Ok so if you're a noob then you might not have heard of being partnered with a Network so that they will pay you even more for your videos.
A basic way to make money with your videos is to setup the Monetization feature by going to your channel settings but for this thread were going to mainly talk about getting partnered.
First off, if you want to get partnered with the Network that I'm about to mention make sure you have no strikes or Copyrighted content on your page, also make sure you have 300+ subscribers and that you get at least 300 daily video views, you can check on this by searching yourself on here.
Once you've made sure you meet these requirements you can go ahead and apply for a partnership with Acifin Network here.
Create a channel >> apply for Adsense account >> connect these two >> monetize videos >> start making money. Easy.... NO.
To make on YouTube you need a ton of views which pretty much the same as traffic for the website. I would rather spend time on getting traffic to my website.