Can I Monetize My SMALL YouTube Channel in My 50's | Journey of a GenX Creator
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Watch as I continue my challenge to monetize my small CZcams channel by my 55th Birthday in 3 1/2 months!
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Also, check out Jen’s Channel, @silverandsolo , to see where I was inspired to start my own monetization challenge!
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In this video, I share with you the results of my analytics after the first week of my monetization challenge, as well as whats motivating me to stick with it for the long haul.
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I’m grateful you came by.🙏✨
Of course you can! I’m here cheering you on and others will too ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! 💗💗
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51 year old here, and I'm just starting out, and you,ve got my support ❤
Thanks so much! 🙏
Hi! I just started a YT channel and came across your channel. I love that kindness matters… I found Jen too. I am grateful for you ladies sharing your journey
Thank you for your kindness in return! I’ve started to watch more travel channels recently as I dream of where I’d like to go when I’m ready for it. I’ve subscribed to your new channel and wish you the best in growing it! 💕🙏
Lisa, I subscribed to your channel.. Good luck.. 💙
Same I also new CZcamsr 😊 Good luck 🤞🏻
Here’s to all the 50+ Jens! 🙌 (I’m 56 and very much from the GenX jeneration 😄) I’m enjoying your channel and excited to help you meet your birthday goal. You can do it! 🥰
Another member of the Jen Club!! Glad to have you here!😉😎
Good luck, Jen! I'm also in my 50s and just started my YT channel. Best of luck to you. Stay motivated! I subscribed.
Hey there! I’m so glad you joined me! We need to stick together! I LOVE the vibe of your channel as well and also subscribed. It’s so interesting to me to see how different women express themselves in their 50s. Looking forward to seeing our collective growth!💕🥰💯
I’m subscribed! 😊
I subscribed to yours!! ❤️🥰❤️
Wow! Thank you! In support of your work and CZcams presence, I’ve subbed to you as well. 💕🥰. Looking forward to witnessing your growth and,earning from you. 🖐️🙏🏼
well today you have 229 subscribers, I have a small channel, gaining subscribers his hard, congrats
Hi there and thanks for your comment! You’ll get there with passion… but also the willingness to learn from those who’ve done this successfully. I keep going back to the CZcams “gurus” to learn new things. They’re very helpful! 🤩💯
Same with me
Very hard
That is awesome! I am 58 years old and decided to put my energy into my CZcams channel and post at least 1 video a week. I have been watching my numbers rise every week. It’s such a great feeling and so fun!
Yes, it’s so fun😁😁let’s just keep going😁
Yes it is! Congrats on your channel growth! I’m now your newest subscriber! Happy to support another GenXer growing a channel. Plus…I have a crafty side waiting to play! 🤪🌟👍
What a great feeling!
Keep on the momentum and , YES you’ll be monetized by August! I’m also starting my CZcams channel after watching the other Jen’s success story.
Thank you for the encouraging words! Mazel tov on your marriage to your love! And CHEERS 🥂 to your new journeys of marriage and content creation! I’ve subscribed in support of another new content creator! Looking forward to more! 💕
53 year old content creator here 🙋🏻♀️ Just wanted to show support for fellow You Tuber my age 👍
I subscribed!! ❤️
@@multidimensionalmetamorphosis aww thanks so much!
Awww…thank you! We sure do need to build a community of us Gen-Xers out here in this wild place!
