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If you've ever considered starting your own podcast, this episode is for YOU! Now that I've hit 500 downloads and 25 episodes, I am reflecting on Podcast Myths and what you really need to start your own show.
I was guilty of believing some of these myths before becoming a Podcast Host. I didn't start this show with any guarantee that people would listen, or even like it. I didn't start with a large audience. I didn't wait until I had the perfect studio, a functioning blog, or even a system. All I had was my fundamental message, and the passion to share it!
I decided to create this Podcast for two main reasons.
The first is that I've always found podcasts so helpful as an entrepreneur. Can we be real for a minute? Being a solo entrepreneur is a tough and lonely road. In my beginning pivotal months, listening to podcasts from well-developed business leaders is what kept me from quitting before I began.
The second reason is that Industry Leader Amy Porterfield released an episode reflecting on what she wished she started in the beginning of her business. One of these things was a platform to create content on consistently every single week. She said she watched her peers that had done this grow faster than her. And that really resonated with me.
So, at only a few months into creating Camera Brave, I decided to launch the Camera Brave Show. Now, here are all of the thoughts that almost kept me from starting. Do any of them sound familiar?
Listen friend, every single one of those are a LIE! I disproved all of them to myself. And if they are holding you back from building your podcast, listen here.
There are only two things you truly need if you want to start a Podcast...
That is it. The rest you can figure out on your own. The rest you can Google. The rest you are resourceful enough to piece together.
If you've considered starting your own Podcast, I want you to truly ask yourself: what are you waiting for? Because if you're allowing one of those myths above to have power over you, I need you to call it for what it is: a lie. You do know enough. People will listen. Your audience will grow. And I promise you, at no point in time will you ever regret starting it.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Let's talk about Goals vs New Years Resolutions. I am a HUGE advocate of goal-setting, and I absolutely do not believe in setting New Years Resolutions. In this episode I break down why I prefer goals and my best tips for creating them.
Here are the main reasons I prefer goals to New Year Resolutions:
#1- There is nothing magical about January 1st. While I do think it's an excellent time to set goals, I believe you can refresh your goals and pivot them to accompany you during any season of life you're currently in.
#2- Goals stem from a strong 'why'. Why do we create New Year's Resolutions? Because it's a new year. What about when that season ends, and the year slowly passes into it's next season. If you've associated what you want to achieve with the new year, then you will outgrow that resolution with that season. When you set goals hold a deeper meaning to you, they become strong enough to out-live seasons and changes.
#3- They're more likely to be adapted instead of abandoned. We learn to allow goals to change and be flexible with our lives. Where as with resolutions, we have already associated the idea of abandoning them. We know the statistics that they're almost all abandoned as early as January, and that fact remains looming in our head.
#4- We approach setting goals different than we approach creating New Years Resolutions. Often times when we approach goals, we break them down into action steps. When we approach a resolution, we often think of some massive life change that we must jump into head-on.
That being said, here are some of my tips for those of you wanting to set goals this season!
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Wanting to spread Holiday Cheer this season but don't know where to start? I've got you covered! This episode gives you 5 different content ideas you can use over the holidays.
Why should you be creating content this time of year? Because our brains are constantly looking for fun ideas, gifts, and sparkly lights. Listen in to get ideas for your videos.
Video Idea #1: Show your product! If you have a product to sell, I hope you're highlighting its amazing features through video. And not just showing your products, but show them in a way that will check the box your audience is looking for. Try grouping your items into categories like 'Gifts for Him', 'Stocking Stuffers,' or 'Gifts for Teachers' to attract your audiences attention.
Video Idea #2: Unbox what you're already purchasing. We love to watch unboxing videos. So if you have new equipment or product flooding your doorstep this time of year, share it with your audience. This is the time of year to get creative, because we're all looking for gift ideas. If I were ever going to demo the makeup I use to get camera-ready, it would be during the holidays.
Video Idea #3: Display your décor or seasonal packaging materials. This can be as simple as doing a Live in front of your Christmas Tree. Spreading joy and cheer doesn't have to be anything massive or creative, just showing a decorated space in your home can spread holiday magic. Or, if you offer seasonal packaging and materials, show it to your audience.
Video Idea #4: Share your goals and upcoming product launches. This is the time of year when us goal-setters really start to get our wheels turning. Reflect on this past year or share what your goals are for next year. This also a great way to start seed planting for any future products or services you're going to release in 2022!
Video Idea #5: Incorporate your personal life. Sharing the details of your life and family can be an excellent way for your audience to feel like they know you. Stick to your own personal boundaries of course, but if you're comfortable sharing something, now is the season to do so. Even if it's a picture of your cat or just the name of your spouse, allow your audience a glimpse into your life.
