is a smartphone enough to start a YouTube channel stick around I'm gonna
let you know what I found out
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through saturday with the exception of last week on anything that has to do
with growing your presence online to build your business and better engage
your customers what happened last week for all of you guys that are fans of the
channel and know what's going on typically i put it out a video every day
monday through saturday every single day last week however i had to fly into the
states i had to meet with a bunch of different consultant clients that I work
with and I thought I'd be able to manage doing that work being on-site working
with those teams and shooting video editing video recording video all that
goes with that the reality is this I wanted to test whether or not a
smartphone would be enough for me to shoot video on the road while I'm doing
my business stuff and I can't do a couple different conclusions now those
of you that didn't see any videos last week know that obviously videos didn't
hit YouTube and there's a couple different reasons why and I want to
share my thoughts on this because from the start of this channel I have vouched
over and over again that all you need is a smartphone to get started on YouTube
and I want to give you guys my thoughts on this and break it down a little bit
so if you've ever considered starting a YouTube channel solely with a smartphone
stick around I'm gonna break this down for you okay point number one is gonna
wait a second I'm gonna put a disclaimer on this starting a YouTube channel with
just a smartphone is better than not starting a YouTube channel at all okay
get that out there I want to be clear on that okay now with that being said I
found after having the experience of shooting with a camera shooting with a
desktop camera having my setup here in the office I found switching to a
smartphone to have a large learning curve as any new thing does but there
are a couple key things that got me stuck that I realized
need some additional things if you're gonna make a smartphone work for you on
YouTube so the first one that I found guys and this is a big one is the audio
here in the office I've got a controlled space so a cellphone would work just
fine for controlled space like this where there's not a lot of sound I can
kind of buffer it by closing the door I can control it that way when I was out
and about though in the States cars people whatever that the smartphone mic
picks it all up and so having that level of noise was a big issue and sound is a
big deal when people are listening to a video I know myself I'm still working on
getting the audio perfected after a hundred plus videos audio is so key when
you're shooting and you are immediately off to a really tough start with a
smartphone only now that being said there are attachments you can get for a
smartphone that are a direct mic you can have bluetooth connected lapel mics I'll
put some of those down in the comments below for you guys to check out if this
is something that you're struggling with but audio was terrible for me when I was
out and about there's lots of things happening the smartphone just didn't do
the audio justice and it created some really muffled or crowded audio on the
video so that was a big sticking point for me of when I put out the videos I
like people to be able to hear me at the very least and that was really hard for
me to narrow it out now that being said a lot of people would suggest well just
filter that stuff out in the audio or in the editing process with the audio that
kind of takes me to my next point alright guys so audio was a non-issue
editing is a next editing on just a smartphone proved insanely difficult so
I came to a couple different conclusions in regards to smartphone youtubing and
one of them is this you have to be a one-take guru if you're gonna use a
smartphone okay one tech guru you get in you shoot it
that's it you don't need to segment piece alter audio in any way the
lighting was perfect you managed to shoot the perfect one shot video for
your YouTube Congrats smartphone is for you however that being said most of us
aren't going to shoot videos that way to be able to compile a single one shot
we need several different shots and most likely put b-roll in there you've got
the audio issues issues that I mentioned sometimes there's lighting issues that
you want to be able to adjust and fix and adobe clip I get what it's trying to
be I get what it's trying to do and if you absolutely have to edit with it it's
probably the best of a bunch of bad options but that being said it doesn't
really serve the purpose I highly recommend as I always have go out there
and give an actual editing software for me it's Adobe Premiere I love it and
Adobe clip just pales by comparison it doesn't give you the options it doesn't
give you the flexibility it doesn't give you the control and then actually
exporting the file it's just a huge waste of time and drain on a smart phone
where a desktop obviously does a much better job of it so the editing is a
huge part of why smartphone shooting became difficult and again please
remember that disclaimer that a smartphone video shot and edited on
Adobe clip is better than no YouTube channel whatsoever ok so the other thing
that smartphone would be great for and is now an option is going live okay
so if you have that capability you've got the data or you've got the location
with a great Wi-Fi I highly recommend why there's an option for smart phone
just because it gives you that real life feel but what I found with live was
there weren't any there were additional problems with that outside of the audio
and the lighting that we had already mentioned and that is control of the
camera okay now control of the camera for people
that I said you just need a smartphone becomes difficult because shooting like
this is obviously going to be a bit of a headache and you won't always have
somebody there to hold a camera and film you through a whole live shoot
especially since I know my lives typically B typically tend to be a half
hour to an hour long and the reality is that that's not something that you
you're gonna want to hold your arm up for the entire time so there's a couple
of different solutions for that let's get down to that so guys as far as how
you're going to set it up and control there are a couple different options you
have available to you okay one is the Joby so that
so one is the Jobi okay guys and this little guy here is a great tripod you
can set up on the go it's got a piece that goes in here you can screw it in
and just put your phone off BAM you've got a nice little tripod set up there
and you're ready to roll with it the other option that you've got available
to you is you can get a gimbal like the znq that we showcased a couple weeks
back here again I'll put links down with this stuff below guys so the CM ku
allows you to it's it's a gimbal it's a 3 axis gimbal so it allows you to move
in transition smoothly without the the video footage being all choppy ok which
icon was a major issue because I like to walk and move and talk as I shoot and I
often found myself as I was trying to shoot the first few videos I would be
moving my hand while I'm talking and it made the video this really gross seasick
kind of feeling so the Z and Q would have been a much better option to shoot
with just giving it that stability if you are a hand talker or your self
shooting so tripod is an auction guys the Z and Q is an option selfie stick if
you absolutely have to go that route could work but again it is a major
hassle and it is a major learning curve to get that feel and to get that right
so what are the takeaways that I've got by and large 4 is a smartphone all you
need in order to create a YouTube channel number one can it be done yes it
can be done what I still recommend it I would still recommend getting started
with just a smartphone over not getting started at all okay guys I highly
recommend you get started and improve as you go but if you had the choice between
a home setup or an office setup or a stationary setup or a camera setup all
of those I would personally prefer to the smartphone solo for the reasons of
poor audio control and while there are exceptions you can alter your smartphone
just a smartphone enough isn't to get there isn't enough to get there so
you're going to have to make a point to buy some additional add-ons in order to
make the smartphone work for you lighting lighting is another big one
you can't control I know here in my office I've got it set up so that
there's a window here with natural light right in front of me that allows me the
ability to speak within a well-lit environment whereas on the road that's
not really an option and the smartphone doesn't do a great job of really
controlling your lighting last but not least it's the editing process editing
on a smartphone I found to be extremely difficult there weren't a lot of great
options on it can it be done yes is it optimal know the options inside of an
actual piece of software like Adobe Premiere are far greater than what's
available on something like Adobe click so you can't really fix your audio well
you can't fix your lighting well you can't edit properly the export time
takes in an exorbitant amount of time because it's operating off of your your
smart phone and it also ties up your smart phone while you're doing that so I
just these things are major sticking points for me guys and I am gonna still
tell people that you can start a smart YouTube channel with just a smart phone
but I don't advocate for it as hard as I used to guys it's a very challenging
process with a very steep learning curve I know there are people out there that
do it and they rock it and good on them but for me as somebody who was fairly
new to YouTube at the start of the year coming into this channel trying this for
the first time my verdict on it is it's very difficult has a very high learning
curve it's better than nothing but there are a lot of other better
options out there question of the day is let me know what you think down below if
you shot youtube video with just your smartphone do you think that these are
reasonable conclusions that I've come to you let me know what you think down in
the comments below and I will catch you tomorrow with another great video see
you then
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