that the market has become a red ocean with a low entry barrier and too high competition, so that the original sellers or business cannot operate anymore like they used to do in the past. This forces them to rather create online courses or books about it to exit the business safely while still making money. Whether it is a stock investment course or online retail tutorials, you will see that they are not actually making profits by doing the same activity anymore or they have never ever even done so. If someone is actually making money by doing something, no one ever shares that with you, but rather expand the business to dominate the market. If not, it means something wrong happened to the market.

[@abuhamzaalsafadi]

videos like this most likely won't be monetized after youtube review the channel

[@Quentin-rr4xb]

Don't leave out the fact they have been doing it for 10yrs

[@sabbathelevator]

Thanks for this bro, your videos are helping me change my financial landscape. No one taught me this stuff growing up..keep killing it! 👊

[@marierrichardson3248]

THANKS A MILLION FOR TELLING YOUR INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO YOUR OWN RAIN STORM CHANNEL. I AM INTERESTED IN DOING THIS!!!!😃👍

[@marierrichardson3248]

I seriously Need help in how to do my own you tube channel and get paid .I need help😁

[@saudademoods8926]

For all the people discouraged about making ambient videos: the biggest reason KZbin demonetized channels was because these channels were simply putting up a picture and adding music. KZbin wants the viewer to have a good experience when viewing videos...So now if you make these kind of videos the scenes must change if you want KZbin to monetize your channel. They just simply did un upgrade in the requirements for videos...No more just putting up a picture and adding music...Do the research in their guide lines...

[@JoshuaMayo]

Yes, you're right! Early on I shared with a few commenters the link to the guidelines on that specific content, youtube lays out why you would not be monetized. Which is what you're saying. There has to be thought put into it. It is still possible to be monetized, it's just important to do the work and make sure your videos are creative.

[@kachi___]

@@JoshuaMayo link to the guidelines please

[@SpecsH]

Great video! Thanks!

[@MainOneGaming]

Yes finally the video I’ve been waiting for. Thanks as always for making quality videos Joshua. I always enjoy your content.

[@EvaneroBananero]

He keeps saying you can earn 20 k a day but this is like 10 years, you can see that these channels have going on for years and making the same content yourself won’t bring their viewers to you that much. This is totally not worth and he is not doing it himself because he knows you can not win 5-20k a day that easily. He just posts this with the referrals of the KZbin trends and Epidemic Sound he has to get his money.

[@zen_mindset1]

@@EvaneroBananero in that case that's horrible

[@bestnaturenoise]

Your right 👌

[@ebonyqueen86]

Take the same principles and apply them to making videos that actually add value 😮