S5E11: The Business of Content Creation

#contentcreators #techtroublemaker #monetization

Are you creating content as a hobby or have you just not broken the monetization requirements yet? Or maybe you have but you haven’t focused yourself to make a business of your content creation efforts? When is it time to turn your passion into a business; potentially passion into profits? If you are like me, you have probably spent a lot of money on subscriptions like TubeBuddy, VidIQ, Epidemic Sound, perhaps your streaming software, Restream, etc, production tools like microphones, cameras, lights.

How do you at least make back the money you have invested in your efforts? James Hicks of Hicks New Media, https://www.youtube.com/@JamesHicks will be our guest teaching us the Basics of forming an LLC (granted each states’ laws are different), Merchandising, and Affiliate Marketing and his experiences.

Visit his site http://hicksnewmedia.com/

This episode we will talk about knowing when your efforts should be a business and ways you can make money even before you hit the minimum requirements of each platform whether Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc. Even if you have hit the goals needed to monetized you will learn tips on how to make money other ways to ensure social media isn’t your own revenue stream.

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S5E10: Do You Need a YouTube Moderator?

If you stream live, you need a moderator. Want to learn how to get started as a Moderator?

Then this episode is for you. Here is where you find Paul: YouTube Channel  @MrModeratorPaul 

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ThePaulDuncan

Banned Word List & Spam Users https://mrmoderator.me/BlockedWords

Who is Mr. Moderator? Paul is more than just a professional moderator, he’s also an educator and mentor. With over 35 years in the telecom industry, Paul has worked with some of the top companies such as Cisco, SGI, SonicWall and Brocade. After unexpectedly retiring in 2018, Paul set out to explore how he could apply his expertise and experience. It didn’t take long for Paul to make a name for himself. Since 2021 he has been moderating for big names such as Ecamm, Doc Rock and Adrian Salisbury. He was able to moderate events ranging from hundreds of attendees to over 10,000 attendees! His hard work earned him a place on the Ecamm Academy team. Paul is a frequent moderator at conferences and summits. You can find him at upcoming streams for Ecamm Live, Doc Rock, Adrian Salisbury’s Ecamm Live Academy and Take One Tech. He is also the moderator for India Delgado, Tom Buck, and Matthew O’Brien, Mr. Camera Junkie and others. Paul believes that knowledge should be shared – so he created an online course in moderating, a 2,000+ blocked word list to protect streams and a list of known spammers. He is passionately working on his own Moderator Certification Program too!