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Make sure every one of your videos starts with "What's up YouTube" and also includes such phrases as "don't forget to like and subscribe" and "check out my Patreon". (/s) On a more serious note, my feeling is that cutting out "fluff" content like that is something I'd really appreciate.
I would just say skip any video etc. intros.
- Good audio is more important than good video. People can listen to good audio and forgive bad video, but bad audio and people will stop watching. - It takes time/audience to get traction. I started with a bunch of different topics and this was a waste of time. Having a focus for the channel helps. - It takes a ton of time. I enjoy the process but don't underestimate the time commitment. - Don't do it for subs or mo…
I recently began mine and posted first video on it
If you want to check it out https://youtu.be/PU75M0QkwTQ
Find a niche. People love free content. It wasn't that hard. I was making computer security videos for people, real basics for programming, networking, web interactions, number bases, bit math - stuff that you need to learn as a base to get into hacking. Grew my channel pretty quickly to 1k subscribers just by sharing them to reddit. I deleted it because I got annoyed that I was making content for YT for free (the vi…
Had to do a lot of retakes but thanks for the tips. I won’t be able to invest in a mic yet but I’m okay using my apple headphones once I gain some traction I’ll be buying a new mic
I know a couple of people outside the tech field who operate their patreon almost like a consultancy. If you pay the £150 you get a couple of hours of one on one discussion and coaching per month. They could only build this on a reputation that they had built up over many years.
- Good audio is more important than good video. People can listen to good audio and forgive bad video, but bad audio and people will stop watching. - It takes time/audience to get traction. I started with a bunch of different topics and this was a waste of time. Having a focus for the channel helps. - It takes a ton of time. I enjoy the process but don't underestimate the time commitment. - Don't do it for subs or mo…
It doesn't matter how good your presenting voice is or your video editing skills are, if it sounds like you are in a tin can it's just unbearable to listen to and no amount of post production can ever fix it.
The solution doesn't have to be crazy expensive, the difference between simply having people individually miced up and not is huuuge, that's ~£20 or less for a decent wired lavalier. Don't fall down the rabbit hole of mic quality, the difference between using a personal mic and not is the largest voice audio quality jump you will ever achieve, just buy something that you can pin to yourself, make sure it works consistently, preferably that you can tell it's working when you are using it - and that's super good enough.
Try to stick to a schedule. That's something I've personally struggled with a lot, and it's something that the more successful channels I follow have usually done better with. People like to know when new uploads will be posted, and YouTube likes to push videos that people check out quickly after their initial airing. Because of that, it's probably best not to try and post daily (or multiple times a day) unless you c…
Have you ever thought about going full time on YouTube
Find a niche. People love free content. It wasn't that hard. I was making computer security videos for people, real basics for programming, networking, web interactions, number bases, bit math - stuff that you need to learn as a base to get into hacking. Grew my channel pretty quickly to 1k subscribers just by sharing them to reddit. I deleted it because I got annoyed that I was making content for YT for free (the vi…
I literally went through the same making my first video. Had to do a lot of retakes but thanks for the tips. I won’t be able to invest in a mic yet but I’m okay using my apple headphones once I gain some traction I’ll be buying a new mic
Find a niche. People love free content. It wasn't that hard. I was making computer security videos for people, real basics for programming, networking, web interactions, number bases, bit math - stuff that you need to learn as a base to get into hacking. Grew my channel pretty quickly to 1k subscribers just by sharing them to reddit. I deleted it because I got annoyed that I was making content for YT for free (the vi…
Audio is 80% of video.
People will watch potato-quality video; no one will listen to garbage audio.
- Good audio is more important than good video. People can listen to good audio and forgive bad video, but bad audio and people will stop watching. - It takes time/audience to get traction. I started with a bunch of different topics and this was a waste of time. Having a focus for the channel helps. - It takes a ton of time. I enjoy the process but don't underestimate the time commitment. - Don't do it for subs or mo…
Your cinematics can look amazing, but if your sound is amateur, the entire finished product is too.
Bad sound kills.