Do you remember ‘Charlie bit my finger’? Charlie’s family certainly does: they made £120,000 in YouTube earnings. Yet, this remains an exception; unless they go incredibly viral, YouTube videos aren’t a reliable source of income.
However, it doesn’t mean you can’t monetize your digital content online. Yet you may want to look elsewhere than Google and turn to smaller companies. Several of them are experimenting business models that go well beyond the traditional CPM approach for online ad impressions, resulting in interesting returns for authors and publishers.
To get you started, here’s a list of lesser-known platforms that let you distribute your own media content – and make money from it:
Link to article: http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/01/23/7-lesser-known-ways-to-make-money-from-your-content-online/