Proper Equipment for Live Streaming. For your phone, get a selfie stick, tripod and decent mic. The smartphone headset mics are good.

Steaming to YouTube and Facebook Live from your desktop: Logitech is the best webcam and Blue makes good USB mics. Streaming software: OSB is a good, free and open source and works as a mixer too. Wirecast is good but costs $300+. For Macs, “Memo from Boinx” is what Ray uses. Streaming pre-recorded videos to multiple Facebook pages – Synd XPoser Pro is great.

Special note: Mevo Camera by Livestream is $399.00 and is controlled by your iPhone.

New YouTube features. Here’s the story on the new YouTube TV app: https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/24/youtube-gets-a-new-tv-app/ Live Event – you’re going to need to attached an AdWords account and turn on monetization. Backstage is a new feature that allows creator and audience to better interact.

Mindset Matters is the “Tony Robbins Podcast” with all sorts tips and trick from different guests.

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – 5 Steps For Effective Thumbnail Design. Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.com

1 Use good colors…brighter the better, but not garish.

2 Use a nice face image. People want to see a face and it should represent what’s in the video

3 Show action

4 Add text like a CTA, title or recap. Use a readable font. Condensed Helvetic Bold is good

5 Make sure it’s fully branded with colors, shapes and logo

BTW – thumbnails need to be 1920×1080

Mindset Matters is Pat Flynn’s podcasts “Ask Pat” and “Internet Business Mastery”

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Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Get Content for Your Videos

Video:
YouTube and Vimeo creative commons
https://www.pexels.com and https://pixabay.com are Free
https://videohive.net – Low cost, high quality
http://www.istockphoto.com and http://www.gettyimages.com should be your last resort. Good stuff, but very expensive
https://www.videoblocks.com – $99 a year with unlimited downloads. They have added some premium content that cost extra.
Ray has specials from time to time

Images:
https://www.pexels.com and https://pixabay.com are Free
https://photodune.net has lot of stuff for reasonable prices
http://www.istockphoto.com and http://www.gettyimages.com should be your last resort. Good stuff, but very expensive
Ray has specials from time to time

Music:
https://audiojungle.net – Best stuff at the best prices
Ray has PLR specials from time to time

Animation
https://www.videoblocks.com – $99 a year with unlimited downloads. Lower thirds, buttons, etc.
https://videohive.net/ has good stuff as well
Mindset Matters is the book, :Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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