I've gotten this question a lot recently And I figured it was about time that I Shot a YouTube video on it so if you are Currently wondering whether you should Start a blog or a YouTube channel I'm Going to share the pros and cons of each And what one is really right for you and Your audience so it doesn't matter if You already have an Instagram account You're thinking about starting a blog or A YouTube channel or maybe you're Already a blogger and you're thinking About expanding to YouTube as well I'm Going to answer hopefully all of your Questions and talk about the things that You really need to consider before you Dive all in and waste your time and Possibly your money on something that is Not right for you so if you're ready to Get started let's just go ahead and get Into it I didn't really realize that This was recording the whole time Originally when I was outlining this Video I was going to talk about whether You should start a YouTube channel a Blog or an Instagram account but the More I thought about it I realized that If you want to be an instagramer or an Influencer and you need to have a Website or you need to have a youtube Channel to back you up and if you want To be a youtuber or a blogger then you Absolutely need an Instagram account so To me an Instagram account is just like

A non-negotiable you absolutely need it Whether you start a blog or YouTube Channel that's really what you need to Consider so let's take a look at the two Options when you start a blog you Actually have to create a website you Own the domain and you launch a lot of Blog posts that's what it's like being a Blogger you launch blog posts you write The content compared to if you want to Be a youtuber obviously you do not own The YouTube platform but you create Videos and you upload them to the YouTube platform and there are a few a Pretty big differences between the two Of them I mean the first one is so so Obvious your website you actually own YouTube you do not own but the second Big difference is the content that you Create when they no blog you are doing a Lot of writing it's a text content Compared to YouTube it is a visual Content you are creating videos so the First thing you need to consider is you Who you are as a person what's your Personality like and what skills do you Already have so if you are the type of Person where you hate talking and you're Not even comfortable talking on Instagram stories and shooting YouTube Videos is probably going to be really Hard for you unless you already have a Plan where your face doesn't have to be Seen your voice does not have to be

Heard and maybe you're just doing screen Captures or text or something you're Creating videos that way then maybe YouTube is right for you but if you want To become like a life style youtuber Then I mean it just it might not be the Best option for you if you Feel comfortable talking in front of Other people or even just talking in Front of a camera compared to if you Honestly enjoy writing and starting a Blog might be right for you but if you Hate writing with all of your heart why In the heck would you start a blog Because you are going to have to write Blog post there are over a thousand Words long and that is just going to be A drag I love being a blogger because I Love writing and Alex and I were on a Camping trip just a few weeks ago and I Chose to sit down and write and he made A comment saying that it was so funny That I enjoyed writing because he Absolutely hated it and he could never Survive being a blogger because he does Not actually enjoy writing come her to Me I love it I love writing blog posts But guys I also loved shooting YouTube Videos and this is kind of a new passion Of mine but I think that YouTube is a Great way to let your personality shine Through and if you do better in person With people compared to over email with People then maybe starting a YouTube

Channel is right for you so you really Need to think about your personality are You going to be better sitting down in Front of a camera or just sitting alone At your computer and writing whatever The heck you want to say then you need To think about your skills and what you Honestly enjoy you might not know if You're good at shooting video or editing Video until you dive in but is it Something that you're passionate about Is it something that you're just Interested in that is really the first Step if you have absolutely no interest In writing blog post then do not become A blogger there is absolutely no point So think about what you are good at Right now what skills you already have And what platform really interests you The most and I know right now both Platforms might interest you but when it Boils down to the content that you are Going to create what one seems the most Interesting to you then you really need To consider where your audience is and I Do not want to hear that my audience is Everyone and that my audience is Everywhere because that is just not the Case not everyone is on YouTube and not Everyone is on Instagram and not Everyone is on Pinterest so you really Need to think about where your audience Is is your audience currently searching For YouTube videos that you could create

In your niche or are they on google Searching for blog posts that you could Possibly create so you really need to Think about where your audience is if Your audience is not on YouTube there is No point in creating YouTube videos Because you will not be found but on the Flip side of that one of the reasons why I am diving so Hardcore into YouTube is because I don't See a lot of people on the YouTube Platform I'm talking about vlogging and I think that the topic of blogging is so Huge especially on Pinterest that it is Also going to be huge on the YouTube Platform so if I can kind of get in at The ground floor when people are just Now starting to talk about blogging and Pinterest I am going to do it so don't Think that if your audience isn't on That platform right now that they aren't Going to be up on it in the future Because I honestly see a lot of growth When it comes to creating video content And here's why I'm going to hype up YouTube a little bit especially if you Don't like blog writing or if you think That your personality is better set for Video YouTube is free guys I have Invested so much darn money in my blog Guys it's almost two thousand dollars Just to run a blog so if you are at the Point where you do not have money to Invest and possibly your side hustle or

