This video was recently forwarded to me by a client stating “I want to learn more!” I think most people that watch this will suddenly see the need to be on social media – it’s not a fad, it wont go away, it’s a global community that’s growing everyday. As we move more often, as we are more busy with work, as a people we needed a way to connect that was convenient and could be done during ‘our time’. That’s where social networking came in – we listen, contribute, connect in a way neighbors used to. You can use that connection to build your business, but in a real and honest way – a genuine way. But first, watch the video to learn why your business can’t ignore social media.
The International Coach Federation of Orange County was celebrating it’s 10th anniversary, and Randy Tabor – our President – wanted to allow the Past Presidents that weren’t able to attend to still be able to participate. The above video is what I came-up with – and it was a great hit! The one question that I received often after presenting it was: How did I do it? I’ll show you this Friday, but here’s a quick overview:
1. I created a voice mail system for the Past Presidents to call into and record a quick one-minute audio
2. I downloaded these audios, and edited them into a 4 1/2 minute audio ‘collage’ using Audacity
3. I added a looping soundtrack to keep the movie at an up-beat pace
4. I then selected photos and uploaded them to Animoto
5. I uploaded the completed audio
6. Animoto did the rest!
Imagine, you could do this for:
1. Your PowerPoint presentations on your website
2. A commercial for your services
3. A testimonial video, with audios of your past clients
4. Inspiration for your clients
The possibilities are really endless, especially when Animoto takes out the time-consuming job of video editing!
I’m really looking forward to celebrating ICF-Orange County’s 10th anniversary – I hope you can join me! It’s sure to be a huge hit – information is below:www.icforangecounty.org
The evening promises to entertain, inspire and motivate coaches, business and community leaders, friends and family with a powerful message of how we can each live our life in a way that makes the most significant difference. We invite you to celebrate a decade of coaching excellence and service to the community with top business and life coaches in the local area. Featured guest is award winning comedienne, actress and speaker Kathy Buckley, who is billed as “America’s First Hearing Impaired Comedienne” www.kathybuckley.com and will entertain the audience with her personalized, humorous message and share how she overcame some of the most difficult obstacles one can imagine in life, meeting them with dignity, courage, and laughter. Past ICF-OC presidents will share their insights on the importance of community, recognize the contributions to the profession of coaching and acknowledge the vision and milestones the OC chapter has achieved over the past ten years. Special vibrational music will be played by Mark Romero, www.markromeromusic.com an amazing musician and sound healer, plus we have partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank www.feedoc.org to set up a food drive to provide hope and inspiration to those who are in need during these times.
Cost: $45
Where: Irvine Marriott Hotel, 18000 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA
For more information, go to www.icforangecounty.org
Are you looking to YouTube? This podcast will walk you through some of the basics of how to get started, including how to choose keywords and add them to your discription, where to add your hyper-link, and how to gain more viewers.
Coaches and speakers around the world will find benefit in attending today’s class, June 26th from 10-11 am PST. You’ll learn:
- Position you as an expert
- People get to know you
- Build awareness and visibility
- Gain credibility
- Inexpensive marketing strategy
- Web Video Shows
- Earn revenue with web video
- The future of web videos
Our panelists are:
Arvee Robinson, is a Master Speaker Trainer, International Speaker, and Author. She teaches business owners, service professionals, and entrepreneurs how to use public speaking as a marketing strategy so they can attract more clients, generate unlimited leads and grow their businesses, effortlessly. She teaches a proven speaker system for delivering persuasive presentations, and easy formulas for creating killer elevator speeches and magnetic self-introductions. Arvee has helped hundreds of individuals to win clients and close more sales every time they speak. She offers private coaching, workshops, and weekly teleclasses. Her programs will make you money for the rest of your life. www.instantprospeaker.com www.arveerobinson.com
Twitter id: http://www.twitter.com/ArveeRobinson
Facebook id: http://www.facebook.com/ArveeRobinson
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Steve Rosenbaum is unabashedly enthusiastic about the media metamorphosis underway. Since he launched MTV UNfiltered with small format camera’s and an 800# (pre-internet) he’s been building companies and platforms that foster collaboration, contribution, and filtering. Today, as the CEO of Magnify.net, he provides Cloud Content Curation solutions to more than 55,000 web sites including New York Magazine, Zappos.tv, Etsy.tv,Weather.com, and more. In the future, all content lives in the cloud. The future just arrived. www.Magnify.net www.twitter.com/magnify
While I was preparing for a Video class for Helping Hands for Coaches I was invited to this seminar by Hubspot. It’s a great little overview of what we’ve talked about for the past two weeks – and it gives some great little extra tips. You might want to skip through some stuff, but I especially like the examples of some entertaining videos and some of the ideas on how to promote your videos. Hope this inspires all you coaches!
