tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89186887594659778962024-03-14T08:00:28.633+00:00Tasha's ThinkingsWelcome to my blog! Here you will find tips on writing/publishing, recipes, reviews, fiction and more.Tasha Duncan-Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918688759465977896.post-4496668592011801552024-02-25T17:46:00.002+00:002024-02-25T17:49:27.800+00:00Delicious! Stuffed Potato & Parmesan Waffles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPUH1q1aGdQg37iAg_u_W8YqV997rIVyxchhrqHJp7w7M7JX5qiwb4FbxDCis89M9kjbtTRk02S3bAwMu6Ju_YX-IgNZeLtG4_ICjg3jd4WyNSgjQhuxgZdsoCCcfoYK8B8JSL7GqseBx0umLdOrsqhfZEoxBqrxSBvzFeF6p3CbxOZFvfq4RYE4ufdY/s500/Recipe%20-%20Stuffed%20Potato%20Waffle%20-%20HEADER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Delicious! Stuffed Potato and Parmesan Waffles - picture of a stuffed waffle on a plate with a cheese pull in front of a dark background." border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPUH1q1aGdQg37iAg_u_W8YqV997rIVyxchhrqHJp7w7M7JX5qiwb4FbxDCis89M9kjbtTRk02S3bAwMu6Ju_YX-IgNZeLtG4_ICjg3jd4WyNSgjQhuxgZdsoCCcfoYK8B8JSL7GqseBx0umLdOrsqhfZEoxBqrxSBvzFeF6p3CbxOZFvfq4RYE4ufdY/s16000/Recipe%20-%20Stuffed%20Potato%20Waffle%20-%20HEADER.jpg" title="Delicious! Stuffed Potato and Parmesan Waffles" /></a></div></div>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">Stuffed Potato & Parmesan Waffles</h1><h3 style="text-align: center;">Gluten Free & Vegetarian</h3>
<p>This is a partial repost, but also an updated recipe from back in 2020. The original recipe is for plain potato & parmesan waffles, but my lovely twin just gifted me and my hubby <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-XL-Stuffed-Wafflizer-Waffle/dp/B0B5N81366?th=1" target="_blank">a stuffed waffle iron</a>, so of course we had to try it out. These are so very delicious, I had to share.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><blockquote><i>As I mentioned, the original recipe is based off of Nigella's Garlic & Parmesan waffles from her book, "At My Table". This is just a different take on the recipe, with a stuffing of red peppers and mozzarella.</i></blockquote><p></p><p><b>Makes 3x 5''(12.7cm) waffles</b></p><p><i>A serving for me was <b>1 waffle</b>, but my husband ate <b>2</b> easily, so scale up to fit your needs</i></p><h3>Ingredients</h3><div><b><i>For the waffle batter (Gluten Free)</i></b></div><div><ul><li>400g / 2 cups mashed potato (<i>left over mash works well, or I used cooked frozen mash this time</i>)</li><li>4 tbsp (60ml) butter</li><li>8 tbsp (120ml) milk</li><li>2 eggs</li><li>45g/ ~3/8cup finely grated Parmesan (<i>or hard Italian cheese vegetarian equiv</i>)</li><li>4 tbsp cornflour</li><li>1/2 tsp baking powder</li><li>1 tsp Dried Rosemary (<i>I like the grind it in a pestle and mortar or spice grinder to make it distribute better and release its flavour</i>)</li><li>salt & pepper to taste</li></ul><div><b><i>For the stuffing</i></b></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>half a ball of mozzarella (<i>vegetarians check the packet to make sure you have a veggie version</i>)</li><li>half a large red pepper (capsicum) - <i><a href="https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/mezita-roasted-red-peppers-480g-302607" target="_blank">I use jarred roasted peppers</a> (I hate the skin on fresh ones), but if you are using fresh you will need to fry the peppers off before use, unless you want crunchy almost raw pepper in your waffle - which is an option for a texture change.</i></li></ul><div><h3>Instructions</h3><div><ol><li>Melt the butter (I microwave it for 30s then stir until completely melted, but you can do it in a saucepan) and leave to stand to cool down.</li><li>Preheat the waffle iron.</li><li>Prepare the filling by chopping the mozzarella and pepper into small pieces.</li><li>Microwave your mash if using frozen or allow to come to room temp if using leftovers, and, using a fork or something similar, break up the mash so that it is light pieces, not one lump.</li><li>In a large bowl whisk together the cooled butter, eggs and milk.</li><li>Add in the potato a little at a time, whisking it in each time. I used a flat manual whisk, but you could use an electric hand whisk, or a bowl mixer if you prefer.</li><li>Add the Parmesan, cornflour, baking powder, rosemary, salt and pepper and beat until smooth(ish).</li><li>Lightly oil the waffle iron.</li><li>Place a few spoonfuls of batter in the bottom of the waffle iron - enough to just cover the raised areas. After a couple of second it will begin to puff up a little.</li><li>Take 1/3rd of the filling and place in the centre of the waffle batter, leaving half a cm or so around the edge.</li><li>Carefully spoon batter over the filling, sealing it in and filling the waffle iron to a little over 3/4 full.</li><li>Close the waffle iron, invert it, and cook for about 7 mins total or until golden brown - different waffle makers will vary. After 7min check the cook and let it go a little longer if necessary.</li><li>Tip out of the waffle from the maker onto a plate (<i>I discovered tipping was way easier than trying to lever it out with a spatula - just be careful not to burn yourself</i>).</li><li>If making lots, pop the cooked ones in a low oven until ready to eat.</li></ol></div></div></div>
<p>Depending what meal we are making these for, they go well with eggs or some suitable veg on the side (I imagine garlic roasted tender stem broccoli would be amazing). A piquant sauce on the side is also a nice flavour combo (<a href="https://www.sauceshop.co/products/honey-chipotle-bbq-sauce" target="_blank">Sauce Shop Honey Chipotle BBQ sauce is what I had with mine</a> where as Rob ate his without anything on the side).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMRz7VQHF1oTlvUC8nwFsXZjwj4JbiTuVjz2S703LYgpcRbXYccvf-7royLOtARH5mwLdiDDoZ5GJoz9s9p5ClwKeRUf5eWCxsSaP89ewnxOsKa_BHln4qmyT1jtIH9-6qTouXB9b76H5PhM8ovtmYcn1YQiVbLWr4VKzmzx54TV1ftyu8jfXJsSYq3U/s2802/Recipe%20-%20Stuffed%20Potato%20Waffle%20-%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Stuffed Potato and Parmesan Waffles on a grey plate, with a cheese pull." border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="2802" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMRz7VQHF1oTlvUC8nwFsXZjwj4JbiTuVjz2S703LYgpcRbXYccvf-7royLOtARH5mwLdiDDoZ5GJoz9s9p5ClwKeRUf5eWCxsSaP89ewnxOsKa_BHln4qmyT1jtIH9-6qTouXB9b76H5PhM8ovtmYcn1YQiVbLWr4VKzmzx54TV1ftyu8jfXJsSYq3U/w320-h204/Recipe%20-%20Stuffed%20Potato%20Waffle%20-%20photo.jpg" title="Stuffed Potato and Parmesan Waffles" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a very versatile recipe, so if you don't like the amount of cheese or want to use a different herb/spice, just go ahead and play. It one to have fun with.</div>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading heading2">Happy Halloween one and all.</h2>
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back in 2012, where the idea is to give books as a Halloween treat.