I hope you enjoy these! Try one or all of them this holiday season.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
If you're waiting for reassurance- this episode is for you. When it comes to business, we find ourselves thinking things like "If only I knew this would work out", "If only I could know this would be a success."
The truth is that, like so many other things in life, there is no way to have certainty in how the future will unfold. We face massive decisions, like buying a house or starting a marriage, and we understand that there is no guarantee for how those experiences may turn out.
But when it comes to business, we find ourselves waiting for this deep intuition of 'knowing' before we feel the courage to launch something.
Friend, there is no 100% Guarantee in business. But there are still so many other reasons to move forward.
I want you to think back to something that you truly excelled at. Whether it was being a great student in college or running a marathon, think back to a time in your life that you excelled. And please, oh please, do not say 'I can't think of anything I've excelled at.' I mean, really, give yourself some credit. What is something people always tell you that you excel at?
Now think of what it took to get there. Was a natural-given talent? Most likely, it was more than that. Most likely, it took hard work, determination, and resourcefulness to get to that level of accomplishment.
Now, how can those same traits that live within you be used to tackle your next goal in business? How can you use that same process, target it towards your next launch, and know that your hard work will be rewarded.
This is the exact process I did utilized during my course launch. I thought back to when I was in college, and how hard I worked and how much effort and determination I put into my studies. I put that same level of hard work into my launch. And I realized that no matter how hard college got, I didn't quit. So no matter how hard the launch got, I couldn't quit.
Sometimes in business, all we can do is our absolute best.
If you're an entrepreneur, then you've already chosen the need to create and build something as greater than the need for a guarantee. And let's be honest, job security isn't exactly blossoming in the year 2021...
So remember that there is no reassurance. You are 100% guaranteed to never receive a 100% guarantee in your business. No one that went before us had a guarantee, and no one that comes after us will.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Behind all the dancing and pointing, is there value in Instagram Reels? The short answer is Yes. In this episode, I break down the real value in creating Instagram Reels (and no, you don't have to point or dance to take advantage of this value!)
To start off, let's review exactly what Instagram Reels are. They are short-format videos that are either 15, 30, or 60 seconds long. Often times they are much shorter. They can be made to a library of music and sound clips that Instagram houses right on the app. You're able to easily record your videos, trim them together, then add text right on top.
As far as Video Editing Software goes... Instagram does an EXCELLENT job of having a user-friendly way to edit content! They have totally streamlined the process of combining video clips, music, audio, text, and even graphics.
If you've struggled with creating a Reel and disagree, hear me out... In school, I studied software's like Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. The learning curve is steep, the programs are costly, and there's no way you can edit from your phone. So compared to that, yes, Instagram has done a great job of giving you just the essentials to edit. It is after all a Social Media platform, not a Video Editing Software.
What are the Pro's of Instagram Reels:
And the biggest Pro of them all: creating short videos is becoming an absolute must on social media. This is a skill and habit you need to add to your arsenal if you haven't yet. Learning how to create videos like this is not a waste of time.
The Con's of Instagram Reels:
Here are my tips for creating Instagram Reels. First of all, DO THEM! Really, give them a try if you haven't yet. When you make them, give your audience a mixture of education and entertainment in your reels. Use a Call to Action at the end to try to convert those views into follows. Make sure to flood your short video with value! And, if you can, show them something they don't see on a daily basis.
Use your own unique spin on already trending audio and your views will soar!
So while they may seem tedious, and you may refuse to point or dance, there is undeniable value in learning the skill of creating short-format video. PLUS Instagram is still rewarding you for playing along by making sure your video reached people outside of your audience.
Building confidence on camera and being Camera Brave can start small. Like a 7 second video small. I challenge you to create one. Who knows, you may find out you even enjoy it!
If this all sounds great, yet you have no idea HOW to take a Reel, head over to camerabraveclub.com . The Camera Brave Club is where all of my step-by-step, non-techy trainings live, where you can get your questions answered, and where you can receive feedback on the content you create. Join the club by clicking the link above.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content with this printable checklist: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
💛Get Connected💛
Let's Connect at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram & Tik Tok! For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Do you have a system for getting ready before you start your video, aka becoming "camera-ready"? If not, this is how you can create one, and why you absolutely should!
What in the world is camera-ready? Camera-ready is the physical preparation of "getting ready" before you take a video.
This is completely separate from focusing your mind and preparing your content, this is strictly talking about the physical getting ready process. This does not mean doing your makeup or wearing a freshly pressed blazer. It is simply about creating a system that you can use, repeat, and simplify!
Why is it important? Simply put, you want to feel good when you're on camera! So ask yourself: "What makes me feel good?" Feeling good helps us feel more confident. And when you're intentionally putting your best foot forward, that shows up on video!
It also comes down to setting your expectations and having realistic standards for how you want to show up on camera.
