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How to Plant Evergreen Youtube Videos to Generate Passive Income… Forever!
YouTube presents a tremendous opportunity to earn passive income online. Unlike blogging or selling courses, which require ongoing creation of fresh content, YouTube allows you to earn revenue indefinitely from evergreen videos.
What is an evergreen YouTube video? These are videos that continue attracting sustained viewership and driving income months or years after being published, without any further work from the creator.
In this post, I’ll provide a step-by-step blueprint for researching, creating, optimizing, and promoting evergreen YouTube videos that can earn you passive income forever.
Step 1: Identify Evergreen Video Topics and Keywords
The first step is using keyword research to identify topics and keywords with strong ongoing search volume. These indicate ideas people are continually interested in and actively seeking information on via YouTube.
Some key tactics for finding evergreen video topics include:
- Review trending search terms using Google Trends
- Analyze suggestions from YouTube’s auto-complete search feature
- Use Google’s Keyword Planner for high search volume keywords