Prepping for Sunday's Automated FACELESS video took 2 FULL days, all day Thursday and Friday! And 8+ hours of recording all day Saturday and I almost quit multiple times. It was extremely difficult to get through, and I made a last minute change Friday night that would spell disaster for the recording session. I made a technical choice that came back to haunt me! When Saturday came, I got prepped, I got one of my 3 YouTube shirts lol and started to get all the browser windows set up for the big recording. I felt ready, I knew it was going to be a lot of recording, but I was ready. - Then it came.... my neighbor decided today was the day to bring in the gardeners for a huge clean up... The hedge clippers turn on right outside my window lol That killed 2 hours and really put me on edge. I was already way behind. - Then finally I got going, my gut felt horrible. I had such a long and technical video ahead of me. I have to be so careful doing these videos. - But I got going, got through the first couple videos sections (I record in short batches then pass them to my video editor). - Then I realized I made a serious error. The way I had built the automation (with a last minute change the previous night) left the automation with a serious bug. There was potential it wouldn't work at all. I spent 1.5 hours recording that session and it was a complete waste. It's like 2 PM now. - The night before I had decided to give people the option of using still images, or animated videos (built from those still images) for their Faceless video generator. But I realized the way I was building it wouldn't work, or might throw people off. - I thought about scrapping the feature all together and moving forward with only the animated videos, but I remembered 1) I already mentioned it in the intro, and two, it wouldn't be as good. And several people actually asked me if I could do it with static and animated videos so they could choose.

First, its just the beginning really. So im trying not to get caught up in the outcome of winning the skool games. But it would be cool. I'm just staying focused on trying to build a valueable community for the members. Perspective is key. You know that anxious feeling, that fear of failure? That's life, with the right perspective it can be exciting. You choose. Enjoy the ride! All these feelings pass. Imagine how many other times you felt this way and it passed. I try and to turn these moments into action. Im keeping my todo list small, the plan is simple. To grow your community you need eye balls. Traffic. CONTENT. Even some one on one outreach. And the guts to do it. Ever since I was a young kid a good friend and I would yell out our windows on short drives "live life my friend!" It was silly but the louder we yelled the better it felt. It didnt feel as embarrassing when people looked at you when your friend was joining you. So today I'm your friend. LIVE LIFE MY FRIEND! 💪

Exciting news—I mentioned that the group is looking for community members to come on as official experts to help moderate the group. Excited to announce @Rob Ruscher is our new official video expert. He's done productions with Twenty One Pilots and Imagine Dragons. He's got a ton of experience in the video production and editing space so we're lucky to have him here to help out. He'll be giving a few presentations on video soon, plus—will be helping out around the group as he can. I know he's taking on a few select clients as well, so feel free to DM him directly. Welcome on Rob! Drop him a note in the comments, or ask him a question! 👇 P.S. If you'd like to help out as an expert/moderator of the group. Let me know. First step is just to be active and engaged so we can get to know you. Then things can happen from there. It's a good way to reach a lot of people as an expert to build your own business.

Thanks everyone for making this a great place! Overall, it runs itself. We have the occasional bot or pitch that works its way in, but nothing major. Sometimes I remove a post here or there too. I have crafted some new RULES. Check em out to help report anything that you see. Also, if you'd like to do more in the community as a collaborator (and moderator), let me know! The first step is just to be an active member, so we can learn more about you. Then we can talk about working closer together. Especially if you know a lot about content and could share your expertise helping the community as an official collaborator. On that note, we have someone coming onboard which we'll announce shortly! Helping out here could definitely lead to business opportunities. Thanks again for being here!

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