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How do you make money with a blog or with Youtube? Aren't they free to view?
Check out social media marketing. Ok so it can be difficult to build a following but many platforms such as youtube do pay you money based on the number of visits to your post. For example my kids watch Stampy Cat, along with millions of others doing the same thing. Every time you click to watch, you also see advertising. The revenue is shared between the person posting the video and the company hosting the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeRVKoxLgVI
It is reported that Joseph Garret the creator of the Stampy Cat Minecraft videos is worth $4million and growing. He has 30 million viewers a week watching his videos.
Check out social media marketing. Ok so it can be difficult to build a following but many platforms such as youtube do pay you money based on the number of visits to your post. For example my kids watch Stampy Cat, along with millions of others doing the same thing. Every time you click to watch, you also see advertising. The revenue is shared between the person posting the video and the company hosting the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeRVKoxLgVI
It is reported that Joseph Garret the creator of the Stampy Cat Minecraft videos is worth $4million and growing. He has 30 million viewers a week watching his videos.
And what if we don't have a "passion" that lends itself to YouTube videos?
And what if we don't have a "passion" that lends itself to YouTube videos?
Not sure what you should do then. I only pretend to have answers that others want to hear. I can not solve the problem of job passions. I am so sorry. LOL
What about those of us who are in professional fields? What options do we have at this point?
Side business (if you have the time) or maybe go into freelance or contract work.
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ow do you make money with a blog or with Youtube? Aren't they free to view?
First off, you can't play the short game. This is post three videos and then give up because you have a combined hundred views. I know of many YouTube content creators and been a blogger off and on for some time, some posts take off, some don't. Some give you single views, some turn into let me check out other stuff from them while others turn into instant subscriptions. YouTube is the most likely way to make actual money. Blogs require you to basically set up a store or patrion page. It is really good for marketing products and keeping your 20% of customers who give give you 80% of your business through repeats. YouTube you can make money off of views as well as these other revenue streams
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You consider being realistic to be "making excuses"?
I love my job & look forward to it everyday. Sometimes it does get tough but overall it is a satisfying career. If you dont feel this way then you are stuck in the wrong career path & should consider switching tracks. Over the years you should easily get promotions & lead others. Thats how you know that you are cut out for your job.
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Originally Posted by Jowel
This is probably for another thread, but I don't agree that everyone should be getting promoted up to a managerial level. Not everyone is cut out for that or really wants to do that. There are plenty of people who are cut out for what they're doing, but wouldn't necessarily thrive as the boss.
Totally agree, Jowel. Great SMEs may not be good managers...and many people become managers because they are lousy at their job and (crazily) get promoted out - not that they're good managers either!
Over time, companies can get top heavy with more and more managerial positions created because apparently SOME people scream and holler for promotions. Too many chiefs and not enough people actually doing the work.
It's not just luck; it's knowing what you like and not always following the money. My job doesn't pay a whole lot. It pays my bills, but if I had gone for a position that I actually got my degree in, I would have made a lot more money and not enjoyed the work as much. Part of choosing the right path is thinking outside of the box and being willing to put up with some drawbacks in order to enjoy the time you spend at work. For most of us, a large percentage of our working hours are spent working. It's a shame if we don't like it and even actively hate it.
There is a lot of ground between love passionately and hating your job. Most of the time it's not one or the other....sometimes it is a bit of both. There are VERY few things in this life that I love 100% all the time and it is not realistic to expect to LOVE your job every day for 40 years - you are setting yourself up for failure if that is your expectation out of the gate. You can work toward that and work at things you're good at, it's a good start. What most people do at some point in their life is put their job on the back burner and get more of their enjoyment from spouse, family, and hobbies. And there's nothing wrong with that. You can make a living and not be passionate about your job.
I have a friend who got laid off some time ago. He job hunted for a long time. He finally got hired (sigh of relief), but its not a job he is passionate about.
He tolerates the new job, and he is lucky to have that job.
Often, people simply have to take what is available.
Or as I have said, if you don't want to work for the Man, then have an alternate Plan.
It's not just luck; it's knowing what you like and not always following the money. My job doesn't pay a whole lot. It pays my bills, but if I had gone for a position that I actually got my degree in, I would have made a lot more money and not enjoyed the work as much. Part of choosing the right path is thinking outside of the box and being willing to put up with some drawbacks in order to enjoy the time you spend at work. For most of us, a large percentage of our working hours are spent working. It's a shame if we don't like it and even actively hate it.
It's not just luck; it's knowing what you like and not always following the money. THAT is exactly correct. People are so money focused, so focused on "climbing the ladder" and getting promotions-that they likely don't really know what their passions are. Work better be about more than money due to the huge chunks of time we have to spend at it.
And what if we don't have a "passion" that lends itself to YouTube videos?
Blogs can be monetized. Google it.
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Not sure what you should do then. I only pretend to have answers that others want to hear. I can not solve the problem of job passions. I am so sorry. LOL 
