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Max Grauer's avatar
Max Grauer

If the channel is art-centered, I think an old-school "draw my life "would be a great first video. You get to showcase your talent while also building rapport with your audience.

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BoomerMod
Max Grauer

Hey Max Grauer, this is a really cool way to bring the audience into the creator's life in a fun way! Unfortunately your submission was a bit on the short side for this particular bounty, but I would absolutely follow a creator on this journey 🙂

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Sturmer

A solid first YouTube video idea is to create a product review.

Reviews are popular, offering value to viewers by informing their purchase decisions. Instead of adding to the countless reviews of well-trodden products, seek out items that haven't been extensively covered online. For example, a pocket knife from a discount supermarket, a functional phone stand from IKEA, or a smoothie blender. Anything high in sales but low in online content (a good info source is amazon reviews, you can see the demand and then check youtube if that item is well covered).

Here's what makes a review a solid pick for a first video:

  • Demand: There's a consistent search volume for reviews, which means a built-in audience.

  • Uniqueness: By focusing on products with fewer high-quality reviews, you fill a gap in content, which can attract viewers.

  • Authority: Offering insights on less-reviewed items can quickly establish you as a go-to source for those products. (example NASCompares)

Crafting Your Content:

  • Research - look for products with a gap between customer interest (high sales or ratings) and available content (few or poor-quality reviews).

  • Scriptwriting - adopt the customer's perspective. Focus on the key points that would aid a buying decision rather than rattling off specifications. Highlight the most relevant features and how they benefit the user or try some potential use-cases.

  • Preparation: Practice your script aloud, ideally with an audience like family or friends, to fine-tune your delivery and purge out the 'meh' moments.

Presentation Tips:

  • Conciseness: Respect your viewer's time. Skip the long intros and flashy effects—get straight to the meat of the content.

  • Introduction: Start with a clear and direct opening, e.g., "Hello, I’m going to review product XYZ, show you how to use it, and share my experience." You can add something like 'as i gamer myself i value ergonomics and comfort'

Remember, providing value through unique, concise, and viewer-focused content is key to a successful first video.

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EveOnlineTutorials

This is a very "loaded" bounty @boomer - I think you're trying to fry my brain. So let's look at this from multiple angles here. YouTube/Twitch/Kick is a marathon, not a race, not a sprint.

Gaming:

This topic is always the easiest one but what is a good first video that hasn't been done a million times before, what angle creates a unique creator? What game can push you into the realm of "Oh hi, I'm here now". The truth is, very little when pushing into gaming content, the trick I found that worked was to not go "mainstream" and pick a small game with a small following, create the best guide or walkthroughs with your videos, build that community first before moving onto the "big leagues". Cultivate a small community first.

Conclusion: Start small, take it slowly, baby steps

Art:

In this category, I would say that your work would need to be your own, not copies of famous works or attempting to slide into that area by imitation. When I draw, I do my style of borders and work, I think if you have a unique signature or draw/paint style, you are more likely to cultivate a following.

Conclusion: Be unique, not a copycat

Tech:

With "reviews" and "tech" I think it's important for that kind of content to show why you picked it. What is the passion you have in this area, what drives your brain to look at new tech and think "good lord I want that" when covering new or potential new tech, showing why and how you think it's going to be amazing or why is just going to be a waste of time, remember, it's better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission, in this area, sometimes playing the devil's advocate, can be the good role.

Conclusion: Be passionate about what you do and show that in your videos, no one likes "And today I did this".

Real Life:

In this area, one thing to remember before making your first video is where/why and what it is you want to achieve, are you showing your life? Where are you recording, do you have the right setup? Often when using just a phone, wind factors in big time and you can't be heard, so Mic's are needed. But also, these types of videos need to be interesting and informative and have a beginning, a middle, and an end. That is the hardest part.

Conclusion: Make the videos interesting in such a way, that the response is not "Oh just another one"

Twitch/Kick aka Streaming:

If anyone ever asked me "Should I become a streamer" my questions would follow

  1. Do you have a proper Gaming PC setup?

  2. Do you have between 5-8 hours a day spare?

  3. Are you outgoing and sociable?

  4. Can you read quickly?

  5. Are you able to focus on several things at once when in "just chatting" mode?

  6. Can you block out a chatting community when gaming?

IMO streaming is not a "part-time thing" It is an "all in" situation. It's one of the reasons I hardly did it because I simply didn't have the time to do it.

