Ben and Francis talk about their journeys of trying to share valuable content online (and then eventually trying to make a living off it).
We're both chronic overthinkers, and our solution to getting stuff out there is to make now and think later! Join us as we try to navigate the struggles and share our experiences trying to make this whole thing work.
#23 - Polishing, procrastination, and promoting the work
(00:00) Intro
(01:03) Audience involvement in streams
(03:36) Being an entertainer
(10:03) Three word prompt YouTube video
(14:03) What voice to use in front of the camera
(18:22) YouTube on top of everything else
(21:46) Collecting and analyzing reference
(26:40) Promoting the work
(29:02) Business and marketing is creative
(34:40) Getting going when you're procrastinating
(42:36) Experimenting with free brushes
(47:29) Prioritizing
(49:22) Wrapping up
Contact us on @makenowthinklater (https://www.instagram.com/makenowthinklater/) or send as an email at hi@makenowthinklater.com (mailto:hi@makenowthinklater.com). Recorded on the 13th of September 2023
Links
Ben's 3rd video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fIuHQ4_V9Y)
Ben's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@beneblendesign)
Ben's instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ben_eblen_design/)
Ben's website (https://beneblen.com/)
Francis' twitter (https://twitter.com/francislidotnet)
Francis' website (https://francisli.net/)
Keepon (https://getkeepon.com/)
28 Dec 2023
#22 - Building more variety into your content
(00:00) Intro
(00:28) Ben's 2nd YouTube video results
(04:09) Three word prompt challenge for the next vid
(11:00) Having more variety in your channel
(14:14) Summarising the new video idea, and systematising video editing
(18:02) The need to be solving puzzles
(20:46) Rebuilding Keepon
(22:21) Procrastination as a signal and working on what you can't stop thinking about
(25:19) Content on what you're doing anyway
(30:58) What can you do week in, week out
(34:27) Building the habit of saying what you're doing
(35:40) Working together
(37:56) Being an expert in something
(41:09) Relearning the same lessons & wrapping up
Contact us on @makenowthinklater (https://www.instagram.com/makenowthinklater/) or send as an email at hi@makenowthinklater.com (mailto:hi@makenowthinklater.com). Recorded on the 10th of August 2023
Links
Ben's 2nd video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU75oVnCaEA)
Ben's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@beneblendesign)
Ben's instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ben_eblen_design/)
Ben's website (https://beneblen.com/)
Francis' twitter (https://twitter.com/francislidotnet)
Francis' website (https://francisli.net/)
Keepon (https://getkeepon.com)
11 Oct 2023
#21 - Grand plans and 20 hours of focused work
We hope you enjoy this one, we love hearing your feedback, questions, and suggestions! Contact us on @makenowthinklater (https://www.instagram.com/makenowthinklater/) or send as an email at hi@makenowthinklater.com (mailto:hi@makenowthinklater.com).
Links
Ben's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@beneblendesign)
Ben's instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ben_eblen_design/)
Ben's website (https://beneblen.com/)
Francis' twitter (https://twitter.com/francislidotnet)
Francis' website (https://francisli.net/)
The Fillthy Plugin (https://makenowthinker.gumroad.com/l/wlfko?layout=profile)
Deep work by Cal Newport (https://amzn.to/3SbKy5R)
Badass by Kathy Sierra (https://amzn.to/3MjrAXd)
US Airforce average seat (https://medium.com/continuousdelivery/no-one-size-fits-all-d7ad0a8cbe7b)
Adam Savage Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA)
(00:00) - Intro
(00:49) - Ben's grand plans
(11:10) - Francis' grand plans
(20:39) - Evergreen content
(21:46) - Space for creativity
(25:53) - Office "families"
(29:04) - Having slack in the system
(30:28) - Optimising vs delaying optimising
(33:53) - Prioritising your 20 hours
(37:16) - Sharing cause you like your friends
(38:57) - Wrapping up
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