Start Creating Podcast with Alan Spicer

Why do you make YouTube videos? Why should people subscribe to you over anybody else? Why do you make the videos you do? Why sport, why not comedy? Why beauty, why not DIY? What makes you want to be a YouTuber.

It is very import for you to figure out the WHY in your content. Did you start YouTube for the money? Are you hoping for YouTube Fame? Are you making videos to help people learn? Maybe you want to make people laugh.

The WHY is important!

I don't care if you are here for fame and money as long as you understand that is WHY you are here and you work towards that. If you are going to start a YouTube channel the WHY can be your guiding light and the reason to make content, even when no one has found you yet.

We can grow together, We can learn together... Start Creating!

Who Is Alan Spicer? - https://alanspicer.com/who-is-alan/

10 Work from home tips to make working from home in 2020 with remote working easier and more productive. When i started I needed tips for working from home to fight off boredom and distractions so here are some working from home tips to make sure you get the most out of your time and to master your work - wfh.

Need a more in-depth guide to working from home, including direct examples and tips? Check out my blog - https://alanspicer.com/how-to-work-from-home-for-beginners-10-life-changing-tips/

We can grow together, We can learn together... Start Creating!

Who Is Alan Spicer? - https://alanspicer.com/who-is-alan/

It's time to work from home 2020. I work at home as freelancer working remotely from my own home. Work at home jobs are not as easy as some people think so here are my tips for people with work at home jobs 2020 and how to fine or make your own work from home jobs during this very testing time.

Working at home online has been a real life line for me over the years. Being your own boss and keeping your own time comes with its own pitfalls. Today I am going to share with you my productivity tips for working from home as a freelancer entrepreneur or while on lockdown.

It's time for some working from home tips!

We can grow together, We can learn together... Start Creating!

Who Is Alan Spicer? - https://alanspicer.com/who-is-alan/

Smart Passive Income Tips that helped me makeover $5000 in "passive income" with affiliate links, marketing, advertising and more in the last 12 months. These smart money tactics can help you make money online with affiliate marketing 2020.

Easy money and passive income 2020 is a lie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSC1Dp6Qrfk - I even made a video to rant about how the idea of relaxing on the beach with a martini and your ipad is complete BS, BUT hard work and laying the foundations and build up an automated income that make residual income and helps you earn while you sleep.

For more info on investing, dividend stocks, real estate and savings check out @Graham Stephan  and @Andrei Jikh 

We can grow together, We can learn together... Start Creating!

Who Is Alan Spicer? - https://alanspicer.com/who-is-alan/

How to increase your adsense cpm ads rate and earn more money on YouTube - YouTube adverts can earn you a little extra money on the side, but did you know it can be affected by what you talk about, how many adverts you show and what niche you are in?! 

How To Improve YouTube CPM Rate and Make More Money on YouTube Adsense

1 - Evaluate your existing videos - Dive into your channel analytics and look at what currently gets you your best CPM (cost per thousand views). This will help you understand what topics on youtube channel make you the best money and attract the best adverts. You can then double down on those topics, making more of them to boost overall CPM income.

2 -  Make Longer Videos - You can boost your video CPM by adding more adverts into longer videos. Videos over 10 minutes long on YouTube can have adverts at the start, the end and as many as you want in the middle called "mid-rolls". These can help multiply the money you can make from a single video. Imagine you get $5 per 1000 views for 1 advert and you add 4 more, that is 5x$5 so $25 per 1000 views, a huge jump in CPM rate.

3 - Difference Niches Have Different CPM Rates - This is a lesson I learnt myself the hard way. You could have an entertainment channel with a broad audience getting millions of views but if your niche is not advertiser friendly, or is too broad it might have a hugely negative effect on the overall CPM of your content. However, if you target set niches you can boost your income. Business, Money, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate and other "high end" niches attract higher paid adverts and therefore higher CPMs. Kids content, pranks, jokes, etc offer a wider reach but normally means easier to buy ads against as there are so many people making that content and less valuable transactions connected to it.

4 - Stop Swearing! - Yes this myth is true! YouTube will listen and transcribe your content and there is statistics that show your channel and video income can and will be negatively affected by cussing/swearing. When advertisers select what channel "buckets" they want to spend money on, you swearing might make you "less desirable" vs someone who has identical content with more family friendly language in their videos.

5 - Make Money Blogging - If you have your content why not blog those videos onto a website and link that to adsense to maximise the income. I have 500ish videos on my channel and over time I have been slowly adding them to my website blog. This can help build search traffic, drive more people to the video and your channel but also gives you a chance to serve more adverts to the viewers. This means not only can you get in-video adverts but banner ads as well.

Should I Work For FREE? Can working for free to grow a business work? Never work for free? Or can working for free be your side hustle? I am a firm believer that working for free can be the key to your future and a great way to start a business but you need to understand its a long term game not a short term play for leverage.

What things do you need to start a YouTube channel? Many people ask me how do i get started on YouTube? How do I start a YouTube channel in 2020? And I always tell them it's not about the expensive cameras and silly music or drones, it's all about the heart, passion and sometimes just a mobile phone.

Increase your income, boost cash flow and earn more money by just changing your mindset. Today I share How I 10X Income in my business by changing from hourly rate to set fee and then simply focused on getting better at my job.

How To 10X Your Income - Earn More Money By Being More Efficient At Your Job

When I first started in business many many moons ago I, like many of us, strived to break out of the bog standard 9 to 5 and become my own boss. I had an idea for web development and I knew I could sell but I fell into the very common mistake of pricing my work per hour rather than per project. Most people you will know have a standard clock in clock out job and they will be paid an hourly rate or salaried based on that rate. This means if you truly give 110% effort you are under valuing yourself and your potential income.

Let say you say to a client you will charge them £5 per hour to make a product (could be anything - a spreadsheet, clean their house, build a teddy bear) and it takes you 2 hours, thats £10. But after 5 years of doing your job you are now and expert and can make the same bear in just half an hour... you have now short changed yourself by being too good at you job and you've earnt £2.50.

Now let us try it another way - You say upfront the task will be £10. This in the first few years it does take you 2 hours to complete your goal, you have earned £5 per hour and you're happy. As the years go on you are now better at your job and can do the same task in 30 mins - now you still have £10 and the potential to make/do another 3 tasks at the same fee. Your skill, your time and your expertise has effectively given you a pay rise!  

(Your YouTube Side Hustle) Make your job your side hustle - Business - Its something I am amazing that many people miss, the ability to take their skills and make it into their very own side hustle by simply teaching people your job on YouTube full time!

How To Start A Business - Go Full Time on YouTube.

If you love your job you have the advantage that you will have already done the hard work to get better at your job. You will learn new skills, go on training courses and install knowledge in your head that others wishing to get into your industry will want to learn too. This is your chance to open a YouTube channel and teach people those skills one video at a time - make yourself the expert! 

Is VidCon Worth It? Is VidCon Worth The Money? - I was invited to @VidCon London with @vidIQ - an eye opening experience that has helped me understand what I have actually been doing for the last 8 years of my life and reassuring me that there is a very large family of people that love online video as much as I do.

I made sure to vlog the event so i could imortalise the wonder and awe of my first conference and I wanted to share it with you too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKWo0GVankM&list=PL09mwoOn57VRluKGu0eCPglbIRSTP8Vm3

Side note - I would like to thank the @vidIQ team I worked directly with (Liza, Liron, Rob, Ilya) for the amazing experience, the friends, the food, the brain melting moments - and I would like to thank @Derral Eves Hank Green (@hankschannel @vlogbrothers) and Luke Owen @WrestleTalk