For gaming videos on YouTube the CPM for me is around $3-5. If an affiliate asks for a video ad in a video, how much should you charge them? In the past I gave fixed rates of around $20 (guaranteed 3000 views), but I am not sure what the market price for these things are. Does anyone else have any experiences or rate examples? Thanks

I'm doing 100 uploads in 100 days. @Colby McElrath is coaching ME now too. I'm also taking the Full-Time Creator Masterclass. He told me to share my Current vs Desired State. •••••• Current state: 📆 1) Current monthly income? 💰 1-on-1 coaching: $4000 (avg) Content: $324 Grindstone: $1500 Total: $5824 (avg) 2) Current online following? 🌍 YouTube: 366 subscribers Instagram: 392 followers TikTok: 0 followers Email: 1354 subscribers Twitter: 356 followers Total: 2468 audience size 3) Current weekly content workload? ✍️ Days worked: 1 days Hours worked: 3 hours Uploads: 5 uploads 4) Describe your typical work day: 💼 Morning: wake up at 7am or 8am without alarm, work out or start deep work Afternoon: eat first meal at 12, then start sessions and calls Evening: calls until ~8pm or 9pm, then dinner Night: wind down with YouTube or reading before bed, no phone in bedroom 5) Describe how you currently feel about the content you’re making: 🤔 Love most: bringing value to strangers, writing tweets Hate most: making videos that meet my taste Willing to sacrifice: social life Most excited about: making stuff that helps creators at scale ••••• Desired state: 🌟 1) Dream monthly income? 💰 1-on-1: $4000 Content: $5000 Grindstone: $50,000 2) Dream online following? 🌍 YouTube: 3.5m subscribers Instagram: 150k followers TikTok: 550k followers Twitter: 1.5m followers Email: 200k subscribers 3) Dream weekly content workload? ✍️ Days worked: 3 days Hours worked: 18 hours Uploads: 40 uploads 4) Describe your dream work day: 💼 Morning: wake up at 7am, no alarm, start deep work Afternoon: eat at noon, continue deep work if maker day or start meetings if manager day, break with gym workout Evening: chill if maker day then do BJJ or leave for social event, pump out meetings if manager day, invite friends over Night: in bed by 10pm with no screens, read fiction until falling asleep 5) Describe how you want to feel about the content you’re making: 🤔

Hey all. 👋 Starting this Monday (September 23rd), I'm posting one piece of content every single day for 100 days. 15 weeks. I'll track: 1. my starting numbers 2. my growth 3. lessons & mistakes 4. $ invested 5. my final results An upload can be ANYTHING... - YouTube videos - shorts - tweets - blog posts - podcasts - LinkedIn posts - emails - Instagram posts - etc The point here is to practice what I preach. I'm just going to follow Grindstone principles and have fun with it. If you want to join the challenge (or do your own version of it), here's the 100 Uploads in 100 Days Tracker. 📊 And Head Coach @Colby McElrath (along with all of you) will hold me accountable. 🐻 Let the games begin. 😎