hi I’m Evan Carmichael welcome to the edition of ask Evan today mention the
edition of ask Evan today mention the
edition of ask Evan today mention the question from one of my readers Richard
question from one of my readers Richard
question from one of my readers Richard who wrote in saying that he had
who wrote in saying that he had
who wrote in saying that he had purchased one of my worksheet patches it
purchased one of my worksheet patches it
purchased one of my worksheet patches it packages getting past survival and he’s
packages getting past survival and he’s
packages getting past survival and he’s trying to make a name for himself it all
trying to make a name for himself it all
trying to make a name for himself it all things entrepreneurship and he’s
things entrepreneurship and he’s
things entrepreneurship and he’s wondering how what kind of advice I can
wondering how what kind of advice I can
wondering how what kind of advice I can give him on making videos like I do
give him on making videos like I do
give him on making videos like I do you’ve now become a wonderful
you’ve now become a wonderful
you’ve now become a wonderful entrepreneurial source for me thank you
entrepreneurial source for me thank you
entrepreneurial source for me thank you Richard so thanks for buying the
Richard so thanks for buying the
Richard so thanks for buying the worksheets Richard hopefully you’re
worksheets Richard hopefully you’re
worksheets Richard hopefully you’re enjoying them and working your way
enjoying them and working your way
enjoying them and working your way through them to answer your question
through them to answer your question
through them to answer your question about how I do the videos I’m going to
about how I do the videos I’m going to
about how I do the videos I’m going to kind of split that up into two two
kind of split that up into two two
kind of split that up into two two components i guess for you the first is
components i guess for you the first is
components i guess for you the first is talking about the equipment and at the
talking about the equipment and at the
talking about the equipment and at the start making videos can be really scary
start making videos can be really scary
start making videos can be really scary I know for me I i was a little bit
I know for me I i was a little bit
I know for me I i was a little bit uncomfortable in front of the camera and
uncomfortable in front of the camera and
uncomfortable in front of the camera and it took a while to get going it took me
it took a while to get going it took me
it took a while to get going it took me lots of takes to make each video and it
lots of takes to make each video and it
lots of takes to make each video and it was frustrating and a really slow
was frustrating and a really slow
was frustrating and a really slow process now I just kind of read a
process now I just kind of read a
process now I just kind of read a question and just start answering so it
question and just start answering so it
question and just start answering so it takes a little bit of a muscle to work
takes a little bit of a muscle to work
takes a little bit of a muscle to work an exercise to get better at it if
an exercise to get better at it if
an exercise to get better at it if you’re first starting out your equipment
you’re first starting out your equipment
you’re first starting out your equipment I’m not a big believer in spending money
I’m not a big believer in spending money
I’m not a big believer in spending money until I’m making money so I try to do
until I’m making money so I try to do
until I’m making money so I try to do things on the cheap as much as possible
things on the cheap as much as possible
things on the cheap as much as possible bootstrap so in my time but not my money
bootstrap so in my time but not my money
bootstrap so in my time but not my money and find ways to get it started and so
and find ways to get it started and so
and find ways to get it started and so my very first video was off of just my
my very first video was off of just my
my very first video was off of just my little camera and use it off of a flip
little camera and use it off of a flip
little camera and use it off of a flip and if you go back and youtube channel
and if you go back and youtube channel
and if you go back and youtube channel you’ll be able to go back and see how
you’ll be able to go back and see how
you’ll be able to go back and see how help poor quality they were things were
help poor quality they were things were
help poor quality they were things were shaking a little bit the lighting was
shaking a little bit the lighting was
shaking a little bit the lighting was really brutal and then slowly slowly got
really brutal and then slowly slowly got
really brutal and then slowly slowly got better and invested in better equipment
better and invested in better equipment
better and invested in better equipment as I started making some money off of it
as I started making some money off of it
as I started making some money off of it so you can go out and buy all the fancy
so you can go out and buy all the fancy
