Language you use while Moto Vlogging

What Language should I (new vlogger) use?

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motionape

motionape

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Hello everyone, I'm still new in motovlogging (actually, I haven't start it out yet, still waiting for the action camera). I have been wondering about the language that you guys recommend me using. My first language is not English, its Indonesian and I am from Indonesia. Though I have learned English for years, but I am not confident with my speaking, especially while being recorded. I also have been trying to talk by myself while riding to get myself more familiar with moto vlogging, but sometimes I forgot some vocabularies and ended up changing the topic..

I also have started a moto blog myself, using English, and you can read my blog if you want to find out a bit of my English skill. There might be some typos and grammar problems with my writing as well.

So, what do you guys recommend? Keep using English or should I just use my local language? Honestly I love talking in English and it may improve my English skill as well. But as a new guy in moto vlogging, I am also afraid that I might make some of the viewers feel uncomfortable with me talking in English.

Thanks! Let's have some disucssion! Haha.
 
Seriously though, why don't you do both?

Youtube allows you to have more than one channel on one subscription now (in fact, upto 50). You could use your standard name as either your Indonesian vlog channel or your english one, and you could direct people on each video to the other channel for your vlogs in that language.

For english vlogs, you can keep on practising until you are confident without uploading; you can even upload and keep the videos private. Then when you have 10000 subscribers, make them public slowly to show your subscribers what your english used to be like, what your initial vlogs were like, and how you have improved over time.

There are many options - but there are only a few people who sound professional and on-the-ball completely. We all have wobbles in what we say and how we say it, so I wouldn;t really worry about it too much
 
I voted both... But.... Depends on your target audience.... If mainly English speaking countries then English.. But with sometimes Indonesian word thrown in... And translation of word or phrase maybe?.... International relations :)
 
kryten said:
If you want more views I say speak English. If anyone says anything negative about your English skills let me know and I'll tell you some things you can say as a reply.
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Good on you Kryten!
I would NEVER slate someone for speaking English when it is not their own language. Even the worst example would be WAY better than my attempt to speak whatever their language is. They are doing me a favour by attempting to communicate to me in my language :)
 
Its all up to your creative licence.

English will obviously get you more international views, Indonesian will get you localised views I assume.

To me though, its how you do it. I'm thinking of doing a series called 'Tales from Japan' where I'll talk predominately in English about funny stories from Japan. In that, I'll throw in a bit of Japanese for the realism and probably add in subtitles so no one is left out.

That's the great thing about YouTube. It's your channel to do however you want. Get out there and have a blast!!
 
I don't feel comfortable talking in English to anybody but it seems to get better the more I vlog.
I'm not confident enough but there's no way to improve without trying.

If you want the local views, do your vlogs in your native language, if you want a broader audience, do it in English so most people around the world can understand you.
Doing both is the best option and you can do everyone a favor if you CC your vlogs in both languages so people who don't know English can understand your English vlogs and if someone gets hooked up on one of your Indonesian vlogs, they'll be able to understand thanks to the English captions.

I, personally, don't want any local attention so my channel, facebook and everything related to me riding a bike is in English. Not too high of a barrier but keeps some unwanted people from looking at what I do.
 
kryten said:
If you want more views I say speak English. If anyone says anything negative about your English skills let me know and I'll tell you some things you can say as a reply.
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Haha, that's relieving! I'd do that if someone says anything negative. :P

O8ride said:
Seriously though, why don't you do both?

Youtube allows you to have more than one channel on one subscription now (in fact, upto 50). You could use your standard name as either your Indonesian vlog channel or your english one, and you could direct people on each video to the other channel for your vlogs in that language.

For english vlogs, you can keep on practising until you are confident without uploading; you can even upload and keep the videos private. Then when you have 10000 subscribers, make them public slowly to show your subscribers what your english used to be like, what your initial vlogs were like, and how you have improved over time.

