My Tog Blog About Awesome Content Creation

What if the key to being a successful content creator wasn't more time but a better strategy?

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Having a merch store is cool! Having one that gets traffic and sales is even cooler.

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Want to take better travel photos? 📷

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In this episode, I interview Ralph Velasco, a professional travel photographer a...

What are the keys to mastering video production in the "Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)"?

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In this episode, I interview Jonathan Hayes, an award-winning video producer and Exec...

Here's a scary statistic: most podcasts won't make it past episode 10.

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Are you ready to join the Part-Time Creator Crew? 

Season 3 of My Tog Blog About Awesome Content Creation is just around the corner! This time, we'll explore a topic that is very real for many of us: the challenges of being a part-time content creator. 

We'll discuss navigating the highly competitive landscape of YouTube, podcasting, and social media platforms today with limited time and resources.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) can potentially be a powerful, beneficial tool for content creators but poses significant risks.

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Do you struggle to find the time to stay fit amidst a busy schedule as a content creator?

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What would you do if you had to scale the income of your content business fast?

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What's the best way to establish a solid business foundation for your content creation? Start with a "business first" rather than a "content first" approach.

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Have you ever wondered why some YouTubers amass millions of views while others struggle to get noticed? A lot of it comes down to the power of packaging. 

In this episode, I share five strategies I'm using to improve my thumbnail game and increase YouTube views. We'll discuss how to find thumbnail concepts that stand out from the crowd and make your videos impossible to resist. Don't underestimate the impact...

Even with a small audience, it is possible to begin monetizing your YouTube channel. In fact, the sooner you start thinking about the business foundations of your channel, the better you'll be able to position it for more views and conversions (in terms of subscribers and/or sales).

In this episode, I sit down with Matt Hughes, a video content creator with more than a decade of experience, a YouTube channel with more ...

What if you heard about a content creation tool that had the potential to cut your filming time in half while also improving the quality of your on-camera delivery? I bet that's something you'd be interested in as a video content creator. 

I know I was. That's why I got myself a new teleprompter and all the accompanying accessories that make it work. In this episode, I share the results of the equipment I go...

As YouTube creators, we're always looking for new forms of content marketing to help promote our channels. And in this episode, we look at whether a blog can help grow your channel and how to get started if that's something you're interested in pursuing.

These are the perfect topics for my guest, Amanda Hand, a content marketing expert working with Regex SEO - a Houston-based SEO company specializing in deve...

Improving your channel's homepage is one of the best things you can invest time in as a beginner Youtuber. That's the page many viewers will visit if they're interested in seeing more of your content and/or considering subscribing to your channel.

Unfortunately, setting up the homepage is usually one of the first things we do when launching a new channel. And at that stage, we may not have a great sense of w...

We all have some regrets! And for me, not buying this tool sooner is one of mine.

As I've gained more experience with video content creation, I've come to see the value a camcorder can provide as part of my video production tool set.  

In this episode, I go over three use-case examples of how I'm incorporating this tool into filming for YouTube and other video platforms. 

Already, it's...

Doing a live event of any kind can be pretty nerve-wracking. Even with the best preparation, things can go sideways fast with technical glitches, flubbed lines, forgetting things you wanted to convey, or any number of unexpected events.

So why put ourselves through this as content creators? What are the benefits of "going live"? And if we do it, how can we give ourselves the best chance for success?

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Get ready for Season 2 of My Tog Blog About Awesome Content Creation!

In this season, we'll be doing a "deep dive" into what it takes to grow a successful YouTube channel, moving beyond the "day-to-day" tactics and looking at the strategic aspects of personal branding, monetization opportunities, content marketing, and much more that will be relevant to content creators of all types.

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