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Soph and I created eBooks to give away from 2012 to 2021. We took a little
break in 2022 for family reasons, but now I am back to continue the
tradition!👻
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>(Soph's been too busy at work this year to join in, poor thing - hopefully
she'll have more time next Halloween)</small
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This year the book is called
<strong>Mirror Mirror: A Haunting Tale of Horror</strong>, which is the first
story, and it also contains <strong><em>The Crosses We Bear</em></strong
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a remote Scottish hotel is only the beginning of their terrifying
journey. Follow their story of facing terrible things in the dark as
they confront the horror they find.</em
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🎃Please be aware the stories this year are not kid friendly - they are for
older trick or treaters who enjoy a bit of horror.🎃
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I do love writing a bit of dark horror from time to time. It balances out my
usual desperate need for a happy ending I suppose 😉. Hope you enjoy the
stories and have a fabulous Halloween.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Survival of the Fittest</h1>
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Survival of the Fittest: Werewolves & Witches & More
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<br /><i>On the surface, a quiet sleepy town, but it has ancient and deep secrets.
Lil, the sheriff of this small, supernatural backwater, is the only thing
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supernatural beings that live alongside them. When a body washes up on the
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that threatens to tear her town apart. With the stakes higher than ever,
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Tales with Tasha Week 93<br />Funny Fantasy</h1>
<p>Last week at Tales with Tasha the aim was to make everyone smile with Fantasy Comedy Stories. Mostly I was in a mood for cute magical creatures and these are the shorts I came up with.</p><p>Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy them.🥰</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Defender of the Weak?</h4><p>Some critter are not quite what they appear to be - this can be a good thing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VT2fwIcj4tU" width="320" youtube-src-id="VT2fwIcj4tU"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Pet Pet Pet</h4><p>Dignity and diplomacy are not always viable bedfellows...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8IPPGZcLRv8" width="320" youtube-src-id="8IPPGZcLRv8"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">WARNING! Don't Touch!</h4><p>When it comes to a witch's familiar there are certain expectations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8xCWDc0-nQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="o8xCWDc0-nQ"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Protect The Puppy!</h4><p>It's not your fault you didn't know he was a werewolf!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TvRBDjM-I1Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="TvRBDjM-I1Y"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">No! Bad Boy!</h4><p>Dragon Whisperer, yeah right, more like glorified babysitter!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjntVomPydM" width="320" youtube-src-id="DjntVomPydM"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Don't Be DECEIVED!</h4><p>Don't pet the unknown magical creature, even if it is cute!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLoT2Uw6eoc" width="320" youtube-src-id="aLoT2Uw6eoc"></iframe></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Save Me NOW!</h4><p>Outed by a unicorn!</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">It's Free Fiction Friday!</h1>
Greetings Lovelies!<br /><br />Every month, usually the last Friday, I give away an original short story/novelette to all the members of <a href="https://mailchi.mp/ceceb28123c7/wittegen-press-newsletter-free-books"><b>my newsletter</b>.</a><br /><br />This month we have a paranormal romance with psychics and vampires and a rock band.<br /><br />If you're not a member of the newsletter, don't worry, all the details of how to get your hands on the book are included in the final welcome email <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ceceb28123c7/wittegen-press-newsletter-free-books">once you sign up</a>,</b> and the coupon is valid until 01-May-23.<div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1371154">Save a Cat, Bag a Boyfriend: Of Psychics & Vampires</a></h3><i><div><i><br /></i></div>Maisie is psychic. This is often a pain in her behind, but no matter how innocuous her visions may seem, they always have a reason. When the universe sees fit to guide her to rescuing a cat, it leads her into a situation that not only might gain her a boyfriend, but one which has a rock band and vampires as well. Romance and excitement await but so does danger. (Het with a gay side pairing)</i><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7nZD5BvWSJ65KAAjDrqhTH94dWHRK7_Yq2bDKfz-7gLORDajdwsyxKwCljxcInxvTaWQJMdkIMa9grejKcWPce3TvzuvRdhv5OUIlkc8-2YAnpM06uesYm3ONV9BZu3Hvow1g7usYrtsNxI15kTUrW-polvdd4JF7biNwt9jx0SFX3-ozRWKoNnk/s2400/Vamps%20n%20Psychics%20eBOOK%20v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="young intense male rock star with light brown wavy hair staring at the camera holding a guitar - Natasha Duncan-Drake, Save a Cat Bag a Boyfriend - of Psychics & Vampires over the top in white and pink" border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7nZD5BvWSJ65KAAjDrqhTH94dWHRK7_Yq2bDKfz-7gLORDajdwsyxKwCljxcInxvTaWQJMdkIMa9grejKcWPce3TvzuvRdhv5OUIlkc8-2YAnpM06uesYm3ONV9BZu3Hvow1g7usYrtsNxI15kTUrW-polvdd4JF7biNwt9jx0SFX3-ozRWKoNnk/w213-h320/Vamps%20n%20Psychics%20eBOOK%20v1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i>For those just wishing to pick up a copy, here are the book site links:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mybook.to/nddscbb">Amazon </a>| <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1371154">Smashwords</a> | <a href="https://mybook.to/nddscbba">Apple</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/save-a-cat-bag-a-boyfriend-of-psychics-vampires-a-paranormal-romance-novelette">Kobo</a></span></b></div><br />If you would like to see a narrated, snapshot, very condensed version of this story, check it out on my YouTube channel, <a href="https://bit.ly/twtplp"><b>Tales with Tasha</b></a> as a series of shorts (1min vids). The first one is below:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsvT2LAnWvM" width="320" youtube-src-id="fsvT2LAnWvM"></iframe></div><br /><div>Many thanks for checking it out.💖<hr width="75%" />
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas</h1>
<p>I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas season, or at least a peaceful one. Love and hugs to all.💖</p><p>Here's looking forward to a wonderful 2023 (it has to be, doesn't it ... the last few years must have just been saving up to make it amazing, it's the only explanation).</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">
YouTube How To:<br />Most Important Thing About Titles
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<p>
I have watched many, many YouTube how to videos on what to do to make the
algorithm love a video, and I have tried lots of their tips. What I am coming
to realise is this:
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<blockquote>
<b>It does not matter how good your video content is if you are a small
channel, the only way to get ahead is to play the game and chase the
algorithm.</b>
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<p></p>
<p>
One proviso, is that I am talking about my experience with YouTube shorts,
which is one of the best ways to grow a channel from scratch at the moment.
