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The No 1 Secret to Success
Palm Springs here we come.
Well later today anyway. The homeowner we’ve been sitting for returns this afternoon & Rhett’s offered to go pick her up from the airport (he’ll do anything for a 5* review! 😉)
Then it’s off to the desert, where BBC weather has reliably informed me it will be twice the temperature it is here!
From 20°(c) to 40!!! 🥵
I’m looking forward to sending pics & updates! 😎
But first, I wanted to brighten your day with some sage advice from my younger self!
I’ve decided I want to add YouTube to my mix of content.
Why the heck would I do that on top of everything else you may ask?
Well, it works super well with Substack (any lives I record automatically get posted on YouTube). It’s a search engine in its own right. Long form content has been proven to create more engagement with an audience than short form, and with the benefit of AI, every video can be easily chopped into clips, so you can gather more attention with short form also!
All I need to do is record one 20 minute video a week, and bearing in mind I’m belting out articles like there’s no tomorrow I have plenty of topics to cover!
(NB: we’re talking low production, low editing here. Apparently ‘raw’ is the new trend. Works for me!)
So this morning I gave myself a bloody good laugh, as I started going through some of my old videos, and I thought it would be fun to share some with you!
Let’s start with the No 1 secret to success…
Here’s what Internet Marketing Expert Jo Barnes has to say about the No 1 Secret to Success!
CFA - there you have it! 👍
Next up, in 2009 while manager of the Sheffield City Hall I held a seminar called Make It Happen 2009. Here’s me scaling down the side of the building as a promo for the event! 😂
P.S. The event went super well!
Ok this one made me spit out my tea. Del Boy from Only Fools & Horses would be proud.
The funniest part of this whole video is that at no point do I actually show the car! 😂
Last but not least, this was my very first episode of Make It Happen Monday which I ran religiously every Monday for about 2 years and it never took off.
Proof that consistency alone isn’t enough to make something fly….
And that’s given me my idea for an upcoming post! Why consistency alone isn’t enough to make something fly! Look out for it.
I’m not sure how I’m going to outdo myself. I mean these are a pretty tough act to follow, but I’ll be sure to let you know when my first video is live, so at the very least you can come and have a good laugh 😆
In the meantime I’m off to scale a building or sell a car or some other crazy prank for views. Mr Beast eat your heart out! 😂
Aah, that takes me back.
I remember very clearly Davina saying back in 2011🫨 : Take a look at this Brit. She has bags of enthusiasm and I think she has something worth listening to. So you have her to thank for our bletherings over the years!