Easily shoot a fancy “selfie” video with a DSLR or iPhone

Shooting a video of yourself by yourself can be tricky, time-consuming and you can end up with an out of focus video of half your face. Here's what I've figured out:

The one thing your video needs to succeed

What's the one thing your video needs to succeed?

You don't need an expensive camera, lights, microphones, music, graphics, a fancy set or hilarious jokes. 

It has to help answer someone's question.

How do I know this?  

For one, Youtube is one of the largest search engines in the world. According to Global Reach, Youtube is larger than Bing, AOL, Ask, and Yahoo combined. 

Second, thanks to Google, every time you search for something, there's usually a video, and that video has A LOT of views, even if the production value isn't great.

Learn by doing (and maybe creating something terrible)