What to Say at the Start of a YouTube Video (the first few seconds are crucial)

[@SalmaJafri]

Which hook will you use to start your next video? Comment below and then Join the FB Group: facebook.com/groups/personalbrandingwithvideo/

[@AndreasYiasimi]

I will use the question hook.

[@BIMLounge]

Many people just give a generic explanation about hooks. You are actually giving concrete examples and actionable tips. Thank you!

[@TalkToAMillionaire]

Excellent... Always precise, optimistic & natural. That's what I walk away feeling here. I definitely started implementing this to better serve my fantastic viewers on my channel. Thanks as always for sharing your excellent works here! James

[@pereirashawn]

Nicely done video, very helpful. Thanks! : )

[@TheAnimalHouse]

I have honestly learned so much from you!! Your videos are amazing and full of very helpful tips. I've been wanting to start my own channel for a long time and after months of watching and learning from you I was able to just shake off the stress and actually film and post my first video. I just wanted to take a second to thank you for that 🥰 Have a blessed day 🙏

[@chybekekidschannel6257]

Thank you Salma just a beginner with zero subscriber but I must say you're amazing and I will try the question and bold hooks 👍

[@bernadettequander7935]

I have been very hesitant in learning how to create videos, but after listening to your instructions and being encouraged by you I am ready to begin. I teach visual art and I have a great need to put instructional videos online to assist my students in grasping techniques. I'm so glad I found you Salma Jafri!

[@WeImagine]

We have been working on trying to add this into our format instead of starting with our title (channel name) intro. You always do a great job giving concrete examples. We are glad we found you through your collab with Nick Nimmin.

[@SalmaJafri]

Yeah it can be hard to switch formats when you've been doing it one way a while. I try to find the easiest and most painless way to do something so I don't procrastinate it. In your case, literally just do it with you next video! I'm glad I found Nick too :)

[@owenvideo1]

We Imagine don’t show your logo in the start!!

[@AngelaVeraMusic]

Your videos are so educational. I am so excited and inspired to start my own channel. Thank you heaps.

[@jaiminpatel9686]

I will be using Question hook in my next video. I am addicted to your content, I don’t want to stop learning 😅, even though I have limited time to write the script for my next video taking your advice.

[@earthlyeasel7807]

Thank you for sharing this🙏❤️

[@englishmadeeasy1423]

Great advice!!! I will try this!!!!

[@raquellopez2325]

Thank you Salma for another great video. I look forward to joining the FB group.

[@jasiboo_6117]

Love your advice so much! Learning and will definitely use this advice for my next video upload this week!

[@DayoSamuelMastery]

Hey Salma, I observed something with your last 2 videos. The sound/audio is a little different from previous ones. Perhaps there's a change in the room or studio you're using or maybe position of the mic. I might be wrong. And please know you're totally awemazing (awesome + amazing) 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@SalmaJafri]

You're dead right. Undergoing an office renovation and some of the furniture has shifted so the room is a little echoey until I sound proof it. Good ears!!!!

[@DayoSamuelMastery]

@@SalmaJafri yaaaaaaaay 💃 💃 Imagine this is 4:13am and I'm watching your videos here . Well done Salma.

[@DayoSamuelMastery]

@@SalmaJafri by the way, i was a professional podcaster before coming onto KZbin this year, so my ears pick a lot of sound naturally

[@SalmaJafri]

@@DayoSamuelMastery Ah that explains it!

[@pennycastle]

I’m going for the bold statement. And GO Christina!!

[@SalmaJafri]

Yass!!! Cannot wait to see your video out!

[@BrunoWinck]

I'll try one of each, starting with one with a fact. It was there in front of me until I played this video for the 4th time :)

[@pennycastle]

Bruno Winck you are such a good learner - can’t wait to see it (I do actually have an IT background but back when SAP was in boom - anyway happy to beta test if you need).

[@SalmaJafri]

Repetition is good :)

[@RSTREAM1.1M]

Very nice content I really like it,, You are Genius and Thanks to make that kind videos.

[@devinespirituality3911]

I'm going to use the story hook for my first video. Thank you for making these helpful videos. You have given me a lot of great advice on how to grow my channel. I'm going to stop doubting myself and finally take a leap!

[@BarbaraGail_drum_song_dance]

I’m loving your videos Salma, and every chance I can get to study during the day, I’m rolling your playlists. I joined or at least tried to join your Facebook group a while ago now, and I would love to be accepted. I hope all is well with you! Thank you so much! You’re a wonderful teacher! Just what I was looking for. 😊🙏❤️

[@Merline_Holland]

Oh wow, this is the best advice ever

[@YETRAHomeLife]

Thanks for helping with your videos now I will learn how to do everything in my channel

[@josesteinguerrero]

I really like your videos, this one is awesome. I think the hook is the most important thing , so I always trying to find out the better ways to deliver It. Thanks your explanation I going to be able to classiffy them, and analyse wich kind of hooks are better for my audience. I have already 60 videos and by classify them and by looking my audience retention I will know whats better for my specific audience.

[@SalmaJafri]

Sounds like a plan! Which hook was your personal favourite though?