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 indeed. I think we are off to a good start 👍
Another Gen X here from South Africa 🎉 I’ve subscribed
Hi Jen, I am inspired by you and the other Jen from silver and solo - who I recently found - I am procrastinating over my idea to start a channel thinking I have nothing to say which is holding me back massively - I need to dive in and make a start and not look back!! well done, loving your videos, keep doing what you are doing!!!! xx
Thank you for the kind words. It’s my intent to inspire others. I’ve done it with my 2nd grade students for the last 25 years…and now I’m ready to reach my own generation. If you have lived a full life, then you’ve learned SOMETHING valuable to share. Start by making a list of all the things you know that you find valuable. Follow your intuition. I hope you take the plunge! CZcams needs more of us GenXers on the platform! 💕💕
Congratulations 🎉 I started my Crochet channel just before my 52nd bday this year. I let fear stop me for so long but just decided to jump in, and I’m loving it! It’s kinda slow going, but I am being consistent and working it out as I go! I am absolutely loving the creative side. Good luck with your channel, I have subscribed and look forward to watching your journey 😊 Jenni
Thanks! I find it so perfect that you found me! First of all…I’m Jennie and I love finding other people with versions of the name! Second, I’ve been wanting to crochet lately. We can support each other! I’ve subscribed to you. Can’t wait to see where this connection takes us! Gen-Xers UNITE! lol. 💕🖐️
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 oh that really is perfect! Thank you for supporting me too 😊 I can really relate to what you said about starting all the things and never really finishing haha. I’m terrible for that. Crochet is something that I’ve stuck to!
Im interested in following your journey. Yes i went through it and started in my late 50s. Im 62 now and still learning as my channel grows.
Thank you for being here with me! 🙏 In my opinion, always having something to learn makes life interesting and purposeful. I teach all day, so I enjoy being a student in my free time!
By next you will have at least 200 or more. Great video and I love that you started. And this time you will finish it.
That's the plan! Thanks for your support. 💕🙏💯
Hi! I hope you get to 95 or 100 subscribers by next week! Let's GO!
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It's a joy watching older content creators. They take their time to explain and keep it simple🤩
I appreciate that!🙏💕
Yes! I agree! So freaking awesome! Im done with botox lips and faces. I want real ppl channels.
@@blessedlife2056 well then you're in the right place! The most I do currently is color my gray. Other than that, what you see is the real me! Thanks for your supportive comments!🙏💕
You all are just so humble ,.. inspiring and supportive.. passionate ............. lots of love ❤
Likewise! 🤗
Yes you can do it! I'm 60 and wonder if I can do it by the time I'm 61 in July.
When is your birthday, Helen?
57 here and on my 3rd channel 😢I lose focus and momentum very easily but my obsession with home decor and design keeps me going. Thanks for the inspiration 🎉
3 channels! Wow! What are the other ones about? Thanks for reaching out and for the kind words. I wish the best for you and your growing channel. 🙏👍😊
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 I started off with one about real estate because that was what I was doing at the time, then I tried one for life coaching but life happens and I always let it get me down and demotivated so I didn't feel qualified. I got shy being on camera too which was odd. My mom passed in 2020 and there is a lot of legal issues around it is still in process so mentally I lose focus and get very down about myself and life in general. I opened an Etsy shop to have an outlet for my creative side and LOVE creating designs for my products and have actually made a few sales which was encouraging. Now I am starting a channel with design tips, etc. I am working a rather mundane job so this has been oddly therapeutic for me. Thank you for the encouragement as well and I look forward to your future videos :)
Oh true, I'm trying to edit on my phone with filmora it's so tiny and hard to see, but just starting so will keep going. Your going to be amazing
Thanks! You will be too! 👋🤩
I turned 55 in Feb. You can do it! Consistency is key.
Thank you for reaching out and the encouragement! Happy belated birthday! 🎉💕
Love ❤️ this!!! Fellow former teacher 🧑🏫 looking to grow my channel as well!! ❤🎉🎉🎉 great job!!
Thank you!! 😊
Righto, subscribed to you Jen and every one that commented I've subscribed to them as well ❤❤❤
That’s great to hear! We’re all supporting each other! 🤩🙏
Yes 💯🖐🏻
I also subscribe yours channel 😊
Congratulations keep up that same energy and you will accomplish your set goals.
Just came across your channel and your spirit is welcoming 🙏 😊
Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍
Wow! Your kind words and encouragement are deeply felt and appreciated! I look forward to hearing from you again! Beautiful vibes are always welcomed here! 💕🙏☀️
Thank you Jen! I only just stated this CZcams journey at age 52, last year. Learning alot and loving it! We can do it! You've got this! Sub added.😃 💜
Thanks for your encouragement! Yes we do have this! Small CZcamsr support coming your way....I subscribed to you! I think community is so important. One day we will be pros!
