I have no interest in building a YT channel, but for some crazy reason I love to watch you discuss how to be successful on this platform. Very interesting! On behalf of the viewers who want to take the ball and run with it...thank you!
Happy New Year’s Dave. I’ve been trying all your tips and it seems to be working. I’ve had a video hit 220,000 then some follow-up videos with about 30,000. It's a good feeling when this happens I do appreciate the tips.
Thanks so much Dave. Your advice is greatly appreciated as I build my little UA-cam channel, Palazzo Place. It is a lifestyle channel following my adventures with my two pups on the Southeast Florida coast.
Thanks for the tips Dave. I’ve been doing these without realizing - but I have been inconsistent from video to video. This reinforces the process I have; I’ll be working on it!
Indeed. I LOVE it that, many times, I started typing a question while watching one of your vids, and before I finished typing, you answered it. Love all the details.
Thank you for this!!! I will be attempting to do each of these!!! Everything you teach makes total sense. Thank you for all you are doing for the new creators.
Hey Dave! Happy new year. Been applying the tips diligently, and it start to change things. Engagement,, views and subscribers are going up. Thank you so much!
I appreciate all the advice. I've gotten more solid info. That's improving my videos in this one place than I have scouring countless other channels. Good stuff
I can’t stand the ‘how to UA-cam’ advice genre. Full of pomposity. Except this one. Great advice from someone who actually made engaging and informative videos… thank you, Dave, and happy new year!
After I watched this video, I reviewed one of my old videos that had quick 2-4 second cuts following a "task". Your words ring true as it keeps viewers watching, even in the old YT days.
Just an FYI, Dave. I’m old. I can’t focus on a 2 second shot on a video! 4-10 seconds works for me. Thanks for your good advice and help with maneuvering UA-cam! Blessings!
I love this channel! Straightforward advice backed up with your experience. Too much fancy stuff out there. Why make something complicated when it doesn’t have to be? Bush radical is where I found you and so glad you’re now sharing this. Keep it coming, we’re eating it up!
Good job, I'm not even making videos, and I watch Dave videos on how to make videos. I also like his audio/video quality. I also appreciate a still camera.
Thanks for doing this Dave🙏🏻 its very helpful, especially for someone starting out on UA-cam. I’ve always enjoyed your videos and have learned a lot from them.
Great Tips Dave ! My channel is just following a little of my everyday life but hard to take all them small shots & try to explain tips along the way, I am not very high tech with tech , Old school if you know what I mean :) I'm still trying to learn a lot into editing to give smaller clips, I don't do things to make videos, My camara shots are tips to help others learning off grid to help them, Just my life & things I do !
no worries, everyone has to do what they think is right. A lot of times my videos are closer to a slide show than a video.....lots of little shots close up
Another great video... so much detail. I'm going to review my latest videos to see what I've possibly done right and where I've gone wrong. Thanks. Happy New Year 🎉
LOVE your videos Dave. I'm still pressing on. My 2nd and 3rd vid launched today. I'm prayin' for the best and learning as I go. You and another guy Kevin Kolbe have been great blessings.
I thought of something else--continuity omg my fav garden channel has cats on their property. If a cat follows into the barn and they close the door..and they edit the part out where they let the cat out..the audience will lose their minds "You locked the cat in the barn! He's gonna diiie" They had to assure everyone "Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen.The cat is safe, he's fine. We let him out in an edited shot." lol
Hey Dave, great info as usual. I hope to soon be releasing my first video. I’ve been collecting a lot of footage to make this first one really snap. I make notes from every one of your info videos to incorporate into mine. Many thanks.
What’s the most Important thing!!! Honest and Interesting content ??? I love that harbor freight saw mill review and explanation of everything you saw and did No one has been able to do a video like that !!
That video was a no-brainer. That sawmill has a LOT of interest and a lot of videos on it......but they were all poorly shot. When I shot those 2 videos I knew they would do good. If you watch them they are mostly close up shots of all the parts and pieces of the mill. TONS of close ups. There were several videos with 50k views on that mill from channels that had 1k subs........that tells you right there that the mill is far more popular than the channels shooting videos on it. GOOD TOPIC. whenever you see a video with lots of views from a channel with very few subs you know you're in the right spot to shoot a great video on an under-served topic.
Love these videos. The blue collar approach is very much needed I believe. I try to incorporate this in my videos. My success has been limited so far. Not giving up though. Good stuff Dave.
Try editing a bit tighter....cut the ah's, ums, and pauses. I just watched some of your "buying a truck video" and I like the subject for sure. I'm a fan of car edge, and the homework guy. The car market is a dumpster fire right now.
Happy New Year Dave! I'm an avid YT watcher and click off a channel often if there is too much chat and distraction from the comment that got me there. Your comments ring true
I did a lot of filming pre covid with my older son, we made it to about 450 subs on our other channel but he lost interest in the channel so I stopped pushing the content. I think we did a few hundred videos but none seemed to ever trend… I haven’t watched this content yet but am interested, bc I really enjoy your other videos.
