I think it unfair that only partners can have banners and branding on their Youtube channels and video pages. As a partner the most frequently asked question I get is 'How do I get that button above your video and a banner'

Let's start a petition group to ask Youtube either to make banners available to everyone OR
Have a reward system to encourage Youtubers so that when people reach 100 subs they can have a video page banner and say after 500 subs a full banner on their page and so on. Or maybe you have your own ideas..let us know so we can formulate some ideas to put to Youtube in a constructive way :)