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thanks for this Doug... i definately felt the hit within that 17% percent, with my income around dropping by about 50% even with the assistance fund... it'll be interesting to see what comes around the bend next and agreed... best not to put all the eggs in one basket! :)
Thank you, this really helped me serve a customer who wanted to upload audios! What a gift, saved me so much time! Very understandable and quick, great personality, Downward Doug.
Thank you Doug... I think there should be compensation for teachers running a live. If you put yourself out there then that should be recognised...surely
Great video covers everything! As for the weak wrists ...the more you do it and keep up with your stretching before and after and qi gong it then that worry is done. It would be great to have similar videos like this for people who are not used to all the moves as you stop between.
Thanks for sharing your insights. What I've found difficult is getting course participants to engage in the classroom. I designed my course with interaction in mind and asked questions and prompted people to share about their experience but so far didn't amount to much. Any learnings there? Producing premium tracks or not .. that seems tricky too as with this much free content out there, my premium track (for now just one) gets barely any listens. Do you still think as IT is growing it's still worth it (blue ocean, red ocean question) to produce more premium tracks?
Hey there. The good news is you don’t need to worry about the engagement anymore. My suggestion is always make premium content. It’s like building a house one brick at a time. Slow to start, but it all adds up!!
Hi Doug thanks so much for extending an invitation to your group however when I tried to sign up twice it sent me into a crazy loop where I had to put a verification code but it would refresh itself and make me recreate the account multiple times and I could never get back to it to input the verification code. Don't know if that means that you stopped accepting new people but I'm certainly very interested in joining. Thanks
Hello!! That is very frustrating. Can I double check you went to Skool? I’m still accepting, but the group has a nominal fee now. I’m not sure when you applied but could’ve been in the cross over. Can you try again for me?
Sent a join request for your group :) I've been practicing meditation for decades & want to make content for IT, I use IT nightly myself for a few years now and love it! Looking forward to getting started soon :) Thanks so much for your helpful videos :)
Started with internet radio in 2008 using Sony Sound Forge (now Magix) and never changed. I think it's a bit overkill for podcast audio recording. So many new products. Do you recommend a different audio recording s/w. I do my own editing.
Hey Carol!! So I think gagarge band is just fine to edit with if you have a Mac. And it’s free. Then paid software, Descript is pretty handy for spoken stuff as the text editor is so fancy and easy to use. Riverside fm very similar. By the way, more tips like this in my community btw. Come join us.
Love your videos Doug, so helpful and practical! June 2024 is the first month that I've made it over the $10 mark on Insight Timer - I'll be up to $30 - $40. Hoping to get to your level one day haha
Hi Sarah, big congrats on your first $10 plus month! That's so cool!! I would love to show you how to get to my level, in fact, that is exactly what I have been doing with other teachers. I'll come find you in the Skool Community to help out!
Thank you for the analysis. I’m not super excited about the changes as I just recently started to upload my first courses and was excited about the small revenue from the engagement as I don’t have a big audience or many plays. I think now it will take me much longer to increase my revenue until I grow my audience. Let’s see what happens! Thank you 🧘🏽❤️
Hi Mariana! I get you. But listen, we don’t know yet exactly what these changes are and there may be some exciting new ways to earn. Come join my community as there is a live talk about this on Tuesday this week.
Haha thanks for taking one for the team, Doug! I did laugh a couple times but I will definitely do the same warmup next time I sit down to record! Before, I was om-ing for a couple minutes but you incorporated more movement/stretches that I think will be super helpful. Thanks for this!!
This is really useful, thank you. And your spreadsheet is ace! Not sure if I'm more impressed with your progress on Insight Timer or your spreadsheet skills 😂
Super helpful, Doug! Thank you! And wow that was really helpful to see how follower count was affected by going live. I got approved to go live but haven’t gotten the courage to yet. But ok seeing this is really inspiring me to just go for it!
Hey Asha. Congrats on your approval. Lives are also the most intimidating. Here is my advice. Be confident about what you are going to teach, practice it, but not word for word, turn you camera on and just do a practice run where you get used to talking for that period of time. I’d say do a short one to start. 15 minutes. It will go so quick. Honestly after you get one under your belt you are golden. If you want I can join your first live to help you.
