what's up guys welcome back to our channel we just wanted to thank you for
2 500 subscribers honestly it's been unreal we're so happy that we've lived on our promise of
a video every week and we've been doing this for one year now so hopefully we can do it for
the next year and the years to come so we just wanted to make this video to just talk about
general experience on youtube for the last year and the kind of different opportunities that it's
brought us and whether we think you should start your own youtube channel or instagram account
so one of the main questions people always ask us is why did we decide to actually make this
channel and to be honest with you i remember when i was back in third year entering my clinical year
that's actually one of the first videos we made and this was part of the purpose of why we started
this youtube channel i always felt like it was so nerve-wracking going on to clinic for the first
time you were responsible for patience and to be honest i'm more of a visual learner like i would
always try find stuff on youtube and there was always that little gap there was no one no one
really making uh dental content on youtube for dental students or young dentists so we obviously
have a passion for photography videography as well so this is kind of why we started it and it's just
become something so much more and i think when you approached me or you said like let's start
a youtube channel at first i was about uh i don't want to become one of those hey guys like people
on youtube but here we are but i think at the same time we knew that there was a gap there we
could make loads of videos for dental students and young dentists to help them out and we knew
that it could bring so many opportunities for us and already after a year on being on youtube we've
had so many different opportunities that have opened up for us just because we have this youtube
channel we have our instagram and things like that and that was one of the things that we wanted to
discuss on this video today like how powerful social media like instagram or youtube can be
for you guys if you're like a dental student dentist or like a hygienist or therapist anything
within the dental profession we think social media is really kind of the future potentially
and can open up so many doors for you guys yeah it's the direction that everyone is going and
it's almost like we want to be pioneering that in dentistry so one of the first opportunities that
we actually got was that we started collabing with different dentists and we had the opportunity to
actually meet these people and build connections with them learn from them and allow for them to
actually educate us and kind of give us a perspective into the dental world which we
hadn't really entered yet um i know that you're obviously a foundation dentist when we started
and now you're an associate and now i'm a foundation dentist whereas i was a student
but we didn't really have that insight into the actual dental field of what really goes on and
speaking to these to all these different dentists was actually so eye-opening and they kind of like
took us through all the little tips and hints and there were things that like no one would really
tell you unless they really knew you i think other than the fact that we've been able to collaborate
with these people because we've had the youtube channel with all this photography videography
stuff we've been fortunate enough to have other people ask us if we can kind of film for them
or do some recording and i think one of the other kind of opportunities that it's opened up for us
is just the fact that we've become so passionate about photography and videography and making
videos to the point that we're kind of able to have a hobby on the side where we're not only able
to produce content for our own youtube channel but we can produce content for other people as well
and that's been really fun for us kind of going on courses or going to different dental practices and
kind of learning from how they function of course we're creating content for them whether it's for
advertising marketing or whatever but at the same time of course because we're dentists ourselves
we're learning on the spot as well so it's kind of so it's kind of using our skills for video
applying it in a setting where we're learning as well and it's just a really great combination but
of course this is something that took us a long time to learn and then on the topic of learning
because we're always trying to create the perfect content for you guys it also means that we need
to go out and research and continue to learn so we're never staying stagnant we're always looking
to progress and better ourselves in our education and actually learn more for our patients as well
and i think even because we if we didn't have the youtube channel in my foundation training i might
have just been going to work every day coming back and not doing anything else but because we
had the youtube channel i was constantly trying to learn as much as i can from tutorials or like
reading and things like that just so we can make a youtube video about it after so i guess the
reason we're saying all these points is because it comes back to the question should you make your
own youtube channel or your own instagram and to be honest with you guys the answer is always yes
and i think it's because we've seen how much opportunities it's opened up for us and i think
moving forward social media is becoming so strong within dentistry that it kind of puts you on
another level compared to other dentists so i know a few principals who actually just look at cvs and
one of the first things they look at is if they have an instagram account or not and they check
out their instagram and i'm not saying you need a dental instagram account to get jobs it's not
like that i talked all my friends this year got jobs and not all of them had a dental instagram
account but it really does differentiate you from other people and if you have your own portfolio
anyways well why not just make it public and have a public portfolio on instagram to be
honest with you it actually just does make sense like if i was a practice owner and i saw 100
cvs that i need to filter through am i really going to read all these cvs or am i just going to
whip out see if they have instagram and just have a look and see what i think about this person and
kind of shortlist it like that that makes more sense to me personally yeah and i think that's
the direction that dentistry is going but at the end of the day honestly we don't want to be kind
of making this video to put pressure on the young dentists out there because we know dentistry is
stressful especially when you're just a foundation dentist you've got a lot of things going on so
it's not the end of the world if you don't have it but if you are in that position where you're
kind of contemplating if you're thinking should i start one should i not we think you should just
go for it what's the worst that can happen you just post and no one likes your photo
well no it's true though like honestly who cares but at the end of the day at least you attempted
and you got your portfolio out there and if it's a good portfolio even if you don't have thousands of
followers at least the principal that's hiring you will see that you're putting effort in and
your work is good i think that's probably one of the most important things i mean work ethic work
ethic is so important and the fact that you're going home and putting in that extra little bit
of effort to make a portfolio and you're making it public for people to see it shows that you're
proactive about these kinds of things and i think that comes across very well someone who's hiring
and i think it's not just about dentists getting hired as well it's patience as well that's true
you'll get you'll get a job anyway as a dentist you're gonna get a job it's that's not really the
biggest issue but but patients like it because when they see your personality on instagram
they're a lot less scared of the dentist and so they can kind of relate to you when they come and
see you so patients love that kind of aspect of it as well yeah honestly if you guys are gonna go
for it and just make an instagram account i'd definitely say just do it dental community as
a whole is really supportive and you'll see that loads of people are starting to like and promote
your content so don't worry too much about that that will come i think and there's no rush to
get a start if you're just a second year student maybe just focus on your studies at the moment
but as long as you're kind of open at one point i think you'll be on the right path and if you guys
are thinking about it we'll put some links in the description of some of the content
that we watch before we start our own youtube channel and that includes things like lighting
cameras editing and everything is literally on youtube for you to learn so we'll put some links
in the description if you guys are interested and if you have any questions please feel free
to message us and we'll be more than happy to help you as well we'll also put our gear list in the
description of all our lighting our camera setups the monitor and everything like that so you guys
can have an idea of what kind of things you need anyways if you're still watching thank you for 2
500 subscribers we're really happy that you joined us on this journey and thank you for supporting us
yeah thank you guys so much honestly we didn't really think it would blow up this much in one
year honestly i remember i was joking about maybe 500 subs after one year and yeah unreal that we've
come this far because of you guys and uh thank you so much and we'll see you guys in the next video