HeyJaredVideo Confidence Collective
I’ve been in your shoes—unsure where to start, wrestling with gear, second-guessing every take. If you’re creating content for social media, your website, courses, or ads, the Video Confidence Collective Podcast is your weekly guide to mastering DIY Video Production and using…
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255: How to Present on Camera Without a Script (opens the original)
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Presenting on camera without a script comes down to a four-question spine, not a memorised page: who you're talking to, the goal, the key message, and where the video lives. Chris Schwager breaks down the cold read method he coaches clients through inside the Video Confidence Collective, the same one that took a client from an ad hoc, ums-and-uhs delivery to something usable, without ever handing him a script to memorise. Three habits carry the delivery once the spine is in place. Smile before a
254: On-Camera Confidence Training: What Actually Works (opens the original)
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Real VCC members Jeff and Melinda Shelley on what on-camera confidence training actually looks like, four months into the Desktop Studio and weekly Video Coaching. Melinda's answer to camera fear is blunt: find someone good and let them teach you. Jeff's is about where the attention actually belongs: you're duplicating yourself so people can catch up with you when they're ready, and it's not about you. They also get into how two busy people stay consistent on video without a content calendar (do
253: How to Build Authority as a Business Leader Using Video (opens the original)
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Authority is built by being consumed, not announced. Referral specialist Michael Griffiths says a buyer may need up to 20 touch points and 14 hours of your material before they are confident enough to commit. Michael has built seven businesses and sold six, and ran the number one referral marketing podcast on iTunes for five years straight. In this episode he and Chris Schwager work through why 95% of leads are not ready to buy when they arrive, why "just checking in" never moves a stalled deal,
252: How a Government Consulting Firm Cuts Video Production by 90% (opens the original)
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H4 Consulting built a video studio for business training and cut production time from 2 hours to 12 minutes. That wasn't the goal. That was the result. Heather Hukins, Managing Director of H4 Consulting, spent years flying around Australia to deliver structured training for government organisations. When the setup moved to video, the obstacle wasn't her camera confidence it was bin trucks, flight paths, and take after ruined take. In this conversation with Chris Schwager, Heather shares how inst
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