07/09/12 03:04 Model Advice
Model Advice
Recently I’ve been looking into a phenomenon on
YouTube called “
hauling.” These are videos
about shopping for clothes and occasionally
make-up done by young women who often constitute
the very demographic the products they review
are targeting, so there’s a certain authenticity
to the videos. By and large, the more successful
outings seem to be done by well educated,
affluent, Caucasian women. But there are a few
ethnically diverse entrants in the market, such
as
AndreasChoice, a dead ringer
for a younger Rosario Dawson. Bottom line: there
is definitely room for a clean cut, well spoken
woman to deal with issues particular to the
urban modeling and more curvy models.
The amazing thing about these videos is how
sophisticated they are and how much money these women
are making from advertising with YouTube (using
Google Adsense). Also, they get a lot of free stuff
through marketing tie-ins in the videos. These are
highly
articulate women with a good sense of style and
aesthetic. They use tripods to shoot these videos on
HD DSLRs, post several videos per month and rack up
literally millions of views in short time frames. The
biggest mistake you could make is to underestimate
this and think it’s easy.
What does it take to become a successful blogger on
YouTube covering clothes, make up, hair products,
etc? From what I can tell, you need to have the
following characteristics:
1. You need to be beautiful or at least cute
2. You need to be articulate and charming… basically,
likable and able to clearly and concisely convey your
thoughts
3. You need a nice living space with good sunlight
4. You need a good DSLR camera (with HD video
ability) and a tripod
5. You need a solid computer to edit your videos with
6. Internet access (obvious)
Most of these women who
now earn thousands of dollars per month on YouTube
have been at it since ’09, so this doesn’t happen
overnight. But what’s cool about this is the degree
of autonomy you have over your work schedule and the
fact that you are making money doing what you like to
do. Often times these women have a website as well
that is quite successful, in addition to Twitter and
Tumblr sites. These are all synergistically tied
together so each is bringing in money while helping
to promote the other sites.
If you think you might want to do this, catering
specifically to the concerns of curvier models and
urban modeling, you should watch a few of the experts
in action first. Good luck!
Haulers to check out
-- Juicystar07: www.youtube.com/user/juicystar07
-- Macbarbie07: www.youtube.com/user/Macbarbie07
Tags:Video blogging, AndreasChoice, Macbarbie07, Missglamorazzi