mild steeple
Hey guys, I just started my youtube channel a few weeks ago and I do everything on my own (cutting, filiming, etc.). I just asked myself, if you would rahter put background music on unboxing/tutorials like that or stay with the original sound te get more athenticy?
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwBDuZXwts
honest swift
So when it comes to background music or not thats a stylistic choice. If you do decide to go that route make sure its in the background. Often times music overpowers the content.
Now the video itself if someone is looking for that particular product they might watch it but as it is right now the appeal outside of that is pretty low.
You might consider post commentary to make it more engaging.
Now the biggest issue you have is your thumbnail, its just a random photo with black bars on the side.( I get that its the unboxing product)
You as a content creator have to stand out and on someones homepage this isnt going to stand out more than likely.
I would highly recommend learning the basics of a image editor and learn the basics of composition(canva is a free one in browser, Gimp is a free downloadable software) Your title and thumbnail are the most important part of your video and as it is right now the amount of people that would click on it is probably pretty low.
mild steeple
Thanks for the detailed feedback my friend, you really helped me!
Could you recommend any special improvements on the thumbnail, besides removing the black bars?
honest swift
Everything.
So the main focal point is the Canyon Grail CF SL
But its only like 40% of the actual thumbnail and the thumbnail itself isnt edited at all.
You yourself add nothing to the thumbnail because as a small creator no knows who you are so that 10-20% of the thumbnail is "wasted space"
The thumbnail its self is just not interesting nor is the title.
This is what your competetion looks like
granted I dont think the 3rd one is good due to text color and size but in these the bike is the main focus
mild steeple
hahaha i just thought the same, but the second one is very appealing
thank you so much
honest swift
Your only 3 longform uploads in so do give yourself some credit, Making content is easy, making watchable content takes nuance.
Youtube isnt a sprint its a marathon. Aim to improve a few things here and there with each upload.
also I would recommend https://thumbsup.tv/ this website lets you upload your thumbnail and shows it at every possible size that someone could see it at. So its a good tool to see what detail gets lost at smaller resolutions