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How I Prepped 9+ Piece of Content in 4.5 Hours

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In preparation for a recent vacation, I recorded and wrote a bunch of content to schedule in my absence.

Today, I want to share with you how I churned out 9+ pieces of content over the course of 4.5 hours.

Here’s the output:

  1. 3 YouTube videos
  2. 3 podcast episodes from those videos
  3. 1 blog posts
  4. 1 live stream
  5. 1 short form video
  6. Audio of live stream republished to a podcast feed

And here are the tools I used:

How it Worked

For each video, I set up a number of scenes in Ecamm Live, for lower thirds, nice layouts for the show, screen sharing, and more.

This allows me edit quickly in 3 different ways:

  1. I don’t have to add those overlays in my video editor, Screenflow
  2. I can pause the recording and pick up where I left off all in one recording
  3. I get the video, the audio, my main camera source, and separated audio for each track (me, SFX, guests), so I can use them as needed without having to reshoot or manually separate anything.

Once the video is recorded, I import the audio into Logic Pro, where I have an audio processing chain. The chain relies heavily on iZotope RX to add breath control, mouth de-clicking, plus clean up and boost the audio.

Then I use Screenflow to replace the audio in the video with the freshly processed audio.

If I need to make any cuts, I’ll do it there too.

Then I’ll use Screenflow’s markers to add chapters, and upload the video to YouTube, then the audio to my podcast host (usually that’s Transistor).

To create the written assets, I’ll use Capsho and Castmagic, mostly to gather ideas and get basic wording and highlights.

Though I did manage to get a pretty clean blog post from Capsho for one of the videos.

The Live Stream

The live stream works a little differently. I still use Ecamm Live — this time to stream to YouTube, Twitch, and LinkedIn.

I used to stream to Twitter too, but that’s apparently only available on higher paid plans now.

When the stream is over, I upload the audio to my podcast on RSS.com. And the reason I chose RSS.com for this show specifically is their support of the Live Item Tag (LIT).

Once I set it up, I’ll be able to stream directly to RSS.com without the extra step of uploading it.

So there you have it! With a combination of excellent tools and a little repurposing, I was able to create 9+ quality pieces of content, which will all go out while I’m on vacation.

It would not have happened without having the right workflows in place.

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