There are many options - but there are only a few people who sound professional and on-the-ball completely. We all have wobbles in what we say and how we say it, so I wouldn;t really worry about it too much
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Now that I learn more about YouTube features! Having a multiple channels may help me in using both languages. I was also thinking of using both languages, sometimes in 1 video. Anyways, its true, probably I worry too much. :s Probably its because I don't really know if Indonesians like to watch vlogs though.. :(

janx101 said:
I voted both... But.... Depends on your target audience.... If mainly English speaking countries then English.. But with sometimes Indonesian word thrown in... And translation of word or phrase maybe?.... International relations :)
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I'm also thinking on my target audience. I searched some moto vloggers in Indonesia and I could only find Riding Java, and he is from America (I think). Indonesians usually write blogs, and I don't really know if they watch vlogs as well. Maybe I should use both languages as a start to see how it will go? If no Indonesians interested in my moto vlogs, I might as well use English all the time, I guess?

CaptainCranky said:
Good on you Kryten!
I would NEVER slate someone for speaking English when it is not their own language. Even the worst example would be WAY better than my attempt to speak whatever their language is. They are doing me a favour by attempting to communicate to me in my language :)
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That's what I've been thinking of! If there are no good response, or let say Indonesians do not really like to watch vlogs, I might just use English for global viewers, so that you guys can understand it easier!

Phill Andera said:
Its all up to your creative licence.

English will obviously get you more international views, Indonesian will get you localised views I assume.

To me though, its how you do it. I'm thinking of doing a series called 'Tales from Japan' where I'll talk predominately in English about funny stories from Japan. In that, I'll throw in a bit of Japanese for the realism and probably add in subtitles so no one is left out.

That's the great thing about YouTube. It's your channel to do however you want. Get out there and have a blast!!
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That is one good idea man! I can probably do that as well, you know, use English predominately and mix it up with Indonesians. I might as well teach you guys our languages as well. Haha. :D I'm sure that I'll have a blast! You have to see how's riding in here. :P

Shirou said:
I don't feel comfortable talking in English to anybody but it seems to get better the more I vlog.
I'm not confident enough but there's no way to improve without trying.

If you want the local views, do your vlogs in your native language, if you want a broader audience, do it in English so most people around the world can understand you.
Doing both is the best option and you can do everyone a favor if you CC your vlogs in both languages so people who don't know English can understand your English vlogs and if someone gets hooked up on one of your Indonesian vlogs, they'll be able to understand thanks to the English captions.

I, personally, don't want any local attention so my channel, facebook and everything related to me riding a bike is in English. Not too high of a barrier but keeps some unwanted people from looking at what I do.
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Exactly! The thing that makes me want to use English other than to get broader audience is to practice my English. And obviously, I would prefer broader audience. There a lot more than local audience right? :D And also I am not sure about their interest in watching vlogs or making vlogs.

MrCodajastal said:
Do what you feel comfortable with and remember practice today will make you better tomorrow :)
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True! Actually I tried talking in Indonesians on my way too the office, and people were looking at me. I think they thought I was talking to them. :D I'll make sure to get better!


Using both languages probably the answer for now. I can also research by depending on using Indonesians and English as a start to see are both doing well. If using Indonesians will not attract local views, I might just as well do my entire vlogs in English. I'm getting more confidence after reading these discussions! And let us not stop here! :D Thank you for all of your participation and inputs!
 
I think English would defiantly get you more views and subscribers because of the large amount of people that speak it. Like with anything, practice makes perfect, and learning the speak English fluently will take time. The motovlogging community is so awesome that I don't think anyone would make fun of your voice at all. You could also disable the comments too.
 