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Count me in!
I loved watching this video and your energy. I have diagnosed ADHD and I completely identified with your description of yourself starting and stopping things. Every detail you outlined is 100% accurate for me, or least it has been up until about 2 weeks ago. I decided that it is time to stop the self sabotage and create the change in my life that I want to see. Your video inspired me, thank you.
This brings me great joy to hear! I’m excited for you!
Best witshes!
Thank you! 🙏💗
Thank you for the inspiration !!! I’m taking the challenge today !!! I have two subscribers 😂
Now you have 3!🤗💕. Thanks for reaching out! Happy to have you here!
You are beautiful, and you have a beautiful smile
What a beautiful thing to say and for me to read! Thank you for your kindness! 💕🙏
I'll drop you a sub :) that first 100 is tough. Good luck :)
Thanks! I appreciate you! 🙏
Starting my channel at 40! So far so much fun! Great video
Thank you so much! Good luck on your journey. There are so many resources to help you succeed. Do the research, listen to the experts, follow their lead. You’ve got this!
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My very best to you, i wish you all the success in the world, you got this kiddo!
Thanks to you! I like “kiddo!” Cute!
Subscribed! 🎉
Thank you and welcome! ❤
Good luck with growing your channel. My guess is you might be around 130 subscribers.
You guessed pretty close! I have a few hours left of the day and I’m at 127! Nice job! 🎉😮❤
Hi Jen, just keep going.😁 I am also a small CZcamsr and I am also watching silver and solo’s videos. You guys are inspiring me. ♥️
Subscribed here😍😍😍
Yay! Welcome to the club!
Yay! Welcome to the club!😊
Happy to be an inspiration to you and others! 🙏 Thanks for reaching out to comment. 🙏💕
And I've subscribed to you! Small creators stick together!
Congratulations on getting 80 subscribers!
Thank you lovely CZcams friend! I appreciate your good vibes and support! 💕🙏☀️
I so want to make money on my channel doing what I love! We can do it! You’re really putting the effort in.
Me too, I go full force and then burn out on almost everything I do. I can’t believe I’ve been doing this almost a year now!
Next week you will have 100🎉 make sure and celebrate!
There is so much to learn! So much. It’s so rewarding! I also did my first edits strictly on my phone and moved to ipad. I can’t believe I was doing everything on my phone. Isn’t it crazy how we intuitively learn? I use video leap app and would like to dabble on some others.
Whooo hoo! Your stats are all in the ups!🎉
Thanks friend! @vidiq and @thinkmedia have been really helpful tools for learning for me. But I’m getting most inspiration from other creators who are average people…(well…we are FABULOUS! but you get the point!) like us who are just starting. 💕🙏☀️
To all small CZcamsrs & upcoming content creators ,do not be discouraged by the little views, likes and comments you are getting now. Keep working hard and smart.Those people with 1 million subscribers once started with 0 then 1,3. Do not give up, Your time will come. ❤❤❤To everyone reading this, keep going. No matter how stuck you feel, no matter how bad things are right now, no matter how hopeless & depressed you feel, no matter how many days you have spent wishing things were different. I promise you won't feel this way forever. Keep going...Have a blessed day 🙏.
thank you for sharing your light and encouragement with this community! You are appreciated! 🙏
Hi Jen, wow I just found your video and I too follow Silver and Solo and have also just started my new version of my channel because Jen inspired me too.. Well done and congrats on your reaching your goal. I look forward to see more of your content. Lv it.🥰
YAY! I’m working on my content plan going forward and glad that you will be a loyal viewer! Welcome to the community!
Love this!! I'm on the same journey!! New subscriber xoxo
I appreciate you!💕🙏.
