YouTube

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I think my YouTube channel might finally be getting some traction. It started out as a way to get videos of Cheekie viewable for my blog. It would be too cool if I could have just uploaded my clips from my phone. Then none of this would have ever happened. It stayed at 16 subscribers forever. Recently, it has began to move.

Everything about this process has been a learning experience. And I’m still learning. From WordPress to its evolution to JetPack, voice memos on my phone to iMovies, this is just part of it.

I’ve also learned that a good editor is worth every penny they make. I can’t afford one. Writing is the easy part.

Someone asked me about closed captions. Using iMovie, the video has to be edited frame by frame. The best I can do for now is put the poem in the description. As my knowledge increases, it would be cool to be able to add captions. Not 100% sure this can be done with the limited equipment I have.

As a writer, do you feel like it’s a good idea to put our work on platforms like YouTube and TicToc?

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  2. As a writer, I’ll admit that I have been questioning the value of adding visuals to audio unless you can do it differently than everyone else does it. Otherwise it feels like an added layer of noise/static to cut through.

    My argument is the same with spoken word audio, which is why I’ve struggled to find an incentive to post more of my own. Until I can find a way that I feel it can be done somehow different than what is out there, I’m reluctant to record myself reading my poems. I’m afraid it then becomes more of that static.

    However, if doing so makes a writer happy, there is no harm as far as I can see but I’m not the target audience for such things (just killed all of my social media accounts and never was enamored of Tiktok or that earlier iteration owned by Facebook I forget the name of).

    Congrats on building an audience, Jolene. It’s a lot of work and you deserve those kudos. 💕

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    1. Thank you 💕

      When X was Tweeter, I created an account and was on there for (active) 15 minutes. In that 15 minutes, I had someone ask me how old I was and someone sent me a pic of them in their underwear. Needless to say,I flew away. Was on Instagram for a few years. Didn’t like that either.

      I did have a FB account for years. But killed it last year. Maybe I shot myself in the foot, everyone seems to be on FB. Businesses have made their universe around FB. “Check out our FB page.” Nope.

      You will find the right path for your work. Yes, there is so much noise out there. Maybe, I’m just adding to that noise. Time will tell.

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      1. I didn’t receive any valuable traffic from FB, it was more people trying to get me to follow them instead of them actually being interested in my book. It seemed like a dead end as far as I was concerned.

        Dang, I never got anything like that on Twitter. I feel like I’m missing out. 😂

        I don’t know, other than posting on WordPress, or an equivalent, that I am trying to do anything in particular with my writing or music. Path? We don’t need no stinking path!

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      5. Wherever fine books are sold online. B&N delisted me, but the Amazon and Lulu still sell it. “Galdr: Thought and Memory”. My publisher hinted at something upcoming, but hasn’t said anything directly to me about their plans. I suspect she’s thinking a potential ebook (physical copies only right now).

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      11. It’s the only thing I can think of. There were zero sales from that vendor before it was dropped (it might be back up, I haven’t checked). But it is odd, considering that it is mostly a print-on-demand title (Amazon either has a quick TAT on their own POD or they maintain stock of a handful of copies because their arrival TAT for shipping is in two days this week). Maybe it wasn’t worth the electrons they were using? 😂

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  3. It is way out of my realm of understanding- and I guess when it all boils down, I really do not like people enough to get further engaged. Do you follow Just Rojie she is active on other platforms and posts about it sometimes.

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