In this episode, I’m breaking down my recurring passive income streams in a report from my own business for the month of April 2018. All the details about advertising revenue and affiliate revenue as a “small” blogger/YouTuber!
When it comes to how to plan your YouTube videos, staying organized is important. When considering project management software, the Trello vs. Asana debate always comes up.
Researching topics for YouTube videos might sound daunting, but I want to show off a new keyword tool for YouTube called Morning Fame. This is just a quick Morning Fame review for people (like me) who like to see things visually.
When you’re new to YouTube or video editing with iMovie, it can be hard to know how to make a video look professional with iMovie. If you take a look at professional-looking videos on YouTube, there is a good chance that the magic is in the tiny little details.
Instagram Stories are now one of my favorite ways to create (and consume, let’s be real) social media, but they’re gone in 24 hours! As a YouTuber, I like my content to stick around for a while. I collaborated with Jessica Stansberry on her channel with a tutorial on how to repurpose Instagram stories for…
Awww yeah, let’s have the money talk, shall we? Yes, VidProMom is a business! And dang it’s a fun one. In this episode, I talk about passive income ideas and income streams for bloggers and YouTubers, how they work, and which ones VidProMom has tapped into.
At this very moment, I am about halfway through my 4th year of blogging and YouTubing as VidProMom. I have a couple of announcements, a few changes coming up, a milestone to celebrate… plus a big favor to ask the VidProMom Family (that’s you)!
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When I started creating videos for fun, how to organize video files was the furthest thing from my mind. But now that I’ve been using the same “system” for years, I think my way is the fast and easy way to organize video footage for editing.
Talking to a camera doesn’t actually come naturally to me, so it’s not a huge surprise that learning how to be comfortable on camera is something bloggers struggle with. I totally get it… it’s totally weird at first! But you don’t have to be an extrovert or have a spotlight personality in order to learn…
Many people realize they want or need to learn how to edit videos when they notice they have videos or clips they need to combine or merge. While video editing is a really broad topic, this post is strictly for beginners who aren’t sure how to edit videos or where to even start! For those…
Did you know there are secret settings on your iPhone that can improve your videos? In this post, I show you my favorite iPhone tips for better videos, without extra apps and gear. You know I’m all for using whatever video camera you have, and a lot of times, that means all I have available…
YouTube background music isn’t hard to find, but Epidemic Sound makes it easy and affordable to find the best background music for your project. Every epic video needs an epic background music track, am I right? Adding good background music is an easy, fun way to spice up YouTube videos, GoPro Edits, family movies… but…
Why do videos look bad on Facebook, to begin with? It’s all about compression, but let’s look more into ways to improve Facebook video quality.
In this post, you’ll find my third and final VSDC Tutorial in my getting started series! If you missed the first two, you don’t want to skip ahead! You can scoot back to Tutorial 1 or Tutorial 2 to catch up. Be sure to do that before continuing on here with today’s tutorial, otherwise, you’ll…
This week, I’m continuing my VSDC Tutorial series with the second lesson. In the very first tutorial on using VSDC’s free video editor, I showed you how to get started with a new project and how to import clips. If you missed that first VSDC tutorial, click here to scoot back there to catch it….
If there is one question I hear all the time, it’s “what free video editing software can I use to edit my videos?” There are a handful of free video editor options out there for Mac and PC users, but one of them was recently retired by GoPro, and in its place, GoPro recommends PC…
When I started publishing weekly blog posts and videos in January 2015, I thought I knew what I was getting into. I knew a ton about the technical side of WordPress, a ton about keyword research and a ton about creating content. But I didn’t know that almost my entire audience growth would take place on…
I get this question a lot: “What is the best computer for video editing?” It doesn’t matter if we’re talking YouTube videos or GoPro videos, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with computers! Processors! RAM! Memory! Gigabytes! Megahertz! Solid State Drive! RIGHT?! There are so many options from laptops to desktops and Macs to PCs, and none…
Since starting my blog and YouTube channel years ago, I have come to rely on a few specific strategies for developing video topic ideas out of thin air. I have a two-part process, and in this post (and podcast episode), I will break down the first part of that process: brainstorming video topic ideas. This is the…