[@HomoeopathicCare]

I'm going to start with question, brilliant video, love it.

[@Rakeshkumar-vs9qj]

Thank you so much

[@hadikhan3644]

Hello Mam can you please tell me which software you use to record and Edit your videos.

[@alexkasimir9931]

Thank you Salman. Great job....good stuff.

[@beatricemuyanizambia7400]

This is brilliant, I want to learn more, I just opened my KZbin channel

[@P.e.c.u.l.i.a.r]

Using a bold statement is what am gonna use

[@roshartstudio3866]

Thanks Salma

[@OlgaPogozheva]

I really like all the hooks! I've only used a question hook so far. Will take notes of other methods.

[@SalmaJafri]

Perfect Olga! Let us know which one works out for you :)

[@OlgaPogozheva]

@@SalmaJafri I sure will - thank you! Thanks for all the tips I get from you!

[@First1000Hours]

I really liked your thumbnail tutorial video. It's really helped me a lot with my 2 recent videos, and I've started to use those principles to revamp some of my old thumbnails as well.

[@SalmaJafri]

Excellent to know that - thanks for sharing!! Are you in the FB group yet?

[@First1000Hours]

Salma, I just answered your two questions to request to join your fb group.

[@plantsarevital]

I have applied two of them that is question hook and story hook.I will make an intro for my next video.Thanks.

[@pankajhiwalay9416]

Ma'am I like your videos and I am going to watch all your videos. They definitely provide value to us. Have you ever made a video on which camera to use for youtube channel or which phone to use for youtube channel? Camera and phone. Please enlighten on this topic

[@SalmaJafri]

Thank you. Your phone or camera honestly don't matter much in the beginning. Your content and delivery is more important. Use whatever equipment you already have and get started. Starting right away is the single most effective thing anyone could do.

[@pankajhiwalay9416]

Thank you so much ma'am.

[@OlderWomenRock]

Thank you 😊 I just realised I sometimes use a story . I’m learning to ask a question more often . I will then often say , “ let’s get into it “ or “ now I will show you some styles “ . My prob is sometimes my long intro , it even bores me . So I’ll work on that .

[@helloourradiochannel]

Very very🌹 good🌹 explanation🌹

[@AndreasYiasimi]

This is brilliant, loved the video and the hook. I need to work on this alongside all else I'm trying to grasp in the world of KZbin. Thank you Salma.

[@SalmaJafri]

Thanks Andreas! Which was your fave hook?

[@AndreasYiasimi]

Story hook was may fave

[@SalmaJafri]

Yay!

[@DanaSCain]

You have some great content. Much appreciated.

[@NbatalkwithStatsz]

Bold statement

[@sandhyadwivedi8264]

I am planning on starting my yoga channel.. And I am going to make my 1st video with your help... I think for my 1st video I will start with the Question.

[@umaimasiddiqui7376]

so we should use any ONE of these hooks on our first youtube video ?? Or we can use these hooks in our fist 5 or 10 videos specially after 1st one to make people engage ??

[@mikenebgen4072]

Which hook - one or three. Mine are instructional videos.

4 types to opening hook ❤️❤️❤️

[@SalmaJafri]

Yass! Which one was your favorite?

[@aishwaryaturekar9495]

HOW did u edit and shoot the video

[@owenvideo1]

Great video! We’re working on a similar topic right now. Hooks are powerful

[@SalmaJafri]

Indeed! Hooks are powerful. Which one is your favourite one Owen?

[@tayfunsertmba6097]

I thank you for your videos ... You inspired me and so i have started with my own Videos ....

[@SalmaJafri]

Yes!!!!! Keep going, dont look back, don't stop. Create 20 videos, then pause to evaluate.

[@tayfunsertmba6097]

Salma Jafri Yes i started with my next video ;-)

[@GhulamShabbir786]

Very nice

[@francianeulaf3938]

Salma, I love your accent!

[@SalmaJafri]

Haha. I grew up in Karachi + Middle East + New York, so its probably a reflection of that chaos 😆

[@AndrewK]

You hooked me Salma! Great job :D

[@SalmaJafri]

My work is done, thanks Andrew :) So which hook did you decide you like the best?

[@DayoSamuelMastery]

Hello my name is Andrew Kan from tube buddy 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@AndrewK]

@@DayoSamuelMastery also know just as Andrew Kan, and if I Kan, you Kan too!

[@savelikeaprowithleah5157]

You are abundance of info! Thanks for sharing!

[@SalmaJafri]

Happy to know that Leah! So did you decide which opening hook you want to try out first?

[@pelvicnewschannel8755]

Thank you for your excellent video. I have just changed the intro of my next video.....I will start with a question..

[@CurriesWithBumbi]

I use two types , sometimes I start with a question, like are you trying to make pulao but the rice always turns out to be a mush . I also start by story telling like first telling the name of the dish (showing the end product of the dish), then carry on with the rest. And yes I would love to watch the translation video.

[@SalmaJafri]

And which one do you think keeps people stay tuned longer? You can look this up in your audience retention graph.