You set the standard for what people will expect when they go to your page.
You don't have to be anything other than who you are! You don't have to feel like you're being a 'fancy entrepreneur' when you take video, you can just be the entrepreneur and person that you are.
Here's the way you can make your own system to become 'camera-ready.'
The first step is to define your "must-have" guidelines for when you show up on camera. What things are super important to you? For me, it's mascara, lip color, and not wearing a graphic t-shirt. That system takes me approximately 60 seconds to complete. It's not fancy because it doesn't need to be. It's me because it needs to be. It's efficient and it allows me to feel like I'm putting my best foot forward.
The second step is to define your "nice to have" guidelines, these are extra things you might want to add to your getting ready process, but they're not deal-breakers if they don't get done. For example, I'd like to blow dry my hair and have pretty, defined curls. Will I create content even when my hair is a frizzy mess? Yes. But, if I can plan in advance to brush and blow-dry my hair the night before, I feel even better about presenting myself on camera.
The last step is to determine how much time you have. I spend a little longer getting ready to create a podcast episode compared to my 60-second process for stories and lives.
As you continue taking videos, you may develop a different process depending on what platforms and style of content you're taking.
No system is better than another. You do not have to wear a blazer or makeup when you take videos. Being natural and wearing a t-shirt is just fine. One is not better than the other, they are just different. Really and truly, you can come as you for your content. And let that be the standard that you set, which your audience will learn to expect from you.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok! For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Why is it SO hard to start something new? It all comes down to how we label the world around us and how we've labeled ourselves. Let's break it down.
We all have our own individual perspectives and outlooks that shape the way we see the world. This perspective leads us to create labels, which we then attach meaning to. We label everything around us in our own unique way and associate different meanings with different words.
If I say 'think of a pet', what comes to mind? For me, it's my dogs. For you, maybe it's a cat or a bird. It's the same word, and neither way you or I define it is right or wrong, but it's important to understand that you've associated that word with something personal from your life. That same word will hold a different meaning based on our own unique experiences.
This can become a problem of sorts when we're trying to start something new. Because the thing is, whatever we are trying to become is something we've already attached a label to. And what is so crucial to changing is (1) recognizing that existing label and (2) understanding what you already associate with that label.
My personal example starts when I first decided to teach Video Marketing and become a coach. The word 'coach' was something I really struggled to call myself, simply because I had only ever known one particular type of coach for years: an athletic coach.
My boyfriend is a swim coach, everyone calls him coach, it's his occupation: he's a coach. So for years, the idea of a coach to me was a man, specifically him, standing on a pool deck in a giant sunhat creating workouts and managing athletes.
That couldn't be further from what I was trying to do! I was trying to build a business online to teach entrepreneurs how to get confident on-camera and take videos.
For the first several months of being in business, I called myself a 'strategist', because the label of a coach felt so distant from me and what I was trying to accomplish. This all came down to my own personal perspective and associations I already unknowingly had with that word.
To become a coach, I had to re-associate that word for myself. It took months for me to broaden my sights and recognize there's a whole wide world of coaches out there, not just the kind on a pool deck.
The next thing that keeps us stuck when we're trying to start something new is not knowing where to start. So, let me give you two ways you can start on your next new and exciting thing today.
Do not underestimate the power of encouragement.
Do not underestimate the power of a good coach or mentor.
Do not underestimate the power of having a peer going through what you are.
Embrace these new beginnings. I'm rooting for you.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
Grab your quick and easy guide to elevating your video content with this printable checklist: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Ever watch a video of someone and love how animated they are? You find yourself thinking "they have so much energy!" Here's the thing: you set the tone for your energy when you take videos. You can intentionally channel and deliver with that similar energy in your own authentic way.
When we watch videos, a lot of time we equal energy to emphasis. Meaning if someone is talking with a lot of EMPHASIS (like that), we think "they have great energy". Versus when we watch a video where someone is mumbling or talking lower pitch.
Why is this important? The truth is that a low-energy video isn't going to keep your audience's attention like a high-energy video. We have so much content we consume daily, and once we get a little bored or start to check out, we continue scrolling!
You have the power to change the energy you transmit to your audience. Back in Episode 5, I talked about how energy is like an old-school radio. To tune that radio, you'd dial it in, then the frequency you choose is that station that's transmitted to you, the listener. The same goes for video. First, you have to tune it in! You have to find that energy level or "radio station" first. Only then can that level of energy be transmitted through your camera and to your audience.
When it comes to energy levels, we're all different. In reality, we differ daily. You don start all of your days with the same level of energy, and that goes the same for being on-camera. However, there are steps you can follow to be intentional about setting your energy before you push that record button.
The first step is to determine where you lie on the 'Energy Spectrum' by default. What in the what? All I mean by that is to answer this question: Are you typically high energy or low energy naturally?