Your brand then I would say starting a YouTube channel is going to be a safer Bet for you because you're not throwing Money into it from the very beginning Yes I have invested money in my youtube Channel but honestly I only spent six Hundred dollars buying this camera Compared to thousands of dollars owning My blog so that's really the next thing You need to consider is what money are You willing to put down right now to Establish your brand on one of those Platforms then you need to consider how Much time you have to spend on creating Content because there is a pretty big Difference between creating a youtube Video compared to a blog post and it's All going to depend on the quality of Content that you want to create if you Are just launching like a 500 word blog Post it might not take you that long you Can probably get it done in an hour or Less but for me at my blog posts tend to Be around 2,000 words maybe a little bit Less a little bit more sometimes but That can take me up to three to five Hours to launch a blog post at that Length compared to my YouTube videos you Guys already know my YouTube videos can Take me eight hours to edit sure Sometimes it's only two hours to edit Especially if I'm not doing anything Advanced I'm not doing anything fancy it Can be a lot easier to edit but most of

The time I would say I'm averaging Around 6 hours to edit a YouTube video And then when you think about how long It takes to shoot a YouTube video that's One to two hours in and of itself and Then doing all the finishing touches Doing the thumbnail and everything like That that takes at least another hour so I am spending sometimes ten plus hours On just one YouTube video compared to Two to five hours on launching a blog Post so really your time commitment is Going to depend on what platform you are Going to choose now this isn't to say That you can't do both I own a boy And a YouTube channel when I first Started my blog I had no intention of Creating a YouTube channel but Here I am Putting more and more effort into Creating YouTube videos compared to blog Post am I going to let my blog die no of Course not I still love blogging and That is really the main hub for my Business but I look at YouTube as an Extension of my brand and as a great way To grow my brand so I want to talk about The pros and cons of doing both in case That's what you're thinking about so Let's start with the pros the biggest One for me is increasing your chances of Being found so you could be found on Google you can be found on Pinterest for Your blog you could also be found on YouTube for your YouTube videos that

Then lead it to your blog so you really Increase your chances of just being Found online in general by having both Platforms available you also get to Build a strong and diverse brand so no Matter what your audience is looking for If they're looking to read a blog post Or if they're looking to watch a youtube Video you have the content available for Them to view to see to consume and it's Really going to help to build your brand But the biggest problem that I see when You decide to sign up for both is that You over commit yourself and you can't Stick to what you originally plan to do And most of the time I see people just Fall off the wagon and stop creating Content completely because they can't Stick to what they committed to so if You have a blog right now and you feel Like you can barely create blog posts do Not sign yourself up to create YouTube Videos you're going to overwhelm Yourself because you do not have the Time right now to do what you already Have to do don't add more onto your Plate it's going to seem nearly Impossible and the same thing goes for If you have a YouTube channel and you're Thinking about starting a blog if you Can't keep up with both don't do it and The one thing that I would recommend to You if you are going to sign up for both And if you're going to be successful for

Both is give yourself a calendar that You can actually stick to don't say that You're going to launch one blog post a Day or one YouTube video day because You're not going to stick to that you're Just not it's going to be way too hard At the very beginning what you can do You can launch one blog post week or one Blog post every other week and two YouTube videos a week I honestly think That you need to launch at least one YouTube video a week to be successful But I would highly recommend launching Two YouTube videos a week so I don't Want you guys to think that you have to Choose one or the other if you are Passionate about blogging that you're Thinking about dabbling into video Because you love talking on your Instagram stories that's exactly why I Got started here on YouTube I love Connecting with Guys on Instagram by talking on Instagram stories and I was like if I Can expand this to talk to a camera to Talk to you guys on YouTube I'm going to Go ahead and do it so don't let your Limiting beliefs hold you back don't let Some of these things that I talked about Hold you back if you are passionate About one platform or the other or maybe Both just go ahead and do it but be Realistic with yourself set a schedule And stick to it

So now if you are thinking about Starting a blog you can go ahead and Check out this video right here or if You were thinking about starting a YouTube channel you can go ahead and Check out this video right here I will Have all the links included in the Description bar down below but that is It for this video so I will see you guys Back here and another one I do upload New videos every three days to make sure That you subscribe to my channel like This video while you're down there and I'll see you guys soon Bye guys what was I saying oh I didn't Mean to do it one mistake let me I'm Gonna read watch it what what am I Saying it says I mean that doesn't even Flow I feel like there was more than I Wanted to say that I didn't say I was on A roll there and then I kind of got lost I think it I don't know I didn't yeah I Think that's okay hmm baby go lay down Good girl thank you did I just talk to You fast there I don't know why I'm out Of breath mm-hmm when I say let's just Just roll it girl like you got this and I'm sorry mm-hmm that was good that was Good okay that was the tape [Music]