Conclusion: Time and hours are needed here, if you don't have them, don't try, avoid disappointment.

Hope this helps

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avrona

While many people want to experiment a lot with their sector of YouTube at first, having your first several videos all on the same topic or overall niche helps immensely, so make sure it's about something you want to stick with, which really just depends on your genre. Also go all out on quality from the very start with whatever equipment you have at your disposal, even buy some more starter equipment if you want to be serious about it. YouTube is so difficult to grow on nowadays that I'd say either go all-in, or not at all, and your first video should reflect that, showcasing everything you can do right out of the gate.

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Lanah Tyra

Your first video might not even get (many) views when you first upload it, people might only find it once your channel gets more popular and picked up by the algorithm, so no matter what type of content you want to do, make sure that even your first video is the quality you would proud of later. Show your passion and skills, and of course you will improve through the years, but you must be able to look at that first video years later and still smile.

If you have a specific idea for your channel you could make a little introduction video where you tell your viewers what you will be doing, what kind of content they will find on your channel. Kind of like a trailer to movie, which has the purpose of getting people excited for what's to come.

If you will be doing guides, reviews or game walk-through you don't really have to overthink it. Made a guide for a fight? Upload it. Got that first time walk-through? Upload it. Got a new hardware and what to share with people why you love it? Upload it. Then keep building on that first piece of content.

If you have a design idea for your brand it's good if you can already put your logo, overlays, text on your first video so whenever Youtube recommends your content to someone, they'll recognize it from your branding.

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FUN INC

If you are starting out, a simple who are you, what you do, what you are about, what you are trying to achieve, your background, and what you want to get out of content creation is a sure fire way to start. It also allows you to reference back to that piece for anyone that wants to know about you or answers to any of those questions! Be prepared for it to get next to zero likes, no watches, and just disappear into the ether. It won't be until you establish yourselves as a content creator that people will then start to stumble onto it.

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Kane Carnifex

Make it controversial and skip parts so the viewer get mad at you. Here for example i show 60 seconds Mayo. 1,8 Views and to much comments xD So if you get enough views in the beginning google will pick it up for you.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vi0hZmhfloQ

For me a Resturant should do most of the stuff from scratch.

Didn´t knew what happend and got flooded by comments :P These are my cherrys from the comment section:

  • raw egg gives you salmonella (a lot of people believe this)

  • raw egg is forbidden by Law in Germany (HACCP)

  • You wouldn´t pay extra

  • You missing the Herbs and Vinegar

  • Wait, there is so much oil in it?

And remember everybody on the Internet is an Expert in everything, be kind :)

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MURRRAAAAY

Honestly a solid video to make no matter what your niche is....drum roll please...... a tutorial!

Yes the old tried and tested trusty tutorial is a great first video to put on your channel for a few reasons. Firstly if the tutorial is you showing how to do something or fix something for example you are exchanging value with the viewer by giving them valuable information to complete a tasks. Which is a great first impression as you are delivering value to your audiance versus the classic thing most people do who are new to YouTube and just throw up a video telling the world about themselves or the classic in gaming is doing a lets play (dont worry i feel for this the first time i started YouTube too!) .... unfortunately nobody cares who you are.... until you give them that value!

Also if the topic of your tutorial is in demand or maybe not been resolved yet on YouTube you have a great traffic source right off the bat as people will be searching for the solution which you are providing. This is a huge bonus as getting traffic as a new channel can be tough!

Not only is this search traffic great because it will bring new viewers to your channel, but most tutorials can be evergreen, by that i mean it will pull in views for a long time, which allows you to grow your viewership and audience over a longer period of time from just one video!

A good tutorial video can be super simple to shoot and may not even need any editing as you see many tutorial videos on YouTube which are shot on the creators phone in one take and then uploaded to YouTube which then pull in tons of views! So there is a low barrier to entry for new creators who are just starting off with YouTube and are not upto speed with editing, thumbnails, tags etc etc which is why I think a tutorial video is thee place to start if your new to YouTube!

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