Is the Youtube generation helping the trade?

[BruvDunk]

Recently been watching a few Youtube videos/ blogs of sparks filming their day to day stuff. Just wondering about if this is good thing for the trade?

Surely it gives the DIYers some more info on carrying out stuff that should be left to qualified folk..

Any thoughts ?

 

[Squid]

If you can generate the views on Youtube then you can make money out of it.

 

[DPG]

It's not much different to the many books that have been available for many decades.

 

[Optimus]

For me, it's a good insight into the industry and what to expect

 

[GMES]

I wouldn't worry about arming diyers because if youre doing it right and they follow the way you do it properly then it should make them safer than having a go with no knowledge.
Also I think a lot of sparks spend far too much time worrying about things like diyers, so what if they're out there wiring things up, just concentrate on your own life and let the rest of the world worry about theirs.

 

[Andy78]

Electricians filming their day to day stuff is not encouraging diyers. There are plenty of vids of diyers diying electrical work encouraging diyers to do their own diying...... much worse.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Personally, I think the likes of Thomas Nagy have been very clever, especially within London as there is such a large section of the population who use youtube, social media etc that if they find him and ask him to quote or hire him ,you can guarantee that a large number will google him. so seeing his videos gives them some reassurance he is not a fly by night chancer.
I know a lot of my customers google me before hiring me or asking me to quote so a good online presence can help.

 

[Andy78]

Personally, I think the likes of Thomas Nagy have been very clever, especially within London as there is such a large section of the population who use youtube, social media etc that if they find him and ask him to quote or hire him ,you can guarantee that a large number will google him. so seeing his videos gives them some reassurance he is not a fly by night chancer.
I know a lot of my customers google me before hiring me or asking me to quote so a good online presence can help.

He seems to be doing well for a droning snooze fest of a channel. He got picked up by some tool companies and now all his vids are him unpacking his free tools.

 

[Rpa07]

Not surprised that they google you @Gavin John Hyde probably checking which one out of Jeckyll and Hyde was the mean and murderous one - better safe than sorry!
Sorry by the way! Cheap shot!

 

[Rpa07]

I like Youtube a lot. It’s informative, entertaining, educational and free if you want it to be.
Don’t take the premium trial for free because when you cancel it after the free month you’ll miss it!
You can download stuff, close the app and it still plays, no ads BUT they wanted 15.99 a month, in my mind money well spent if you are into certain aspects of YouTube.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Not surprised that they google you @Gavin John Hyde probably checking which one out of Jeckyll and Hyde was the mean and murderous one - better safe than sorry!
Sorry by the way! Cheap shot!

Haha... i blame all them dodgy electricians in Bristol giving people poor service and leaving them suspicious of us honest Bathonians.

BTW if you have a recent android phone, you can play youtube in split screen mode, use chrome, select view as desktop site and then you can have youtube as a very small window at the top and do everything else in the window below. saves the monthly fees. an ad blocker is available too.

 

[Andy78]

People pay to use youtube ? This is news to me.

 

[Rpa07]

I think it’s a relatively new thing hence the month free.
Called premium

People pay to use youtube ? This is news to me.

 

[Andy78]

I think it’s a relatively new thing hence the month free.
Called premium

Oh I see, lets you watch music videos ad free. A bit like amazon prime if using alexa.

 

[Rpa07]

Oh I see, lets you watch music videos ad free. A bit like amazon prime if using alexa.

Ssssh, don’t say her name out loud!
Walls have ears!

 

[Andy78]

She doesn't understand my accent anyway.

 

[ruston]

Ssssh, don’t say her name out loud!
Walls have ears!

My mate has a parrot that sets his off.

 

[Rpa07]

That’s funny - you come across as quite posh on the forum!

She doesn't understand my accent anyway.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Ssssh, don’t say her name out loud!
Walls have ears!

IF you ask Alexa she will sing you a song! she is full of surprises is Alexa! you should give her a chance. cant do the washing up yet though unless you get a smart dishwasher

 

[Andy78]

That’s funny - you come across as quite posh on the forum!

Ha ha, inferred accents is hilarious. Only on the internet.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Since we have been mentioning alexa. If you ask alexa to open the advent calender. Then she will.
Apparently there are offers and freebies if you ask each day

 

[MFS Electrical]

She doesn't understand my accent anyway.

Nor mine, bloody thing

 

[Squid]

I know a lot of my customers google me before hiring me or asking me to quote so a good online presence can help.

So thats why you spend a lot of time on here then if they have Googled you ;o))))

 

[pirate]

One of my all-time favourites MFS!
Every time I get into a lift...

"ELEVEN!"

 

[MFS Electrical]

So thats why you spend a lot of time on here then if they have Googled you ;o))))

I just googled MFS and the forum comes up I had better be careful

 

[markc123]

Swings and round abouts.

Arming the clueless - yep.
Getting 5WWs out of holes - yep.

On the flip side.

Until it ever directly effects me / takes work from me then I’ll concentrate on myself and the little bubble that is my world. If DIYers are biting off more then they can chew, it’s possibly better there is somewhere like YouTube for advise - it turns potential life threatening bodges into something a little prettier.

 

[Squid]

I just googled MFS and the forum comes up I had better be careful

Lucky it wasn't Jimmy Saville......

 

[MFS Electrical]

Lucky it wasn't Jimmy Saville......

Why on earth would I want to google that freak

 

[Squid]

Why on earth would I want to google that freak

That came up when you Googles MFS......... ;o)))))

 

[MFS Electrical]

Thank the lord it doesn’t. It would be time for a rebrand if it did