How I Built A $200K/Year YouTube Channel

In this video, we met up with entrepreneur and podcaster, Raheem, who quit his 9-5 and built a podcast that generates over £100,000 a year. He shows us how he started the podcast with minimal budget, how to go viral on YouTube with millions of views, and the monetisation strategies he used to build a 6-figure podcast.

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0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Breakdown of the Business
1:21 - Quitting a 9-5 to Start a Podcast
1:47 - Startup Costs for a Podcast
2:08 - Learning how to Edit Videos
2:50 - Podcast Studio Setup
4:53 - Cost of Podcast Equipment
6:03 - How To Go Viral on Youtube
7:48 - How To Get Celebrity Guests
8:17 - Strategies To Get A Million Views On Youtube
8:43 - Importance of Thumbnails and Titles
9:31 - Monetizing A Podcast
10:44 - Negotiating Brand Deals
12:00 - How Much Money Has The Podcast Made
12:31 - Income Streams
12:53 - Podcast Overhead Costs
13:10 - Celebrity Guests
13:45 - Reaching 100,000 Subscribers
14:17 - Biggest Challenges and Mistakes as an Entrepreneur
15:30 - Plans to Expand the Business
17:18 - Advice For Anyone Who Wants to Start a Podcast

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[naheemhaneef]

Mashaa-allah your commitment to your faith is a part of your success…

[a-hpdg]

Love how he has monetised it! Big fan of CEOCast

[athletexprogram]

I listen to CEO cast so when i came across this on my feed i thought i would give it a watch. And no regrets. Keep it up man. The whole idea of this channel is great.

[PropaRezwana]

Followed his faith and focused on providing value. Respect!

[thehandsomeyogi]

Great questions and interview skills...I really enjoy the direction that you took the interview. Cheers to the both of you.

[howtoielts]

Loved this podcast! Perfect questions! You’ve just gained a new subscriber in me 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[thetruth]

Love how honest and humble he is! Great podcast

[ukrestorevival]

04:26 that's not South London...ha! but loving this podcast, can't wait for the next!

[ivorross]

The best episode was when he interviewed himself. Very cleverly done

[CHZO.]

Dope episode big up Raheem one of the few podcasts I watch

[TheAthleticAngle]

Alhamdulillah, Never forgetting the Deen ❤

[KvancSag-oc]

Mashallah may Allah Grant you with wisdom and understating with your wealth and make it a tool Ameen

[vhal]

4 months since his last upload, welcome back!

[Asif]

Something doesn’t tie up. Income is circa £160k a year but hired 7 people costing £8k pcm. Add on other capital costs, like taxes etc and it doesn’t seem sustainable. The income must be significantly higher.

[Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

I liked his podcast, he had genuine business owners and I learnt from them. One of the best podcast was from the Urban foundeer. Unfortunately genuine business owners are hard to come by so he started getting more and more course sellers on his podcast. Which is disappointing and I suspect they pay him to be on the podcast so they can hopefully get punters from the exposure.

[Wa-uf]

I doubt he makes that much from his YouTube. He doesn’t have that many views on his videos. Sounds more like a promo for crap he will be selling soon on how to make money on YouTube

[eldraw]

Audio levels on this are far too low, but great video otherwise 👍

[lilekoe]

I’ve been following him since the early vids and I’m so happy for him! But I’ll say it’s dropped in the quality of guests to be honest. Too many influencers and guru type people, crypto rubbish, selling courses type shhh. Let’s be real, for the best guests in his eyes he had to be the Tate brothers is a tad pathetic.

[mparker]

7 minutes in and 4 adverts already. Clown

[ThreeWords]

Respect for the brother to reject RIBA 💚🤍♥️