15 STREAMPUNK Vlogging
I THINK YOUR CONTENT CHANGES LIKE THE SEASONS ,AND IF YOU ENGAGE WITH YOUR FOLLOWERS YOU’RE GOING TO BECOME MORE ANDMORE CREATIVE
MOVING ON UP Carly Rowena has upgraded her kit to produce better quality videos as her channel has grown
How often do you post? I aim to post twice a week: Thursdays at 5.30pm and Sundays at 6pm What do you post about and why? I consider myself to be a health and wellness vlogger with a little bit of daily life and sexy topics thrown in. In all honesty, I think your content changes like the seasons ,and if you engage with your followers you’re going to become more and more creative. What gear do you currently use to shoot, record, edit and distribute your channel? And how has your tech set-up evolved over time?
How do you engage and interact with your audience? Engaging with my followers is my favourite part of my job. The comments, likes, dislikes, emails are my only way of knowing if what I am putting out there is useful for people. It’s my feedback and without it I’d find YouTube such a soulless place to be. Your most valuable vlogging tip? Don’t try to be anyone else but you. There are so many people online that it can be hard to figure out who you should be when you pick up the camera. Try not to let yourself become too influenced by what others are doing. It’s your own personal uniqueness that makes people watch and follow you.
I film most of my videos on the Canon PowerShot G7X Mark II for ease, but create glossier videos on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, and only use natural light from the window. I edit using Final Cut Pro and create thumbnails using Canva or PicMonkey. In 2014 I used to film my videos using the camera on my laptop (terrible!), then moved to my phone, to the Olympus Pen and now to my current set-up. Have you been able to monetise your channel? When I first started, I just used AdSense. I then signed to StyleHaul at around 20,000 subscribers and am now looking into my best option moving forward.
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