Thinking about blogging/vlogging..

miikeeyy92

miikeeyy92

miikeeyy92

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Who would actually read/watch and blogs about cars/Motorsport that had more of an engineering twist to things, rather than just 'ooo this car is worth this much and goes this fast'?
 
That's the problem, it's not like a video game blog. It's very hard to start a motoring blog. You need viewers to get access to cars (or lots of money/rich friends) and you need the cars to get access to viewers.
 
You need an angle and you need to find how you can access things. If you are just posting ramblings and opinions based on presumption and reading rather than actually experience I am not sure it offers anything other than just an outlet for noise, like 99% of people's Twitter feeds, mine most definitely included.
 
kitkat9933 said:
That's the problem, it's not like a video game blog. It's very hard to start a motoring blog. You need viewers to get access to cars (or lots of money/rich friends) and you need the cars to get access to viewers.
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Pretty much and unlike most on here I do have friends with the cars people would want to read about, but frankly to do it right it's a full time job and I can't be ***** or you need a dweeb following like that Schmeee or whatever its name is.
 
Housey said:
You need an angle and you need to find how you can access things. If you are just posting ramblings and opinions based on presumption and reading rather than actually experience I am not sure it offers anything other than just an outlet for noise, like 99% of people's Twitter feeds, mine most definitely included.
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Again true, i myself would much prefer to read about someone's thoughts / opinions rather than information I could pick up anywhere!
 
If you're doing reviews of cars that people are genuinely interested in, like Fifth Gear and Top Gear (sometimes do) and giving opinions on gadgets that cars have, and how they look, perform, running costs etc then go for it, I would watch
 
An engineering angle would be interesting, but limited in it's appeal I fear and frankly there is very little money in it unless you are very lucky.
 
Persuade dealers to give you cars for day-long test drives. Use the budget marques to get the mid-range marques for test drive, use the mid-range to get the premium marques for test drive, use the premium marques to get the supercars for test drive....
???
Profit
 
Kenai said:
Sounds like the YouTube channel Engineering Explained
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Was just about to post this, he's already doing pretty much exactly this. started out just talking in front of a whiteboard but since getting quite a following is actually getting decent cars to review and talk about. I really like his reviews as he talks about them in a very technical way yet to me at least isn't boring in how he says it. My wife on the other hand does call him 'the boring man' whenever i watch his videos...
 
miikeeyy92 said:
Have a good understanding of engineering (mechanical engineer), and have been told that I have a knack for explaining how things work to people that don't know, so would be based around that.
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The most important question of all, is "do people actually like listenning to my voice"

There are millions of people out there with youtube channels / vlogs. What marks the successful onces out from the ones that are unsuccessful and have to spam other peoples comments to try to get people to watch them ?

Their voice. You can be as good at explaining things as you want, but if your voice isn't enjoyable to listen to, people won't watch your youtube channel / vlog.

So many times I've turned off a youtube video just because I can't stand the sound of the narrators voice. Not everybody is cut out for radio / narrating.
 
Thanks all for the comments. Good use about the day release for test driving, a good place to start!

Fr0dders said:
The most important question of all, is "do people actually like listenning to my voice"

There are millions of people out there with youtube channels / vlogs. What marks the successful onces out from the ones that are unsuccessful and have to spam other peoples comments to try to get people to watch them ?

Their voice. You can be as good at explaining things as you want, but if your voice isn't enjoyable to listen to, people won't watch your youtube channel / vlog.

So many times I've turned off a youtube video just because I can't stand the sound of the narrators voice. Not everybody is cut out
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Seeing as my girlfriend just said "I don't even like your voice, it's unengaging" (probably because I bang on about cars) :D might be wise to avoid it!
 
Fr0dders said:
one of the most successfull car vloggers is this guy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2dBZuI6gS-jv7PCIDXkXag

he just rocks up at dealerships and sits in the cars in the parking lot. 673,000 subscribers makes for quite a lot of hits.

He's been so successful however there are now loads of copycat channels on youtube copying his exact style. They don't do as well however
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Thanks, i'll have a look. Wouldn't want to be that generic!

[TW]Fox;27810434 said:
She sounds wonderful!
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haha, she's fantastic really!
 
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