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All right, so Dan says, when setting up an ad sense account to monetize a channel, is there a limit

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to the number of other channels that we can link to this one ad sense account?

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Is it wise to do so or create separate ads since accounts for each channel in case the channel gets

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banned and is impacting the other ads in this account?

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Also, should we should we form an LLC or is it OK to leave it as a personal account?

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So couple of different questions here.

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He basically says, is it OK to monetize?

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Let me let me tackle them one at the time.

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So when setting up an ad sense account to monetize a channel, is there a limit to the number of other

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channels that we can link to one ad since account?

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Now, I would Google this to make sure, but I'm pretty sure there's no limit to it.

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I currently only have at the time of filming this to two YouTube channels that are monetized.

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They're both linked to the same ads, an account rep.

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So when I get my third one, Monitise, relatively soon, I will link that third one to the same ads.

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This account, when the fourth one gets monetized, say Madsen's account.

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Right.

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So I assume and I'm pretty sure maybe like ninety eight percent sure that there's no limit to the amount

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of channels that you can link to the same ads, this account.

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Right.

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Which would make it a lot easier for you to manage so you don't have to focus on getting paid out for

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multiple places.

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You can just link all your channels to the same ad account and then instead of getting like five hundred

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a month and four hundred a month and like two thousand a month, you just get twenty nine hundred a

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month.

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Right, because it's all together.

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So that's probably the easiest way to go about doing it.

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And that's how I approach it and that's what I'd recommend for you.

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Now, your second part of the question is, is it wise to do so?

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We'll create separate ads and accounts for each channel in the case that yours gets banned.

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Right.

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So if your ad sense account is linked to like a channel that gets banned, you don't want your other

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channel.

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You're saying link to that same assets account so that one might get banned as well.

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And my answer to that is it really depends, honestly, like, what are you doing?

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Are you doing something where you're clipping someone else's content primarily and you don't have the

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copyright for that?

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In that case, then I would say yes.

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If you're doing something shady like that and you're not creating your own content specifically and

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you have one channel that's doing that link to your other channels, then yes, I would say then in

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that specific case, create multiple channels and multiple absents accounts.

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But if you're ninety nine point nine percent of people on YouTube and you're creating your own content

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and you just have content that from your videos that you're creating on different channels, then you're

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fine to link it all to the same Madsen's account.

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I wouldn't worry about that.

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Now, your third part of that question is, should you form an LLC or is it OK to leave it as a personal

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account?

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Again, this is going to depend on your situation and your main goals.

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Mine is linked as it used to be, an LLC.

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It's an escape now for tax reasons.

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But I always recommend it really depends on you, like it depends on your goals.

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Are you just doing this as a side hobby, as like a side business, as a side hustle to make a little

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bit extra money in that case, then it's perfectly fine to obviously keep it personal and probably ninety

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five to ninety nine percent of the people watching this are probably going to want to keep it personal

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because they're not going to want to form a business to do it.

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But in my perspective, if you're not just doing it as a side hobby right now and you actually want

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to start up a legitimate business, and keep in mind, you don't have to create an LLC or do this initially,

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but eventually, once you start making decent money with YouTube in your ad sense account, you'll probably

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want to form at least an LLC because you'll get a lot more tax breaks and you'll make and keep a lot

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more of your money and obviously consult an accountant in your specific state and your specific country

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depending on where you live.

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But generally speaking, you'll make and keep a lot more of your money if you you form a business,

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whether that's an LLC, an S corp or whatever it is, because you can write off a lot of your other

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stuff.

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Right.

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So, like, if you're doing YouTube specifically and you form a business, the camera that I'm talking

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to, that's a write off the light that goes around the camera that I'm recording from right now.

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That's a write off this microphone I'm wearing.

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That's a write off this computer.

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That's a write off because I edit my content on it.

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Right.

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So this is like a two thousand dollar computer.

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That's a write off.

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I don't actually have to pay out of pocket for that.

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That comes off the taxes that I would have paid based on the income that I make.

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I just knock that income down and I pay less in taxes.

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Right.

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So ultimately, you can potentially keep more of your money.

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You can potentially make more of your money and you can kind of get cool little gadgets like this as

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like right off on your business's not for free, but your business is buying it.

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You're not paying it out of pocket.

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Right.

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So it really depends on a lot of different factors.

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You don't have to do that when you're starting.

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But if you plan on taking it seriously, if you plan on scaling it up and getting a lot of cool stuff,

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you don't actually even need to.

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And keep in mind, I'm not an accountant, so consult an accountant.

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I'm just speaking from personal experience.

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Right.

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This is my own anecdotal experience that I'm basing this off of.

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It's not recommendations, but if you plan on scaling it up, then what you could do is you could obviously

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buy a bunch of stuff, write it off on your business, because you don't need to, in most cases, show

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a profit on your business for the first two years.

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So you get a bunch of really cool stuff, you know, basically, and you're busy.

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And pay for that.

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So in my experience, in my opinion, if you're starting and you plan on starting slowly or you don't

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you're not making any money right now, then it's perfectly fine to keep that personal.

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But once you start making a lot of money or if you plan on scaling up with a lot of equipment, you

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probably want to form an LLC or at least talk to an accountant or somebody like a business consultant

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or something like that that can tell you the best way to go for your situation and your goals, because

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obviously everybody's going to be different if you you're on the side of the spectrum where you plan

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on scaling this up into a full time business.

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And if full time content you to business very, very quickly, you're on one side of the spectrum.

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And if you're just kind of doing this as a side hobby to see if this is something that is plausible

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and can work for you and you can actually get paid for them while working from home, you're on the

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other side of the spectrum and obviously a bunch of people fall anywhere in between that.

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So that's my best advice.

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You don't need to in the beginning for your third part of the question, but ultimately it's recommended

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because you can write off a bunch of stuff and you'll make and keep a lot more of your money.

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But that was a great question and hope all three of those answers really helped you out.

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Dan?