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Monday, September 28, 2020

From Blogging to Vlogging, Will it Work?

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Ross here. Lifestyle, travel, food, events blogger but aspiring vlogger too because of this pandemic limiting events coverage, resto reviews, travel opportunities, etc.

I'm new to vlogging but have a YouTube channel with mostly events coverage content and ever since the pandemic, livestreaming due to the quarantine.

Kulang pa sa confidence to talk in front of the camera kaya will appreciate getting inspiration, tips, ideas and collabs from anybody.

Totally iba kasi yung magsulat, mag photo o mag video with me mostly just behind the scenes.

Vlogging is harder as I had attempts already but just couldn't get a decent amount of views, thus it only means either noone is interested about my blabbering or I'm not that interesting or attractive enough to watch...hehehe.

Seriously, I need to learn how to make my vlogs more content-wise and appealing by maybe improving the topic, adding effects or enhancements, learning how to edit videos,...and especially how to promote it to the right audience.

Posing in front of my just completed wallpaper installed at our other home in Montalban, Rizal.

I did four YouTube videos about my wallpaper collab project with this brand from Sweden. Normally I will just write my review and post some photos and short videos, but this time I tried vlogging about it. Experimenting if I will be effective as a vlogger....from unboxing to installation doing my best to talk to the camera, and explaining via intro or outro, like it was my audience. I must admit my unboxing was kinda lengthy but don't really know how to shorten it without cutting off important parts. The installation part was faulty as I did a time lapse but the mobile app I used couldn't process the time lapse properly so I ended up having short parts of the time lapse but managed to shorten the length of the vlogs.

Hoping you could watch them and offer suggestions on how to improve my vlogging. Be honest but please be gentle in criticizing.

Is collab the key to more subscribers?

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What makes these vloggers successfully gaining the appeal, and thus the views, of their followers?

They collab. They work with each other, and support each other.

You need to belong to a group that will welcome you with open arms. A group that will sincerely appreciate your strengths, and work around your weaknesses without requiring you to change.

We need to be a part of a group that will respect our ideas and point of views, no matter how wild or off the charts they are, since real content creators go for the most creative aspects in making their masterpieces....so no to the conventional, yes to freeform thinking.

Wendell Ramos launched his YouTube channel with the help of Cong TV and Team Payaman

"Sabi nga nila, "You can't win alone. You can't be rich alone. The help of those around you is important for your own success.. You can't be selfish". If your content is all about "ME ME ME" people will get sick of it. People will just think "What the heck are we gaining from you?" . NADA. It should be something that will help THEM. Coz people by nature, are really selfish. So in this sense, if you are a content creator, think about THEM not you. Twist it. All about mind manipulation sometimes."

So guys, if open kayo for a collab, kahit via livestream lang, I'm always willing to be a part of it.

Since bawal pa mga gatherings dahil Community Quarantine pa rin, kahit via livestream muna ang collabs....or we send portions of our individual videos na may mag eedit as a whole.

Kahit after the bday bash, pwedeng ganito collab natin oh

https://youtu.be/hWUumCSOdis

Ok..so.huwag tayo puro drawing o papetiks..... Start na tayo ng collab. Please post ideas on how we can collab kahit via online:

A. Discuss a topic via Livestream conferencing

B. Submit a few seconds of videos each regarding a certain topic, then compile/edit as one video

C. Small teams meetup at a certain location (risky nga lang dahil sa pandemic).

Open for suggestions....Nagawa ni Team Payaman kahit may pandemic as a tribute to Emman Nimedez, we can also do it especially if open areas ang venue at limited to small groups.

YTC: Wazzup Pilipinas

Transforming our home with wallpaper from Photowall of Sweden

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The start of my wallpaper installation courtesy of Photowall delivered to the Philippines direct from Sweden was on the 15th of September 2020.

I have to thank DHL for the swift delivery since the estimated arrival was actually on the 17th! Yet it was a surprise that it got to our home two days earlier.

Photowall is a brand all the way from Sweden. They sent the wallpaper along with a kit containing tools to install it.

The 20sqm wallpaper was installed at our other home in Montalban, Rizal. It took me 4 days but only because we had other tasks to do. The actual installation only took us two days, but it's also possible to install it within just one day if we dedicated our full time solely on it.

Surprisingly, the paste (a pack of powder paste mixed with 1 gallon of water) did not harden even after an overnight.

