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Chose Money or Fame?

by HzCy
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Hey, I have a great opportunity for my Internet Marketing career.
This is a similar question, just want to have some opinions.

Here is my question:


WOULD YOU CHOSE 1 Million Subscribers on Youtube


OR 50.000$ ?




I am totally serious about it, just want to know what you would chose.

~HzCy
#chose #fame #money
  • Profile picture of the author actionfigurefury
    Youtube, only because I could then make the $50,000 in a short amount of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author MovingAround
    A bit off topic, but I've found that the people making big money are not the ones people know about. The "famous" ones tend to be the marionettes of the guys behind the scenes making the big money (the latter being the ones nobody knows about).

    Classic example are B-class celebrities.
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    • Profile picture of the author higherluv
      You mean $50k?

      Depends what the subscribers are for. Don’t quote me but on average, I think you will make $700 from this list if relying totally on youtube ads that pop on the video.

      Perhaps one could try instead an annotation directing to something that pertains to a lot of people, like weight loss or making money, even though the subscriber base may not be originally targeted for that… I don’t know - never had 1 mil youtube subs before.

      But that’s a thought…

      NB: the yt thing for me would have nothing to do with fame. Just to have an audience and make money. Don’t know how you can do the fame thing with just 1 mil subs anyway - not to an extensive level.
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      • Profile picture of the author HzCy
        Originally Posted by higherluv View Post

        You mean $50k?

        Depends what the subscribers are for. Don't quote me but on average, I think you will make $700 from this list if relying totally on youtube ads that pop on the video.

        Perhaps one could try instead an annotation directing to something that pertains to a lot of people, like weight loss or making money, even though the subscriber base may not be originally targeted for that... I don't know - never had 1 mil youtube subs before.

        But that's a thought...

        NB: the yt thing for me would have nothing to do with fame. Just to have an audience and make money. Don't know how you can do the fame thing with just 1 mil subs anyway - not to an extensive level.
        Thanks, ye I mean, just a question.

        So basicly its all about audience right? If the audience wants to buy, its better to go with "Fame" - right?
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  • Profile picture of the author rmolina88
    If it's 1 million RESPONSIVE subscribers, I'll take that over the money any day.
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  • Profile picture of the author loftloft
    money usually comes with fame, so i'll chose fame first
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    I don't care to be famous at all. Would rather not be.
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    • Profile picture of the author HzCy
      Originally Posted by RockingLastsForever View Post

      I don't care to be famous at all. Would rather not be.
      But I think, famous will get you some serious "Fan-Base" right?
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  • Profile picture of the author konakid
    It depends what kind of subscribers they are and what niche it is in, but a million subscribers has the potential to be a lot more valuable. Although that much cash up front would be really nice... I'd probably take the money just because I like the safety in it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Curtis2011
    It would obviously depend on the specifics.

    Can the Youtube subscribers be monetized? Or are they fake accounts?

    I've heard from one popular Youtube video maker that an average video that gets 1M views will generate about $3000 in ad revenue.

    So with 1M subscribers, if you could translate that into maybe 0.5M views for every video you post, you could bring in $1500 per video.

    These numbers might be very niche-specific though, so there's really no telling what kind of cash you could generate with your own 1M subscribers. You'd have to make a few videos with ads enabled on them to find out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
    What good is being famous if you have no money..
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    • Profile picture of the author HzCy
      Originally Posted by Alex Blades View Post

      What good is being famous if you have no money..
      Right Im totally agree with this
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  • Profile picture of the author m00d
    A bird in the hand my friend.... Take the money...
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  • Profile picture of the author shimmer
    I'd take the money as you can't control Youtube.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tris
    I like money and I'd rather be broke than famous...

    So OBVIOUSLY, I would choose the Youtube views.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrmatt
    I would take the money and make a hard money real estate loan at 12%. A nice $500 a month recurring income.
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  • Profile picture of the author harry123
    yes it depends what type of subscribers you have in your you tube channel.
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  • Profile picture of the author george b
    In this instance I would probably take the youtube video and develop and build around it to increase profit on a recurring basic.

    However in the grand scheme of things. Money > Fame

    I hate attention, any attention bought to myself by anyone I don't personally care about (Friends, family & colleagues) is unwanted and unneeded.

    One reason why I dont particularly like my birthday, I had my 23rd birthday recently and my girlfriend organised a big party with about 75 people attending. I knew and cared for about 25 of them, the rest were tag alongs and there for the free drinks. I hated every second of it! But dont tell here that!
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  • Profile picture of the author ymest
    I'd go for Youtube to try and make much more than 50k! But whatever you choose, both are good news! Congrats

    Yoan
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  • Profile picture of the author SamuelCarter
    I would go for the subscribers,

    As the figures there you could make the 50,000 fairly quickly with that many subscribers !

    Samuel
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Monroe
    YouTube any day, $50,000 is hardly a lot of money.

    Even if only 10% of your million subscribers were active, that's still 100,000 views per video, which at current rates would make around $300 per video (I think).

    Anyways, lets say we get $100 per 100,000 video views. A video a day is an extra $700 a week, thats not even counting extra money you'll make from doing product placements, product promotions, sponsored videos, oppurtunites and so on.

    If you hustled hard, you'd make waayyyy more $50,000 in the first year and thats with only a 10% active subscriber base.
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  • Profile picture of the author Young Financier
    Just give me the cash. I'd much rather be the eminence grise.
    A $50kcash infusion into my trading fund would be significant. I can turn that $50k into a 5% return daily in no time.
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    • Profile picture of the author HzCy
      Originally Posted by Sean T Alexandre View Post

      Just give me the cash. I'd much rather be the eminence grise.
      A $50kcash infusion into my trading fund would be significant. I can turn that $50k into a 5% return daily in no time.


      5% return ... that would be bettern than stock exchange lol

      Would u tell me how ?
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      • Profile picture of the author Young Financier
        Originally Posted by HzCy View Post

        5% return ... that would be bettern than stock exchange lol

        Would u tell me how ?
        Can't share my method. But I'll give you a hint...I trade mostly in the Futures market where returns can be exponential when trades move in your favor.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Oh hell yes. Keep the money coming and leave me the heck alone!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tomas Lodén
    50k is not much so ill go the 1 Million Subscribers on Youtube..
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