How to make dreamy thumbnails

When I fist started filming my YouTube videos, I didn’t really give my thumbnails much of a thought. I mean, in all honesty, it was more of an afterthought on some occasions. It wasn’t until I started uploading that I realised I needed one. But this was a fairly significant error on my behalf. Your […]

Weekly Quote Drop #5

This week’s quote comes from none other than Walt Disney himself who says The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing Walt Disney Great advice if you ask me, and certainly from someone who did just that! So stop talking, and begin doing today!

Those that create should consume

It’s all too easy to get your head buried in learning, writing, recording or whatever format your creation is. But one thing that can be easily overlooked is to continue consuming. One reason I decided to take the plunge with creating digital content is because I love it so much. So, why would I then […]

Weekly Quote Drop #4

This week’s quote is Chinese Proverb, and perfectly sums up my situation… The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now Chinese Proverb What a revelation. Yes, I should have started writing and making videos online years ago. but do you know what, I’ve started now, and […]

Weekly Quote Drop #3

This week’s quote comes from Sean Cannell from Think Media, who help people build an influence with online videos. Punch perfection in the face sean cannell Linked to las week’s quote, Sean takes it one step further by saying we need to actively reject perfection and remove the constraints imposed by our quest from perfection.

TubeBuddy – the YouTube SEO Tool

I’ve been recording and editing my videos for a little while now, and the process is always a little clunky. I thought this was simply down to me being a complete newcomer (or noob if you’d prefer!). However, after a bit of looking around, I came across TubeBuddy. TubeBuddy is a Chrome extension and app […]

Weekly Quote Drop #2

This week’s quote drop comes from Voltaire, a French writer, historian & philosopher who said Perfect is the enemy of good Voltaire Sometimes we spend too much time trying to be perfect, and instead sacrifice something being good. Tune in next week for our next quote drop

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The Leap of Faith

I’ve spent the last couple of days going through an introspective review of how 2021 is going so far, and where else I want to go. A few friends and family have become aware of my ramblings and YouTube videos through social media, although I haven’t largely shared too much on my own personal channels. […]

Batching

Tonight was the night I needed to get some video editing done. Luckily it wasn’t anything too hectic today, it was just my Weekly Quote Drop videos, so only 50-60seconds long with a photo overlay. But after not doing any editing for a couple of days, it really took me a little while to get […]

Tech Setup

As I started learning more about creativity, productivity, technology, it became apparent the YouTube was going to be a platform that I wanted to utilise. The problem was that I had never recorded myself on camera, and wasn’t really sure I had all that physical and metaphorical tools that I needed. And the next stage […]