I am high-energy naturally. I don't have a problem expressing myself through my voice or face. If you talked with me in person, you would see how animated and expressive I am, and that means that I come across on-camera with high energy.
Once you determine where you're at naturally, decide where you want to be on-camera. When you watch back video of yourself, do you wish you had more expression and animation, or less? When I first started watching myself back, I realized I needed to slow it down a little.
Now that you know where you are naturally and where you want to be for your videos, it's time to warm up! This is the crucial step so many people miss, when you intentionally dial-in that old-school radio.
You have to let your oven pre-heat before you can start cooking (too many analogies?)
Give yourself the time and space to start talking, warming up, and being intentional with exactly where you want your energy to be during your video. Warm-up time looks different for everyone. For me, it looks like me sitting in my living room and talking about my content out loud. This is a habit I developed early on in my spokesperson days and had remained the best way for me to iron out my content.
Where you bring confidence, energy will follow.
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
Are you stuck? Let me remind you that by not taking an action, you are committing to the action of staying still. When you're not making the decision to move forward, you're making the decision to stay stuck...
Many times we don't realize the trickiness behind inaction. We may decide not to think about the fact that we are intentionally not moving forward. We think "well, I'm not moving in reverse" and diminish the progress we've already made by not seeing it through to the end.
We are simply not taking action, not moving forward, and not progressing. And in that lack of momentum lies the issue: not taking an action is just as much of an action as if you were taking that next step.
What are you stalling in? Is it creating a course, launching a podcast, building a program? Whether you intentionally realize it or not, by not actively moving forward, you are staying stuck.
Use this episode as the push you need to move forward. Use it as the permission you're seeking to not be perfect. Use it as the validation that what you've built is good enough to be put into the world. Because what you have to say is important.
There is serious danger in letting go of your momentum and letting your ideas remain unpublished. When you sit on your ideas, they don't have the power to change the world.
Take those ideas and create something with them. Turn those ideas into a thing: whether it's a program, course, podcast, or YouTube series. Don't sit on those brilliant ideas, be brave enough to turn them into something amazing. Because only when you create something does it have the power to change lives.
Here are my suggestions for getting back into action...
First, rediscover your passion for your mission, and your conviction in your message. Really reflect on that word for a moment: conviction. Conviction is when you feel it unwaveringly sure of your message, deep in your bones. Conviction is an unshakable truth that your message is powerful and has to be released into the world.
With that conviction, determine a topic that you feel knowledgeable about. something that you're familiar with that you could talk about all day. Something you're super passionate about. Mine is taking video and the power of storytelling. What's yours?
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected💛
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok. For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
This topic stems from a statement we've all heard at one point in our lives: "you're a natural". While this is a compliment, there is a major flaw in this statement. When you say someone is a 'natural', you're mistaking a learned skill for natural talent. Here's why this is a problem...
(1) When you focus on the effortless outcome, you don't acknowledge the intense effort that goes into the process. (2) When you forget to recognize the hard work, it can lead you feeling discouraged to start from where you are currently.
When you're looking at someone's effortless outcome, you can't see their story of struggle, you can't see their progress, you just see that moment. My friend, please don't only see that outcome and think that they were born with a gift. In reality, that 'gift' probably took them years of refinement and work, and the truth is that they're just further evolved in the process.
The truth is, being on-camera is a skill I've learned, not a talent I was born with.
My hair is naturally red; my camera presence was intentionally built.
What scares me when people call me (or anyone) "a natural" is that they aren't recognizing how long it took me to get here. I have spent HOURS receiving criticism on my delivery, refining my mannerisms, practicing my inflection and so much more. I spent years building my confidence as a professional spokesperson to be able to jump on video, be authentically me, and talk about a topic.
Feel inspired when you watch someone do something that appears effortless but do not mistake their outcome with their efforts. It takes SO much effort to appear effortless.
Feel encouraged to start where you are now. Be willing to accept where you are on your journey. We are all starting from different places. Embrace your story and your journey, it's what makes you stand out!
💥Get Started with your Video Checklist💥
A quick and easy guide to elevating your video content! Print out this checklist before your next video to make sure your Framing, Lighting & Confidence are on point: www.checklist.camerabrave.com
📱Let’s be friends on Instagram
You’ve got to check out my latest IG Reel! www.instagram.com/camera.brave
👀Want to check out the visual version?
Subscribe to the Camera Brave YouTube channel to watch episodes of the Show! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGQF4RaUSq9_OnkvM7B3AA
💛Get Connected
Thank you for listening to the show, let's get connected! You can find me over at Camera Brave on Facebook and Instagram and now Tik Tok! For Podcast inquiries email me at [email protected]. Until next time.
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