My chosen wallpaper theme for our newly renovated home in Montalban was "Native Tapestry". Paninindigan ko na ang pagiging Pambansang Blogger ko...hehehe.

I ended up choosing the Native Tapestry design to be consistent with my Philippine theme for Wazzup Pilipinas. The design looks and feels very close to home.

I patiently browsed through all 200 pages of wallpaper designs. I must admit this was not my first choice since I probably selected at least 10 favorites on my first browse, but after another browse, I finally decided on this.

It will be easier to work around with this design just in case I make a mistake in installation.

I chose the Premium quality which adds $3 per square meter to the standard cost. The Premium features an extra layer that gives it a matt finish. It is extra-resistant to scrapes and does not reflect sunlight.

Total cost for around 20 square meters of wallpaper is $696 (value in peso depends on the current dollar to peso conversion rate).

This amount already includes the wallpaper application kit that valued at $18. I ordered it separately during checkout. The kit is composed of a brush for applying glue, a seam roller for making the seams invisible, a paperhanging brush for smoothing the strips, a knife and cutting guide for trimming excess wallpaper, plus a bubble level, a pencil and a tape measure.

Wallpaper paste is already included with the wallpaper even without ordering the kit.

The wallpaper design truly promotes the Philippine look and feel, it's appropriate for the provincial setting in Rizal, it's also less prone to mistakes since the weaving of fabrics for tapestries could still work even if it is not that 100% seamless, ....aayyy palusot ka pa. Basta it would go well with items I can easily buy around the Philippine archipelago which we are inclined to visit more often due to accessibility.....though other Asian countries also have similar images from their rich cultures.

I would have gone with nature-related designs but I realized my greens and blues are already out there in my front and back yards. Nothing beats being in the garden and smelling the fresh air.

I would have chosen the photorealistic backdrops like landscapes, seascapes or cityscapes, but it would seem awkward when you finally put in the furniture and appliances blocking part of your wallpaper.

The images of renowned personalities, or pop culture icons, would not stick with me since as time goes by, the entertainment industry has constantly produced new idols you could ogle or look up to. I am never infatuated to a single person forever so it would feel strange to keep their images on my walls.

Also, this design is not so feminine or even cartoonish that is more meant for a girl or a child's room respectively. A man of my age could work well with this ambiance which perfectly fits artists who appreciates local inspirations rooted in Philippine history.

Oh I see myself painting and doing artworks, sketching my own comic books with my own characters, etc., again just as how I was doing during my younger years.

Got some reading to do to be ready for my wallpaper project. I need to know how to paste them neatly on the walls and cutting the columns to the exact lengths, making sure they're all installed straight.

I also watched their short video advertutorial where a father and his young daughter worked on the wallpaper.

You see these wall at my back? Hopefully tomorrow they'll be looking so much better when the wallpaper from Photowall has been installed.

The wallpaper columns with 45cm widths are conveniently numbered accordingly so you won't be confused which column or panel comes next.

I've got 18 columns rolled in three boxes. First and second box has 8 columns each, while the third box had only two, all rolled together.

After unboxing, cleaning of walls, preparing the tool kit and paste, and cutting of wallpaper panels on the 15th and 16th, we did the actual wallpaper installations on the next day, the 17th, and finished off the other half of three walls on the 18th.

We cut them per column and laid them flat on the floor so that on the next day they will be straight and thus easier to manage.

Cutting the wallpaper was like I was weaving native tapestry.

Before and after the installation of the wallpaper truly gave our home a character. Proud of my choice as it matches my Masskara Festival of Bacolod mask hanging on our door. ..and this is just half of my wallpaper setup. Watch our videos to see the full wallpaper setup.

It is without any doubt that the wallpaper effectively transformed our home and gave it an impactful character compared to the plain and boring blue that it was before.

I must insist, to get a better experience of my wallpaper project, below are all the YouTube videos I did for this brand:

Unboxing:

https://youtu.be/29WTMhfvQ9w

Prepping the wall and materials:

https://youtu.be/XF9NarEDM4g

Installation:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/UsNvZyIbn0o

Part 2: https://youtu.be/xCJMIqv-rXQ

I still have the longer versions of my time lapse during installation which I will just post separately on my social media pages...and more photos to upload since I couldn't post everything in this one blog.