Hey guys! Welcome back to keeping up with the Quebecer! Today, I'll be discussing
about why I started doing YouTube videos.
Last week was the first time I was uploading a video since my filming
hiatus. During that gap, the recent changes in YouTube's policy about
monetization happened. I saw a lot of people on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter
saying ''It doesn't matter. Remember why you started YouTube in the first place.''
And so, this give me the idea of doing a video where I would explain how I came
about to do YouTube videos. And so, here we are! So five or six years ago, I was
watching a lot of travel videos, especially a French guy named Alex.
He wasn't on YouTube but I binge watched all of his content. I was looking to go
do a humanitarian trip. And I liked his style and I was just like ''Oh maybe I
could do that as well!'': document my experience and everything. I was
also a lot into Sick of Sarah's music and they had this YouTube channel where they
would document their life as a music group, from recording music, recording
sessions, to touring. And so, I think I watched also all of their videos and I
was really impressed by people who were filming themselves. So this is sort of my
first experience in terms of watching videos and wanting to do the same thing.
Now fast-forward to maybe two-three years ago.. I was watching by then
ItsJudyslife, Jamie and Nikki, GabeBabeTV.. just to name those ones.. and this is when I
sort of realized that I really, really, really wanted to do this. It wasn't just
like ''Oh I wish I could do that''. No. I really wanted to do the same thing, you
know. I was also looking to go abroad for school. I was looking to do some
archeological field schools. And so I was just like ''Oh maybe I could document it.'' just the same way
I wanted to document my humanitarian trip. I was just like maybe I could record
visiting the place because obviously we can't record anything on the
field, you know. That trip might get done next year, so obviously none of those
videos were recorded.. but the idea is still here. And from that on, two things
happened. The first thing is that my parents and I started looking into video marketing
for the business. We started recording recipes that can be done with some of
the products we sell. That channel is still up and running although it is only
recently that we started really pushing it and giving it the energy that it
really deserves. The second thing that happened is that I started thinking that
maybe I could just start filming my everyday life and build something, an
audience, whatever, so that when I'll go to my field trip, my field school, then I'll
have already something started. I also saw that as an opportunity to be
creative in my everyday life. I come from a background of dance and theatre and so
for me doing videos was sort of a way to be creative because I had to stop
everything when I got to college. So a year and a half ago, I finally started my
YouTube channel. I think it has been one of the best project I have ever done.
I think it brought me a lot of good things. I've mentioned this before so I
won't go on and on about it. I'm so grateful that I've started it. It brought a
lot of things and I've learned a lot of things as well. And I hope I'll
get to do that for many more years. So this is how I came to do YouTube. If you
are debating whether or not you should start your YouTube channel.. I'm telling you:
just do it! It personally took me a while to decide to do it and now that I'm a
year and a half into it, I'm telling guys: do it. Like I should... I know that I should
have started before. And if you already have a channel, please let me know in the
comments why you started doing your YouTube videos. All of that being said,
thank you all so much for watching. Don't forget to hit the thumbs up and
subscribe. Also, make sure to go check out my new second channel and I will see you
guys next week with a vlog. Bye!
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