Total noob help. Got a viral video on my hands and no way to monetize?

[bedub]

Alright so I found this forum on Google and would be quite grateful if someone could steer me in the right direction.
I have a video on youtube which has received about 20k views today and will probably continue to grow in popularity to the upper XXX,XXX views range, maybe higher. Very hot right now. In the top 75 videos today on youtube in terms of people adding it as their favorite.

Problem is, I don't have an adsense account or any way or knowledge of how I would make money off these views and I feel like I've got dough slipping through my hands.
Is there a place I could "sell" these views somehow, or any other ways I could get some loot off it? Googling only brings up spam

Many thanks for helping a greenhorn; if this should be in a different sub-forum please let me know too.

[avenuegirl]

Yes, you need to add a link in the description going to a site with offers on it - offers will be dependent on the video.

If you don't have a site, you can link to your twitter account and get some new followers perhaps.

There are other video sharing sites that do use ads and adsense - so get out there and get your adsense in place and submit your video to a few more sites.

[bedub]

Thanks for the advice avenuegirl.
Really sounds like I need to have adsense in this case.

[actionplanbiz]

link to an opt in page. giving away something for free.

you will get more conversions if the opt in page is related to the video. if not related you can still get some conversions with that high amount of video views.

[avenuegirl]

Originally Posted by bedub

Thanks for the advice avenuegirl.
Really sounds like I need to have adsense in this case.

This will get you started, but is by no means something that is going to be all the income you will ever need.

Start by applying to the adsense program, and you can set up a free blogger blog which will also be an easy way to pop some adsense onto a site.

It is just a small kick in the right direction.

If you can swing your own domain and hosting, then you do want to look into starting a site on the topic of your video perhaps.

See if you can create a longer term plan with what you have, or if you have a way to recreate that viral video effect again.

Without seeing or knowing what your video is about, I can't be much more help with ideas. Feel free to pm the link to me.