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Content Creator Kickstart
Kickstart your career in content creation. Whether you're an employee, freelancer or YouTuber, the skillset of content creation is the ultimate enabler of success.
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- 4-Step AIDA Framework for Videos
Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. Those are the 4 components of the AIDA framework known from the marketing world. But. There's a whole lot video makers, educators, and explainers can learn from ma
- Why You Don't Have To Jump On TikTok
TikTok is the new shiny video platform that every expert wants you to jump on - the sooner the better. But is it always a good idea to jump on these new opportunities? Or should you take a step back a
- How to Explain Things Better
How to Explain Things Better It's a golden skill to be able to explain things better - with more clarity and understanding. Especially if you're the expert and you are trying to explain something to a
- 5 Concrete Ways to Start a Video
5 concrete ways to start a video It's super important to get off to a good start with your video. Therefore, I thought I'd share some concrete ways to start a video in an engaging and interesting way.
- 7 Tips for Filming Yourself
7 Tips for filming yourself It's not easy to film yourself (at all), but you get better in time. These are some of the things that I keep reminding myself of before I hit record. More light on your fa
- Is your Skillset T-Shaped?
What's a T-shaped content creator? The T-shape symbolizes a generalist skillset with one deep-dive; a skill that you've honed and are great at. In this episode, I'll dive into the importance of supple
- 5 Q&As about Explain Academy
In this episode, I've gathered the most frequently asked questions about Explain Academy. As this is a premium program, where you learn communication and content creation, it's also more expensive tha
- How I Design my Online Courses
It's important to structure a course the right way — depending on the topic and student. I've created my fair share of courses, and along the way, I learned a thing or two about how to do it well. In
- 5 Tips for Building Scenarios in Vyond
Vyond is great for eLearning developers who want to create scenarios. It's a modern way of doing it, and it's quite easy if you remember a few things. In this episode, you'll hear about establishing s
- 10 Practical Tips for AMAZING Video Scripts
Want to make better videos? Write better scripts! Scriptwriting for explainers, tutorials, whatever is essential. Especially for explainer videos, where you want to make a short, simple, and easy-to-u
- Pros and Cons of Analogy in Explainer Videos
How to use an analogy in your explainer video? That is the topic of today's episode. And we quickly conclude that it's a great idea.. BUT! There are a few ways you can hurt your story. By either choos
- 3 Styles of Vyond (and when to use them!)
Whiteboard animation, Business Friendly, and Contemporary - those are the 3 styles you can animate with in Vyond Studio. And today, I'm sharing my thoughts on their individual strengths and when to us
- 3 Pillars of a Successful Content Creator Career
In this episode, we'll explore the three pillars of 1) skills, 2) passion, and 3) monetization. Each one is crucial for you as a content creator if you want a corporate career as a content creator, wo
- Why "Good Unique Content" is NOT Enough
I give you 3 tips on how you can go beyond content that drowns in the flood of YouTube, Google, etc. Because if you aim for content that's merely good and unique, you won't succeed with it. The goal i
- Meet Your Host
Hi, I'm Rued Riis, and in this first episode of the Content Creator Kickstart, I'll tell you the short version of my life's story. From skater to guitarist. From business student to agency owner. And
- 6 Content Formats you NEED to Know
I believe you'll be a strong content creator if you master 6 formats. Either individually or in combination. In this episode, you'll get a quick intro to each of them and a couple of ideas on how to c