In this video editing tutorial, you will learn the basics of vlogging on YouTube. We will cover what to say, editing the video, and publishing it to YouTube.What to Say
The first thing that you must comprehend when deciding to start a vlog is what to say. Sure, everyone makes it look so easy, talking about their lives on YouTube, but to be successful, you have to have something worth telling people about. You can't get in front of the video camera multiple times a week to tell everyone that nothing has happened. For this reason, I would recommend planning what you are going to say for the first couple videos. This way, you will ensure that your not wasting your time or other people's time. Once you have made a few vlogs, you will be able to talk on the spot to the camera. You will no longer have any stage fright. Most importantly, you will have trained yourself how to vlog.
Editing Your Vlog
Editing a vlog is not hard at all. Anyone can do it in any video editing program available. When editing your vlog, you should add any intro or outro that you may have. also, it is very important, at least for the first few episodes, that you edit out any um's or uh's, or even long pauses. This will make you look more intelligent, and it will keep the viewer interested. Finally, I would recommend exporting your video in 720p if you have the option or know how.
Publishing Your Vlog to YouTube
I am assuming that you have a YouTube account. If not, create one. Once you have an account, you just need to upload the video, add a title, a description, and choose a thumbnail. I will not go over how to upload the video, but I will offer some advice on choosing a title. Do not simply use the date or the word "vlog" as your title. You should give you vlog a name. Philip DeFranco calls his the Vloggity for example. Once you have a name for your vlog, rather than just using the date, you should give it a creative title that has to do with the content of that installment of your vlog. It is also important that you do not neglect the description box. You should prepare a generic description that you can use with all of your vlogs. It should include a brief description of you vlog with links to things like you channel, your Twitter, and any other place that you can think of.
Hopefully this video editing tutorial has been both helpful and insightful. It should definitely improve your chances of developing a following on YouTube.
