{"id":9697,"date":"2023-03-29T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/?p=9697"},"modified":"2023-03-31T20:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:36:24","slug":"blogging-vs-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/blogging-vs-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging vs YouTube &#8211; Which Is More Profitable For Affiliates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quick Answer:<\/strong> YouTube &amp; blogging both have their pros &amp; cons &amp; which one will be most profitable depends on the individual that&#8217;s asking the question. On this page, we&#8217;ll run through the advantages &amp; disadvantages of both to help you figure out which one is best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve been looking to start building an income online through <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-affiliate-marketing\/\">affiliate marketing<\/a>, you&#8217;ll have likely heard that creating blog posts or publishing YouTube videos are 2 of the best ways to generate traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it&#8217;s true, they are. By publishing content online, you can start <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-traffic-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">generating traffic<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/is-affiliate-marketing-commission-based\/\">earning commissions as an affiliate<\/a> with next to no upfront cost whatsoever (other than investing a little bit of your time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But which one is better? Is blogging or YouTube more profitable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what are the pros &amp; cons of each?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are some very good questions to ask &amp; the good news is that if you&#8217;ve been asking them, you&#8217;ve landed in exactly the right place to find out the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this blog post, we&#8217;ll be putting blogging &amp; YouTube head to head &amp; determining not just which one is best overall but, most importantly, which one is best (and most profitable) for YOU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let&#8217;s dive in&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blogging vs YouTube &#8211; Which Is Best?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a glance, a lot of people think that YouTube is the most profitable platform &amp; the easiest one to start creating content for, but that&#8217;s not necessarily true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You see, whilst, in theory, it may sound quite simple to just &#8220;point and shoot&#8221; a video &amp; publish it, the reality is that producing video content be quite time-consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And often, it can actually end up being even more time-consuming than creating written content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But of course, that&#8217;s not the case for everybody &#8211; some people find they&#8217;re able to create video content more quickly, whilst others find they&#8217;re able to create written content more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, putting the time it takes to create the content aside, there are 3 more important factors in determining which is best and those are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How quickly you can start getting <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-traffic-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">traffic<\/a> (views)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How much traffic you can get<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How well the traffic <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-does-conversion-rate-mean-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">converts<\/a> into revenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for the first 2, YouTube does generally come up on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that if you publish videos on YouTube, you can generally get your first views relatively quickly &amp; with a little effort, you can quite easily get a lot of views overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas with a blog, it can take quite a lot longer. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-many-blog-posts-before-getting-traffic\/\">it can actually take you months before you start getting your first visitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So you might be wondering, how could a blog possibly be better at all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, here&#8217;s the deal. YouTube typically falls down when it comes to converting traffic into revenue. In short, YouTube views generally don&#8217;t equate to as much $$ as blog views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is because people watching videos on YouTube are already preoccupied with&#8230; Well, watching videos on YouTube&#8230; So it can be more difficult to grab their attention &amp; convert them into a sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So whilst it may take a blog longer initially to start generating traffic (views), when it does start actually generating traffic, it&#8217;ll likely end up <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-much-money-can-you-earn-as-an-affiliate\/\">making much more money<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And not only that, but high-quality blog content typically receives traffic for much longer than video content as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that not only will you likely earn more per view on your blog content, but you&#8217;ll also earn more in the long run in general because you&#8217;ll typically end up with more views overall on your blog content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, let&#8217;s make that comparison a little easier to see side-by-side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blogging vs YouTube At A Glance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Blogging<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It can take a long time to start getting views<\/td><td>You can start getting views pretty quickly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Views typically worth more money<\/td><td>Views typically worth less money<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traffic lifespan is typically longer<\/td><td>Traffic lifespan can be quite short<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Similar content creation time overall<\/td><td>Similar content creation time overall<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can likely now see after looking at the side-by-side comparison table above, it&#8217;s very close between the two &amp; there is no clear winner yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let&#8217;s take a closer look into the incomes of both bloggers &amp; YouTubers to see if that sets the two apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Much Do Bloggers Make?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloggers don&#8217;t get paid a set rate. Instead, they typically earn through various means such as <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-affiliate-marketing\/\">affiliate commissions<\/a>, advertisement revenue, <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-guest-posting\/\">guest posts<\/a> &amp; more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, their income depends on various factors such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Their chosen monetization methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-does-conversion-rate-mean-in-affiliate-marketing\/\">conversion rates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-to-choose-an-affiliate-marketing-niche\/\">chosen niche<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And most importantly, <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/life-as-an-affiliate-marketer\/\">how hard they work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, we can still provide rough estimates of what you could expect. So let&#8217;s run through those below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blogger (0-6 months): &lt;$100\/mo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blogger (6-12 months): $100 to $1,000\/mo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blogger (12+ months): &gt;$1,000\/mo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And those income figures will have the <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-to-make-passive-income-with-affiliate-marketing\/\">potential to become passive<\/a>, meaning that even if the blogger stops blogging, their blogs should still continue to generate that revenue on autopilot with very little interaction for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A blogger could even end up <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/can-you-become-a-millionaire-from-affiliate-marketing\/\">becoming a millionaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But remember, those figures are just estimates only based on what we&#8217;ve seen from our own experiences &amp; what we&#8217;ve heard from our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It could vary a lot. It could take you longer, or, who knows, you could get lucky &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-long-does-it-take-to-make-money-with-affiliate-marketing\/\">start earning sooner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Much Do YouTubers Make?