Obviously you have to monetize your videos to make money on YouTube. But how do you make content that pulls in the views you really need to make money? There are 3P's surrounding this concept: Presentation, Production and Promotion.
Presentation
You have to make sure people feel you have a quality YouTube channel with good thumbnails, banner art and a good profile pic. Your thumbnails should also be unique and branded so your videos stand out in results.
Production
You have to make quality content and lot's of it. It is very difficult to make money and build your following if you are only producing videos a few times a month. It's also difficult if the content is good but the quality of your production values are not. Make sure you are using HD Quality video and clean audio using a microphone.
Promotion
It doesn't do any good to have great content that nobody sees. Make sure that you are promoting your content in social media like Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook. Promote frequently and encourage others to help you share our great content. It is after all, your product so make sure you ar putting it in front of as many people as possible.
It should be the 4Ps
Presentation->Production->Promotion->Patience
For the majority of youtubers, the content is not something which will change the world.
Even if it is good quality content, in the beginning, it will take time until the results will apear.
When i starter to make money with youtube, i started with few dollars a month. And this was for few months.
Like an advice for all the new youtubers which wants to make money with youtube, they should follow below steps:
do not give up in the first month be
Patient.
Work on the channel
Presentation - art channel, playlist, thumbnails
In the same time create lot of movies - work on the way the movies are
Produced
and last but not the least -
Promote the work - use all available ways for you: social media(FB,G+, twitter), web(blogs, sites, email signatures), offline (newspaper, business cards).
The last point - even if you will follow all above steps - do not expect to be billionaire after this. to make thousands of dollars a month. to achieve this you need a viral video like Charlie bit my finger or a lot of work. First option - it is like you won playing lotto - remains the second option.