phonedog have answered all your questions about how to be a tech reviewer and uploaded this tutorial video. Watch it, then try your hand at reviewing any shiny new gadget you or your friends receive this holiday season. The phonedog team will select three promising new reviewers to feature on the YouTube homepage during the Consumer Electronics Show next month.



Here's a cheat sheet of the tips mentioned in the video:

Production Tips
- Make videos first! Worry about gear later
- Before you buy lights, search for help on YouTube
- Editing is your friend; subtitles are great because they can contain specs (like pricing info) and can reinforce other important information
- Overusing video effects is distracting
- Don't be afraid to shoot lots of video and edit down

Reviewing a Product
- Focus on what people use the device for, but definitely show the new and innovative features about it
- Take notes while testing a gadget
- Know your specs!
- Music can make your videos more lively
- Focus on the gadget, remove the clutter
- Try shooting in different locations
- Be yourself...but be as entertaining as you!
- Keep it under 7 minutes if you can

Finding Your Style
- Try out different ideas and styles and see what works
- Try unboxings, reviews and comparisons (aka "dog fights")
- Some ideas work, some don't -- keep experimenting!

Mia Quagliarello, Community Manager, recently watched "Tech Reviewing: Video Tips."

With 40,000+ subscribers and a couple of hit videos, the folks behind the phonedog channel know a thing or two about making popular product-review videos (in their case, mobile phone reviews). In the spirit of the holidays, they've kindly agreed to share their secrets with you, to help the next generation of gadget reviewers rise up on YouTube.

Ask any question you like about how to be an effective gadget reviewer by leaving a comment on -- or uploading a response video to -- this video. phonedog will review your questions and then make a tutorial video, uploaded around December 15, to help give you your start in this field. Take their advice or leave it, but definitely test it out, particularly on any hot new gadgets you or your friends receive this holiday season. We'll be featuring three of the most promising new reviewers, as selected by phonedog, on the YouTube homepage during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January.

For more details, Noah from phonedog lays it all out: