IT TOOK ME 2 YEARS TO GET MONETIZED ON YOUTUBE!? What I Would Do Differently...

It took me way longer than I would have liked to get monetized on TH-cam BUT, I have learned a lot during my journey of growing my channel. In this video I will be sharing my TH-cam analytics over the last 2 years and explaining how I would do things differently knowing what I know now about growing on TH-cam.
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⏰Time Stamps:
0:00 How Long Does it Really Take? Let's Talk About it
2:40 My Journey to Getting Monetized on TH-cam
3:31 My Year 1 TH-cam Stats (TH-cam Analytics)
7:05 Why you should avoid posting multiple videos too soon
8:33 My Year 2 TH-cam Stats (TH-cam Analytics)
11:56 TH-cam Analytics This Year (2024)
12:55 What I would do differently to get monetized faster on TH-cam
18:45 How building your community can help with getting monetized
21:45 Sneak Peak of my Couples Channel TH-cam Analytics
25:50 Wrap up
🖐🏾 Hey girly!!! If you're new here, My name is Lashawnda and I am a Content Creator and Content Strategist… I love talking about all things TH-cam and Business! I help women Entrepreneurs position themselves as the GO-TO Person in their industry through the power of TH-cam.
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[@leilanihart4real]

Love this video. I so appreciate your transparency! Congrats on achieving monetization! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you so much!

[@MrsSparkle]

Thanks for the video, It's taking me 4 years girl, so I understand what you are saying. I'm getting better with my editing at least, lol. I love your tips.

[@iamlashawnda]

Yea.. The starting and stopping I feel is what takes so long for us to start seeing success. But remember you got this! Thank you for watching!

[@wont.stop.travel]

Thanks for showing the behind the scenes and being very frank about what you can and can't do. Admit the limitations. Sometimes I expect myself to be able to do it all & never falter : D

[@iamlashawnda]

Yea we can't do it all and that also can become a form of self sabotage. I show my behind the scenes because I want to make sure I document my stats at the beginning stages. So many people think success happens over night but we all have to start from somewhere and work our way up to the top.

[@KeashundreaCreates]

I’m over here cackling. Because we all have done this. Why don’t I have views?! Because you aren’t consistent 😂😂
I appreciate your candor

[@iamlashawnda]

🤣🤣 Sometimes we have to be willing to admit when WE are the problem! lol

[@Childfree_Jerra]

Thanks so much for this video. Your transparency & heartfelt advice is greatly appreciated.💜 Congratulations on getting monetized!🎉

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you so much!!

[@SharlritaDeloatch]

Great video!!

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you!!

[@emilysgaming8214]

Thank you so much for this. Very informative. 😊I’ve gotten discouraged multiple times, but I’ve learned while I’m small to learn how to get better and make better thumbnails and videos. 😊

[@iamlashawnda]

Exactly! Stay focused on building out your library of content and perfecting the process. The views will come with consistency!

[@mariechrismuncal]

thank you for the info and being so real! and congrats girlfriend xx

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you!

[@4th_Industrial_Ave]

Congratulations!!! I'm really excited for you. I started my channel in November and have a long way to go with 285 subscribers.

[@iamlashawnda]

Just stay consistent and continue to perfect the craft! You got this!

[@Womagical]

@@iamlashawndaThank you so much!

[@teeLovesLife]

awesome! congrats. I cannot wait until the day. I do realize that it is a marathon not a sprint. thanks for the info.

[@iamlashawnda]

Exactly! Just stick with it! Thank you for watching!

[@KwaneyshaDavon]

Great video. Ive been taking TH-cam seriously for a year now . Thanks for the tips.

[@iamlashawnda]

Happy to help!

[@WowBigLee]

Love this video🙏🏼 thank you

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you for watching!

[@windowshoppingwithem]

Thanks so much ❤

[@iamlashawnda]

You're welcome 😊

[@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1]

👍

[@Nellyrobertsworld]

Great stuff

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you for watching!

[@DarnellaReReworld]

😊 Hi i just subscribed to your channel,great video thank you😊

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you for watching and subscribing!

[@latrinkabarnes9866]

Dry helpful video

[@iamlashawnda]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@rochellekendrick9429]

Thank you for the video, I'm very new and your video gave me peace. On my other channel

[@iamlashawnda]

Thank you for watching! I am glad you found it helpful :)

[@DarnellaReReworld]

How long should your videos be? Some people videos be too long 1hr or more videos is too long for me to watch

[@iamlashawnda]

I would start off with videos that are 10-20 minutes. I would not pass 30+ Minutes at the beginning stages of growing on TH-cam

[@womanoffaith_dwong]

If I'm aiming to get monetised and do my channel full time, how much money am I likely to make from it? Enough to live on and feed my 4 pickney?😆

[@iamlashawnda]

Im gonna eventually record a video showing stats from bigger TH-cam Creators and their Ad Revenue. But the answer in short is YES you can live off of revenue from TH-cam

[@womanoffaith_dwong]

@iamlashawnda Okay good to know, thanks for replying x