Hey, guys.
Welcome to the course Find Your Voice.
This is all about helping you guys feel comfortable on camera
and how to present your true and authentic self.
This is something that I know a lot of you guys
as creators who are just getting started on YouTube
or making videos in general, this can be really awkward,
and feel really uncomfortable, and just be a struggle overall.
Yeah.
The problem is that the camera is terrifying.
You never even-- you get everything set up,
and you're ready to go.
But then, you're just scared and--
Don't even do it.
--awkward and you just don't do it.
Or maybe you do it, but you do like 37 takes.
And you're just doing it over and over.
And you're not happy with any of them.
And you just get frustrated.
Or maybe on that 38th take, like, OK, I did it.
And you're editing it.
And you've got a finished product.
And you're like, ahh.
But you just never post it.
Because it's like, ahh, what are people going to think, right?
Well, maybe you do post it.
And then, you just-- it seems like it's not doing anything.
People aren't connecting with you.
There's people watching it, but you're not getting
any kind of response from it.
Or you post it, and you're getting some mild feedback.
But you just don't think it's what you want it to be,
and you're tempted to just pull it down and delete it.
This can be super frustrating because your audience
isn't feeling any kind of natural connection to you.
So your channel's not growing.
Your views aren't growing.
And the message that you're trying to spread
isn't actually reaching the people you're trying to reach
and not making really any impact.
This is something that Daniel and I have both experienced.
When was the first time you experienced this on camera?
I remember this sensation for the first time
back in the days of VHS.
It was a home video.
We're on vacation.
And my dad is just kind of showing like.
Hey, here's the cabin we're in.
And he comes in on me.
And I-- so I remember this both from the view of the camera
and just, I remember the camera being trained on me
and I froze, and I just took off running.
I just took off into a bedroom in the back room.
And going back and watching that,
I still remember that sensation of just locking up and going,
what do I do?
The camera's looking at me.
What?
I don't know what to do.
Scarred for life.
And I remember my very first time.
I actually will have it for you guys.
We're going to show it to you.
This is my very first YouTube video I ever made.
I published it on March 2, 2006, so over 10 years ago.
And this is what it was like.
Super-painful.
Well, this is my first attempt at a video blog.
I've never done this kind of thing before.
So I'm not really sure what to expect.
I just thought I'd try it out once, and see
if it's all really a lot of work getting this thing published
or not.
If it turns out to be pretty simple,
I just might do it more than once.
Who knows?
I'll admit though, it feels kind of weird.
I feel like I'm having a conversation with a fire
hydrant or something.
I could get not so used to this.
I'm not really sure.
But we'll try it once, see how it works.
And we'll find out.
It's been more than 10 years since I published that video
to YouTube.
And since then, I've also personally created
and published over 3,000 videos to YouTube.
So I really wish there was a course like this available
back then when I got started.
So it wouldn't take so long for me to get to this point
where I'm at now.
Yeah.
You can get to that place of feeling comfortable.
But do you want to take 10 years and 3,000 videos?
No, you don't.
No.
So this is going to provide an educated shortcut so that you
can start feeling comfortable on camera
even within a few hours from now after you
go through this material.
As you guys are trying to feel more comfortable on camera
and presenting yourself in an authentic away,
there's seven things that you should not
do or stop doing if you're currently doing them.
Number one is don't try to be more artificially energetic
and smile really big just to like-- like, that's just
creepy, right?
You can't force it.
So don't artificially try to make it happen.
That doesn't get you the desired effect that you want.
Two, don't waste time trying harder.
Like we've said, you can get there
by if you just keep trying.
But try to work smarter, not harder.
And number three, don't do like 24 takes or 57
takes, doing it over and over and over and over again.
Because all that will do is make you frustrated
and confirm in your own head that you can't
do this when really you can.
Number four, don't keep using your notes
to reassure you of where you are and that you're
in the right place.
If you keep looking offscreen and trying to read your notes,
you're not going to do a very good job at connecting
with your audience.
Yep.
Number five, don't try to get someone else to replace you.
You know, you're always fishing like, someone else do this,
please.
You can do this.
Number six, don't keep shooting awkward videos of yourself.
Let's try to make more natural, authentic videos.
And numbers seven, don't stop making videos.
Don't give up.
You can do this.
Absolutely.
And your message does need to spread and change
a lot of people's lives.
This course is just full of really practical and helpful
advice.
It's not just all theoretical stuff and things
that aren't really helpful.
This is like every lesson ends with action steps of things
that you can do practically in your very next video
to start achieving better results with feeling
comfortable and presenting yourself well.
So what will you accomplish after taking this course?
Well, you're going to learn how to present yourself in a more
authentic and comfortable way.
And you're actually going to enjoy
the process of sitting down and talking to your audience
and talking on camera.
It'll be fun for you.
You'll be able to connect to your audience
so that they can be able to relate to you.
And the end result, guys, is going
to be that your YouTube content or your video content
is going to perform much better.
You're going to reach the audience that you're
trying to reach and connect with and make it way easier for them
to connect with you.
So who are we?
Who are you?
I'm Daniel Read.
I'm a professional actor and trainer.
I train models and actors here in the area
how to do on-camera work for commercials and film.
And me, my name is Tim Schmoyer.
I founded this company, Video Creators.
And I've built YouTube channels with hundreds of thousands
of subscribers, millions of views.
And now, I've built a successful business
around my on-camera personality here at Video Creators.
So together, we're really looking forward to digging
into this content with you.
We're going to work with you on how
to develop an engaging on-camera presence so
that your audience can connect you,
and so that you can reach your personal goals,
whether that's developing a YouTube channel,
increasing your company sales, developing a personal brand,
or anything else.
It's going to be awesome, guys.
We're going to have so much fun.
So go through the checkout process.
Buy this course.
And we will see you in lesson number
one called Dealing With Nerves-- super
helpful, practical information.
We'll see you guys there.