Longer videos require other techniques as well, but there is a lot of
crossover.
</p>
<p>The number 1 tip that seems to finally be working for my channel is this:</p>
<p>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b>
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<blockquote style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">❗Write the title before even starting the video.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">❗</span></b>
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<p>
I spent months deciding on my stories, then trying to come up with titles that
would grab viewers, and I was getting a steady viewership, but it had
completely stalled in new subs and viewing number. In the past 2 weeks I have
completely changed my strategy and my views have gone up considerably, so has
my like count, as well as gaining new subscribers. I mean, it's nothing
astronomical yet, but growth is growth.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">This is my strategy:</h3>
<p></p>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>Sunday, go to "What is popular on YouTube" playlist.</li>
<li>Look at the most successful topics.</li>
<li>
Create click-bait titles for my five shorts for that week, based on various
hot topics.
</li>
<li>
Decide on my overall story themes (first week I did Midsomer Murder
parodies, this week comedy horror)
</li>
<li>
Come up with stories that incorporate the title somehow, but fit the theme.
</li>
</ol>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">An Example</h3>
<div>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>
One of the popular topics was Minecraft, so I came up with the following
title: <b><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/ZER4caKOX18?feature=share" target="_blank">Minecraft Mystery?! 🤯 #shorts (1 min story) (Midsomer Murders
Parody)</a></b>
</li>
</ol>
<div>
Note that the end of my title does not hide the true nature of my short, I
do not want to lie to people and make them feel betrayed. However, it does
count on the fact most people scan the beginning of the title first and
don't bother with the end.
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</div>
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<ol start="2" style="text-align: left;">
<li>
The story itself is a ridiculous murder in a craft shop in an old mine.
</li>
</ol>
<div>
It technically fits the title and it's supposed to be funny, so will
hopefully make them smile and even if they have been tricked, they won't
mind that much.
</div>
<div><br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Results</h3>
<div><br /></div>
<div>
From getting anywhere from 10 to around 100 views on a vid, using this
technique I managed to get all of last weeks vids to around 200 views, and
some of my older titles are getting some more views too.
<i>I link to a different playlist at the end of Monday's vid and the
playlist for the week from every other vid that week.</i>
</div>
<div><br /></div>
<div>
Of course it does depend on the topic, and sometimes I get it wrong. This
week, Monday's vid, only has 40 views and I'm planning on changing up the
title some more once I can think of how to do it, however, Tuesday's, is
currently at <b>1,150</b> and still going up.
</div>
<b><blockquote style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/k30vqcRBRDo?feature=share" target="_blank">It’s a SCAM! Grifter Alert! 👿 #shorts (1 min story) (FUNNY Ghost
Story)</a>
</blockquote></b>
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Changing the title can work too - one of last week's vids did not do well
overnight, so I changed up the title and managed to bring it up to the same
level as the others. It's a bit of a game against the algorithm, if you
haven't realised that yet 😉.
</div>
<p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</h3>
<p>
There are many factors in creating a good title, but getting the popular buzz
words in there, seems to be a really, really important one. So far the one
that gets the most traction for me is "Scam/Scammer". It is a sad fact of life
that negative connotations get more hits. However, if I can get a bit of
humour into someone's life using a click-baity title, I count it as a good
thing.
</p>
<p>We shall have to see how this continues to pan out.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Updates</h3>
<div><b>25-Aug-22:</b> Wednesday's vid has <b>~480 </b>views this morning, so not as good as "Scam", but "Scandal" seems to be a good word. </div><div><br /></div><div>Still messing with Monday's title to try and get the vid seen - have not found a golden combination yet 😉.</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>SCANDAL at the PALACE! Princess of Nowhere!😲 #shorts (1 min story) (FUNNY Ghost Story)</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Y will be coming later today</h1>
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people visits back and replies.
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the whole week out completely. He's back home now having been discharged on
Wednesday, but I am having trouble catching up.
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<p>Tasha</p><p>[EDIT: Very sorry, Y may not happen, and if it does it will be very late. Got a phone call at midnight from my sister, and just spent 4 1/2 hrs waiting for an ambulance to take my father back to hospital. It is now 4:20 am and the family are finally getting to bed.]</p>
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />X is for X-Rated?
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<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i></b>
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YouTube used to be a platform where anything went except blatant pornography,
then it became uber popular and it started cracking down because of its ad
revenue. Then there was the whole debacle about children watching it, even
though no one under 13 should be able to create an account, and it got
worse.<br /><br />YouTube does not allow pornographic content in video, text,
audio or images. All of their examples say "for the purpose of sexual
gratification" which is a very wishy-washy term, but if you don't want your
vids age restricted or worse, your channel deleted, avoid such things. Given
that YouTube is notorious for banning or restricting things because someone
else reported it, rather than actually investigating properly with actual
human beings, just avoid adult content.
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There are certain words that will get your vids age restricted and/or
demonetised too, like swearing and sexualised words even when not used in a
sexual context. Given that YouTube is not supposed to be for children under 13
in the first place this is very, very annoying, but we don't get to argue with
it. We just have to watch what we say.
