Started YouTube in 2024 and became monetized. What did I earn?

[@MrSheymie]

Your first video resonated with me also. 59, never married, no kids. A free, contended and happy man living the adventure of life. Best wishes on your journeys. Always good to hear you.

[@EXPATMGTOW]

Jim, I remain proud of you for speaking out as an honorable and forthright MAN in a society that greatly devalued men.

[@sylvial8411]

Jim, you are the niche. I think what separates you from many others is the lack of hype and lack of desperation. Once it becomes a "career" content creators can become boring. I enjoy listening to your voice (very pleasant), your clear enunciation and cadence. Love that Midwestern attitude and accent. Thanks for your thoughtful content, insights and continue to grow this niche community who support your endeavors and are curious about you.

[@CodingMountainMan]

You don't need to change man. What made your channel and vid go viral was being yourself and authentic. No need for fancy graphics or trying to improve your vids. People watch your content because of you. We both blew up recently ha. In one week I went from 85 subscribers to 11k. You never know what could happen. Wish you the best on your channel!

[@lidia6552]

Your first youtube video was so powerful, yes, like a ME TOO movement. It was like a manifesto or a confession in front of the universe, in front of the world. You were so authentic, so unbearably sincere. You touched the heart of so many of us who identified with you being in the same situation - single, not married, no kids. No matter men or women, we share the same destiny, like a burden. That first video was full of grace, unrepeatable. Thank you from Romania.

[@frankhoch5797]

So you are back home in the freezing winter now. Keep up the good work Jim. Happy new year to you from Sydney Australia.

[@ronjones8981]

You are a real inspiration. It takes a lot of time and research to put a video together. You worked hard to accomplish so much. Congratulations!

[@jaime3452]

We really appreciate how genuine, motivating, and informative your content is. It’s inspiring to see how much effort you put into sharing valuable insights. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your content. it will be incredibly helpful to so many people. Thank you

[@vikiviki5429]

0:03 Interesting, informative. You honestly express your opinion on everything.Greetings from Europe!🌍👍.It's nice to see the nature of Ohio and Lake Erie.

[@TB-zj4sp]

Wow ! Your video's are really clear and sound good like a TV Station type equipment. ❤

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Congratulations Jim on doing so well on your KZbin channel👍.

[@boot_live3190]

Great content as always Jim. I love the laid back style, so much better than super polished videos that seem more like productions.

[@ineedstuff8286]

video production is just plain interesting. Modern AND old-school methods. I mean, picture sitting there with a razorblade, literally taping sequences of film that's been cut along frame boundaries!?? Cant imagine that. Either method, it's alotta work. I appreciate your content Jim. Much love to you brother.

[@prof_writer]

Jim I like your perspective and respect you because of your deep military background. Just received a notice that I have been on KZbin for 13 years. Need to get back on the posts and try to compete with you!

[@sarahbrown1881]

Much appreciation Jim for sharing your life story, your views honesty and your integrity on line. Congrats on😊 your monetary success. The other day l came upon a 80 year old first time you tuber and l just loved the feed l viewed, it put me on a high. I would like to hear about your miltary career and what a typical day involved. 😊

[@worshipwhilewewait]

WE APRRECIATE YOU JIM! You talk about so many different things - INTERESTING things. Glad You're back Home and WOW Vietnam was COOL! HAPPY 2025 and Praying God's VERY Best for Y'all!!!

[@oceangypsyakatanyawood]

I still love watching your videos, Jim 😊 you are inspiring 🙏

[@doncherney8649]

Great information! Thanks Jim! -don from Lorain Ohio USA 🇺🇸

[@gilbertcouto8537]

Keep it up !

[@PhoenixRising9695]

Just keep being yourself, travel, meet new people and enjoy different cultures! Life is too short. Enjoy, celebrate and absorb your happiness and freedom.✌🏻

[@МарфаНезнаю]

Hey you are great. Thank you for motivation to create chanel by myself

[@PhilWard-v7o]

And thank you Jim

[@CaliforniatoWestAfrica]

Im here. thank you.

