There are two possible ways you might experience an advertisement at Midway to Main Street.
The first is through YouTube’s AdSense advertising platform. Those are the videos you see before and sometimes during or after a video, as well as the image ads on the side of a YouTube page. These ads are selected automatically by YouTube when the video loads on your page, so I have no say in what is displayed in those spaces.
The other type of advertisement you might see on my channel is an integrated sponsorship, which is when I make a call-out to a sponsor in the video and read ad copy. These are partnerships that I do have a heavy say in. My policy when it comes to sponsorships is that I will only partner with businesses that I would personally patronize myself. I restrict sponsorships to a brief mention at the top of the video, with the bulk of the ad-copy being read towards the end or after the video is over. You’ll never see me reading off a 30-60 second ad spot before the video even begins. Who really wants that? I don’t.
All in all, out over hundreds of videos over nearly eight years, only around five videos are sponsored. I primarily fund the channel through YouTube AdSense revenue and through Patreon. If you’d like to learn more about the perks of becoming a patron of Midway to Main Street, check out my Patreon page!