Nalts of YouTube & Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv

So you want to be a video podcaster eh?

Good News, I’m on the same path. Let me show you what I know so far. Its quite simple really…

First off, same starting steps (Name, content, etc.) apply here whether starting out on YouTube or your own website.

Second, you do not need to have the best HD camcorder on the planet to start recording. I’m using a Creative Vado that I won at an expo. Starting out, investing in a ~$100 camcorder will suffice. For editing your video, Windows Movie Maker does a decent job. I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 for my editing. (If you need good how to videos on how to do something in Movie Maker or Vegas, try a search for it on YouTube. Just add the word “tutorial” on the end of the search term and videos will pop up showing you exactly how.)

And Finally, have several role models/people you admire in this area. My role models are the two shown in the picture shown above. Kevin Nalts has been on YouTube creating short funny videos since 2006. Cali Lewis is the host of the shiny happy tech news, “GeekBrief.tv” video podcast. She has also been producing video podcasts since 2006. Why are they my role models? They understood the heart of their audience and creatively captured it from the start.

Now comes your turn, what do you want to see below this? What question’s do you have that you want seen added to this post? Post your comments below.

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J.C. Hutchins and Scott Sigler, both of whom I know, were recently interviewed for Time Magazine. What were they interviewed about? Why a podcast of course! But not just any podcast, a novel podcast. Similar to an audiobook where you can listen to an audio version of a book, but entirely different. Both of them decided to release their novels in podcast format, meaning every new episode is another chapter of the novel.This is an awesome example on monetizing and promoting your podcast, or at least an outstanding way to garner enough attention (press included) to ink a six figure deal with a well known publisher.

It seems a ripe time for novel podcasting to grow. Traditional book publishers are struggling. Book sales are down; MacMillan has laid off employees, as have Random House and Simon & Schuster; and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has suspended the purchase of most new manuscripts. With advance money drying up as well as contracts, Evo Terra says that aspiring writers now feel that “maybe I should try something on my own” and build an audience online.

Here is the link to the full article. Enjoy and tell me what you think: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1872381,00.html