In this lesson and in this episode recording, I want you to elevate the energy of this recording, because people don't just listen to learn.
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They listen a little bit to be entertained.
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And one of the things that I found over and over again as the podcasters I like to listen to, they're excited.
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And that enthusiasm carries through in the manner in which they speak.
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And that's why we all like great public speakers, because they carry the right level of, excitement and intonation and expression into what they're saying.
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And if you think about, it's the most considerate thing you can do as a speaker, as a podcaster, because it allows the message to be better received by the audience.
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So in this video, I want to share three quick tips in order for you to elevate that energy and so your audience can actually properly receive that message.
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This will take time, it will take practice.
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But in this one, I want you to practice these three tips so that we can take another baby step towards perfecting this show.
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Remember, progress is more important than perfection.
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So tip number one, you need to be able to monitor your beautiful face because you need to smile.
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Yes.
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If you don't smile, it doesn't come across quite the same way in your intonation.
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Even if you try see, just, see how awkward that sound.
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You really need to be able to put on that smile.
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You need to be able to see your own face.
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And while I don't recommend looking into your face, like right now, I'm looking at the video camera just below, or at least the monitor right below my video camera.
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But it's much better to look straight into the camera.
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But even if you have to look into your.
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Your video monitor, if it's right below the camera, then it's not too bad.
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Do this if this helps you, but then gradually move your eyes up into looking straight at the camera.
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But for this lesson, the one thing you want to remember, smile.
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It changes the whole tone that you're speaking with.
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And unless you want to be perceived as melancholy or unkind, maybe don't smile.
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But if you want to be considered as approachable, friendly, helpful, you need to smile.
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Tip number two is that you need to.
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You need to raise the energy up about 10%.
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So if you think you're speaking at 100% energy, go up farther.
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If you know you're really introverted, go up 20 to 30%.
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I promise it will Feel slightly awkward.
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In fact, if it doesn't feel slightly awkward, you're not giving it enough energy.
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It needs to feel like you're over exaggerating a little bit.
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Not a lot of it.
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You don't want to be really crazy.
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You just want to be enough crazy.
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Okay.
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So you want to be able to push it a little bit farther and be more expressive than you think you need to be.
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Because I promise your audience will not feel like you're being overly expressive.
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They'll just feel like you're being expressive.
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I remember once I posted a video to LinkedIn and I thought I was being really dramatic.
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I was like, my gosh, they're gonna, like, call me out on this one.
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Some of my best friends texted me.
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They're like, dude, this is the most real I've ever felt you in a video.
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I was like, no way.
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I thought I was faking it to make it, but it ended up being the most considerate thing I could do for my audience in learning how to just be a little bit more expressive.
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Camera.
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So try it.
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It will feel awkward.
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I promise it will.
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But lift it up a little bit.
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And I promise it is a much better product to ship to your audience.
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And it will give.
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It'll.
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There will be some give and take over time.
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You might push it a little bit too far and dial it back in and push it a little bit too far and dial it back in until you kind of find that perfect middle ground.
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It'll take many, many episodes, but I want you to try to push it out a little bit, maybe even a little bit too far with this episode in order to get us to.
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And then tip number three.
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I want you to be expressive as if you're talking to a close friend, as if you're telling a story to a close friend.
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Because we've all had those moments where we're leaning into our friend and be like, you won't believe what happened to me this weekend, man.
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Let me tell you.
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And then you kind of like relay the story and you're using your hands and you're kind of leaning into it.
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That's what you want to do with your audience.
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You want to talk to your audience like they're a good friend, like you can tell them the real goods, the inside story.
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If you do this over and over again, your audience will begin to feel like a friend.
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And that's been the goal of my podcast, the AI Driven marketer the whole time.
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I want.
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I want to be friends.
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I want to meet.
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Of course I want to meet as many of you as possible.
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But even more importantly, I want it to feel like we're having a conversation as friends, like we're on an inside track together, and I'm just sharing some of the things that I've learned recently.
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This comes off much better in a podcast because it builds trust.
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Again, we're trying to build relationships with a large group of people, and it's a lot easier to build relationships if you communicate and over exaggerate those hand motions and body language in such a way that you would with a friend.
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So picture one of your close friends here on the other side of that camera and you're recording this message just for them.
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So those are the three tips.
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Monitor your face and smile.
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Raise up your energy level and be more expressive with your hands and your body as if you're talking to a, close friend.
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Give it a shot in this episode, as as you knock out challenge four,