Love this information! Not holding the best for last is something I hadn't thought about. Definitely drives home the idea of getting your Hook in the first 30 seconds
What made you decide to document your journey? It’s awesome. UA-cam has served you up as a suggested video. I’m in urban Vancouver, Canada and a new content creator. I really appreciate the tips you’re conveying even though I’m a city dweller, I can relate to your plain talking, easy going, clear explanation. Thanks so much for taking us behind the scenes.
I always liked the platform and wanted to do my part...........fun fact....one of my favorite UA-cam channels is based in Vancouver it's called "Fortnine" and it's a motorcycle channel
Thank you, I just started a channel and really love the no B.S. straight forward advice. My problem or one of, is I'm very computer illiterate. So learning to type, film and edit has been an up hill battle.
Thanks Dave. I have tried doing a lot of these, need to work more on it though. Changing the shots is a good idea but it takes so much more time to do that. it's a struggle trying to get the shot, constantly moving the camera, and actually get some work done. ha ha ha
I had to chuckle, too, when you said that changing the angle and getting close ups is "almost like cheating" because it's so effective. It reminds me of the folks that complained you were "cheating" when you cooked on a gas stove instead of on the wood stove every meal. It's like saying that using our Bic to light our fires is "cheating". Nessmuk used matches instead of Flint and Steel to light his campfires. What a "cheater", eh? If it works, use it! Later :)
The guy who is the absolute best at this is Luke with Outdoor Boys. Watch his intros, his logo and his edits throughout the video. He has mastered the art of engagement and keeping people from skipping or quitting.
I absolutely love these videos! ive been watching them meticulously because I really struggle with making videos in terms of understanding how to edit and record, you can see from my channel, but Im hoping you can make a video on how to record multiple angles while because I dont generally understand how to do it properly. hope you understand what I mean, and thank you for these videos!
Dont film multiple angles......try using one camera and move it a LOT...you will have to do things several times to get all the shots but then you are editing ONE pice of footage from ONE camera
All the best to you this New Year, Dave :) Thanks for another set of tips! It looks as if I'll be on the road sooner than planned (Lord Willing) ... We'll see if I get to Michigan this Spring. I have a few Lights and Life Saving stations to get on video :) UA-cam is an amazing resource! I've been listening to the sounds of a Michigan Springtime. Good for what ails ya:) See you down the road, my friend ... God Bless
My grampa always used that phrase "good for what ails ya". He's stab a green onion on a fork and point it at you and say "good for what ails ya" then wink and eat the onion
Hey Dave, small content creator here with aspirirations of Alaska Wilderness. I'm really glad I found you. I'd like small acreage near Talkeetna. Any specific realtors you trust? I've never owned land and need a hand.
Always good info Dave. I am working on about five scripts for videos, almost ready to start a channel. I am wondering if you use scripts and if you do how do you keep looking straight into the camera while reading your bullet points, outline, or script?
There is a reason commercials are only 30 seconds, because people don't want to wait longer than half a minute before changing topic. Dave is right about the first 15s being critical
Great advice on edits. Thought I'd take a look at Matt D'Avella, who I always think of as being quite a relaxed channel with a lot of talking head shots. Used my phone for a stopwatch and counted the edits. Stopped at just over 3 minutes and there were already 54 edits! So even on channels that seem quite slow there are way more edits than I thought. Thanks again for some great, simple advice.
Another really enjoyable and value-filled video. Now I just have to start actually implementing your advice. 😊 Also, what does it say on your hat? Am I reading Ontario correctly? I just can't catch the top part.
I have a lamp plugged in, on the floor, back by the wall to light the background ,,,,,,and I'm facing a big picture window. My camera is on a table top microphone stand on the window sill. No other lighting
Love this!!!! The what and why is super critical. I've tried my best to focus on this... My train of thought is that when I'm surfing on UA-cam the first 30 seconds will auto play... That's my time to "set the hook" my brand reel is 8 seconds, and then it's straight down to business. My challenge with multiple shots is editing time. I used to record with 3 cameras, then spend hours editing ... What I found helped me was keep it simple, 2 cameras for a how to video (one wide angle, one top down or hands down) and then simply crop when editing to give the impression of different angles. I am suffering a huge mental barrier to doing a voice over on my latest video, any advice for how to do this successfully? Edit the footage first then record the audio? Record the audio and then do the edit? Thanks!
I like everything you said. 8 seconds sounds a bit long for branding....but do what works. As for the cameras, I like to use a single camera so all the close up stuff I can just grab and go without trying to talk at the same time ( unless it works) When doing voiceover I do ALL the edit first untill I have all the good shots trimmed up and the junk gone.... if any "component' of the video feels like it's running to long, I'll cut it down.....then when the edit is complete I'll wing the voiceover so it's "conversational". And I always try chisel it down to the fewest words while never editing out the "folksy" way we all speak in person.
