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Thanks to everyone for helping me get to 10,000 subs! Let's discuss how I go about making my reviews.
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The first step of crafting one of my app and tools reviews is to of course discover new apps and tools that I think are worth taking a look at.
When I first started this channel, I obviously had a few ideas in mind for services I used and wanted to review. However, at a certain point, I needed to go exploring. To my somewhat surprise, it turns out that Instagram has proven to be a pretty good source for discovering new and upcoming apps, with many options now popping up in my feed and between Stories. The only downside is that, oftentimes, the product being advertised isn’t yet available and just has a waitlist. On the brightside, occasionally, I get through these waitlists quickly and get in on a platform from the ground floor, but a good number of other apps never actually launch. Still, with the FinTech sector continuing to grow, I’d been fortunate to have plenty of options to choose from.
Next, once I’m able to download an app, I do my best to spend some time exploring the platform and getting experience with as many features as possible — all while taking plenty of screenshots along the way.
Once I determine that an app is worth a review, I sign up and do my best to document the process. Then, assuming the app I’m reviewing is a banking service or brokerage, I’ll go ahead and transfer between $20 and $100 over to begin testing. As for how long it takes for me to fully explore a platform, it can depend on what types of features it has, how many other apps I’m currently reviewing, and honestly if I have any purchase to make that I could utilize a new debit card for. Alas, there are occasionally features I’m not able to try for one reason or another, including additional credit services, direct deposit, and more. In these instances, I do try to stress that I don’t have personal experience with this specific aspect of the app or, if I can’t use the service at alll, I’ll call the video an overview instead of a review.
Once I’ve been able to get a complete enough look at an app to review it, the process of turning that review into a video starts with me boiling down the top things I want to talk about
In my written reviews, I typically cover several aspects of an app or service one by one. But, in the interest of keeping my videos quick and to the point, I usually try to hit three to five of the most noteworthy things about an app before wrapping up with some final thoughts. As you can imagine, the process of choosing these select items can sometimes be a challenge. Then again, that’s why I’m always sure to plug my full written review in the description box down below for those seeking more.
As for actually putting the video together, that’s where all of those screenshots and screen captures come in handy, along with some online resources I turn to again and again.
I’ll admit that I’m not a huge fan of editing, which is why I’ve taken to structuring my videos the way that I do. In any case, I would like to thank Apple for both screen record and Airdrop as these features make it much easier to capture demos in the app and add them to Premiere alongside many of the screenshots I’ve already collected. Of course, there are times when I don’t have a relevant image or video to accompany my voice over, which is when I’ll turn to stock footage. Luckily for me, I’ve been plenty happy with Storyblocks service — even if I occasionally make myself laugh with just how corny or tangential the clips I’m using are.
Finally, even after I’ve completed a review, the job’s not quite done as a lot of these services update often, which may necessitate some further content on my part.
Since a lot of the apps I’m reviewing are new and they do evolve, it’s common for there to be major changes along the way. This is a big reason why I still leave the vast majority of my accounts open even after reviewing a service — with my list of banking accounts growing a bit ridiculous as a result. Unfortunately, one of the biggest downsides of YouTube in terms of reviews is that there’s not a good way to update videos. While I can add pinned comments and edit the description box, that’s really about it. Thus, from time to time, I will go ahead and make sequel reviews of sorts and do my best to link the original video to the new one. With that in mind, don’t be surprised if you see some updated reviews coming to the channel in the months ahead.
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