I wanted to check if this video was promoted as and ad, or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfqJ8ugUQ0 Lets calculate if it’s worth the investment : (using commas as separators) RPM is ≈$4 CPM is $7,27 Cost for 1,6M views is $11632 Item is sold for ≈$53 Revenue as an affiliate is $15,9 5% of 1,6M clicked the amazon link = 80000 10% of them purchased the item = 8000 8000 x 15,9 = $127200 ROI = 993% Now do the DIY channels run ads for all their videos ? I have no ideas.

The Global Disinformation Index https://twitter.com/unherd/status/1780631805357432850

According to Neil Patel's research.

I help youtubers grow their audience and monetize their channel. When I saw this group I thought it would be interesting to learn what the advertisers are doing in comparison to what the "creators" are doing. So... the youtube business model requires ads. Ads and content (and the platform) need each others. Nevertheless I wonder why you guy are doing ads instead of doing content. They are both videos and both use retention and CTA techniques.