@davewhipplevideo awesome! I am so used to having the spoken part of the video act as the backbone, and then layer on all the other stuff as B roll. I think that reversing that workflow is what's breaking my brain. I'll give it a go! Thanks again!
Plan on making a second channel on homesteading. Got some of that cheap gear and plan on launching it before February of 2025. Question for you: how was it at the beginning of your UA-cam journey? Did videos get views right away or did it take time?
I think I had the formula right, right from the start.......specific subject, quick edits , etc......but my videos were always limited by the subject's value and popularity...........make the worlds greatest video on a subject with only 10 thousand people interested in and you can never expect to get more than 10k views
Where I’m struggling, I feel like I make good videos, working to get better with every one of them, they’re not the best for sure, but I feel like I see people with 10x more subscribers and views than me and their videos just aren’t really all that good, I feel like I just need one to catch and take off and then I’ll start growing more, but until then, taking your advice and I’ll keep making videos!
Dave I do how to videos on fixing cars 🚙. I like to show the parts and tools 🛠️ required first before tackling a project. Should I put this at the end? Or just leave it open for comments so YT shows engagement from answering comments? Thanks Dave!
I'm actually quite familiar with the auto space on UA-cam.......this would be my advice.....go watch a couple hours of Chris Fix videos and take notes. He's one of the best automotive channels on the platform. Whatever he's doing is probably the right thing to do
Thanks once again Dave for the tips. Keeping this video in mind…would it be beneficial to recall or delete older videos in your history, edit them with keeping these tips in mind and re-upload as new content or just leave your list alone and progress with new content using your tips? Reason I ask is I now can see the where my past videos could certainly use this information. What I think is great content is likely the downfall and losing viewer numbers.
with your subs and your video count you dont really have anything to lose by tweaking what you have already uploaded......however, if you dont think you have high interest subjects...you new and improved videos may not perform any better. Subject is king. Great irish jig by the way
@@davewhipplevideo Thanks for the reply Dave. My subject matter isn't going to change as I want to stay in this area. Its all about how I'm going to present what i have in the future. Your tips in this video series is certainly giving me lots to think about. The off grid cabin of mine is far from finished and i have many projects slated for 2025. I'm certainly going to change the way things are presented for sure. Thanks again and happy you like the music!!
I like crafting videos--particularly when the thumbnail has a high quality shot of what we're going to be making in its completed glory. Then I click and watch. I absolutely hate it when a crafter says "Guess what I made" and the craft is blurred..so I'd get curious and click on it. Then the lady is showing us materials we need, she has us cutting circles and gluing stuff and I'm like "Wtf are we making??" so I'm watching for 30 minutes and then it starts coming together and I'm like "Oh..it's a snowman..why didn't you just say that and show us? I don't want to make that! Good thing I didn't go out and buy the materials! Why did I even waste my time? I could've been watching something I want to make!" so while their strategy worked at first to get clicks for curiosity, I would never click on their videos again because i'd say "Oh..that's that darn lady again who expects me to make a mystery" and I'd roll my eyes and pass it. Sadly, she probably did have some great projects but I was so frustrated it wasn't worth it.
The informatuon you are giving is great! I have a question: Does UA-cam "throttle" channel views? I have noticed that on my videos the views are going up then BAM it just cuts off! And, also I get a bunch of views sometimes over thousands of views and then BAM hundreds of views disappear! What is up with that?! 😱🤪😝🤣👍👍🇺🇸
UA-cam rolls out you video to their most likely viewers and if the video get views, they roll it out to a wider audience and so on......once the views drop off , UA-cam has no incentive to push that video any more because it did what it did with the most likely viewers ( your subs ) then died with a wider audience.
@@davewhipplevideo I agree with that but the views aren't "tailing off", they are flat cutoff, flatlined! There is no "slow down or tail off" they flat cut the viewing! 😱 And why do my numbers of views disappear, like a video will show it has gotten 1,246 views, then I check it a couple of hours later and the views are now at 532?! What is up with that?! 😡
It also just happened on my last video, I put the video on, it went upto I believe 385, then an hour later went down 245! I have lost thousands of views by this and not to mention how many I have lost because UA-cam cutoff my videos (throttled)! And, there is no way to get assistance to find out why! There is no avenue for dispute! 😱🤯😁🤪😝🤣👍👍🇺🇸
When a video flatlines it's likely been viewed by the people who the algorithm thinks will watch it and then the wider audience sees the thumbnail and doent have any interest in it ....then it flatlines.
