Not to alarm you, but there are 75 days left in the year. Before you start sweating, think of it this way: 75 chances to try something new. 75 days to build that brand. 75 days to lock in a new habit (hey, there’s a reason the 75 Hard Challenge went viral – 75 days can change everything).

Ready to launch that digital product? Build that email list? Finally submit your store to The Leap’s Discover page? There’s plenty of time to do just about anything. What will you do with your 75 days?

– The Leap 

TL;DR

🤑 Short-form content on YouTube has never been more popular. If you want to learn how to cash in, here’s our full guide. 

👀​ Have a great digital product offering you're trying to get eyes on? Submit your Leap store to be featured on our Discover page! 

📽️ One of the best ways to keep your audience hooked is by creating a video series that builds up interest. Here’s what creator Andrew Polo suggests doing on IG.

A Shortcut To Monetizing YouTube Shorts: Free Guide

YouTube Shorts are a powerful channel to grow your audience and earn extra money.

It’s no secret that YouTube is a video content powerhouse. The platform has top-notch analytics and boasts a billion watch hours a day – that’s a lot of eyes on a lot of videos. And with YouTube Shorts, the platform has become a real contender against the likes of TikTok and Instagram. 

To sweeten the deal for creators, YouTube recently announced a bunch of new Shorts updates, including new templates, expanded song snippets (a great promo tool for musicians), and the ability to replicate existing videos. 

Have you explored creating YouTube Shorts yet? Here are three reasons why you might want to:  

• Shorts are easier to film and edit than longer videos.

• Shorts use a different algorithm that can pull in new viewers.

• They offer monetization opportunities to both new and experienced creators. 

Creating just for fun? We love that for you. Creating because you want to earn extra money? We’re obsessed. If you’re wondering how, our YouTube Shorts Monetization Guide gets into the nitty-gritty of it all, targeting the 8 most popular ways to monetize Shorts, including: 

💰Earning ad revenue
👏 Fan funding

🛒 YouTube Shopping

📺 Earning from YouTube Premium

📲 Selling digital products

🤝 Partnering with brands

🛍️ Joining affiliate programs

🤳 Creating UGC for brands

⚡️ FREE RESOURCES

1. Have a sweet digital product offering you're trying to get eyes on? Submit your store to be featured on our Discover page over on The Leap! (Psst, it’s free) → 

2. Batch creating is the meal prepping of the content world. Are you doing it yet? Learn how to save time and make great content with this free lesson and workbook → 

3. Want to create punchy, shareable, engaging content? The secret sauce is good storytelling. Here are five techniques to keep your audience hooked →

📲  NEW IN THE CREATOR WORLD

• Threads is on the top of the download charts and it’s winning hearts. With 200 million active users, can it really be a challenger for X as the most popular text-based social app?

• One of the best ways to keep your audience hooked is through serial content, aka a video series that builds up in an interesting way. Here’s what creator Andrew Polo suggests doing on IG.

• Meta knows video content is king, which is why the platform is investing heavily in new video ad tools like Video Expansion, Facebook Content Monetization, and Partnership Ads Hub. 

• Add this to your Halloween inspo cauldron: Pinterest’s Halloween Trends Report. The big ones: gothic glam, Dallas cowboys, cheerleaders, and Sharkboy and Lavagirl. 

• Does TikTok care about our emotional well-being? The platform is addressing mental health concerns by encouraging users to consider how they feel before, during, and after use of the app.