A lot of people seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of how to make money online. Lots of people think the way to do it is with content. The real way to make money online is with ecommerce, selling courses, and drop shipping, but that’s a story for another day. You can make some money creating content, especially if you’re involved in the video production and live streaming spaces. Regardless of what niche they’re in, a lot of the top content creators make some type of reaction videos. Whether it’s on their main or backup channels, reaction videos are the bread and butter of a lot of YouTubers, and here’s why you should
A reaction video is a video in which a content creator watches another piece of content live, and gives commentary on what he or she sees. Examples of creators who make reaction videos include Aba and Preach and Ssniperwolf. Reaction videos can be short, or they can be long. The only requirement is that the person reacting to the content speaks about what they are watching. You don’t even need to show your face to start a reaction channel. Simply animating a character, or playing a video and having the audience listen to voice in the background can work.
Reaction content is profitable for three reasons. The first is that there is an infinite amount of content to work with. You can always react to another video. The second reason reaction content works is that it is The final, and most important reason why reaction content always works, is that it is automatically search engine optimized. A good reaction channel is centered on popular content. Popular content gets searched for a lot. By running a reaction channel, you make sure that your videos are about highly-searched topics. This is because everything you react to should be popular. If you use the right forms of content, the recommendation engines will push you, and people will be more inclined to click on your links. Although there is a place for all types of content, reaction videos are an extremely profitable way to build an audience. They’re a way of inserting yourself into the conversation and giving random people the opportunity to stumble onto your site or channel.
Websites, blogs, newspapers, and magazines also can create their own forms of reaction content. These are called news articles or columns. All current events articles, outside of product reviews, are technically reaction articles. The columnist or journalist will react to the current events of the day, and people making searches will click on the links and read them. This is why news sites get so much traffic, although it is also why they struggle to earn money. There’s a low barrier to entry. If you can be clever about how you write your articles, and add a creative spin.
How can I make a reaction video?
The easiest way to make a reaction video is using iReact. It’s an app for your phone which allows you to make and edit quick reaction videos on your phone and post them to YouTube. You can control the playback of the videos on your phone, pausing and rewinding as you give your opinions. You can also make short clips of your reactions and upload them to TikTok. You can use the basic video editor on your phone to cut out 15-second to 1-minute-long segments of your reaction videos and upload them to TikTok. This will allow you to (sort-of) get paid twice for your content and build a bigger audience than you otherwise could. Since your reaction videos will be about topics that are already being searched for, you’ll have an easier time than normal getting views.
If you have nothing better to do, I suggest you start uploading reaction videos to your YouTube channel. This is one of the best ways to gain an audience and begin earning money online outside of blogging. You likely won’t strike it rich, but it will be a guaranteed and lucrative side hustle, the same way that SEO blogging is. Just make sure that you keep your reactions clean and do a good job!
By Rising Current on .
Exported from Medium on November 8, 2024.