Hey Dave I'm the guy from the catchahawg channel. Thanks for making these videos. Any tips for making daily blueberry farm activities interesting? I struggle with the titles, thumbnails, and the story on this channel lol
Buddy, I don't know a thing about farming blueberries or making that subject the best it can be. Again I would research the daylights out of the subject on youtube's home page and see where the interest is. Good luck
@ I guess I misspoke. It’s not really about blueberry farming due to that being seasonal. Mainly I fix broken stuff, trap or hunt things that eat our chickens or destroy our blueberry bushes like pigs and raccoons. There’s always something to do when you own a piece of land but making those things interesting is where I struggle. I’m definitely going to try to implement your techniques for editing. Hopefully you will be doing some more vids on how to tell better stories lol
Look for the heart and soul of an idea......For example, if you're trapping coons to keep them from the chickens.....a title like "catching coons on the farm" doesn't have the same visceral reaction as a title like " How to save chickens from Preditors". Just an example
I do have a thought on this. I watch a few firewood/chainsaw/log splitter channels and it seems they go against what you are saying and they seem quite successful. They pretty much just show cutting and splitting wood with a few comments thrown in. Maybe it’s channel loyalty. What’s your thoughts on that?
I would have to see the specific video....if a channel has a million subs and gets 100k views on a log splitter video that might seem realy good but it may be just 10 % of that channels subs watched it ...so maybe it was channel loyalty.
So I have two subjects I make content with on my UA-cam channel one is motorcycles and the other is mountain biking, sometimes one subject does better then the other but I love both of them and even combined them together. So I’ve had my channel for three years now it hasn’t growing much 240 subs
Do 2 channels. I love motorcycles. Fortnine is one of my favorite channels ......once in a while they do a mountain bike video and I turn the channel. The two subjects don't have a lot of overlap.
There are many channels out there that cover the basic mechanics of filming and uploading video...this channel is more about optimizing your content to get views and make better videos
There's 1000 self proclaimed UA-cam gurus that give frantic, fancy advice. And then there's Dave. 1000% refreshing.❤
LOL, thanks. i appreciate it
I have no interest in building a YT channel, but for some crazy reason I love to watch you discuss how to be successful on this platform. Very interesting! On behalf of the viewers who want to take the ball and run with it...thank you!
I was telling my friends about your channel a couple of days ago about some of the details you speak about! Just awesome Dave thank you 🌱
Awesome, thank you!
Most excellent, thank 's Dave.
Happy New Year’s Dave. I’ve been trying all your tips and it seems to be working. I’ve had a video hit 220,000 then some follow-up videos with about 30,000. It's a good feeling when this happens I do appreciate the tips.
Thanks so much Dave. Your advice is greatly appreciated as I build my little UA-cam channel, Palazzo Place. It is a lifestyle channel following my adventures with my two pups on the Southeast Florida coast.
Thanks for the tips Dave. I’ve been doing these without realizing - but I have been inconsistent from video to video.
This reinforces the process I have; I’ll be working on it!
Indeed. I LOVE it that, many times, I started typing a question while watching one of your vids, and before I finished typing, you answered it. Love all the details.
Thank you for this!!! I will be attempting to do each of these!!! Everything you teach makes total sense. Thank you for all you are doing for the new creators.
Hey Dave! Happy new year. Been applying the tips diligently, and it start to change things. Engagement,, views and subscribers are going up. Thank you so much!
This new channel has been very helpful to me
Thanks Dave for your insight keep up the good work
I appreciate all the advice. I've gotten more solid info. That's improving my videos in this one place than I have scouring countless other channels. Good stuff
Thanks
I can’t stand the ‘how to UA-cam’ advice genre. Full of pomposity. Except this one. Great advice from someone who actually made engaging and informative videos… thank you, Dave, and happy new year!
I appreciate it
After I watched this video, I reviewed one of my old videos that had quick 2-4 second cuts following a "task". Your words ring true as it keeps viewers watching, even in the old YT days.
Good info, we appreciate it!
You’re the best. Thank you. This video is seriously helpful and I feel like I have a solid direction going forward.
Just an FYI, Dave. I’m old. I can’t focus on a 2 second shot on a video! 4-10 seconds works for me. Thanks for your good advice and help with maneuvering UA-cam! Blessings!
There's truth here. Fast paced videos annoy me so much. Particularly those who speak very fast. I exit right away.
Solid advice, it gives me some ideas in shaping my channel launch. Thanks D.
Thanks for the great tips Dave!
Okay I'm gonna try it.
❤ Happy New Year and thanks for all the great and helpful advice!
Great pointers to implement in my next hiking video, very useful as always, thanks Dave
I love this channel! Straightforward advice backed up with your experience. Too much fancy stuff out there. Why make something complicated when it doesn’t have to be? Bush radical is where I found you and so glad you’re now sharing this. Keep it coming, we’re eating it up!