</p><p><b>Does it annoy you too, that a site supposed to be for adult and teens is so restrictive because of prudish advertisers?</b></p>
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coffee or before going to bed
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />W is for Write is Down
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>"Paper is to write things down we need to remember. Our brains are used to
think." – Albert Einstein</i
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>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i
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Whatever you plan to say in your vid, write it down.<br /><br />We are fallible
creatures, and it never hurts to have a prompt. There are some people in this
world who can decide what they are going to say and say it without any need for
help whatsoever, I, for one, am not one of those people.
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I find there are two ways to make sure I am on the right track (and this goes
for presenting in general):<br />
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<li>
Bullet points – these make for a freer style. Bullet everything we want to
say and then move from one point to the next coming up with the exact
words we want to use on the fly. This is good for a conversational feel.
</li>
<li>
Writing a script – this is good for stories and for subjects that need
exact details. This is what I use most, since I am telling stories and I
want the words to be well chosen.
</li>
</ol>
<br />Now that I am becoming more practiced at making vids, I want to start to
introduce more of the bullet point style for my intro and outros.<br /><br /><b
>Do you prefer to bullet point things or write it all down when you need to
speak in front of others, be it on video or live?</b
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<br />Each week we have a theme and so there will be something for all
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Tasha Duncan-Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918688759465977896.post-84590809062709569572022-04-26T01:00:00.013+01:002022-04-26T01:00:00.411+01:00V is for Valour #YouTube #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">
YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />V is for Valour
</h1>
<i>"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear
stop you." -Bethany Hamilton<br /></i><br /><b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel,
and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the
embedded vid for that.</i></b>
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<b><i><br /></i></b>
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Putting ourselves in front of a camera, or even just behind a microphone
takes courage. All of us with blogs or who write books etc, know how hard it
can be putting our work out there for the world to see. Being right there
with it, in person as it were, can be harder (at least for those of us who
did not grow up with TikTok).
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<br /> I've had a podcast for a while now (it's naughty so not suitable
for YouTube –
<a href="https://www.virginiawaytes.com/">Virginia Waytes' Sexy Stories</a>), so recording the longer stories was nothing new for me. However, the
shorts, with me actually being on camera, now that was a bit of a leap. I'm
pretty used to it now, but at first it was nerve wracking.<br /><br />Vid
making is like anything else, we get better at it the more practice we have.
Hence, the best advice I can give is:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Practice before committing to that first vid, at least a little bit, to
make it as good as possible.
</li>
<li>
Accept that things will improve over time and the first vids will
probably make us cringe when we look back.
</li>
<li>Ball up all that courage and hit post!</li>
<li>
Do not feed the trolls – I've had two so far (just little ones) and they
are not worth our time. Ignoring them is best, unless they are breaking
the rules, then report them.
</li>
</ul>
<b>How do you feel on vid? Do you love being on camera or do you need all
your courage?</b>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>Current YouTube Episode</u></h4>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>April's Theme - Ghost Stories</b></div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>About the AtoZ Challenge</u></h4>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The <b>A to Z Challenge</b> happens every April. Bloggers from
all over the world come together to post every day in April, apart from
Sundays, inspired by the letters of the alpha bet. A = April 1st etc. Some
of us have themes, some of us don't. Click the image below for more info
and links to other participants.
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<u>Check Out My Fiction YouTube Channel</u>
</h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDJR_H88i7Hp3jq9-ax3kw" target="_blank">Tales with Tasha</a></b></span>
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<br />Each week we have a theme and so there will be something for all
tastes.
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<ul>
<li>
🎤Micro stories as YouTube Shorts <i>Monday - Thursday - </i>for fun quick viewing
</li>
<li>
🕮A longer story every <i>Friday - for story time, </i>over
coffee or before going to bed
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />U is for Undertaking
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"A schedule defends from chaos and whim." – Annie Dillard
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<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
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The YouTube algorithm likes channels that have a regular schedule and don't have
big gaps between videos. This is very important for new channels and smaller
channels that don't have the help of having massive audiences to please the
algorithm in other ways. Hence, once we begin to build our channels, we should
be ready to keep it going with consistency.<br /><br />This is a big
undertaking, so timing is important. If other big things are coming up and might
take us away from our channel, we should wait.
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<br />In the smaller scheme of things, it also helps to have our own schedule.
It makes it much easier not to miss a release if we know what needs to be done
and when. We're back to my lists again. I have days and times planned out when
I know I have to do things to get my vids ready and up. I give myself a little
wiggle room, but try very hard to keep to my schedule in its purest form.<br /><br />For
example, here a few of my key milestones:<br />
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Monday is shorts recording day. I set up my ring light, my phone, my
tablet and off I go.
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Wednesday is book formatting and uploading day, because I have a book to
go with every long ep on each Friday.
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Thursday is long vid editing day, because when I'm using After Effects I
can do nothing else on my PC or the whole thing stops. Animation if
memory, GPU and CPU hungry!
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Tasha Duncan-Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918688759465977896.post-66277109039499244122022-04-23T01:00:00.084+01:002022-04-23T01:00:00.181+01:00T is for Thumbnail #YouTube #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />T is for Thumbnail
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"Why would they have book covers if we aren't supposed to judge the book by
them? It makes no sense." – Ingrid Weir
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<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i></b>
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Thumbnails, contrary to popular belief are not just the annoying things on the
ends of our thumbs that have a nasty habit of splitting in painful places.
Thumbnails are what YouTube call the image everyone sees when they show your
video before it is played. <b>They are very important.</b><br /><br /><b>Well with one caveat</b>
– I'm honestly not sure how important they are on shorts (vids in portrait of
less than 1 min), because YouTube keep messing with when they can and cannot be
seen on shorts.<br /><br />But let's pretend they are not completely screwing
with our strategy and accept they will get it right in the end.
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<br />Think of the thumbnail a bit like a book cover because it has the same
job. Thumbnails are there to entice viewers to click on and watch our vids. Our
vids will be judged by the thumbnails in searches or if someone just happens
across our channel. <br /><br />They should be:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Bright</li>
<li>Bold</li>
<li>Eye-catching</li>
<li>Have one or two, easily read, bold phrases.</li>
<li>
Should have something to do with the video content (<i>you would be surprised how many lie – but we're not a huge content farm,
so we need to make sure not to piss off our viewers</i>)
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</ul>
For long form YouTube vids, the thumbnail is what always shows. We choose our
thumbnail in YouTube studio when editing the content, and that is what is always
served up for people to see first. <br /><br />Many people put themselves in
their thumbnail, usually over acting to grab people's attention.
