Carmina discovered that she is halfway to being monetized, having completed 2,000 public watch hours . YouTube takes time to review and calculate the watch hours, but it turns out she managed to achieve this within her 365-day period. Carmina’s strategy to get friends to watch your videos is simple—join their live streams.  Last Saturday, I joined a stream of someone already subscribed to Lyn but didn’t know me. Lyn checked out my channel to see who I was and mentioned that if I stayed during her live stream, one of her members would play my playlist to help me with my watch hours.  I agreed without hesitation since I’ve been doing this for my friends. It’s interesting how people don’t always realize how supportive you are until they meet you. I stayed for the entire three-hour stream from start to finish.  The next day, I noticed my public watch hours had increased. These are the videos many of my viewers have been watching.  By reviewing the list, you can identify...