Good evening Dave! Thanks again for more nuggets 👍 I'm getting ready to start another project and I've gained another bit of advice to help improve.
"Instant payoff" Great advice. Myself I do not continue watching if someone doesn't come to the point.
Thank you so much Dave! I appreciate your tips and the great advice. Keep it coming.
Good job, I'm not even making videos, and I watch Dave videos on how to make videos. I also like his audio/video quality. I also appreciate a still camera.
Happy New Year to you, Brooke and your kids. Awesome family.
You are amazing sir ❤
Thanks for doing this Dave🙏🏻 its very helpful, especially for someone starting out on UA-cam. I’ve always enjoyed your videos and have learned a lot from them.
Great Tips Dave ! My channel is just following a little of my everyday life but hard to take all them small shots & try to explain tips along the way, I am not very high tech with tech , Old school if you know what I mean :) I'm still trying to learn a lot into editing to give smaller clips, I don't do things to make videos, My camara shots are tips to help others learning off grid to help them, Just my life & things I do !
no worries, everyone has to do what they think is right. A lot of times my videos are closer to a slide show than a video.....lots of little shots close up
Another great video... so much detail. I'm going to review my latest videos to see what I've possibly done right and where I've gone wrong. Thanks. Happy New Year 🎉
Thanks for this channel Dave. I have so much to learn 😩
LOVE your videos Dave. I'm still pressing on. My 2nd and 3rd vid launched today. I'm prayin' for the best and learning as I go. You and another guy Kevin Kolbe have been great blessings.
I thought of something else--continuity omg my fav garden channel has cats on their property. If a cat follows into the barn and they close the door..and they edit the part out where they let the cat out..the audience will lose their minds "You locked the cat in the barn! He's gonna diiie" They had to assure everyone "Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen.The cat is safe, he's fine. We let him out in an edited shot." lol
LOL
Great advice Dave! Can't wait to use these tips in my videos moving forward. Love both of your channels.
I appreciate the tips!!! Definetly going to try the constant moving shots!!!
Quite a shock to see the thumbnail of you guys camping..
quick shot changes and lots of close ups works great with knife reviews
love the pro tip! spot on!!!
Hey Dave, great info as usual. I hope to soon be releasing my first video. I’ve been collecting a lot of footage to make this first one really snap. I make notes from every one of your info videos to incorporate into mine. Many thanks.
Excellent companion channel to Bush Radical.
Some great advice! Cheers Dave!!
What’s the most
Important thing!!!
Honest and
Interesting content ???
I love that harbor freight saw mill review and explanation of everything you saw and did
No one has been able to do a video like that !!
That video was a no-brainer. That sawmill has a LOT of interest and a lot of videos on it......but they were all poorly shot. When I shot those 2 videos I knew they would do good. If you watch them they are mostly close up shots of all the parts and pieces of the mill. TONS of close ups.
There were several videos with 50k views on that mill from channels that had 1k subs........that tells you right there that the mill is far more popular than the channels shooting videos on it. GOOD TOPIC.
whenever you see a video with lots of views from a channel with very few subs you know you're in the right spot to shoot a great video on an under-served topic.
Thanks, Dave. Good info. Happy New Year.
Thanks Dave!
Congrats on the million view video. Thats a great milestone for any channel
Happy New Year Dave. Love your advice and Bushradical content.
Thank you for giving us all these tips, I really want to grow my channel and you give really good advice and pointers! Happy New Year Dave!
Happy new year!!
@@davewhipplevideo thank you!
Love these videos. The blue collar approach is very much needed I believe. I try to incorporate this in my videos. My success has been limited so far. Not giving up though. Good stuff Dave.
Try editing a bit tighter....cut the ah's, ums, and pauses. I just watched some of your "buying a truck video" and I like the subject for sure. I'm a fan of car edge, and the homework guy. The car market is a dumpster fire right now.
@@davewhipplevideo Thanks Dave. Much appreciated. Will do.
Happy New Year Dave! I'm an avid YT watcher and click off a channel often if there is too much chat and distraction from the comment that got me there. Your comments ring true
Thanks for the information!
Great info! Happy New Year, Dave!
Happy New Year Dave. All the best to you, Brooke and your family. I'm looking.forward to all your projects in the new year.
Happy New Year!
Hello Dave! Thanks for another great video! I will take it in and keep it in my memory banks for my channel! :)
Great video - I personally enjoy the inside baseball theory a lot.
I did a lot of filming pre covid with my older son, we made it to about 450 subs on our other channel but he lost interest in the channel so I stopped pushing the content. I think we did a few hundred videos but none seemed to ever trend… I haven’t watched this content yet but am interested, bc I really enjoy your other videos.
Appreciate the video, thank you.