so you can go out and buy all the fancy equipment if you want but the risk is
equipment if you want but the risk is
equipment if you want but the risk is that maybe you won’t love making videos
that maybe you won’t love making videos
that maybe you won’t love making videos or maybe it’s not going to be something
or maybe it’s not going to be something
or maybe it’s not going to be something you stick with and in the end up with
you stick with and in the end up with
you stick with and in the end up with all this equipment that you know you’re
all this equipment that you know you’re
all this equipment that you know you’re not going to use and you have to you
not going to use and you have to you
not going to use and you have to you know take back or sell so i don’t i
know take back or sell so i don’t i
know take back or sell so i don’t i don’t like spending money till I find a
don’t like spending money till I find a
don’t like spending money till I find a way to make money off of it so I started
way to make money off of it so I started
way to make money off of it so I started off just me with my flip camera you know
off just me with my flip camera you know
off just me with my flip camera you know you know wobbly camera and terrible
you know wobbly camera and terrible
you know wobbly camera and terrible lighting and slowly I invested more and
lighting and slowly I invested more and
lighting and slowly I invested more and back into it now I use just a sony
back into it now I use just a sony
back into it now I use just a sony camcorder
camcorder
camcorder from costco that i picked up it’s on a
from costco that i picked up it’s on a
from costco that i picked up it’s on a tripod that I picked up at a camera
tripod that I picked up at a camera
tripod that I picked up at a camera store and I use a microphone that
store and I use a microphone that
store and I use a microphone that connects so you can see here I’ve got a
connects so you can see here I’ve got a
connects so you can see here I’ve got a little bit of a microphone coming up
little bit of a microphone coming up
little bit of a microphone coming up through my sweater here and it did that
through my sweater here and it did that
through my sweater here and it did that because people were complaining that the
because people were complaining that the
because people were complaining that the feedback the quality of the sound wasn’t
feedback the quality of the sound wasn’t
feedback the quality of the sound wasn’t fantastic coming from a flip camera and
fantastic coming from a flip camera and
fantastic coming from a flip camera and so I just found the the highest-end
so I just found the the highest-end
so I just found the the highest-end costco camera that had external
costco camera that had external
costco camera that had external microphone jack like to plug into in
microphone jack like to plug into in
microphone jack like to plug into in terms of the workflow I just save
terms of the workflow I just save
terms of the workflow I just save questions that come to me from my
questions that come to me from my
questions that come to me from my readers and i would put them on my phone
readers and i would put them on my phone
readers and i would put them on my phone and then i save them for the week and
and then i save them for the week and
and then i save them for the week and then I just kind of go through them and
then I just kind of go through them and
then I just kind of go through them and once a week I I sit here at my house on
once a week I I sit here at my house on
once a week I I sit here at my house on a Wednesday and fire up fire up the
a Wednesday and fire up fire up the
a Wednesday and fire up fire up the camera get a cappuccino ready to go so I
camera get a cappuccino ready to go so I
camera get a cappuccino ready to go so I have a little bit more energy and drink
have a little bit more energy and drink
have a little bit more energy and drink it back and start answering questions
it back and start answering questions
it back and start answering questions and so if you’re just getting started
and so if you’re just getting started
and so if you’re just getting started you may not have an audience yet to pull
you may not have an audience yet to pull
you may not have an audience yet to pull from right now with the questions that
from right now with the questions that
from right now with the questions that come in to me are from my readers or
come in to me are from my readers or
come in to me are from my readers or Facebook fans or YouTube video Watchers
Facebook fans or YouTube video Watchers
Facebook fans or YouTube video Watchers all over the place which is awesome but
all over the place which is awesome but
all over the place which is awesome but if you don’t have that audience yet you
if you don’t have that audience yet you
if you don’t have that audience yet you can build it up and basically go out and
can build it up and basically go out and
can build it up and basically go out and look for questions you could join
look for questions you could join
look for questions you could join different forms or different Facebook
different forms or different Facebook