TriumfAnt said:
I believe @Cagerontwowheels vlogs in both English and Portuguese. You should ask him about it.
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Nice! I just watched some of his videos just now. Pretty cool doing both in English and Portuguese. :D

Teen Rider said:
I think English would defiantly get you more views and subscribers because of the large amount of people that speak it. Like with anything, practice makes perfect, and learning the speak English fluently will take time. The motovlogging community is so awesome that I don't think anyone would make fun of your voice at all. You could also disable the comments too.
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That's true, and that is why I am wondering of which language should I use. I've seen many videos of them meeting up and do things together, and I agree with you that moto vlogging community is so awesome that I really want to start one! :D

Marbro_za said:
English and local if i could.

but the target audience for local is wayyyyy to small
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Haha, if I search for moto vloggers from Indonesia, what I get are automotive bloggers and only 1 moto vlogger is called @Riding Java . I really do not have the data to decide whether Indonesians like to watch moto vlog or not. :(
 
Here's the thing. Do you know who is the MOST subbed vlogger in the world?
Its KLE621. And he DOESNT vlog in english - he does it in Portuguese (brazillian, actually).

English has a broader audience, but much less market penetration. Meaning, while there is 10x more speakers, you only reach 1% of them.
Whether in your local language, you might have 1% of the audience, but a much, MUCH greater market penertration.

Also, you might get the effect "oh this guy does this popular thing in MY language, must see!" effect that KLE621 enjoys.
(Also, Brazilians, have a bit of a sheep mentality - if everyone likes, I must like too). It also helps that in the case of KLE621, most of his audience doesnt know English all that well, so by doing it in their language, he is their only resource on motovlogging.

Do both. I made two channels, to better seperate the topics. (I speak of stuff the general foreigner wouldnt be interested in, like insurances, where to get cheaper gas, where did I change my tires, , customs problems, things like that).
 
Cagerontwowheels said:
Here's the thing. Do you know who is the MOST subbed vlogger in the world?
Its KLE621. And he DOESNT vlog in english - he does it in Portuguese (brazillian, actually).

English has a broader audience, but much less market penetration. Meaning, while there is 10x more speakers, you only reach 1% of them.
Whether in your local language, you might have 1% of the audience, but a much, MUCH greater market penertration.

Also, you might get the effect "oh this guy does this popular thing in MY language, must see!" effect that KLE621 enjoys.
(Also, Brazilians, have a bit of a sheep mentality - if everyone likes, I must like too). It also helps that in the case of KLE621, most of his audience doesnt know English all that well, so by doing it in their language, he is their only resource on motovlogging.

Do both. I made two channels, to better seperate the topics. (I speak of stuff the general foreigner wouldnt be interested in, like insurances, where to get cheaper gas, where did I change my tires, , customs problems, things like that).
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Hey there! Thanks for coming to this topic! I just checked his channel after reading this, and man, that is a lot of subscribers..
Is market penetration considered as my channel popularity/subscribers?
As seen from inputs from other users, they also think that I should do both languages. And thanks to you, now I get the idea to separate types of topics that may be interesting to local and global viewers. This way, maybe I can really see whether the local is interested in moto vlogging or not, right?
 
Cagerontwowheels said:
Here's the thing. Do you know who is the MOST subbed vlogger in the world?
Its KLE621. And he DOESNT vlog in english - he does it in Portuguese (brazillian, actually).

English has a broader audience, but much less market penetration. Meaning, while there is 10x more speakers, you only reach 1% of them.
Whether in your local language, you might have 1% of the audience, but a much, MUCH greater market penertration.

Also, you might get the effect "oh this guy does this popular thing in MY language, must see!" effect that KLE621 enjoys.
(Also, Brazilians, have a bit of a sheep mentality - if everyone likes, I must like too). It also helps that in the case of KLE621, most of his audience doesnt know English all that well, so by doing it in their language, he is their only resource on motovlogging.

Do both. I made two channels, to better seperate the topics. (I speak of stuff the general foreigner wouldnt be interested in, like insurances, where to get cheaper gas, where did I change my tires, , customs problems, things like that).
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KLE621
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Well then Cager, why arent you the most popular :)
Love watching your videos.
 
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