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xjjugQp7Ho" target="_blank">This is a thumbnail by Nerdecrafter – a successful YouTuber.</a>
That would be her alter-ego SaltyCrafter, who is salty about all things. It
is bright, it poses a question, and it intrigues us. <br /><br />I do not
put myself in my thumbnails because my vids are fiction, so I try to use the
book cover method and drag people in with something that reflects the
content. I use images from the following sites to create my thumbnails:<br />
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<li><a href="https://unsplash.com/" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pixabay.com/" target="_blank">Pixabay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pexels.com/" target="_blank">Pexels</a></li>
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All of these can be used free for commercial purposes, with no attribution
required, but I always put a credit in the description, because I feel it's
the right thing to do. Pixabay is really useful because people post art
there that can be used as well as just photos. <br /><br />
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Thumbnails & Shorts</h3>
<br />Now to the fun part – shorts. When I first started uploading shorts,
the thumbnail showed just like it does on longer videos, then they changed
the shorts interface, and they don't always show up anymore. However,
sometimes they do, and I have seen it flip back to showing everywhere a
couple of times, so I keep making them. <br /><br />Thumbnails for shorts
should be composed differently than for longer videos anyway. Think of them
like a portrait central focus, like you would see on a phone screen, with a
landscape background that may or may not be seen.
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<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/scvcNI9gXTQ?feature=share" target="_blank">Thumbnail for my vid "Fight Forever"</a>
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When I upload my shorts via my phone, once it has been accepted as a short
(it takes the algorithm a little while to check it to make sure it fits the
requirements), all I see is the middle third of my thumbnail. Hence, I put
everything important in that section of the image. <br /><br />When I see
the thumbnail on the regular YouTube interface I can see the whole picture,
so I still try to put something in that space. <br /><br />However, at the
moment, the only place I ever see my thumbnail is in playlists, like this
example of my
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1bqCn3g1RYcMjcWqFYiKGtAImJDWl4BE" target="_blank">Horror Fiction Stories playlist</a>.
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Everywhere else, I see a still of me taken from a random part of the vid
that I have no control over at all. This following image is from my
channel's front page.
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<br />This is extremely annoying. <br /><br />I have no idea if it will stay
like this now, or if they will change it again, but I wish they would make
up their mind.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Summary</h3>
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Thumbnails are there to be eye-catching and enticing. They are part of our
brand and I would suggest finding something that works and sticking with it.
I have missed vids from channels I subscribe to because they completely
changed their thumbnail format before now.
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There are many vids on YouTube that go into detail about how to compose
thumbnails, I suggest watching some of them.
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />S is for Subtitles
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<i>"I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time even I can't
understand what the f**k I'm talking about." – Ozzy Osbourne<br /></i><br /><b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction channel,
and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll down to the
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There are a surprisingly high number of people who use subtitles [<b>Edit:</b> <i>Thanks to some helpful input in the comments, I think I may be talking about closed captions, but YouTube just calls them subtitles in the back end so I failed to realise there was a difference </i>😉] when watching
videos. They are not just useful for those with a hearing impediment, but for
neurodiversity, or those who need to watch the vids without sound because they
forgot their headphones, or aren't allowed to use them and more.<br /><br />There
is also some evidence that Google spiders subtitles to help list pages, which
can only help with the visibility of videos.
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<br />So, if we can, we should add subtitles to our videos. First and
foremost, to be inclusive, and secondly because it can help us too.<br /><br />I
do this by typing them in by hand in YouTube's Studio. When using this method
there are a couple of things that are good to know:<br /><br />
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<b>Wait until the vid is fully uploaded and processed</b> to be able to
see the waveform of the soundtrack. This makes it much easier to see where
to begin and end each subtitle.
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long enough. Move the timeline pointer to where the end needs to be, look
at the timestamp just above the waveform and type it into the second box
on the subtitle in question. It is much easier than trying to get the
little arrow to show up when clicking around with the mouse.
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plus button</b>
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then appear at the correct length without having to fiddle with it.
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If you have a long vid with large gaps in the subtitles, it is faster to
note down where these need to go using the preview pane, then type in the
approximate times for beginning and end of the next one, rather than
trying to scan through vid on the timeline panel. At least for me it is.
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />R is for Review
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<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i></b>
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As an author, I have always been told, do not engage with reviewers, be they
good or bad. I once got a 1 star review saying my book was "Full of lies" – it
was fiction about vampires, so can't fault them on that one, but it was a very
odd review to leave. I went on my way and ignored it.<br /><br />With YouTube,
we don't have reviews per se, we have comments. And that's all we have to begin
with (later we are given a community tab we can play with to talk to our
subscribers, but we don't get that to begin with). Comments are a bit like
reviews, in that they comment on our content. Unlike reviews, however, we very
much need to engage.<br /><br />Comments fluff the algorithm. Be they good
comments or bad comments, they make the algorithm happy. We want more comments,
lots of them, and we want engagement.<br /><br />So, when starting out, we need
to respond to every comment we get.
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<br />Further down the line this is likely to be impossible, but when we are
starting out, we need to get in there every time a comment drops.
<br /><br />Oh, and as I mentioned in my "<a href="https://tashasthinkings.blogspot.com/2022/04/b-is-for-bugs-youtube-atozchallenge.html">B is for Bugs</a>" post, if your comments are sorted by "Top Comments" which I believe is the
default, you may not see what the algo deems questionable comments. Resort by
"Newest First" and you should be able to see them. <br /><br />Some of these
questionable comments are perfectly innocent, some are trolls. And when I say
engage, I do not mean, feed the trolls. If you get really nasty comments report
them and be done, well, unless that is the vibe you are going for. Some channels
thrive on drama. <br /><br />I've had a couple of odd comments so far, but
nothing nasty. Honestly, most of my comments have been from family and friends
so far, but I have still engaged with every single one. <br /><br />There is a
very useful comments tab in YouTube Studio which allows us to see all comments
and sort and filter them, including by "I haven't responded". And it allows us
to reply right there rather than having to go to the vid post too.<br />
<blockquote>
So basically, think of comments a bit like reviews that we have to respond to.
