MSE News: 'I made Ј6,375 from YouTube videos last year'

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A mum-of-two has turned her part-time hobby of posting videos on YouTube into a lucrative money-making scheme...

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'I made Ј6,375 from YouTube videos last year'

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• It's amazing how people can make money on the internet.
  A simple idea which is proving to be successful. Interesting reading.
• Oh! I've followed her earnings diary that she runs over at The Money Shed for months .
  I'd love to give it a go myself, I just need some talent
• Simple ideas are often the best. They don't get much more simple (or cute) than animals singing happy birthday.
• Our family pets are being rounded up for their fifteen minutes of fame as I type..
• She mentioned copyright of people's pictures etc., but how has she got round the fact that the Happy Birthday To You song is still in copyright until 2030 or so??
  https://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp
• Thanks to a similar MSE email sent out over a year ago about this same MSE user I started my own YouTube videos..
  It is hard work!
  I now earn between Ј100-150 a month but its going up monthly!
  I have improved over the last year my quality of video so its certainly a learning curve.
  I accept I will not be rich from it but its a nice extra little sum at the end of each month!
• I do videos on my travels, so that restricts me as I can only make them when I'm on holiday! The videos I do are very basic, and I upload them and don't give them a second thought. I only earn Ј1-2 a month on them, but I'm getting closer to the Ј60 payout now!
• My Youtube videos make me Ј60 over 9 months, not a great deal but a nice unexpected bonus when the total reaches the payout level I set and it drops into the bank account.