What is vlogging?
Vlogging is another name for video blogging. Vlogging has become extremely popular worldwide that a lot of people now take it as a personal career. Vlogs are easy to watch and understand within a short time. It is perfect for someone with a shorter attention span. Vlogs are entertaining and educational at the same time. Knowing the vlogging tips for beginners will reduce your stress and help you grow your vlog in the a short possible time.
A vlog is different from any other video because a vlog talks about the person’s experience. It can be done in two forms which are “talk about” or “follow me”. In the “talk about” form the vlogger narrates his experience with something or a place. The camera is usually static capturing every moment during the vlog. In the “follow me” form, the vlogger takes the viewers through showing every details of what he’s bringing to his audience. This is usually used for advertisement or sales vlogs.
In this blog we will be giving vlogging tips that can help you get started as beginners.
Tips for starting a YouTube Vlog
Find a suitable niche
The first step to vlogging is knowing what you want to vlog about. Take your time to understand yourself first and know what you have passion for or what you are good at before starting a vlog. If you enjoy a topic, you’ll find it a lot easier to talk about.
Choose a platform
Once you have found a suitable niche the next thing is to choose a platform. Vlogs usually do well on YouTube and social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. The purpose of a vlog is to inform, explain, answer or entertain and a way to do it is to integrate your vlog platform with Social Media further.
Understand your audience
Your audience are the lifeblood your vlog especially if you want to make money from your venture. Know who your potential audience are, what they like and dislike, what’s they age range and what is particular with them. If you can make your viewers feel included, they will always be on your page waiting for your vlog daily.
Create and edit videos
Think of a topic within your niche, create a video on it. Make the video as unique and interesting. Your videos should be very clear, unique to your niche or brand and be one that people will engage with.
Edit the video and post. While editing takes time, it does give you complete control over all the content you publish online. There are several video editing tools you can get online such as Canva, Adobe premiere pro, CapCut, Movavi video editor, Wondershare Filmora, iMovie and so on. It’s just for you to go online and pick the one you’re suitable with.
You may want to read How to Create a Viral YouTube Video
Plan ahead
As with most things, planning ahead is key to creating great vlogs. It will help you meet up with your audience needs. Come up with a content strategy and plan, as well as working on your branding, your message and what you want to achieve with your vlogs. Are you wanting to grow your YouTube channel, aiming to raise awareness or are you simply vlogging for fun?
Identifying what you want out of the experience will help you to plan and work towards your personal goals. Being prepared will always help you stay one step ahead and create much better content for your audience.
Post Consistently
Once you have planned your vlogs ahead, it is easy to make videos beforehand. An idea may just drop in your head and you do the video and keep. As you schedule your post you will see that the video just falls in and aligns with your aim. While posting make sure your video length, time and posting and quality of your vlog are consistent.