My youngest son said to me: "Mom, start a YouTube channel! You're bored, so you'd have something to do." When I asked what on earth I was supposed to post, he had no answer either. I carried the idea around for almost nine months, so to speak. On a walk, and after plenty of YouTube afternoons, the spark finally came: YouTube millionaire's wife. A soap of my very own! No sooner said than done!

The whole family was rounded up and I announced it. I am going to become my very own businesswoman with the slogan: YouTube millionaire's wife. My husband waved it off right away and my three boys looked at me, baffled.

They immediately started calculating the likes and subscribers, though, and wanted a cut if they appeared in the clips.

YouTube millionaire's wife: I don't care about the others!

It spread through town faster than any wildfire ever could. The boys passed it on right away via WhatsApp, and then I had the mess. Of course people came up to me.

At the bakery I was approached. "Oh, Mrs. Smith, we heard you're going online with YouTube millionaire's wife." I smiled, annoyed, and thought to myself: just give me my rolls, and now they even know my slogan, YouTube millionaire's wife.

So, in keeping with the motto: I don't care about the others! Of course the pressure was on now. "YouTube millionaire's wife" could not be an embarrassment, and I truly had to see it through now!

YouTube millionaire's wife soon on TV?

My husband was slowly warming to the idea. Of course, when it came to making money, his ears perked up. A businessman through and through, who absolutely knows his trade, with worldwide distribution.

He advised me: "Don't waste your ammunition on YouTube millionaire's wife." Position yourself, make yourself interesting, but get TV to take notice. They should want you and your entertainment. You are creative, so make them pay for it.

It is also very good advertising for me and we will take advantage of that. It is free advertising. Develop a concept and let me have a look. Then we start shooting. It gradually became his idea, so to speak. I talked him out of that.

The whole family was in on it, including the housekeeper and the gardener. Friends of my friends, everybody wanted to be on camera and everybody wanted to join in. The idea took more and more shape. We also filmed on our next vacation in Dubai and St. Moritz, so we quickly gathered a lot of material.

And my goal is: in six months it should really take off, and each week the channel will be filled with 2 to 3 new videos:

YouTube millionaire's wife: I don't care about the others!
It spread through town faster than any wildfire ever could. The boys passed it on right away via WhatsApp, and then I had the mess. Of course people came up to me.

At the bakery I was approached. "Oh, Mrs. Smith, we heard you're going online with YouTube millionaire's wife." I smiled, annoyed, and thought to myself: just give me my rolls, and now they even know my slogan, YouTube millionaire's wife.

So, in keeping with the motto: I don't care about the others! Of course the pressure was on now. "YouTube millionaire's wife" could not be an embarrassment, and I truly had to see it through now!

YouTube millionaire's wife soon on TV?
My husband was slowly warming to the idea. Of course, when it came to making money, his ears perked up. A businessman through and through, who absolutely knows his trade, with worldwide distribution.

YouTube millionaire's wife


He advised me: "Don't waste your ammunition on YouTube millionaire's wife." Position yourself, make yourself interesting, but get TV to take notice. They should want you and your entertainment. You are creative, so make them pay for it.

It is also very good advertising for me and we will take advantage of that. It is free advertising. Develop a concept and let me have a look. Then we start shooting. It gradually became his idea, so to speak. I talked him out of that.

The whole family was in on it, including the housekeeper and the gardener. Friends of my friends, everybody wanted to be on camera and everybody wanted to join in. The idea took more and more shape. We also filmed on our next vacation in Dubai and St. Moritz, so we quickly gathered a lot of material.

And my goal is: in six months it should really take off, and each week the channel will be filled with 2 to 3 new videos:

  • YouTube channel
  • Make money
  • Have fun

My motto!