Great 👍🏻
Good luck! I also watch Jen. I look forward to seeing your journey. I’m also a teacher and have a channel for teachers. For your 1% better constructive criticism: Please work on your audio. Invest in a good microphone. BTW I subbed!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to share that! A mic will be my next payday purchase! 💕🙏🤩
Good luck on the channel and your journey! I believe your channel will grow quickly as you seem to be a very authentic and enthusiastic person. I am a 55 yr old teacher (planning on retiring early this winter) on a similar youtube path. Anyway, best of luck again!
Thank you! You too! ✨💕. Teachers are welcome here anytime!
Good luck!
Thanks so much! I appreciate you!🙏💕
200+ more
You have a very interesting channel, I've subscribed to it and look forward to new videos.
Thank you very much!🙏
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 my pleasure
At 43 I've started sane journey 😊 and i am ADHD and havecsame motivation to stick to something I enjoy !! We can do it !!!
Isn’t it crazy how we can hyper focus on some things and with others…just nothing! lol. Maybe I should do a series on that!
you can do it. be positive. I subscribed.
Thank you for the kind words and encouragement! 💕🙏. I checked out your channel as well. I love the concept! New sub here! 👍💯
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 , Thank you. Let us be positive. I subscribed all who commented on your video. Keep going guys. I am 58, so you are younger than me.
Hey there! I have subscribed! I had come across Silver and Solo and learned about her challenge. It inspired me to get started as well! Our goal is be monetized by August 15 before we move out of country to do mission work for God! I wish the best for you and hope you get your birthday wish! 🙂
Thank you! And thanks for joining the community here. 🙏. It warms my heart to know that I’ve been inspiring to you! I watched your first monetization video..you’re off to a great start! 💯✨
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Thank you! 😊
Hopefully 500 best of luck
You are appreciated! Thank you dear! 🙏💕
Keep your videos coming!!! I just subscribed because I’m doing the exact same thing! I’m 55 I live and travel the country in my Prius turned CaRv. I also watch silver and solo❤️❤️❤️
Sounds like a great adventure you’re on! Thanks for subscribing and for the kind comment! 🙏💕
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 I’m here too! @heidi Finnegan Come with me as I travel.
Subscribed! Best of luck to you!
Hi there! Thanks so much! 💕🙏
I think video creation will satisfy you because it is multivariate. You will be great-that’s my prediction. How many more subscribers will you have? I say 17. It’s all good.
Thanks for your encouraging words!
How do you add the funny sounds and emoji to your video. Keep adding!
Hi there! Those options are included in the editing app I'm using. InShot. I really enjoy using it!
I subscribed and added you and Jen to my channel, wish you the best
I’m honored to be kept with such classy company! Thank you for joining my community and taking a chance in my channel.💕🙏
Very supportive ❤
Saw Jen's series earlier this morning and now yours... Think I will be creating a series like this too. Nice and small touch of editing... Super dope! Those sounds? I like them... They are all inside Inshots? Think you might be able to remember their names?
I’m glad you’ve been inspired to give yourself a challenge! The sounds are from Epidemic Sound and InShot. I don’t remember the names…sorry. 🙏💐
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Alright it's fine... I will find them somehow. Thanks 🙏🏾
You both are inspiring me. I’m gonna just start making videos this month.
This comment warms my heart and makes my day…to be inspiring to others! It’s one of the reasons I’m doing this. Looking forward to your first video!
Hi from The Netherlands. Keep it up!
Wow! I’m in the Netherlands! That’s wonderful! Thanks for the encouraging words. 💕🙏
Subscribed!! I found you through the "other Jen" ... you are both inspiring me to post content
I think I found this through the other Jen one too!! I’m in the same boat… five years to retire and exploring different territory but I have a theory that people find the videos about how small channels grow and then start to subscribe from there, then like the person so much they start watching the original content. I might challenge myself to post about my small channel process. This was my first week really pushing out more content but not much luck yet.
