Hey e14 Members who YouTube

I mainly agree with mcb1, I only use videos when I want to show some dynamic behaviour.

Youtube is a convenient way to add videos to element14, most videos I add to my reviews or blog posts are hidden (unlisted) on youtube.

Few of the larger ones are listed on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkNenIjxchqMqJsHcTQsbbw

Gerrit.

(entering in the discussions after a while of silence )

IMHO videos are very useful to explain how something has been done, no matter if it includes moving parts or not. There is also a sort of psychological impact I think; self certification and demonstration that what we describe has been really done and works. In the specific context of electronics, making of etc. as we are involved here in E14 community it is very difficult to find something that has no movement at all! At leas a button, a LED, a light should be, if some current passes in our circuit.

By the other side instead I have great difficulties to follow the video tutorials - I can recognize this a limit - I see the video as an instrument to illustrate what is, how does it works and the progress reached at a certain milestone in a project. At least this is the logic I follow making videos.

As a possible suggestions, I can add the videos - except in some rare cases - should not be long than 3 minutes. If this time seems too short, think to a spot, telling a story and advertising a product in just 30 seconds or less.

Enrico

Wow. We're do I start.

These are all very interesting stories

Do I YouTube... yes indeed. Quite alot in fact but not close to some of the bigger channels like EEVBlog

I have about 23K subs and even when I was less than 10k I made about 300$ a month. Now I make the same... go figure. Just enough to cover the internet acess.

I never started the channel to make money though.  It was to help folks with trouble shooting and share some of my knowledge so I don't get into it for profit.

My videos are typically 30 to 60 mins long and very detailed.  I hate abreviated videos that show that something can be done but never enough on how.

I like running long going projects as Jan and othes will know but now I also get a few companies sending me cool stuff to review or use in my projects. In most cases there not valued enough to justify the time so it's good I don't do it for profit. It's a retirement hobby for me.

Ok. Gotta dash. I'll Continue this later

YouTube can be a good source of information for various things; I learned how to make videos on YouTube, I learned how to use GIMP as an alternative to Photoshop from YouTube, how to build computers, how to disassemble various video-game consoles, and many other things! It depends on what you're trying to find on YouTube, but it can be, like any sources of info, either exactly what you're looking for or a waste of time. One of my college teachers actually posted his classes on YouTube by recording his desktop capture w/ a mic on his desk and demonstrating everything on a computer (since it was a coding logic class).

Gotta say, I'm massively disappointed in YouTube as a platform these days though. I used to appreciate YouTube for their existence, but now they're just shoveling wastes of space like Logal Paul in your face.

Shameless plug, you can find my channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/retrohellspawn

I do tutorials, let's plays, demonstrations, reviews, and theories.

My videos are typically 30 to 60 mins long

Aren't those the short ones?

Shhhh, dont tell them, they wont come

I especially like how Peter answers the Ultimate Question of the Universe, towards the end of that longer video, and so interesting how it doesn't really make sense unless you watch the whole video from the start!

My son and I have the channel Raising Awesome.

On the surface it is a Maker channel spanning carpentry, welding, PCB design, mech electronics, auto mechanics, music, engineering, etc.  However, its underlying theme is teaching life skills with life lessons to my son from age 9 to 19.  So, occasionally, we won't build anything but focus on a life event that we learned from.

We start each main video with a Principle to live by.  These are various principles I have learned over the years that I want to bestow to my son.  The intent is to hit 365 principles although our pace is off to do so by the time he launches to the world.

We did not monetize our site until curiosity got the best of me when we had a chance to do a guest video for EEVBlog.  I turned it on and found that you can make about $1 per 1000 views.  Within a week, YouTube sent the note that I would no longer be eligible for monetization.  I immediately turned it back off of my videos.  I thought I jinxed it for everyone.

So, for me, the channel is to provide a chronicle of raising a child from 9 to 19 instilling awesome skills and life lessons and capturing it to video.  It serves as "home movies" and reference for him once he has launched to be his own man.  But we hope it serves as strength to tired parents at the end of the day to at least spend 8 minutes doing something truly unique with their kids to help set them apart from the emerging crowd.

What keeps us on YouTube versus just private videos is comments from someone that says we helped them out such as in the video where we show how to fix a gear shifter back light with LED light strips.  This took a $600 dealer repair to about $10.

If we ever do grow enough for monetization in the future, we'll probably turn on the ads primarily to turn it right back around for ads for the channel.  The long game however would be to sell a desk calendar aimed for kids and college students and perhaps a book - but I'm a horrible marketer so it probably won't happen.

See ya',

Sean

Ya you have to request the review, and then usually your ads will go back it happens a lot.  great job on the channel to all involved on it have watched a few off the channel.

Hey Peter!

I know TI was interested in paying you for some "product reviews" in the past.  Are you at all interested in work for hire on the video side of things or is it just for you/the fun of it?

how much would they have to pay you to make it worth your while?