Comments on: 10 YouTube Stars to Watch (& Learn From)

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:03:13 +0000

I’ve been following Shirley for a long time and she is a very genuine and professional person.. Loved the list!

Joyce

By: fashion diy

fashion diy — Sun, 26 May 2013 10:33:11 +0000

I especially liked the dress five ways can help with our new web which is still work in progress, am attracting good contacts through twitter will add short very short clips there first. Thank You

By: Nasreen

Nasreen — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000

I love that video..the one about a dress 5 ways…totally different outfits! so awesome.

http://lazyobsession.blogspot.ie/2013/05/oasap-summer-giveaway.html

By: Jessica Flores

Jessica Flores — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:18:10 +0000

I love this post! I actually started with a YouTube channel first and created my blog after I getting a consistent growing number of subscribers (thanks to my Bridal Brooch Bouquet tutorial).

I know a few on the list and am looking forward to watching more from the YouTubers you just exposed me to. Thanks, Jesse!

http://www.DomesticatedMe.com

By: Petya

Petya — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:17:26 +0000

What a great list of YouTubers! Thank you for sharing them. I’ve watched Chriselle and Wendy’s videos before and I absolutely love them. Now I had the chance to watch some other Youtubers and learn a little something for any of them. LEAF videos are amazing. That girl shows so much, but still keeping her videos so short, which is great!
This was so inspiring, I even end up with some post ideas, lol. Thanks again!

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:55 +0000

I started vlogging on youtube the same time I started my blog, here are a few things I have learnt so far… (I started towards the end of last year so by no means am I a professional)

It can be a lot of work, you need more time to come up with a concept for your videos, shoot, edit and upload. You will also have to do SEO and promote your content on social media. So be prepared to juggle a lot more. But you will learn quite a lot from it.

Be consistent with your content and make sure that at least your lighting is good and you have something to contribute.

Take part in the community, subscribe to other channels within your niche, leave thoughtful comments. Especially in other “young channels” this is how you make friends.

It takes time to build a following. So be patient because most channels that are big, did start four, five, six years ago and what you see today is an accumulative effort.

There is a viewer for everyone, as long as you come across genuine, someone will see something in you and view your content.

Most of all have fun, don’t get caught up in how many comments, views and subscribers you have, if you put in the work, they will ultimately come.

Dee
www.msdeekay.com

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:06:19 +0000

In reply to Karen Ussene. Hey Karen, I think with international vloggers you need to think about which audience you plan to target. For instance there is a vlogger called moroccanglamour I featured her on my blog you can read about her here http://www.msdeekay.com/142/behind-the-youtube-natural-hair-vlogger-ouga-of-moroccanglamour/ And she vlogs mainly in english but once a week on fridays she vlogs in her native language for her native speakers. Beauty and fashion of course is pretty much the same across the world, so she features products that can be found elsewhere and from time to time she will do vlogs about morroco for her international viewers, so they can get a inside look at the country and the scene over there. I think the way she does it is really smart because she doesn't limit her options and she targets both her audiences.

By: Karen Ussene

Karen Ussene — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:13:22 +0000

If you are a Blogger and you want to increase you number of followers I think that by doing videos for Youtube it’s a great way for it but be aware the number of haters will double.
In my opinion I think that the number of haters and trolls are bigger on Youtube than on Blogs.
People may pick on you either for the fact that you only have expensive things or on the idiom that you do your videos. If you are a native English speaker, well that is (possibly) your only option, but since the Internet is mostly ruled in English and if you happened to be a Spanish/Portuguese/French/Italian/German (etc) speaker, do you do your videos on your native language or in English?
If you do on your native language your audience might be small and then you start having people asking to speak in English and then if you do in English, you then will have people complaining that they don’t understand English and will hate you for that :S.
So you might have to spend some extra time dealing with the translation option on Youtube.
Basically if you do decide to go on Youtube, go for it , it can be great, but be sure to have a thick skin.
And Please don’t just do it for the money, people will see right through you.

By: Erin Bailey

Erin Bailey — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:56 +0000

Great list of Youtubers and awesome tips! I have to agree on one in particular, timing! It’s really, really easy to get carried away while filming, but the shorter and more direct a video is, the better! After about 3 minutes, it’s easy for people to tune you out, “fast forward” your video by clicking through it, or just turning it off! (I do it ALL the time!)