[@dolly4446]

Looking good Jim. I’m glad. Proud of you 😊. This sounds like a good little part time job too if get more invested I’ve seen many get good money but that’ll depend on how busy you want your life to be. Happy infatuation day 🎉🙌🏼🇺🇸and THANK YOU for your years of service 🫡thank you for making America America 🫡

[@SilverTurtle65]

I started my Chanel in 2013 and have 4200 subscribers. I took three years off KZbin and got demonetized. I decided to come back to KZbin and it took almost a year to get monetized again. Your content is great here on KZbin university. Congrats!

[@mathews-q3k]

Genuine guy

[@CorazonDesignsandstories]

Congratulations for being monetized 👌👌👌💵💵💵💵

[@walking_introvert]

I do love your humble and honest channel. I do wonder what advertisers would contribute advertising to a channel like this since it isn't niche specific. I'm a KZbin premium watcher but I've saw that you still get some revenue even for premium watchers. I don't see your ads so if other viewers can share what ads they see that would be interesting. I hear that finance channels are some of the highest paid because it attracts big money marketing dollars. I get that it's not about the money but an added bonus. I've unsubscribed from a quite a few channels that posted daily regurgitated content and it lost the appeal of watching them. Keep up the good work!

[@Smuggler169]

I forgot to mention that. I have been contacted by two companies to advertise for them. One was for was supplement and the other for meditation classes. I don't want to advertise something that I don't feel strongly about or use.

[@AstroEnthusiast27]

Agree the 1st raw unedited vid was most definitely a breath of fresh air on a topic that is one of the lesser discussed topics on youtube compared to ones on marital issues.😅 So glad you have found a new passion as that is what makes one feel alive! Especially in our Single unmarried states Jim. 🤷‍♂️

[@Grateful0384]

Thank you 🙏

[@LebowskiDudeful]

I like your earnest journey Jim. Yet, since you finally have a chance to enjoy life on your own terms, don't over risk it. Foreign powers can be soberingly back-stabbering due to cold-war politics

[@bty5590]

Bonjour.. C’est vrai qu’on peut apprendre à tout âge de notre vie. Moi, par exemple, en regardant vos vidéos j’apprends l’anglais car vous énoncez bien les mots et vous parlez doucement. Ceci dit , votre contenu est intéressant à découvrir. J’aime apprendre de toutes les situations de vie différentes de la mienne. Bonne année 2025 à vous.

[@Leann-uj9rg]

Good to see you Jim! You are doing just fine. Being authentic is where it’s at. 😊❤

[@eddieloujones2673]

Jim- Another video idea. How did your friends and family react when they saw you be so open and honest on KZbin. I know I'd never hear the end of it if I was as honest as you about my opinions or experiences. What I admire about you is your willingness to say what you think and the heck with what anybody thinks (save for the tattoo video :-) ) One other video idea: are you corresponding with any of the women from the KZbin comments? Or are you holding fast to your desire to live abroad (and find "a broad" abroad haha). Congrats on your monetization!

[@kristinburton4953]

If women are broads, are men narrows??? I'm not American, just wondering.

[@sheebajacob1078]

Jim you are a very good human being 👍❤️ good English and l use your videos to improve my English language. Best of luck, God bless you ❤

[@1098XZY]

THANKS JIM. I ACTUALLY SAVED THAT FIRST VIDEO. IT RESONATES WELL WITH ME.

[@Davett53]

In 1997 I inherited some money and I used some of it to buy a Camcorder. They were smaller than the old VHS sized video tape recorders. They still recorded on tape, but they were in cartridges, the size of cassette tapes. The Cam-corder was state of the art. It had a built-in editing feature, special effects, super zoom and motion "stabilization" to reduce hand shaking. Built-in stereo mic. and input ports for tons of other miniature enhancements. I added a zoom mic., & a tiny monitor screen. I also took evening classes at an Art Institute, in basic cinematography. I was about 45 years old, the other students were much younger. I'd already gone to college in the Arts, years before, and earned 2 college degrees. I took the cinema class for fun and instruction. The class was very thorough, we learned to edit, and about filming techniques. We had group projects. Every student had their own equipment, all different brands of the latest Cam-corders. We made videos and acted in each other's videos. After the class ended, I began filming a project of my own interest, kind of documentary, about a local inventor, I was friends with. I also documented a landmark, that was slated to be torn down.