How we respond will set the tone for our little slice of the YouTube
community. And, as I mentioned in my "K is for Karma" post – go out and
comment on other people's content too. And make sure to make it about their
content, not just a chance to mention yours, because it's a bit like reviewing
– you don't spend a whole review talking about your own book. Comments are
part of the life blood of YouTube and should very much not be ignored.
</blockquote>
<p><b>Do you comment on vids when you use YouTube?</b></p>
<p>
<i>I am trying to train myself to leave comments - I always like vids I enjoy,
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />Q is for Queueing
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<p>
<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i></b>
</p>
I don't know about anyone else, but one of the most useful things for me in
social media is the ability to queue up my posts. This is also true in
YouTube.<br /><br />When we upload a video, we have the following choices:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Private</li>
<li>Unlisted</li>
<li>Public</li>
<li>Scheduled</li>
</ul>
All my vids go up as private to begin with, then I go in and schedule them once
I have put in the description, title etc. The scheduling means I can put up all
the shorts for the week on a Monday and then not have to worry about anything
except getting Friday's vid done. I keep trying to get ahead, but life keeps
going NOPE!<br /><br />Pre-scheduling is also useful for:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>Meta (Facebook & Instagram)</li>
<li>Blog posts</li>
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Just in case there are those who have not found this functionality yet:<br />
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Twitter</h3>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>Create the tweet in the usual way</li>
<li>Click the little icon that looks like a calendar and a clock</li>
<li>Pick your day and time & click Confirm</li>
<li>Then click Schedule.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Pinterest</h3>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>Go to create Pin from the menu</li>
<li>Create the Pin as normal</li>
<li>
Select Publish at a Later Date rather than Publish Immediately at the
bottom of the pin.
</li>
<li>Choose a day and time</li>
<li>Click Publish</li>
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N.B.<i>
I haven't been able to figure out how to edit a pin when it is scheduled.
I can edit it once it's published, but once it's scheduled I can't get
back to the edit. I am not sure if I am being dumb or they just didn't
implement this feature.</i>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Meta</h3>
N.B.
<i>You can only schedule posts on Facebook to a page, not your regular
timeline, & you will need to convert your Instagram account into a
business account and
<a href="https://help.instagram.com/1094643983940381">link it to you Facebook account</a>. <br /></i><br />
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Log into the Facebook account associated with the page you wish to post
to, and that is linked to your Instagram
</li>
<li>Go to business.facebook.com on desktop.</li>
<li>Meta Business Suite will open associated with the correct account.</li>
<li>Either go to "Posts and Stories" or "Planner" in the side menu.</li>
<li>
Use the create option to create your posts and pick the time you wish the
posts to go live (it comes up first if you are in the schedule tab of the
posts, and is behind the "Optimal Times" button if on the Planner) .
</li>
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A couple of bugs I have run into – they may have fixed them already, but
just in case:
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
When on the planner and scheduling, it scheduled my Facebook post for the
right time, but not my Instagram post, so I had to edit that to put the
right time in.
</li>
<li>
When clicking around in the create post tabs, where we can edit the text
to customise it for FB or Instagram, sometimes it blanks out what's
already been created, so copy the text before switching, just in case.
</li>
</ul>
<br />I won't go into Blog posts because every hosting is different, but they
all have the option, as I am sure almost everyone already knows.
<br /><br />Queuing up YouTube vids and social media interactions makes my
life so much easier, I cannot recommend it enough.
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<b>Do you preschedule blog posts or social media messages? If yes, do you
find it a great help? If no, do you have a reason why it's not for you?</b>
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YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />P is for Planning
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<i
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four
sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln
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<p>
<b
><i
>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i
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>
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Making Youtube videos, coming up with ideas, posting them – all of it is hard
work. What can really help is planning. It's time to put to use those lists I
talked about back for letter L and make some more.<br /><br />It's very easy to
become overwhelmed with all the things that need doing to get our videos made,
edited and uploaded, which doesn't even take into account everything we need to
do after that point as well. And one of the big things that can be a huge
roadblock is coming up with the ideas for individual videos.<br /><br />The
easiest way to remove this burden and allow us to concentrate on other aspects
of running a YouTube channel is to plan in advance.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">My System</h3>
<br />I have brainstorming planning meetings with myself where I decide on a
whole month's content at a time. If I'm feeling truly inspired I do more, but
I think a month is good enough and doesn't break my brain too much. Now I'm
going to breakdown what I do, it may no apply to all channels, but the
principle should, unless you're current affairs.<br /><br />This might sound
old fashioned, but I use post-it notes. <br /><br />Now my channel is for
fiction, and to help me and so that I can find out what really works, I have
two parts to start my planning.<br />
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>Overall genre for the month</li>
<li>Sub-genre for each week</li>
</ol>
These may be influenced by my list of important days – for example during
February my overall genre was romance because of Valentine's Day, or it may
just be what I want to try out next. This month my genre is ghost stories,
last month it was sci-fi. <br /><br />Then, once I have my genres sorted out,
the post-it notes really come into their own, as I write down ideas for each
individual story. Some ideas get popped into slots, some get saved for later
(never throw away an idea), but brainstorming them I can plan what is coming.
This means, when I come to write them, all I have to do is figure out the
words, not what I am writing about. <br /><br />It might not seem it, but this
is a huge advantage. My creativity can then be focused, it doesn't have to be
split in two directions. This I great for avoiding writer's block.
<br /><br />Once I have everything decided I pop it in a spread sheet so I
can't lose it and I can tick it off as I go along. <br /><br />
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Summary</h3>
<br />Planning allows us to get ahead, at least with the ideas.
<br /><br />It's good to get ahead with making the content too, but as I am
finding out, life can really get in the way of that. One day I'll have a
million subscribers, be able to pay someone to do all the nitty gritty like
editing and advertising, and just worry about the content, so be months ahead
in planning, but for now, I am bombing along doing everything myself and
sometimes getting vids up hours before they go live. <br /><br />If I didn't
have my plans, I would disappear under the load. So I cannot champion planning
enough. <br /><br /><b
>Do you use lots of planning in what you do? Are you good at it, or is it a
royal pain?</b
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themes, some of us don't. Click the image below for more info and links to
other participants.
