Today I am going to discuss with you a very popular question that is often asked to me. Here it is, YouTube Vs. Blogging: Which Option Is Good For You?
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YouTube and Blogging are two means of earning money from the internet and conveying your message to people around the world. Both have their own distinct advantages. Both the fields are very broad, which means that millions of people around the world are already involved in both the fields. The answer to this question will be different for every person. YouTube will be the best option for someone, then Blogging for someone. But how do you make sure that which option will be best for you?
For this you have to read this article till the end.
In this article I will compare both YouTube and Blogging. In comparison, we will first see the similarities in both YouTube and blogging and then later the Tabular difference. Keeping these things in mind, you will be able to decide for yourself what will be best for you.
So let’s start with the similarities
Similarities in YouTube and Blogging
Some similarities of YouTube and Blogging are explained below.
1. You need Original Content in both
Both run on the basis of content. People will come to your blog to read your articles, and to watch your videos on your YouTube channel. People would like to visit such blogs which will have many useful articles and such YouTube channels which will have many great videos.
You all must know, whether writing articles or creating videos, both the work is hard work and proper research. Now see what you can do well?
2. Some small investments are required in both
Although both are free to start. You can create a free blog on Blogger and also upload videos on YouTube for free by recording video from screen recording or mobile etc. But if you want professionalism, then you need a self-hosted WordPress blog and investment for good content, good camera, mic etc. on YouTube channel.
3. You have to learn a lot for both
You need to have proper knowledge of both the things. If you keep writing articles only on irrelevant topics, which no one searches, then what is the use of it? Similarly, there is no use of making irrelevant videos. So you have to learn things first by doing proper research on the Internet.
Remember once again, Learning is a never ending process, the more you learn in both the fields, the more you will benefit.
4. For both you have to devote time and make efforts
It takes a lot of time and efforts to create content, be it articles or videos. For good articles, you need proper research and planning, for which it takes a lot of time and a lot of hard work. Both the things are not easy at all.
5. Both give results in long term
Remember one thing, both the things will take time, before you get any result, or you can start earning money from them. None of these is an overnight money making technique. Blogs and YouTube channels may take 6 months to 1 year to give you good results and that too with certain conditions:
- If you keep publishing regular new content on your blog whose searches are good, with proper SEO .
- If you keep publishing quality videos regularly, with SEO.
6. Both are great ways to earn money and increase reach to people
If you run a blog with hard work or run a YouTube channel with proper techniques, then you will benefit, in terms of money and popularity.
Differences between YouTube and Blogging
Below are the major differences between YouTube and Blogging, they are given in tabular form.
| YOUTUBE | BLOGGING |
|---|---|
| You have to create video content only. | Mostly, you have to create textual content, but if you can create images and videos as well, then it is an advantage and you get its benefit. |
| Hosting videos on YouTube is free. | In Self-Hosted blogs you have to bear the cost of hosting and domain. |
| Professional Video Recording equipment which are optional, you have to spend money for that. | To add great functionalities to your blog, you also have to spend on themes , services or plugins etc. |
| You do not need to be more technical at all. That’s why it is great for non-technical people. | To implement great and advanced features, you must have technical knowledge. |
| To earn money from YouTube, the options are comparatively less than Blogging. | There are a lot of options to earn money comparatively to YouTube in Blogging. |
| The real owner of your channel is Google, it can delete your channel whenever it wants, although this often happens only in copyright strikes. | You are the real owner of your blog. You have complete control in self-hosted blog. |
| Advertising का only option Google AdSense है. | There are many options of advertising. |
| YouTube is a great option to promote Affiliate Links. In this you can add Affiliate links above videos, in comments or in description. | In Blogging, you can promote Affiliate links in different ways. |
| YouTube is better than blogging to promote regional content and YouTube is a great option to make an impact on people. | Blog is great for both global and local content. But video content has more impact on people. And people like listening and watching more than reading. |
I think that by looking at all the differences and similarities given above, you can guess which option will be best for you.
One more thing which main would like to discuss quickly here…..
Would it be good to do both Blogging and YouTube together?
You can also do both things together. But again, two things matter, time and efforts. If you have so much time that you can do both the things simultaneously and you can put in all your hard work for it, then you must do it.
Most of the people do not even have that much time that they can do either of the blogging or YouTube option on the side of their business or job. Now it completely depends on you that how much you can devote yourself for this work.
I also manage theblog, and also manage the YouTube channel. Along with this, the work of many other blogs and clients as well. But there is one thing that you will not get any time for yourself.
Now everything depends on you! But it is this much, that the result of voice and hard work is a lot… a lot…. Only it is sweeter.
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