@@Master_Your_Moment I hope you do!! I found your channel & subscribed :) I put out my 1st video today & was so nervous. It's not very good, but I'm proud of myself for doing it anyhow ❤️❤️❤️
That brings me joy to hear! It’s part of what makes life beautiful…to inspire others to strive toward their best selves. I’m happy to take part! Think of all the great bits of knowledge that will find its way into the world when we all come together to support and encourage each other. 🧠🙏💯❤️☀️
Hi Leslie! @master_your_moment I glad you reached out and commented here. I’m actually a 2nd grade teacher (25 years) and your channel is SUCH a great resource! I subscribed. Your content is very valuable and should be seen by the masses. 💯💕. There are some strategies you can use to get more views that require maybe 30 more minutes of work (post editing) to help your SEO. Episode 3 of my monetization series I mentioned some, but you can watch @vidiq or @thinkmedia or @robertbenjamin to learn about them.
I’ve subscribed to you both! Lila, your video was beautiful, fun, vulnerable, and sweet. I am YOUR people! And I’m so glad to be creating this little tribe of like minded creators! Let’s stick together…and we will make a space for ourselves (Gen-Xers) here in YT. 💕🙏🏼
I came across your video on my timeline. I'll be 50 in a few months and want to grow and monetize my channel as well. Your challenge is a great idea. I am considering documenting my journey but doing a challenge might help me as well.I can relate to not finishing what I've started mostly because it get's hard or not seeing the progress.
Hey there, Tiffany and thanks for reaching out! 🙏 I was inspired to do this challenge by Jen from @silverandsolo. Some great resources for CZcams success are @thinkmedia as well as @VidIQ. It does get hard. Especially when there’s the permanent challenge of balancing this with a full time job! But we are fabulous in our 50s and I believe that I’ve done much harder things in my life than this. I remind myself that I have value to give the world. So do YOU! 🙏💕🙏☀️
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 you’re welcome! I’ve started to use VidIQ more and love Think Media! Like you, I’ve done waayy harder things than CZcams. Best of luck on your road to monetization.
I am 56 I have a small channel
Best wishes to you ❤
Good luck
Thank you! I’d love to learn from your videos but there are no English Subtitles. There’s a way to set the subtitle languages in CZcams studio. If you do, I’m sure your subscribers will grow! Everything looks so delicious! 😋
Thank you I will try
based on your current growth I'm guessing 110 subs by next week
Thank you for your insight and your comment! I’ll share in Episode #3 the results! 🙏☀️
I subscribed to your channel.. I hope it will help you.. When I started my channel I was too focused on getting monetized and I got discouraged, so I took 2023 off but I found I missed making and editing videos. Now my focus is on having fun and learning and creating better content as well.. I have three self published children's books. I haven't sold any because I don't really promote or advertise them enough. So I need to focus on those more as well because I am proud of them and the effort that I put into them and teaching myself how to self publish them all by myself.. Good luck to you and everyone.. 💙
Yes, just keep going make more contents 😁
@@judithdurano Thanks..
Wow, Melody...you are a true creative spirit! I am a schoolteacher and LOVE children's picture books. Been collecting them for years! Please don't ever lose your creative spirit! Artists are beautiful people!😊💕
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Aww, thanks so very much..I appreciate the encouragement.. 💙
It’s so wonderful seeing other women on here support one another. I’ve recently started to try and grow my CZcams channel. I just enjoy it so much. I’d love to get it monetized but either way I’m having fun! 😊
I feel like you have too many background noises coming in and they are louder than your voice. Crickets, clown sound...too much. Jmo. I'm not a CZcamsr yet, but trying to learn. Thank you for doing this!
You are very welcome. 🙏
I am 43 in August. I have ADHD. Diagnosed as adult. I have had the same issue my whole life. Have a hard time keeping things going. Good at a lot of things. But cant stay focused. Trying to jeep focus and grow my new channel. Want to monetise by Halloween
That is a well-planned goal, Ruby! I realized I had ADHD last summer…a few years after my son was diagnosed at 19. I am 54. Having this information now has given context to my life…which in many ways felt so much harder for me. I am able to hyper focus very well…but that means that while one things is going smoothly other things around me might be falling apart! It is definitely a balancing act in the truest sense!