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<u>Check Out My Fiction YouTube Channel</u>
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Tasha Duncan-Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918688759465977896.post-80996729191415510062022-04-18T01:00:00.016+01:002022-04-18T01:00:00.195+01:00O is for Organic #YouTube #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">
YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />O is for Organic
</h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p>
<blockquote>
<i>"Word-of-mouth marketing is a crucial component of organic growth…" David
Rusenko</i>
</blockquote>
<i><o:p></o:p></i>
<p></p>
<div>
<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i></b>
</div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b>
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Don't buy YouTube subscribers or use stupid tricks to fool people into
subscribing to your channel.<br /><br />In both cases, it won't work.
<br /><br />Bought subscribers do not watch videos or engage with the channel,
so they are useless, except to get over the monetization threshold, and
YouTube will delete all the fake ones anyway.
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<br />Subscribers who are tricked into subscribing by content that doesn't
represent the channel won't stay and won't engage once they figure it out.
There is nothing wrong with the odd video that does not fit the usual content
if there is a good reason for doing it, but trying to pretend that is what
vids are usually about will backfire in the end.<br /><br />Organic growth to
create a community who want to be there for our content is the only stable way
of maintaining a channel and gaining a loyal audience. As I've mentioned
before, YouTube is a community and sometimes the fast route is a disastrous
one.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Have you had the emails and DMs offering to sell followers for whatever social media platform you happen to be on?</b><br />
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>Current YouTube Episode</u></h4>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>April's Theme - Ghost Stories</b></div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>About the AtoZ Challenge</u></h4>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The <b>A to Z Challenge</b> happens every April. Bloggers from all
over the world come together to post every day in April, apart from Sundays,
inspired by the letters of the alpha bet. A = April 1st etc. Some of us have
themes, some of us don't. Click the image below for more info and links to
other participants.
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<u>Check Out My Fiction YouTube Channel</u>
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<br />Each week we have a theme and so there will be something for all
tastes.
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<ul>
<li>
🎤Micro stories as YouTube Shorts <i>Monday - Thursday - </i>for fun quick viewing
</li>
<li>
🕮A longer story every <i>Friday - for story time, </i>over
coffee or before going to bed
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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YouTube - What they Don't Tell You<br />N is for Name
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<i
>"We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them
away." — Neil Gaiman</i
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<b
><i
>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i
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Every author out there knows, titles are important. Now the name of your channel
is something like a title. We've taken all this trouble to decide what our
channel is about, who our audience is, and now we need to convey that in our
title.<br /><br />Now there are some channels out there that are just the names
of those who run them. If you're bringing a big audience with you, e.g. you're
an author with fans already, this could be the way to go. In that case you're
looking for people to find you, so your name is important, it's your brand.<br /><br />However,
what we also need to think about it YouTube in general. There are millions or
people on YouTube who have probably never heard of us, and a person's name does
not tell casual viewers what a channel is about. Like the title of a book, if
the name of the channel does not grab them, they will not click.
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<br />While the description of a channel will help the algorithm serve it to
those searching on a topic, we still have to convince them to choose us from the
search results. Hence the name should reflect us and the content of the channel.
<br /><br />For example, I could have gone with<br />
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<li>Natasha Duncan-Drake</li>
</ul>
My name is unique – type it in at google and up I pop. Thank you hyphenating
when I got married. However, it says nothing about the content of my channel.
<br /><br />My channel is all about short fiction, so I wrote down all the words
I could think of that mean fiction:<br />
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<li>Fiction</li>
<li>Stories</li>
<li>Story time</li>
<li>Tales</li>
<li>Chronicles</li>
<li>Novelette etc</li>
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Tales leapt out at me, because I've never met an author that didn't appreciate
alliteration, and so <b>Tasha's Tales</b> seemed like a good idea.
<br /><br />Then I searched YouTube. And lo and behold, someone was already
using that one. <br /><br />So, I tweaked it, took inspiration from Drawing with
Jazza (the previous name for the wonderful
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Jazza">Jazza's</a> channel) and came up with
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDJR_H88i7Hp3jq9-ax3kw"
><b>Tales With Tasha</b></a
>. <br /><br />I am sure many of you are far more creative than me, but you can
see the process. <br /><br />Look around at other channels in your niche too,
see what works for them, but do remember, some of the older channels were
working with different parameters when they were named.
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Tasha Duncan-Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918688759465977896.post-28724844832110624802022-04-15T01:00:00.088+01:002022-04-15T01:00:00.182+01:00M is for Microphone #YouTube #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YouTube - What they Don't Tell You<br />M is for Microphone
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<b><i>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
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</p>
<p>
One of the things to think about when creating YouTube vids is the equipment
we need.
</p>
<p>The minimum you will need to start a YouTube channel is:</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>A smart phone with a decent camera & mic</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>
Modern smart phones are a marvel. I use mine to do all my YouTube shorts.
<i><b>Shorts are vids of less than 1min, in phone portrait format (i.e. tall
and thin).</b></i>
I've seen some YouTubers record longer vids on their phones too. I have not
tried that so have no idea of the drawbacks.
</p>
<p>
There is a YouTube shorts app within the YouTube app for phones, but I found
it to be very limited. I suspect it will improve with time, but it was very,
very annoying when I tried it.
</p>
<p>Second level requirements for making YouTube Shorts:</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>A smart phone with a decent camera & mic</li>
<li>
An app to edit the videos (I use
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wondershare.filmorago&hl=en_GB&gl=US" target="_blank">FilmoraGo</a>)
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>
However, when it comes to longer YouTube videos, a little more is required.
</p>
<p>What is better for longer videos:</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>A camera (if you are going to be in the videos)</li>
<li>A microphone & pop guard</li>
<li>
Something to stop sound reflections (I have a Marantz Sound Shield, but a
blanket will work to start with).
</li>
<li>
Software to edit audio (if you're recording just audio for parts of the vid
– I use Adobe Audition, but Audacity is a fabulous free alternative)
</li>
<li>
Software to edit the videos (I use Adobe After Effects because I animate
parts of my vids, but this is<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/03a39d27376cfdea/Documents/02 AtoZ Challenge/AtoZ 2022/creativebloq.com/buying-guides/best-free-video-editing-software" target="_blank">
a great article on free options</a>).
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>
I do not yet use a camera, since I am not in my longer videos, just my voice,
but I intend to pinch my husband's GoPro to try it out at some point.
</p>
<p>
My mic is a
<a href="https://www.bluemic.com/en-gb/products/yeti-x/" target="_blank">Yeti Blue X</a>
– it is amazing and has different modes for different purposes. Check on
places like Amazon for returns, they are much cheaper. I used to have a
<a href="https://www.bluemic.com/en-gb/products/snowball/" target="_blank">Snowball</a>, which was great for podcasting, but the sound quality on the Yeti is
superior IMHO.