different forms or different Facebook groups or LinkedIn groups and see what
groups or LinkedIn groups and see what
groups or LinkedIn groups and see what kinds of questions people are asking and
kinds of questions people are asking and
kinds of questions people are asking and say that you’re going to make a video
say that you’re going to make a video
say that you’re going to make a video response for them and so hopefully then
response for them and so hopefully then
response for them and so hopefully then they’ll you know watch it when you
they’ll you know watch it when you
they’ll you know watch it when you actually do create it may be spread the
actually do create it may be spread the
actually do create it may be spread the word a little bit about it but that
word a little bit about it but that
word a little bit about it but that would be how i would get started if i
would be how i would get started if i
would be how i would get started if i didn’t already have an audience to be
didn’t already have an audience to be
didn’t already have an audience to be able to pull questions from so hopefully
able to pull questions from so hopefully
able to pull questions from so hopefully that helps good luck and getting the
that helps good luck and getting the
that helps good luck and getting the video started it is a grueling and tough
video started it is a grueling and tough
video started it is a grueling and tough process to get used to at the start I
process to get used to at the start I
process to get used to at the start I always had to do it by myself in front
always had to do it by myself in front
always had to do it by myself in front of the camera I felt when there are
of the camera I felt when there are
of the camera I felt when there are other people around it was a little more
other people around it was a little more
other people around it was a little more nerve-wracking a little harder to get
nerve-wracking a little harder to get
nerve-wracking a little harder to get the message out and I’ve done a lot of
the message out and I’ve done a lot of
the message out and I’ve done a lot of TV and interviews and that kind of stuff
TV and interviews and that kind of stuff
TV and interviews and that kind of stuff but for whatever reason when when it’s
but for whatever reason when when it’s
but for whatever reason when when it’s just you and and there’s like a person
just you and and there’s like a person
just you and and there’s like a person watching instead of asking you a
watching instead of asking you a
watching instead of asking you a question like on a media interview it’s
question like on a media interview it’s
question like on a media interview it’s a little more nerve-wracking at least
a little more nerve-wracking at least
a little more nerve-wracking at least for me it was a little bit harder so it
for me it was a little bit harder so it
for me it was a little bit harder so it took a while to build the muscle and
took a while to build the muscle and
took a while to build the muscle and just practice and you may have to go do
just practice and you may have to go do
just practice and you may have to go do a lot of takes you know I may have only
a lot of takes you know I may have only
a lot of takes you know I may have only done one or two videos in a whole day
done one or two videos in a whole day
done one or two videos in a whole day that I was happy with
that I was happy with
that I was happy with I now look back on it and I think all
I now look back on it and I think all
I now look back on it and I think all those are those are really that’s a
those are those are really that’s a
those are those are really that’s a really bad but you know I kept them up
really bad but you know I kept them up
really bad but you know I kept them up there so you can go back and check it
there so you can go back and check it
there so you can go back and check it out and now I just it’s a lot easier to
out and now I just it’s a lot easier to
out and now I just it’s a lot easier to go through just as you get more practice
go through just as you get more practice
go through just as you get more practice with it and we’ve had I don’t know about
with it and we’ve had I don’t know about
with it and we’ve had I don’t know about 400 videos or something like that that
400 videos or something like that that
400 videos or something like that that I’ve created now and keep keep going
I’ve created now and keep keep going
I’ve created now and keep keep going strong with so hope that helps good luck
strong with so hope that helps good luck
strong with so hope that helps good luck to you when you do launch your first
to you when you do launch your first
to you when you do launch your first video let me know I’m excited to see it
video let me know I’m excited to see it
video let me know I’m excited to see it and I will definitely watch that’d be a
and I will definitely watch that’d be a
and I will definitely watch that’d be a cool full circle moment for those are
cool full circle moment for those are
cool full circle moment for those are you watching if you liked the video
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