This podcast has been planned out through the end of 2015. Through episode 146, to be exact. This is a level of content planning that I haven't done in quite some time.

Thing is, it has been a HUGE time-saver. And that's the topic for today's episode of CBB - planning your content in advance.

When you fly by the seat of your pants on your content, it leads to a lot confusion on what to talk about, a lot of pressure on yourself... and it generally turns your blog into a digital slave driver. It isn't that much fun anymore.

It also happens not to be very effective, either.

The answer is PLANNING.

There are 4 specific reasons to plan your content in advance, which I share in this episode. Plus, I'll share some more details on exactly how I planned out this podcast so far in advance. Behind the scenes, baby! ;)

Do you really need to be everywhere?

In this episode, I take a good hard look at "be everywhere" and whether it is necessary - or even smart - for a blogger looking to grow their web traffic. Is this the real secret... or a recipe for burnout?

I'm a HUGE believer in leverage as we grow our business. Truth is, trying to be everywhere is just inviting you to spend time on very LOW LEVERAGE activities.

I'll explain in full in this episode of CBB.

No doubt that Youtube is the big kahuna when it comes to video marketing. IT is the biggest video site in the world, also the world's second biggest search engine. You will no doubt be publishing any video you produce to Youtube.

But, where else should you put it? Is Youtube the only place to bother with?

In this episode, we look at the relative importance of some of the other video sites out there, such as Vimeo, Viddler, Veoh, DailyMotion, etc.

And where exactly does Facebook fall into the mix? Surprisingly well, actually.

If you've wondered if you should be bothering to post your videos anywhere besides Youtube, this episode will answer that for you.

No doubt that YouTube is the big kahuna when it comes to video marketing. IT is the biggest video site in the world, also the world's second biggest search engine. You will no doubt be publishing any video you produce to YouTube.

But, where else should you put it? Is YouTube the only place to bother with?

In this episode, we look at the relative importance of some of the other video sites out there, such as Vimeo, Viddler, Veoh, DailyMotion, etc.

And where exactly does Facebook fall into the mix? Surprisingly well, actually.

If you've wondered if you should be bothering to post your videos anywhere besides YouTube, this episode will answer that for you.

 

Today is our last episode where we are going to be talking about YouTube here on our little traffic series. Okay? But today, we are actually going to mention it in the course of leaving it. We are going to actually talk about the world beyond YouTube.

Should we post our videos anywhere else besides YouTube?

No doubt that Youtube is the big kahuna when it comes to video marketing. IT is the biggest video site in the world, also the world's second biggest search engine. You will no doubt be publishing any video you produce to Youtube.

But, where else should you put it? Is Youtube the only place to bother with?

In this episode, we look at the relative importance of some of the other video sites out there, such as Vimeo, Viddler, Veoh, DailyMotion, etc.

And where exactly does Facebook fall into the mix? Surprisingly well, actually.

If you've wondered if you should be bothering to post your videos anywhere besides Youtube, this episode will answer that for you.

If you're going to use YouTube marketing to its fullest, then you're going to need to take the extra time to set up certain things for each YouTube video. One of those things is annotations.

What are YouTube annotations and how do you use them? That's the topic of this episode of CBB.

Also in this episode, I'll give you 5 specific tactics you can use annotations for in order to grow your list and increase engagement. I'll also share how this lazy guy (that's me) deals with annotations. ;-)

And that's what we're going to talk about in this episode of Coffee Break Blogging.

If you're going to use Youtube marketing to its fullest, then you're going to need to take the extra time to set up certain things for each Youtube video. One of those things is annotations.

What are Youtube annotations and how do you use them? That's the topic of this episode of CBB.

Also in this episode, I'll give you 5 specific tactics you can use annotations for in order to grow your list and increase engagement. I'll also share how this lazy guy (that's me) deals with annotations. ;-)

Welcome to Episode 101 of Coffee Break Blogging!

Today we are going to continue talking about videos; specifically on how to make good looking videos.

If we're going to use video marketing to grow our traffic, we want to make sure those videos look as "pro" as we can. It doesn't need to be perfect. It doesn't need to be Hollywood. But, it does need to look somewhat pro so that people enjoy watching it.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

• Microphones to use to make your videos
• Cameras to use to make your videos
• How to record audio and video separately and match them together
• How to script a video and not have it look robotic
• The hardware and software that I am using personally

If we're going to use video marketing to grow our traffic, we want to make sure those videos look as "pro" as we can. It doesn't need to be perfect. It doesn't need to be Hollywood. But, it does need to look somewhat pro so that people enjoy watching it.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

- Microphones to use to make your videos

- Cameras to use to make your videos

- How to record audio and video separately and match them together

- How to script a video and not have it look robotic

- The hardware and software that I am using personally

This episode is a little bit technical, but that goes with the territory when you want to make good-looking videos. :-)

We've just spent the last 4 episodes talking about using podcasting to grow your traffic and your business. Now, we move into the topic of video.

And we'll start with Youtube. How exactly do you build up your Youtube channel? How do you get more video views? More subscribers?

Like anything, if you're going to do it right, it takes some time. So, let's do it with some foundation in mind.

In this episode, we'll talk about what I see as the two main approaches to YouTube: Being Helpful, and Being a Personality. For each, I'll share some of the things which go into it.

Then I share 8 best practices to build into your habits so that you can effectively build up your YouTube channel.

• How you can control the "related videos" at the end of your video
• A little "trick" for dominating the related videos in the sidebar on YouTube.com, next to your own video.
• How to use your video stillshot to get more views.
• How to use Youtube as a social network to build your profile.
• How to look for good topics to make videos about.

We also celebrate my 100th podcast! Really appreciate all of you - thanks for much being a part of it! ;-)