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Music Matters With Peter McKinnon
25 Apr 2019 / Inspire Me

Music Matters With Peter McKinnon

Music Matters to Peter McKinnon – A Toronto based YouTuber, photographer, and cinematographer.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
10 Steps for Influencers Working With Brands to Make Big Money
22 Apr 2019 / Teach Me

10 Steps for Influencers Working With Brands to Make Big Money

Brands want to work with bloggers, influencers and YouTubers. Once you’ve built a name for yourself on your platform, how do you start working with brands and how do brands choose bloggers or YouTubers to work with?

  • Patrick Hanlon
    Patrick Hanlon
4 min read
Music Matters With Rob Strok
18 Apr 2019 / Inspire Me

Music Matters With Rob Strok

Music Matters to Rob Strok – a photographer and videographer based out of Seattle, who focuses on creating content about travel and storytelling.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
Music Matters With ToThe9S
15 Apr 2019 / Inspire Me

Music Matters With ToThe9S

Music Matters to ToThe9s – Cassie and Ricci, Vancouver locals who create fashion, lifestyle and beauty content.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
Music Matters With Matti Haapoja
11 Apr 2019 / Inspire Me

Music Matters With Matti Haapoja

Music Matters to Matti Haapoja – a Finnish born YouTuber and Filmmaker. His videos are a mix of travel and storytelling, that come together in tremendous fashion.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
Music Matters With Shameless Maya
8 Apr 2019 / Inspire Me

Music Matters With Shameless Maya

Music Matters to Shameless Maya – a Los Angeles creator who focuses on telling stories about life and her inspiration. Her videos often include things ranging from beauty, fashion, and tech!

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
How to get your First 500 Views
4 Apr 2019 / Teach Me

How to get your First 500 Views

Your first year as a YouTuber is one of the hardest years you will experience. Hang in there and you'll soon see the results coming!

  • Epidemic Sound
    Epidemic Sound
3 min read
The Importance of Tagging
1 Apr 2019 / Teach Me

The Importance of Tagging

YouTube tagging is a tricky task. Often, people don’t use tagging for their videos at all. For those that do, they often use their tags in an ineffective way. As such, a large percentage of channels are actually hindering their ability to get seen.

  • Epidemic Sound
    Epidemic Sound
2 min read
7 Ways to be More Productive Online
28 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

7 Ways to be More Productive Online

We promise this post won’t be an oxymoron as so often we ourselves have wasted time online reading about how to increase productivity and curb procrastination.

  • Patrick Hanlon
    Patrick Hanlon
4 min read
Considerations Before Starting A Video Production Company
25 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

Considerations Before Starting A Video Production Company

If creating videos is your passion, at a certain point you’re likely going to consider starting a video production company. There are a lot of considerations that have to go into this decision.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
4 min read
YouTube vs Vimeo
18 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

YouTube vs Vimeo

One of the interesting subplots in the war for digital video content is YouTube vs Vimeo. While YouTube is the absolute king of video content, Vimeo has a pretty nice niche it continues to build from.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
3 min read
Learn how to use a gimbal, like a pro
13 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

Learn how to use a gimbal, like a pro

As good for movement shots as it is for still frames, a gimbal is becoming a go-to piece of kit for videographers, offering a variety of shots which in the edit can make your video content look super slick.

  • Patrick Hanlon
    Patrick Hanlon
3 min read
How To: Raise Brand Awareness Through Video Content
11 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

How To: Raise Brand Awareness Through Video Content

We live in a visual age, whereby learning is more and more visual and communication is similarly visual-led. Social media makes up a major part of this communicative shift towards the visual medium in this digital age.

  • Patrick Hanlon
    Patrick Hanlon
4 min read
A Filmmaker’s Guide to Improve Drone Shooting
6 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

A Filmmaker’s Guide to Improve Drone Shooting

Drone shooting really takes your photography and video content to the next level. But before a pilot can operate a plane, they need a pilot’s licence.

  • Epidemic Sound
    Epidemic Sound
2 min read
Just Started a Podcast? Here Is How to Build an Audience!
4 Mar 2019 / Teach Me

Just Started a Podcast? Here Is How to Build an Audience!

Who would have thought podcasts would make such a comeback? Once almost resigned to history, having a podcast is now de rigueur in the present day.

  • Patrick Hanlon
    Patrick Hanlon
4 min read
How to Live Stream
27 Feb 2019 / Teach Me

How to Live Stream

Live streaming is a rapidly growing niche in the digital video world. While gaming is the dominant player, vlogs and live podcasts are starting to make headway.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
3 min read
Top 10 Questions Everyone Asks About Music on YouTube
25 Feb 2019 / Teach Me

Top 10 Questions Everyone Asks About Music on YouTube

When creators ask about copyright, the same questions keep coming up; fair use, music licensing, and removed videos. Today, we'll seek to answer them all.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
5 min read
Select Music for Video
20 Feb 2019 / Teach Me

Select Music for Video

One thing that new (and even established) video creators struggle with is selecting music for their projects. When you have access to tens of thousands of songs across hundreds of genres, BPMs, and lengths - finding the perfect track can be a challenge.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
4 min read
Music And Emotion in Film
18 Feb 2019 / Teach Me

Music And Emotion in Film

To develop and edit a film score, you should understand the elements that build that score. While sometimes it can be as simple as finding a song that matches the emotion you want to convey, usually, you need to go deeper.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
5 min read
Creator's Lab: How to Get More Subscribers
28 Nov 2018 / Teach Me

Creator's Lab: How to Get More Subscribers

How do you get more subscribers? It’s a question that every YouTuber concerns themselves with – for good reason.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
3 min read
Creator's Lab: Make your b-roll look pro
15 Nov 2018 / Teach Me

Creator's Lab: Make your b-roll look pro

Today, we’re going to give you some tips for making your b-roll look pro! This will add some real value to the content you create and leave your viewers blown away by the results.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
3 min read
The Leap: I Might Fail at It and I Might Suck
7 Nov 2018 / Inspire Me

The Leap: I Might Fail at It and I Might Suck

Stephan Kunz is a lettering artist with over 335,000 followers on Instagram. He takes words and turns them into beautiful art pieces - see what made him take the leap!

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
Creator's Lab: Editing with Music
1 Nov 2018 / Teach Me

Creator's Lab: Editing with Music

Editing with music has become a staple of YouTube content in the last couple of years. If you’ve never done it before, and if you’re wanting to learn - you’ve come to the right place.

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
3 min read
The Leap: Turning Down a Six-Figure Job
24 Oct 2018 / Inspire Me

The Leap: Turning Down a Six-Figure Job

In a world where passion is encouraged, dreams can become reality and doing what you love is on everyone’s mind - in the real world, it’s not always so easy to just DO those things. But it’s a choice that Kara and Nate made, and they haven’t looked back.

  • Charlie Andersson
    Charlie Andersson
2 min read
Epidemic Does: Buffer Festival - The Oscars of YouTube
21 Oct 2018 / Inspire Me

Epidemic Does: Buffer Festival - The Oscars of YouTube

We joined SWOOP, a filmmaker and recording artist with over 135,000 subscribers to experience Buffer Festival, and to get to know her a bit better!

  • Zach Bussey
    Zach Bussey
3 min read
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