YouTube.com is a great way to promote your coaching business: it’s great for search engine optimization, a way to connect to your clients, and a way to connect with future clients. It doesn’t take much to start your YouTube channel: a hand-held digital camera – such as a Flip or a Kodak Zi6 (my personal favorite) – an idea of what you’re going to say, and a computer to upload with. In fact, if you have a smart phone, such as a Blackberry or iPhone you don’t even need a computer – you can upload right from your phone! We talk about this, and more, during last week’s call: Starting Your YouTube Channel.
This Friday, March 13th, we’ll be discussing RSS Feeds and how they pertain to Twitter. In order to keep the class on track, I’m going to request we all do a little homework and watch the 3 and 1/2 minute fun video on what RSS is. Enjoy, and see you Friday!
I’m really excited to offer my first interview, using my *new* Kodak zi6 video camera! It was a Valentine’s present from Nirzhar – thank you, hubby! I wanted my first video to really count – and I think I captured it! John Gray spoke at the International Coaching Awareness Day this past Friday, and I asked if I could interview him on one point he made during his talk. Mainly, he stated that the reason he was so successful was because he stayed true to his essence. I wanted to know more about that so I could share it all with you! It’s kind of funny, too, because it is my very first video with the new camera, so I had it pointing at the floor when I started shooting! Too funny!
I’m not breaking news when I say Animoto is an awesome company with a amazing way to transform your photos into a tv-quality 30 second commercial, but I am breaking the news on how coaches can use it to build their business. As a life or business coach, you can use Animoto to create unique videos targeting your niche market. Here’s some examples:
Boomer Coach: create a video with the title ‘You know you’re a baby boomer when…’ (for example), and have images depicting how times have changed. Then, at the end of the video, have a call to action – such as ‘Download our free book on Boomer Transformations’ – and have the video link to your website (yes, Animoto can do that!)
Entrepreneur Coach: create a video that explains how you can help them – with first describing the problem – such as organization, goal setting, motivation, sales, etc. Again, have the call to action at the end of the video.
AD/HD Coach: create a video for either the parents, the children, or the adults that suffer from this learning difficulty – and how you can help them.
You can try Animoto out for free with their 30 second shorts – a regular commercial length. If you use the 30 second short to create you video, then I recommend adding the text on the actual photos vs. using Animoto’s text feature. If, however, you do want to add the text separately, or you want to create one full-length (up to 10 minutes) video – you can for only $3 per video.
Some other features:
Highlight a particular photo – allowing that photo to get some more screen time.
Add music without paying extra, or worrying about copyrights – they take care of all of that.
Speed-up or slow-down the transitions, with a paid membership.
One-click remix. Don’t like the way Animoto configured your slide show? Click ‘Remix’, and they’ll do it again – without erasing the first one.
Some more ideas on how you can use an Animoto video:
Use it in eNewsletters, like a ‘video of the month’
Use it as a way to motivate or inspire your clients
Add it to blogs to make a point
Use it to promote an event
Upload it to YouTube for promotional purposes
Add it to your website, Facebook page, MySpace page, and more
Sell the DVDs as motivational or inspiration videos, or give-away the DVDs as a promotional piece
There are some limitations:
If you don’t like one particular transition, you can’t just tweak that transition – you have to ‘remix’ the entire video.
You can’t get rid of the Animoto branding completely, but you can minimize it (see below).
It does take time – you may find yourself remixing, changing, editing more than you had anticipated – because it’s fun!
If you would like a $5 discount on their ‘All Access’ account, then use this code when starting your account: iqeudyzs
The video at the top of the page is the 30 second short I did for the International Coach Federation’s Orange County chapter’s Holiday Dinner – the last image has me on the right.
Image below of what your ending screen can look like with the ‘All Access’ account:
My Peaceful Family was founded in 2008 by Etsuko Tsukagoshi.
Etsuko Tsukagoshi is a certified Parent Educator through the International Network for Children and Families. She is also a coach, writer/blogger focused on “Creating a peaceful family through conscious parenting”. In her own journey of being a mother of two young children while working full time as an Executive Director of a non-
Arvee Robinson, is a Master Speaker Trainer, International Speaker, and Author. She teaches business owners, service professionals, and entrepreneurs how to use public speaking as a marketing strategy so they can attract more clients, generate unlimited leads and grow their businesses, effortlessly. She teaches a proven speaker system for delivering persuasive presentations, and easy formulas for creating killer elevator speeches and magnetic self-introductions. Arvee has helped hundreds of individuals to win clients and close more sales every time they speak. She offers private coaching, workshops, and weekly teleclasses. Her programs will make you money for the rest of your life.
Steve Rosenbaum is unabashedly enthusiastic about the media metamorphosis underway. Since he launched MTV UNfiltered with small format camera’s and an 800# (pre-internet) he’s been building companies and platforms that foster collaboration, contribution, and filtering. Today, as the CEO of 
