Factors to Consider Before Creating YouTube Videos

At this point, it is worth considering the things that you need to create videos for your audience on YouTube.

Here are some factors that will serve as a quick guide to help you.

1. Choosing a Topic - A quick search on YouTube will reveal to you interesting topics that your target audience will enjoy. You can tailor your topic to match your findings.

2. Choosing a Niche - If you don't already have a niche, you have to make a choice on one that you feel most comfortable with. Look out for niches with little competition and great earning potential.

3. Define Your Audience - Creating a kind of persona will help you understand who your audience is, what they like, how they communicate and respond to messages. This will give you an idea of your target audiences' interests, their buying behavior, and demographics.

4. Create Matching Contents for Your Audience - Use compelling messages and visuals in tones that can appeal to them emotionally. Let your content also add value to them in ways that they can relate with.

5. SEO - Create good quality content for humans and for search engines. You want your content to be found by your target audience anytime there's a search for keywords that relate to your brand.

6. What is the Purpose of your Video? Determine what you intend to achieve with your video. It could be for engagement purposes, creating awareness of your brand or to educate your target audience.

7. The Video Length - Will your video length be less than 5 minutes or over 60 minutes long? Whatever appeals to your target audience should be the deciding factor in video length.

8. Are Scripts Necessary? Some videos do not have the need for scripts while others will not come out professional without the use of scripts.

9. Your Budget - This is a very important factor as this will determine if you will do it yourself, make use of lesser quality equipment or engage professionals to shoot and edit your videos.



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DragonHippie Premium
These are great tips! I also wanted to point out that in order to be successful on YouTube, you don't need a bunch of expensive equipment to get started, but I would recommend you make sure your videos are well lit and your audio quality is good.

Also, if you don't know how to edit your videos I would recommend learning how to use a video editing software (like iMovie) prior to starting. At least, these are the tips I've gathered from successful YouTube videos.

Great article and a great read.
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Israel17 Premium
Thanks for your comment, Aria! Good to know you found this training really helpful for your video marketing! Appreciate your comment!

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Dhind1 Premium Plus
Thanks, Israel. This is a comprehensive list and ties in nicely with your post about the YouTube editing tutorial.

I think there is enough here to get a good start on youTube.

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Israel17 Premium
Wow, thanks for your valuable comment, Alex! Glad you found my video marketing tutorial helpful! Appreciate your comment, my friend!

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mbouteiller Premium Plus
Hi Israel,

I love this training and I have this bookmarked too.

Thank you very much for sharing.

Have a Blessed week.

Monica
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Israel17 Premium
Hey Monica, thanks for appreciating this video marketing training! Good to know you loved and bookmarked this tutorial! Thanks so greatly!

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timstime20 Premium
Thanks
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Israel17 Premium
You're welcome, Tim! You need those tools if you intend to upload self-made videos to your channels. However, you can upload creative commons (CC) videos to any YT channel and monetize them whether you have creating tools or not yet without facing any copyright assault. Thanks for stopping by!

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Jenny28 Premium
Thanks again Israel for another great training. I will be using my iPhone for making videos, do you think a lapel mic will be ideal for that?
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Israel17 Premium
Yes, you can use your iPhone with a lapel mic. It's ideal. It should work fine. Glad you found this training helpful!

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