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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S5E9: Gear Up For YouTube Content Creation

#techtroublemaker #contentcreators #MyYouTubeStudio

We will talk about Lights, Mics, and cameras. Wondering what you might want to buy next or maybe you need help figuring out what you ought to buy NOW.

Do you want to know what gear makes sense for content creation? Tonight we will have a talk with a fellow gearhead who loves audio,  @CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan 

We will talk about simple setups and about extremes and lots of stuff in between. Go Visit John on his channel https://www.youtube.com/@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan

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(Some of my gear, these are affiliate links)***********

Elgato Key Light Air X 2. https://amzn.to/3DMQwjx

Elgato StreamDeck XL https://amzn.to/3CMZ6gD (15 buttons are not enough)

Sony ZV-E10 (I love this camera, it was the right choice) https://amzn.to/3xet8ZG Sigma 16mm 1.4f Sony E mount lens (such great focus and I love the blur) https://amzn.to/3cFqK4E

Shure MV7 USB/XLR Dynamic Mic (with the software you can get a really nice podcaster sound) https://amzn.to/3r51ywI

Elgato Green Screen https://amzn.to/30ZDYqB (curtain styles and stands are just too much of a pain and take too much room)

SmallRig RC 120B https://amzn.to/3YwwALb

Small Rig Parabolic Softbox https://amzn.to/41KYo18

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