Can you talk more about keeping a schedule as a teacher with ADHD still teaching and gets planning done on time?
thanks for the feedback, Curtis. 🙏. Personally, after 25 years and going into my 26th, much of my planning remains in my head. I struggle to keep a teacher planner honestly. I think because by this time in my career, I know the standards and have a good idea of the expected time frames it will take to teach them..plus, much of the curriculum guides have time frames in them already. I try to set up my weeks so that lessons are chunked…helps me to spend less time with daily or weekly planning. I use TONS of sticky notes each day! It may not be pretty, but it’s how my brain works!🫨😉
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 thanks for the insight. I appreciate you responding and I will definitely adopt a sticky notes as a management tool.
@@Curtismusicaljourney yay for sticky notes! May I ask what you teach?
Already at 76? Im going to guess 20 more by next week 😊
Ok! I’m on it! Thanks for your support! 💕
As someone considering starting a CZcams channel- how long does it take you to 1. Prep & write a script and 2. Edit your videos? I have been trying to figure out how much time to block off for this as most of my day needs to focus on my primary job.. thanks in advance!
Hey there and thanks for watching and commenting with such a thoughtful question. I work full time too, as an elementary school teacher, so most of my filming is done on weekends. This series requires script writing and it takes a couple of hours currently. Editing is a WHOLE other story. It’s a new skill I’m learning so I allow myself plenty of time. I’d say right now I sit down for about 3 sessions of about an hour each. The first is to upload and trim all the shots. The second to work on sound and music, and the third for graphics. There’s also the time to consider for making your thumbnail and crafting a title. It’s definitely a process and honestly, I’m still developing my workflow. Improving 1% with each video!
I bet you are a great teacher! 👩🏫
Ok, I am going to be as Positive as possible. I am not quite over clicking on video´s that talk about their channel and statistics, but for whatever reason almost no one takes it seriously enough to Learn what they are doing BEFORE they push the start button. It's like driving on the freeway with a driver in the next lane who has not had any drivers' lessons or going into surgery when the doctor has not studied and trained to be a surgeon. WHY. Just wait until you are ready. We are already old, what's a few weeks more. The other part of this is the start again, stop again youtuber. If I actually cared how many subscribers, viewers you had wouldn't it be nice and more meaningful if you started and then did not go to Europe or some other life event to make it a non-continuous journey. How does it help me to know what you accomplished if you did not complete it continuously. How helpful is it to know you completed the 100-yard dash in the Olympics if you stopped along the way for breakfast.
So, I just turned 64 and am familiar with Silver and Solo, so now I guess I have to get out of my assisted living bed to show you guys how it is done. 😎
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! ✨🙏 I’m happy to report that this is a long-haul creative project for me. 💕Documenting my journey allows me to be accountable and build community. Glad you stopped by!
That's so funny, I felt like you were talking about me. I also think I have ADHD and have always had it. I want to monetize my tiny channel, and I just turned 51 in June. Can we be friends? 😄 You can do it, and we'll be here to support you. Us Gen Xers need to help each other, and I am always happy to find another 50+ here on the internet. x
We CAN be friends! That’s what my channel is all about! Building community through shared experiences. I watched your video on menopause. Um…YES. UGH. I went through similar experiences until I started taking BHRT. Not perfect…but SO MUCH BETTER! I’m glad you’re here. In support of growing your channel, I’ve also subscribed to bridge our communities and allow GenX women (and some men…LOL) to create a space for ourselves on CZcams and remain relevant. 🙏✨💕
@@beautifullifesageg.3951Hey friend, thank you for this. Yes, we need to get together and build a strong GenXers community. I am afraid to try HRT, but I will have to if I cannot control my symptoms. Love your videos-I've been binge-watching them. They're really inspiring!💞
@@JasenomadeTV for an expert opinion….follow Dr. Mary Claire Haver. She is a women’s hormone specialist and has a thriving YT channel. I found her AFTER I decided to take BHRT…yet she remains up to date in current research and advocates for women’s menopause experiences to be validated.
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Thank you x