Unedited Video Shows Honesty
For those aspiring video podcasters out there, heed the power of the flip HD. I recently bought the tiny micro Flip HD and found it to be extremely cool for video podcasting side projects. While our video shows are done in high quality, with proper lighting and audio levels, there is some power in the portable [...]
CRUSH IT: Book Review
Gary Vaynerchuck recently published a book about his experiences growing his own personal brand. Gary is well known on the Internet for building the brand: Wine Library TV and has taken his knowledge and written a book about building your own brand in his likeness. I received a free copy of the book during Gary’s [...]
Understanding The Global Audience
So, you say you want to be an producer of awesome content? Audio show, video show, pick your medium but you’re going to run into the same problem in all of them: your audience is global. This is something many folks in the United States have a hard time understanding because we tend to be [...]
Teach Yourself To Be Successful
So you want to be popular and get “a million unique’s” on your website now that you’ve posted your first piece of content. Web marketing folks will tell you how they can rank you #1 in search engines and promote you by utilizing their social circles (most of which are unrelated to your audience). Let [...]
Be Talked About, Be Seen
It’s difficult to rise to the top of the charts, your audio/video show might be A+ class in content and quality but you’ve got to fight to be seen. As cheap video camera’s hit the market everyone wants to be a superstar and get their 15-minutes of fame. While these crazy folks are trying to [...]
Make Friends In Your Industry, You’ll Be Rewarded
So many people are out to make a quick buck in the most “automated” way possible. These “get rich quick” or “get wealthy with little work” schemes may be great ways to build bank but what have you learned in the process? Have you learned any techniques to make yourself more approachable, a better sales [...]
Niche Video Casts Get Marketing Dollars Too
If you’re looking for a way to make some money in video podcasting you’ll want to find an area of content that isn’t overcrowded. Of course, the video game, and tech shows are all over the place, what you’ll want is something completely different yet interesting enough to grab a crowd. Looking through iTunes, I [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk Says Hustle, But I Think That’s Changing
While Gary Vaynerchuk has successfully built a small wine store into a much larger business and is on the forefront of social media, I think life will be changing for him very soon. He’s not only a representative for the Wine Library and WLTV branding, he’s sharing his knowledge with others on his blog and [...]
Promoting Yourself With Social Networking and Media
In a few weeks I’ll be guest speaking at Keene State college, the school I graduated from in 1999. Since graduation a lot has changed in terms of my own experience and the experiences on the Internet. We used to use the Internet to chat on forums, IRC and finding video game news. Today, the [...]
Build Your Audience One Person at a Time
If you’re a struggling video caster or podcaster, you’re probably struggling to find an audience for your show, not struggling for new content. Content is easy to build if you’ve got a passion for your branding. However, audiences are not free and you’re asking them to take time out of their day to listen or [...]
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