These days many people have a side hustle or do some moonlighting. If you’ve been thinking about starting an RV vlog (video blog) as your new side hustle, here are some tips to help you get started.
Be Yourself
Don’t feel like you need to act a certain way with your vlog. Just be yourself!
If you tend to be a pretty serious person, be serious on your vlogs.
If you’re usually goofy and don’t take things seriously, be like that on your vlogs.
If you don’t be yourself, you’re becoming an actor. While that can have its place, it’s generally not something you’d want to do long-term.
Find Your Own RV Vlog Niche
In the marketing world, a niche is a small, specific segment of a population. For example, just the fact that you are considering an RV blog means you are thinking of speaking to people in the RV niche.
The thing is, there are a lot of RVers. Yes, the number of RVs expected to ship next year is declining slightly back to pre-COVID levels. But there are still a lot of RVs selling every day as people try to escape the craziness of “normal life.”
Because there are millions of RVers, you need to find your own niche within the RV niche. For example, are you a solo traveler who only travels in the southwest? On the other hand, maybe you’re traveling with a large family, including kids, dogs, and cats? It could be that your “thing” is to RV outside major cities so you can tour them without having to pay enormous hotel costs.
You know you. The point is to let everyone else know you too. That way, you are more likely to speak to the right audience.
Plan Your Videos in Advance
Let’s say you had the idea of getting a new video in front of a fantastic sunset. You have it all planned out, but you realize as you get up to the site that it’s too late! The sun has already set, and while it’s still a nice view, it just won’t be the same as watching the sun actually dip below the horizon.
That’s why it’s essential to plan your videos in advance. You may not have a big time window, so try to set up early to ensure you’re in place and don’t miss your chance.
Keep Your Videos Short
Americans - let’s face it - all humans - have short attention spans. How else do you explain Tiktok having the most website traffic in 2021?
People want short, to-the-point videos. So yes, you can have a bit of a lead-in - after all, you don’t want all of your videos to be so short that they can’t communicate anything. But generally, do your best to keep the videos short - five minutes or less.
Be Intentional
The last thing we’ll say is to be intentional with your videos. If you are willy-nilly and only put up five or six vlogs per year, you’ll never really get any traction. Try to put up content regularly. Once per week is a good starting point.
Conclusion
As you plan your Insta-worthy RV trips and start your RV vlog, make sure you have fun with it! Vlogs will generally be more successful when it’s evident that the vlogger is having fun. Best of luck!
