Your first step when it comes to creating a quotes video is to find its topic, the “X” in
“Quotes About X”. Fortunately, doing so is not that hard as any topic is suitable for a
quotes video, as far as it somewhat resonates on an emotional level. For example,
“Quotes About Having a New Baby Girl” would make for an excellent quotes video,
while “Quotes About Choosing a Shower Curtain” would not.
Of course, your choice of topic may sometimes be influenced by other factors. If you
plan to reach a specific audience to your video – for example, if you plan on
promoting a specific affiliate offer – you may want to select a topic that is likely to
attract the people you’re looking for, for example by choosing “Quotes About Love
Over the Age of 60” to promote an offer for a senior citizen dating site.
Very broad topics are all probably saturated by now, so you may want to aim for
something slightly more specific. For example, while “Quotes About Depression” is
too broad, “Quotes About Teenage Depression” hits the sweet spot between being
specific enough to avoid getting buried under hundreds of similar videos and still
finding a sizeable audience.
There are several tools that can help you get ideas for new topics. First off, there is
of course YouTube itself. Look at other quotes videos and see how you could slightly
tweak their titles to create a new topic. Then there is the good old Google Keyword
Tool, which can provide you with a bunch of fresh ideas. Finally – and this is my
favorite one – you can just sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and try to list any
issue, feeling or situation you or your loved ones have experienced in the past. Once
you are down listing them, discard the ones that are unsuitable for a quotes video and
use the remaining ideas to come up with topics.
Note: If you feel so inclined, religious quotes (quotes from religious books such as the
Bible or the Quran, or quotes from famous religious figures such as Abraham or
Buddha, for example) are also extremely video-worthy. While such videos may
attract a slightly less-targeted audience than regular videos, they can still provide
you with a sizeable amount of traffic.
Once you have found a suitable topic, go to BrainyQuote, QuoteGarden or even just
Google and use those sites’ search engines to look for quotes related to the topic you
selected.
Make a list in Notepad of 15-20 quotes.
Warning: Regular quotes – as in words spoken by someone famous – cannot be
copyrighted and are therefore free to use. While film quotes are somewhat of a gray
area in terms of copyright, song lyrics are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced
without permission. In other words, stay away from lyrics.
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