When producing a video, it's essential to plan and prepare adequately, so your shoot goes off without a hitch. However, how does your typical production compare to hosting a live stream? In this article, we will explore how you can conduct a successful live stream on your own with a few...
Instagram is a prolific platform for sharing video, but the nuts and bolts of Instagram video are something of a mystery. The platform makes the process of creating, posting and sharing videos simple. It's a process that anyone with a mobile phone can master in minutes. Users can beautify a...
In this article we’ll explore how to grow a dedicated audience to help ensure your channel is profitable.
Find Your Niche
First and foremost, you have to produce compelling content that people are eager to view. Coming up with an engaging topic for your channel is, indeed, the hardest part.
When...
When it comes to vlogging or talk-show style video formats, this “dress for success” mentality translates into producing videos in anticipation of the audience numbers you want to have. When you start a new channel on your platform of choice, chances are you won't have many viewers initially. It’s...
One of the key factors to think about when you start planning your live-streaming is what content you want to put out. Not everything will do well as a live-stream and finding the right kind of content to attract audiences is crucial. The main type of content that is...
With over one billion users and more prime demographic reach than any major television network, YouTube is a distribution channel you don't want to miss out on. From codecs to bit rates, this in-depth look at the best way to encode your videos for YouTube can help you become...
While this has greatly increased the ease with which content creators can share their original work with the world, it has also enabled users to easily upload content that is not in fact their own and either maliciously claim it is or otherwise simply not give credit where credit...
Let's say you want to make a living from a YouTube channel that features book reviews. You already know how to make good videos and draw in an audience, but you need help with monetization and have a vision of reaching $30,000.00 a year, or $2,500.00 per month.On YouTube,...
We’re currently going through one of the most tumultuous times in the industry as the new media begins to overtake the old media as the preferred distribution method of audio-visual entertainment. What, exactly, is new media and how does it differ from the old media? We posed that to...
Render settings vary from project to project, client to client, and enthusiast to professional in some cases. So, if a video’s final destination is YouTube, as it is for many, what are the recommended best settings when rendering a video? This may seem like a bit of a trick question,...