Love this information! Not holding the best for last is something I hadn't thought about. Definitely drives home the idea of getting your Hook in the first 30 seconds
Thanks. Tell Mike I said Hi
@davewhipplevideo will do😁
Good stuff. Can’t wait to incorporate some of these tips into my videos! Thanks Dave!
Anytime......looks like we shop at the same place fro eyeglasses.
@ Maybe! 😀
Nice information, thanks a lot , good job
Thanks!
Happy New Year Dave
Terrific info, Dave.....thank you for this.
You're welcome!
What made you decide to document your journey? It’s awesome. UA-cam has served you up as a suggested video. I’m in urban Vancouver, Canada and a new content creator. I really appreciate the tips you’re conveying even though I’m a city dweller, I can relate to your plain talking, easy going, clear explanation. Thanks so much for taking us behind the scenes.
I always liked the platform and wanted to do my part...........fun fact....one of my favorite UA-cam channels is based in Vancouver it's called "Fortnine" and it's a motorcycle channel
@davewhipplevideo wow. I'll check it out.
@davewhipplevideo thank you thank you for the tips
Great information!
Thank you, I just started a channel and really love the no B.S. straight forward advice. My problem or one of, is I'm very computer illiterate. So learning to type, film and edit has been an up hill battle.
Just keep at it and try to enjoy the process. I was a cement finisher by trade....If I can figure it out you can too. Good luck
Thanks Dave. I have tried doing a lot of these, need to work more on it though. Changing the shots is a good idea but it takes so much more time to do that. it's a struggle trying to get the shot, constantly moving the camera, and actually get some work done. ha ha ha
It's impossible to get things done in the normal time and also film....So you kind of have to choose one or the other
Happy New Year to you and your family Dave !!
Happy New Year to you too!
I had to chuckle, too, when you said that changing the angle and getting close ups is "almost like cheating" because it's so effective. It reminds me of the folks that complained you were "cheating" when you cooked on a gas stove instead of on the wood stove every meal. It's like saying that using our Bic to light our fires is "cheating". Nessmuk used matches instead of Flint and Steel to light his campfires. What a "cheater", eh? If it works, use it! Later :)
well said
Great info. Appreciate your insights
Thanks
The guy who is the absolute best at this is Luke with Outdoor Boys. Watch his intros, his logo and his edits throughout the video. He has mastered the art of engagement and keeping people from skipping or quitting.
He's done amazing
I absolutely love these videos! ive been watching them meticulously because I really struggle with making videos in terms of understanding how to edit and record, you can see from my channel, but Im hoping you can make a video on how to record multiple angles while because I dont generally understand how to do it properly. hope you understand what I mean, and thank you for these videos!
Dont film multiple angles......try using one camera and move it a LOT...you will have to do things several times to get all the shots but then you are editing ONE pice of footage from ONE camera
I do this ALL the time....move the camera/ work...move the camera/work
@@davewhipplevideo thank you for the response I greatly appreciate everything you do!
Appreciate the insight and advice! Really enjoying this content.
Glad you liked it!
Such great content! Thanks again Dave!
-Will
What are your thoughts about livestreams to grow your channel?
Speaking strictly for myself as a viewer...I do not watch lives. Mostly boring and too long.
All the best to you this New Year, Dave :) Thanks for another set of tips! It looks as if I'll be on the road sooner than planned (Lord Willing) ... We'll see if I get to Michigan this Spring. I have a few Lights and Life Saving stations to get on video :) UA-cam is an amazing resource! I've been listening to the sounds of a Michigan Springtime. Good for what ails ya:) See you down the road, my friend ... God Bless
My grampa always used that phrase "good for what ails ya". He's stab a green onion on a fork and point it at you and say "good for what ails ya" then wink and eat the onion
@davewhipplevideo ... LOL ... Yup
Hey Dave, small content creator here with aspirirations of Alaska Wilderness. I'm really glad I found you. I'd like small acreage near Talkeetna. Any specific realtors you trust? I've never owned land and need a hand.
I dont know any in Telkeetna. Nice town though
Always good info Dave. I am working on about five scripts for videos, almost ready to start a channel. I am wondering if you use scripts and if you do how do you keep looking straight into the camera while reading your bullet points, outline, or script?
I dont use them
@ thank you. I might be over thinking my process.
There is a reason commercials are only 30 seconds, because people don't want to wait longer than half a minute before changing topic. Dave is right about the first 15s being critical
I don't wait that long 5-10 seconds and I am gone.
Great advice on edits. Thought I'd take a look at Matt D'Avella, who I always think of as being quite a relaxed channel with a lot of talking head shots. Used my phone for a stopwatch and counted the edits. Stopped at just over 3 minutes and there were already 54 edits! So even on channels that seem quite slow there are way more edits than I thought. Thanks again for some great, simple advice.
LOL....think of an edit as a courtesy cut. You take out the pauses, mistakes, ah's, um's etc and its better for the viewer.
Happy New Year Dave!
