Want to start vlogging but currently have no camera to start out ?
Here I will show you how to start vlogging with phone (how to vlog with with your phone)
Welcome to the ultimate guide where I will be showing you how to start your own youtube channel with you having to use your phone.
It is what many believe that without having a digital camera, they can’t start a youtube channel of their own
A year back I created a youtube video without me having access to a digital camera all with my phone and yes it is very much OK
And there are lots of people who have also done same thing with their phone and are getting result with it
Shall we ?
History about YouTube
YouTube is an online video sharing platform,
Which was created by three former paypal employees in the year February 2005
But then the following year (2006) google bought the site and since then have being the sole owner of one of the biggest online platform ever available
Through which users can login, watch videos, comments and like or dislike videos
And the great part is that anyone can upload videos on the platform as well .
is youtube free to watch
This is just one among the questions people ask when they want to watch videos on Youtube
Since it has being available to everyone who need an information or tutorial about something.
Youtube is free to watch from
No need of making payment, just connect to your WiFi or data to stream videos for free
Getting a youtube channel idea
Before thinking of creating a youtube channel, it is very much important you know what you want to share with your audience
This way your audience would be sure on what your channel is all about
E.g creating a video about “best laptop for watching movies”
Then creating another video on “best city to visit before you turn 60”
With this your audience won’t know what your target is.
But creating a channel around laptops and computers, has made them know that all you share are all about computers and nothing more
This way you have the ability of retaining your audience and making them subscribe to your channel
Now let’s quickly go through on what you can start blogging on .
Here I would be making use of two free tool to do this
The first is the powerful search engine (google.com)
I would be making use of that in getting what to vlog on (my target)
I put in my key phrase (laptops)
Then move below
Since I would like to create my channel around it
Then I move below to see more suggestions
(Though not important)
Now I did something to see if it would be very much ok if I go into that niche (area)
I just click the search bar and added the word “b”
Boom!
I got this.
This shows that people are really interested about laptops which means there is chance of getting to your audience by targeting laptops
Setting up your youtube channel
Now let’s setup the channel and start in no time
Move over to youtube by using the app
Look at the screen shot above and click that
This way we are moving to creating our own youtube channel
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If you click on it you should see the below screen shot
Now click on “your channel”
Boom !
That should show your channel and from the board you should be able to add more to make the channel stand out
How to start vlogging with phone
Now, in image; put in an image that well describe your channel
In the “name” space
Put in what you would like your channel to be called (known as)
For me , I put in “laptop life” as the name of my channel
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Now click on create channel.
Adding your image
To add images, after clicking on the channel tab
This is available for you to add image if you have not done that.
You can add the description about your channel (what your channel is all about
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The next that shows is av for you to choose either to allow users to see how many subscribers you have
It is very much ok you keep that private for a start then letting it available when you have gotten a lot of subscribers.
Leave the next option the way it is
Now go back and let’s go deeper into the steps to creating your videos
Getting your video title idea
You can’t just create a video and give it a title of your own
No !, you might regret it
Title idea: manual method
It is very much important, one get a video title before creating videos
In a way to get title for our video, we would make a quick research to get what people are searching for
Title ideas: using tools
We can also get title for our YouTube videos by making use of tools
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Which are available in free and premium
Using google or google search trend
The powerful google has many tools most people don’t know about, I visit google.com.
Then key in my phrase “best laptop for watching movies”
Since lots of people are searching for it
Then move down to the related searches
Now this are what people are searching for, you can create your video around this by using that as your title
(Still coming to that)
Answerthepublic
Answerthepublic is a site that provide users with questions google users type on
You can get key phrase from the site and create a video around it
Using Youtube
Youtube is also a great tool for getting title ideas for your youtube video
I decide to move over to youtube and ask question around laptops
And I got the ones you see above
You can also create a video around them
But take note that getting views from youtube might be very difficult since you don’t know how competitive those keywords are
And in a way to make it more easier, there is a tool that would help you get them going and help you get views and subscribers within few months of using them
And that is where the tool known as tubebuddy comes in.
Using tubebuddy
Some time ago I decide to make use of tubebuddy, and with it I got some keyword for my next video
How to start Vlogging with phone
Though, I don’t put much mind on Vlogging but with that I can get as much title as I want for my next video
Below image shows a keyword I can make use of for my next video after using the tubebuddy tool
You can get the tubebuddy tool here
Creating videos with phone
Now after we must have gotten our needed keywords
We need to start creating videos around them
So that way, we need a digital camera (no!)
Here is how I create my videos
I install the screen recorder app
With which I can record everything happening on my phone
Great part is that you can also video yourself by making use of the same app
You can install the app by following this link
Uploading your videos
To upload your video you can either make use of the youtube app or the youtube studio site
Here I am making use of the app
Visit youtube
Click on the plus sign at the middle of the bottom layout of the app
See image below
The next should show up
Click on upload video
Then choose the video you wish to upload
Then in the next page showing put in the keyword you got from google as your title (that is what people would search for to arrive on your video if you are well optimized for it
Caution: don’t download others video to use, youtube might bring down your channel for copyright claim
I receive copyright claim after uploading a video that does not belong to me
See below
After you must have choose the video you wish to upload
Click the upload icon
Congratulations, you have successfully uploaded your first video
Repeat the steps to getting your title ideas and upload more videos
With that you are on your way to getting your chance to stand out from other youtubers
How to start Vlogging with phone
With this I can vlog without me having to use digital camera or what ever but with my android phone
I can reach out to my audience.
Conclusion: you have successfully learn how to start vlogging with phone even if you know nothing about it
Though most people still believe it get more easier when one make use of a video camera in creating videos.