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTubers typically get paid roughly the same amount as bloggers for the amount of time &amp; effort they put in. It tends to balance out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only difference is that it&#8217;s typically easier to get things happening a little bit faster on YouTube than with a blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, you could publish a video on YouTube today &amp; start getting views a few hours later (depending on your chosen keyword).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas with a blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/how-long-does-it-take-websites-to-get-google-indexed\/\">you&#8217;d need to wait for search engines to index it<\/a> before it could stand any chance of appearing within the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The downside, however, is that YouTube videos can have a bit of a shorter lifespan than blog content (but not always), meaning if you stop producing content, your income could take a hit pretty quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And remember, when publishing on YouTube, you are also not in control of your content. Your content is at the mercy of YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that if they decide to delete it for whatever reason, as they do from time to time with many creators, your income could vanish entirely overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So YouTube can offer you speed, but it also brings you added risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A blog, on the other hand, is 100% yours. You&#8217;re in full control, so your income is much more secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should You Start A Blog Or YouTube Channel First?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though YouTube can see you generating traffic more quickly, a blog will act as a centralized platform for all your promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re creating content on YouTube &amp; you want to create some <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/what-is-an-affiliate-marketing-funnel-can-they-boost-sales\/\">funnels<\/a> to promote products &amp; build an <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/should-you-build-an-email-list-for-affiliate-marketing\/\">email list<\/a>. How do you do it? <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/affiliate-marketing-without-a-website\/\">You need a website<\/a> (a blog).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for this reason, we will always recommend that you <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/blog-launch-checklist\/\">start a blog<\/a> before a YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on top of that, a blog &amp; YouTube channel work hand-in-hand, so you should, ideally, create both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do what we do &amp; what we teach here at <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\">Commission Academy<\/a>, which is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find a keyword to target<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a blog post targeting the keyword<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Record a video &amp; publish it to YouTube whilst it&#8217;s fresh in your mind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embed the YouTube video in your blog post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the ultimate winning combination because having videos embedded in your blog posts will help your blog post rank in search engines &amp; when your blog post ranks, that will help your video get views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So going down the route of both a blog &amp; a YouTube channel is not only the fastest way to grow your income, but it&#8217;s also the way to grow your income as large as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, if you had to pick only 1, I would always suggest starting a blog first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mentioned on this page, YouTube is a good traffic source, but your content is at the mercy of YouTube at all times, so a blog would provide you with a more stable income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Blogging A Dying Trend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolutely not. Blogging is simply sharing opinions &amp; information in written form &amp; there is no way that blogging will ever die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creators will always want to share information &amp; consumers will always want to consume it, so it&#8217;s safe to say that blogging is here to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, whilst video &amp; audio can be nice formats, there are times when you simply prefer to read written information than to listen to it or watch it&#8230; And that&#8217;s where blogs come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there is no need to be concerned about blogging dying because the rumours are simply not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rumours have just been created by so-called &#8220;gurus&#8221; who are trying to sell shiny objects that are supposedly better than blogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t fall for their lies. <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.academy\/blog\/blog-launch-checklist\/\">Build a blog<\/a> &amp; reap the rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bottom Line: Is Blogging More Profitable Than YouTube?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, neither blogging nor YouTube is more profitable than the other. For the amount of effort put in, both methods generate similar results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, in reality, it is simply a case of which medium you prefer to create content via. Some people prefer to create videos, whereas others (like me) prefer to create written content or blog posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you won&#8217;t earn less by choosing 1 over the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as mentioned earlier, the best approach is to do both blogging &amp; YouTube. That will enable you to grow your income the fastest &amp; to grow it the largest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall though, the most profitable business is the one that you are most passionate about &amp; enjoy working on the most, so pick whichever you feel you&#8217;ll enjoy the most &amp; just go for it! \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully, this article has been insightful to you, but if you do still happen to have any questions or comments, don&#8217;t hesitate to leave them below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Answer: YouTube &amp; blogging both have their pros &amp; cons &amp; which one will be most profitable depends on the individual that&#8217;s asking the question. On this page, we&#8217;ll run through the advantages &amp; disadvantages of both to help you figure out which one is best for you. 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