Getting Started with YouTube: Tips for Creating Tech Videos

hey guys in this MKBHD video we're going to be taking a look at the YouTube tips video episode number one so keep in mind you can click the corner of this video to view the overall overview of the series which is where you can leave suggestions for more episodes so I've been getting the question a lot you know where did I start on YouTube how did I start out even before I got the T2i or before I even was accepted into the YouTube Partner program uh now it's there's a whole bunch of different types of videos you can get into uh and those include science and technology comedy and several others and I'll be focusing on science and technology which is a smaller Niche it's no surprise that the vast majority of the top 20 or so most subscribed channels on YouTube are all comedy but we're going to be taking a look at mostly science and technology for this series and uh the first thing I want to talk about is actually building uh from ground zero and really starting uh from point Zer and maybe you want to make your own Tech videos kind of like I do so without any further ado let's take a look

The First Thing to Do: Selecting Your Tech Video Type

the first thing to do is to select your tech video type you can either be software Hardware or Tech news and of course a combination of the three which is what I try to do is really good but the easiest to start off with is software and that's what I started off with and software is really easy to get started with because there's a free software out there that I've done videos on called cam Studio which is a style called screencasting which literally takes the software and Records your screen with what it's uh when the software is running so so you can get started with free software you really don't need much to edit this kind of stuff as long as you know move your MK around and show things and if you're good at that you can get a good portion of your audience interested in what you have to show next in software now Tech news is another Niche that's definitely very saturated right now there are the big YouTubers like Locker Nome and John for Lakers and Soulja know's best who literally do this fulltime and as soon as something comes out on the market they are really on top of it so if you're going to do Tech news you're going to have to do something different it seems difficult to really separate yourself and I try to do a different style of video you can see you know annotations over on the right hand side uh and to really separate yourself and get started with tech news you're going to have to do something really different and get started with video editing which is going to be a later episode then the last but not least most important type of tech video is Hardware now you can get started you're going to need a camera of course for doing Hardware videos and Tech News videos usually but the thing you're going to need to do is get gadgets to review now yes there will be a separate video on getting video know gadget review stuff uh and if you want to you can start off with reviewing things you already have which is what I did I actually purchased my laptop which was what really got me started in making videos and I bought a laptop cooler and said you know what I'm going to take the laptop webcam point it at the box and just film me taking it out of the box and that was my first Hardware video ever uploaded to YouTube and this is really how A lot of you guys can get started if you have a little flip video camera if you get something like that for Christmas that's going to be pretty helpful you can get started on YouTube that way

Picking Your Channel Name

next thing you're going to want to do is pick a channel name this is something you're going to want to identify Yourself by I didn't really have an idea of what I was going to do on my YouTube channel when I started of course I just picked Marcus brownley cuz that's my name but I did get youtube.com/MKBHD that channel as well is much easier to remember uh and mapped with partner branding so you can of course view my new channel background there uh just finished redesigning that it's embarrassing how long it took to make but I'm really proud of it so in the next episode we're going to be taking a look at graphics and getting your channel background set up and your logo and really identifying yourself on YouTube

