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I'm going to be a bit blunt, but this is not to be disparaging. It's more to highlight the reality of what you need to do.
First... stop with the disability excuse! For YT that falls in the zero F!@ks were given category. It just doesn't make a difference to potential viewers and in fact will drive many away. There are no Americans with Disability Act requirements that pertain to content creation on YT. Keep that as your little secret unless it is directly associated to the content you want to create, with ejuice reviews it is not. Using a disability as an excuse to not use your existing equipment to it's best advantage is just that... an excuse.
Second... If all you can afford right now is your phone right now that's fine, but you must use it as professionally as it is capable of delivering. This means lighting, solid stand, audio quality and volume settings. If using a cheap phone stand, don't put it on a table and lean your arms on the table while recording, those jitters during recording are very irritating. Cell phone videos can be done quite well if enough attention is paid to the deficiencies you are going to encounter with that as a capture device. And for God's sake, use landscape mode recording instead of portrait mode. Fill up the viewers screen with your mug. Create a professional backdrop to present in front of, doesn't have to be fancy or expensive, but must be either presentable or interesting... both would be nice.
Third... Script the complete video and practice (a lot) before recording. Script every word to start. This is critical! You are not a professional presenter, so you need to do the above to become professional. Everyone starts from the same basic noob presenter status, but proper attention to these types of details can allow you to become a professional. And be extremely self critical with the end product and your performance.
Fourth... Get editing software. There are free products available like DaVinci that will allow you to post process a video into a much better end product and you will need to do this to every video you make. Expect to spent 5 hours to properly edit a 15 minute video. Just part of the process. As you progress in editing knowledge and skill you can reduce time somewhat, but it will generally be the most time consuming process of making a video ready for publishing. Also, good editing software allows you to record the videos in chunks and you can redo chunks you didn't like... as long as you script logical transitions between chunks in your video before you begin to record so it doesn't look like a jump transition which while interesting a few years ago has greatly fallen out of favor today.
Fifth... Spend lots of time testing your videos on YT before uploading. There are so many quirks with the video compression of YT and the negative effects it has on your video that you must know how to best upload and the best way to convert your video before uploading. And while your thinking about YT, spend the time to understand the policies and practices like demonetization rules, takedown requests, copyright violations, and forbidden subject matter (and how to skirt many of the rules). It would also be valuable to understand how to best use the analytics tools available so you know where you are succeeding and failing. Don't expect to make money on YT until you reach a subscriber threshold of 10,000. Expect it will be a long term commitment to get to that point.
So if you still want to be a YT content creator go for it and make it your mission to succeed. Lots of people have been in your position and flourished... eventually. It will a lot of hard work if you want to be successful, but many others have done and so can you.
I mentioned disability only because of the monthly check I get ..which after bills, isn't much
A friend of mine started doing reviews and all he has is a phone. You can look him up on youtube. Circumstance Vapes.
If you can't afford decent equipment then stick to written reviews. Personally, I rarely watch flavor reviews because they are so subjective. And as others have mentioned, you're really late for the party as vaping is about to drastically change from all the bans or regulations. Look into how this will affect vapers in the future... black market or DIY.
Another thing to mention here is that being on a tight budget is also going to make it harder, since most (if not all) your initial reviews are going to have to be done on products you buy. And to get subs and keep them, you will need new content regularly. Juice reviews are the cheapest way in, since you will be buying juice anyway. But that also draws the least amount of interest. Hardware reviews are what most people look for, but would cost a lot more to do since you would need to constantly be buying new stuff to review. Freebies would start rolling in after you are established with a decent subscriber base which would eventually ease some of the financial burden, but even the top tier reviewers still have to buy some stuff to review.
Text review is still a very good way since a lot of people read reviews in train, office, school where it is difficult to watch (and listen) to a review video.
Get a camera that is capable of folks actually being able to see the product clearly, and read the labels...and second...don't quit your day job. You are very late to the game in a dying industry which has been previously flooded with talented, charismatic, reviewers who were riding a growing wave that has crested in is also ready to crash upon the beach...
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