It's up to you what kind of videos you're going to make for YouTube but if
we can give you one word of advice pick something that you're really interested in
otherwise you're not going to keep creating the content that you need to
have to attract an audience. Here are our five tips on how to choose what kind of
videos you should be making for YouTube this year (2019)
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tip number one be yourself! people are often just looking for topics
that will attract views for the sake of it. Looking up popular video categories
on YouTube is definitely one way to start. You can see where you slot in in
the YouTube world.
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
It's about finding that
balance between something that people want to watch and filling that little
spot in your heart that makes you happy and that will prompt you to invest more
time in making videos. If you can speak freely on a subject that you really love
then you know that you're heading in the right direction
DO I GO THIS WAY???
As the Internet is absolutely exploding with new content every day
people are also getting hungry for original passion and precision to the
content that they're looking for the most important reason you want to be
working on something that is dear to you is not actually because people want to
see your passion. I mean it would be awesome if the world saw raw passion and
then just threw money at it.
shut up and take my money
It doesn't work that way
and especially not on YouTube you are competing here with millions of other
creators all hustling for that top spot in the keyword searches that match the
same content as your video. So now again why is it important that you are
passionate? Well it's because you need to be able to be inspired to keep going
when nobody is watching! Your first hundred subscribers are gonna be your
mum and your dad and your brother and your uncle and your sister and even your dog.
Why are you following me?
I'll tell you why....
SINGS: Cause I'm all alone...
and the first thousand
subscribers are also hell - you'll literally be there standing talking to a
camera to yourself the entire time, but if you are not entertained by yourself
you're not going to carry on! Because only after a thousand people subscribe
to you they're going to start listening to what you're saying and now at least
you've had the time to practice. This is what you're going to need to perfect
your style and this is something that we will talk about in the next video so
definitely stay to the end of this video and see the link to episode number two
let's go on to tip number two.
practice makes perfect it doesn't make
you perfect but it definitely makes you better
I mentioned that your first thousand subscribers are going to be your
practice round this is to figure out your gear your style yourself but you
can fast track this process and this is a little trick it's called talking to
yourself in the mirror you have to do this every day
I mean singers sing in a shower so why shouldn't you stand in front of the
mirror after brushing your teeth and just talk to yourself a little bit
a good idea right it's a good idea
it will help you see what you don't like
about the way you speak maybe it's the speed the tone the choice
of your words
obviously not everybody wants to be on camera or use their voice
for that matter but you will see in tip 4 that the most popular YouTube
categories at the moment all involve an element of you it's called YouTube for a
reason if you are purely into creating films then you're probably going to do
better on Vimeo despite it having a smaller audience. YouTube is a machine
built for the constant flow of content . Tube is a way of saying television so
it's You-Television. You must keep working on the you part.
tip number three
keep your content simple
try to keep your content simple in the beginning
this allows you to evolve your videos into more complex stories and edits later
if you raise the bar too high too early you might be forced to start
dropping your standards as you keep going on you should always try to
improve the quality over time so definitely start simple in the beginning
a short two to three minute video with absolute minimal editing like a talking
head something you're watching me do right now is all that you need and by
the time you have your thousand subscribers you'll be doing stuff out in
the field with cool editing tricks so I'm gonna have to do a tilt from the
bottom to the top there's one specific tip I want to give you about tilting
which works for panning as well but I'll do that when we get there but you have
to build up momentum confidence and also the expectation not only of yourself but
also from your audience to keep improving
so start somewhere here not here it's also important to try and stay within
the lines of one YouTube category choose one interest that you can connect with
so here are some of the most popular YouTube categories on YouTube from the
last few years tip number four choosing one YouTube
category all right so this is probably the reason you're watching this video in
the first place let's look at the categories on YouTube
that are doing well if you see yourself aligning your interest with something on
this list you are likely to do well on YouTube fast to notes before we get
started with the list one you can obviously do more than one type of video
on your channel some people have review Tuesdays and
Tech Wednesdays and throwback Thursdays and how-to Fridays but like I said stick
to one in the beginning get it right practice it do it through a hole or as
many times as it takes to start getting a look and feel that
you can replicate a channel that people can subscribe to and know what to expect
and point number two a video category does not imply style it is very
important to differentiate the two we are going to do style in the next video
but here is a quick insight anywhere style is how you present your video an
unboxing video for example can be done with lots of info and helpful advice but
it can also be done in a completely comical way a funny video is as powerful
as an informative video you could even do a singsong musical version of an
unboxing video on unboxing a product the point is that there are many different
video styles for any one given YouTube category alright let's do the top 10
popular YouTube categories and they are not in any
ticular order number one the personal vlog capture or recall memories or
experiences in your life these experiences should also resonate with
people if you have a specific hobby or thing that you like to do often this
could be a theme for you perhaps it's surfing like a vlog like been gravy or a
filmmakers journal like dan mace or a travel blog like fun for Louie note that
all three of these have an element or a theme of something that they are
passionate about reviews.reviews is another broad term that encompasses many
themes you could do a review of products or services or restaurants or movies I
mean there's literally an unlimited amount of things that you can read you
to gain an audience specifically interested in what you have to offer you