</p>
<p>
If we have the right adaptor (mine is a Ugreen USB C to USB, but it depends on
what sockets your phone has), the Yeti (and many other mics) can also be used
with our phones to improve the sound quality of our shorts. Two things to
remember when doing this - at least with the Yeti:
</p>
<p></p>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>
The mic only has 1 USB slot, so the phone powers the mic, and this will
drain the battery, so do not leave it plugged in too long, and make sure
there is time to recharge afterwards.
</li>
<li>
Not all internal recording aps (mine is on an Android AO2s) can cope with
external mics,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera&hl=en_GB&gl=US" target="_blank">Open Camera</a>
is a good alternative for Android phones.
</li>
</ol>
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<p></p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>
If you would like to hear the sound difference with and without a mic, last
week's and this week's vids will give an idea, since I only started using the
Yeti for the shorts this week.:
</i></p>
<p></p>
<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Last week's vid <b>NO</b> external mic - <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/xNQsW_Qum-g?feature=share" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/xNQsW_Qum-g</a>
</li>
<li>
This week's vid <b>WITH</b> external mic - <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/h4DpWjRZK40?feature=share" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/h4DpWjRZK40</a>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<br />
<p></p>
<p>
<b>Any other YouTubers/TikTok-ers have advice on what they use? or What
specialised equipment do you need for your own niche (e.g. grammar software,
cooking gadgets, art supplies)?</b>
</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">
YouTube - What They Don't Tell You<br />L is for Lists
</h1>
<p><i></i></p>
<blockquote>
<i>"Lists are how I parse and manage the world." – Adam Savage</i>
</blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>
<b
><i
>My AtoZ theme this year is my YouTube journey with my new fiction
channel, and all that I have learned - plus some free fiction - scroll
down to the embedded vid for that.</i
></b
>
</p>
<p>
There are many, many things to remember when running a YouTube channel. I
recommend making lists, lots of lists.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">To-Do Lists</h3>
<p>
There are certain things that need doing in preparation for every video and it
is almost impossible to remember them all every single time. As we do more, we
get into habits, but to-do lists are still your friend. These lists tend to
remain constant.
</p>
<p>My to-do lists include:</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All the images I need to create a
video, e.g. Thumbnail
</li>
<li>
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All the descriptive content I need
to create a video e.g. vid subject line
</li>
<li>
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All the steps to upload a video, so
I don't forget to do something.
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Individual Lists</h3>
<p>
Then there are the lists I make and update regularly that have useful
information in them. A couple of examples are:
</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>List of all my existing fiction
content that is suitable for the channel.
</li>
<li>
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>List of all the significant days in
a year, e.g. International Womens' Day, Christmas etc
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>
Sometimes I used spreadsheets, especially with the individual lists. Where as
with things like the descriptive content, I wrote the list once, then I made a
template in Word, that has titles for all the sections I need to fill in for a
vid so I can create a document for each one.
</p>
<p><b>Anyone else find lists really useful? What do you use them for?</b></p>
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<li>
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fun quick viewing
</li>
<li>
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coffee or before going to bed
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I've said it before, I'll say it again, above all, YouTube is a community. Your channel can become part of that community and a community all of its own.<div><br />This means how you act on YouTube, how you treat others, and how you react to things that happen on your channel will directly affect that community. It can also help or hinder your own development on the platform.</div><div><br />It's like life, or at least how life should be if you don't have rich arses trying to step on everyone else. YouTube has some of those too, but let's not get into that. If you want to be in a safe(ish), happy environment, then cultivate that in your own channel and when you visit other people's.</div><div><br />Go out, </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>make friends, </li><li>like, </li><li>comment, </li><li>and support other creators. </li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Be happy, </li><li>be nice, </li><li>be responsible. </li></ul></div><div>This will come back to you in YouTube karma.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>
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<br />The YouTube algorithm likes drama, there is no doubt about that, but the question you have to ask yourself is, do you want to have to deal with drama all the time. If you're looking to be creative and run a creative channel of some kind, I suspect the answer is no. If you're going for a tea-spilling channel that lives on drama, then this advice probably isn't for you. <br /><br />If you look at the creative channels that do not rely on drama, then one thing they all have in common is a wonderful community around them and within them. Just look at people like </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Max from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TastingHistory">Tasting History</a>, </li><li>Jackie from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdyCraftsies">NerdeCrafter</a>, </li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Jazza">Jazza</a>, </li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/MoriahElizabeth">Moriah Elizabeth</a>, </li><li>Julian from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BaumgartnerRestoration">Baumgartner Restoration</a>, </li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/HandToolRescue/">Hand Tool Rescue</a> </li></ul></div><div>and so many more – they all inspire, give back to their community and encourage wonderful environments.<br /></div><blockquote><div>I'm still working on this part of my YouTube journey because I have been lurking for many years, but I have not really been interactive. I leave likes on all the vids I watch and enjoy, but I'm trying to train myself into leaving comments as well. I'm also still trying to find people in my niche to connect with. It's a process. However, I aspire to make my channel a good place to be that people will enjoy for the content and the atmosphere. </div><div></div></blockquote><div>Once we get to a certain level (500+ subscribers), we also have a community tab we can use on our channel. It would be nice to be able to use this from day 1, but I'm guessing they don't want people abusing the system. This allows much more interaction. I very much look forward to getting there one day.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Do you believe what goes around, comes around? Have you had any good experiences of this?</b></div><div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>Current YouTube Episode</u></h4>
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<li><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The hobbyist</li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The professional</li>
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There is nothing wrong with either of these. If you want your channel to be a
fun place where you put out vids you love and don't care about monetisation or
subscriber account, be you. Enjoy it.
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However, if we want our channel to be part of our business, to grow and to
provide an income (no matter how big or small), then we need to treat it as a
job, even if we have another one of those at the same time.
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The professionalism that goes into an every day job, needs to go into
producing content too. The mindset has to be there to build. There is always
the chance that a hobbyist might become an internet darling, but it's much
more likely to be a prospect if there is the professional mindset in there
too. And that doesn't mean formal, it just means lining up all our ducks and
making sure we have everything we need in place, not just winging it.
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<p>Just like any other job too, we're going to get better at it over time.</p>
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