Just landed another new client today at $13,500 for 6-month program. He found me through one of my Reels where I am just talking about my client wins following the BBF video method. Showing up candid and vulnerable creates a deep opportunity for connection! BE REAL Y'ALL!

Posted my fourth video on LinkedIn yesterday. I had committed to myself to getting something up within today and had a busy schedule, so this was completely unscripted (though following the format) and I did it in one take, which compared my previous three attempts is an absolute miracle. I thought I had lowered the camera from the last time but see that it's still too high and will adjust on the next one. I still want to have a better background and I also want to experiment with a text thumbnail. Trying to do one per week. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garyb_resume-recruitment-japan-activity-7036954178618875904-1d4a This one seems to be performing the best of the 4 so far. In less than 24 hours: 2,775 impressions, 1393 views, but only 695 viewing minutes, 30 reactions, 4 comments, and 3 reposts. My CTA in this was to reach out for a copy of the resume and a Loom video commenting on it and I'm getting requests mainly from people I don't know, which is great, and new connection requests, also great.

Signed a new client today and started onboarding process! New client found my and booked a video call directly from my simple candid story! I raised my prices January 1st so this is my first client at my new price. $13,500 USD for 6 month agreement 90 minute meeting once a week. I am a Sales and Marketing Consultant for Meal Prep Businesses. Puuuumped :muscle::muscle::muscle::nerd_face: Had an ideal client book a video call after finding me yesterday, viewing my story, and reaching out for a quick chat. Get real and relatable!

Making videos is a whole different kinda fun. Already on my tenth video in 2 weeks. I generally aim for a minimum of 5 videos a week, though I have 2 more I shot but haven't edited yet. My editing workflow is fully mobile and streamlined. Doesn't take more than a few minutes to edit the clips and post them. Sometimes when I have several ideas, I actually record them in a row and save them separately. Once you get into a groove... This stuff is fun. Here's a few tips from my protocol: 1- wrote down all ideas into a notepad app on your phone. 2- batch record when possible, if you have plenty of ideas just record them sequence then upload day by day. 3- if you're going the editing route, keep your process as simple as possible. The more steps the more points for you to drop off. I edit exclusively in Filmora android (bought the perpetual license). 4- The only other app I use is Capcut for captions (capcut can autocaption videos and it's 100%, yay for VC money funding our tools!) 5- I use a Ringlight with a stand to hold my phone. I use a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra so the pen can be used to start recording remotely, allowing for a faster workflow. 6- I don't bother with fancy microphones, too much tech in the way. 7- A selfie stick with legs that can prop on a table is another useful tool I have. Makes it easy to just use any random table at home. 8- The Geometric pocket tripod is a credit card sized tripod for phones, and can fit in your wallet. This gives me a mini stand to mount my phone if I want to record out of the office. 9- Using music is a total minefield. I just make 2 final edits of my videos. One for TikTok without music, and one with music for everywhere else. TikTok will mute all videos longer than 2.5minutes with music. I just use creative commons attribution tracks from Lakey Inspired, and the 300 songs for creators I got from David Cutter (his whole discography is $10, free to use just credit him). 10- Have fun, be animated, dance a little before playing record and really get into the groove. How excited you are in the video is how excited your audience will be watching it.

After a decent stretch of weekly video posts on LinkedIn I missed a couple of weeks. I just wasn't feeling it and rationalized not doing it. One learning from that is--I need to develop a habit and workflow of stacking up videos for those down times so that I can maintain consistency. I've been just recording them every Friday and putting them up at the end of the day (more on that in a later post). I couldn't let myself go 3 weeks without a video post, so I put this one together and it has turned out to be my best performing one so far--805 unique views, 11 hours of viewing time, 29 reactions, 6 comments. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garyb_getpaidfairly-japan-careercoach-activity-7212379144314085377-QKSa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Can't say it was all me--what helped was one repost from a guy who has a large LinkedIn group (Business in Japan) and liked the content enough to share it. I know him, but have never asked for a repost. I guess the topic touched a nerve and he wanted to share. Thanks Jordan for the knowhow and inspiration--always appreciated!