How I Made $732,311 with YouTube Automation (Full Course)

🤝apply to work with me 1-1 in my new program: https://goforge.biz/signup?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=700 👀New Yt Automation Course 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRG51nG9TK4 YouTube automation isn't really about AdSense — and in this full breakdown I show you exactly how I turned one channel into $700K+ over almost three years. I walk through every monetization method I actually used: selling your own products and services, building a Skool community, landing brand deals (with real Stripe invoices on screen), and stacking affiliate commissions from AI tools. If you're trying to make money on YouTube without leaning on ad revenue, this is the real playbook, not theory. Everything's linked below. -timestamps- 00:00 Intro 01:53 Sell your own products & services 03:06 Pick an audience, steal like an artist 05:02 Mine the Facebook Ads Library 07:57 High-ticket vs low-ticket pricing 09:21 Skool communities — the biggest earner 13:15 Brand deals & real Stripe invoices 16:21 The brand-deal process, step by step 18:18 Affiliates that compound 21:38 Why AdSense comes last FAQ Can you actually make money on YouTube without AdSense? Yeah, and AdSense is the worst of it — this channel only pulled $32K from 9 million views at a ~$3.6 RPM. The real money came from products, brand deals, and affiliates. What's the best way to monetize a YouTube automation or educational channel? Selling your own products and services, by far. My Skool community did around $184K in 12 months and peaked at $60K in a single month when a video went viral. How much can you make from one YouTube brand deal? I've made $3K for a single video and around $25K for a 3-video package. In the AI niche it realistically ranges from about $1K up to $25K per video, and it scales with your views. Do I need a skill or an audience before I start? No. Spend a month actually learning something — YouTube, AI agency, SEO, whatever — then teach it, and study competitors and the Facebook Ads Library to see what's already selling. How do affiliate commissions work for a YouTube channel? You sign up to a tool's affiliate program (just search "[tool name] affiliate"), get your link instantly, and drop it in relevant videos. I've generated over six figures from single tools like 11 Labs this way, mostly passive.