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Joining us for episode 80 is my friend and fellow podcaster, Caleb Wojcik. Caleb’s part of the superstar team at Fizzle and is a solopreneur in his own right: he just released his first solo information product, a DIY video guide.
Although Caleb didn’t start out on the entrepreneurial path (after college he worked for Boeing in a traditional job), his discovery of blogging, and later video blogging, opened up his door to solopreneurship.
Today he’s at the forefront of the video revolution. He’s THE guy to help you learn how to use video like a pro, even when you aren’t.
We get into the nitty-gritty, how-to of video creation. Caleb is the master and he shares his treasure of knowledge. You’ll hear Caleb and I talk about:
- Caleb’s trick for saving time in edit
- Where to go to outsource your video needs, Caleb recommendations
- When to use YT and when to use alternatives like Wistia
- Our celebrity encounters: who did Caleb see in Venice?
- How to tell your story with video
- Video camera recommendations for ALL budgets
Caleb lets us in on technical tips to creating great video at home, regardless of your budget and your experience level. He also shares where he gets his knowledge; like a true solopreneur, he gathers it from many sources. He even talks about what he picked up from the director of photography for Saturday Night Live.
Video is certainly an integral part of any solopreneur’s path so I was stoked to have Caleb on the show. As with so many of our guests, he was generous with his time and his knowledge contributions.
Caleb is an absolute rock star! Click the link below to send him some Twitter love!
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Resources from this episode:
Caleb’s DIY video guide
Caleb’s site
Stuart Davis
Fizzle
The Fizzle team’s podcast
Last Frontier Knives
Rode smartLav
ikan
Apple’s 30 year video, shot entirely with the iPhone
Wistia resources:
Your First Lighting Kit
Down and Dirty Lighting Details
Hi Caleb thanks for being on the show today. I don’t normally do this but I thought I would see if I could tap you for some info. I have been using Camstasia for several years, and presently use the Version 8 product. It has an annoying thing, that you might be able to shed light on for me if you have the time. In version 7 if you wanted to add anything into the mix, you could simply place it where you wanted and everything would shift to the right to allow it to fall into place, even if you wanted to drop it at the beginning of a recording. With 8 this functionality doesn’t seem to be there at all, and therefore its problematic to add extra stuff to improve or edit your work. Any ideas at all???
I have no idea about this…I’ll get Caleb on this.
Hey David, sorry for the delay on responding to this, but here is something that I found. Apparently in version 8.0.4 you can do them. Here is a video explaining how: https://www.screencast.com/t/UAlnpwpYcka
Great episode guys! Definitely be checking out some of the resources that you mentioned in the podcast. Cheers
Hey, thanks @kylemusserco:disqus…Caleb dropped a few value bombs, eh?
Yesir he did! Cue the ‘Bombs Over Baghdad’ by Outkast 🙂
How’d you know I love that song?
“now we sittin’ in a drop-top, soaking wet,
in a silk suit, tryin’ not to sweat,
hits somersaults without the net,
but this’ll be the year that we won’t forget”
hahaha Think we need to shoot a rap video now
Great show! I need to start using my ScreenFlow now! 🙂
Agreed @shawnaugustine:disqus…it’s a great app.
Yes! You do. It is great. Here is a tutorial from my guide on Screenflow that I released for free if you want to get a few tips on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf-qtFATrHA
Thank you Caleb! I truly appreciate your help! Loved the tutorial 🙂
Great stuff on the show. I’m really excited to jump into some video on my new project so this was great to hear. This show always seems to be JIT training.
@disqus_20EoaSsGMU:disqus…it’s not that. I’m just a mindreader. 😛
That’s great Michael. Glad it was so helpful. Let me know if you have any specific questions.