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys in this MKBHD video we're going to be taking a look at the YouTube tips video episode number one so keep in mind you can click the corner of this video to view the overall overview of the series which is where you can leave suggestions for more episodes so I've been getting the question a lot you know where did I start on YouTube how did I start out even before I got the T2i or before I even was accepted into the YouTube Partner program uh now it's there's a whole bunch of different types of videos you can get into uh and those include science and technology comedy and several others and I'll be focusing on science and technology which is a smaller Niche it's no surprise that the vast majority of the top 20 or so most subscribed channels on YouTube are all comedy but we're going to be taking a look at mostly science and technology for this series and uh the first thing I want to talk about is actually building uh from ground zero and really starting uh from point Zer and maybe you want to make your own Tech videos kind of like I do so without any further Ado let's take a look the first thing to do is to select your Tech video type you can either be software Hardware or Tech news and of course a combination of the three which is what I try to do is really good but the easiest to start off with is software and that's what I started off with and software is really easy to get started with because there's a free software out there that I've done videos on called cam Studio which is a style called screencasting which literally takes the software and Records your screen with what it's uh when the software is running so so you can get started with free software you really don't need much to edit this kind of stuff as long as you can you know move your MK around and show things and if you're good at that you can get a good portion of your audience interested in what you have to show next in software now Tech news is another Niche that's definitely very saturated right now there are the big YouTubers like Locker Nome and John for Lakers and Soulja know's best who literally do this fulltime and as soon as something comes out on the market they are really on top of it so if you're going to do Tech news you're going to have to do something different it seems difficult to really separate yourself and I try to do a different style of video you can see you know annotations over on the right hand side uh and to really separate yourself and get started with tech news you're going to have to do something really different and get started with video editing which is going to be a later episode then the last but not least uh most important type of tech video is Hardware now you can get started you're going to need a camera of course for doing Hardware videos and Tech News videos usually but the thing you're going to need to do is get gadgets to review now yes there will be a separate video on getting video you know gadget review stuff uh and if you want to you can start off with reviewing things you already have which is what I did I actually purchased my laptop which was what really got me started in making videos and I bought a laptop cooler and said you know what I'm going to take the laptop webcam point it at the box and just film me taking it out of the box and that was my first Hardware video ever uploaded to YouTube and this is really how A lot of you guys can get started if you have a little flip video camera if you get something like that for Christmas that's going to be pretty helpful you can get started on YouTube that way next thing you're going to want to do is pick a channel name this is something you're going to want to identify Yourself by I didn't really have an idea of what I was going to do on my YouTube channel when I started of course I just picked Marcus brownley cuz that's my name but I did get youtube.com/ MKBHD that channel as well is much easier to remember uh and mapped with partner branding so you can of course view my new channel background there uh just finished redesigning that it's embarrassing how long it took to make but I'm really proud of it so in the next episode we're going to be taking a look at graphics and getting your channel background set up and your logo and really identifying yourself on YouTube but this just been a quick tip on the types of tech videos to get you started on YouTube and hopefully I've helped you out in the next episode you can click the corner of this video and uh view that so merry Christmas if you're watching this on Christmas Happy New Year and I'll see you in 2011 peace whey guys in this MKBHD video we're going to be taking a look at the YouTube tips video episode number one so keep in mind you can click the corner of this video to view the overall overview of the series which is where you can leave suggestions for more episodes so I've been getting the question a lot you know where did I start on YouTube how did I start out even before I got the T2i or before I even was accepted into the YouTube Partner program uh now it's there's a whole bunch of different types of videos you can get into uh and those include science and technology comedy and several others and I'll be focusing on science and technology which is a smaller Niche it's no surprise that the vast majority of the top 20 or so most subscribed channels on YouTube are all comedy but we're going to be taking a look at mostly science and technology for this series and uh the first thing I want to talk about is actually building uh from ground zero and really starting uh from point Zer and maybe you want to make your own Tech videos kind of like I do so without any further Ado let's take a look the first thing to do is to select your Tech video type you can either be software Hardware or Tech news and of course a combination of the three which is what I try to do is really good but the easiest to start off with is software and that's what I started off with and software is really easy to get started with because there's a free software out there that I've done videos on called cam Studio which is a style called screencasting which literally takes the software and Records your screen with what it's uh when the software is running so so you can get started with free software you really don't need much to edit this kind of stuff as long as you can you know move your MK around and show things and if you're good at that you can get a good portion of your audience interested in what you have to show next in software now Tech news is another Niche that's definitely very saturated right now there are the big YouTubers like Locker Nome and John for Lakers and Soulja know's best who literally do this fulltime and as soon as something comes out on the market they are really on top of it so if you're going to do Tech news you're going to have to do something different it seems difficult to really separate yourself and I try to do a different style of video you can see you know annotations over on the right hand side uh and to really separate yourself and get started with tech news you're going to have to do something really different and get started with video editing which is going to be a later episode then the last but not least uh most important type of tech video is Hardware now you can get started you're going to need a camera of course for doing Hardware videos and Tech News videos usually but the thing you're going to need to do is get gadgets to review now yes there will be a separate video on getting video you know gadget review stuff uh and if you want to you can start off with reviewing things you already have which is what I did I actually purchased my laptop which was what really got me started in making videos and I bought a laptop cooler and said you know what I'm going to take the laptop webcam point it at the box and just film me taking it out of the box and that was my first Hardware video ever uploaded to YouTube and this is really how A lot of you guys can get started if you have a little flip video camera if you get something like that for Christmas that's going to be pretty helpful you can get started on YouTube that way next thing you're going to want to do is pick a channel name this is something you're going to want to identify Yourself by I didn't really have an idea of what I was going to do on my YouTube channel when I started of course I just picked Marcus brownley cuz that's my name but I did get youtube.com/ MKBHD that channel as well is much easier to remember uh and mapped with partner branding so you can of course view my new channel background there uh just finished redesigning that it's embarrassing how long it took to make but I'm really proud of it so in the next episode we're going to be taking a look at graphics and getting your channel background set up and your logo and really identifying yourself on YouTube but this just been a quick tip on the types of tech videos to get you started on YouTube and hopefully I've helped you out in the next episode you can click the corner of this video and uh view that so merry Christmas if you're watching this on Christmas Happy New Year and I'll see you in 2011 peace w\n"