The Project 24 Podcast

In this episode of the Project 24 Blogging Podcast, Nathan and Ricky respond to some of your questions, covering topics like niching down vs building a site on a broad topic, creating more connection through forums and groups, and restructuring your website after discovering what is and isn’t working.

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Improving your channel doesn’t need to take some grand action. Julia shares ten small changes that you can make to starting improving incrementally.

02:46  Add a Camera
04:21  Mention Another Video
05:30  Add a Storytelling Element
07:05  Tweak Your Filming Setup
09:30  Improve Your Hook
11:13  Shorten Your Intro
11:56  Improve the Thumbnail
14:03  Make an Editing Template
14:27  Pinned Comments
15:34  Pick One Thing

In the last installment of the Project 24 Blogging Timeline mini-series, Ricky & Nathan share how to start planning the future of your blog. They discuss options to incorporate based on your future goals.

01:47  Month 19-24
05:12  Passive Growth Plan
16:42  Active Growth Plan
29:19  Making It Your Own

For most people the most effective thing you can do right now to up-level your content for the time and effort that it will take is making better thumbnails. Julia walk through different exercises you can do to increase your understanding of good thumbnails & some “Rules of Thumb” (see what we did there?!) of how to avoid common mistakes.

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Nathan and Ricky dive back into the mini-series discussing the Project 24 Blogging Timeline. They share content and monetization insights you can use during the 13-18 month timeframe on your blog.

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Ricky & Julia discuss some key elements of developing a branded culture for your channel and what to do when you need to make a change.

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Nathan and Ricky continue with the mini-series discussing the Project 24 Blogging Timeline. They share key actions you should plan to take during the 7-12 month timeframe on your blog.

Julia talks through our pre-publish checklist for YouTube videos. Not all 15 of these will apply to you. Make your own checklist with the ones that are relevant for you and your channel.

15 Pre-Publish Steps:

Here’s an example of a template to add to your channel. Of course you’ll have to customize it for your own channel!

** This Paragraph Changes Every Time – Hook them to make them excited to watch this specific video**

Check out my _ (book, website, info product, etc) – link-

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Here’s a video from the channel Film Booth where Ed demonstrates the “watch next” strategy really well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHOJFv4iaMc

Nathan and Julia kick off a mini-series discussing the Project 24 Blogging Timeline. They review what to expect in each month, common pitfalls, and where to focus your attention.

00:37  Blogging Timeline Expectations
04:33  Month 1
11:27  Month 2
16:06  Month 3
24:10  Month 4
28:01  Month 5
32:37  Month 6

Nathan shares his secret to motivation and productivity on a small, personal channel.

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