What tools do you use to edit your videos? Do you use an additional microphone? I have not invested any money to purchase filming/editing tools yet……I am new & frugal. :) However, I am open to learning….. please share your recommendations! I use Quick time player on my mac to record, then edit using iMovie.

For the longest time, I was Team No-Clutter. Cards felt like those pop-up ads from the 90s. I thought giving someone a clickable link mid-video was basically daring them to leave. I've changed my mind completely. Here's the simplest way I can explain what a card actually does. Imagine you're watching a film and the director leans in and says, "if you liked this scene, I made a whole documentary on how we filmed it." That's a card. It's the little icon that appears in the top right corner of your video. When someone clicks it, it takes them to another video or playlist of yours. The reason I've flipped on this comes down to what YouTube actually rewards now. The platform doesn't just want viewers to finish your video - it wants your video to be the start of a longer session. If someone clicks your card and watches another video of yours, YouTube gives you credit for keeping that person on the platform. It's a session signal, not just a retention signal. The tactic I'd suggest starting with is this. Go into your YouTube analytics and find where your biggest drop-off happens - the 30-second window where you lose the most viewers. Just before that point, record a verbal bridge to a related video. Something like "if this is a bit overwhelming, I've got a simpler version of this right here" and point to the top right corner. Then set a card to appear exactly when you point. If that viewer was going to leave anyway, you've just sent them to another one of your videos instead of losing them entirely. It's a safety net, not an exit ramp. Are you currently using cards, or have you been ignoring them like I was? Des

Chat is creating in 1.5 seconds my entire youtube-online coaching biz offer that I had only just started to be able to get clarity on in 5 years. I will say though, the quality of the prompts, which is what takes time to create, brings the quality of the output, but still. One thing that's good is it can't replace the actual human-human heart connection that is vital for the container for great coaching results to arise, which is a good thing, because man, it whips our butts at mostly everything else! 😆

I know, nothing special, but I've been leaning hard into my Shorts game and heard the message loud and clear from Dave Jeltema. Thanks for watching!

Hello everyone, thank you so much for allowing me to be part of this community. I know that I have much to learn and look forward to getting started.