[@Smuggler169]

I remember those camcorders. I would probably find that class interesting.

[@Davett53]

@@Smuggler169 It was a thorough class. We had hands-on access to the latest professional editing suite. There were helpers for our projects. We had fun, filmed some crazy videos. We probably did some things, that are now illegal. Trespassed. We'd go to a large department store, and film inside of it, and not ask permission. Use it as our back-drop scenery.

[@fit4taskfit4task49]

Go!!! Jimbo Best wishes from London England

[@fit4taskfit4task49]

And you take the time and effort too like comments..👍

[@ChipHound]

I like your rambling Jim! 👍🏼

[@bmwm6661]

🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@mandybruce3223]

I think it's great love you just being you like everyone eles I enjoy the way you deliver your talk and your honesty the way you talk about what's important to you I really enjoy listening to you it's great.😏👍

[@1SpicyShorts]

nice

[@doncherney8649]

Anyone remember the old thick Rainbow magazines back in the 80s? You’d input a couple hundred lines of language, type run and be totally amazed with a 3D box on your tv. We sure have come a long way. -don from Lorain Ohio USA 🇺🇸

[@davegebbings7632]

Thanks Jim

[@plushly]

I think the secret to doing well on KZbin for people like Jim is the "likeability" factor. Jim comes across as earnest and sincere. Many of us gravitate to "salt of the earth" type people as we age and become wiser. We have less patience for phonies. Another KZbinr that has done well for similar reasons is the channel "Steve Wallis". Mainly stealth camping content, but the likeability of the guy is the magic sauce. People find humility refreshing in the times we live. Rough and raw editing, and even specific content, is not a necessarily a barrier to success. Authenticity is more important in reaching an audience organically. If people like you, they will watch.

[@stephaniefalzone7937]

Hello Jim 😊

[@rosanaalvarado2221]

My intro to you was your first video and I appreciated your transparency. This video is also quite interesting. You mentioned wanting to learn more about how to do KZbin videos. If you’re interested, there’s a KZbin couple I watch who have a great deal of knowledge on retirement travel and they also have a course called “KZbin after 40.” If you’re interested, their channel is called “Grounded Life Retirement Travel.” I’m a part of their Retirement Travel Jumpstart Course/Community. You can purchase their 2 courses as a bundle deal, too. By the way, there’s no kickback involved for me by sharing this. I just thought I’d share, in case this may be of interest to you, based on what you shared. Either way, thanks for inspiring me!

[@anutkaschannel2478]

Your first video popped up on my phone after watching why more men voted for Trump. I watched some of your other videos staying in heavy Seattle traffic, often their funny sometimes I but boring and long but well composed it like listening to war and peace of Tolstoy 😂

[@Vanosphere]

I believe your video was featured on the Legion of Men channel which would have given it a bit of a boost

[@Smuggler169]

@@Vanosphere Yes it was. And on Angry Guy. And on Ask an Older Man.

[@artonkanava]

I have been here and have channels from 2006. One advise to stay on Yt is not to go against MSM narrative or "facts" too strongly, not only if channel talk against it but if channel publish material from others thay are popular that is against that. It got me deleted here chanel whit 4500 videos. I hope yours stays on. Arto from Finland

[@gematriaeffectnews1983]

Here’s to making $10k in 2025!

[@100foldreturn1]

Congrats Jim

[@linkscape1957]

Good Job Jim. I think you have something. I feel like you could almost be like a different modem day version of someone like Paul Harvey....or you could just keep making videos.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

$904!! Let’s go to Whole Foods!

[@BladeObssession]

As another viewer said I've also never been married and I'm almost 57 and no kids either. I just assume that marriage and children aren't meant for everyone but we can survive and at times thrive without that even if we didn't really want it that way

[@Smuggler169]

@@BladeObssession absolutely, we sure can.