need to appeal to them be careful of not picking too many things there
try and keep to one theme or one subject so unboxing videos are a type of review
this is a review where you are having the first look at a product whole videos
are even under this category of review and if you don't know what a whole video
is don't worry neither diets look quite recently so today I just want to do a
quick athlete swimwear haul for you the whole underboob thing let me put my
chair I'm doing that move because I tutorials the category of how to when
you know something more than somebody else you can share your knowledge with
them like I am NOT teaching you a little bit more about YouTube start with your
color up in the tie around your neck if you're right-handed hold the whydentity
right here in the narrow end in your left hand gig guides and event
notifications perhaps you want to be a trustworthy source of information of
what people can do this is a way that you can definitely gain a following fast
for a specific area but what the cars are we had to have a Maps about kind of
a long ones all new I like what upcoming smartphones
Joe home digs up there is you can also serve a more specific interest like
gaming tournaments or sporting events or even
upcoming movies there's a lot to look forward to at the box office in the
coming year from superhero action thrillers to down-to-earth dramas and
everything in between here are all the movies that will blow you away in 2019
activism this is the modern-day journalism this is when you take on
topics like politics or economics or whatever else the news were generally
report on it's your take on the subject this has become very popular in South
Africa at the moment with people like Ronaldo hose who pick up on sort of
political touchy points and attempt to give an unbiased view on the subject
people absolutely love this stuff but also be prepared for the comment wars
they they follow pretty quickly you can also use this category to be a tabloid
style or a celebrity gossip channel Paris Hilton is the queen of the 2000s
the outfit she wore ten years ago are what is trending amongst our favorite
celebrities nowadays another category which is incredibly and somewhat
surprisingly popular are animal videos people build a fan base on their cute
adorable funny and or absolutely hideous pets Denver the guilty dog was one of
these and if that channel had a massive following Denver did you do this look at
me come here Missy rest in peace Denver another strange
topic well for me anyway our reaction videos this is when people sit back and
film themselves reacting to other videos so they think he's a hunter and they've
seen him in to kill these crocodiles boy it's crazy
look at that you imagine you're living right there reaction video creates is
usually gained a following because they're either very witty or fun to
watch isn't that more than 500 people lose their lives every year
hippopotamuses equal them in this scary competition
I blame Fred Madagascar even I thought moto moto was cute Madagascar makes
Americans want to bet hippos and elephants their scientifically proven
almost as much as it's been proven that it's a bad idea to pet hippos and
elephants but you can also use this category to educate people we did a
whole series of taking amateur films in the travel video category and reacted to
them then also followed up with giving them advice and what they could do
better in the next video also what they did well I really like the cutaways that
you have like the bird but then once again like two of the other shots before
this one goes on for just a little bit too long I think I'll stop there for a
second and explain what I mean like with that driving shot at the intro
same with ultimately this category is a type of review but because it is so
hugely popular I'm gonna give it a category of its own the video game
category I am NOT going to profess to know too much about this world there is
so much information and other than there's different types of gaming videos
like walkthroughs or backstories and fan stuff and so on exactly someone asked if
please educate me next up is info duckies and educational z' there are
thousands of channels lining up at the moment to educate you in a youtube
classroom from science to history to space to animals to technology and so on
in literally thousands of subjects that you can choose from did you hear about
the octopus that slipped out of its tank into a drainpipe and made a break for
the sea or what about the cephalopod that figured out how to open those
childproof pill bottles which let's be honest certain adult humans have a hard
time doing sometimes it's fair to say that octopuses are smart educational
shows differ from the how to category in that they are an educational but also
entertaining piece of content how to's are more like tutorials where they take
you through the process of learning something step by step and the last one
on the list and definitely the least on my list
is pranks and challenges there are people on YouTube who have bigger
careers than I will probably ever have by playing stupid jokes on each other
and these are usually quite rude and crazy and even dangerous but hey I guess
Who am I to judge them as of this month 2019 YouTube has actually clamped down
on this category challenges are by nature dangerous and they do not want to
be promoting this there isn't a week that goes by that there isn't someone
trying a new internet challenge and with so many trying their hand at these fads
there are times things don't go as planned from using a car as a surfboard
to trying to eat corn from a spinning drill there is no shortage of dumb
Internet challenges and people willing to do them the majority of videos on
YouTube all fall under the first three categories at some point people just
start merging and evolving across the lines as they become more well-known but
if you're starting out stick to one pick just one category tip number five
welcome your haters because they are your best critics YouTube can be a cruel
and horrible place but it can also be ideal for learning from the get-go start
building a thick skin for your future because someone out there is going to
absolutely hate you and they're going to hate you for the most stupid reasons and
then some people are gonna hate you for where it actually hurts like your audio
is so I can't watch your you should die apart from your your audio so they can
keep the rest but maybe just maybe they were right about improving
be prepared for the unsought and even welcome it because you will learn from
the rampant criticism and people that send you hate comments are often also
responsible for causing such a stir that others will come to your defense
ultimately pushing the engagement ranking of your video up sadly one of
our highest viewed videos on YouTube is based on negativity but hey it hasn't
hurt me in closing and in summary remember these
two things done is better than perfect put your content out there even if you
are not entirely happy let the haters hate and you just focus on improving
over time and secondly subscribe to our channel and give us feedback on what
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