Thank you Dave. Do you recommend voice over?
I love doing voiceover
Cool--would you say these tips work for a podcast as well?
I dont have a podcast so I cant comment on best practices
Another really enjoyable and value-filled video. Now I just have to start actually implementing your advice. 😊
Also, what does it say on your hat? Am I reading Ontario correctly? I just can't catch the top part.
Magnetewan Ontario
@davewhipplevideo in my neck of the woods! Lovely part of the world.
Right on. I went over there in the spring and did a pod cast with Jim Baird
@davewhipplevideo that's awesome. Jim sure has done some amazing adventures.
Yeah Jim is the man for sure. Him and I have been friends for 9 years, the guys has done some amazing stuff and he's a really good dude.
Hey Dave. If you ae shy about appearing and speaking on camera, do you recommend starting with voiceover?
yes
Your lighting is so much better! What lighting system are you using?
I have a lamp plugged in, on the floor, back by the wall to light the background ,,,,,,and I'm facing a big picture window. My camera is on a table top microphone stand on the window sill. No other lighting
@davewhipplevideo looks stellar!! Long time fan of you and the whole . Mic, Brooke, Belle. Y'all are killin' it!!!
Thanks
Love this!!!! The what and why is super critical. I've tried my best to focus on this... My train of thought is that when I'm surfing on UA-cam the first 30 seconds will auto play... That's my time to "set the hook" my brand reel is 8 seconds, and then it's straight down to business. My challenge with multiple shots is editing time. I used to record with 3 cameras, then spend hours editing ... What I found helped me was keep it simple, 2 cameras for a how to video (one wide angle, one top down or hands down) and then simply crop when editing to give the impression of different angles. I am suffering a huge mental barrier to doing a voice over on my latest video, any advice for how to do this successfully? Edit the footage first then record the audio? Record the audio and then do the edit? Thanks!
I like everything you said. 8 seconds sounds a bit long for branding....but do what works.
As for the cameras, I like to use a single camera so all the close up stuff I can just grab and go without trying to talk at the same time ( unless it works)
When doing voiceover I do ALL the edit first untill I have all the good shots trimmed up and the junk gone.... if any "component' of the video feels like it's running to long, I'll cut it down.....then when the edit is complete I'll wing the voiceover so it's "conversational". And I always try chisel it down to the fewest words while never editing out the "folksy" way we all speak in person.
@davewhipplevideo awesome! I am so used to having the spoken part of the video act as the backbone, and then layer on all the other stuff as B roll. I think that reversing that workflow is what's breaking my brain. I'll give it a go! Thanks again!
Act as a camera man......then as the host in voiceover
@@davewhipplevideo going to give that a go, thanks!
Plan on making a second channel on homesteading. Got some of that cheap gear and plan on launching it before February of 2025. Question for you: how was it at the beginning of your UA-cam journey? Did videos get views right away or did it take time?
I think I had the formula right, right from the start.......specific subject, quick edits , etc......but my videos were always limited by the subject's value and popularity...........make the worlds greatest video on a subject with only 10 thousand people interested in and you can never expect to get more than 10k views
@ thanks Dave I have studied your content and understand the formula. Hopefully I can do what you have taught justice.
Where I’m struggling, I feel like I make good videos, working to get better with every one of them, they’re not the best for sure, but I feel like I see people with 10x more subscribers and views than me and their videos just aren’t really all that good, I feel like I just need one to catch and take off and then I’ll start growing more, but until then, taking your advice and I’ll keep making videos!
Stick with it and keep dialing things in with every video. You have some good stuff and the right basic idea.
@ thank you!
Dave
I do how to videos on fixing cars 🚙. I like to show the parts and tools 🛠️ required first before tackling a project. Should I put this at the end? Or just leave it open for comments so YT shows engagement from answering comments? Thanks Dave!
I'm actually quite familiar with the auto space on UA-cam.......this would be my advice.....go watch a couple hours of Chris Fix videos and take notes. He's one of the best automotive channels on the platform. Whatever he's doing is probably the right thing to do
Thanks once again Dave for the tips.
Keeping this video in mind…would it be beneficial to recall or delete older videos in your history, edit them with keeping these tips in mind and re-upload as new content or just leave your list alone and progress with new content using your tips? Reason I ask is I now can see the where my past videos could certainly use this information. What I think is great content is likely the downfall and losing viewer numbers.
with your subs and your video count you dont really have anything to lose by tweaking what you have already uploaded......however, if you dont think you have high interest subjects...you new and improved videos may not perform any better. Subject is king. Great irish jig by the way
@@davewhipplevideo Thanks for the reply Dave. My subject matter isn't going to change as I want to stay in this area. Its all about how I'm going to present what i have in the future. Your tips in this video series is certainly giving me lots to think about. The off grid cabin of mine is far from finished and i have many projects slated for 2025. I'm certainly going to change the way things are presented for sure. Thanks again and happy you like the music!!