[@proteus8535]

Well you make it seem easy to make a video Jim, but I know you SF guys are smarter than the average bear. Well keep knocking it out of the park in 2025, love to hear your opinions, philosophy and see the beauty of Ohio and Vietnam.

[@gematriaeffectnews1983]

Algo-rhythm.

[@prescottlange]

Have you considered simplifying your channel name by combining Jim and Journey, and just calling it Jermy? Catchy, don't you think?

[@Davett53]

Well you may find it interesting,....that one video you filmed in a Park, and there was a Windmill in the background. You didn't talk about it, but I wanted to know where in Ohio there was a Windmill. I enjoyed researching that topic and learned there are some old style windmills, in Ohio and other states in the mid-west. Most were used to grind grains. Many were more fake than real. The one in your video is designed like a Dutch windmill, the type I find most interesting. It is not a functional one and is considered "ornamental", according to a Park management web site. There are many photos of it, on line and looking at it, it looks pretty real. The roofing material and the exterior mechanics, match the looks of the still functioning ones used in the Netherlands.

[@Smuggler169]

@@Davett53 That windmill is in Oberlin Ohio. A historic farm. It was used for something but I am not sure what. A barn and old house is still on the property.

[@Davett53]

@@Smuggler169 I had identified it being in Oberlin. I purposely didn't reveal that.

[@gerdahenirich8733]

Jim, that Pinto Bean stew & other meals you prepare would be a good video.. You are vegetarian, right? Love Ger ❤

[@Smuggler169]

Yes. I try to stay as close I can to whole food plant-based diet.

[@grahamstewart615]

Be yourself.

[@Heyemeyohsts]

What mic is that? Bluetooth?

[@Smuggler169]

@@Heyemeyohsts yes, a wireless LENSGO Microphone.

[@MelissaLake-pe9wq]

Did youtube contact you to be monetized or id you have to contact them ?

[@Smuggler169]

They contacted me. You can apply for monetization in KZbin Studio. Once you meet the requirements they contact you with the next steps. It's a process. Verifying your mailing address, how you want to be paid, verifying your bank account, tax information, etc. They walk you through sending you an email with links.

[@sethoselken9562]

Found your channel through Legion of Men making a comment video about it. Hope you've had a chance to watch Walter Veith's Total Onslaught series.

[@Smuggler169]

No, I haven't watched that. I'll have to look that up.

[@kathylin7586]

Yes, your first video caught me!!

[@gematriaeffectnews1983]

Yep, it showed up in my feed too. Now my wife and I are both subscribed!

[@kathylin7586]

@@gematriaeffectnews1983 His speaking speed is so good for me to learn English. I appreciate this bonus and glad to have a new English teacher.

[@thunder9857]

I'm 21, don't want to get married, and don't want to have kids, why? Because I care more about cars and want to keep working my way up to getting my dream car. Even in just a few months I should be getting a Scat Pack Charger, but there's way more expensive cars that i eventually want to have too

[@User-jr7vf]

You have already learned how to handle the view count. You spent 17 minutes before answering the question in the video title.

[@leosbanyhernandez4939]

Good morning soldier greetings from Miami a Cuban American 2025 is your year to get married and have kids

[@zacharyferreira2469]

First comment

[@justinw3765]

I think you related to men going through the male loneliness epidemic

[@Omar-mk2if]

Am I the only one below the age of 25 on this channel?

[@marcathens2951]

You rambled on and side skirted the question 🙄

[@Smuggler169]

Yes, I added more to the video.

[@jeanlucmoorea]

18:45 -> "I made 904.51$ in one year"

[@Smuggler169]

@@jeanlucmoorea What’s your point?

[@jeanlucmoorea]

​@@Smuggler169Hi Jim, this is the direct link to the answer to the question in the video title: "what did I earn?" 😊

[@Frenchie.FireFly]

You speak well on camera. Your videos are interesting and authentic which is refreshing 🫡.

[@MelissaLake-pe9wq]

Thank you Jim. 💝🙏✌️🫶