5 Important Tips to Ace your Vlog
TechsPlace | In this era, people are more attracted to visual or video content than the written one. According to some statistics, every minute the 300 hours footage is being uploaded on YouTube. You might be familiar that ‘vlog’ stands for ‘video blog’ and it’s exactly the content that you would write a blog post on, but instead of writing it all down, you talk to the camera about it. And check the important tips to Ace your Vlog.
Are you a vlogger working to grow your channel, or you are thinking about starting a Vlogging channel and wondering what the best vlogging tips to consider are? Then you are in the right place.
If you are thinking that it’s too late to learn to vlog and it’s tactics, then you are totally wrong and you should indeed follow some effective tips to get started. Here we have gathered the best of the tips that would let your channel shine out and definitely will increase your channel’s views!
1. The First 15 Seconds of Vlogs Matters
If you are really into increasing the views on your vlog, then the first thing you need to do is to make the initial few seconds of your vlog intriguing enough that the viewer is bound to watch it till the end. And how could you do that? For this, you would have to make your content relatable. Because most of us are looking for the content that satisfies what we were looking for.
The attention spans of people are quite short and they filter out the content quickly. For that, you need to make your intro quite engaging. If you make your content relatable and natural, only then there are some green flags that your viewership will increase. Secondly, people attract a funny and humorous video to get to know about something. Hence, you need to make sure to add some of these too.
2. Choose an engaging title and thumbnail
Thumbnails and titles act like billboards to help viewers decide to watch your videos at first glance. If they will be attracted to the title or thumbnail, then they will be interested in viewing it. Well-designed thumbnails and titles can draw more audiences to your channel and it encourages viewers to watch through your videos because they know what to expect. The title and thumbnail alone can make your content appealing to a vast range of advertisers also. But we also have to be very careful in choosing the best title, the one that is not overstating and populated. You should customize your thumbnails and formulate them according to your wishes to stand-out from the plethora of vloggers.
Also Read: 5 Tips All Beginner Vloggers Should Follow
3. Stay Updated With Top Trends
As a vlogger, you surely do know that any vlogging site would definitely favor the timely and popular content. So the first thing you gotta learn is that your blog’s content must be timely and according to the hot topic of the day. This would definitely uptake your vlogs to the top trends and accordingly, the viewership will improve. Also, a considerable audience will be generated for your channel.
Secondly, the description part which we always ignore also plays a vital role in placing our video on the top trends. You can use the keywords in your description as naturally as you can and your part is done. Moreover, you can speak out the keywords in the video clearly so that the ranking increases automatically and your video appears in the “Up Next” section.
4. Encouraging Feedback and Comments
The best way to get the subscriber in order to engage them with your content by asking their feedback so you can improve the quality of coming vlogs. You will grow with the feedback of the audience as you will then be aware of what the viewers actually want to see in your vlogs or where are you lacking behind. And by far this is the most productive resource in growing. Try to appreciate the feedback and comments the audience gives. And best of all ways to encourage the comments is to address the questions that the audience asks in the comments.
5. Link Your Vlogging Channel with Social Media
Social media will also play a greater role in attracting the audience for your vlog. Look out what social media platforms your audience prefers the most. For example, if it’s Facebook, then make a group or find such groups according to your content that will help you promote your content. Engage in groups and pages leaving genuine comments so that people are attracted to what more you have to say. Stop spamming and self-advertising, people hate it anyway. Just look for your target audience on different social media platforms and post your content accordingly.
Hopefully, going through this list was helpful for you. These were some notable tips to grow and polish your skills and you must have gathered enough information and tactics that now you would not be afraid to post new content and try different things.
This article is contributed by guest author on techsplace.com.
