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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S4E9: Content Creation Ideas for Beginning YouTubers

#TechTroublemaker #Beginners #ContentCreation

Do you struggle to figure out what your next video should be? Are you just out of ideas? This episode we talk about creative ways to come up with your video topics to get out of the rut and get your butt in gear making videos for your channel. Liz Marasco will talk us through our content idea challenges.

Elizabeth Marasco is an entrepreneur working in events and marketing for over 20 years. She has owned her own agency for 17 years. serving high-quality event production for corporations, nonprofits, and private events. Including design and production of Chevy’s 100th anniversary, work for United Way, Hurley Medical Center, Children’s Miracle Network, Flint Cultural Center, Dura Automotive, Ring Wings, Chrysler, and many others. The goal is to produce a memorable experience that grabs the attention of prospective clients, sponsors, and investors. She is also the publisher of Kudos magazine, a Michigan-based publication focused on healthy, happy living. Since the shift in 2019, she discovered a passion for live streaming events.

Honoring the process of live streaming she has included focusing on content creation and marketing strategies. Her favorite live streaming software is of course Ecamm (mine too).

Want to find her online? Go here: https://www.facebook.com/LizMarascoBEAM https://www.facebook.com/KudosMagazine/

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