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Anne Walsh
@galwaytraining

Active 1y ago Joined 30 Dec 2023 (GMT+01:00) Europe/Dublin

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I love routines. I subscribe to the quotation "Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Flaubert

Celebrating YT progress 7:19
Inspiring examples of progress... part 1!

Share your experiences of YT "success" thus far... however you define it, whatever is motivating you! As I see your comments below, I'll add some of them here as examples...  Jill B -- "I’ve hit 1.1K views on my channel overall since the start of this program!" Simon Berkowitz -- 2k views within 5 days of uploading this video Mara Clear Spring Cook -- "I have 14 vids up now, and spontaneous positive feedback, and I even received a client booking."  Shoubhik Purkayastha: 1st video: 637 views in 33 days + tons of Heart-wrenching comments/ emails/ texts -- powerful healing in me (Unanticipated - seeing the healing in others)... 2nd video: 127 views in 5 days --> massively SURPRISED at the deep connection.. and how they are watching multiple times to go deeper.  See other examples from your fellow classmates in the comments below!  Not from this course but other examples I discovered recently: Erin Foley career coach (gets most of her many client inquiries) from this one unedited video from years ago Old mans advice -- 25 million views of this unedited video If you don't see comments below, or don't have the ability to comment, you need to be logged into this course.


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@Simon Berkowitz ,  such good advice in your video. I'm wondering how 61 subscribers translates into 2K views!
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Simon Berkowitz Ⓜ️ MasterHeart

@Pam Sourelis I don't think it does. I think what happened is that it got a lot of quick interest and then got a massive boost from youtube. 
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@Simon Berkowitz Congratulations on doing so well. That's great news
How does YT fit into overall business strategy 5:21
Video-making in overall picture of biz strategy?

Question: Where do you fit video-making fit in the overall business strategy/authentic business framework? Before I answer... ask yourself how you might answer this?  Add your comment below if you'd like. If no comments below and no ability to comment, first log into this course. my answer: Making videos helps you get clearer about the intersection / sweet spot between your interests and what the world wants from you, i.e. your calling ✨ As you lean more into uploading YT videos in that sweet spot, you'll naturally get more views and therefore, more opportunities for your business. Most importantly: making videos allows you to explore and express your energy signature, which helps you better understand your authentic self 😊 which makes your whole business strategy more aligned to your energies.


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For me, I don't expect followers/business from it. I am doing this as a way to up my video game as part of my longer term business strategy is to create more passive income. I also do it as way to support my current customers. If they have questions that I can't answer in class, I will often do a video/blog post about it. 

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George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Anne Walsh excellent motives for making video. Might be a better path to "success" than the typical motives of "more subscribers!!" 🙏🏼
Video lighting 4:09
☀️ Lighting? Make sure your face is clearly seen... don't be backlit.

Soft natural daylight is best – I face a large window in my office which is where I make most of my videos. The main point is to try not to have your face in the dark. When natural light is not possible, I recommend an Umbrella Lighting Kit (approx $40) -- that single lighting kit will suffice for home video recording.  Here is an example and another example using this lighting kit. Alternative: a softbox lighting kit. You do need about 2.5 feet (0.75 meters) of clearance for this lighting kit, placed behind the camera, facing you. The key is: don't be backlit.


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Suppose you want to look evil... #AskingForAFriend :-0

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Video tools - keep it simple! - lighting, audio, visuals

My simple guidance (that I myself use!) for lighting, audio, and visuals on a budget: http://smpl.ro/VideoTools  (This is a preview segment. If you don't see any comments below, you might not be logged into the course, or perhaps not enrolled. If you haven't enrolled, you can do so here.)


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I use a Jabra headset for my microphone? Should that be OK?

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George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Anne Walsh Can you post a link here to a YT video where you used that headset? Then those who see your comment can take a listen and give you their opinion. 

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@George Kao here is a link to a video I did for this course https://youtu.be/RbE0agYVLYY

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George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Anne Walsh Sounds good enough!  It's a bit distorted which may mean the input level is too high but then again the volume of the video is fine, so...

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@Anne Walsh Anne, I love your personality, and I don't think your mic is a problem at all. Really, it's the topic that matters, not the quality of setup! Most internet users are very forgiving of tech issues if they can see the person is offering a solution to their actual problems. This is why I believe that, for YouTube, good title writing is more important than which tech we use. I took a peek at your channel, and I think you have a great collection going. One video made me pause, however: Printing in Excel. I wondered, why would a video on printing need to be 6 minutes long? Don't we just click Ctrl+P? It wasn't until I clicked on it that I learned it's more about printing issues and options. I think highlighting that in your title might attract more viewers, so they can see more value in what you're offering in that video. I also think each of these issues and options could be given their own video to help people pinpoint their problem even more. I hope this helps! 🙏 I will be keeping your channel open as I would like to learn more about using Excel/Google Sheets to optimize my business (though I don't know how yet)!

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@Sarah Cashmore That is such helpful feedback. Oh the stories I could tell about printing in Excel. Glue! Staples! Sellotape! 20 pages on one page - yes you do need a microscope to read it.  I have been very remiss in the Descriptions and title because I'm never quite sure what to write. So that might be something to review. Or maybe it will be covered in another module.  Most of my videos are what I call a la Judge Judy "Real cases, real people" because these are real issues people have.. Thank you again so much

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@Anne Walsh Glad my feedback was helpful! I think your Judge Judy approach will benefit your channel very much! For titles and descriptions, my own approach is to use the title to get very specific about the question, problem, or solution I'll be discussing, and then the description to provide a tiny bit of conversation on why I chose that topic today. One other thing I'll say is that choosing your title and description gets much easier the more specific your video's topic. Then you really only have one way of describing it and writing becomes easy, lol. Hope that's helpful! 

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@Sarah Cashmore That's great advice and I have taken it on board for the next video I did :-0

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I use Zoom to record my classes and my VA uploads them to YouTube. For my tutorial classes I do them in Camtasia. 

Can you change your YT handle or username? 1:55
Can you change your YT handle or username?

Yes, change it here. However, be sure to also update everywhere you've mentioned or linked to that YT URL. Maybe google your YT URL and see where it's been mentioned.


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I thought you need to have 100 subscribers to do that?

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Jessica Jennings, MS Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC
youtube started letting people use handles that start with @ a couple years ago. so my business is ma yoga, and i’m at www.youtube.com/@ma-yoga
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@Jessica Jennings, MS I didn't know that, maybe I should do that now.