I used to wonder if I really need experience to be a content creator. I did not even know how should I start, or what type of content should I even create. After doing a lot of research and watching the journey of a lot of content creators such as Marques Brownlee one of the successful content creators in tech review, Graham Stephan in finance, and more, most of them did not have any experience to be a content creator.
To be brief, we don't need experience to be a content creator, we will gain experience in our journey. The more content we create the better we become, we should consider also watching other successful content creators if we wish to learn and improve our content quality.
I know that we may have many other questions that we are looking for answers to, such as :
Can anyone be a content creator?
What type of content should we create?
What do we need to start?
Is content creation a stressful job?
How do beginner content creators make money?
How long is it going to take us to make money?
Here is the best information we can find on these subjects:
Can Anyone Be a Content Creator
There is not any requirement to be a content creator, you don't need any certification or degree to be one. Anyone can become a content creator. The only thing we will need to be a content creator is valuable information that we would like to share with people around the world. It can be anything that we are good at or anything that we enjoy doing, and we would like to share our knowledge with people.
What Type of Content Should We Create
The type of content we create matters a lot, as it will affect the income we will start generating, so it is important we create content about a subject in which we may have some kind of interest. It can be about Photography, nature, computers, finance, product reviews, personal development, video editing, gaming, cooking, biking, or anything subject in which we have some kind of interest.
After choosing the type of content we want to create, it is important now to know which platform are we going to use to share our content.
Here is some valuable information about platforms and their use:
YouTube.Com: a lot of content creators use YouTube to share their content, and to reach a wide range of audiences. Nowadays people love watching videos, so YouTube is a great platform if we want to create video content, and want to make a lot of money from our content.
Intagram.Com: This platform allows content creators to share content in the forms of video, and images.
Wix.Com: This platform allows us to build websites and blogs. A lot of content creators use Wix, to create content in a form of writing, videos, and image.
Wordpress.Com: This platform has almost the same use as Wix, it allows us to build websites and blogs. A lot of content creators use WordPress to create content in a form of writing, videos, and image.
What Do We Need to Start
To start creating content, we will need equipment such as a camera, computer, and internet connection, and some basic skills such as writing, video editing, and basic design skill, all of these will help us generate and be successful in the content creation industry. Everything we will need will be based on the type of content we want to create.
Here are some examples so we can have an idea of what we need to start:
Video Content: If we want to start generating video content, we will need a good camera, microphone, soft light, a computer, and an internet connection. If we are not yet able to afford professional equipment, we can use our smartphone camera, microphone, and natural light as our source of lighting.
Writing Content: If we want to start generating content in a writing format such as a newsletter, or blog, we will only need a computer and an internet connection.
Is Content Creation a Stressful Job?
Content Creation, like any other business or job, has some level of stress, and it can be caused by many things, such as the amount of content we generate, procrastination, the time it takes us to monetize our content, and much more. The level of stress will depend on each individual situation, and goals.
How do Beginner Content Creators Make Money
There are many ways how beginner content creators can generate income. We can generate money by ads revenue, doing affiliate marketing, sponsorship, selling a digital product, offering a service to businesses, and much more. The money we will make will be based on the type of content we create, how big our audience is, how good is our content, and much more.
The most important part about content creation is there is no limitation on the amount of money we can generate, we can make thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars.
Note: It is important to know that it will take time to start generating good income. So It is very important to be patient throughout the journey.
How Long is it Going to Take us to Make Money?
The time it takes for us to monetize our content depends on many aspects, such as what type of content we create, the amount of content we were able to create, and much more.
Here are on average how long it takes us to monetize our content:
Writing Content(Blog, Newsletter): It take usually about 3 to 8 months to start generating some good income from our content, and the reason is actually it takes time for our content to rank on google usually 6 to 8 months for our content to reach its full potential on google.
Note: We should have a least 30 articles or more if we want to generate some good income.
Video Content(YouTube Channel): It can take us 3 to 12 months to get monetize on YouTube. For us to get monetize on YouTube we will need 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours in the last 360 days.
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