Many times I have asked, "Where are we going with this? What's the end thing supposed to look like? I'm lost." Yes, end at the beginning, please.
So true 🌝👍
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Yes, getting alot of shots, close ups, angles, establishing shot... I must practice this in 2025.
I like crafting videos--particularly when the thumbnail has a high quality shot of what we're going to be making in its completed glory. Then I click and watch. I absolutely hate it when a crafter says "Guess what I made" and the craft is blurred..so I'd get curious and click on it. Then the lady is showing us materials we need, she has us cutting circles and gluing stuff and I'm like "Wtf are we making??" so I'm watching for 30 minutes and then it starts coming together and I'm like "Oh..it's a snowman..why didn't you just say that and show us? I don't want to make that! Good thing I didn't go out and buy the materials! Why did I even waste my time? I could've been watching something I want to make!" so while their strategy worked at first to get clicks for curiosity, I would never click on their videos again because i'd say "Oh..that's that darn lady again who expects me to make a mystery" and I'd roll my eyes and pass it. Sadly, she probably did have some great projects but I was so frustrated it wasn't worth it.
LOL I get it
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Dave looks like a very nice hat. Boom (got that from you LOL).
The hat I bought in Magnetawan Ontario
The informatuon you are giving is great! I have a question: Does UA-cam "throttle" channel views? I have noticed that on my videos the views are going up then BAM it just cuts off! And, also I get a bunch of views sometimes over thousands of views and then BAM hundreds of views disappear! What is up with that?! 😱🤪😝🤣👍👍🇺🇸
UA-cam rolls out you video to their most likely viewers and if the video get views, they roll it out to a wider audience and so on......once the views drop off , UA-cam has no incentive to push that video any more because it did what it did with the most likely viewers ( your subs ) then died with a wider audience.
@@davewhipplevideo I agree with that but the views aren't "tailing off", they are flat cutoff, flatlined! There is no "slow down or tail off" they flat cut the viewing! 😱
And why do my numbers of views disappear, like a video will show it has gotten 1,246 views, then I check it a couple of hours later and the views are now at 532?! What is up with that?! 😡
Ive never seen that before
It also just happened on my last video, I put the video on, it went upto I believe 385, then an hour later went down 245! I have lost thousands of views by this and not to mention how many I have lost because UA-cam cutoff my videos (throttled)! And, there is no way to get assistance to find out why! There is no avenue for dispute! 😱🤯😁🤪😝🤣👍👍🇺🇸
When a video flatlines it's likely been viewed by the people who the algorithm thinks will watch it and then the wider audience sees the thumbnail and doent have any interest in it ....then it flatlines.
Hey Dave I'm the guy from the catchahawg channel. Thanks for making these videos. Any tips for making daily blueberry farm activities interesting? I struggle with the titles, thumbnails, and the story on this channel lol
Buddy, I don't know a thing about farming blueberries or making that subject the best it can be. Again I would research the daylights out of the subject on youtube's home page and see where the interest is. Good luck
@ I guess I misspoke. It’s not really about blueberry farming due to that being seasonal. Mainly I fix broken stuff, trap or hunt things that eat our chickens or destroy our blueberry bushes like pigs and raccoons. There’s always something to do when you own a piece of land but making those things interesting is where I struggle. I’m definitely going to try to implement your techniques for editing. Hopefully you will be doing some more vids on how to tell better stories lol
Look for the heart and soul of an idea......For example, if you're trapping coons to keep them from the chickens.....a title like "catching coons on the farm" doesn't have the same visceral reaction as a title like " How to save chickens from Preditors". Just an example
@ 👍thank you sir
Creating content is becoming addicting
I do have a thought on this. I watch a few firewood/chainsaw/log splitter channels and it seems they go against what you are saying and they seem quite successful. They pretty much just show cutting and splitting wood with a few comments thrown in. Maybe it’s channel loyalty. What’s your thoughts on that?
I would have to see the specific video....if a channel has a million subs and gets 100k views on a log splitter video that might seem realy good but it may be just 10 % of that channels subs watched it ...so maybe it was channel loyalty.
So I have two subjects I make content with on my UA-cam channel one is motorcycles and the other is mountain biking, sometimes one subject does better then the other but I love both of them and even combined them together. So I’ve had my channel for three years now it hasn’t growing much 240 subs
Do 2 channels. I love motorcycles. Fortnine is one of my favorite channels ......once in a while they do a mountain bike video and I turn the channel. The two subjects don't have a lot of overlap.
Can you do a video on the steps to upload and thumb nail, break it down for dummies! Please, cameras , microphones . How to basically ! Thanks
There are many channels out there that cover the basic mechanics of filming and uploading video...this channel is more about optimizing your content to get views and make better videos