Please Check Out My YouTube Channel - Feedback Would Be Great!!! '87 Dually Up First
 

I finally got off my butt and started filming for my YouTube channel. It would be great if anyone here had any feedback!

First episode is a field find '87 F350 diesel dually rescue - it needs everything! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq61KxKp1Is&t=14s

Thanks!

Scott

Episode 2 is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChJzQtmftgs

Episode 3 will be here in a few days!!!

Great speaking voice and on screen presence. Watched it to finish. Nice work. Waiting for your ‘68 Lemans video lol.

Nice work. Looking out for the next one.

Great job...hooked.

The only thing you need is maybe another set of hands (for close-ups) and some cooperative birds...lol.

Nice job.

Thanks for the input!

The '68 Lemans video is coming! I think the goal will be to get it into the 11's in the 1/4 mile while maintaining docile street manners.

I definitely need to do a better job of close-ups.

After I watched the clip with the crows hazing me, I knew it had to remain in the final cut.

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks!

Overall very good. I didn't have to turn the volume button all the way up.

Birds weren't that bad, better than wind blowing across the mic, or barking dogs in the background, or some housewife yelling at her kids across the street.

You did WAY better than most for using "filler words, and, um, etc. As you get more comfortable things will only continue to get better........

Hey Cliff -

First, thanks for the input!

Sound quality is very important to me; I think folks will watch grainy video before they'll watch something with lousy sound. I wear a lavalier microphone that's hard-wired to the camera. I need to step up to wireless at some point.

I agree that I'll get more comfortable in front of the camera, but I hope I get to the point that I can do shots in a single take! I'm too embarrassed to admit how many takes I need for a good clip right now!

Scott

When I shot pics for my first book it was taking about 25-30 photo's to get one good pic. By the 4th book I reduced that to about half a dozen or so.

I was an instructor for 20 years and have been to instructor training school (Military) plus on staff for one tour at an Instructor training facility. It gets easier but even to this day I'm not completely comfortable with public speaking events. Making Youtube videos wouldn't be much better.

I've watched quite a few recently when I was trying to educate myself to purchase a compact tractor. There were some really good ones on that topic, but quite a few folks dabbling in that area need to very quickly go back to their day-jobs.....IMHO I've glanced at a few on Quadrajet stuff, most are painful to watch. I may at some point make some videos but for now I'm too busy with other things so it will have to wait.

There must be some money it in someplace judging by the number of folks who have channels and putting up videos. I'm not sure at what point it actually becomes cost effective or profitable for the time spent. For sure it's going to help to be making videos in an area where a LOT of people would have interest, or larger target audience...........

I enjoyed your video. I can picture myself in the same situations years ago. Without money though! I think friends and my parents thought I was 'off my hinges'. Bought a Chevy 1 ton long bed no engine or trans,for work truck. Put a 400 Pontiac and M40 in it. Sold it cheap.

We have similar backgrounds. I went through a week long instructor training course and then taught for a year at the Army Infantry School at Ft Benning, GA.

There is some $ to be made on YouTube, but I don't think most folks end up getting there. Once you hit 1,000 subscribers (I'm currently at 440 or so), as long as you have 4,000 watch hours in the past 12 months (if all your videos are less than a few minutes long, you might not get there), YouTube will start paying you based on the ads in your videos. From what I can tell, it's anywhere from $20/month - $300 /month at around 1,000 subscribers, which isn't a lot. From there, it's about $200/video with 10,000 subscribers, $2,000/video with 100,000 subscribers, and $20,000/video for folks like the Vise Grip Garage folks at 1M subscribers.

I have no illusions of becoming a "social media influencer" but it would be nice to hit 1,000 subscribers. If I am able to continue downloading a new video every week to 10 days, I should hit 1,000 subscribers this year.

Sounds like a fun project!

Thanks for the feedback.

Episode 3 is up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlOdtMKfgQQ&t=57s

I noticed 3 was up. Been busy, saving it to relax watching your results. Thanks. Also thank you for your service ,for our freedoms.

Thanks, Bob!

Episode 4 is here! Covers removing entire front suspension from a vintage F350 dually in preparation for 4x4 conversion! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf48MJiOb0s&t=470s

Episode 5 is up - it's really a mini-Episode at 4:07. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsX-22u0lc&t=12s