[@CurriesWithBumbi]

The question thing I think works better.

[@Khalqui]

very nicely/clearly explained ....(y)

[@RohitSharma-xt5qx]

The question hook

[@karentaylorsmells]

I am enjoying your video’s but am finding that they could be a tad shorter, I have found that I am pushing the video along to get to the next point (which gets frustrating as I have to then go back and forth if I have misjudged it) - but I usually listen to men who can be a bit more to the point. Love your personality though and your information is good - just be great to be a bit more succinct.

[@cynthiagrenyion5357]

I will use a question ,then a story.

[@pradeepb7987]

let me know the music you used in this video?

[@reneeblack8732]

I going to start with a question.

[@DaphneGsell]

I want to try using the question as a hook

[@ChristineTrimpe]

Bold statement! "I lost over 100 pounds and have kept it off..."

[@rekhakaushik4292]

Nice

[@zenspace6035]

Love u Miss Salma Filipina fan from Japan!! I like how you speak in your videos!

[@SalmaJafri]

Hey from Japan! Thanks so much 💜

[@manijoshi2626]

Asking question

[@MaryAnglin]

great advice!

[@SalmaJafri]

Thanks Mary! So which hook was your fave?

[@MaryAnglin]

@@SalmaJafri, I've always used questions, so I'm most comfortable with that. But I'm going to watch this another time or two and see if I can try to adopt a new approach sometimes.

[@Travelleramit009]

Thanks for such a helpfull video. 😍

[@SalmaJafri]

My pleasure! So which hook made the most sense for you?

[@kittycat1050]

Well you definitely hook me 💃❤️

[@First1000Hours]

6:18 I'm probably going to use the story hook for my upcoming video next week. I'm probably going to do a video on my opinion on how much does learning a foreign language cost. I remember my language partner sharing with me article about a government spending a whole lot of money for a government official to learn French. I'm going to find that story again, and probably use it as my intro. I'll also share about how much money I've spent so far to learn Spanish among other things.

[@SalmaJafri]

Love it! What a great idea for a story hook 💜 Please come back and here and share a link to that video, I'm interested in seeing it.

[@First1000Hours]

Yes, Salma, I will send you a link when it's done. It should be uploaded on Sunday or Monday. I just finished doing a potential thumbnail for it using remove.bg and Canva on my phone. I also made sure to make my face prominent in the thumbnail like you said.

[@SarahVaciArtist]

Probably the story hook! How I went from X to having my art videos seen by 100,000 people and be featured in The Guardian and interviewed by the BBC

[@SalmaJafri]

Wow that would be a killer hook!

[@vinodsharma9554]

Please make a video how to add text in between the video

[@SalmaJafri]

You do this with your video editor.

[@kimberlyray3687]

Im using a question hook.

[@SalmaJafri]

Perfect. It's one of the most effective ones!

[@QuantumTechShorts]

I ALREADY HOOK BY YOU ☺️

[@petrareimann3921]

I applied to join your FB page, no approval yet. Please advise.

[@petrareimann3921]

Could you please reply to my comment instead of just liking it? Thank you

[@SangeetasKreations]

Very nice video, Salma, Mostly for me ( 1st Question hook)

[@SalmaJafri]

Perfect! Would you experiment with a story hook? Might be interesting for your niche...

[@_JimS]

If they are so crucial, can you tell me why, on my KZbin, the sound is missing for the first five seconds. It's driving me crazy!

[@SalmaJafri]

If the sound from your video is missing, you should be looking at your edit. See what went wrong with the audio. Nothing to do with KZbin necessarily.

[@CrafttodaywithRitaRenae]

I’ll start with a question

[@josefinpurplepearl6453]

4 example story

[@johnkv2940]

A question.

[@FamilyTrinidad]

A story hook

[@acebachelorcool]

AceBachelorCool watched this...

[@with.anisha]

Question hook Salma

[@martinroeeidhammer9108]

I suscribed to your e-mail list, but find no way of download your offer

[@SalmaJafri]

Hey Martin the download for the script is in my FB Group which you can request to join here: facebook.com/groups/personalbrandingwithvideo/

[@mjtalks5203]

Question type hook I will try

[@dsb8307]

As always , Indians explains the best. :P

[@SalmaJafri]

Haha okay, except I'm not Indian ;)

[@dsb8307]

@@SalmaJafri Oh That is a very common humor in west regarding educational videos. Though I am from India and thank you for such clean and crisp detail on scripting. My best wishes.

[@OlderWomenRock]

You know I’ve been chatting with a youtuber friend on how we can obtain more subs . I’ll try all these hooks out and see which one works the best for me ?

[@SalmaJafri]

Great idea! Which one was your fave though?

[@OlderWomenRock]

All good , a question is always good . A Bold Statement would provoke me . A fact might work but we are sort of used to hearing it from companies . Personally I like to tell stories but not sure if that’s all that interesting for others .

[@AbcDef-dz7no]

Plz keep short and simple

[@SalmaJafri]

Please just go away

[@healingwithchanellemacko8525]

Super informative!! Thanks for the guidance :)